In This Issue… Land Claims decision - past, present and … Court. In its 1974 decision in Oneida, the Supreme Court held that the federal courts have jurisdiction to hear the Oneida

By Arlinda LocklearSpecial to the Kalihwisaks

The Second CircuitCourt of Appeals hasissued its opinion in theOneida land claim,Oneida Indian Nation, etal. v. County of Oneida,et al., Docket Nos. 07-2430-CV(L). In a splitdecision, the court ruledthat all forms of relief inthe Oneida land claim arebarred by the passage oftime. The purpose of thismemorandum is to layout the basis of the deci-sion and possible optionsgoing forward.

BackgroundThe Oneida land claim

has been pending in fed-eral court in variousstages of litigation for 40years. The first case,known as the test case,was filed in 1970 by theTribe and the OneidaIndian Nation of NewYork. Soon afterwards,the Oneida of the Thamesappeared in the suit. Thetest case was a challenge

to the validity of the1795 transaction betweenthe Oneidas and NewYork state, the first oneof the 25 transactions bywhich the Oneida Nationlost possession of virtual-ly its entire 250,000 acrereservation in New York.Only the two counties inthe claim area - Madisonand Oneida - were suedin the test case and theOneidas sought only twoyears trespass damagesas relief. The secondcase, known as the reser-vation case, was filed in1974 to challenge thevalidity of all the othertransactions by which theOneida lost portions ofthe reservation. In thereservation case, theOneidas added New Yorkstate as a defendant butagain only sought moneydamages against the stateand the counties. Thereservation case wasstayed while the test casewas litigated on theassumption that the samelegal principles would be

applied from the test caseto determine the outcomein the reservation case.

The test case made twotrips to the United StatesSupreme Court. In its1974 decision in Oneida,the Supreme Court heldthat the federal courtshave jurisdiction to hearthe Oneida land claim.Oneida I, 414 U.S. 661.After multiple motionsand a trial, Judge Portheld in 1977 that the1795 transaction wasillegal and the countiesowed the Oneidas about$35,000 in trespass dam-ages, plus interest. In its1985 decision in Oneida,the Supreme Courtupheld Judge Port’s deci-sion on all grounds. Thecase went back to the dis-trict court where judg-ment was entered infavor of the Oneidas.Because there was noagreement among theOneidas on dividing thejudgment among them-selves, the clerk’s officeput the judgment in a

special account. Thedamages judgment,$125,506.93 (the originalaward plus interest)remains in that account.

When judgment wasentered for the Oneidasin the test case, the par-ties attempted to settlethe entire Oneida landclaim; these efforts wereultimately unsuccessful.While these negotiationswere on-going, though,two developmentsoccurred in other casesthat placed the Oneidaland claim in great jeop-ardy.

The first of thesedevelopments involvedthe Oneida Nation ofNew York. While in set-tlement negotiations, theNew York Oneida pur-chased thousands ofacres in the Oneida claimarea and refused to paythe property taxes on theland. The New YorkOneida theory was that,because the land hadbeen illegally taken fromthe Oneidas, it immedi-

ately became Indiancountry once the Oneidasrepurchased the land.This dispute eventuallyreached the SupremeCourt. In City of Sherrillv. Oneida Indian Nationof New York, theSupreme Court rejectedthe Oneida position. Itheld that the passage oftime precluded theOneidas from assertingsovereignty over therepurchased claim arealand because of the dis-ruptive effect of suchclaims. But the Courtspecifically noted that itneed not disturb its deci-sion in Oneida II to reachthis result. City ofSherrill, 544 U.S. 197(2005).

The second of thesedevelopments involvedthe Cayuga land claim.Relying on the Oneidaprecedent, the Cayugasfiled a suit to recovertheir 64,000 acre reserva-tion in New York that

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 2010 –Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsackhonored an 11-member tribal organi-zation in Wisconsin and 16 NaturalResources Conservation Service(NRCS) employees and for exemplaryservice and achievement during the62nd annual U.S. Department ofAgriculture (USDA)’s Honor Awardsceremony.

Vilsack recognized members of theWisconsin Tribal ConservationAdvisory Council (WTCAC), the firstin the nation. The council’s goal is tosustain the forests, fisheries and tribalfood sources on more than 650,000acres of tribally-owned land inWisconsin. President JonathanPyatskowit accepted the award on thecouncil’s behalf. Oneida’s liaison toWTCAC Pat Pelky also attended theawards ceremony.

“It feels good to just have that recog-nition that we worked on something solong, and we made some great strides

and improvements,” said Pelky.WTCAC, formed in 2001, provides

a forum for Wisconsin’s 11 AmericanIndian tribes to identify and solve crit-ical natural resource and agriculturalissues on tribal lands. The council,composed of one representative fromeach tribe, also advises USDA andadvocates for the unique agriculturaland conservation needs of tribes.Dozens of major conservation projectshave been completed on tribal landsbecause of the council’s effective useof USDA’s conservation programs.Projects include restorations of wildrice beds, coaster brook trout habitat,pine barrens, prairies, peatlands,streambanks, lakeshores, wetlands andforests. Other projects include the pro-tection of burial mounds, establish-ment of community gardens and thelaunching of invasive species cam-paigns to protect sensitive lands.

August 19, 2010

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Area youth participat-ed in a soccer clinic inpreparation for the2011 IndigenousGames.

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Land Claims decision - past, present and future

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Safety first at Safety Town

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The USDA honored WTCACwith an award for SuperiorService.

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Area four-to-six-years-old children took part in the annual Safety Town program August 9 -13 at the County Hrecreation building. The 15 hour program teaches children safety awareness and prevention. Left: Children learn the correct way to escape a home filled with smoke during a demonstration with the Townof Oneida Fire Department. Right: Children learn about safety from heat and sun in a classroom setting onWednesday, August 11.

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they had lost in circum-stances very similar tothe Oneidas’ loss. TheCourt of Appeals inter-preted the City of Sherrilldecision by the SupremeCourt to bar all disrup-tive claims and theCayugas lost. Cayuga,413 FF.3d 266 (2005).The Cayugas asked theSupreme Court to reviewthe decision but theSupreme Court declined.

Once the Oneida reser-vation case was reacti-vated, the United Statesintervened in the case astrustee for the Oneidas(the Supreme Court hav-ing also ruled in themeantime that tribescould not sue states buthad to rely on the UnitedStates to do so for them).Also, the Oneidas and theUnited States expandedthe suit to include claimsfor money damages forthe entire period of dis-possession.

Recent activity in theOneida reservation case

In 2005, the State ofNew York and the twocounties moved for sum-mary judgment in theOneida reservation casebased upon the City ofSherrill and Cayuga deci-sions. In response, theOneidas and the UnitedStates argued that thecourt in Cayuga had mis-read the City of Sherrilldecision to apply lachesto tribal land claims; thatthe Oneidas had asserteda money damages claimthat was not disruptiveunder City of Sherrill;and that, in any event,laches could not beapplied against theUnited States when itsued as trustee for tribes.Judge Kahn in the districtcourt ruled in favor of theOneidas in part. He con-cluded that the Cayugadecision required that allpossessory claims be dis-missed as barred by thepassage of time, or lach-es. He also concluded,though, that the Oneidashad asserted claims formoney damages thatwere not possessory,were not disruptive, andas such were not barredby the Cayuga decision.An appeal immediatelyfollowed.

After substantial brief-ing by the United Statesand the Oneidas, theappeal was argued by theparties on June 3, 2008.The three judges on thepanel were JudgeMcLaughlin, JudgeLivingston, and districtcourt Judge Gershon, sit-ting by designation.Based on the questions atthe argument, it appearedthat the Oneidas had thevotes of Livingston andGershon but not the voteof McLaughlin. After theargument, the judgestook the case under sub-mission, which meansthey discuss it amongthemselves, ultimatelyvote and circulate drafts

of opinions before thefinal opinion isannounced. At the sametime that the Oneida casewas pending, anotherrelated case was pendingbefore the same courtthat may have affectedthe outcome in the landclaim.

This other case was afollow-up case after theCity of Sherrill SupremeCourt decision discussedabove. After theSupreme Court ruled thatNew York Oneidas had topay the property taxes onland they had purchasedin the claim area, theNew York Oneidas con-tinued to refuse to makethose payments. Thecounties moved to fore-closure on those landsand the New YorkOneida sued in districtcourt to enjoin the fore-closures. The New YorkOneida argued that, eventhough they were legallybound to pay the taxes,the doctrine of tribal sov-ereign immunity preclud-ed the counties from pro-ceeding against the landfor refusal to pay thetaxes. The district courtagreed and enjoined theforeclosure proceedings.This decision wasappealed and was arguedin the court of appealsabout six months beforethe land claim, althoughbefore a different panelof Second Circuit judges.Oneida Indian Nation ofNew York v. Madisonand Oneida Counties,Docket No. 05-6408-CV(L).

