February 2009 Nah gah chi wa nong (Far end of the Great Lake – Fond du Lac Reservation) Di bah ji mowin nan (Narrating of Story)

1720 BIG LAKE RD. Above is 11 year old Cloquet goalie and FDL Band Member Taleah King. Presort Std At right, Taleah makes a save in a New Year’s Eve game against Superior. CLOQUET, MN 55720 U.S. Postage Cloquet won six to four. See related story on page 5. CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Paid Permit #155 Cloquet, MN In this issue: 55720 State of the Band……...... 2 RBC thoughts……...... 3 Inauguration……...... 4 Hockey star……...... 5 TV pilot……...... 6 Holy Family…...... 10 FDL profile…...... 12-13 Page 2 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 3 First FDL State of the Band address delivered to Band Members in January

RBC members following Band Address. From the left, Ferdinand Martineau, Karen Diver, Sandra Shabiash, Mary Northrup and Wally Dupuis.

Story by Jane Skalisky and FDL Propane, FDL Convenience he said, but added that former funding received for the con- a major accomplishment this Deborah Locke Store and FDL Logging. spending patterns would be struction this spring of the new year, with many sold out week- The Budget Report showed altered to meet tight budget supportive housing unit as a ends for rooms and shows and obs are safe and per capita that the projected reservation restrictions. major coup for the Band. greatly improved and popular payments will continue. payroll expenses for 2009 will “We have to keep a close “This will provide case man- restaurant cuisine. J Those were two of the be $58,976,812. Last year’s pay- watch on our expenditures and agement for some of the Band’s “It’s helping us weather this messages delivered to about 200 roll cost was $53,461,939. The keep our belt tight for the next most needy families,” she said. recession,” she said. She credit- FDL Band Members who braved $5.5 million increase is due to 12 months,” Martineau said. She added that this was the first ed the streamlining of the hiring record cold temperatures on employee raises and salary ad- Chairwoman Karen Diver time FDL housing and human process, providing new training Jan. 15 to hear the First Annual justments made at the casinos. gave the highlights of 2008, services had joined forces in curriculum, and updating the State of the Band address. The The 2009 budget received including paying off the debt for such a venture. pay scales for casino employees event was held in the Black from grant money will be the Black Bear Casino Resort. Other highlights of 2008 cited as contributing factors to its Bear’s Casino’s Otter Creek $31,864,561. The grant funds “The positive effect of pay- by the Chairwoman were be- success. Convention Center. are spread over the areas of ing off the debt early can not ing granted a radio frequency, The goals for 2009 are to fin- Following introductions, tribal health and human services, be overstated,” she said. With the community meetings on ish the supportive housing proj- officials individually welcomed education, general governmen- the downturn in the economy violence, establishment of ect, develop a code of ethics for the audience. Secretary Trea- tal budget, housing and miscel- and financial markets, the Band the Big Lake Sanitary District, the Reservation, rebuild finan- surer Ferdinand Martineau, Jr., laneous costs. would currently be in default and addressing mining issues, cial stability, create policies on read the FDL Reservation Tribal At the conclusion of his re- on the loan and would have particularly the Polymet sulfide violence, expand the role of the Budget Report, which included marks, Martineau assured those inadequate cash flow for the per mine proposed south of Babbit tribal court, develop a strategic budgets for FDL’s six busi- present that everyone’s job was capita payments if the debt had that would dump sulfides into plan for the Reservation, and nesses. The businesses included safe and that the per capita pay- not been repaid, she said. the St. Louis River. seek independent accreditation the Black Bear Casino, Fond du ments would continue. Chairwoman Diver also The Casino’s grand open- for the tribal college. Luth Casino, FDL Construction, “It is not doom and gloom,” pointed to the $5 million in ing in August 2008 was also

The mission of this publication is to intention to be a vehicle of divisiveness. Nah gah chi wa nong provide the Anishinaabeg community of To that end, we do not publish editorials, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior opinion pieces or letters to the editor. Di bah ji mowin nan Chippewa, Fond du Lac Reservation, There is an abundance of opportunity Translation: Far End of the Great Lake – Fond du Lac Reservation; Narrating of Story with news and information that will be for the publishing, airing and dissemina- TABLE of CONTENTS Bob & football...... 14-15 of help to them in their everyday lives. tion of material of personal opinion in State of the Band...... 2 Glassmaker...... 16 In addition, our goal will be to highlight other communication vehicles available RBC thoughts...... 3 Community News...... 17-19 many of the honors, accolades, accom- throughout the area, region and state. Inauguration...... 4 Etc...... 20 plishments and awards that are earned Our mission is to provide for Fond du Hockey star...... 5 Area news briefs...... 21 by community members but are mostly Lac Anishinaabeg a publication that will TV pilot...... 6 Briefs...... 22-23 Legal Q&A...... 7 Calendar...... 24 overlooked by the mass mainstream not dismiss their culture, heritage, hopes Emergency Awareness...... 8 Published monthly by the Fond du Lac media. and dreams. We are striving to make this Parenting column...... 9 Reservation Business Committee. Subscriptions It is our hope that through greater newspaper fill that role. Holy Family...... 10 are free for Fond du Lac Band Members. To information about the activities of our RBC & restaurants...... 11 inform us of a change of address, write to Fond people, this publication can be an instru- Member of the Native American FDL profile...... 12-13 du Lac News, Tribal Center, 1720 Big Lake Rd., Cloquet, Minn. 55720 Editor: Deborah Locke ment of true community. It is not our Journalists Association Page 2 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 3

A few thoughts from RBC members

From Chairwoman Karen Diver quires that units be set aside for people I was fortunate to be a part of the In- backs of programs and services that ben- with specific issues. The agencies that auguration activities in Washington D.C. efit tribal communities. There are some hank you to all of the Band Mem- funded the project require these guide- in January. I joined other tribal leaders plans at the federal level for tribes to be bers who braved bitter cold to lines. Units designated for the home- at the National Museum of the American included in President Obama’s economic Tattend the first State of the Band less mean that you are currently home- Indian. It was memorable in so many stimulus package, but details are still address. The RBC has received positive less, or have experienced ways, but obviously seeing his- coming together. comments about the address, and many homelessness several times tory tops the list! Tribal leaders I apologize if you tried to reach me by felt that it is a symbol of the RBC’s will- in the past two years. This were there in force, and had cell phone in early January and could ingness to have an open and transparent would include families who many opportunities for net- not leave a voice mail message. There government. are doubled up in current working and for making legisla- were some technical issues with my We also received some good ideas on homes. Veteran’s status, tive contacts. phone that I was unaware of. They have how to improve the address for next disabilities and other issues In February, the RBC will be been fixed. year. Thanks to all of the departments will also be in the guide- finalizing budgets and complet- who set up booths to better inform Band lines for some of the units. ing some work toward the com- As always, please feel free to call me Members about services and programs We have to follow the munity input on violence pre- or stop by if you have any questions or of the Reservation. guidelines in order to meet Karen Diver vention. The Minnesota Indian comments. Email address: karendiver@ There have been some questions that the requirements of the Affairs Council has its annual fdlrez.com, office (218) 878-2612, or cell have come out of the RBC’s presenta- agencies that funded the project. Regard- Tribal Leaders luncheon with Governor (218) 590-4887. tions at the address, including some less, this will allow some Band Members Pawlenty, and the Minnesota Chippewa about the supportive housing project. who have not had stable housing to Tribe will be having its legislative dinner. Band Members are wondering who the have a home while receiving some ser- Tribes will have to be diligent that the units are for. This type of project re- vices that help them get on their feet. state does not balance its budget on the

From Ferdinand Martineau of money to run it. I am simply amazed capitalize on our market position and ever else was there, and then she would at the budget numbers. I remember as a continue to expand the opportunities have her dinner. She would also make hope that you had a safe and happy kid that $10 dollars was a huge amount. within. sure that everything was cleaned up holiday season. I had a wonderful As a young adult, $100 was As I look back on the past and then we could go out and play. She Ione. As I look at my family, I realize a lot of money. Now as sec- year, I think about all that made sure that any disagreements that how lucky we are. My parents are 72 retary/treasurer, I deal with has happened. A lot of things started between us were short lived. years old and had 8 children, 16 grand- millions on a daily basis. changed for the better, some for The thing that I remember most about children and 23 great-grandchildren. I Our casino was hopping the worse, but I feel good about and will always keep with me is her love asked my brother and sisters if we could on New Year’s Eve! We had the direction we are headed in. for her family, friends and this commu- all have a party on Christmas Eve and one of our largest nights I am hopeful that by the end nity. She did not work outside the home, they agreed. We spent the evening to- ever. If you had the oppor- of this year that the outlook will but she sure worked hard within it. Gii gether and had a great time. Santa ended tunity to visit, there was a good. ga wa ba min inzigos. the evening with gifts for everyone and party going on for the high The last thing I would like to my parents were glowing from having end gamblers. There was a Ferdinand share is my Aunt Celia passed Again, I am always interested in hearing everyone together for the first time in a crab and lobster buffet for Martineau on. She was a quiet unassuming any new ideas, so please feel free to call long time. It was nice to get together to $10.09. Lots of people were woman, but she was strong in me. My home number is (218)879-5074, share the spirit of the season with my in the casino. For three her commitment to her husband Office (218)878-8158 or you can e-mail at family. days, the casino was very busy and the and her family. I remember as a child, [email protected]. We are in the final stages of budget hotel was booked. It showed me that the when I would stay at her home, she finalization. The Reservation is a large potential for Black Bear to be a gam- always made sure that all the kids were RBC thoughts continued on page 11 organization and it takes a huge amount ing destination is here. Now we have to fed along with her husband and who- Page 4 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 Breaching a ceiling A small group of FDL employees gathered in the conference room of the Planning Division at the Tribal Center on Jan. 21 to watch the Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack H. Obama. We wondered what they thought of the 22-minute address from the new U.S. President. Below are some thoughts.

