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such a taboo subject in my household, to accepting my past and making peace especially my own. I was told my adop- with who I am. The struggles of feeling My Story tion was a quicker process for my Dad, different have been released, and I have submitted by Rob Michno of Polish descent, and Mom, of German/ freedom as a member of the Forest Coun- Czech descent, to adopt a child that was ty Potawatomi! Thank you, Forest County of the coordinator. Since I had more For- Native American. Growing up, I felt dif- I’m thankful to Deputy Attorney Potawatomi, for welcoming me home as est County Potawatomi blood, I reached ferent and struggled with self-image, but General Aaron Loomis for helping to the last missing member of our tribe. It out to Callie and Mary in the enrollment knew no better. bridge my communication with the great has been a privilege to attend the last two department. They were extremely helpful My childhood continued in Mer- administrative people of our tribe, and quarterly general council meetings and and great first representatives of our tribe. rill until I enrolled at UW-Oshkosh in connecting me with my cousin, Manny getting to meet my extended brothers According to my adoption paperwork, 1990 and have resided in Oshkosh since. Johnson, Jr., whose parents were the ones and sisters. I was asked frequently about in 1972 I was born as Mark Edward I graduated with a bachelor’s degree who signed up their children and me for why it took so long for me to find my Johnson. My birth mother was Pauline in Speech Communications and have tribal membership in 1978. Manny has way home and where have I been over all N. Johnson and birth father shows as worked in the insurance field for the past shared stories about the relatives I never these decades. As an expression of grat- Archie Nesaukee. I was sad to read that 24 years - the last seven being an inde- knew and continues to help me and set itude, I, Rob Michno, offer my story in both had been deceased for years. I also pendent insurance agent. I have been examples of healthy living with his wife, why it took so long to see the flickering received my impounded birth certificate blessed with good health as I never had Jill, and his family. Also, CFO Kevin light that has been there all my life and that revealed my birth name that I was any issues that were tied to my genetics, Hanson, who connected me with Crystal that finally guided me home. seeing for the first time. I read about the so onward I lived and figured ignorance Deschinny, who has shared the traditions Earlier this year, my wife, Lisa, was dire circumstances Pauline was in and was bliss. One issue I had was trying to of Native life and has been steadfast in pregnant. I made a promise to myself was able to make peace with why I was determine if my love for drinking alcohol introducing me to more of my family. that I would investigate my past as I had placed out of her care. I was adopted in was a bit excessive but that beauty of Finally, to Chairman Ned Daniels, who I no idea about my ethnicity and heri- September 1973 and became the younger living in denial led to some hardship and was finally able to introduce myself, after tage since I was adopted at birth. For brother in a rural family of four. dark days. But, by the grace of God, and being able to touch the canoe that was my daughter’s sake, she would have the Because my adoption was closed, who living one day at a time, I’m fortunate to at the quarterly general council meeting option of knowing about her heritage, I call Mom and Dad chose to not have have just over seven years of sobriety, and in August. We all need the good energies so my first step was to reach out to the any communication with my birthpar- it feels amazing to be happy, joyous and from the Creator, and it was so nice to be Wisconsin Adoption Records Search ents. It would be easy to be resentful, but free. My first employer of 17 years and included as I’m forever grateful. I have a Program. About a month later, a research my parents raised me in a stable environ- my Oshkosh “parents”, Ed and Mary Alt, lot to learn about the traditions and the coordinator sent me a 47-page document ment on a farm in Merrill, Wis. My Dad were with me when my life’s path became proud past of my new-found heritage, that chronicled my adoption process, came from a broken home with three clouded and have been instrumental in so feel free to reach out to me. With my along with who my birthparents were, father figures that were abusive, and my being a spiritual guidepost. wife, Lisa, and our daughter, Aubrey, and also detailed their stories via social Mom had seven previous miscarriages. Upon discovering my tribal mem- living between Milwaukee and Crandon worker notes and court documents. I Their rainbow baby is my brother Rich bership this past April, I was blessed to means I’m close to either location. It’s was advised that I should reach out to who is seven years older than me and still find out that Mark Edward Johnson had a privilege to finally make it home and the Forest County Potawatomi and Ho resides with my sister-in-law, Lisa, at the been enrolled in the tribe since 1978. be the last missing member of such an Chunk tribes for information about homestead. My brother shared informa- In the matter of a few months, I went amazing tribe! membership. I had no idea why I would tion about my early years, but only when from having no clue about my heritage, want to do that, but I followed the advice I recently asked, since adoptions felt like
Both photos were taken at the Tribal Heritage Crossing of the Wiouwash State Recreation Trail in Oshkosh along Interstate 41 at Overlook 11, which is ded- icated to the Forest County Potawatomi. Michno believes it’s the best location for him to take a picture in a town where he’s lived for 29 years. Pictured at left (l-r) is Rob Michno and his cousin, Manny Johnson Jr. Pictured at right is Michno with his wife, Lisa, and their daughter, Aubrey. 