Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume XXXVII, Number XXVI Saturday, October 17, 2009 • 50¢ Winnebago Tribal Council Welcomes Newcomer Bago Bits… New York Yankee/Winnebago Sports Hero, Joba Chamberlain is back in the news with his outstanding pitching performances during the Major League Baseball Playoffs. More info on page 8. This year’s Winnebago Tribal Council Elections are in the history books, and we congratulate incumbents; John Blackhawk & Louis C. Houghton, Jr. on their reelection to offi ce, and welcome Mr. Larry Payer to service. Councilman Payer was the top vote getter with 242 ballots cast in his favor. John Blackhawk came in a close second receiving 236 votes, and Louis C. Houghton, Jr. rounded out the top three with 208 votes. Other candidates receiving votes in the election were: Darla LaPointe-139 votes, Maunka Morgan-138 votes, and Charles Aldrich-130 votes. A Swearing In ceremony was held on October 7th for the newly elected members, and a reorganizational meeting was conducted on Thursday, October 8th. The Winnebago Tribal Council reelected all the previous offi cers from it’s membership making John Blackhawk-Chair- man, Kenn Mallory-Vice Chairman, Louis C. Houghton, Jr.,-Secretary, and Brian Chamberlain-Treasurer. Still under construction is the Round-about Ho-Chunk, Inc. celebrates 15 successful years Highway 75/77 intersection in the lower Westside of the Winnebago Reservation. Ho-Chunk, Inc. (HCI), the award- California, Wisconsin, Washington, D.C., winning economic development corpora- Afghanistan, Mexico and Iraq. tion owned by the Winnebago Tribe of HCI’s annual revenue rose by 27% in Nebraska, celebrated it’s 15th Anniver- 2008 to reach $156 million and profi ts sary of beginning business operations grew by 160% to $2.6 million. The com- with an Open House at the Ho-Chunk pany’s assets grew to $49.2 million and Corporate Building in Winnebago, Ne- shareholder equity grew to $18.6 million braska, on Friday, September 25th. in 2008. HCI was formed in 1994 to diver- HCI also shares its success with the sify the Tribe’s investments away from community in other ways. In 2001, gaming. The goal was to develop an HCI started the Ho-Chunk Community Successful in their bid for the Winnebago Tribal Council were incumbents: John entrepreneurial company to recognize Development Corporation (HCCDC), a Blackhawk, Louis C. Houghton, Jr. and and develop various economic oppor- non-profi t organization, whose mission newcomer Larry Payer. Each will serve a tunities, provide job opportunities for is to make the Winnebago Reservation three year term. Tribal members and enable economic a better place to live. HCCDC has ex- self-suffi ciency for the Tribe. ceeded even the best projections, raising From a single employee on the North- millions of dollars for community based east Nebraska reservation in 1994, HCI social, health, economic, housing and has grown into a visionary global enter- entrepreneurial activities. prise today, with over 1,100 employees For a full range if information on the Winnebago Tribal Chairman, John Black- with operations in Nebraska, Iowa, Winnebago tribe’s award winning com- hawk interviews with area media outlets South Dakota, Minnesota, Kansas, during the HCI 15th Anniversary celebra- pany you can visit their website at www. Indiana, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, tion. hochunkinc.com or www.hcifacts.com. Indianz.com… Tim Giago: ‘Wizard’ author backed genocide MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2009 wrote, “Having wronged them for centu- by the sudden light - a Kike.” The Winnebago Indian’s are in action and Bruce Dancis, in his Video Patrol ries we had better, in order to protect our For arguments sake, suppose an we got all the pictures. Check um out on column wrote, “The Wizard of Oz has civilization, follow it up by one more wrong enterprising producer had made a pages 5 & 6 of this issue. become so ingrained in the American and wipe these untamed and untamable movie based on Mein Kampf. Would that psyche that today, 70 years after it was creatures from the face of the earth.” movie carry the stigma of the author? fi rst released by MGM, the movie con- Baum followed that editorial with Perhaps, but critics would argue that tinues to inspire wonderment, laughter another. He wrote, “The whites, by law Hitler actually accomplished some of and tears.” of conquest, by justice of civilization, are his mission in exterminating the Jews, Of the 70th Anniversary airing of the masters of the American continent, and while L. Frank Baum only editorialized show, CBS