Tammy Nykanen, Vern Northrup, Amy Wicklund, Jason Hollinday, FDL Community Services Administrative FDL Logging and Timber Manager FDL Economic Development Planner FDL Director of Planning Assistant Northrup was outside in the woods the This was Wicklund’s first Inaugura- Obama’s Inauguration was also Hol- Nykanen said Obama’s speech was morning of the Inauguration and re- tion. She described herself as thrilled linday’s first. He described the speech as motivating and uplifting. ceived a cell phone call from his daugh- and excited. “good and very interesting.” Hollinday “I’m hoping he can follow through ter, Prairie. She asked her dad if he was “I was impressed with the nonviolent said he hoped Obama would do a good with the big dreams he has for this watching the ceremony. transfer of power, especially between job and was glad that he witnessed the country,” she said. “I hope somewhere “I raced back to see it because it was the two parties that differed on so many event. in his plans for the white, African Ameri- a historic moment,” he said. “I’ve finally things,” she said. Wicklund was also Hollinday said that he hoped the new can, and Muslim communities, there come to the realization that our eight- interested to see the British influence on President would focus on the economy, is something for the Native American year nightmare had come to an end,” the entire day. solving some of the military situations community.” said Northrup, adding that the country “We’re a lot like royalty, with all the the U.S. is in, and finding sources of Nykanen said she hoped Obama’s first had a lot of work ahead in order to re- pomp and circumstance,” she said. alternative energy. priority will be to get the troops home. pair its worldwide image. “In turn, the economy will improve,” He also said that it was moving to see she said, “if we’re not spending money a man of color become President. destroying and then rebuilding another “It shows our younger generation that country.” no matter what color they are, they can She believes that the Obama Presiden- achieve anything,” he said. “There was tency signifies a welcomed move into a ceiling that was breached. One day the future. maybe there will be a Native American “What it means for the Native Ameri- President.” can community is that there is hope Northrup hoped Obama would follow for us; that they’re not going to hold us through with his stimulus plan to get back. We will move forward and move this country back to work and “fix our strong.” health care system so that we are taking care of each other.” February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 5 Breaching a ceiling A small group of FDL employees gathered in the conference room of the Planning Division Saving the day at the Tribal Center on Jan. 21 to watch the Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack H. Obama. We wondered what they thought of the 22-minute address from Reluctant goalie shines on the ice the new U.S. President. Below are some thoughts. Pictures and story by of goalie reluctantly. She plays the position Jane Skalisky because she was the only one with experi- ence and nobody else volunteered. leven-year-old Taleah King, a 5th “I’m scared of the puck,” she said. Taleah grade student at Churchill Elemen- also cited the feeling of not being in control Etary in Cloquet, learned to skate two when she is in the net and prefers to play years ago by pushing a chair around a rink. center. The pressure on a goalie can be Now she is the main goalie for her Cloquet intense. girl’s 10-U-B Purple hockey team, currently “People scream at me when the other ranked in the top three in their league with team scores,” she said. Nonetheless, Taleah Above, Goalie Taleah King makes a save in a New Year’s Eve game nine wins, three losses and one tie so far said that one day she would like to play in against Superior. Cloquet won six to four. this season. the American Hockey League. “It’s fun,” said Taleah about the game. Taleah’s dad said he chose hockey for “It’s cool to play something boys have Taleah because he wanted to find a sport always played.” that she liked and was good at. He said Taleah is the Taleah felt left out, daughter of Bobby as her older sister, and Jody King, Jolisa, age 15, plays and granddaugh- varsity basketball Tammy Nykanen, Vern Northrup, Amy Wicklund, Jason Hollinday, ter of Rodney and and junior varsity FDL Community Services Administrative FDL Logging and Timber Manager FDL Economic Development Planner FDL Director of Planning Nadine King, Dar- volleyball and her Assistant Northrup was outside in the woods the This was Wicklund’s first Inaugura- Obama’s Inauguration was also Hol- lene Diver and the brother, Jordan, age Nykanen said Obama’s speech was morning of the Inauguration and re- tion. She described herself as thrilled linday’s first. He described the speech as late John Diver. 12, participates in motivating and uplifting. ceived a cell phone call from his daugh- and excited. “good and very interesting.” Hollinday “She’s a freak basketball, football, “I’m hoping he can follow through ter, Prairie. She asked her dad if he was “I was impressed with the nonviolent said he hoped Obama would do a good of nature on and baseball. with the big dreams he has for this watching the ceremony. transfer of power, especially between job and was glad that he witnessed the ice,” said her A regular week of country,” she said. “I hope somewhere “I raced back to see it because it was the two parties that differed on so many event. dad, Bobby King, hockey for Taleah in his plans for the white, African Ameri- a historic moment,” he said. “I’ve finally things,” she said. Wicklund was also Hollinday said that he hoped the new explaining how includes 10 hours of can, and Muslim communities, there come to the realization that our eight- interested to see the British influence on President would focus on the economy, she instinctively practice a week and is something for the Native American year nightmare had come to an end,” the entire day. solving some of the military situations performs a wrap two to four games, community.” said Northrup, adding that the country “We’re a lot like royalty, with all the the U.S. is in, and finding sources of around, a hockey sometimes requiring Nykanen said she hoped Obama’s first had a lot of work ahead in order to re- pomp and circumstance,” she said. alternative energy. maneuver that in- that the family travel priority will be to get the troops home. pair its worldwide image. volves defending Bobby King helps his daughter Taleah suit up as far north as Hib- “In turn, the economy will improve,” He also said that it was moving to see the goal from both before a recent game. bing, west to Brain- she said, “if we’re not spending money a man of color become President. sides of the net. erd, and south to the destroying and then rebuilding another “It shows our younger generation that “We’ve never taught it,” said Taleah’s metro area. Costs to Taleah’s parents for country.” no matter what color they are, they can coach, Mike Kelley, “she just gets it.” her to play hockey for a typical season are She believes that the Obama Presiden- achieve anything,” he said. “There was Kelley described Taleah as “an all-around $1100 for equipment, $650 for association tency signifies a welcomed move into a ceiling that was breached. One day athlete,” playing defense, offense, and fees, about $1,000 for hotels, and $20-$30 the future. maybe there will be a Native American goalie positions well. He also said she per game for concession stand food. Be- “What it means for the Native Ameri- President.” skates faster and better than most players tween October to March, the family travels can community is that there is hope Northrup hoped Obama would follow even while wearing goalie pads. an average of 6,000 miles and spends a for us; that they’re not going to hold us through with his stimulus plan to get “She’s tenacious and perseveres; she’s minimum of 25-30 hours per week going to back. We will move forward and move this country back to work and “fix our someone to be modeled after,” said Kelley. and from practices and games. strong.” health care system so that we are taking Taleah’s inspiration to play the game Is it worth it? Definitely, said King. care of each other.” came from her cousin, Tia Tokenshal, a “I’m building memories for my child. member of the Cloquet varsity girl’s hockey The feeling I get when she makes a save is team. Her other reason for playing was for overwhelming,” said King. “I cry at nearly acceptance, she said, as all of her friends at every game.” Taleah in the locker room before a game. school play hockey. Taleah said that she comes to the position Page 6 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 7 Where grandmas hang out with lumberjacks Think twice about car loans to TV producer explains why he chose Black Bear Casino Hotel as setting for new pilot Legal Q&As children or grandchildren. Also, what’s Story and pictures by be picked up by the produc- Jane Skalisky tion company. As many as four the advantage to leasing a vehicle? shows would be produced at a ollywood met Fond du time preceded by a week or two Lac the week of Dec. of non-stop filming. Dear Senior Legal Line: I am a retired senior could sell the car for at least the amount you owe. If 15 with the filming of a “They do a lot of work at on a fixed income. My adult child had finan- you sell the car for less than the loan, you would Leasing a vehicle versus H cial problems and asked me to cosign on a car limit your liability to a smaller and more certain pilot for a reality TV show. once,” Wilkinson said, adding Producer Doug Hajicek of the that footage is saved for later purchase. I suggested that if he could not get amount since you probably could sell it at a higher purchasing one By Sofia Manning History Channel’s “Monster- editing. A natural fit for the financing, he should look at a less expensive price than at a public auction sale. Pay the sales pro- Indian Legal Assistance Program, Duluth quest” and his crew spent their show would be the A&E (Arts car. However, he talked me into cosigning on the ceeds to the lender, and get a receipt in return. Then first day of production filming and Entertainment) network on loan. you or your son would pay off the remaining loan ith the average price of a new car or truck being $20,000 or a blizzard at the cable. He made payments for several months, lost his debt (over and above the loan amount). more, more people are looking into the leasing option so that Black Bear Casino Rory (“Rooster”) Ol- job and now cannot make payments. I am living I have seen similar situations fairly often and cau- Wthey can afford to drive a new car. Resort. son, a Black Bear Ca- on Social Security and a small pension and can- tion people against over-stretching to accommodate First off, know that leasing is basically a long-term car rental. You agree Hajicek’s vision sino valet, is featured not make this several hundred dollars a month somebody else’s desired purchase. A more dire situa- to pay a certain amount per month for a designated amount of time, gener- in coming to the in the pilot. Olson met car payment. tion occurred when a senior had cosigned on a new ally two to four years, to drive the car. In that time you’re allowed to put Casino is to create Hajicek at the Black The loan also mandates that he keep insur- car for his daughter and the daughter used the new a certain number of miles on the vehicle, usually 12,000 to 15,000 per a pilot for a reality Bear Casino during his ance on the car. My son’s driving record is not car in the commission of a crime. The vehicle was year. Additional miles will cost between 10 and 15 cents per mile. TV show entitled 2007 tour of the gam- spotless and his insurance is not cheap. The car confiscated by the police – state law allows confisca- Generally, the monthly payments are cheaper because you are only pay- “Nowhere Near Ve- ing operations in Min- loan people are now contacting me about mak- tion and the sale of vehicles used in certain crimes, ing for the amount that the vehicle depreciates for the term of the lease, gas,” a real glimpse nesota and Wisconsin. ing my son’s car payments and insuring the car. ranging from drug crimes to shoplifting, and more. plus taxes and other fees included in your lease agreement. Hajicek said meeting into the employees Doug Hajicek What should I do? In this example, neither the senior nor his daughter At the end of the lease, you have the option to buy the car outright at the and customers of Olson convinced him Raymond had possession of the vehicle and were both stuck as amount agreed to when the lease began. This is called the residual. If at the the Black Bear Ca- to film the pilot here. a responsible party for a loan exceeding $10,000. end of the lease the vehicle is worth more than the residual, or if the residu- sino Resort. “When I pulled up, he treated Dear Raymond: I understand that you had the best As cosigner, you are the guarantor of the loan. If al is less than what a comparable vehicle would cost from a used-car dealer, Along with extreme weather, me like his old fishing buddy,” it is a good idea to keep the vehicle, as you can either continue to pay on said Hajicek. “It was like I’d of intentions, but now find yourself in a situation you are forced to pay the loan, you can sue your son they were greeted by some of the vehicle, paying the remainder owed or sell the car and pocket the profit. the future stars of their hoped- known him my whole life.” where you are on the hook for a car that you cannot to pay you back for the amount you paid. However, If the purchase option price at the end of the lease is higher than the mar- for show: valets. Arguably, Other reasons for Hajicek A camera crew captured this scene which may be used in the television pilot of “Nowhere Near Vegas,” afford, your son cannot afford, and there is a loan most parents do not wish to sue their children, so ket value of the car, and the dealer won’t negotiate on the price at all, it is valets are unlikely Hollywood choosing the Black Bear is that filmed the end of December at the Black Bear Casino Resort. and insurance for which you are responsible. Your in the end, the parent is the one who is negatively best to walk away. characters, but for producer Ha- it is directly at the heart of original reaction that your son should purchase a impacted. The best way to avoid this situation is to jicek, valets offer just the right North America and because of with curiosity as his driving of Lake Superior. One winter, he Hajicek is uncertain where his less expensive car was probably correct. not get into it in the first place. Some things to remember when considering a lease are these: Once you kind of character. its diverse clientele. force. filmed the entire hibernation of connection to the wild comes If this was a new car loan, the loan amount is Hopefully, you will find a buyer which would sign the lease, abide by the terms. If you terminate your lease early, a steep “They are full of life and have “The Bear is a magnet,” he “I developed a sense of won- a black bear. He said he discov- from, having grown up in the probably greater than the car’s present value due allow you to pay off most of the loan. You (and your penalty could be added to the amount you owe. lots of stories, with their own said. “Grandmas hang out here der,” he said. “Now I am living ered that bears awake, groom Twin Cities, far from nature. He to depreciation. If the lender repossesses the car, son) will still be responsible for the remainder of the Choose a make and model that traditionally holds its value. Lease pay- language and subculture,” he with lumberjacks.” a dream.” Most of Hajicek’s ca- themselves, and appear to be said he knows little of his roots, they will sell it at a public auction for less than the loan. However, this will be much easier to pay off ments will often be lower on a car that sells well after the lease is up. said. The second Black Bear em- reer has been devoted to uncov- bored. but knows that his grandfather, amount you and your son owe. You and your son if most of the principal, from the sale, is put toward Shop around to get the best deal. Hajicek was on site from Dec. ployee that Hajicek encountered ering the mysteries of nature. Filming the bears along with Jack Angore, was an Ojibwe will still owe additional money for the balance of the the loan balance. You also will not have the continu- Avoid extras such as costly rust-proofing and extended warranties. Remember that you will only have the car for two to four years and the car 15 to Dec. 20 during the filming upon his arrival was Ken South- He spent two I am extremely Dr. Lynn Rog- man from this area. loan, called the deficiency amount. While you are ing insurance costs. The lender will expect that the for the trailer and an episode erland, a.k.a. Elvis. years filming a ers and being Hajicek hopes to show a jointly liable with your son, your son probably does entire loan will be paid off before releasing the lien should not rust in that time and should be covered by a factory warranty. pilot that will debut before “I thought, ‘Damn, he kinda beaver lodge in passionate about this allowed by the preview of the pilot in Febru- not have the means, savings or investments to facili- against the car. Two- and three- year leases are standard. If you sign a longer lease, network executives at the end looks like Elvis,’” said Hajicek. Canada where project. I want people mother bear to ary at the Casino. If the pilot tate such payoffs since there was a reason you had remember that you still have to buy the car at the end of the lease if you of January. In February, Hajicek “Then he started to talk and I he documented watch her cubs is purchased by a network, as to cosign. That reason is coming to bear now. This column is written by the Senior Citizens’ want to own it. Also, the warranty runs out after a few years. expects final word in whether thought, ‘My God, he sounds two muskrats all over the world to affected Haji- many as 60 episodes could be The lender could seek a judgment against either Law Project. It doesn’t give complete answers to With leasing you will always have a newer car and fewer mechanical grooming bea- cek deeply. filmed here. The show’s global the pilot will be picked up by a like Elvis!’ It was kind of you and/or your son for the balance of the loan individual questions. If you are 60 years of age problems, and you will also always have a car payment. spooky.” vers, the first get to know Ferd. “It changed audience could grow to a mil- network. after the car is repossessed. While your social or older and live within the Minnesota Arrow- Some leases require upfront costs such as down-payment, security deposit If the show is picked up by During his week of filming, time in history my life,” he lion viewers. Doug Hajicek, security income is exempt from collections, some head Region, you may contact us with questions and first month’s payment. Be sure you are clear on what these are and that a network, it will provide a lot Hajicek also interviewed tribal a mammal of said. “I am extremely passionate producer of tv pilot set at pension incomes may be susceptible to judgment for legal help by writing to: Senior Citizens’ Law you understand what they cover. of publicity for the Reservation official Ferdinand Martineau, Jr. one species Sasquatch, about this project,” said Haji- You will be charged for excess wear and tear on the vehicle if you return has done so to Black Bear Casino Hotel or Big Foot, cek. “I want people all over the collection. Also, if you have any interest in real Project, Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Min- said Rocky Wilkinson, who is “When I’m in his presence, I the car when the lease is up. Be sure you have a thorough understanding of feel a warmth and deep sincer- another. has been the world to get to know Ferd.” estate, a judgment against you could result in a lien nesota, 302 Ordean Bldg., Duluth, MN 55802. marketing manager at the Black what wear and tear is and write those standards in your lease. Bear Casino Resort. Weekly ity,” said Hajicek. “It gives me He currently has an underwa- subject of over 30 Monsterquest against your real estate. Such creditor’s liens cannot Please include a phone number and return ad- national exposure could later the chills. Positive energy flows ter lab at Mille Lacs Lake, at- shows by Hajicek. Hajicek said normally cause foreclosure. dress.to: Senior Citizens’ Law Project, Legal Aid If you have any questions or topics you would like addressed in translate into a revenue in- from him.” tempting to capture the world’s the existence of this illusive Either way, this will have a negative effect on your Service of Northeastern Minnesota, 302 Ordean future columns, please write to us at: Indian Legal Assistance crease as tourists pour into the Hajicek said that he uses his largest muskie on camera and creature has been documented credit rating if the loan payments are not kept up. To Bldg., Duluth, MN 55802. area. All production costs will camera as an excuse to learn, another camera at the bottom more than the white-tailed deer. get you out of this loan or satisfy the lender, you Program, 107 W. First St., Duluth, MN 55802 Page 6 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 7 Think twice about car loans to Legal Q&As children or grandchildren. Also, what’s the advantage to leasing a vehicle?