4 | Potawatomi Traveling Times • September 15, 2019 Community The Expansion and Decline of the Potawatomi Prior to Removal submitted by John Crawford John Crawford is a Forest County west across Lake Michigan. This dis- This dismissive attitude of the British door to American expansion into Ohio Potawatomi tribal member who just began placement was part of a series of conflicts briefly reunited the Detroit Potawatomi was opened. In the Treaty of Greenville, his sophomore year at Yale University. What known as the Beaver Wars. These refugee and its kin to the west in Pontiac’s War, a Potawatomi relinquished claims to lands you are about to read is a paper he wrote on Indian tribes supplanted the local Win- pan-tribal revolt that aimed to restore the in southern and central Ohio in exchange the history of the Potawatomi for his Ameri- nebago and settled in Green Bay, attract- French. The conflict, however, was largely for regular, fixed amounts of money or can Indian Law and Policy class. ing the interest of France (Edmunds 4-5). a stalemate. The Indian tribes received goods known as annuities. Foreshad- At the dawn of the 18th century, the After the Iroquois destroyed the Huron concessions but failed to drive out the owing things to come, the Potawatomi Potawatomi were valued allies of the in the late 1640s, the Potawatomi estab- British (Loew 102). In the aftermath, the who attended the negotiations had no major colonial power in the Great Lakes lished themselves as important allies and Potawatomi again fractured. The De- legitimate claims to the ceded land and region (Loew 102). Yet, little more than intermediaries of the French (Loew 100). troit Potawatomi chose rapprochement. represented only a fraction of the tribe’s a century later, divisions within the tribe In the following decades, Iroquois expan- In contrast, the St. Joseph Potawatomi leaders (Edmunds 135-6). allowed the United States to extinguish sion was reversed, and the Potawatomi and those further west remained hostile, At the beginning of the 19th century, the Potawatomi’s claim to most of its for- migrated into much of the vacated land. clashing with the British as the tribe the Potawatomi were more widespread mer homeland (105-6). Before the War Villages grew along the shores of Lake expanded into Illinois over the following than ever before, but their position was of 1812, the tribe inhabited a territory Michigan, and the tribe’s traditional decade (Edmunds 96). less secure. Potawatomi villages were from Detroit in the east to the Missis- homeland along the St. Joseph River was The internal divisions of the traditionally governed autonomously, sippi River in the west, with Potawatomi re-inhabited. These settlements were gov- Potawatomi continued during the but individual leaders were increasingly influence extending across the Old erned independently and centered along American Revolution. The Detroit making decisions that had consequenc- Northwest (Clifton, “The Potawatomi” the key water routes which connected the Potawatomi declared immediately for es for the entire tribe (Edmunds 153). 58). As the tribe expanded, however, Great Lakes to the interior (Clifton, “The the British Crown, while the western Decades of interactions with French, individual settlements became increas- Potawatomi” 34-36). Potawatomi adopted a wait-and-see ap- British and American traders had resulted ingly disconnected from one another. At the beginning of the 18th century, proach (Edmunds 99). The 1778 occu- in a significant population of mixed- This decentralization greatly contributed the Potawatomi were generally prosper- pation of Illinois by the “Long Knives”, bloods. These descendants of Potawatomi to the Potawatomi’s decline that began ous. Their recent territorial growth gave as the Potawatomi called the Americans, Indians and white traders began to hold with the French and Indian War, later them significant influence in the south- threatened the British position in the Old informal power in an era when trade and allowing the United States government to ern Great Lakes region, and their close Northwest (101-2). By 1780, however, treaties were vitally important to survival. play the tribe against itself to achieve the ties to the French provided them with the Crown had regained the upper hand These individuals were often central in functional removal of the Potawatomi valuable trade goods (Loew 102). From in the region (107-8). The British and negotiations between the Potawatomi and from the Northwestern Territory. Those 1712 to 1733, the Fox Wars threatened Americans negotiated peace in 1783, the federal government, and the United that were relocated to the west lost their the French alliance system, but ultimately and the ownership of Potawatomi lands States rewarded them with cash or land homeland and suffered along the Trail resulted in stronger ties (Edmunds 27- again transferred hands, even as the tribe’s for their role in securing agreement (Clif- of Death, while those that remained in 38). In 1754, however, conflict erupt- warriors had experienced no true defeats ton, “The Potawatomi” 62). the east were scattered and suppressed ed between the French and British in (116). In Tecumseh’s War, many young (107-9). western Pennsylvania. During the French The Potawatomi and the United Potawatomi followed the teachings of the The Potawatomi Prior to European and Indian War, the Potawatomi suffered States Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa and his Contact tremendously due to its staunch support In the postwar, American settlers brother Tecumseh, seeking a return to a The early history of the Potawatomi is of their longtime ally (Loew 102). The flooded into the Ohio Valley and treated traditional tribal lifestyle and the rejec- based on a combination of oral tradition, tribe played a vital role in several major the local tribes as conquered foes. The tion of white customs and trade goods. linguistic investigation and archaeolog- battles, but many warriors returned home Congress of the Confederation of the The Indian tribes of the Old Northwest ical discoveries. They are an Algonqui- carrying smallpox. Initially, the French United States enacted the Northwest were suffering as a result of their shrink- an-speaking people who call themselves lavishly rewarded the Potawatomi for Ordinance in 1787. This act established ing land base, and thus becoming increas- the Neshnabek. Before the arrival of its support, but British naval blockades the Northwest Territory and provided a ingly dependent on annuity payments by Europeans to the Americas, the Ojibwe, soon caused a shortage of trade goods. In framework for the settlement and gov- the American government. The prophet Ottawa and Potawatomi were one nation. 1759, the British captured Fort Niagara ernance of the region. It also made clear promised an immediate confrontation Within this confederation, the duty of and Quebec. In 1760, they occupied De- the federal government’s goal to extin- rather than the slow decline that many the Potawatomi was to keep the Sacred troit, isolating the nearby Indian villages guish Indian titles, granting the governor chiefs seemed to embrace (Loew 103-4). Fires lit (Loew 99). The three brothers from French support. Believing the war authority to demarcate districts in which War parties gathered at Prophetstown, migrated from the eastern seaboard to the lost, the local Potawatomi defected to this process occurred (“An Ordinance for and Tecumseh traveled south to win the Great Lakes. At the Straits of Mackinac, the British. For the first time, the tribe the Government of the Territory of the support of the Five “Civilized” Tribes. their paths diverged, with the Ojibwe was divided in its dealings with outsiders United States”). Although the United In his absence, however, American army traveling north and west, the Ottawa (Edmunds 51-58). States described its preferred relation- officer and future president William remaining in place and the Potawatomi The Potawatomi and the British ship with Indians as one of good faith, Henry