On July 20, the Courtof Appeals announced itsdecision in the New YorkOneida tax foreclosurecase. The court held thatSupreme Court decisionscompelled it to agreewith the district courtthat the New YorkOneidas were immunefrom suit by the counties.However, the outcome sooutraged the judges thatthey literally pleadedwith the Supreme Courtto take the case. Thecourt said the rule of trib-al sovereign immunity“defies common sense”and urged the SupremeCourt to “reunite” lawand common sense byrevisiting the doctrine oftribal sovereign immuni-ty. A petition for certio-rari to Supreme Courthas been filed by thecounties in this case.

A few weeks later, thesame court issued itsdecision in the Oneidaland claim. And duringthe two years that thecase was pending beforethe court, we lost the sup-port of Judge Livingston.As a result, the courtruled in a 2 to 1 voteagainst the Oneidas.Lawyers at theDepartment of Justicewho specialize in appear-ing before the court ofappeals believe that welost Judge Livingston’svote because of the

court’s simultaneousconsideration of the NewYork Oneida tax case.

The court of appealsdecision in the land

claimIn a 59-page decision,

the Court of Appealsdetermined that the Cityof Sherrill case, as inter-preted by the court ofappeals in Cayuga,required that all claimsfor relief in the Oneidaland claim, both for pos-session of land and formoney damages, must bedismissed because of thepassage of time. Thecourt reasoned as fol-lows: that the City ofSherrill and Cayugacases hold that all oldcases that are disruptivein nature are barred bythe passage of time; thatthe money damagesclaim asserted by theOneidas was also disrup-tive since it waspremised on a possessoryclaim to the land; that theequitable considerationsidentified in the City ofSherrill and Cayugacases were applicablehere as well, not onlybecause of the passage oftime but also the expecta-tions of those who livedin the claim area and thelocal governments there;and that the UnitedStates’ claims on behalfof the Oneidas were alsotime barred, even thoughin most cases the UnitedStates is not subject topassage of time defenses.

The decision ispremised upon so-calledequitable considerationsthat were used by theSupreme Court in City ofSherrill to prevent theNew York Oneidas fromclaiming sovereigntyauthority over land in theclaim area upon repur-chase of the land. TheSupreme Court empha-sized the unfairness ofthis kind of self-helpremedy in the face of set-tled expectations of localgovernments in the claimarea and the absence ofany limiting principle.The Supreme Court wasdisturbed by the prospectof the New York Oneidarepurchasing the entireclaim area and totallydestroying local govern-ment in the process,without local govern-ment having any meansto limit or block theadvance of the New YorkOneida. The proper rem-edy for the New YorkOneida, according to theSupreme Court, was theuse of the land into trust

process, which gave localgovernments input intothe amount and locationof sovereign territory intheir midst. But the courtof appeals undertook nosimilar analysis of thecompeting equities in itsdecision of the landclaim. It made no men-tion of the Oneidas’importance as an ally tothe United States duringthe Revolutionary War,did not discuss the spe-cial treaty protection forOneida land givenbecause of the Oneidas’allegiance to the UnitedStates, and ignored thelong history of New YorkState duplicity andrepeated Oneida com-plaints to the UnitedStates regarding thatduplicity in the State’sdealings with Oneidaland. Because the opin-ion fails to take theOneidas’ substantialequities into account atall, it cannot be takenseriously as a balancingof equities.

Judge Gershon dissent-ed from the opinion. Heropinion best summarizesthe impact of the majoritydecision: “With this deci-sion, the majority fore-closes the plaintiffs frombringing any remedy fortheir treatment at thehands of the State. This isnot required by Sherrill orCayuga, and is contrary tothe spirit of the SupremeCourt’s decisions in thisvery case.”

Possible steps forwardThere are other steps

that the Oneidas can take.These steps will be dis-cussed soon, perhaps asearly as this week, by allthe lawyers representingthe Oneida communitiesand the United States.We hope to arrive at anagreed upon recommen-dation for all our clients.

At this point, it appearsmost likely that thelawyers will recommenda petition for rehearing

en banc by the Court ofAppeals. Because theUnited States is a party, apetition for rehearingwould be due in 45 days,or September 23.However, the UnitedStates routinely requestsand obtains one or moreextensions of this dead-line.

A petition for rehearingen banc would not onlyallow the Court ofAppeals to reconsider itsopinion in the Oneidaland claim but also allowthe Court of Appeals toreconsider its earlierdecision in the Cayugacase. Any panel of threejudges which issues anopinion can be overruledby that entire court ofappeals sitting en banc.The odds are very greatthat the court will notgrant rehearing (courts ofappeal do this in less than1% of its cases) but oneor more judges mightdissent from their refusalto do so, which would behelpful if the Oneidaswere to seek SupremeCourt review.

Of course, the Oneidascould petition for reviewby the Supreme Court, inthe event the petition forrehearing fails. Eventhough the SupremeCourt takes very fewcases, it has had theOneida land claim beforeit three times now andthat increases thechances of furtherreview. It takes fourvotes for a petition forreview to be granted bythe Supreme Court. Itmay be possible that wecould get four votes on apetition, in light theCourt’s demonstratedinterest in this case.However, it takes fivevotes to win in theSupreme Court. Andright now, it seems veryunlikely that we couldfind that fifth vote to win,even if we could get fourvotes for review. Allthings considered, thiswill be a difficult deci-sion when we get to thepoint of making thatjudgment call.

There is one additionalpoint to consider in thesedecisions regarding nextsteps, i.e., the position ofthe United States.Because the court belowhas already transformedthe land claim from oneseeking recovery of land

to one seeking moneydamages against NewYork State, the presenceof the United States isvital. Without the UnitedStates, the Oneida claimcannot go forward sinceit would be barred by theState’s EleventhAmendment immunityfrom suit. At this point,we cannot assume thatthe United States wouldjoin the Oneidas, in theevent the Oneidas wishto petition the SupremeCourt for review. As thelawyers from theDepartment of Justicehave already remindedus, tribes have not won amajor case before theSupreme Court in yearsand they would notexpect to win Oneida,either. Given those cir-cumstances, the UnitedStates may decline tojoin the Oneidas in a peti-tion for certiorari.

Finally, there may yetbe other actions theOneidas can take to getjustice on the land claim,depending upon the finaloutcome here. One pos-sibility is a suit againstthe United States forbreach of trust, if at theend of the day theOneidas cannot get jus-tice because of the delayof the United States infinally responding to theOneidas’ complaints.Another possibility is acongressional referencecase, i.e., a special pro-ceeding authorized byCongress in the FederalClaims Court against theUnited States where ithas violated a fiduciaryor other obligation. Thiswas done in the AlabamaCoushatta aboriginalland claim, where thecourt ultimately awardedhundreds of millions ofdollars (but whichrequires a congressionalappropriation, a very dif-ficult thing to obtain.)

I cannot justify whatthe Court of Appeals hasdone here. Admittedly,the Oneida land claimhas always been a serioustest for the legal system,for the proposition thatthere is justice under law.For decades, the legalsystem respondedadmirably, providing theOneidas precisely whatthe law promised to theOneidas. Now, the sys-tem has revealed its limi-tations.

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Kurt D. Davids44 of Howard, Wis.passed away athome early Fridaymorning August 6,2010 of naturalcauses. He wasborn December 31, 1965in St. Paul, MN. toDonald and Phyllis(House) Davids. Kurtgraduated from FreedomHigh School in 1984, andthen attended UWMadison for four years.He left UW to work atSchwegler Lanes. Kurtalso operated BadgerBowl Pro Shop inMadison. In 2007 he leftMadison and returned toGreen Bay to be closer tohis family. Kurt was cur-rently operating as the“Bowling Doctor” atTitletown Bowlers ProShop. Bowling wasKurt’s passion and hewas eagerly awaiting thestart of another season.He also enjoyed a goodgame of Texas Hold’emand played hours beforehe passed. Kurt had agreat sense of humor andloved to be surroundedby family especially atthe holidays.

He is survived by thelove of his life MichelleBartoletti, his parents:Donald and Phyllis. His

two sistersRoxanne (Keith)Selissen, andRamona (Ray)Kurth. Kurt is fur-ther survived bytwo nieces and one

nephew, Jessica,Samantha andChristopher. He is alsosurvived by Michelle’sson Jake Titel, her familyand their beloved kittenBeBe. Kurt will also bemissed by many aunts,uncles, cousins andfriends.

A memorial servicecelebrating Kurt’s lifewas held on TuesdayAugust 10, 2010 at 7pmwith Rev. KristinaHenning of HolyApostles EpiscopalChurch officiating.

Ryan Funeral Home305 N. Tenth Street DePere assisted the familywith arrangements.Please go towww.ryanfh.com to sendonline condolences to thefamily.