Dear Senior Legal Line: I am a retired senior could sell the car for at least the amount you owe. If on a fixed income. My adult child had finan- you sell the car for less than the loan, you would Leasing a vehicle versus cial problems and asked me to cosign on a car limit your liability to a smaller and more certain purchase. I suggested that if he could not get amount since you probably could sell it at a higher purchasing one financing, he should look at a less expensive price than at a public auction sale. Pay the sales pro- By Sofia Manning car. However, he talked me into cosigning on the ceeds to the lender, and get a receipt in return. Then Indian Legal Assistance Program, Duluth loan. you or your son would pay off the remaining loan ith the average price of a new car or truck being $20,000 or He made payments for several months, lost his debt (over and above the loan amount). more, more people are looking into the leasing option so that job and now cannot make payments. I am living I have seen similar situations fairly often and cau- Wthey can afford to drive a new car. on Social Security and a small pension and can- tion people against over-stretching to accommodate First off, know that leasing is basically a long-term car rental. You agree not make this several hundred dollars a month somebody else’s desired purchase. A more dire situa- to pay a certain amount per month for a designated amount of time, gener- car payment. tion occurred when a senior had cosigned on a new ally two to four years, to drive the car. In that time you’re allowed to put The loan also mandates that he keep insur- car for his daughter and the daughter used the new a certain number of miles on the vehicle, usually 12,000 to 15,000 per ance on the car. My son’s driving record is not car in the commission of a crime. The vehicle was year. Additional miles will cost between 10 and 15 cents per mile. spotless and his insurance is not cheap. The car confiscated by the police – state law allows confisca- Generally, the monthly payments are cheaper because you are only pay- loan people are now contacting me about mak- tion and the sale of vehicles used in certain crimes, ing for the amount that the vehicle depreciates for the term of the lease, ing my son’s car payments and insuring the car. ranging from drug crimes to shoplifting, and more. plus taxes and other fees included in your lease agreement. What should I do? In this example, neither the senior nor his daughter At the end of the lease, you have the option to buy the car outright at the Raymond had possession of the vehicle and were both stuck as amount agreed to when the lease began. This is called the residual. If at the a responsible party for a loan exceeding $10,000. end of the lease the vehicle is worth more than the residual, or if the residu- Dear Raymond: I understand that you had the best As cosigner, you are the guarantor of the loan. If al is less than what a comparable vehicle would cost from a used-car dealer, of intentions, but now find yourself in a situation you are forced to pay the loan, you can sue your son it is a good idea to keep the vehicle, as you can either continue to pay on where you are on the hook for a car that you cannot to pay you back for the amount you paid. However, the vehicle, paying the remainder owed or sell the car and pocket the profit. afford, your son cannot afford, and there is a loan most parents do not wish to sue their children, so If the purchase option price at the end of the lease is higher than the mar- and insurance for which you are responsible. Your in the end, the parent is the one who is negatively ket value of the car, and the dealer won’t negotiate on the price at all, it is original reaction that your son should purchase a impacted. The best way to avoid this situation is to best to walk away. less expensive car was probably correct. not get into it in the first place. Some things to remember when considering a lease are these: Once you If this was a new car loan, the loan amount is Hopefully, you will find a buyer which would sign the lease, abide by the terms. If you terminate your lease early, a steep probably greater than the car’s present value due allow you to pay off most of the loan. You (and your penalty could be added to the amount you owe. to depreciation. If the lender repossesses the car, son) will still be responsible for the remainder of the Choose a make and model that traditionally holds its value. Lease pay- they will sell it at a public auction for less than the loan. However, this will be much easier to pay off ments will often be lower on a car that sells well after the lease is up. amount you and your son owe. You and your son if most of the principal, from the sale, is put toward Shop around to get the best deal. will still owe additional money for the balance of the the loan balance. You also will not have the continu- Avoid extras such as costly rust-proofing and extended warranties. loan, called the deficiency amount. While you are ing insurance costs. The lender will expect that the Remember that you will only have the car for two to four years and the car jointly liable with your son, your son probably does entire loan will be paid off before releasing the lien should not rust in that time and should be covered by a factory warranty. not have the means, savings or investments to facili- against the car. Two- and three- year leases are standard. If you sign a longer lease, tate such payoffs since there was a reason you had remember that you still have to buy the car at the end of the lease if you to cosign. That reason is coming to bear now. This column is written by the Senior Citizens’ want to own it. Also, the warranty runs out after a few years. The lender could seek a judgment against either Law Project. It doesn’t give complete answers to With leasing you will always have a newer car and fewer mechanical you and/or your son for the balance of the loan individual questions. If you are 60 years of age problems, and you will also always have a car payment. after the car is repossessed. While your social or older and live within the Minnesota Arrow- Some leases require upfront costs such as down-payment, security deposit security income is exempt from collections, some head Region, you may contact us with questions and first month’s payment. Be sure you are clear on what these are and that pension incomes may be susceptible to judgment for legal help by writing to: Senior Citizens’ Law you understand what they cover. collection. Also, if you have any interest in real Project, Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Min- You will be charged for excess wear and tear on the vehicle if you return estate, a judgment against you could result in a lien nesota, 302 Ordean Bldg., Duluth, MN 55802. the car when the lease is up. Be sure you have a thorough understanding of against your real estate. Such creditor’s liens cannot Please include a phone number and return ad- what wear and tear is and write those standards in your lease. normally cause foreclosure. dress.to: Senior Citizens’ Law Project, Legal Aid Either way, this will have a negative effect on your Service of Northeastern Minnesota, 302 Ordean If you have any questions or topics you would like addressed in credit rating if the loan payments are not kept up. To Bldg., Duluth, MN 55802. future columns, please write to us at: Indian Legal Assistance get you out of this loan or satisfy the lender, you Program, 107 W. First St., Duluth, MN 55802 Page 8 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 9 Clip and Save Emergency Awareness News Emergency Awareness News few days. A blizzard watch may insulation and caulking, and If there is a risk that pipes will Prepared by the also be issued if blizzard condi- weather-stripping doors and freeze, follow these procedures: Home disaster supply kit • Three gallons of water per person per tions are expected. windows. FDL Emergency Response Team • Turn off the main electrical day Winter storm warning: a winter • Consider a safe alternate heat switch. • Three-day supply of food he Fond du Lac Reserva- storm warning is issued via elec- source, and keep a ready supply • Turn off the water main where • Battery-powered radio and fresh tion emergency response tronic media when severe winter of fuel. it enters the house and cover batteries Tteam is a Reservation-wide conditions, featuring a combina- the valve, inlet pipe, and pump • Several flashlights initiative designed to prepare for, tion of winter weather types, are If you need to be outside dur- or meter with a blanket or other • Blankets or sleeping bags for each prevent, protect against, respond occurring or are imminent. Bliz- ing a winter storm: insulating material. person to, and recover from major inci- zard, heavy snow, ice storm, lake • Dress in layered clothing and • Open the drain on the water • Matches in a waterproof container dents. effect snow, and sleet warnings avoid over-exertion. heater and all taps inside the • Paper and pencils • Fire extinguisher Emergency preparedness ac- may also be issued if only one • Wear a hat; most body heat is house, and flush toilets several • A whistle weather type is expected to occur. lost through the top of the head. tivities are activities that occur times. • An extra set of keys in succession. Their purpose is Blizzard warning: sustained • If your vehicle becomes • Plunge toilet bowls, sink and • Identification cards for everyone in to prepare a state of readiness to winds or frequent gusts to 35 stranded, stay with it until help bath drains, and then add anti- household respond to extreme events that miles per hour or greater and arrives. Do not try to walk for freeze. • Personal hygiene items could affect our community. considerable amounts of falling or help during a winter storm, • Check appliance manuals and • Prescription medications The following information blowing snow (reducing visibility as conditions may suddenly follow draining or frost-protec- • Extra over-the-counter medications and shows ways to minimize the risk to less than a quarter mile) are worsen with little warning. tion instructions for dishwash- first-aid kit from emergency hazards due expected to prevail for a period of • Most Minnesota home-heating ers, washing machines, etc. • Rock salt to melt ice on walkways. to animal and human disease three hours or longer. systems depend on electrical • Blow out horizontal water lines • Sand to improve traction. • Snow shovels and other snow removal outbreak, chemical incident, Frost/freeze warning: below power to operate the furnace, that won't drain when valves equipment. freezing temperatures are ex- air circulation and thermostat explosion, fire, flood, radiation, are open (use a tire pump.) • Anti-freeze to protect plumbing. terrorism, transportation or utility pected. controls. A winter power failure • UL-approved emergency heating equip- breakdowns, weapon incidents Wind chill watches and warn- and resulting heat loss can When power returns: ment, such as a camp stove, kerosene and severe weather. ings: may be issued when life- damage homes and create dif- • Turn on the main water valve, heater, or firewood and adequate fuel The Fond du Lac emergency threatening wind chill values are ficult living conditions. Know closing taps on the lowest level to operate a fireplace or woodstove. response team members are: expected. A strong wind com- what to do if your home suffers of the house first. • Candles or lanterns to provide light. Vern Northrup, Sam Ojibway, bined with temperatures slightly a power and heat failure. • Let the water heater fill up Tom Howes, Steve Olson, Wanda below freezing can have the same before turning on. Vehicle survival kit Smith, Cassie Diver, Jack Bassett, chilling effect as a temperature Surviving a winter power fail- • Flush the toilets and drain sinks Always deep a winter survival kit in your car. Use an empty three-pound cof- and Mike Himango. nearly 50 degrees lower in a ure When the power goes off: and tubs to dispose of anti- fee can or any similar container with a calm atmosphere. The combined • Notify your local energy sup- freeze. plastic cover to store the following items. Winter Weather Information cooling power of the wind and plier. • Turn on the main electrical The can be used later to melt snow for A wide range of weather condi- temperature on exposed flesh is • Turn off all electrical appliances. switch. drinking water, if needed. tions can occur during a winter called the wind chill factor. • Turn on a battery-powered radio • Small candles and matches storm. Travel becomes dangerous An advisory is issued when con- for information. Emergency phone calls • Small, sharp knife and plastic spoons and even impossible. Extreme ditions warrant increased public • Don't panic. When doors and In any part of Minnesota, you • Red bandanna or cloth cold often accompanies a winter awareness or moderately hamper windows are kept closed, can call 911 from your cell • Pencil and paper storm or is left in its wake. The travel, but are not severe enough houses remain bearably warm phone to summon help. When • Large plastic garbage bags and safety combination of cold tempera- to merit a warning. for several hours. you talk to authorities: pins • Whistle tures and wind produces a wind • Conserve fuel by warming only • Provide information on your lo- • Snacks Before a winter storm strikes one room and keep tempera- chill, which is a cooling effect on cation, condition of any people • Cell phone adapter to plug in to lighter exposed skin. Prolonged exposure • Monitor National Weather tures low but bearable. in the vehicle and the problems • Plastic flashlight and spare batteries to the cold can be dangerous and Service forecasts, statements, • Wear heavy clothing. you’re having. life-threatening, causing hypo- watches, and warnings for the • Switch to emergency heating • Follow instructions if you are Also, include the following: thermia or frostbite. latest information on a equipment before the house told to stay where you are and • Booster cables developing winter storm. gets too cold. wait for rescuers. • Tools The terms National Weather Service web- • Check plumbing to ensure that • Don’t hang up until you get the • Sand, cat litter or other grit substance Winter storm watch: a win- sites and NOAA Weather Radio water pipes are not freezing up. name of who you have spoken in a plastic milk carton ter storm is possible in your provide a direct link to this with and be clear on what you • Shovel • Tow cables or chain area. Tune in to National Oce- information. are supposed to do next. • Sleeping bag or blankets • Winterize your vehicle. Keep anic Atmospheric Administration • If you must leave your vehicle, • Road flares and reflectors weather radio, commercial radio, antifreeze fresh. Assure that you leave your name, phone number • Heavy snow boots or television for more informa- have a strong car battery. Use on a piece of paper inside the tion. A winter storm watch is snow tires. front windshield for someone issued when severe winter condi- • Winterize your home by install- to see. tions are possible within the next ing storm windows, adequate Page 8 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 9 Parenting Page Telling teens what they don’t know about tobacco misuse