Harrison dispersed the gathered journeying south along the eastern shore The French and Indian War ended it nonetheless made plans to negotiate Indians. At the Battle of Tippecanoe, the of Lake Michigan (Edmunds 3). The in British victory in 1763. While the with individual Indian tribes separately to Americans secured a victory, scattering tribe eventually came to reside in the St. resulting Treaty of Paris did not address secure southern Ohio (Edmunds 116). the young warriors who opposed them. Joseph river valley in what is now Michi- the Potawatomi directly, it nonetheless The threat of the newly-formed The underlying causes of Indian hostility, gan (Loew 99). signified the start of a long decline in United States led to a brief period of however, remained (Edmunds 174-77). The Potawatomi and the French the face of external pressure. Under the Indian unity in the postwar. With limited Harrison’s victory was short-lived. The In the early 1600s, French trade doctrine of discovery espoused by the support from the British, many of the outbreak of the War of 1812 brought spread to the western Great Lakes. The colonial powers, early French exploration tribes of the Old Northwest formed a British support for the Indian tribes Potawatomi first encountered the “Hairy had granted them sovereignty over much confederacy to oppose the United States of Old Northwest. Some Potawatomi Faces” in 1634. This initial meeting with of North America (Echo-Hawk 18). (Edmunds 116-18). In 1791, the confed- attempted to remain neutral, but were the French laid the foundation for future Thus, when the French ceded its terri- eration defeated an American expedition drawn into the war by misplaced Ameri- diplomatic and economic relations (Clif- tory east of the Mississippi River to the led by Arthur St. Clair in the greatest can retributions. From Detroit to Prairie ton, “The Potawatomi” 20). A few years British, the Indian tribes that resided on ever Indian victory over an American du Chien, the tribe fought against the later, the Iroquois, seeking to monopolize the land were legally subject to British au- military force (Loew 103). In 1794, Long Knives (Loew 105). the fur trade and armed with firearms thority. Therefore, British officials did not however, Indian warriors were defeated continued on pg. 5... by Dutch and English traders, drove the accommodate the local Indians, causing at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, and the Potawatomi and numerous other refugees many to suffer (Edmunds 95-97). British abandoned its former allies. The Community September 15, 2019 • Potawatomi Traveling Times | 5
in the Great Lakes region (34-36). Defeat 2013. ProQuest Ebook Central, https:// Expansion and Decline in the French and Indian War, however, ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/yale-ebooks/ ...continued from pg. 4 brought about a period of decline. First detail.action?docID=3417388. Yet, while the Potawatomi and other zation.” In the west, Indian tribes could the British, then the Americans exploited Lurie, Nancy Oestreich. Wisconsin In- Indians inflicted a harsh toll, the United continue their traditional lifestyle until the divisions that grew within the tribe. dians, Wisconsin Historical Society, 2002. States was not deterred. In 1813, Te- they were prepared to assimilate (Ed- In the aftermath of the War of 1812, the ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcen- cumseh was killed at the Battle of the munds 240). In 1830, President Andrew Potawatomi could only support them- tral.proquest.com/lib/yale-ebooks/detail. Thames, and the Indian confederacy col- Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act selves through land cessions (61). Remov- action?docID=3417362. lapsed with his death (Edmunds 198-99). after bitter debate in Congress. United al by the United States brought hardship McMillen, Christian W. Making Indian The war concluded by 1815, signifying States government officials prepared for and dependency that lasted for more than Law: the Hualapai Land Case and the the last armed resistance of Indians the final land cessions and ultimate reset- a century. Today, however, because of a Birth of Ethnohistory. Yale University Press, against American expansion east of the tlement of the Potawatomi (241). concerted effort by Indians across the 2009. Mississippi (204-6). The Chicago Treaty of 1833 repre- country, Potawatomi tribal bands exert Tanner, Helen Hornbeck, editor. Atlas The years after the War of 1812 were sented the culmination of decades of their sovereignty in Michigan, Indiana, of Great Lakes Indian History. Vol. 174, marked by the collapse of unified Indian Potawatomi decline and disunity, with Wisconsin, Kansas, Oklahoma and across University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. resistance against the United States. The the federal government taking advantage the northern border in Canada. “Treaty Between the United States of Potawatomi and other tribes could no of the tribe’s fragmentation to achieve the Works Cited America and the United Nation of Chip- longer support themselves, lacking the functional removal of the Potawatomi Clifton, James A. The Potawatomi. pewa, Ottowa, and Potawatamie Indians: resources necessary to survive without an- east of the Mississippi. In exchange for Edited by Frank W. Porter, Chelsea House Concluded September 26, 1833; Ratified nuities and bereft of the warriors needed payments and the promise of at least five Publishers, 1987. February 21, 1835.” Treaties Between the to defend themselves from white settle- million acres of land on the east side of Clifton, James A. The Prairie People: United States and the Indians, no. 51, pp. ment. In the quarter century following the Missouri, the Potawatomi ceded its Continuity and Change in Potawatomi 5–15. Newberry Library Catalogue, www. the War of 1812, the Potawatomi signed remaining lands in northeastern Illinois Indian Culture, 1665-1965. University of aihc.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/ 28 land cessions. Whereas previously the and Southeastern Wisconsin and agreed Iowa Press, 1977. Ayer_E95_U69_1825_VL01_T051. federal government had at least nominally to remove themselves (“Treaties Between Echo-Hawk, Walter R. In the Courts of United States, et al. An ordinance negotiated treaties and delivered annu- the United States and the Indians” 5-15). the Conqueror: the Ten Worst Indian Law for the government of the territory of the ities to the entire tribe, beginning with The negotiations were rife with fraud. Cases Ever Decided. Fulcrum Pub., 2012. United States, North-west of the river the Treaty of St. Louis of 1816, specific Whiskey was abundant in Chicago, and Edmunds, R. David. The Potawatomis: Ohio. [New York: s.n, 1787] Online Text. “bands” were recognized as legitimate merchants preyed upon the Potawatomi. Keepers of the Fire. Vol. 145, University of Retrieved from the Library of Congress, representatives of the Potawatomi as a Federal government representatives Oklahoma Press, 1978.