Anchorwoman, Katie Couric the best safety of the frontier settlements about it. But there is no difference in gushed, “I will probably watch it again will be secured by the total annihilation their message. Both called for the geno- for the 150th time.” of the few remaining Indians. Why not cidal extermination of a race of people. When the movie was released in 1939, annihilation? Their glory has fl ed, their Then why is L. Frank Baum so loved it was indeed a wonder. It was an excit- spirit is broken, their manhood effaced; while Hitler so eternally hated? Suppose ing children’s fantasy movie with vivid better that they die than live the miserable the book Mein Kampf was actually a colors, great songs, and it was a movie wretches that they are.” children’s book about a fantasyland in with a message. Should this great movie Fifty years later, another man set out the Bavarian Alps. And further suppose be tainted by the racial sins of the man to “annihilate” a race of people. Adolph that the book was then made into a who wrote the book, L. Frank Baum? Hitler did manage to exterminate six movie that was highly acclaimed. Would Baum and Adolph Hitler had one thing million Jews before the roof caved in on the fact that Hitler wrote the book and in common: both called for the genocidal him. Hitler also wrote a book called Mein that he also called for genocide against extermination of a race of people; Hitler Kampf. In the book he wrote, “Was there the Jews diminish the popularity of the the Jews, and Baum, the Sioux people of any form of fi lth or profl igacy, particularly movie? There are probably a plethora of South Dakota. in cultural life, without at least one Jew answers to these rhetorical questions. In an editorial written six days after involved in it? If you cut even cautiously Could it be that the lives of the Jews 300 Lakota men, women and children into such an abscess, you found, like a The Annual Harvest Celebration was held were massacred at Wounded Knee, Baum maggot in a rotting body - often dazzled Con’t. on page 3... in Winnebago, and our infamous grass dancer, Chris Grezlik was there for the whole show. More pictures on page 10. Visit us at www.winnebagotribe.com Page 2 — Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, October 17, 2009 I Was Thinking movies with my kids that I think they 6. Sense and Sensibility: Victorian Thoughts from The Bellagio… by Lance Morgan will like. For those that know me, I era love story. I know it is a little girly have died down locally and I can really spend a lot of time quoting movies for but I watch it every time it is on. The one focus on making HCI as successful as various points I want to make. I thought with Emma Thompson and Hugh Grant. possible. I would share my favorite movies in case 5. The Outlaw Josey Wales: Best We just went through a tribal elec- anyone at all cares. western in my opinion. Clint Eastwood tion and it was all very anti-climatic 10. Raising Arizona: A strange over is cool, but the old Indian Chief steals compared to the last three years. Where played dark comedy about two trailer the movie. Best Line: “Dying ain’t much lots of tough old school politicking was park dwellers that steal one of fi ve new- of a living son.” going on. Those days are over at least born babies because they can’t adopt a 4. Dr Strangelove: 1964 comedy for now. This election was actually kind baby due to the criminal past of Nicolas about accidently blowing up the world of nice. Bagochat got a little too chatty, Cage. I can actually quote almost the and how inept our governments are in but it was nothing a little web censor- whole movie. My kids loved it. Best Line dealing with the situation. I don’t know ship couldn’t handle. “You never leave a man behind.” any women that like it, but it really is I have been traveling a lot lately. I have been doing this for 15 years 9. From Dusk Till Dawn: Probably one of the best movies ever made and This week I found myself in Kansas now and interestingly the only years the worst movie on this list but I love is still funny 45 years later. Best Line: City, Palm Springs and Las Vegas. It that HCI didn’t grow much was when it. It is about some guys hiding out for “Gentleman, there is no fi ghting in the sounds like fun, but it really isn’t. All we were busy fi ghting each other. Last the night in a bar where everyone who War Room.” the traveling gets old to be honest. But year things, died down and HCI had its works there turns into a vampire and 3. Aliens II: Best Sci Fi movie of all traveling to give speeches, cutting deals single biggest growth year in its history.