By Lucy Carlson of heart attack, underweight smokers. One-third of them will decision not to use tobacco? otine makes quitting smoking newborn children, miscarriage, die as a result of tobacco use. We can begin by knowing as hard as quitting heroine, recent news article stroke, cataracts, and impo- Teens experimenting with that parent-teen communication cocaine or alcohol. reported that the num- tence! Those who have quit tobacco may quickly become can be very effective. Research • Stress that more teenagers Aber of adults who smoke have started their bodies on the dependent because the nicotine has shown that when parents do not smoke than those is declining. This is great news road to repairing much of the in tobacco is highly addictive. tell their teens that they do not who do. Most teens consider for those who have struggled damage caused by tobacco use. This includes not only ciga- approve of any drug use, the smoking or chewing tobacco with and won in the on-going That’s the good news. rettes, but snuff and chewing teen is far less likely to use. a foul, unattractive habit. effort to remain healthy. The same article reported tobacco. Additionally, research So, what’s the best way to • Talk a lot about the long term It means that those people good news for tobacco com- has shown that teens who use start that conversation? Because health risks. Most teens will may not have to face lung panies. Teen smoking remains tobacco are more likely to use of certain changes in think- be unconcerned because it is cancer, throat cancer, lip, oral, steady and is even on the alcohol. Tobacco is also often ing and the developmental too far in the future to be rel- esophagus, pancreatic, cervix, increase in certain groups, such a “gateway” to other drug use, stage your teen might be going evant to them. bladder or kidney cancer. We as white females. Three thou- such as marijuana. through, certain reasons for • Stress that smoking is an have saved ourselves from sand teenagers start smoking What can we as parents of not using tobacco carry more “adult decision.” Teens are emphysema, increased risk everyday and become regular teens do to help support their impact. When we focus on looking for ways to seem issues that are relevant to our more sophisticated and if teenager, our conversations will using tobacco fits this image, be more effective. they will be more likely to In the Wisconsin County try it. Extension article, 'Whose Kids? • Do not leave the decision to Teens and Tobacco,' by Huser, smoke up to the teen. Just Yogerst, Hintz, and Small, the as teens are not allowed to following were suggested: decide if they will attend • Focus on what using tobacco school or drive without a does right away. It causes license, the decision to smoke bad breath, stained yellow should not be theirs. Parents teeth, smelly hair and clothes, who tolerate tobacco use or and yellow, stained fingers. look the other way are more When compared to nonsmok- likely to have teens who use ers, people who smoke have tobacco. Teen tobacco use triple the amount of cavities. is less likely in families that Finally, smokers can expect to have clear rules about not lose their teeth faster. using tobacco and that also • Talk about the chemicals have consequences for tobac- tobacco contains. Cigarette co use. smoke is made up of ammo- nia (used to clean toilets), Lucy Carlson is a Family cyanide (used to kill rats) and Educator with the Fond du Lac formaldehyde (used to pre- Head Start Program. She writes serve dead bodies). regularly on parenting matters • Mention that tobacco causes for this newspaper. Her email addiction. Explain that every address is year only about three out of [email protected] every 100 people who smoke manages to quit and stay off tobacco. The addiction to nic- Page 10 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 11 Adjusting to changes at A brief history of the church The historical information used tor of the first Catholic Church of for this article was taken from Duluth, visited Fond du Lac from Holy Family Church “Where the Water Stops” by Sister 1861-1872. He was called “onion” Bernard Coleman and the 1977 FDL by the Ojibwe. He was followed by n July 2007 after nearly in Carlton. doesn’t make enough to pay tri-parish pictorial directory. No of- Reverend J.B. Genin in 1880, who two centuries of offering “Two priests have to cover your utilities.’ That isn’t true. ficial church history has been com- bought a house and converted it Imass, Holy Family Church this entire area,” said Tushar, The bazaar this fall raised piled, according to Father Tushar. into a church, dedicating it to the on Reservation Road discon- citing the current shortage of $6,000.” The Fond du Lac Catholic Indian Holy Family. tinued regular services. Word priests in the U.S. “There’s Izzy said the church has Mission began offering services In 1881, the Benedictines were of mouth has it that this has only 35 regular families at been her life. She also said in 1835 with the arrival of Father replaced by the more “generous” been a difficult adjustment for Holy Family. You can’t do that most of the people on the Frederic Baraga, a Benedictine from Franciscans. The first Franciscan to many Reservation Catholics. everything.” Reservation were raised Catho- Montreal. He baptized many Ojibwe come was Father Oderic Derenthal, “We’re not adjusting,” said Tushar went on to say that lic, but a lot have gone back to people and held services in their who served Holy Family, Kettle longtime church member, a new Bishop is expected to Native services or don’t go to homes. He visited again in 1836, River, and Big Lake. The Ojibwe Izzy Whelan. “It’s hard on us. be in place in the Diocese of church at all. hoping to engage a missionary, but called him Kossesinan, meaning Some go to Queen of Peace, Duluth by November and that Izzy remembers when could find no one. He returned in “our little father.” some to Sawyer, but it’s differ- the decision as to whether masses were heavily attended, 1847. That winter, he and his guide A church was built in 1889 with ent. Our home is here.” to provide services at Holy but now few people come. became ill and almost lost their lumber donated from Weyerhauser. According to Father Dave Family will be made after that. “That’s what’s wrong with lives at La Pointe, Wisconsin. They Father Roman Homar became the Tushar, the senior pastor as- Tushar said Holy Family is still the world,” she said. were rescued by the people of La first resident pastor of Holy Family signed to Holy Family, the defined as a mission church, Pointe, who saw their fires. Church, building a rectory in 1896. church is not closed. Baptisms, where the parish is without a The 2009 World day of prayer In 1846, Father Skolla replaced The 1918 Cloquet Fire destroyed Baraga and witnessed the Anishi- the church and rectory, along with funerals, a weekly communion resident priest. commemoration will be held naabe preparing for the Grand church records and a manuscript of service Wednesday nights, Meanwhile, Izzy Whelan has at 1 p.m. on March 6 at Holy Medicine Dance or Mide. He over- a Chippewa dictionary. Following and a daily rosary at noon are her opinion about services at Family Church, 280 Reserva- heard the Medicine Men harangue the fire, a new church and rectory still offered to parishioners, he the church. “There’s no reason tion Road, Cloquet. An organi- the Ojibwe to prevent them from were built. That church burned in said. why two priests can’t handle zational meeting will be held joining the services of the black- 1985 and the existing church was Tushar said that most mem- four services Saturday and to plan for this at 1 p.m. on robe. Then the people formed a completed in 1987. bers are attending services at Sunday,” She added that previ- Jan. 30, along with a Bible great procession and danced around There were approximately 700 either St. Mary and Joseph ously one priest gave mass at study in the church rectory at 1 a wooden owl on a post in the cen- Catholic people who lived on the in Sawyer, Queen of Peace in all three Reservation churches. p.m. on Feb. 13. ter of the lodge. Skolla left Fond du Reservation in 1987, with the aver- Cloquet, or St. Francis Church “We were told ‘your church Lac, disappointed. age Sunday attendance between Reverend John Chebul, pas- 50-70 people. Page 10 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 11

RBC Thoughts continued from page 3 From Sandra Shabiash were seeking information on two years. One dealt with Whether it be a pow-wow, quilt other dedicated Reservation various programs available and rebuilding Native Nations and making get together, fry bread Business Committee members. iigwich! how to access them. one focused on Indian contests, an Elvis show, a pool There is a combined work ethic I can’t believe it, Due to a major- women in leadership tournament, a tutoring session, and a commitment to past, Mbut December 2008 ity of homes in the roles. Both were excel- or a movie, you will hear the present and future Fond du Lac marked my second year in of- Sawyer area being lent. laughter, and see the smiles Band Members. fice. On Jan. 15, we held our old, 21 families faced The Sawyer Com- of community members of all Miigwich first State of the Band Address. emergencies in fail- munity Center is a ages. It is good! I thought it fitting to follow ing septic systems, hub of activity. It’s In conclusion, I wish to ex- Sandra Shabiash can be reached this theme for my column this furnaces, and wells. good to see commu- press my gratitude to all Band at her home phone number, month. The council remedied nity members coming Members for allowing me to be (218) 879-366, or at work at I responded to 526 telephone all emergencies in together, whether it’s an active partner in Tribal Gov- (218)878-7591 calls during 2008, which was a fast and efficient Sandy Shabiash for an activity or just ernment. I have enjoyed each down 50 percent from 2007. manner. to stop in to visit. and every day of the last two The calls were related to a vari- I have attended two out-of Center activities range from years. I also feel fortunate to be ety of issues.Many of the callers state-conferences in the past traditional to contemporary. working side by side with four News writer chows down at Black Bear restaurants Finds fare pretty darn delicious Pictures and story by ubiquitous garlic that seems to prices on beef, Jane Skalisky accompany every dish in North- chicken, and ern Minnesota. salmon dinners, made my way to the Black Along with the soup, came along with a Bear Casino Resort on the three pieces of asiago cheese, free glass of Icoldest night of the year, olive rosemary, and semolina wine. tired and hungry, hoping for a artisan bread. The bread was The restau- delicious, hot, fast, and satisfy- just the way I like it: crusty rant is open ing meal at the Casino’s Buf- on the outside, soft and warm Wednesday fet. When I arrived, the line inside. Accompanying the tuna, through Sunday stretched to which I ordered at 4 p.m. and the back of well-done, were until 9 p.m. on the room. buttered baby Wednesday, So I made a carrots and paper- Thursday, and beeline for the thin sliced scal- Sunday and 10 Seven Fires loped potatoes. p.m. on Friday Black Bear buffet employee, Rodney Schadwald, at the carving station. Restaurant. The tuna was suc- and Saturday. were the clam chowder, roasted herself as a “neophyte shellfish The respite culent and artisti- Entrees range in price from fingerling potatoes, fresh veg- opener” leading us to wonder if of Seven Fires cally drizzled in $22 - $49. Reservations can be etables, clams, grilled salmon, patrons could use a show-and- from the clat- a Thai sauce. For made by calling the Black Bear stuffed and coconut shrimp, tell introduction before attempt- ter near the dessert, came a Casino Resort at (218)878-2327. and what most diners came for ing to open a steamed clam. buffet was fresh baked apple -- the snow crab. I found everything prepared welcome, dumpling with The Black Bear Buffet “This is all I eat,” said patron well and can understand why as was the caramel sauce A week later, my dinner com- Vicky Kerttula from Carlton, so many people are willing to linen table served warm with panions and I made our way her plate heaping with claws. “I wait so long to dine there. cloth, flowers, vanilla ice cream, back to the Black Bear Buffet, come and eat crab, crab, crab.” Lona Mullenix of Barnum and elegant adding a wonder- this time early enough to avoid The real mashed potatoes comes once a month with flatware and ful ending to a the long lines. Thursday night were a hit with one of the per- her family. The buffet’s turtle stemware. wonderful meal. is seafood night, and word has sons at my table. She described cheesecake is her favorite. “We For my entrée, I chose the After dinner, I learned from spread about what a good deal them as “absolutely satisfying, just eat the desserts,” she said. a savvy Band Member that the this is. For $16.95, we had our sesame seed encrusted yellow tasty, and perfect.” Along with The buffet opens at 6:30 a.m. Seven Fires offers a $19 early choice of what seemed like fin tuna. For a prelude, I or- her mashed potatoes, she en- and closes at 10 p.m. on bird specials from 4 p.m. to 5:30 miles of food, a potential di- dered the wild rice soup, which joyed a bowl of fresh pineapple Thursday; 11 p.m. Friday and p.m. on Wednesdays through saster for a procrastinator with was done to perfection: fresh, and blackberries, smothered in Saturday; and 9 p.m. Sunday Sundays, featuring reduced a weight problem. Highlights creamy, and not drowned in the chocolate sauce. She described - Wednesday. Page 12 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 13 FDL Profile

Cloquet Forestry Center’s fence Forest keeper post treatment study. John Blanchard finds his way back to Minnesota and to a dream job By Jane Skalisky ment at the Fond when she her haste, Anna ran down the du Lac Indian was 11 and block, knife in hand. t snows heavily as the John Hospital in 1938 the two were “I bawled my eyes out,” said Deere tractor operated where Rosemary on the roof of Ellen. Since then, she and John Iby John Blanchard plows worked. They their Califor- have laughed at the memory. through the forest one wintry were married in nia home. “He picks out the funniest late December day. The snow is 1942, just before “I turned greeting cards now like: ‘To my waist-deep amidst the 120-foot, Jack Blanchard around and sister who pushed me off the 175 year-old white pines that left to serve yelled, ‘stop roof,’” Ellen said. tower overhead. The younger in World War it,’” she John attended Reseda High trees nearly buckle under the II. When John said. John School in the San Fernando Val- weight on their limbs. No sign was three, the thought she ley, dropping out before gradu- or sound of animal life is pres- family moved to was going to ating so he could sign up for ent; everything appears to be Duluth. chase him, the draft. Before he could drop asleep. John’s par- so he tried to out, he had to get his teachers’ But there is life in the for- ents separated escape, lost signatures. est. That life plays a large part when John was From left to right, John Blanchard, sister Dianne Kartiala, mother Rosemary his grip and “Not a one said ‘you’re mak- Blanchard, sister Rosemary Bridge, and sister Ellen Bassett. in FDL Band Member John four, leaving his fell to the ing a mistake,’” said John. “No Blanchard’s life. mother to raise ground. John one encouraged me to stay in alone again. him and his three sisters, Di- broke his arm. school.” Ellen Bassett, John’s sister, The early years anne, Ellen, and Rosemary. His “He hit the ground so hard, described John as a “brat” who John was born to Rosemary mother remarried in 1959 and his shoes fell off,” Ellen said. Military service teased her “relentlessly.” “She and Jack Blanchard in Interna- the family moved to Canoga Ellen said her grandmother, In 1966 at age 18, John joined attributed this to the fact that tional Falls in 1947. His parents Park, California. That marriage Anna Lemieux, who was living the U.S. Army and was sta- there were no male figures in met when Jack, a White Earth was also brief, and Rosemary with them at the time, was slic- tioned in Baumholder, Ger- the household. Band Member, came for treat- and her four children were ing tomatoes when John fell. In many, for two years. Following Ellen told of John’s teasing Page 12 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 13 that, John did a tour of Vietnam introverts, but John’s gregarious mission to educate future for- healthy forest and provide life’s country skier in his path who for a year and then returned to personality and easygoing, ap- estry workers. Every year, stu- necessities, trees must be cut. refused to get out of the way. Germany for a year. proachable demeanor has been dents from the St. Paul campus That practice is challenged by I yelled at him, “’you’d bet- In 1967, while stationed in an asset when visitors arrive. of the University of Minnesota some FDL Band Members who ter get off the trail you dumb Germany, John’s cousin, Patrick Another strong trait of John’s, can receive up to eight weeks believe that nothing good ever #**#***!’” John said. “Turns Loisel, was killed while serving said Severs, is being prepared of hands-on training in Cloquet. happens at the Forestry Center, out it was the priest from Sa- in the Vietnam War. To avenge for any event. Throughout the year, it is a and that the University should cred Heart.” his cousin’s death, John volun- “When John is out in the conference center and the Split simply return the land to the John has lived in the former teered for combat duty in Viet- woods,” said Severs, “he takes Rock Art Program is entering its Band. director’s house in the forestry nam. He never told his family everything but the kitchen sink. 15th year there. “We are helping the environ- center compound for the past that he was there. He communi- Whatever anyone needs, we’ll To sustain itself, 35 acres of ment by learning how much we 25 years, raising his four chil- cated with his mother through hear John say, ‘Oh, I’ve got one trees are harvested and re- can harvest and not harm the dren with Connie. The couple an Army friend in Germany. of them.’” planted annually. The Center forest,” John said. went their separate ways. In “I wasn’t writing home, so “I’ve done a lot of things,” also contains a Scotch pine He describes himself as a 2001, Connie died from breast my mother was frantic,” he John said. “This by far is the stand that is internationally liaison between the Reservation cancer. said. “She was against me going best.” renowned, attracting scientists and the Forestry Center, coor- The sound of Johnny Pay- into the Army in the first place from around the world, John dinating prescribed burns with check’s trademark song, “Take and would have pulled me from About the Center said. Steve Olson of FDL Resource This Job and Shove It,” played active duty if she had known I The Cloquet Forestry Center “I like the diversity of the Management, and sharing on John’s cell phone as he sat was in Vietnam.” is situated on 3,500 acres over forest,” said John of his work. equipment. His work also in- in the Forestry Center’s office A generation later John’s son, five square miles adjacent to “There is something different cludes timber sales and replant- building, discussing his 27 years Jeff, followed in his father’s Tribal Center land. In 1909, every time I go there. I could ing, monitoring of forest growth there. He explained that he has footsteps and joined the Nation- the editor of the Pine Knot, work at Sappi and make more and survival studies, assisting a severe hearing loss incurred al Guard, serving as a gunner area legislators, and university money, but money isn’t every- research faculty and students, during the war and found that on a Bradley fighting vehicle administrators persuaded four thing.” setting up and maintaining re- that was one song whose pitch during two tours of duty in Iraq. local lumbers mills, including search plots, giving forest tours, was within his hearing range. John worked a variety of jobs Weyerhauser Corporation, to An educator and helping to maintain the 17 He expects to retire in two in California, including truck give the land to the University In his position, he tries to miles of forest roads. and a half years. After that, driver, factory worker, and of Minnesota, Severs said. educate others on the differ- One day 15 years ago when John will spend the rest of his plumber. In 1981, John and his Five old growth stands, the ence between preservation and clearing trails with his trac- days at Fond du Lac, near the wife, Connie, seven months largest a 40-acre site with trees conservation. To maintain a tor, John encountered a cross forest that he loves. pregnant, along with their three as old as 300 years, have been children, Johnny, age two, Jeff, preserved. Most of the forest, age five, and Shawna, age 11, however, has been either regu- left California for Minnesota larly harvested or has burned in and the FDL Reservation. one of five major fires through- “It was the longest trip in the out the last 150 years, including world,” said John. Unable to the infamous Cloquet Fire of transfer his plumbing license 1918, which burned the forest’s to Minnesota, he entered the perimeter. forestry technician program at John described the Forestry Fond du Lac and served as an Center as “the best kept secret.” intern at the Cloquet Forestry He said that most people don’t Center, where he was offered a understand that it is a research job. He hadn’t finished school forest. yet, and was incredulous that Currently, there are 200 active he was going to be hired to research projects at the Forestry work in a field that he had Center, said Severs. Some of the wanted to be in since high studies underway include a 40- school. year blister rust study, fence- Forest manager Ron Severs post treatment study, jack pine hired John because of John’s study, and a $1.6 million global strong desire to learn more warming study. The global about the forest. warming study uses lamps to “It takes a special person study the effects of increasing to work out by himself in the temperatures upon trees. woods,” said Severs. Severs In addition to research, the said that most foresters are forestry center continues in its John Blanchard in his John Deere at the Cloquet Forestry Center. Page 14 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 15