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Bozhoo, hello, my name is Anevay opportunities, and I’m glad I took this or descendants under the age of 18 and from cooking in a kitchen for my elders Gonzalez. I am 16 years old and I attend one. I want to thank each individual for above 14 in or near Milwaukee to apply to researching why youth couldn’t gamble The Prairie School in Wind Point, Wis. giving their time and effort in teaching for the SYE at the Wgema Campus. You and the rules against youth gambling. I am involved with the Summer Youth us information about their department. will get more than you expected - and The program has taught me so much, Employment (SYE) Program. Before Migwetth (Thank You)! that’s a good thing. The many things I and it didn’t just help me professionally, summer started, my auntie brought up Bosho. My name is Jesus Gonza- have experienced during this time is that but also personally. this great opportunity, which encouraged les, and I am currently in Park High there are many options and benefits when Being able to rotate through the dif- me to fill out the application, and then School in Racine, Wis., going into my it comes to working with the tribe. ferent FCP government roles, I found out the whole process started. Much like the senior year. I had goals for myself to start The Tribal Leadership Development that I really liked the IT department. I Tribal Leadership Development Program working somewhere this summer, and the Program (TLDP) is designed to provide liked it so much, I decided to buy myself (TLDP), we rotated through the different Summer Youth Employment program individualized learning plans for FCP a computer with the money I’d been sav- departments of the Wgechda (Warrior) was the perfect opportunity. I thought members, descendants, and spouses ing up from my SYE job. I was fortunate Building and also the back of the house it would be a good experience to get a interested in advancing their careers. The to get in contact with really awesome of Potawatomi Hotel & Casino people and also find family I to learn about business opera- didn’t even know I had. I hope tions. that with the new computer In the Wgechda Building, I can pick up some useful IT the departments we were shown skills and one day to work for were: Human Resources (HR), Potawatomi IT department. Legal, Foundation, Indian If anyone eligible to join Council of the Elderly, Educa- the program were to ask me tion, Information Technology for a job, I would send them to (IT), and Compliance of Gam- Potawatomi because it’s such a ing Commission. When getting good opportunity. the tour of back of the house of Bosho. I’d like to introduce Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, myself and tell you a little about we got to see surveillance and my Summer Youth Employment investigation of Gaming Com- (SYE) program experience. My mission. Each department had English name is Joshua Crow- its own community, and it was ley, and my Spirit Name is Mi- so cool hearing about the paths no-Ode-Bimose. I am currently about each individual ranging 16 years old and attend Green- from entry level to manager. field High School. We also had activities to keep These past few months, I us engaged in the program. We have been fortunate enough to got to tour UW-Milwaukee, and be given the opportunity to be a that helped me think about the part of the SYE on the Wgema different opportunities to take. Campus here in Milwaukee. I One of the opportunities that am one of four summer youth I saw was a program for Native employees in the program. We American teens in high school worked together to learn from that wanted to go into the each other and bounce informa- medical field. The program is tion off one another. called American Indian Science Each week we have rotated Scholar Program (AISSP), and through various departments it’s held at the UW-Milwaukee campus. summer job working with the tribe. program is meant to serve those interest- involved with the Potawatomi Hotel & Starla Thompson, creator of the TLDP I received a comprehensive under- ed in pursuing career development using Casino (PHC). The goal of the de- program, and Sharell Hill, the coordi- standing of the departments I went government and business entities as the partment rotations is to give trainees a nator, encouraged me, and they both through. As youth, we were allowed vehicle and training ground. I will be a well-rounded experience and insight into did everything they could to help get in to work with our government depart- young adult soon, which means I can ap- how these different departments operate the program. I enjoyed my time there, ments on the Wgema Campus. With ply for the TLDP to get more experience and work together on the government of course, but the most important thing all the departments I went through, and learn even more about my tribe. I side. Legal and Gaming Commission about being part of AISSP was creating a my favorite departments were IT and look forward to taking part in the TLDP are the only ones that work with PHC relationship with everyone in the pro- Human Resources. IT had so much to next year. Hopefully, it will allow me to in Milwaukee, besides Tribal Leadership gram. offer as a department. They were not encourage some of the tribal residents Development Program (TLDP). It is, Personally and professionally, I think just people that fixed computers but had here in Milwaukee to do the SYE pro- of course, a very beneficial and valuable the SYE program helped me better un- many different categories like computer gram next year. experience for anyone who might be derstand how to work in different work engineering, networking, coding, and Hi. My name is Quanah Norton, and seeking a future career with Potawatomi. environments. What I took away from their newest, media. Besides IT, I had a this fall I will be entering my junior year The departments that we rotated through each department are the values that a liking to Human Resources because they at Park High School in Racine, Wis. I included Legal, Gaming Commission, person needs to be successful in life. Join- are the people that take care of the hiring just recently started track and am going IT, Human Resources, Education, and ing the SYE program definitely made me process, so they get to meet many people to be playing football, and hopefully will Foundation. think about how to start a career path, during their job. be wrestling this year. This school year, SYE has been very impactful on not only for Forest County Potawatomi SYE has been the greatest experience/ one of my goals is to obtain a 3.0 GPA or my outlook of possible career paths in (FCP), but in general. opportunity I could have had as a first higher. the coming future and very much has In conclusion, the SYE program was job. The job was good, and I got to be The SYE program gave me experi- intrigued me to work for my tribe with worth putting my time and effort into ev- around other Native American people. I ence in a whole heap of different work pride and integrity. erything that we did. I was taught to take would recommend any tribal members environments. The environments ranged 8 | Potawatomi Traveling Times • September 15, 2019 Departments Collect, Cook, Taste Girls Camping Excursion a Success submitted by FCPC Natural Resources submitted by FCPC Land & Natural Resources On the last weekend in August, be heard calling and wolves howling in The FCPC Natural Resources Depart- wild foods less daunting by demonstrat- three Land & Natural Resources staff the distance at night. The girls spent the ment (NRD) held a wild foods class, Col- ing how fun and easy it is to gather and took 13 youth girls camping to Luna weekend swimming, hiking, kayaking, lect, Cook, Taste, on August 20, at the prepare these dishes. If you missed the - White Deer Lake Recreation Area in fishing, star-gazing and roasting/cooking We Care building in Carter. Participants class this year, no worries! The NRD is the Chequamegon-Nicolet National many foods over the fire. They did not learned which foods in our area are edi- hoping to make this an annual event so Forest. We could not have asked for want to leave come Sunday morning. All ble, how to properly identify them, and stay tuned for the next class announce- better weather, and it was gorgeous and in all, it was a wonderful weekend spent how to safely prepare them. They then ment in the spring. For more information relaxing! The campgrounds were located in the woods! enjoyed a wild food tasting that consisted on future classes, plant identification, or right on Luna Lake where loons could of milkweed soup and Alfredo pasta with the use of wild foods, feel free to contact fiddlehead ferns, oyster mushrooms, and Celeste Schuppler at (715) 478-4962 or (A) Emilie Rose Goodrich shows off the wild leeks. Sumac lemonade was also Chelsey Lundeen at (715) 478-4191. little panfish she caught. served as a refreshment. The department Otherwise, see you next year! (B) Girls playing Uno (l-r): Aviyanah hopes to make the collection and use of Alloway, Cynthia Schuppler, Aurora Thundercloud and Lainey Schuppler. (C) Having fun roasting marshmallows (l-r): Aviyanah Alloway, Lily Lakehouse, Lovey Lakehouse, Macy Polar, Juanita Alloway, Aurora Thundercloud, Soph- rona Malone, Autumn Malone, Channel Shelly and Shyly Lakehouse. (D) Enjoy- ing some time kayaking (l-r): Lainey A Schuppler and Emilie Rose Goodrich.
