May 2010 Nnaahh Ggaahh Cchhii Wwaa Nnoonngg (Far End of the Great Lake) Ddii Bbaahh Jjii Mmoowwiinn Nnaann (Narrating of Story)
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May 2010 NNaahh ggaahh cchhii wwaa nnoonngg (Far end of the Great Lake) DDii bbaahh jjii mmoowwiinn nnaann (Narrating of Story) In This Issue: 2010 Spear/net season .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..2 Enrollee Day.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..3 Election news . .4 RBC thoughts . .8-9 First time sugarbush.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 Community news . 16-17 Sean Thompson, FDL Natural Resources Technician, spears a walleye from Mille Lacs Lake in April. See story on the net/spear season on page two. Photo by Brian Borkholder. 1720 BIG LAKE RD. Presort Std CLOQUET, MN 55720 U.S. Postage CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED PAID Permit #155 Cloquet, MN 55720 Page 2 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | May 2010 Construction on assisted living building starts in 2010; accepting residents 2011 By Deb Smith, clude caregivers who help resi- be fully furnished; residents a media room with comput- the health requirements for FDL Public Health Nurse dents with daily activities such will only need to bring their ers, a Wii fitness station and the facility. Once accepted, the as eating, bathing, dressing, clothes, assistive devices and an arts and crafts room. There nurse and resident will create ypically some Elders and housekeeping, and assistance family mementos. will be a large tub room with a a service plan that details the disabled Band Members with medications. A communal “family” kitchen hairstyle chair for haircuts and personalized services required Tmove away from the FDL The 10-bed FDL facility will is planned so residents can styling. A medical exam room is by the resident and is guaran- Reservation to get the care they be located on Airport Rd. The prepare food if they wish, plus included in the facility, for ad- teed by the facility. The plan need when they can no longer rooms will include a small sit- there is a large institutional ditional health care treatment, is updated regularly to assure live alone. Often they do not ting area; a sink, microwave kitchen where staff will prepare as needed. There are offices for that the resident receives the need full-service nursing home and small refrigerator; a sleep- three meals a day for the resi- the Assisted Living staff and for appropriate care as his or her care, but intermediary care. To ing area with a double bed; a dents. A lovely dining room is the Home Care staff. condition changes. meet the needs of those who walk-in closet and a private located right off the kitchen and If you’re wondering how you For more information about need intermediary care, con- bathroom that is wheelchair allows residents to visit with can sign up for this wonderful the FDL Assisted Living facil- struction will begin this year for accessible. each other and their guests. A place, please be aware that this ity and services, contact Deb an assisted living facility. It is The resident rooms are ap- sunroom will be located at the is a health care facility. Smith, Public Health Nursing expected that residents will be proximately 600 square feet, front entrance and a patio with All applicants to the FDL Department Coordinator, at accepted as residents in early compared to the average 450- a grilling area will be located assisted living facility will first (218) 878-2104. 2011. 500 square feet in other assisted near the back entrance. meet with a nurse to deter- Assisted living facilities in- living facilities. The rooms will The facility will also include mine if the individual meets 2010 Waaswaawin gaye bagida’waawin (Spearing and Netting) season By Tom Howes, Program Man- FDL Band Members harvested The FDL Resource Manage- Our Conservation Enforcement it down to the lake, hopefully ager, FDL Natural Resources 24,442 pounds of ogaawag ment Division worked with the Officers provided boat rides for someone shared their harvest Program (walleye) and 770.3 pounds of Great Lakes Indian Fish and more than 25 Elders so they with you. he spearing and netting ginoozheg (northern pike). We Wildlife Commission on issuing could set their nets. The FDL harvest at Mille Lacs reached our quota of 24,000 permits, which gave both FDL Conservation Officers also set If you have any questions, T Lake this year was fast pounds of ogaawag. and GLIFWC harvesters more nets for the Elderly Nutrition please contact the Resource and furious. Participants from Since we harvested 90 percent options on where they could Program. Management Division at (218) the Fond du Lac Reservation or more of our ogaawag quota, spear fish or set their nets. We It was good to see several new 878-8001. began setting nets and spear- we will have a 26,000 pound were grateful for the collabora- families take part in the harvest ing fish on April 8. By April 11, ogaawag quota for 2011. tion with GLIFWC. this year. If you didn’t make The mission of this publication is publish editorials, opinion pieces or Nah gah chi wa nong Di bah ji mowin nan to provide the Anishinaabeg commu- letters to the editor. There is an abun- Translation: Far End of the Great Lake; Narrating of Story nity of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake dance of opportunity for the pub- Superior Chippewa, Fond du Lac Res- lishing, airing and dissemination of TABLE of CONTENTS Etc ....................................................... 