Pssst. Bob’s a Bronco fan, too ... Lifelong football fan reflects a little on the game, a lot on life

By Jane Skalisky Adeline (LaVoy) Bassett on Nov. Diver and Chick LaPrairie. Bob peared to be drunk on berries, Dorothy Berglund sitting with For some Reservation resi- 23, 1919 in the Cloquet Indian remembers listening to his dad brushed his arm as it flew into her aunt, whom he knew, so he dents, football is one big deal. Hospital. As a child, he always speak Ojibwe to his grandma, the church wall and died. The went over to say hello. Bob Bassett, FDL elder, could wanted to play football, but Mary Martin. priest had the partridge for din- “I was lonesome for a girl, easily win the FDL Biggest Foot- had to leave Bergman Country Bob and his siblings had ner. Father Bill told Bob that it after being with boys in the ball Fan title. School after the eighth grade to to walk four miles to church was a good example of the Lord war,” said Bob. Bob and Doro- In light of the February 1, drive a milk truck for the fam- through the woods, something providing. thy were married by a Justice of 2009 Superbowl Game in Tam- ily’s dairy farm on Brookston his very strict Catholic parents At the time, the only con- the Peace 62 years ago on Sept. pa, Fla., we decided to get some Road. demanded. A team of horses nection the family had to the 28, 1946 and had their marriage thoughts on football and on life The farm had no electricity, was taken for Christmas Mid- outside world was a radio, blessed at Holy Family Catholic in general from this respected no running water, and no fuel night Mass. which Bob’s dad reserved for Church. elder. other than the wood they cut Bob helped paint the Holy the news. It wasn’t until after Bob said Holy Family played to keep them warm. Winters Family Church at age 16 with World War II and the advent an important role in his life Growing up were spent playing games and Father Bill, the priest at the of television that Bob had the until it ceased holding Masses Bob was born to Ben and visiting with friends Bill and Jib time. A partridge, that ap- opportunity to watch televised this past year. His five children, football. Terry, Keith, Darlene, Ben, and Robin were christened and con- The Great War firmed there. “It made you appreciate “I believe in going to church,” your life and your freedom,” said Bob. “It makes you a better said Bob of his military service person.” during World War II. He was Bob attributes the closing of drafted at age 21 and served as the church to the lack of young a Private First Class for three people attending services. years, driving an Army truck in “They don’t want to sit still France, Germany, and England that long,” he said. until the end of the war in 1945. In England, his unit helped to Work and married life train those who were to fight in Before Bob and Dorothy were the D-day invasion in Norman- married, he worked at Pot- dy, France. latch, but left to go west to pick In 1944, when Hitler was apples in Yakima, Wash. about to take Paris, Bob was put “I kick myself for quitting that into a rifle company to replace mill,” he said. Upon returning the 78th Division that had lost home, Bob found employment most of its men in the Battle of at a sawmill, drove a gravel the Bulge. truck, and then worked at Wood “It was kind of a sad feeling Conversion (now USG). He to have your wheels being taken returned to Potlatch in 1953 to away and given a gun,” he said. work in the beater room where After returning to FDL after pulp is ground. the war, Bob stopped by the Son Terry Bassett’s memories Curtis Tavern located on the of childhood include cat fishing, corner of Big Lake and Breva- frog catching, setting trout lines tor Roads. He spotted young FDL Elder, Bob Bassett, and his wife, Dorothy continued on next page Page 14 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 15 Super bowl and bank poles at their cabin on the quarterback. St. Louis River off the North Burnett “They [the Broncos] always came party Road. from behind in the last quarter and “Everything that was illegal, we lucked out,” said Bob. The most Feb. 1 at did,” laughed Terry. exciting game he’s watched in a long Terry said his dad taught him how time was the late December match Black Bear to hunt and rice, too. between the Vikings and the New “I tagged along with him in the York Giants. Minnesota won 20 to 19 woods everywhere since I was old with a 50 yard field goal during the enough to walk,” said Terry. last five seconds of the game. Black Bear Casino Terry also remembered the work Resort and KBJR- ethic that his dad transmitted to him. Elder advice TV will be hosting “He ingrained in us to be hard “Don’t let fear or common sense workers,” he said. Terry was enlisted ever hold you back” is the advice that a super bowl to scrape paint from his grandpar- Bob’s son, Ben, remembers his dad party beginning ent’s home. After a few hours, Terry giving him. skipped out. Bob had this to say: “Kids nowa- at 11:30 a.m. “He hauled my butt back there,” days want too much. It bothered on Feb. 1 in the said Terry. me to owe anyone anything. I never Otter Creek Bob retired from the mill in 1982 charged, never had a credit card. If and spent a few years touring the you ain’t got a job,” he said, “then Event Center. country with Dorothy in his RV. what?” The party will Bob said his health has been good What would he do if he had his life until this past year. Since then, arthri- to live over? feature numerous tis has plagued him. He pointed at “I’d go to every nightclub there giveaways and his lazy boy across from the televi- was,” he said. a showing of the sion set in his living room to explain how he now spends his time. game on two Bob is a Vikings fan, not surprising- 16’x20’ HDTVs. ly, but his favorite player of all time Bob Bassett in military uniform in 1942. is John Elway, retired Denver Bronco

n enthusiasm for football chicken wings, Nacho Cheese runs in the Bassett family. Doritos, and homemade salsa. ABob Bassett’s nephew Jack What is it that men like about Basset said the Baltimore Ravens football? are his pick for the ’09 Superbowl. “It’s the hitting,” said Jack. “It’s Bassett likes them because they that warrior thing.” are the underdogs. He’s been a football fan since Jack’s Super bowl salsa the late 60s, when his parents 12 tomatoes, boiled, skinned and got their first color television. His mashed favorite football player is Chuck 2 green peppers, chopped Foreman and his most memorable 2 onions, chopped game was the 1998 Division 1 red pepper, chopped Championship when the Vikings 2 cans green chilis, chopped lost to the Redskins after Darren Simmer the above for 30 minutes. Nelson dropped a pass. Add: ½ bottle tiger sauce “I was on my knees,” said Jack. 1 c. brown vinegar Jack played football in high 1 T. canning salt school, but quit as it interfered ¼ c. brown sugar with hunting. Before the Big ½ jar jalapeño peppers, Game, Jack unpacks stuffed optional Viking bears, footballs, and a Simmer for one hour. Vikings flag, all placed near the television. Menu items include Jack Bassett getting ready for show time in front of his 46-inch LCD TV. Page 16 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 17 Fire meets sand Glass artist captures nature Photos and story by translated as ‘little spirit ber- specific idea of what he wants Jane Skalisky ries.’ They were used to record to create, because there are history, to create jewelry, and only seconds to form the glass ire and earth converge. decorate clothing, said FDL once the torch heats it to 2500 The sight and sound of Museum Director, Jeff Savage. degrees. It is then, with pad- Fflames mesmerize as glass Each tribe had their own design dles, shears, jacks or molds that is melted, cut, and expanded made with beads, so the work’s his work begins to take shape. into bubbles. origin could be easily identified. There is forgiveness in the fire, The above describes a part “I didn’t mean to be an art- Jes said, in that he can reheat of the art and passion of FDL ist,” said Jes, while giving a the glass to change or repair it. Band Member, Jes Durfee. Jes is glass blowing demonstration at Once the final piece is complet- the grandson of Ruby and Jim Lake Superior College in early ed, it is put in a kiln overnight Durfee and a direct descendant December. Jes was enrolled to strengthen it. of Chief Osawgee of Wisconsin in Environmental Studies and Jes describes his art as Point. He lives in Duluth and is American Indian Studies at the environmentally friendly, using a self-employed artist. University of Minnesota-Duluth. sand, which is abundant on Jes describes himself as a In 1999, he had the opportunity earth, he said. In making his FDL Band Member, Jes Durfee, giving a glass blowing demonstration lampworker. Lampworking uses to spend six months touring art, he hopes to create items of at Lake Superior College. a gas-fueled torch to melt rods throughout Europe. It was there lasting value, as opposed to so and tubes of clear and colored that he was exposed to the many of the things for sale in awards include the Festival Lampwork Glass Museum in glass. Once the glass is melted, works of many glass artists. stores. Favorite Award at Glensheen Kobe, Japan, and the FDL Min o it is formed by blowing and Upon his return home in 2000, “Our culture is so consumer Mansion's 13th Annual Fine aya win Clinic in Cloquet. shaping with a number of tools. he bought a welding torch and based, so throw away,” said Jes. Arts Festival in Duluth and the His beads and other work are He believes he is the only began to create art in earnest. “Most things we buy end up in glass category award at Dulu- available at the Black Bear’s Ojibwe person making a living Jes’ style is synthesized from dumpster a few years down the th’s 38th Annual Park Point Art Sweetgrass gift shop, Fond du this way and is one of only a glass art throughout the world, road.” Glass lasts over a million Fair. Lac Tribal and Community Col- handful of Native lampworkers but he credits his Anishinaabe years, he said. Jes can frequently be seen lege bookstore, Spirit Bay Trad- in the country. He creates vari- background as being the most About his former hobby that giving glassblowing demonstra- ing Company of Duluth, Waters ous types of glass art, includ- influential. is now his livelihood, Jes said, tions at pow wows, art festivals, of Superior in Duluth and Liz- ing animal totems, variations “My influences are based on “I want to inspire people in schools and colleges. His work zards Art Gallery in Duluth. of plant life, abstract art, and the different elements of the urban areas. Some have never is a part of the Tweed Muse- Jes can be reached at jesdurf@ beads. natural world and its relation- seen a deer. If I can make a bird um’s collection in Duluth, Kobe gmail.com Glass beads have long played ship to myself and my Ojibwe or deer, maybe I can con- an important role in the lives heritage,” said Jes. nect them with of the Anishinaabe people. In The first step in the glass nature.” Ojibwe, the word for beads is blowing process is to have a Jes’

Jes Durfee’s waterbirds Page 16 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 17 Fire meets sand Glass artist captures nature Community News These community pag- Service News parents are Liz LaPrairie, Don Happy belated Danielle, your dad, Glenn es are yours, the mem- Jared Braveheart became a and Milissa Ojibway, and Marie 11th birthday Osceola, your brother, Daniel, & and James Baumann. on Jan. 10 to your mom bers and employees of U.S. Marine in Nov. Taleah King. the Fond du Lac Band. 2007 and Zacobi Antoine White was Love, Mom, born Dec. 17 in St. Luke’s Hos- Dad, sister, and Thank you notes We welcome family completed pital in Duluth. He weighed 7 brother news. Please send us in- U.S. Marine I’d like to thank everyone at Combat pounds, .05 ounces and was 19 formation about births, ¾ inches the Fond du Lac Reservation Training in for their support during our engagements, wed- Feb. 2008 long. Happy belated birthday to my Mother is friends Jamie Maniekee and family’s time of need. dings, anniversaries in Camp Heather Hurley and family Pendleton, Kwanita Jeanne Polo! Hope you both and deaths. White, had a great day! Calif. In A big thank you to the Also, we will include May 2008, grand- Your friend, Nicole Ammesmaki mother members of the FDL Reserva- news of graduations he completed two courses of tion Business Committee and instruction in basic helicop- Nikki Happy Birthday on Feb. 12 to (high school and post- Reynolds, great grandparents my mom, Terry Bosto. Love to Executive Director Mike ter mechanic organizational Himango for the generosity high school) and mili- maintenance and one course in are Diane and Steve Mrozik, you always, you’re the best. Gerald and Diana Reynolds and Love from your #1 daughter, that allowed us to hold another tary service. Memorials corrosion control. successful Elder Christmas Jared is the son of FDL Band Pamela Pierce, and great-great Macy to loved ones or notes grandma is Dorothy Mullen. Party. The event was well-at- Member, Raymond Smith, Jr., tended and greatly appreciated of appreciation are also and Stacy Braveheart, grandson Happy Birthday Feb. 22 to Juliana Elizabeth Shaba- Marilyn Bosto. Hope you have by all. welcomed. of Bill Smith, and father to Lili- Thanks again. ana Braveheart. He is currently iash was born Dec. 3, 2008 in a blast! Please submit St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth to Your #1 cousin, Macy FDL Elders Christmas Party stationed in Cherry Point, North Committee materials during the first Carolina and will be leaving in Christina St. John and Dustin Shabaiash. She weighed 7 Happy 19th two weeks of the month. mid to late 2009 for Djibouti, All of us would like to express Africa for six months. pounds, 6 ounces and was 19.3 Birthday on Feb. 5 Information may be sent inches long. to Julia Lone our sincere gratitude to all who Jared can be written to shared in the passing of our by U.S. mail to the via the Internet at: Brave- Her grand- We love you!!!! parents are Toe Nails, Pooh mother, Cecelia Barney. Our editor, Deborah Locke, [email protected]. many thanks go out to Mi no We are all very proud of you. Bonnie De- Bear and family FDL News, 1720 Big Lake Foe, Ted St. aya win Public Health Nurse Your family from the Fond du Amy Zacher, Senior Friends, Rd., Cloquet, Minn. 55720, Lac and Pine Ridge Reservations John, Dennis Happy 8th birthday on Jan. Shabaiash, 26, Darren Sayers County Public Nurse Jo White, or by email to and the Love, Mom, Dad and Brady and to all the home health aides [email protected] late Joann who were involved with our mother. The telephone number Births Shabaiash. Happy 1st birth- Avianna Anne Baumann day on Jan. 25, Each of you gave her great is (218)878-2628. You was born Dec. 7, 2008 in St. Maddy Olson care. Each day brought a lot of may also drop off items at Luke’s Hospital in Duluth. She Birthdays Love, Mom and joy into her life. She loved you Happy all. our office at the Cloquet weighed sev- Dad en pounds, 16th birth- Special thanks to: Chuck Ells, Tribal Center. Always 8.5 ounces day on Feb. Happy belated birthday to who helped us through many, include your daytime and was 19.9 8 to Jalisa Morning Star many ordeals, Doctors Ander- Lindahl. son and Martinelli, St. Mary’s phone number and name inches long. Webster on Jan. Her parents Love, Mom, 14, who turned Hospice, Diamond Willow with anything you submit. are Ashla Robert, sister 16. staff, Handevidt Funeral Home, Materials will be edited Ojibway and and brother Love you and Queen of Peace priests, Mary Mike Bau- am proud of you, Smith, FDL ENP, and Skutevik’s for clarity and length. mann. Grand- Your sister, continued on next page Page 18 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 19 Community News