(above l-r): Jeryl Perenich, Chelsey Lundeen and Katherine Richelin identify edible foods.
(below): The edible foods shown are wild leeks, ostrich fern fiddleheads, and oyster mushrooms. B
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D Departments September 15, 2019 • Potawatomi Traveling Times | 9 Midwest Grill’n Prepares Breakfast on the Farm submitted by FILM Program On Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2019, the and the livestock, including the bison, Forest County Potawatomi (FCP) FILM and featured the chickens, which had a program welcomed Mad Dog and Mer- cameo role in the episode. rill’s Midwest Grill’n to Bodwéwadmi FILM program youth were accom- Ktëgan (Potawatomi farm). This marks panied by nine mentors and current the third year that the grant-funded members of the new Media department, youth program has worked with Lasbro who assisted the FILM youth gather and productions in the writing, directing and capture “B-Roll” footage of the farm filming of a Midwest Grill’n episode. features. This episode, named “Breakfast on This episode will be featured at the the Farm,” was written and directed FILM program’s Film Festival at 1 p.m., by Franklin Shepard and produced by on Sept. 28, 2019, in the FCP Executive Mac Williams, both area students in the Building auditorium in Crandon. program. Current planned run date for the As with most Midwest Grill’n epi- episode nationwide is Sept. 16. Check sodes, they feature a guest or two to dis- the Midwest Grill’n website at www. cuss or present the location/event for that maddogandmerrill.com to see what TV episode. This year, the on-camera guest station or cable channel near you carries was Joe Shepard, assistant manager of the the show and air times. farm. Joe shared details about the farm
(top left): Clapper girl Aurora Thundercloud does her thing. (top right): Frank (aka Franklin) Shepard mans one of the cameras. (bottom left): Juanita Alloway mans the other camera. (bottom right): This chicken wants to see what’s going on!
(top l-r): Mad Dog, Joe Shepard, Merrill (middle): The crew gets to chow down on the delicious grilled goodies. (bottom): This is one of those ‘caption this’ moments! 10 | Potawatomi Traveling Times • September 15, 2019 Calendar/Notices
NOTICES SEPTEMBER EVENT CALENDAR
HEALTH SERVICES OFFERED CHOICES Program • Wellbriety - 12-step meeting, Mondays Tribal Employment Skill Program - • Youth 9 - 11: Mondays (16, 23, 30) at 6:30 p.m., FCP Museum lower level. Walk- available to adult tribal members who can be • Youth 12 - 17: Tuesdays (17, 24) ing in a good way...a sober way. ALL ARE placed on a paid work experience opportunity • Youth 6 - 8: Wednesdays (18, 25) WELCOME! If you have any questions, call in various tribal departments for up to six Youth will be picked up from school starting at 3:30 p.m., and will be dropped off at home FCP Behavioral Health at (715) 478-4332 or months. This allows tribal members to test afterwards. Call (715) 478-4839 for more information. Isaiah Phillips at (715) 889-4945. drive different areas to find a good fit. The • Kwe Kenomagewen - Women’s support, staff can assist with: Family Resource Center Wednesdays, 2 p.m. @ Old Tribal Hall. Call • Obtaining, reinstating, determining what • Healthy Relationships Class: Mondays (16, 23, 30) 1 - 3 p.m. (715) 478-4332 with questions. is needed to obtain the driver’s license • Hour of Power - Big Book, NA Book • Work-related expenses • Moral Reconation Therapy Class: Tuesdays (17, 24), 10 a.m. - noon or Wellbriety Book, Thursdays, 2 - 3 p.m. @ • Résumé development/résumé critiquing • Positive Indian Parenting Class (PIP): Thursdays (19, 26), 10:30 a.m. - noon Old Tribal Hall. Call (715) 478-4332 with • Mock interviews and tips • Open registration Fatherhood is Sacred & Motherhood is Sacred parenting class: 12-week questions. • Job-seeking skills/soft skills curriculum; two-hour duration, one-on-one sessions. • Employment guidance/advocacy Do You Feel Like No One Understands • Open registration Nurturing Fathers parenting class: 13-week curriculum; two-hour dura- • Fidelity bonding available You? You’re not alone! Let your voice be heard! tion, one-on-one sessions. Work Study Program - for students that Let someone share your pain! If you are think- • Stay tuned for updates on Play Shoppe! are in their senior year. Students can be on a ing of committing suicide or know someone Child care available; please RSVP if needed. Call (715) 478-4837 with questions about any work experience but must have good standings who is, please get help! Crisis Line: (888) programs. in all their school classes. We work with the 299-1188 (Serving Forest, Vilas & Oneida FCP Education Department to set this up. counties: 24 hours a day/7 days a week); Kids Badgercare - a state/federally-funded Community Health in Need: (800) 622-9120; The Get-2-Gether program that provides health coverage for 9/18 - Diabetes Luncheon (HWC): noon – 1:30 p.m. Peer Support Drop-In Center: (715) 369- individuals living on the reservation or within 3871; Run-Away Hotline: (800) 621-4000; 9/22 - Swine, Dine & Dash (Bodwéwadmi Ktëgan, Co H, Blackwell): 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Reg- Forest County, tribal children and affiliat- (800) 273-TALK; TTY: (800) 799-4TTY or ister on the Community Health Page, in person, or via phone at (715) 478-4355. ed-tribal members. visit suicidehotlines.com. 9/28 - Fall Hike (Three Eagle Trail, Three Lakes/Eagle River): Register in person at Commu- Foodshare - a state/federally-funded nity Health or via phone at (715) 478-4355 by Sept. 13. Smoking Cessation Incentive Program - program that provides an EBT food card to Open to FCP tribal members and indi- eligible individuals living on the reservation viduals eligible for Alternative Care Program. or individuals that have tribal children living Services include: appointments with nurses in Forest County. The program has eligibility and CHRs to determine a quit plan, kit filled requirements that also considers shelter/hous- with items that aid in the quitting process, ing expenses. educational materials and products, plus a Foodshare Employment & Training Pro- reward upon completion of third smoking gram (FSET) - individuals that are eligible for cessation appointment. Foodshare would be eligible for this program To learn more about the program or to which can assist with gas voucher, job training schedule an appointment, contact Sara Cleere- costs and other expenses relative to the goals man, R.N., at (715) 478-4889. that are set for securing employment. SPARKS Weight Mgmt. Program - Temporary Assistance for Needy Fam- By appointment. S - Support; P - Program; ilies (TANF) - this work program is funded A - Get Active, Stay Active; R - Reap the Re- through the Administration for Children and wards: feel better, be healthier; K - Know the Families with an income limit of 125 percent basics of good nutrition; S - Stay focused on of federal poverty level for individuals living being healthy. Please call Lisa Miller, RD, CD, on the reservation or individuals living in at (715) 478-4320. Forest County that have FCP tribal children. Diabetes Education Program - Individuals get a cash payment each month By appointment. Including blood glu- providing that they completed their work cose monitoring, making