13 ervation, with news and information material of personal opinion in other Assisted living/2010 Spear netting ............2 Health news ......................................14-15 that will be of help to them in their communication vehicles available Fire season/Enrollee Day ..........................3 Community news ..............................16-17 everyday lives. In addition, our goal throughout the area, region and state. Elections .................................................4 Parenting .............................................. 18 will be to highlight many of the hon- Our mission is to provide for Fond Local news .............................................5 Legal Q&A ............................................ 19 ors, accolades, accomplishments and du Lac Anishinaabeg a publication Law enforcement .....................................6 Calendar .............................................. 20 awards that are earned by community that will not dismiss their culture, members but are mostly overlooked heritage, hopes and dreams. We are 13 Moons ...............................................7 Published monthly by the Fond du Lac Reservation by the mass mainstream media. striving to make this newspaper fill RBC thoughts ....................................... 8-9 Business Committee. Subscriptions are free for Fond It is our hope that through greater that role. Earth Day/Elders .....................................9 du Lac Band Members. To inform us of a change of information about the activities of address, write to Fond du Lac News, Tribal Center, our people, this publication can be Corporate Member of the Edmund Ely .......................................... 10 1720 Big Lake Rd., Cloquet, Minn. 55720. Editor: Sugar bush .......................................... 11 Deborah Locke an instrument of true community. It Native American Journalists Associa- is not our intention to be a vehicle of tion Area news ............................................ 12 divisiveness. To that end, we do not May 2010 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 3 Reservation and state Department of Natural Resources firefighters pump water to contain a wildfire on Mission Road near the Mash ka wisen Treatment Center on April 17. In use is the FDL Firefighter Type 6 Wildland truck, specially equipped to deliver water where no hydrant exists. Throughout April, a severe wild fire watch was in effect for the northern two-thirds of Minnesota. Photo by Dan Huculak. With region under severe fire danger, local, state firefighters extremely busy ond du Lac fire safety ashes, according to FDL logging According to the Minnesota Airport was .94 inches for period since data started to be specialists, police officers, manager Vern Northrup, who Department of Natural Resourc- March; roughly three-quarters recorded in 1911 or 1912. Fand conservation officers is a retired Bureau of Indian es website, the April 2010 fire of an inch below normal. April “We just want to remind from the Reservation and the Affairs supervisory fire techni- danger rating is “severe,” which precipitation was four-tenths everybody to be careful,” state of Minnesota were busy on cian. Someone disposed of the is the agency’s highest rating. of an inch as of the middle of Northrup said. He recommend- April 17 battling to get a wild- hot ash in the woods where it The rating covers the entire the month, said Steve Goade, ed having tools on hand like a fire under control near the Mash started the fire. northern two-thirds of the state. observing program manager for shovel, and plenty of water. If a ka wisen Treatment Center near The fire fighting began in mid- Burning permits are not being the National Weather Service fire starts, call 911. Sawyer. March, Northrup said. As of issued at this time. office in Duluth. Goade said The fire started from inap- mid- to late April, the crew has The recorded precipitation that the March-April period has propriate handling of charcoal put out 19 or 20 fires. at the Duluth International been the ninth driest two-month “Indigenous” and Kevin Locke dance group to headline Enrollee Day entertainment in June ive entertainment at the • Registration for a $500 draw- served from 2 to 6 p.m. in the group. Secola, an award- to each of these guitarists. June 26, 2010 Enrollee ing ticket and $10 Casino Ojibwe School Gymnasium. winning Ojibwe musician Kevin Locke, is a Sioux record- LDay celebration will in- Coupon will be held in the Dinner also includes mashed originally from Minnesota, ing artist, educator, storyteller, clude performances by Cloquet ENP classroom from potatoes and gravy, salad, also performed at the 2009 cultural ambassador, and pre- the blues/rock music group noon to 8 p.m. on June 24; vegetables, dinner roll, a Enrollee Day celebration. eminent Native American flute “Indigenous” and by the Kevin from 8 a.m.