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PRESORTED STANDARD Inside this Edition – Sota Per Copy U.S. POSTAGE PAID Ground blessing scheduled for new SWO WILMOT, SD administration building June 15th PERMIT NO. 1 Postmaster: Change service requested Graduation celebrations on the Lake Traverse Sota Iya Ye Yapi, P.O. Box 5, Wilmot, SD 57279 ¢ Reservation Contents – Time-Dated News/Do Not Delay June is Home Ownership Month; SWO This edition mailed at Wilmot, SD Monday, June 6, 2011 75 Homebuyer Fair scheduled June 22nd Vol. 42 June - Wazustecasa Wi - “Moon of Wild Strawberries Ripening” - Anpetu Iyamni, June 8, 2011 No. 23 ground blessing ceremony will be held at the site of the SWO’s new administration building, at the old TZTS football field adjacent to the AUlysses Abraham Elderly Nutrition Center at Agency Village. The ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. All Oyate members are invited and encouraged to Architect’s concept drawing of new attend. SWO administration building. Eighteen local people cut their holiday weekend’s techniques. The training was presented by one of the he annual spring commencement ceremony was held at Sisseton Wahpeton College on Saturday, May short May 30-June 1, to attend the American Indian Life developers of the program, Dr. Teresa LaFromboise of T14, 2011. Keynote speaker was Dr. Sherry Johnson, Superintendent of Enemy Swim Day School. Skills Development training at Tiospa Zina Tribal School. Stanford University in California. The following students received degrees in the ceremony: Among the attendees were school staff from Tiospa The feedback on the training was very positive. Staff Zina, Sisseton High School, Enemy Swim Day School, hope to be able to implement the curriculum to incoming Rainy Allery, AA, RN. Jonathan McCallister-Starlight, Certificate, in addition to a representative from IHS Public Health freshman students this upcoming school year. Laurie Banderet, Certificate, LPN. LPN. Nursing. The training was provided as part of South Dakota’s Elsie Brovold, AA, RN. Sean McElhone, AA, Business The training covered an overview of prevention Community Partnership for Suicide Prevention project Keith Chitwood, Certificate, LPN. Administration. concepts, resilience and cognitive behavioral theories, and funded by a Garrett Lee Smith Suicide Prevention grant Kristie Clifford, AA, RN. Diane Ouse, AA, RN. the American Indian Life Skills Development training from SAMHSA, and was sponsored by There’s Hope Ronald Cook, AA, Chemical Mary Price, Certificate, LPN. model. Participants were given information on theories of Suicide Prevention Task Force (a project of Aliive-Roberts Dependency. Katherine Purintun, AA, RN. behavior change and guidance on social/life skills training County) and Tiospa Zina Tribal School. Modesta Crooks, Certificate, Roxanne Renville, AA, General LPN. Studies. Sarah Dahlen, AA, RN. Susan Ruhl, AA, RN. Justin DeCoteau, AA,RN. Robert White Thunder, AAS, Scene from the Jerry Eastman, AA, Business Comp Sys Tech. American Indian Life Administration. Sierra Wolcott, AAS, Accounting Tech. Development training held LeeAnn Eastman, AA, General Studies. Tracy Zaste, AA, RN. last week at Tiospa Zina Debbie Eye, AA, RN. Degrees: Tribal School. Steven Farmer Jr., AAS, General Ag. RN = Registered Nursing Stacey Flute, AAS, Comp Sys Tech. LPN = Licensed Practical Nurse Jodi Gades, AA, RN. ECD = Early Childhood Development Mahpiyatowin Gill, AA, Business Administration. General Food and Agriculture Juanita Gott, AA, Business Administration. Computer Systems Technology Brittany Horter, Certificate, LPN. General Studies Marjorie Iyarpeya, AA, ECD. Accounting Technology Brooke LaBelle, AA, RN. Business Administration Renee LaRocque, AA, RN. Chemical Dependency Counseling Diana MacKenzie, AA, RN. iospa Zina Tribal School held its traditional graduation wacipi Friday evening May 20th and its Barbara Ryan and Darlene Pipeboy presented the wear blue jeans on Friday during the school year. Rollin Ryan Award to Karissa Dog Eagle. Members of the class of 2011 are: academic graduation ceremony for seniors of the 2010-11 school year on Saturday afternoon May 21st. T The Rick Albers Leadership Award was presented to Anthony Aadland (Salutatorian) Class motto: “The Past is my Heritage, the Present Tiospa Zina alumni gathered at the drum. Anthony Aadland. Chadwick Adams is my Responsibility, the Future is my Challenge.” On Saturday, John Cloud III gave the opening (Gokah Brown, 8th grader, was the MS recipient of Brooklyn Bernard Darrell DeCoteau gave the welcome address to the prayer and Superintendent Ted Hamilton gave the the Rick Albers Leadership Award.) Cari Bird traditional ceremony Friday evening; Mikey Peters filled welcome. Lisa Forcier presented the staff Blue Jean Shennoah Bird the canupa. Flowers were presented to the graduates, followed Scholarships ($400 each) to three graduating seniors: Parents and guardians of the graduates presented by valedictorian speech by Maurice (John) Redday III Anthony Aadland, Katrina Gill and Karissa Dog Eagle. TZTS