healthy changes, activities each month. psychosocial, complications, sick day and General Assistance (GA) - this work pro- travel, planning for pregnancy, hypoglycemia, gram is funded through the Bureau of Indian medications, diabetes in general, insulin and Affairs and is available for federally-recognized goal setting. Please call Anne Chrisman, RN, tribal members living on the reservation. at (715) 478-4383, or Cathy Chitko at (715) Eligible individuals will get a cash payment 478-4367. each month providing that they are complying with the work plan developed with their case worker. CULTURE Native Employment Works (NEW) Language Classes - Program - this work program is funded Please call (715) 478-4173 with questions through the Administration for Children and regarding times/locations of language classes. Families for individuals living on the reserva- tion or within the service area. The paid work placement opportunity is for three months at 24-35 hour per week and we have limited slots available based on funding. Resource Rooms - located at the old tribal hall and at the Family Services Building. Each area has computers that individuals can utilize to complete their resumé, type corre- spondence, work on the self-paced Microsoft Computer Training Program, apply for jobs, or apply online for healthcare coverage programs. FCP Economic Support staff is available to provide services. If you want more infor- mation on any of these programs, please stop by the Family Services Building or call (715) 478-4433. Notices/In the News September 15, 2019 • Potawatomi Traveling Times | 11
National Crime Databases Access Announced submitted by Department of Justice WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 29, the very best investigative tools that could 2019) – The Department of Justice is have been obtained by that department,” pleased to announce the fifth expansion said San Pasqual Tribal Chairman Stephen of the Tribal Access Program (TAP), a W. Cope. “Investigators from the Police program providing federally-recognized Department, using various systems in the tribes with enhanced ability to access and TAP program, identified a drug dealer exchange data with the national crime responsible for counterfeit oxycodone/ information databases for both criminal fentanyl pills that caused the death of a justice and non-criminal justice purposes. tribal member. That dealer was surveilled TAP provides federally-recognized and arrested while doing a 200-pill deal. tribes the ability to access and exchange A search warrant served on his home data with national crime information revealed another batch of 200 fentanyl databases for both civil and criminal pills and a large quantity of heroin and purposes and provides training as well as cocaine.” software and biometric/biographic kiosk “Tulalip Tribes have utilized the Tribal workstations to process finger and palm Access Program since 2016, for several prints. TAP also gives tribes the ability to programs which has expanded Tulalip’s take mugshots and submit information to access to criminal justice information,” FBI CJIS. By the end of 2019, TAP will said Tulalip Tribal Chairperson Teri Go- be deployed to more than 70 tribes with bin. “We are able to register and track sex over 300 tribal agencies participating. offenders entering and residing in Tulalip The department will accept applica- to provide better oversight and protec- tions from Sept. 1 - Oct. 31, 2019. Eligi- tions for our members and community. ble tribes that are selected for participation It has been instrumental in running our will be notified in November. background checks of applicants who will “The TAP program continues to give have direct supervision over children to a growing number of tribes the ability to ensure our youth are being safely cared for. share criminal and civil information, and Lastly, our child welfare department is able the access to data that helps solve crimes to have fingerprint criminal background and protect the public,” said Deputy checks processed to review potential Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen. “The placements to ensure our children are in TAP program is just one example of our safe homes. We are quite pleased with the commitment to tribal, state, and local law ease of use and prompt return of useful enforcement partnerships that strengthen information.” public safety across the United States.” TAP relies on federal laws that provide Utilizing TAP, tribes have registered tribes access for specific purposes: sex offenders, entered orders of protection • Criminal justice uses: law enforce- for notice and enforcement nationwide, ment, corrections, probation/parole, run criminal histories that resulted in prosecution, criminal courts and pretrial arrests and warrants being served, entered services. bookings and convictions, and complet- • Non-criminal justice uses: sex ed thousands of fingerprint-based record offender registry, housing, child support checks for non-criminal justice purposes enforcement, agencies whose employees such as screening employees or volunteers or volunteers have contact with or control who work with children. over Indian children, Head Start pro- For FY20, the department offers TAP grams, social service agencies that inves- services through one of the following two tigate allegations of abuse or neglect, and methods: civil courts that issue orders of protection. • TAP-LIGHT: The department Given the funding sources, eligible provides software that provides full access tribes must have and agree to use TAP for: (both query and entry capabilities) to • A sex offender registry authorized national crime information databases such by the Adam Walsh Child Protection and as National Crime Information Center Safety Act (NCIC), the Interstate Identification In- • A law enforcement agency that has dex (III) and the International Justice and arrest powers Public Safety Network (Nlets) for both • Any use that provides services to criminal and civil purposes; and victims of crime, such as a Tribal Court • TAP-FULL: The department pro- which issues orders of protection vides the same basic capabilities as TAP- TAP is funded by the Office of Sex LIGHT listed above, and also provides Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Ap- an additional hardware/software solution prehending, Registering, and Tracking in the form of a kiosk-workstation that (SMART), the Office of Community Ori- provides the ability to submit and query ented Policing Services (COPS), and the fingerprint-based transactions via FBI’s Office for Victims of Crime (OVC). TAP Next Generation Identification (NGI) for is co-managed by the Office of the Chief both criminal and civil purposes. Information Officer (OCIO) and Office “The Tribal Access Program now in use of Tribal Justice (OTJ). by the San Pasqual Band of Mission In- dians Police Department has been one of 12 | Potawatomi Traveling Times • September 15, 2019 In the News