Michelle would like tothank the Brown CountySheriffs Dept. and Coreyfrom the Brown CountyMedical ExaminersOffice for their compas-sion and utmost respectduring this difficult time.

Davids, Kurt D.December 31, 1965 – August 6, 2010

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Lynn M.Cornelius, diedAugust 11, 2010after a long term ill-ness. Lynn’s senseof humor carriedher through the upsand downs of her illness.Lynn had a good and car-ing heart, her outlook onlife and enthusiasm willbe remembered by all thepeople she touched. Shetried to find the positivesin life everyday. Sheenjoyed watching Lakersgames, driving aroundwith her trusty truck“Bob,” playing games andlistening to Eminem, butmost of all being withfamily.

Over the years Lynnworked for the OneidaTransit Service, she lovedthe jobs she had in con-struction as a surveyor’sassistant and core sampleinspector. She talkedabout working again inconstruction until the end.During her illness Lynnworked for the FreedomPursuit writing “KnowYour Neighbor” articlesand selling Avon prod-ucts.

Lynn is survived by hermother June Cornelius;two daughters Trista(Kurt) Cornelius, Brittany(Michael) Humphries;one grandchild ArianaHumphries; two brothersIsaac (Theresa) CorneliusJr, Michael (Pat)Cornelius; sister Lisa(Pat) Brown. She is fur-ther survived by her spe-

cial niece SaraCornelius; aunts anduncles: NoriDamrow, Gordon(Nancy) House,James House,Loretta (Stan)

Webster, Carol Artman,Alice Denny, Thelma(Wendell) McLester,Merlin (Pat) Cornelius,Rose (Fred) Laitinen,Shirley La Fleur, PaulCornelius, Eugene (Barb)Cornelius, Emily (Steve)Johnson, and Edna (Scott)Grosskopf; aunts anduncles-in-law ShirleyHouse, Cecil Skenandore;Special cousins Lloyd andSharon Powless alongwith numerous othercousins.

Lynn was preceded indeath by her father IsaacCornelius Sr; both sets ofgrandparents; nieceTheresa Peterson; unclesWalter House andReginald House; auntsMartha (Manuel)Baldovino, RuthSkenandore; uncles-in-law Ray Denny, CarlArtman, and Bill La Fleur.

Funeral services wereheld on Saturday, August14, 2010 at 11:00AM. Rev.Kristina Henning officiat-ed with Burial in HolyApostle Cemetery.

Ryan Funeral Home,305 N. Tenth St, De Pere,assisted the family witharrangements.

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Cornelius, Lynn M. July 16, 1928 – August 11, 2010

Passing On…

In Loving Memory of

Carey Lynn Anderson(Pee-wee)

July 29,1953 – July 3,2010

You are my sister andbest friend.

The love I have andfeel for you is so

powerful, it sometimes

overwhelms me.I never knew a

person could hold somuch inside.

It overflows sometimes, and all I can dois sit and weep.

I thank God for being in each others lives.

Even though we were miles apart, youwere always there for me.

I miss and love you so much. Your sister Ann & your nieces

Sydney & Kelsey Haven

In Loving Memory of

Ken Powless August 28, 2001

God saw you weregetting tired

and a cure was not to be…So He put his arms around

youand whispered, ‘Ken’, come

with me.With tearfu eyes

I watched you suffer, and saw youfade away.

Although I loved you dearly,I could not make you stay.

A golden heart stopped beating,hard working hands to rest.

God broke my heart to prove to me, Heonly takes the Best!

Missed by Carol Slivicki

In Loving Memory of

Zeke Cornelius Diamond 9-22-73 – 8-23-09

I give you this one thought to keep…I am with you still – I do not sleepI am a thousand winds that blow,I am the diamond glints on snow,I am the sunlight on ripened grain,

I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in themorning’s hush,

I am the swift, uplifting rushOf quiet birds in circled flight.

I am the soft stars that shine at night.Do not think of me as gone –

I am with you still – in each new dawn.

The Diamond Family

On behalf of the Zeke Cornelius Diamond Family

It’s already been a year and our healing hasonly begun. We’ll always be the 5 diamonds(Zeke, Gina, Gerald, Tessa and Gracie). Wewant to thank all of our family and friends forall of the support and prayers during thefuneral, Zeke’s memorial special and through-out this past year.

You will always be in our hearts andprayers.

Yaw^ko, The Diamond Family

A Sincere Yaw^koHome at LastI’m home at last,

Back in Momma’s arms

What a sight.

There is perfect Joy

& Beauty in this

Everlasting Light.

All the pain & grief is over,

Every restless tossing passed;

I am now at peace forever,

Safely home in Heaven at last

Love AlwaysYour daughter Sunshine

and sons Ponco, Jessee, and Brian

In Loving Memory of

Sandra J. SkeanandoreAugust 16, 1956 ~ August 13, 2009

In Loving Memory of

Zeke Cornelius Diamond 9-22-73 – 8-23-09

I’m FreeDon’t grieve for me,

for now I’m freeI’m following the path the

Creator laid for me.I took His hand when I heard

Him callI turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another dayTo laugh, to love, to work or play.

Tasks left undone must stay that way.I found that peace at the close of the day.

If my parting has left a voidThen fill it with remembered joy.

A friendship started, a laugh, a kiss,Ah yes, these things I too will miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrowI wish you the sunshine to tomorrow.

My life’s been full, I savored much,Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch

Perhaps my time seemed all too briefDon’t lengthen it now with undue grief.Lift up your heart and share with me

The Creator wanted me now, He set me free.

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August 21

“Reel Injuns” ScreeningWHEN: Friday, August 27TIME: 6:30pmPLACE: Duck Creek Coffee Company,

2667 W. Mason StreetWe will host Oneida comedian Charlie Hill andabout 30 of our friends who reserve their seats forthe new release film "Reel Injuns". Call to reserveyour spot! 920-405.6900. “Rock’n Daddy’s”acoustic set with Charlie Hill Immediately follow-ing the film.

August 27

Wild Rice Festival WHEN: Friday, Aug. 27 - Sunday, Aug. 29TIME: Various PLACE: St. Croix Tribal Center Grounds, n

Hertel, Wis.The St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin willhost their 37th annual Wild Rice Festival.Traditional pow-wow grand entries will be held at 7p.m. on Fri., Aug. 27; at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sat.,Aug. 28; and at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 29 For moreinformation call Aimee Juan at 715-986-4777.

August 27-29

Fall FestWHEN: Friday, September 24TIME: 11:30am - 3:30pmPLACE: Off West Adam Dr. between

County U and Overland Rd.Food, prizes, canoeing, tree pruning, archery,survial skills, Friend of the Environment Award.Call 920-496-5330 for more information.

September 24

Bradstock Music FestivalWHEN: Saturday, August 28TIME: 11:00am - 12:00amPLACE: N6677 Seminary Road, OneidaSecond annual music festival featuring 11 bands:Orpheus, Flying Feather Band, Dewey Rockem andHowe, Wolf River Band, Big -N-Tasty, and manymore. Wisconsin Indian Veterans Association willhold a food fundraiser. Please donate non-parish-able food items, school supplies or new children’stoy for entry fee. Call Brad at 920-869-1832.

August 28

From 1A/WTCAC honored by USDAThe WTCAC member

nations include:Bad River Band of the

Lake SuperiorChippewa; ForestCounty PotawatomiCommunity; Ho-ChunkNation; Lac CourteOreilles Band of LakeSuperior Chippewa; Lacdu Flambeau Band of theLake SuperiorChippewa; MenomineeIndian Tribe ofWisconsin; OneidaNation; Red Cliff Bandof the Lake SuperiorChippewa; SokaogonMole Lake Band of theLake SuperiorChippewa; St. CroixChippewa Indians ofWisconsin; andStockbr idge-MunseeCommunity.

The first of its kindgroup is helping othertribes in other states suchas Minnesota to createsimilar councils.

“These other statetribes are actually askingus how do we do it,what’s our function,what’s our relationship,”said Pelky. “What we dois advise the state conser-vation on how they canbetter serve us to unique-ly meet our expectationsaround protecting andconserving the naturalresources and how wepractice land use.”

Vilsack honoredThomas Christensen,Regional Conservationistfor NRCS’s CentralRegion, for receiving a2009 Presidential RankAw a r d - M e r i t o r i o u s

Executive for demon-strated exceptional per-formance over an extend-ed period. Christensenreceived the award forhis accomplishmentsduring his tenure asNRCS’s Deputy Chieffor Programs. In addi-tion, 15 NRCS employ-ees who worked for orassisted the agency’sthree Remote SensingLaboratories (RSLs)received their award formanagement excellence.