graduation ceremony feathers, plumes and star quilts. and salutatorian speech by Anthony Aadland. The Blue Jean Scholarship is provided by the staff, who Continued on Page 6 Scene at Tiospa Zina Tribal School graduation with Superintendent Ted Hamilton at the podium. View more photos of Tribal school graduation ceremonies inside this issue of the Sota. Page 2 “Wo’okiye was’te qa wico zani o’wacin yuhapo” Sota Iya Ye Yapi - www.earthskyweb.com/sota.html - Anpetu Iyamni, June 8, 2011 simply disappearing. • 16 percent cited a lack of jurisdiction, which can speak to the level of a crime. For example, the injuries of a detention sergeant beaten by an inmate weren’t serious enough to be a federal crime. The Government Accountability Office’s study was published after a change in federal law last summer meant to bolster justice on tribal lands. The report was produced at the behest of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs led by then-Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-North Dakota. Former U.S. attorneys testified that reservation cases were often not treated as a priority, Dorgan told the AP in an interview before the bill was passed. “In many cases, it didn’t get done. The result is that violent crime continues and those that commit them don’t get prosecuted.” DOJ officials don’t like being measured by declination rates. “Unfortunately, federal declination numbers on face value, without full context, are not an appropriate measure Sota guest editorial – of whether justice was served,” DOJ spokeswoman Jessica Smith said. The numbers don’t capture the reasons cases are rejected and miss those that are prosecuted outside the federal system, she said. World Peace and Prayer Day/ The declination rate for other federal cases, which can include terrorism, environmental violations or corruption, Honoring Sacred Sites is not directly applicable since they are so different from the types of cases in Indian Country, said David Maurer, who Submitted by Chief Arvol Looking Horse helped author the GAO study. Since 1996, for 16 years on June 21st, World Peace and Prayer Day/Honoring Sacred Sites (www. The Justice Department has reported that the crime rates experienced by Native Americans are two and a half worldpeaceandprayerday2011.org ) was created as an effort to bring about the consciousness to all Humanity upon times higher than those experienced by the general population, and that violent crime happens in Indian Country at a Mother Earth to bring attention to her need for a great healing. rate of 101 per 1,000 persons. Through bringing attention to the prophecies left from our Ancestors, we brought the awareness that “All Federal prosecutors in South Dakota and Arizona had the largest number of cases reported from Indian Country. Nations, All Faiths, One Prayer” can tap into energies that has laid dormant in Humankind to create an energy Each comprised some 24 percent of the total national caseload, according to the GAO report. shift for a great Healing upon Mother Earth. One of the many indications of the many Prophecies was the birth of Arizona has 12 federally recognized tribes, with the Navajo Nation being the largest in number and land the White Buffalo in 1994 in Wisconsin, there after many Animal Nations have shown their sacred color to bring area. Federal prosecutors received 2,538 cases and declined 38 percent of them. South Dakota has seven federally attention of the need to pay attention to the environment that is affecting them and would soon affect Humanity. recognized Indian tribes, including the well-known Oglala Sioux at Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux at Rosebud. In the Countries of the N. America, S. America, Mexico, Costa Rica, Ireland, S. Africa, Australia, Japan, Federal prosecutors there received 2,414 cases, declining 61 percent. New Zealand we traveled to bring this awareness and planted the seed of June 21st. This united effort is for the Brendan Johnson, the U.S. attorney for South Dakota, said a lack of manpower makes it more difficult to remedy for the healing of the present circumstances we are facing from global warming and the poison processes for investigate and prosecute cases. “We need more police officers. We need more investigators,” he said. monetary resources that have depleted Mother Earth’s condition to sustain all life. Other Countries that understood Johnson said a lack of collaboration between tribes and federal prosecutors is also to blame. this massive effort also joined. As each of the 16 years passed the activation of their Sacred Sites grew. Whether it His office has focused on improving ties with tribes by having an assistant U.S. attorney spend most of his week is a Mosque, Church, Synagogue, Temple or a Natural Sacred Site recognized by Nation’s, this is inclusive to all at one reservation and working to have the tribal prosecutor on another reservation designated a special U.S. attorney, Humanity in their beliefs of the Great Spirit. he said. That would allow the attorney to come into federal court and help prosecute cases.