Florists. Last but not least: Rick Frances and Kenneth Obituaries She was preceded in death Cecelia Mae Barney, age 73, DeFoe, Ernie Diver, Jr., the FDL Ziebarth celebrated their 60th Bette L. Romanek, 80, of by her parents and a brother, of Cloquet, passed away peace- drum group, and to all of our wedding anniversary Nov. Floodwood, died Dec. 17, 2008 Eugene “Scrub” La Breche. fully on Jan. 13, 2009 surround- relatives and friends who sup- 28–30 in Lakeville, Minn. They in her home. She was born Dec. Funeral services were held ed by her family. She was born ported us through this difficult were married Nov. 20, 1948 in 25, 1927 to Ed- at St. Louis Catholic Church in on July 27, 1935 in Cloquet to time. Cloquet ward and Eva- Floodwood with Msgr. Alex- Joseph and Josephine (Peter- To all of you and to the ones and cur- line LaBreche. sander Suchan officiating. son) Martineau. not mentioned, we thank you rently She grew up Cecelia was from deep in our hearts. Miig- reside in in Cloquet and Burton John Dube of Por- a kind, caring, tage, Ind., age 79, passed away wech, Pipestone, on July 18, big-hearted peacefully on Dec. 24, 2008. Woods, Jay, Dixon, Becky, Minn. 1953 she mar- person to all He was born May 1, 1929 in Randy, Josa, Tim, and Dawn Frances, ried Adolph who shared her Carlton. Barney. known Romanek. journey through Mr. Dube is survived by six as Dolly, Bette started her career in life. She de- children: Luanne (Smith) of grew Bemidji and Esko where she voted her life to her family. She up in Monticello, Ind., Barbara Kay enjoyed bird watching, reading, worked as a teacher. Later she (Todd) Ulrich of Chesterton, Cloquet, and Adolph moved to Flood- watching TV, riding around, and daughter of Francis and Sadie Ind., John (Diane) Dube of spending time with her grand- wood where they built their Portage, Ind., Michelle (Mi- (Dumoe) Gurnoe. home and Bette continued children. Their children are Kathryn chael) Greco of Winfield, Ind. She was preceded in death by teaching elementary education. and James Dube of Hammond, Ziebarth Stark and her hus- She retired from the Floodwood her parents; husband, Warren band, Jerry, of Oshkosh, Wis.; Ind; stepdaughter, Jacque- Sr.; infant daughter, Wendy; School District after 30 years of line Lawhon of Griffith, Ind.; Michael Ziebarth of Cloquet; service. brothers, Roy and Georgie; and Home for sale David Ziebarth and his wife, grandchildren: Michael (Crystal) grandson, Randy Jr. Bette was a member of the St. Smith, Stephanie (Mike) Emer- Home on Big Lake in Sawyer, Michelle, of Memphis, Tenn.; Cecelia is survived by her Louis Catholic Church and its son, Keri and Lexi Ulrich, Kenny Minn. Located within 15 miles Deane Ziebarth of Lakeville, children, Warren Jr., Eustace, Catholic Ladies, the Daughters Nolan, Julie, Kelly, John G., Lily of three golf courses, 30 miles Minn.; Karen Ziebarth of Des Richard Sr. (Mickey), Rebecca of Isabella, the Merry Makers Dube, and Micayla Greco; great from Duluth. Built in 1990. Two Moines, Iowa; and Theresa Zie- (Gary), Randall Sr., Josephine, Dance Club and the Fond du grandchildren: Libby and Ryder bdrm, 1.5 baths, sauna, fire- barth Moritz and her husband, Timothy (Leah) and Dawn; two Lac Reservation. For a number Emerson; Daniella and Mariah place, open floor plan. Attached Steven, of Granite Falls, Minn. special granddaughters, Wendy 2-car garage and detached 2-car of years Bette and Adolph spent Nevarrez, and Dakota (Smith). winters in Corpus Christi, Tex. Mr. Dube had survived an and Ricki; many other grand- insulated pole building. On pri- children and great-grandchil- vate lot with 93 ft. of lakeshore; where she was a member of the abdominal aortic aneurysm on Memorials Star of the Sea Catholic Church. August 25, 2008, and several dren; brothers, Billy (Loretta) driveway and septic tank on 56 In loving memory of John She is survived by her surgeries afterward, all with Martineau and Gene Martineau; feet of FDL leased land. Asking Belcourt, July 24, 1938 – Feb. husband Adolph, sons Jeffrey strength and courage. He was many nieces, nephews, other $270,000. Call (218) 878-5617 12, 2008. He is loved and (Deborah) Romanek of Dewey a veteran of the U.S. Army and relatives and friends. for more info. missed. Lake near Chisholm, and Todd served as a Military Policeman Funeral services were held on From his family (Barbara) Romanek of Flood- in Alaska. He retired in 1994 Jan. 16 at Holy Family Catholic wood, daughters Kimberly from Vermette Machine in Ham- Church, Cloquet. Interment was Anniversaries In loving memory of Grand- in New Holy Family Catholic I would like to invite friends (Robert) Dorr and Gail (Larry) mond. mother Viola Costello, Sept. Papa Burt was a very dedi- Cemetery, Cloquet. and family to a surprise 50th Johnson both of Plymouth, and 22, 1917 – Jan 20, 2008. We cated and loving man. He wedding anniversary celebra- Nancy (Michael) Clark of Flood- miss you and love you very taught his family to be honest, continued on next page tion for Don and Lucille Good- wood, brothers John La Breche much. kind and generous with the less win at 2 p.m. on Feb. 7, 2009 at of Littleton, Col. and Gerald With love from Heather Hurley fortunate. He loved to hang out the Sports Complex in Naytah- La Breche of Cromwell, grand- and the rest of the family. in his garage with family and waush, Minn. children Courtney, T.J., Ashley, friends and earned a reputation For further information, call Ariane, Jason, Logan, Nial, Clay Jennifer, Reed and Aleigha as a master tinker. He will be me at (218)464-0349 or Frank dearly missed by all. and great grandchildren Gavin, Goodwin at (218)464-1134. Funeral services were held Shelby, Maddie , Faith, Jordan, Leah Goodwin Dec. 27. Emmett and Easton. Page 18 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 19 Community News Community News from previous page Ronald J. “Chic” Smith, 77, of Brookston, passed away peacefully on Jan. 19, 2009 in St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth following a brief illness. He was born on Feb. 22, 1931 to Jay and Liz (Bear) Smith in Cloquet. Chic was an avid hunter, and a bingo and slots player. He retired from Mash-Ka-Wisen Treatment Center after many years of ser- vice. Chic delivered meals for the Brookston Community ENP. He also served on the Fond du Lac Conservation Board and the FDL Veterans Committee. He was a proud veteran of the US Marine Corps, serving during the Korean Conflict, where he was awarded three Purple Hearts. Chic was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Rupert, Roger, Raymond and infant brother Clarence; sister Theresa LaPrairie; grandson Richard; and daughter-in- law Annie Smith. Chic is survived by his children, Clarence “Chuck” (Wanda), J.R., Barb Bennett and Carol Smith; 10 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchil- dren; brother Rollin (Peggy); sisters Bernice Jarski, Audrey Smith and Valerie Ross; numerous nieces, nephews and many hunting and casino friends. A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Jan. 23 at Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Cloquet. Visi- tation as held on Jan. 22 which included a rosary service. Military honors were accorded by the Fond du Lac Honor Guard and the Clo- quet Combined Honor Guard. In- terment is planned for the New Holy Family Cemetery, Cloquet.

Shown are the winning 2008 Christmas cards made by FDL elementary Ojibwe school students. The cards were four of 25 entered in a contest at the school in December. Copies of these cards were sent to vendors, elders, council and school boards members over the holidays. The card artists are: 6th grader Alissa Bosto, 5th grader Quintana White, 6th grader Danny Greensky, and 5th grader Adrianna Gibson. Page 20 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 21 Etc. New FDL Human Resources Director hired in Jan. February FDL Ojibwe School girl’s basketball schedule Janet Cadotte was hired in Date Opponent Time Place January as the new FDL Director Jan. 29 Nay Ah Shig 5 p.m. Mille Lacs of Human Resources. Cadotte Feb. 3 Red Lake 5 p.m. Red Lake grew up in Superior, Wis. and Feb. 5 Nay Ah Shig 5 p.m. Ojibwe School graduated from the University of Feb. 6 Lakeview Christian 5 p.m. Ojibwe School Wisconsin-Superior with bach- Feb. 10 Circle of Life 4 p.m. White Earth elor degrees in Business and Feb. 12 Indus 6 p.m. Ojibwe School Personnel Administration. Feb. 16 Four Directions 5 p.m. Minneapolis She married FDL Band Mem- Feb. 17 Red Lake 5 p.m. Ojibwe School ber, Michael Cadotte and moved Feb. 19 LCO 5 p.m. Lac Court Oreilles to Indiana in 1991. The couple Feb. 21 First Nation Tournament TBA TBA later moved to Chicago, where she worked in human resources February FDL Ojibwe School boy’s basketball schedule for the University of Illinois in Date Opponent Time Place Chicago and later served as Hu- Jan. 27 Nay Ah Shig 5 p.m. Mille Lacs will be responsible for recruit- and look for ways to improve man Resources Director for Holy Jan. 28 Four Directions 5 p.m. Ojibwe School ment, selection, training, per- services. Cross Hospital in Chicago. Jan. 29 Superior Home School 5 p.m. Ojibwe School formance issues, grievances, job “We are here to serve every- In 2007, Cadotte moved back Feb. 3 LCO 5 p.m. Lac Court Oreilles descriptions, human resource one, employees and manage- to Superior after her husband’s Feb. 5 Nay Ah Shig 5 p.m. Ojibwe School policies and procedures and ment” said Cadotte. She has one retirement and took a senior Feb. 10 Circle of Life 4 p.m. White Earth legal compliance for over 2,000 grown son and two grandchil- analyst position in labor rela- Feb. 12 Bug O Nay Ge Shig 5 p.m. Ojibwe School employees at the Fond du Lac dren. In her free time, she en- tions, absence management and Feb. 17 Lakeview Christian Ac. 5 p.m. Ojibwe School Reservation. She said her im- joys reading the works of James compensation with Minnesota Feb. 19 Nay Ah Shig 5 p.m. Mille Lacs mediate goal is to assess all the Patterson. Power. Feb. 24 LCO 5 p.m. Ojibwe School HR functions of her department In her new position, Cadotte Feb. 26 Superior Home School 6 p.m. Ojibwe School Feb. 28 First Nation Tournament TBA TBA