“USDA’s slogan“Every Day, Every Way”captures the incrediblebreadth and complexityof the impact that ouremployees make on thenation,” Vilsack said.“Today, I am proud tohonor those employeeswho have gone aboveand beyond in their workto create prosperity and abetter quality of life forthe people that need itmost. This year’s awardsreflect PresidentObama’s and my priori-ties for USDA—conserv-ing and restoring ournation’s naturalresources, promotingagricultural production,revitalizing rural com-munities, increasing foodsafety, and providingAmerica’s children withsafe, nutritious and bal-anced meals.”

The RSLs—located inGreensboro, NorthCarolina; Fort Worth,Texas; and Portland,Oregon—were recog-nized for ManagementExcellence. When the

RSLs were established in2006, the use of contractemployees was favoredin support of outsourcingand reducing the size ofgovernment. In 2009, thelabs, under the leadershipof Sheryl Kunickis,designed and executed aplan to convert 84 con-tract positions to federalgovernment positionsunder a very tight dead-line. Their commitmentand attention to detailresulted in the hiring of askilled, flexible anddiverse federal work-force at an annual sav-ings of $1.6 millioncompared with the con-tract cost. In addition, thelabs delivered high quali-ty service to their cus-tomers without interrup-tion during the transition.

The following 15 indi-viduals received HonorAwards:• Teresa Evans, Human

Resources Officer, FortWorth, Texas

• Karen Garner,Administrative Officer,Fort Worth, Texas

• James Gillum, Leader,West Remote SensingLaboratory, Portland,Oregon

• Yvette Gray, HumanResources Director,Washington, D.C.

• Rafael Guerrero,Leader, Central RemoteSensing Laboratory,Fort Worth, Texas

• Karen Holcomb, OfficeAssistant, Portland,Oregon

• Alicia Jolly, HumanResources Assistant,

Fort Worth, Texas• Sheryl Kunickis,

Director, RemoteSensing Laboratories,Beltsville, Maryland

• Yvonne Legg, OfficeAssistant, Fort Worth,Texas

• Rublyn (Michelle)Lewis, HumanResources Specialist,Fort Worth, Texas

• Sonja Norman, HumanResources Specialist,Fort Worth, Texas

• Javier Ruiz, Leader,East Remote SensingL a b o r a t o r y ,Greensboro, NorthCarolina

• Thomas Stredney,Human ResourcesSpecialist, Fort Worth,Texas

• Vera Thomas, OfficeAssistant, Greensboro,North Carolina

• Judith Weber,Supervisory ContractSpecialist, Fort Worth,TexasThe RSLs provide

technical direction forNRCS’ NationalResources Inventory(NRI) data collectionactivities. NRI providescomprehensive and sta-tistically reliable infor-mation on various naturalresource conditions andtrends on non-federallands.

The Secretary’s AnnualHonor Awards areUSDA’s most prestigiousawards. The HonorAwards recognize USDAemployees at all gradelevels and private citi-zens who have made out-

By the OneidaC o o r d i n a t e dC o m m u n i t yResponse Team

The harm to those whohave experienced inti-mate partner violence isin direct opposition toour native traditionalteachings, ceremonies,and roles we as a peopleare based upon. It isextremely difficult tomake sense of the manyacts of violence perpe-trated against Nativepeople today. Domesticviolence and sexualassault thrive in secrecyand shame, occurringbehind closed doors.Most of the time, therewill be no witnessesother than the injuredperson, or anyone willingto voice what they dowitness. Understandingthe use of violence isused with the intent tocontrol a person, usuallystarting off with moresubtle methods of abuse;verbal or maybe emo-tional, then escalating tomore violent acts of aphysical or sexual nature.

Roles have changed forthe two genders intoday’s society. If wethink to a time whenIndigenous Americansociety was based oncustoms that regulatedmember’s behavior, sys-tems that were not sets ofrules learned separatelyfrom spiritual and reli-gious beliefs but wereinterwoven into everydaylife. In these systems, acrime against a personwas a crime against thecommunity as a whole.Indigenous society’s

teachings hadbeen and arevery specificand organizedto maintain thebalance of

equality between womenand men.

Intimate partner vio-lence has been defined asthe use of physical orpolitical advantage todominate another and theuse of psychologicalforce to manipulate theenvironment in a waythat decreases the ability,effectiveness, and over-all conditions of the vic-tim(s) against the vic-tim’s will. Sound famil-iar? Oppression, decep-tion, control by force anddeprivation are thedynamics of domesticviolence that parallel thetactics that have victim-ized Indigenous peopleof this continent.

Those of us that workin domestic violenceintervention programs innative communitiesunderstand and recognizethe “Power and ControlCycle” when it comes tolight in family situations.In the domestic violenceintervention trainingmanual titled, FullCircle: Coming Back toWhere We Began, theauthor states it well:“Our struggle in caringfor and protectingwomen is like to our col-lective struggle to carefor an preserve what wasonce our sacred land.”The recognition of thatfact, that if a man abusesa woman, he is abusingthat which gives himselflife. Women are the life-givers, and having thatregard and respect in lifeitself, would in turn res-onate into respect for allwomen. Everything isinterconnected, and the

belief system that is orig-inal for our people andworked for centuries isvital to the healing of ourcommunities. As every-thing is sacred.

Women are manythings, and this article isnot to say, in any way,that women are notabusers also. Manywomen are perpetratorsof abuse and men are alsosacred. Statistics showus that the percentage ofmen abused by women(compared to the oppo-site) is quite low, but notobsolete: The followingstatistics are from studiesconducted from 1998-2002

These first three arespecific to Native popu-lations:• Native Americans are

victims of rape or sexu-al assault at more thandouble the rate of otherracial groups.

• For Native Americanvictims of violence, theoffender was slightlymore likely to be astranger than an inti-mate partner, familymember or acquain-tance.

• Native Americansdescribed the offenderas an acquaintance in34% of rapes/sexualassaults, and as an inti-mate partner or familymember in 25% of sex-ual assaults.

All populations:• 84% of spousal abuse

victims were females,and 86% of victims ofdating partner abuse atwere female.

• Males were 83% ofspouse murderers and75% of dating partnermurderers

• 50% of offenders instate prison for spousalabuse had killed theirvictims. Wives were

more likely than hus-bands to be killed bytheir spouses: wiveswere about half of allspouses in the popula-tion in 2002, but 81%of all persons killed bytheir spouse.

• Women are more likelyto be victims of sexualviolence than men:78% of the victims ofrape and sexual assaultare women and 22% aremen.

• Most perpetrators ofsexual violence aremen. Among acts ofsexual violence com-mitted against womensince the age of 18,100% of rapes, 92% ofphysical assaults, and97% of stalking actswere perpetrated bymen. Sexual violenceagainst men is alsomainly male violence:70% of rapes, 86% ofphysical assaults, and65% of stalking actswere perpetrated bymen.

• 87% of stalkers aremale.Gloria Steinem wrote:

“The loss of memory isthe root of oppression.”It is not to say people donot oppress others, as weas a people have donethat to each other for avery long time. But if welook back to our originalteachings, that oppres-sion is not there. As acommunity, and as a peo-ple who had a healthyfunctioning positive wayof life, we would greatlybenefit from learningwhat happened to us,which changed us. Thento heal: individuals>>>families>>>communi-ties>>> nations>>> then,our world. Finding thatrespect and balance in,and of, all living things.

Women are Sacred

By Nate WisneskiKalihwisaks

The Oneida BusinessCommittee (OBC) con-vened on Wednesday,August 11 at the NorbertHill Center for the firstOBC meeting of themonth. The newly select-ed Oneida Royalty wasintroduced to the com-munity. Miss Oneida isDelores Skenandore, Jr.Miss Oneida is OliviaWebster and Lil’ MissOneida is LaRissaShawanonkasic.Present: Rick Hill –Chairman, Patty Hoeft –Secretary, Tina Danforth– Treasurer, Ed Delgado– Councilmember, TrishKing – Councilmember,Melinda Danforth –C o u n c i l m e m b e r ,Brandon Stevens –Councilmember, TehassiHill – Councilmember

The OBC approvedminutes from the July 28meeting.

ReportsThe Southeastern

Oneida Tribal Services(SEOTS) updated theOBC on their efforts tofinalize a location fortheir new building inMilwaukee. The OBCaccepted a recommenda-tion from the FacilitiesManagement Team toselect a location at 4000West Mitchell Street inwest Milwaukee. Theupdate was accepted.

Reports from the

Oneida LandCommission, OneidaLand Claims, GamingCommission, PowwowCommittee, Arts Board,and School Board wereaccepted.

Standing CommitteeReports

The LegislativeOperating Committee(LOC) sought approvalfor the July 21 LOCmeeting minutes. Theywere approved.

The LOC was alsolooking to set a date forthe Early Return to WorkPolicy public hearing.The hearing is scheduledfor September 23.

