PRESORTED Inside this Sota Sota Per Copy STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE Chairman White testifies at US Senate Appropriations Committee hearing PAID Planning underway for Treaty Day Cultural events Monday, Feb. 17 ORTONVILLE, MN PERMIT NO. 3 Open discussion with US Attorney/FBI about jurisdictional issues Tuesday, Feb. 18 Change service requested “We Want Change” – Public forum Saturday, Feb. 22nd Sota Iya Ye Yapi, P.O. Box 5, Wilmot, SD 57279 ¢ Tribal Health administration brings updates to Council Contents – Time-Dated News/Do Not Delay Wambdi’s Jamison Pratt scores 1,000th point! Mailed at Ortonville, MN, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020 75 Next week: Highlights of the 2020 Ice Fishing Derby Publication of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe of the Lake Traverse Reservation since 1968 Vol. 51 February - Anpetu Numpa Wi - “Moon of Two Days” - Anpetu Iyamni - Feb. 12, 2020 No. 7 Tribal Council is hosting officials from the US the individual to be dis-enrolled. Attorney’s office and FBI at a roundtable next Tuesday, Brandi commented, “We need and want action February 18th. before something bad happens.” The discussion is open to the Oyate, especially Chairman White said, “As long as he is making those interested in jurisdictional issues that involve threats to our Tribal members he can be arrested.” protection of women and children against sexual The Chairman acknowledged that the Tribe needs SWO Tribal Chairman Our Senators and the Interior Facilities Management predators. “to be more pro-active.” Donovan White is on travel early Congressmen understand that with and Construction Division A special invitation went out during last Tuesday’s Discussion also included what to do about non- this week in Washington, DC. our SWO Community Justice and (“FMC”) and issued an RFP for our Tribal Council meeting when Brandi DeCoteau came Natives who threaten the safety of Oyate women and The Chairman is scheduled Rehabilitation Center, the public A-E Firm. SWO is participating in with a petition reportedly signed by 3,000 members girls. to testify at a US Senate safety of North and South Dakota bi-weekly conference calls with BIA calling for banishment of an enrolled member accused The roundtable is scheduled at 10:30 a.m. in the Appropriations Committee hearing will be improved. Governor Burgum OJS, BIA Great Plains Region, and of stalking and ignoring protection orders. Council suite but can be moved to Council chambers if Tuesday, February 11th. said, our Detention Jail “will Indian Affairs Division of Facilities During the DCA report, Heipa District called for more space is needed. He will talk about needs of the enhance regional law enforcement, Management and Construction SWO as the Committee sets the criminal justice and the safety of our (FMC) to move the project forward budget for BIA and IHS. citizens.” The Sisseton-Wahpeton and look forward to bringing our At the top of the list are long- Oyate Tribe worked very hard with A-E Firm on board by the end of term treatment, after-care, and the Congress and our congressional the month. FMC is working to detention center. delegation to restore Funds for develop a model for construction Tribal Council approved a that happen.” and civil rights. Gunn has written See the full written testimony. the BIA Public Safety and Justice of Adult Detention Center. FMC contract last Wednesday, February The contract calls for up to 30 articles on Indian law and on the Testimony of Chairman Construction Budget in FY 2018: and SWO will use the Program of 5th, for a consultant to help with hours per month. intersection of poverty and law and Donovan White Public Safety and Justice Requirements developed for Hopi, the future of Dakota Crossing. Two months was said to be economics. He was a staff attorney SWO Justice and Rehabilitation Construction. The agreement last month, with modifications to Attorney Steven Gunn had met enough but the contract could for the Volunteer Lawyers Project Center provides $35,309,000 for public meet our site and reflect our Dakota with Council in a roundtable after continue as needed. of the Boston Bar Association, Before the U.S. House of safety and justice construction culture. Tuesday’s session adjourned and Chairman White said that where he represented low-income Representatives Committee on and includes the following: Adult High Security then returned the next day. Mister Gunn “will work with us on individuals and families in housing, Appropriations Subcommittee on $18,000,000 to restart the facilities He told Council, “Food is our grocery store.” public benefits, and disability Interior, Environment and Related replacement and new construction Detention Cell Wing economic development” and he “See if it is feasible to bid it discrimination cases. Before that, Agencies February 11, 2020: program; $4,494,000 for employee For FY 2021, we urgently would like “for the Tribe to turn out.” Gunn was a Skadden Fellow at Good morning, Chair housing; $9,372,000 for facilities need to move forward with funding around (its