Enrollee Day 2009 planned Message of the drum Relay for Life kick off on for June 28 An evening of hand drum- Feb. 11 Enrollee Day will be held ming, big drum, and traditional The 2009 Wiidookaage Relay on June 28, 2009 at the Tribal Anishinaabeg singing will be for Life campaign celebration Center. A bus will be depart- held at 7 p.m. on Jan. 31 at the will be held at 5 p.m. on Feb. Cobalt Nightclub February 2009 schedule ing June 27 at 2 p.m. from the Warming House on Highway 33 11 in the Cloquet ENP meeting Date Time Show Type American Indian Opportunities in Cloquet, next to Gordy’s Hi room. Historically the Wiidoo- Feb. 1 7 p.m. Ron Kendricks Country Center, 1845 E. Franklin Ave., Hat. The Oshkiigiizhik Singers, kaage Clan fundraising efforts Feb. 4 8 p.m. Michael Thorne Comedy Minneapolis and will leave the a group of women who play the have been among the most suc- Feb. 5 7 p.m. Kassie Jordan Variety Black Bear Resort Casino at 9 hand drum, will be featured. cessful in Carlton County. Feb. 6 -7 9 p.m. Kassie Jordan Variety a.m. June 29. For further infor- Also, several Ojibwe men will For further information, Feb. 8 7 p.m. Kassie Jordan Variety mation, contact Bryan Bosto at play the Big Drum. contact Deb Susienka at (218) Feb. 11 8 p.m. Johnny Beehner Comedy (218)878-8185. Another story Admission is free and all are 879-1227. Feb. 12 7 p.m. Groove Variety on changes to Enrollee Day will welcome. The event is spon- Feb. 13-14 9 p.m. Groove Variety appear next month. sored by Our Savior’s Lutheran FDL Library hosts brown bag Feb. 14 7 p.m. Groove Variety Church. series starting Jan. Feb. 18 8 p.m. Bob Larson Comedy Volunteers wanted The FDL Library is sponsoring Feb. 19 7 p.m. Bobby Cutshaw Variety The FDL Ojibwe School is a brown bag lunch series every Feb. 20-21 9 p.m. Bobby Cutshaw Variety seeking volunteers to run the last Friday of the month begin- Feb. 22 7 p.m. Bobby Cutshaw Variety concession stand at home ning Jan. 30 at noon in the Clo- Feb. 25 8 p.m. Dean Johnson Comedy games. If you are interested, quet ENP. Bring your lunch and Feb. 26 7 p.m. Bear Creek Variety please contact Maria DeFoe at hear January’s speaker, Roberta Feb. 27-28 9 p.m. Bear Creek Variety (218)878-7551. Welper, who is the Reservation’s The Cobalt Lounge is located in the Black Bear Casino Resort, smoking cessation specialist. at the intersection of Interstate 35 and Highway 210 in Carlton. Page 20 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 21 Area News Briefs February FDL Ojibwe School girl’s basketball schedule Date Opponent Time Place Mdewakanton open new state- the Red Lake Reservation in north- then rode to Mankato’s Reconcilia- Former chief executive Burial mounds discovered ern Minnesota may have contribut- tion Park, the site of the execution, Jan. 29 Nay Ah Shig 5 p.m. Mille Lacs of-art Prior Lake ice arena elected at Mille Lacs in south central Wisconsin A ribbon-cutting ceremony in ed to the highest voter turnout ever. for a ceremony. Marge Anderson was elected Surveyors founded what is Feb. 3 Red Lake 5 p.m. Red Lake December officially opened the A record 2,249 members voted, or The riders rode the 340-mile Chief Executive of the Mille Lacs probably ancient American Indian Feb. 5 Nay Ah Shig 5 p.m. Ojibwe School doors at the newly renovated 1,200- 125 more than voted in the 2004 trek for 16 days, often in blizzard Band of Ojibwe in a special election burial mounds in Wisconsin’s Mar- Feb. 6 Lakeview Christian 5 p.m. Ojibwe School seat Sport and Fitness Ice Arena in presidential election. The total conditions. Many people, including held in December. Anderson served quette County village of Endeavor. Feb. 10 Circle of Life 4 p.m. White Earth Prior Lake, funded by the Shakopee number is an 800-voter increase non-Indians, helped along the way as Chief Executive from 1991 to Endeavor is located on Buffalo Feb. 12 Indus 6 p.m. Ojibwe School Mdewakanton Sioux Community since the 2000 presidential election. with boarding, food and shelter for 2000, losing in 2000 to Melanie Lake. Marquette County is in south Feb. 16 Four Directions 5 p.m. Minneapolis in southern Minnesota. Tenants The story was reported in the St. the horses. Benjamin who was removed from central Wisconsin. Feb. 17 Red Lake 5 p.m. Ojibwe School include Prior Lake high school Paul Pioneer Press. The first run to Mankato started office in 2008. Village officials were looking Feb. 19 LCO 5 p.m. Lac Court Oreilles players, and city youth and adult at midnight on Dec. 15, 1986. The Anderson won 302 of the 592 at ways to develop the site but first the area’s local tribes had the Feb. 21 First Nation Tournament TBA TBA hockey association players, accord- Kids learn Ojibwe language story was reported in the Mankato votes cast for the nine candidates. ing to a story in the Star Tribune. through televised teaching Free Press. The next highest vote total was opportunity to survey the area for Minnesota high school students The Internet Wikipedia ency- mounds, according to federal law. February FDL Ojibwe School boy’s basketball schedule The state-of-the-art Arena won by candidate Mushkoob, who includes a 32,650 –square foot learning the Ojibwe language in clopedia reported that a total of received 83 votes. Ho Chunk surveyors used ground- Date Opponent Time Place “green” roof that contains potted Bena, Deer River and Remer all 303 Sioux prisoners from the 1862 Anderson is a familiar figure in penetrating radar to locate the outline of four mounds. Wisconsin Jan. 27 Nay Ah Shig 5 p.m. Mille Lacs plants that will absorb rain runoff. take the same interactive television Dakota conflict were convicted of Minnesota politics, and was once law does not permit the distur- Jan. 28 Four Directions 5 p.m. Ojibwe School Audience members can plug their class. murder and rape, and were sen- pronounced the most “dangerous” bance of mounds and other human Jan. 29 Superior Home School 5 p.m. Ojibwe School laptops into Wi-Fi connections The class originates at Bena’s tenced to death. The defendants did grandmother in Minnesota. She led burial sites. Feb. 3 LCO 5 p.m. Lac Court Oreilles while kids practice. The audience Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School and not have courtroom representation, the defense team that successfully A school was located on the site Feb. 5 Nay Ah Shig 5 p.m. Ojibwe School is separated from the ice by a glass makes use of a second-hand ITV nor did they understand the legal retained hunting and fishing tradi- in the early 1900s, and the site system donated by the state Pol- proceedings. Some trials lasted only Feb. 10 Circle of Life 4 p.m. White Earth sheet which is allegedly the first tions among Ojibwe Band Members mounds were destroyed then, said Feb. 12 Bug O Nay Ge Shig 5 p.m. Ojibwe School sheet of its kind in the world. lution Control Agency. About 12 five minutes. in Minnesota. The case went to the tribal archeologist Jay Toth. The Feb. 17 Lakeview Christian Ac. 5 p.m. Ojibwe School The Arena is a symbol of the students are learning the language. President Abraham Lincoln U.S. Supreme Court. story was reported in the St. Paul Feb. 19 Nay Ah Shig 5 p.m. Mille Lacs symbiotic relationship between Those in the Deer River classroom commuted the death sentences of Pioneer Press. can see and hear the students in 264 prisoners and permitted the Feb. 24 LCO 5 p.m. Ojibwe School the city of Shakopee and the Salt Lake judge agrees that baby Mdewakanton Sioux Community. Deer River and Remer on the televi- execution of 39 others; one of the be returned to Leech Lake mom Feb. 26 Superior Home School 6 p.m. Ojibwe School Number of kids learning Since the creation of the lucrative sion screen which is split with the prisoners received a reprieve. A Leech Lake Band Member Feb. 28 First Nation Tournament TBA TBA Ojibwe steadily increasing Mystic Lake casino industry, power Remer classroom shown on top and reconsidered her decision to let a The numbers of students learning struggles have erupted between the the Deer River class shown on the New 90-bed vet’s hospital couple adopt the baby she gave Ojibwe language in Minnesota pub- City and Indian Community over bottom. Students receive hand- proposed for Beltrami County birth to in Salt Lake, Utah. A Salt lic schools has tripled from 2001 to development and land matters. outs and assignments by email. If the stars line up correctly, Min- Lake judge ruled that the baby 2007, from 309 students to 1,150. The Ice Arena is viewed as both a Most students taking the class are nesota may gain a new veteran’s had to be returned to its mother in The increasing interest in learning business opportunity as well as a Ojibwe. hospital in Beltrami County in four keeping with the Indian Child Wel- the language has had residual bene- Cobalt Nightclub February 2009 schedule generous community amenity. The December story was reported or five years. A Bemidji Pioneer fare Act. The Act attempts to place fits: many formerly at-risk students Date Time Show Type in The Bemidji Pioneer. story from January reported that children with native families. learned through the immersion in Feb. 1 7 p.m. Ron Kendricks Country More results from Native Vote the 2008 Legislature requested a The woman relinquished custody culture to connect better with their Feb. 4 8 p.m. Michael Thorne Comedy campaign on Minn. reservations Anniversary of Mankato 1862 study to determine any statewide of the baby within 24 hours of its communities and in some cases, Feb. 5 7 p.m. Kassie Jordan Variety Often state legislation affecting hangings commemorated by need for another veteran’s home, birth. The adoptive parents nursed boost their test scores. Feb. 6 -7 9 p.m. Kassie Jordan Variety American Indians goes forward horse riders and runners and its location. If the plans go the baby back to health. He was “When kids have an opportunity Feb. 8 7 p.m. Kassie Jordan Variety without any consultation with Forty riders and 50 runners met through, the hospital may offer born addicted to drugs, and spent to learn about their culture and in Mankato, Minn. late in Decem- specialized care for post-traumatic themselves, they gain this self es- Feb. 11 8 p.m. Johnny Beehner Comedy American Indians. several days in the hospital. The To reverse that trend, the non- ber to remember the 38 Dakota stress disorder. family had the baby for six months teem that spreads to their academ- Feb. 12 7 p.m. Groove Variety partisan Native Vote Alliance of who were hanged in that city on It is expected that a cultural before handing him to a Leech Lake ics,” said Anton Treuer, a Bemidji Feb. 13-14 9 p.m. Groove Variety Minnesota completed a successful Dec. 26, 1862. The riders started in component would be included for Band representative in Minnesota. State University professor who Feb. 14 7 p.m. Groove Variety campaign in November that led to Crow Creek, S.D. and the runners American Indian veterans, since The mother had been declared studies the Ojibwe language and Feb. 18 8 p.m. Bob Larson Comedy record voter turnout on Minnesota’s started from Fort Snelling. the facility would be located near an unfit parent and lost custody of oral tradition. Feb. 19 7 p.m. Bobby Cutshaw Variety Indian reservations. Native workers The ride/run is an annual recon- three Indian reservations. The cost her four children, according to Clint The Mille Lacs Band offers an Feb. 20-21 9 p.m. Bobby Cutshaw Variety went door-to-door to register new ciliation event designed to call for would be about $23 million. The Larson, the adoptive father. Larson Ojibwe Language Master/Appren- Feb. 22 7 p.m. Bobby Cutshaw Variety voters and provided transportation peace between natives and whites federal government would pay for speculated that once the baby boy tice program for adults. Adult stu- to the polls on voting day. and to address lingering chaos in 65 percent of the cost, leaving $8.5 was returned to the reservation, dents and their families can attend Feb. 25 8 p.m. Dean Johnson Comedy the language immersion camps in NVAM executive director Sally Indian Country. million as a local match. The ap- he would go into foster care. The Feb. 26 7 p.m. Bear Creek Variety the summer, and community mem- Fineday said that historically, Leech The riders camped in Land of plication for federal funds is due in December story was reported in the Feb. 27-28 9 p.m. Bear Creek Variety bers can attend weekly language Lake Reservation voters turn out in Memories Park and held a Wiping mid-April. Salt Lake Tribune. The Cobalt Lounge is located in the Black Bear Casino Resort, roundtables for language practice. numbers high enough to affect the the Tears ceremony and a horse at the intersection of Interstate 35 and Highway 210 in Carlton. The December story was reported election outcome. ceremony at the time the execution in the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Recent get-out-the-vote efforts at was carried out 146 years ago. They Page 22 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 23

Briefs Rogers, Lawrence perform at Begay, Raymond Sr.; interpret information. Veteran’s 7582, (218)878-8179, or (218) this school year unless a plan Otter Creek in February Brigan, Calvin; Christensen, preference will be given. The 878-8196. proposed by school officials on Kenny Rogers will be appear- Terry; Defoe, Charles; Gang- pay ranges from $10 to $14 Dec. 22 is accepted by a parent ing at the Otter Creek Event stad, Harold; Glasgow, Edith; an hour. Job appointments Snow removal help for elders group. Center at 5 p.m. on Feb. 22. Greensky, Faye; Hernandez, are eight weeks in duration age 60 and over is available According to a story in the Tickets are $40-$50. Tickets Phyllis; Huhn, Cheryl; Jeffer- with successive appointments If you need help with snow Pine Journal, parents had until for the Tracy Lawrence show son (Drucker), Mary; John- possible. Work will begin this removal, contact Brenda Rice Jan. 14, 2009 to make a writ- March 29 go on sale Feb. 10. son, Shelly; Jones, William spring and end in July, 2010. to have your name put on the ten commitment to a tuition Tickets are available through Sr.; Josephson, Charles; Kast, Full-time and part-time posi- snow removal help list. increase and enrollment goals. Ticketmaster by phone at Cheryl; Laduke, Sylvester; tions are available. Elders who have medical “A lot depends on whether (218)727-2121 or on-line at Lafave, John; Lemieux, Elvina; For further information or problems or a disability that people turn [the deposit] in,” www.ticketmaster.com. Also, Lussier, Pamela; Olson, Dan- to apply, contact the Census prevents them from shoveling said Father Dave Tushar, priest tickets can be purchased at the iel G. Sr.; Sharlow, Gerald D.; Bureau at (866)861-2010. are asked to provide documen- of Queen of Peace Parish and Otter Creek Event Center ticket Smith, Carl; Stanford, Cathy; tation showing their disability. School. Tushar had announced office. The Otter Creek Event Starr, Neil; Trotterchaude, Rex; Pow wow singers take note: To be put on the list, contact the closing of the school in No- Center is located at the Black Wright, Frances. plan to attend drum class Brenda Rice at (218) 878-2657. vember, due to a steep decline Bear Casino Resort, at the Instruction on how to make in enrollment. In a 40-year time intersection of Interstate 35 and Wisdom Steps Conference a pow wow drum will be given Heart healthy potluck span, the school has gone from Highway 210 in Carlton. June 16-18 in March at the FDL Cultural Feb. 13 at Tribal Center 233 to 40 students. The Annual Wisdom Steps Museum. The weekend class There will be a heart healthy Public Health hosts cross Conference will be held June will teach the making of a potluck at noon on Feb. 13 in FEMA trailers have arrived country skiing on Feb.7 16-18 in Hinckley. Health walk drum shell, hide stretching and the Cloquet ENP meeting room. and more are on the way The FDL Public Health Nurs- records, health records and the the making of a drum stand. For further information, call Four FEMA trailers arrived in ing Dept. is hosting a cross $20 conference fee must be Pow wow singers are strongly Deb Topping at (218)878-8053. November 2008 at the Reserva- country skiing event from 10:30 submitted to Deb Topping by encouraged to attend. The mu- tion and four more are expect- a.m. to 1 p.m. on Feb. 7 at April 24. seum is seeking input on which Making moccasins ed sometime this spring, said Pine Valley Recreation Area in For further information, con- weekend to offer this work- Baby moccasin-making will Jason Holliday, FDL Director of Cloquet. tact Deb Topping at shop. Contact the museum at be taught March 11 and March Planning. The process began a Lunch and equipment will (218)878-8053. (218)878-7582. 25 in the Cloquet ENP by FDL year ago with a joint inquiry by be provided. Pre-registration Elders. Any interested com- FEMA, the Federal Emergency is required. To register, call Census jobs available Native flute workshop munity members are welcome. Management Administration, (218)878-3794 by Jan. 30. Census takers, crew leader at Museum in February The mocassins are being made and HUD, the U.S. Department assistants, and crew leaders A Native Flute Workshop will in preparation for the FDL of Housing and Urban Develop- Legal notice are currently being recruited be held at 6 p.m. on Feb. 20, Head Start Community Baby ment, as to whether Fond du The following is a list of to take the 2010 U.S. Census, 1 p.m. on Feb. 21, and noon Shower that will be held in Lac would want trailers left deceased Band Members who according to Veronica Smith, on Feb. 22 in the FDL Cultural July. over from Hurricane Katrina. have monies in trust with the FDL recruiting assistant for the Museum near the Tribal Center. For further information, call Hollinday asked for 30 trail- Fond du Lac Band. We are Census Bureau. Qualifications Participants will learn how to Deb Topping at (218)878-8053. ers and was allotted 12. Of the requesting that the heirs of for the position are U.S. citi- carve a flute, and materials will 12, 10 were suitable for this these deceased Band Members zenship, being 18 years of age, be provided. There is no cost climate. Eight of the 10 passed contact the Fond du Lac Legal and a valid driver’s license. for the workshop. The work- Parents of Queen of Peace formaldehyde tests. Four of Affairs Office at (218) 878-2632 Applicants will be required to shop is open to Band Members. students attempt to prevent these were shipped last fall and or toll-free at 800-365-1613, to take a written test to measure Jeff Savage will be the instruc- school closing the remaining four are awaiting assist the Band in distributing their clerical skills, organiza- tor. Queen of Peace Catholic mold inspection, said Hollin- the trust monies to the appro- tional, reading and number For further information, con- Elementary School in Cloquet day. priate heirs. skills, and their ability to tact the museum at (218)878- will be closing the end of Two trailers have replaced Page 22 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | February 2009 February 2009 | Nah gah chi wa nong • Di bah ji mowin nan | Page 23