The CommunityDevelopment PlanningCommittee sought sup-port for a round-a-bout atthe Highway 54 andSeminary Road intersec-tion. Concern wasexpressed over theimpact on local business-es in the area but theOBC approved a resolu-tion supporting the plan.

The FinanceCommittee had meetingminutes approved fromthe August 6 meeting.

Travel RequestsMelinda Danforth,

Inter-Tribal MonitoringAssociation Conference,October 19-20, LasVegas, NV. The travelrequest was approved.

Rick Hill, NationalCongress of American

Indians convention,November 14 – 19,Albuquerque, NM. Thetravel request wasapproved.

Rick Hill, Great LakesInter-Tribal CouncilMeeting, September 9,Milwaukee, WI. Thetravel request wasapproved.General Tribal Council

Petitions asking for awage increase, hyperbar-ic chamber usage, andbudget implementationwere moved to a specialOBC meeting on August19. A petition on landlease policies wasdeferred to the August 25OBC meeting.

A recommendation forcapital projects to beincluded in the 2010bonding was approved.

New BusinessA request to hear the

total cost of OBC priori-ties was deferred to anOBC retreat scheduledfor August 17.

A request from theEmergency ManagementInstitute for copies of thetribe’s emergency pre-paredness was approved.

Retro-approval for anemergency trade back forcash for 42 hours wastabled and the JointExecutive Team wasdirected to address howto handle emergencies.Trade back for cash wassuspended when costcontainment measures

were put in place.

Cost ContainmentExceptions

The Norbert HillCenter Child Care wasapproved to post oneteaching position. TheApple Orchard wasapproved to post and hiresix sub relief ApplePicker positions, whichwill be open to tribalmembers only. The retailarea was approved topost one Retail Associateposition. The Tourismarea was denied a requestto post a TourismDirector position. Theposition will beaddressed during theAugust 17 OBC retreat.

A procedural exceptionfor 15 employees toattend Indian SummerFest in September wasapproved. A request fromthe Arts Program for thedirector and three internsto attend the Associationof American Culturesconference in Chicago,IL was approved.

Retro approval of theOBC’s contribution tothe 2010 Culture Campand lunch for guests fromthe Ute Mountain Tribewas granted.

AdditionsBoard appointments

for Jeff House and BruceDanforth to the OneidaTotal Integrated

Enterprises board wereapproved.

The OBC took actionto require that all travelby the OBC and JETteam must be approvedby the OBC prior to trav-el and all prior blankettravel is now rescinded.

A request to change theAugust 25 OBC regularmeeting to August 26was approved.

Amendments to theauditing contract fromMcGlandry Pullen wereapproved.

The next OBC meetingwill be held on Thursday,August 26 at the NorbertHill Center.

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The newly chosen Oneida Royalty stand with the Oneida BusinessCommittee (OBC) and were introduced to the community during theAugust 11 OBC meeting.Miss Oneida is Delores Skenandore, Jr. Miss Oneida is OliviaWebster and Lilʼ Miss Oneida is LaRissa Shawanonkasic.

(Appleton, WISCON-SIN), – Producers inter-ested in participating inthe Farm ServiceAgency’s (FSA) Non-Insured Crop DisasterAssistance Program(NAP) need to be awareof the upcoming applica-tion deadlines that mustbe met for NAP qualifi-cation. Producers arereminded that eligibilityfor crop and livestockdisaster programs such asthe SupplementalRevenue AssistancePayment Program(SURE), the LivestockForage Program (LFP),the Emergency LivestockAssistance Program forLivestock Honey Beesand Farm Raised Fish(ELAP) and the TreeAssistance Program(TAP) require someextent of crop insuranceor NAP coverage if otherrelief provisions do notapply.

NAP was designed toreduce financial lossesthat occur when naturaldisasters cause cata-strophic losses of pro-duction or preventedplanting of eligible cropby providing coverageequivalent to catastroph-ic (CAT) insurance.

Application deadlinedates for specific NAPqualifying crops are list-ed.

• The application dead-line date for the 2011NAP coverage for“value loss” crops suchas ginseng, turf grasssod, Christmas trees,aquaculture, floricul-ture and ornamentalnursery is September 1,2010.

• The deadline date forforage crops, includingmost spring planted for-ages and pasture landforages not covered byfederal crop insurance,is September 30, 2010.

• September 30, 2010, isthe application closingdate for winter andspring plantings ofwheat, barley and rye,and mint.

• Perennial crop dead-lines on fruit and othercrops such as apples,cherries, pears, blueber-ries, cranberries, straw-berries, grapes, honey,

hops, maple sap,asparagus and otherperennial fruits isNovember 20, 2010.

Producers still need tofile a crop report and/orinventories by the pre-scribed deadlines for thecrops.

Those currently withcoverage on 2010 NAPcrops may choose to con-tinue coverage on thesame crops for 2011, ifthe applicable service feeis submitted by the appli-cation closing date. Anew CCC-471, applica-tion for NAP coverage, isnot required to be signedwhen applying for con-tinuous coverage of thesame crop or crops.However, if producerschoose to add new cropsor remove crops from theprevious year’s coverageor change crop shares, anew CCC-471 must befiled with signatures andthe applicable service fee

paid.The 2011 NAP fees are

now $250 per crop with alimit of $750 per county.The national limit is$1875 per producer iffarming in more than twocounties.

Producers with NAPcoverage must rememberto timely file acreagereports and or invento-ries, and keep track ofharvested productionusing acceptable meth-ods. A “Notice of Loss”must also be filed within15 days of when a loss isapparent, due to drought,hail, flood, etc. to qualifyfor NAP.

For more informationon NAP coverage andcrop specific acreage,inventory and productionreporting deadlines,please contact your near-est FSA County office.

USDA is an equalopportunity provider,employer and lender.

Spiritual AssetsSpiritual assets pray

but not prey on humanendeavors. A positiveattitude to aspire musthave the will of God tokeep the people from toomuch of an emphasisonly on vain types ofacquisitions of materialgoods so spirits are notcorrupted.

Delegate research/application ofresources/assets: such ascorn, wheat, etc. – some-what on the order ofpeanuts and the usesthere of at GeorgeWashington Carverresearch. Individualsdoing the message ofGod properly helpgroup/family success.

Jesus is Lord/He lived,died, and is resurrected tolife again. He saved mecountless times already.No false preaching do Iany longer accept since I

am a sinner striving nowto do the will of theFather.

I am, sincerely yours,Jerry J. Jarapko

www.kalihwisaks.comLocal/Gov.6A (Y@=yahk) • August 19, 2010

Letters must be limited to 500words. All letters are subjectto editing and must haveyour signature, addressand phone number for con-firmation. Confirmation ofl etters wi l l be neededbefore publ i cati on.Kalihwisaks has the right torefuse publication of submit-ted letters.Effective January 1, 2001 perKalihwisaks Policies &Procedures, Section I (c)(4),“Individuals will not beallowed to submit more thaneight (8) letters per yearregardless of topics.” Formore information onKalihwisaks Policies &Procedures, please contact(920) 496-7318Guest articles and editorials

that appear in the Kalihwisaksare not necessarily the viewsor opinions of theKalihwisaks staff, EditorialBoard or the Oneida Nation ofWisconsin.Although we require a signedsubmission for letters, youcan e-mail us now – and sendthe hard copy through the mail– to ensure we get your sub-mission by the deadline.E-mail your letters to:dwal s chi @o nei danati o n. o rg

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Seven GenerationsCorporate BoardOne (1) Vacancies

Qualifications:• All board members

must have at least five(5) years of experiencein one or more of thefollowing areas: RealEstate, CommercialDevelopment, BusinessManagement, RiskManagement, Finance,Tribal Government, orAccounting.

• The majority of themembers must be vot-ing members ofGeneral Tribal Council.

• The amount of nonOneida members shallnot exceed two (2) andshall not serve morethan one full five (5)year term.

• Deadline: September4, 2010

Oneida NationVeterans Affair

Committee (ONVAC):One (1) Vacancies

Qualifications:• Must be a member of

the Oneida Tribe ofIndian of Wisconsinwho has servedHonorably on active

duty in the ArmedForces of the UnitedStates of America

Honorable Servicea. A person who has been

inducted into or volun-tarily entered intoactive duty in one ofthe services branchesand who did noreceived a dischargeform active duty withthat branch due to“less than honorableconditions”

b. Active duty is havingserved 181 days ormore continuous dutyunless dischargedearly for a service-related disability.

• Shall be a citizen ingood standing

• Shall serve full terms ofoffice of three yearsending November

• Deadline: September4, 2010

If you have any questionsor would like informa-tion on a Board,Committee orCommission please con-tact, Delilah Mckinney inthe Tribal Secretary’sOffice at 920-869-4421.