grocery store) into a A management lease “would the Indian Law Resource Center McCollum, Ranking Member improvement and repair; $169,000 for detention of the most serious profitable business … (providing) be for a certain amount of time in Washington, D.C., where he David Joyce, and Members of the for fire safety coordination; and tribal offenders, including those healthy food.” … maybe five years,” said the represented American Indian tribes Committee. I am Donovan White, $3,274,000 for fire protection. offenders sentenced to longer “This morning,” he said, “I Chairman. in actions to protect their land, Chairman of the Sisseton Wahpeton The Committees include funding terms under TLOA’s enhanced looked … saw the store and the “People will get trained and resources, rights, and cultural Oyate (“SWO”) of the Lake Traverse for the replacement construction sentencing authority, and our drug competitors.” it could be turned back over to the heritage. As part of his Skadden Indian Reservation in North and program, which has not received and alcohol rehabilitation to treat His role, he explained, is “to Tribe.” Fellowship, Gunn lived and worked South Dakota. Thank you for funding from the Bureau since fiscal adult and juvenile alcohol and explore possible options to make About Steven Gunn for a year on the Cheyenne River inviting me. year 2010, as other agencies have drug offenders. Drug and alcohol Steven Gunn has worked as an Indian Reservation in South Our Community Justice and sought to build these facilities. The offenders are typically recidivists, attorney for several sister tribes and Dakota, where, among other things, Rehabilitation Center is our highest Committees also understand the so addressing the underlying causes was recommended to the SWO for he represented the Cheyenne River priority. SWO has suffers serious Bureau currently has compiled a list of serious crimes is an important work he has done for other tribal Sioux Tribe and its members in violent crime, drug crime, and of replacement facilities based upon avenue to provide justice and restore grocery businesses by Mark Van two major federal lawsuits. Gunn juvenile delinquency. Fatal drug the facilities condition index, inmate community wellness. Norman, attorney and the SWO received his bachelor’s degree in overdoses at SWO are staggering: populations, and available space. It In the FY 2020 Appropriations Tribe’s DC lobbyist. political science and philosophy six fatal drug overdoses in the is the expectation the funding made Report, the Congress directed BIA From the Washington in 1992 from Stanford University past year. With over 14,000 tribal available for this activity will utilize Detention Services to work with us University Law (St. Louis, Mo.) and his law degree in 1995 from members nationwide and 8,000 this list. on a report describing the original website: Professor Gunn has Yale Law School, where he received tribal members residing on our From among the FY 2018 methodology for determining the extensive experience in public numerous awards, including the Reservation, fatal drug overdoses Construction Funds, the SWO size of our 25 Bed Medium Security interest litigation and clinical President’s Award for Outstanding occur at five times the national received a grant of $5.175 Detention Center, replacing our practice. He is also the founder and Leadership in the Service of the incidence among residents. North million for planning, design and decommissioned 1970s Jail and to director of the American Indian Law New Haven Community, the C. and South Dakota Governors construction of our 25 Bed Medium plan for our High Security Adult Summer Program at Washington LaRue Munson Prize for Excellence recognize the importance of Security Adult Detention Center. Detention Wing: Steven Gunn, hired as University Law, which allows law in Work on Cases in the Clinical our Community Justice and That’s a first step. Wopida Tanka, “The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate consultant to help with Dakota students to spend the summer in Program, and the Connecticut Title Rehabilitation Center. big thanks to this Committee and Crossing, pictured at last Indian country, assisting Indian Attorneys’ Guaranty Fund Prize Congress. Chairman testifies in DC Tuesday afternoon’s roundtable SWO Adult tribes in legal matters affecting their for the Best Paper in the Field of SWO has signed our 638 Continued on Page 2 discussion with Tribal Council. sovereignty, self-determination, Property. Detention Center Contract with the Department of he Winter 2019 general council was held Thursday and Friday, December 19 and 20. As in haven’t reached that amount for a From the written report: Tpast years, your Sota is publishing summaries of program reports over coming weeks. For more few years.” Staff: Gabriella Tateyuskanskan, information, including financials, see the general council booklet, Tribal Education Department “So I’m happy to report that.” Jerry Eastman, Tribal Realty Legal Research Technician booklet, and other distributed reports submitted too late to be included in the booklets.