Briefs existing substandard trailers. Cloquet school board executive director of the Min- values to follow the right path, FDLer named CFO at FDL Business Manager Bill responds to Indian Ed nesota Indian Gaming As- they’ll go the wrong way,” said FDLTCC in January Swanby and FDL Construction Committee complaints sociation. This compares to a FDL Elder, MaryAnn Blacketter. FDL Band Member Stepha- Projects Manager Mike Murray In response to complaints 25 percent drop in Las Vegas The circle starts with a nie Hammit was named Chief and their crew will be moving regarding bus transportation casinos. smudging. An eagle feather is Financial Officer at the Fond and connecting the remaining from the Cloquet Local Indian The Fond du Lac Band liqui- passed to each who wishes to du Lac Tribal and Community trailers to utilities when the Education Committee, vari- dated much of its stock portfo- speak. Since the circle’s incep- College in weather warms up. The trailers ous steps will be taken by the lio before the market crashed tion, Elders have noticed more Cloquet. have three bedrooms and two Cloquet School District Super- this fall, paying off $112 million harmony in the hallways. Hammit baths. Some are furnished. intendent to change the way in debt on the Black Bear “Kids are being more respect- started They range in size from be- students are transported in the expansion, two years ahead ful and trying to live the right work in tween 14 to 16 feet in width. district. Some of these steps of schedule. The monthly way,” said Mel Buckholtz, FDL her new They are 70 to 76 feet long. will include setting firm bus payments on the debt were Ojibwe School behavior man- position in Hollinday said he is hoping rules, installing digital sur- $850,000 a month, forcing the agement facilitator. January. for more trailers in 2009. veillance cameras on buses, Band to dip into cash reserves. This story was reported in the She was reviewing the number of stu- Martineau said the challenge Duluth News Tribune. a comptrol- Elder activity fund dents assigned to routes, and now is to build back the Band’s ler at the FDL Reservation for Applications for elder activi- addressing bus upkeep. reserves. John Beargrease race and more than six years, and also ties during the summer quarter According to a story in the new book worked as the FDL internal of 2009 are due April 1, 2009. Pine Journal, complaints made FDL elders form restorative The 26th Annual John Bear- auditor. FDL Band Members age 52 included inappropriate, non- justice circle and work grease sled dog began at 1 p.m. Hammitt worked as director and up are eligible to submit sexual verbal and physical with Ojibwe School students on Jan. 25 at Ordean Middle of fiscal operations at the Col- proposals. Applications are contact made on the part of Efforts at the FDL Ojibwe School in Duluth. Beargrease lege from 1990 to 1996. available from and can be sub- bus personnel toward students. School to meet No Child Left was the son of an Ojibwe chief She has a Bachelor of Ac- mitted to Elder Advocate Deb Complaints also alleged that Behind attendance criteria and who grew up on the North counting degree from the Uni- Topping. For further informa- the buses transporting Indian improve behavior has resulted Shore in the 1850s and deliv- versity of Minnesota – Duluth, tion, call Jerry Setterquist at students were the worst kept in the involvement of FDL ered mail by boat, dogsled and is a Cloquet High School gradu- (218)879-9412. and that Indian students were elders to create a traditional foot for two decades. ate and has lived in the area given the most bus violations. circle. Six elders have been This year’s race added a 50- for most of her life. Cloquet and Perch Lake recruited and attended training mile leg to Loon Lake near the Hammitt is a member of fire departments merge Duluth’s share of casino in restorative justice and elder Canadian border, for a total of the Cloquet School Board and The Cloquet and Perch Lake profits has decreased circles, funded by a grant from 380 miles. This is a return to serves as its clerk. She has held fire departments officially Traffic and revenue are down the office of juvenile justice the original route, according numerous offices in organiza- merged on Jan. 1, becoming at Minnesota’s American Indi- and delinquency prevention. to a story in the Duluth News tions throughout the years. the Cloquet Area Fire District. an casinos, according to a story In the past two and a half Tribune. Another change for The College now serves more The new fire district is now in the Duluth News Tribune. years, the elders have met this year is a four-hour increase than 2,700 students on its governed by a fire district Duluth’s share of Fond du Luth with as many as 140 students. in the mandatory rest. Cloquet campus and through board, according to a story in Casino profits were down 12 Junior and senior high stu- A new book entitled “John outreach sites at Red Lake and the Pine Journal. percent in the third quarter of dents are brought before the Beargrease: Legend of Minne- Onamia. The hope is to save money 2008 compared to the same group for incidents related to sota’s North Shore” by Daniel by merging operations. Service period in 2007. fights, truancy, and alcohol and Lancaster was published in in the district should remain “Ninety-nine percent of our drug violations. Students are Nov. 2008 by Holy Cow! Press the same, said District Fire income is through the casino,” then required to write apology of Duluth. Chief Jim Langenbrunner. said Ferdinand Martineau, letters, research papers, sign Jr. Casinos are reporting a 3 compacts and do community percent to 6 percent drop in service. revenue, said John McCarthy, “If we don’t teach them our Namebini Giizis – Sucker Moon February 2009 CCC: Cloquet Community Center, (218)878-7504; BCC: Brookston Community Center, (218)878-8048; SCC: Sawyer Community Center, (218)878-8185; CAIR: Center for American Indian Resources; MNAW: Min no aya win (218)879-1227; BBCR: Black Bear Casino Resort S u nday M onday T u esday W ednesday T h u rsday F riday S at u rday FDL Library Brown Bag 12 pm (CCC)

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Premier Theatre Adult sewing 10 am (CCC) Drop in games 5 pm (CCC) Baton class 3 pm (CCC) Weight Watchers 12 pm & Rock band & Wii 12 pm (CCC) Science & Engineering fair 9:15 am (BCC) Team basketball 3 pm (CCC) Family sewing 5 pm (CCC) Timberwolves game 4:45 pm (CCC) Reading circle 3:30 pm (CCC) (FDLCC) Drop in games 10 am (CCC) Baton class 3 pm (CCC) Girls & Boys Club Swim 3:30 pm (SCC) Rock band & Wii 12 pm (CCC) Intro to drum & singing Regional Science fair (UMD) Adult weight room Tutoring 3 pm (OJS) 6 pm (BCC) PI 4 pm (BCC) Cancer Talking circle 6 pm (CCC) Drop in games 10 am (CCC) 10 am (CCC) GED 4 pm (CCC) Anishinaabeg Circle 4:30 pm 4:30 pm (CCC) Movie night & adult social Cross Country Skiing Pine Adult TV 1 pm (CCC) Hats & Cupholders (CCC) Adult Lingo 6 pm (BCC) potluck 6 pm (BCC) Valley 10:30 am World of Wheels 1 pm (SCC) 5 pm (BCC) Caregivers support group 4:30 Skiing Mont du Lac Family volleyball 3 pm (CCC) Drop in games 5 pm (CCC) pm (CCC) 12 pm (BCC) Weight room 4 pm (CCC) Cancer Support group 5 pm (CCC) Anishinaabeg lang. 5 pm (CCC) Women’s night 1 2 3 6 pm (CCC) 4 5 6 7

Drop in games 10 am (CCC) Team basketball 3 pm (CCC) Drop in games 5 pm (CCC) Baton class 3 pm (CCC) Weight Watchers 12 pm & Rock band & Wii 12 pm (CCC) Valentine’s dance (SCC) Adult TV 1 pm (CCC) Baton class 3 pm (CCC) Family sewing 5 pm (CCC) PI 4 pm (BCC) 4:45 pm (CCC) Quilt raffle drawing (CCC) Drop in games 10 am (CCC) Family volleyball 3 pm (CCC) Tutoring 3 pm (OJS) Boys club dancing 6 pm (BCC) Anishinaabeg Circle Rock band & Wii 12 pm (CCC) Reading circle 3:30 pm (CCC) Community birthday Weight room 4 pm (CCC) GED 4 pm (CCC) 4:30 pm (CCC) Cancer Talking circle Movie night & adult social 3 pm (BCC) Adult cribbage 5 pm (CCC) Relay for Life 5 pm (CCC) 4:30 pm (CCC) potluck 6 pm (BCC) Valentine cards & roses I Can Cope 5 pm (CCC) Kids Lingo 6 pm (BCC) Heart Healthy Potluck 5 pm (BCC) Cancer support 5 pm (CCC) 12 pm (CCC) Anishinaabeg language Intro to drum & singing 5 pm (CCC) 6 pm (CCC) Prevention Intervention 5 pm (SCC) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Bowling Incline Station Door hanging & sun toppers 5 Drop in games 5 pm (CCC) Baton class 3 pm (CCC) Weight Watchers 12 pm & 4:45 Rock band & Wii 12 pm (CCC) Drop in games 10 am (CCC) (SCC) pm (CCC) Family sewing 5 pm (CCC) PI 4 pm (BCC) pm (CCC) Reading circle 3:30 pm (CCC) Native Flute w/s 1 pm (CCC) Kickball & basketball games Team basketball 3 pm (CCC) Girls club dancing 6 pm (BCC) Anishinaabeg Circle 4:30 pm Rock band & Wii 12 pm (CCC) Movie night & adult social Tubing 2 pm (BCC) (BCC) Baton class 3 pm (CCC) (CCC) Cancer Talking circle 4:30 pm outing 6 pm (BCC) Family night 4 pm (SCC) Drop in games 10 am (CCC) Tutoring 3 pm (OJS) Caregivers support 4:30 pm (CCC) Intro to drum & singing 6 pm Adult TV 1 pm (CCC) GED 4 pm (CCC) (CCC) Adult lingo 6 pm (BCC) (CCC) Family volleyball 3 pm (CCC) Door hanging & sun toppers 5 Cancer support 5 pm (CCC) Youth mtg 6 pm (SCC) Weight room 4 pm (CCC) pm (CCC) Anishinaabeg language 5 pm Native Flute w/s 6 pm (CCC) (CCC) Prevention Intervention 5 pm (SCC) Women’s night 15 16 17 6 pm (CCC) 18 19 20 21

Cloquet Center Pool Adult intro to computers Drop in games 5 pm (CCC) Baton class 3 pm (CCC) Weight Watchers 12 pm & FDL Library Brown Bag Drop in games 10 am (CCC) Tournament 11 am (CCC) Family sewing 5 pm (CCC) PI 4 pm (BCC) 4:45 pm (CCC) 12 pm (CCC) Outdoor ventures Drop in games 10 am (CCC) Team basketball 3 pm (CCC) Girls & Boys club dance off Anishinaabeg Circle Rock band & Wii 12 pm (CCC) Rock band & Wii 12 pm (CCC) 12 pm (BCC) Adult weight room Baton class 3 pm (CCC) 6 pm (BCC) 4:30 pm (CCC) Cancer Talking circle Reading circle 3:30 pm (CCC) 10 am (CCC) Tutoring 3 pm (OJS) Caregivers Support group 4:30 pm (CCC) Movie night & adult social Native Flute w/s 12 pm GED 4 pm (CCC) 5 pm (CCC) Kids lingo 6 pm (BCC) potluck 6 pm (BCC) (CCC) Light switch covers & Cancer support 5 pm (CCC) Intro to drum & singing Adult TV 1 pm (CCC) bracelets 5 pm (BCC) Anishinaabeg language 6 pm (CCC) Family volleyball 3 pm (CCC) Drop in games 5 pm (CCC) 5 pm (CCC) Premier Theatre (SCC) Weight room 4 pm (CCC) Prevention Intervention 5 pm (SCC) Sobriety Feast 22 23 24 7 pm (BBCR) 25 26 27 28