Vacancies

Agenda1. Call meeting to order

and opening2. Announcements3. Adoption of the agenda4. Proposed amendments

to the OneidaConstitution

A. Presentation byC o u n c i l m e m b e rMelinda J. Danforth

B. DiscussionC. Actiona. Approve each proposed

Constitution amend-ment separately

i. Lower voting age andage to participate in GTCfrom 21 years old to 18years old

ii. Change the Tribe’s offi-cial name from OneidaTribe of Indians ofWisconsin to OneidaNation

iii. Lift requirement to pres-ent yourself at the polls,thereby allowing for thedevelopment of absen-tee balloting for OneidaBusiness Committeeelections which areheld every three years

iv. Remove the Secretaryof Interior from an over-sight and approval rolewith the Tribe

v. Formally establish ajudicial branch within theConstitution

vi. Remove the mandatory“first Monday” meetingrequirement to allowthe semi‐annual meet-ings to be held on dif-ferent days

b. Approve the BC to initi-ate the Secretarial elec-tion process

5. Adjournment

Meeting to be located atthe Oneida ElementaryTurtle School gymnasium,Seminary Road, Oneida,WI. Please bring thisagenda packet to themeeting with you. Copiesof meeting materials canbe obtained by calling theTribal Secretary’s Office at(920) 869-4364. Meetingnotices are available onthe government page ofthe Tribe’s website atwww.oneidanation.org

Special General Tribal Council Meeting

10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010

September 16, 2010

Purpose: A pardon is a formal andpublic act of forgivenessof a crime. The pardon isavailable to tribal mem-bers only and is effectivewithin the Oneida Tribalemployment system.

Public Hearing Process

Registration - Pardonpetitioners must registerwitnesses twenty-four(24) hours prior to thepublic hearing date bycontacting the TribalSecretary at 920-869-4364.

Testimony:Oral: Each witness willbe limited to 5 minutes.Witnesses who have notpre-registered will not beallowed to testify. Therewill be no exceptions.Written: Written testi-mony must be submittedon or within 5 days of the

public hearing date. Witnesses: Witnesseswho wish to testifyagainst the granting of apardon must registertwenty-four (24) hoursprior to the public hearingdate. There will be noexceptions. Petitioners: The follow-ing pardon applicationswill be considered:

Kristin Kramer, BeckyStevens, KlintonKrenzke, RobertBloedorn, ThomasDoxtator, Rafael Alicea,William Melchert, ScottMorgan, Clyde Ninham,Santia Ninham, JenniferMcVey, SheilaShawnokasic, AmandaOwens, Jeffery Silas.

This public hearingnotice conforms to theOneida PardonOrdinance notice require-ments [5.5-5 (c)].

Public Hearing NoticePardon Hearing

10:00AM • Norbert Hill Center (BCCR)

By John PavekHeadstart Director

The Oneida Head Startprogram is again report-ing a very good year.Our population wasdivided under fundingsources. The federal pro-gram funded 108 stu-dents. The state programfunded 13 children andthe tribally funded pro-gram had 32 children.These children wereserved breakfast/lunchmeals most of which wasfunded by the state foodprogram. Of the amountof children in the OneidaHead Start programs carethere were 40 plus num-ber dually enrolled inOneida Head Start andtheir school district fortherapy services inSpeech and/orOccupational Therapy.

The staff of the OneidaHead Start program has33 members. It includesteachers, teacher aides,Family Service Workers,bus drivers, cook andadministrative assistants.

During the course ofthe year Head Start wrotegrants in ARRA $50,000plus continuation HeadStart $890,000 plus. Forthe Oneida Tribe we also,with the approval of thePolicy Council, wrote agrant for Early HeadStart. That program willserve 60 infants and tod-dlers in a Home Baseprogram. It will have itsown director and willseat people on the currentPolicy Council.

The Oneida Head Startprograms education areacombined four approach-es to working with andteaching children. Itused the CreativeCurriculum, a scientifi-cally based approach toworking with and teach-ing children ages three tofour years old. The pro-gram also used a pro-gram called ConsciousDiscipline which helpsteachers see the world asa child sees it. OneidaHead Start incorporated aprogram called “I amMoving, I am Learning”.This program promotesphysical activity andgood dietary habits.Obesity is a problem thatHead Start staff is con-

stantly battling. Finally, the Head Start

program incorporatesOneida Language andCurriculum into the dailyclassroom experiences.Ongoing collaborationsbetween Head Start, theCultural HeritageProgram, and theMuseum allow childrento learn about their iden-tity.

With the help of dentalstaff from the clinic wewill now be able to dodental x rays of the chil-dren’s teeth, cleaning andfluoride painting in eachof our two sites.

The Oneida Head Startprogram has installed anew software packagecalled COPA. It willhandle all data concern-ing the children and theirfamilies. It will also beable to generate tribaland federal reports. Thereal cost saving is in thestaff time.

A new bus was addedto our program. Itreplaced an older bus thatneeded to be replaced.The most up-to-date seatrestraints were installed.

The Head Start pro-gram also added anaudiometer to attackphysical problems atanytime during the year.The nurse assigned to ourstaff can test children atanytime during the year.When Head Start has achild where hearing maybe a problem the child isreferred to a doctor andthe teachers in that roomwear “voice amplifiers”.

Registration for the2010-2011 program yearstarted in February. It isanticipated that we willfill all 153 spots and stillhave a waiting list ofbetween 40 - 50.

Family highlights dur-ing the year were thegrandparents feast duringwhich over 300 commu-nity members took part.The family bowling dayattracted 230 tribal mem-bers. The Family ParentCommittee was veryactive this year. Themeetings were wellattended. It also sent arepresentative to sit in onall of the Policy Councilmeetings.

Oneida Head Start

Annual Report 2009-10

Letters & Opinions...

Non-Insured Crop Disaster AssistanceProgram Deadline Dates

OneidaBusiness

CommitteeMeetingThursday,August 26

Norbert HillCenter9:00am

By Todd RichmondAssociated Press Writer

GREEN BAY, Wis.(AP) ~ NorthernW i s c o n s i n ' sChequamegon-NicoletNational Forest is a vast,verdant getaway for hun-dreds of thousands ofcampers, hikers andanglers every year. Buthidden within was a mar-ijuana megafarm.

Investigators say aband of Hispanic menturned the forest’s south-eastern tip into a giantpot farm, growing thou-sands of plants on remoteplots, moving suppliesalong forgotten loggingroads and buying sup-plies and ammunition atlocal stores.

Nobody in lawenforcement has said itpublicly, but the stylematches that of Mexicancartels that have beenusing public land in theUnited States to growvast amounts of marijua-na and avoid the risk andexpense of smuggling thedrugs across the border.

“There certainly is anelement to this that leadsone to believe there is aHispanic connectionhere,” Wisconsin

Attorney General J.B.Van Hollen said. Hedeclined to elaborate.

According to courtdocuments, investigatorsdiscovered nine plots ofplants in the southeasterntip of the Nicolet sectionafter a person noticedtwo Hispanic menpreparing a grow site inthe forest.

Federal, state and localpolice spent June andJuly tailing suspectedgrowers, following pick-up trucks down aban-doned logging roads andwatching Hispanic menappear in the trees andtoss nylon sacks resem-bling grain feed bags intothe beds.

They followed one sus-pect to a Fleet Farm inGreen Bay, where he pur-chased six pairs of prun-ing shears. They watchedanother man purchase 9mm ammunition at anearby Wal-Mart, docu-ments said.

The suspected growerseventually led investiga-tors to a house inSeymour, about 15 milessouthwest of Green Bay.According to court docu-ments, the house was amarijuana processing

factory. According to the U.S.

Drug EnforcementAdministration, drugagents around the coun-try seized about a millionplants a year between2004 and 2008. In 2008alone, agents seized ordestroyed 7.6 millionmarijuana plants fromabout 20,000 illicit plots.

In Wisconsin, the num-ber of seized plants ingrew six-fold between2003 and 2008, a yearwhen more than 32,000plants were seized.Authorities eradicated$2.5 million worth ofmarijuana plants in thenational forest systemalone, said RichardGlodowski, special agentin charge of the U.S.Forest Service's investi-gations in the eastern halfof the U.S.

Drug investigatorsbelieve Mexican cartelsare largely responsiblefor the spike. Growingthe drug here helps themget it to major Americanmarkets more quickly.They often importunskilled laborers fromMexico to help find thebest land and tend theircrops.

The Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forestcovers about 1.5 millionacres across northernWisconsin and is dividedinto two sections - the8 6 0 , 0 0 0 - a c r eChequamegon in farnorthwestern Wisconsinand the 660,000-acreNicolet portion in north-eastern Wisconsin.