NMAI Celebrates the Life and Works of Native American Activist Suzan Shown Harjo submitted by NMAI WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 5, and leader,” said Kevin Gover, director of Press Association, in Washington, D.C. founding director and architect. 2019) - Influential policy advocate, writer, the National Museum of the American As a special assistant for Native American “Dr. Harjo’s achievements for IAIA curator and 2014 recipient of the Presi- Indian. “Her list of achievements is long legislation in President Jimmy Carter’s ad- and NMAI are lasting features of our dential Medal of Freedom Suzan Shown and includes being the founding president ministration, Harjo was the principal au- institutions,” said Patsy Phillips, direc- Harjo (Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee) of The Morning Star Institute, a national thor of the “President’s Report to Congress tor of IAIA’s Museum of Contemporary will be recognized for a lifetime of achieve- Native rights organization that promotes on American Indian Religious Freedom.” Native Arts. “Her contributions to arts ment at the symposium “A Promise Kept: Native peoples’ traditions, cultures and She served as executive director of the and letters, activism and laws, and institu- The Inspiring Life and Works of Suzan arts. Her continued work as an inspiring National Congress of American Indians tion-building are amazing and the reason Shown Harjo,” Friday, Sept. 20, from 9 leader and role model has made Indian (NCAI) from 1984 through 1989. She is she is so widely-recognized and awarded, a.m. to 5:30 p.m. A founding trustee of Country proud.” one of seven Native people who filed the including by IAIA, whose Honorary Doc- the Smithsonian’s National Museum of The symposium will bring together 1992 landmark lawsuit Harjo et al v. Pro torate in Humanities she earned with a the American Indian, Harjo’s legacy of Native American activists, scholars, artists Football Inc., regarding the name of the lifetime of realized ideas and hard work.” activism and artistic accomplishment con- and writers to offer insights from their Washington, D.C., football team, and she In addition to curating “Nation to Na- tinues to inspire American Indian people areas of expertise into Harjo’s impact on organized the identical Blackhorse case tion” and a dozen other exhibitions, Harjo and influence U.S. policies about Native Native American issues. The day will that was brought by Native young people. curated the first exhibition of artwork by sovereignty and culture. Free and open to be dedicated to discussing the struggle Both cases involved a quarter-century of contemporary Native artists shown in the the public, the symposium will be held in for Native religious and cultural rights; litigation. U.S. House and Senate rotundas, “Visions the museum’s Rasmuson Theater. repatriation and protection of ancestors; Harjo was part of the coalition that from Native America” (1992). Her poetry Presented by the National Museum of Native Nations’ sovereignty, citizenship, first envisioned the National Museum of is widely-anthologized and published, the American Indian and the Institute of artist identity and authenticity in the the American Indian in 1967. In 1984, including in the exhibition “Blood of the American Indian Arts’ (IAIA) Museum of marketplace under tribal and federal law; in her capacity as executive director of Sun: Artists Respond to the Poetry of Contemporary Native Arts, the sympo- and racist stereotypes and cultural appro- NCAI and president of the Morning Star Suzan Shown Harjo,” curated by America sium coincides with the 15th anniversary priation. Institute, Harjo initiated talks with the Meredith in Santa Fe (2011). Harjo was of the opening of the National Museum Harjo is widely-recognized for her in- Secretary of the Smithsonian. As a trustee the host of the first three seasons of the of the American Indian in Washington, tensive efforts to address issues at the core of the Museum of the American Indi- Native Writers Series and directed the D.C., and the 30th anniversary of the mu- of Native American identity: treaty rights, an (MAI), the National Museum of the Native Language Repository Project at seum’s 1989 Act that Harjo was a leading abolition of racist sports mascots, sacred American Indian’s predecessor museum the National Museum of the American force in the 22-year campaign to achieve. places’ protection and access, religious collection, she was authorized to conduct Indian. She is one of eight Native wom- It also will be the fifth anniversary of the freedom and language revitalization. Her certain negotiations for MAI and was the en honored on “Winyan Wánakikśin” opening of the exhibition at the Nation- social and political activism and com- spokesperson for NCAI and Morning Star. (“Women Defenders of Others”), a buffalo al Museum of the American Indian and mitment to achieving Native rights are A principal drafter of the National Muse- horn belt created by artists Kevin Pourier publication of the companion book, both lifelong, dating from her earliest years as a um of the American Indian and repatria- (Oglala Lakota) and Valerie Pourier (Ogala titled “Nation to Nation: Treaties Between public figure in poetry and theater. In the tions laws, she was the principal author of Lakota), newly placed on exhibit in the the United States and American Indian late 1960s and early 1970s, as a broadcast- the new museum’s first trustees’ policies on museum’s Potomac Atrium. Nations.” Harjo was the guest curator of er she co-produced “Seeing Red,” the first repatriation, identity and exhibitions, and Details about the symposium program the award-winning exhibition and editor national Native news show in the United helped to draft its bylaws and collections are available at the NMAI and IAIA web- of the book. States, on WBAI-FM Radio in New York policy. She chaired its first public pro- sites: AmericanIndian.si.edu and iaia.edu/ “Suzan has worked tirelessly on behalf City, and in the mid-1970s, she was the grams committee and served on the search museum. of Native peoples as an activist, journalist news director for the American Indian and selection committees for the museum’s
Narcotics Seized in Indian Country Grants to Help Health Care Providers submitted by Interior Press submitted by DHS WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 29, nouncement is another example of that The Wisconsin Department of Health Prevea Health, Marshfield Clinic Health 2019) - Secretary of the Interior David progress.” Services (DHS) announced new funding System, and SSM Health. Bernhardt highlighted another successful “I applaud the exemplary service for grant programs which will help fill Allied Health Professionals (AHP) seizure of narcotics. While on patrol near demonstrated by K-9 Police Officer Nich- critical health care positions by expanding Education and Training Grants are in- the exterior boundaries of the Laguna In- olas Jackson and K-9 Kofi to safeguard education and training opportunities for tended to assist rural hospitals and clinics dian Reservation in New Mexico, a Bureau our Nation’s communities, both tribal and Wisconsin health care professionals in in filling critical high need, high demand of Indian Affairs K-9 police unit arrested non-tribal, from these addictive poisons, rural areas. health care positions that are not doctors, an individual and seized 85 pounds of valued at more than $4 million,” said “Access to quality health care in rural nurses or dentists. This year’s awards, narcotics worth more than $4 million. Assistant Secretary Tara Katuk Sweeney. communities is critical