The southeastern edgeof the Nicolet portion liesabout 50 miles fromGreen Bay and hostsabout three-quarters ofthe 700,000 visitors whotravel to both sectionseach year, said TonyErba, the forest’s deputysupervisor. Featuringdense woods, streamsand lakes, the forest is averitable playground forcampers, hikers, ATVenthusiasts and hunters -and a perfect haven forgrowing marijuana.

About 163,000 peopleuse the southeastern tipof the Nicolet where thefarms were establishedeach year. Most of theplots were in secludedareas, forest supervisorPaul Strong said. Butinvestigators realizedbear hunting season andfall leaves would soon

bring more people intothe woods and decided totake down the operationon Tuesday.

Investigators discov-ered at least nine differ-ent plots in the forest aswell as at least 1,000plants on the adjacentMenominee IndianReservation.

Oconto County SheriffMike Jansen estimatedthey seized about 50,000plants, but Van Hollencautioned that authoritieswere still counting andthe number currentlystood closer to 10,000.The attorney general esti-mated that each plantmight yield a pound ofmarijuana worth about$1,000.

“This amount of mari-juana in northernWisconsin is a big, bigdeal,” Van Hollen said.

A search of theSeymour house foundmarijuana dryingthroughout it and a stashof firearms, including anAK-47 assault rifle.Officers said the smell ofpot permeated the entirehouse. They also raided astorage unit, where theydiscovered a wire trans-fer of $2,500 to a man in

Modesto, Calif., about$6,000 in cash and 72pounds worth ofprocessed marijuana incardboard boxes andgarbage bags - yet anoth-er cartel grow operationstandby.

Eight men were arrest-ed and arraignedWednesday in federalcourt on charges of con-spiring to manufactureand distribute more than1,000 marijuana plantsand possession withintent to deliver morethan 100 marijuanaplants. Four more menwere arraigned onThursday. Three werecharged with the samecounts. The fourth,Bernabe J. Nunez-Guzman, was chargedonly with conspiracy, butcourt documents indicatehe was the ring leader.

An unnamed informantarrested at the Seymourhouse told detectives onWednesday he was inSan Jose, Calif., severalmonths ago when he wasapproached by a manwho asked him if hewanted to work at aranch. This personarranged for the man totravel to Green Bay,where he met Nunez-Guzman.

The informant said hehelped dry marijuana atthe house and Nunez-Guzman, also known as“Green Bay,” was theboss. He came to thehouse every 15 days tocheck on the operationand sent a runner into thewoods every three daysto check the crop.

Federal defender KristaHalla-Valdes, who repre-sents the four mencharged Thursday, saidshe hasn't seen any evi-dence in the case and it'stoo early to comment.

Cartel grow recruitersoften look for peoplewith family in Mexico sothey can use them asleverage to keep thefarmers working andquiet. If anyone betraysthe farm, they go afterthe worker's family, intel-ligence experts say.

____ Associated Press

Writer Alicia A. Caldwellcontributed to this storyfrom El Paso, Texas.

August 19, 2010 • (Tsya=t@k) 7AStatewww.kalihwisaks.com

By Claire DuquetteThe Daily Press, Ashland

ASHLAND, Wis. (AP)~ When Michael“Laughing Fox” Charettewants to tell someone heloves them, he doesn’tsay a word.

Instead, he picks up aNative American fluteand fills the air with areedy melody that evokeswind rushing across themarshes or the lilting cryof a bird in flight. In thatsound, he says, is all thelove and feeling he canfind deep within.

Charette’s dedicationto the traditional fluterecently paid off in aNative American MusicAward nomination as the2010 “Flutist of the Year”for his CD, “The Tales ofLaughing Fox.” TheNammys, as they areknown, were establishedin 1998 to offer NativeAmerican musicians aplace to showcase theirwork and raise publicawareness of nativemusic.

For Charette, 32, see-ing his name listed as anominee alongside those

of his own music hero,Carlos Nakai, is excitingand humbling. Nammywinners are determinedby online voting from thegeneral public throughthe awards website, withpublic voting set to beginSept. 1.

Charette is a baker byday (or rather, earlymorning) at Coco's inWashburn. His journeyhasn't always been easybut he is determined toachieve his goals andkeep advancing.

Ironically, it was mov-ing to South Carolinawhen he was 21 whilepursuing a professionalboxing career that firstbrought him closer to hisown Ojibwe heritage.

“The people there werecurious about me, aboutbeing a NativeAmerican,” he recalled.In South Carolina hebegan creating dream-catchers. It was a particu-larly intricate dream-catcher of jade, stone,glass and crystal that hadtaken him three monthsto craft that brought himhis first flute - a woman

traded him $50 and aflute for the dreamcatch-er.

Charette’s boxingcareer ended when hewas 25, after his jaw wasshattered in a fight.

He moved back to RedCliff, living in a remotecabin with no runningwater, and started seri-ously playing and prac-ticing. The dedication heonce put into training forthe boxing ring trans-ferred to his artisticendeavors.

“Instead of getting upand running four miles,I’d get up and play theflute,” he said. “All theenergy I devoted to box-ing I put into creativepursuits.”

“It was really isolatedthere,” he recalled of hiscabin stay. “I startedplaying and the soundand tone vibrated in me,and struck a note inside.If I hit on something Iliked I played it over andover.”

After practicingenough to have a bit ofconfidence, he soughtguidance from Red Cliff

flutist and elder FrankMontano, a master of thenative flute. And he tookto the streets of Bayfield,playing at what was thenthe Blue Horizons coffeeshop and on street cor-ners.

“People really liked it,”he said of his street play-ing. “I could feel theirpositive energy come inand go through me.”

Charette now has about20 flutes - pan flutes,double flutes, bambooflutes and ocharinos,each with its uniquesound and spirit.

“Every flute has itsown spirit,” Charetteexplains. “You have torespect that spirit.”

Part of that respect iscaring for the flutes andcleansing them beforeeach use.

Each flute, too, has itsown sound, sounds heoften coaxes out bywalking into the woodsand playing.

“I get to know themand find their sweetspots,” Charette said.

After years of playingby ear, Charette is begin-

ning to learn some of theWestern music vernacu-lar, such as playing inkeys.

“Now I can listen to aguitar an know what fluteto play to go with it,” hesaid.

His CD, decorated withCharette’s original art-work, was produced withthe help of Michael“Doc” Allen, who servedas producer. Charette metAllen on Madeline Islandin 2007 at an open micevent at Tom’s BurnedDown Cafe. “Tales ofLaughing Fox” featurestracks such as “GreatSpirit Moon River,”“Butterfly,” “Seeds,” and“Heart of the Earth,”recorded for the fifthbirthday of his daughter,Indeaki, whose Ojibwename translates intoHeart of the Earth.

His daughter was mov-ing to Sweden with hermother, and Charette saidhe thought if the CD wasplaying while Indeakislept, “she’ll never forgetme.”

If the flute music is agift Charette can offer, it

has given back to him aswell. He has had theopportunity to play as anopening act for FrankMontano at LakeSuperior Big TopChautauqua and open forBill Miller at the ParkTheater in Hayward. Hehas played with the LCODrum group and had theopportunity to meetCarlos Nakai and playwith Keith Secola.

“I’ve met some of myidols,” he said. “Being ona stage with them is likebeing in a dream.”

Charette will be play-ing a concert sometimein October at StageNorth,Washburn, in conjunc-tion with a show of someof his fine art pieces.

“Tales of LaughingFox” is available atCoco’s bakery,Washburn, or online atcdbaby.com.

___ Information from: The

Daily Press,http://www.ashlandwi.com

Wis. musician nominated for flutist of the year

Hidden in Wis. national forest: marijuana megafarm

www.kalihwisaks.comNational8A (T#kehlu) • August 19, 2010

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is an Indian Preference and Equal Opportunity Employer

By George M. WalshAssociated Press

ALBANY, N.Y.(AP) – A federal appealscourt ruled Monday thatthe Oneida IndianNation isn't entitled to250,000 acres in upstateNew York or compensa-tion for the aboriginalland it claimed was ille-gally purchased by thestate in the 18th and 19thcenturies.

The 2nd Circuit Courtof Appeals upheld a2007 ruling on the landclaim and went on to saythe state can't be sued forthe half-billion dollarsthe tribe said it is owed.

The ruling is the latestin a case filed in theearly 1970s by theWisconsin, New Yorkand Ontario Oneidas.They claimed New Yorkunderpaid by about$500,000 for the land inMadison and Oneidacounties, a sum worth$500 million now withinterest compounded.

Three years ago, U.S.District Court JudgeLawrence Kahn rejectedthe land claim based onearlier rulings that it wastoo late. But he said theOneidas had suffered“betrayals” and deservedcompensation. Kahnalso dismissed bothcounties from the case,leaving the state as theonly defendant. Thestate appealed to the 2ndCircuit.

Mark Emery, aspokesman for theOneidas, said Tuesdaythere had been no deci-

sion yet on whether toappeal to the U.S.Supreme Court, whichdeclined to hear anappeal after a similar rul-ing against the Cayugasin 2005.