to providing care totaling more than $576,000 over two The K-9 police unit seized: “The Interstates paved through our tribal in the underserved areas in our state,” said years, will support education and training • 82.8 pounds (37,578.75 grams) of lands are not save havens for drug runners. Jeanne Ayers, State Health Officer and opportunities for professionals, including methamphetamine with a street value of I am proud of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Public Health administrator. medical assistants, mental health counsel- $3,795,454 Office of Justice Services law enforcement “We are pleased this funding will support ors-in-training, and nursing assistants. • 2.44 pounds (1,110.58 grams) of officers for standing watch and making the training and education of health care Providers receiving the AHP grants heroin with a street value of $162,145 arrests.” professionals to better serve Wisconsin include Hospital Sisters Health System • 2,000 THC concentrate cigarette “Our BIA-OJS Officers continue to residents by providing them with greater (HSHS) St. Clare Hospital, Marshfield cartridges with a retail value of $90,000 stand vigilant and ready to respond to access to quality care.” Clinic Health System, Oregon Mental “I commend the Bureau of Indian any drug trafficking operations moving The Advanced Practice Clinician Health Services, and Upland Hills Health, Affairs’ law enforcement team and all of through Indian Country, and I am proud (APC) Grants, totaling more than Inc. the dedicated men and women in uniform of Officer Nick Jackson and K-9 Kofi’s for $200,000, will help rural health care Both grant programs were first autho- who protect Indian Country,” said Secre- their continued success as a team,” said providers increase the number of physician rized in the 2017-2019 biennial budget tary Bernhardt. “The President has made BIA-OJS Director Charles Addington. assistants and advanced practice registered through legislation aimed at improving it a priority to keep our communities safe “Our BIA and tribal law enforcement nurses by supporting the development of rural health care. Up to $500,000 in new and drug free. By working alongside our officers do an awesome job and are proud clinical training sites. Providers receiving funding is authorized for each program Native communities and other partners, to serve and protect tribal communities the APC grants include: per year. This is the second year that we are doing everything we can to get every day.” Aspirus, Hospital Sisters Health System both the APC and AHP grants have been these drugs off the streets; today’s an- (HSHS) Eastern Wisconsin Division/ awarded. September 15, 2019 • Potawatomi Traveling Times | 13
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Data Holdings: JOINS THE PBDC Welcomes: NEW INDEPENDENT DATA CENTER CEO RANDY MUELLER Potawatomi Business Development Corporation is pleased to announce ALLIANCE the appointment of Randy Mueller as its new chief executive officer. Randy has a long track record of success in leading technology and professional services organizations. He comes to PBDC from Runzheimer International, a privately-held SAAS global mobility technology corporation. Randy guided Runzheimer through a very successful sale of the company to a prominent private equity company. Throughout his career, Mueller has held various sales, marketing and general management roles across VC-backed startups, mid-market privately-held organizations, and Fortune 500 companies, including Dell Corporation and Hewlett Packard. Data Holdings, the Midwest’s Premier Data Center, recently announced that it has joined the Independent Data Center Alliance (IND-DCA), a consortium of Randy currently lives in LaGrange, Ill., but is in the process of relocating to independent data center and carrier hotel operators engaging in joint go-to the Milwaukee area. He has one son who works as a mechanical engineer in market initiatives to co-promote and co-market their facilities. Chicago and is engaged to be married in October of next year (to a wonderful person he met his freshman year in college). Randy is an avid fan of college There are currently more than 3 million data centers in the United States, and football, and, of course, his Wisconsin Badgers! a majority are owned and operated by large entities or REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts). As a result, companies embracing digital transformation Welcome Randy Mueller! are being challenged to find providers that deliver flexibility, resiliency, reliability and redundancy. The IND-DCA’s mission is to bring together global data center operators to promote the collective’s combined assets, showcase each member’s unique value to buyers, establish greater brand awareness, Expansion: DATA HOLDINGS generate leads and more. This dissemination and strengthening of market offerings enables buyers to leverage a better understanding of and improved ADDS 7,500 SQUARE FEET access to alternative data center solutions. Data Holdings, Wisconsin’s premier data center, has completed construction on a 7,500 square feet expansion at its Highland Boulevard facility. “Data Holdings offers world-class colocation, disaster recovery, cloud and network solutions to local, national and international customers,” says Kurt The new, multi-million dollar suite supports 250 cabinet positions with 2kW O’Bryan, Chief Executive Officer at Potawatomi Business Development - 25kW of power and cooling demand per cabinet. On August 9, the Data Corporation, the parent company of Data Holdings. “By joining the Holdings Team commissioned the facility by loading 110 percent of the Independent Data Center Alliance, Data Holdings adds its strong Midwest designed power load, testing the suite’s UPS (uninterruptible power supply), market position and unique value propositions to create a more effective and PDUs (power distribution units), and Critical Cooling systems. Construction on competitive marketplace.” the suite began in April and is now available to meet the data-storage needs of the company’s clients. With its participation in the Independent Data Center Alliance, Data Holdings aligns its forces and resources to provide transcontinental data center reach “We are excited to offer this space to meet the growing demand for across the United States in key markets such as the Northwest, Missouri, connectivity, co-location, and disaster-recovery needs in the Midwest and Wisconsin, the greater Chicago market and New York, as well as European beyond,” said Potawatomi Business Development Corporation (PBDC) Chief locations that include Amsterdam and Frankfurt. Financial Officer Paul Hoesly. PBDC is the parent company of Data Holdings. “With this expansion, we continue to help our customers embrace digital “We welcome Data Holdings to the IND-DCA as a stronghold in the Midwest transformation and secure our position as a world-class data center.” market serving the greater Chicagoland area,” comments Ilissa Miller, founder of the Independent Data Center Alliance. “Our mission is to provide members increased brand awareness through the extended reach and dissemination of information about the combined strengths of regionally-proficient data centers throughout the world.”
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