The circuit court'sdecision isn't expected toaffect the lucrativeTurning Stone Resortand Casino or othernation businesses onland bought in recentyears. The federal gov-ernment has agreed totake about 13,000 ofthose 17,000 acres intotrust for the Oneidas,which would make itfree from taxation andregulation. A court chal-lenge to that designationby the U.S. Departmentof Interior is pending.

“This was a claim formoney damages, and thecourt decided that

money damages are notavailable to compensatethe Oneidas for the ille-gal taking of their abo-riginal lands. It does notaffect the status of nationlands,” the Oneidas saidin a statement. “TheNation continues to pur-sue federal trust to pro-tect these lands.”

The Oneidas' claimmeant uncertainty fornon-Indian residents ofthe counties, who fearedeviction if the tribe pre-vailed.

“I think this doeseffectively kill the landclaim,” David Vickers,president of UpstateCitizens for Equality, agroup that has chal-lenged the Oneidas onland and tax issues, toldthe Syracuse Post-Standard. “These claimsare based on ancient and

disputed interpretationsof history and fact, andlaw can only reach onefair conclusion, and thatis to dismiss them.”

The appeals court rul-ing was 2-to-1, withJustice Nina Gershondissenting.

“With this decision,the majority forecloses(the Oneidas) from

bringing any claims

seeking any remedy for

their treatment at the

hands of the state,” she

wrote. She agreed with

rejection of the land

claim, but said the

Oneidas had a right to

compensation.

Federal court rejects Oneidas’ land claim in NY

By Jennifer M.Stevens ExecutiveAssistantOneida Land ClaimsCommission

1784: Fort StanwixTreaty: Guaranteed ter-ritorial integrity of theOneida Nation.

1788: Fort SchuylerTreaty: Oneidas cedeall lands in New Yorkto the State except270,000 acre reserva-tion.

1793: Non intercourseAct: Passed by con-gress forbids states orindividuals fromacquiring Indian Landwithout federal con-sent.1794: CanandaiguaTreaty: Confirms theOneida’s rights to theirland.

1785: Fort HerkimerTreaty: Oneidas sold aportion of their landbetween the Unadillaand Chenago River for$11,000.00. Oneidaslose 300,000 acres.

1795-1846: Through26 transactions theState of New Yorkacquires the remainingland except 32 acres.

1 8 2 3 - 1 8 3 8 :Impoverished andthreatened with force ofremoval caused half ofthe Oneidas to relocateto Wisconsin andCanada.

1920 The Court ofAppeals rules in a suitfiled by the UnitedStates that a taking ofOneida land withoutfederal consent wasinvalid (Boylan Case.)

1970 Test Case: TheOneidas file a limitedlawsuit in federal courtchallenging the State’s1795 taking of reserva-tion land. 1974 Test Case: TheSupreme Court rulesunanimously that theFederal Court has juris-diction over theOneidas test case.

1974 Reservation Case:With jurisdiction estab-lished, the Oneidas filea second lawsuit chal-lenging all the otherstate transactionsaffecting the Oneidareservation.

1985 Landmark deci-sion: Supreme Courtrules in favor of theOneida in the test casetransactions of Oneidaland. Treaties withoutfederal consent arevoided.

1988-2000 Mediation:Oneidas and New YorkState had informalnegotiations. Last twoand half years RonRiccio was appointedby the court to super-vise mediation with thethree Oneida communi-

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StateLabor Day

GOLF OUTINGMonday • September 6, 2010Crystal Springs Golf Course, SeymourTee Times: 10:30am-12:30pmEntry Fee: $65.00

(Price includes 18 holes of golfwith cart-meal-contest holes onthe course and door prizes)

…50/50 Raffle and bucket raffles willalso be available

…$10.00 for meal only

When registering, please provide all namesof golfers in your foursome. If you do nothave a foursome, other names will beadded to fill the group. Names will be ran-domly drawn while you are on the courseplacing you on a four person team. Yourtotal team score will be totaled and thethree lowest scores will receive prizes.

To register, call Dale at 920.869.2322 orBen at 920-565-7521

This event is sponsored by theWisconsin Indian Veteran’s Association

Oneida Chapter

FINAL REGISTRATION DEADLINE:August 31 (No Walk-ons).

BUFFALO, N.Y.(AP) – Seneca IndianNation cigarette sellerswill return to a Buffalocourtroom as they con-tinue to challenge a newfederal law that makes itillegal to ship cigarettesthrough the mail.

Lawyers for the SenecaFree Trade Associationwill ask a judge Tuesdayto stop the governmentfrom enforcing thePrevent All CigaretteTrafficking Act whilethey appeal a recent courtruling.

That ruling upheld thePACT Act's mail ban _though it temporarilyexempted the Senecabusinesses from comply-ing with the law's taxingprovisions.

That split ruling isbeing appealed by theother side, too. The gov-ernment says the judgewas wrong to put a holdon the taxing require-ments.

Seneca-owned busi-nesses in western NewYork dominate the mail-order cigarette market.

Law banning cigarettes

in mail on docket in NY

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Oneida Casino’s,Employee ServicesDirector, Lucy Neville,knows the value of happyemployees and workshard to keep them smil-ing.

Neville has served inthe Employee ServicesDepartment since 2001.The department’s areasof focus are training anddevelopment, time andattendance, personnelservices, wardrobe,employee relations, andsafety.

“We provide employeesupport services andfocus on projects thathelp improve employeeperformance. Whenemployees know whattheir job expectationsare, they are better ableto execute what is askedof them.”

To ensure employeesare prepared, Neville wasinvolved in developinggaming wide tools foremployee performancereviews. She has alsoplayed a role in develop-ing the EmployeeAdvisory Panels, which

were formed earlier thisyear and serve as a directline of communicationbetween gaming admin-istration and all gamingemployees. The panelsinclude front-lineemployees, supervisorsand managers. “The pan-els are committed tomaking positive organi-zational improvements,the members are really intouch with what is goingon the floor and with ourcustomers,” said Neville.Neville’s most recentAdvisory Panel-relatedproject includes estab-lishing computer kiosksfor gaming employees.The purpose of the addi-tional computers is toprovide all employeeswith access to a range ofwork-related informationfrom the Employee Self-Service program to casi-no marketing promotionsto e-learning opportuni-ties. These computersserve as a stepping stoneto improving communi-cation and providingaccess to information tohelp meet employees andbusiness needs.

With a slowly recover-

ing economy, Neville isnow challenged to usecreative methods forrewarding well-preparedemployees for exception-al work performance. “Itdoesn’t mean we don’tcontinue to recognizeemployees but when youare trying to implementbest business practices itrequires financialresources. You need tore-invest in your employ-ees – they make yourorganization what it is,”said Neville.

Neville has a Bachelorof Science Degree inRetail from University ofWisconsin and a Mastersof Public Administrationfrom the University ofOklahoma – Norman.She held multiple posi-tions in gaming and onthe Tribe’s program sidebefore becoming theEmployee ServicesDirector.

Customer Service Director -Brenda Mendo l l a - Buck l e y

Employee Services Director - Lucy Nev i l l e


Customer service hasalways been a drivingpassion for BrendaM e n d o l l a - B u c k l e y,Oneida Casino’sCustomer ServiceDirector.

Mendolla-Buckley hasserved in the CustomerService Departmentsince 2005. TheCustomer ServiceDepartment consists ofthe Food and BeverageDepartment, Casino ShiftManagers, and the ValetDepartment. The focusof the Customer ServiceDepartment is to evaluatecustomer satisfactionthrough the SecretShopper Program,Customer Surveys, andFocus Groups.

According toMendolla-Buckley, the

casino’s ongoing cus-tomer surveys, a toolused to constantly keep apulse on service providedto guests, has proven thatfriendly and helpful staffare the main reason whycustomers remain loyal.

“The Oneida Casinocan be very proud of theirsuccess in the SecretShopper Program. Alllocations scores are con-sistently at 90% or bet-ter,” said Mendolla-Buckley.

The survey resultshave quickly become arallying point for eachdepartment. This pro-gram allows the casinothe ability to set the stan-dards expected for allcustomer interactions.“We focus on the positivebehavior we want contin-ued. It’s really engag-ing,” she added.

The casino’s Keys toSuccess customer servicetraining offered to allcasino employeesspurred several new ini-tiatives to focus on cus-tomer service opportuni-ties as well as employeeengagement. Throughthe assistance of theEmployee AdvisorPanels, a voluntary panelof various segments ofthe casino employee basethat serve as a necessarylink to enhance commu-nication at all levels,Mendolla-Buckley hassponsored the employeeengagement initiativeand the customer satis-faction initiative.

“The opportunity togain various perspectivesfrom our employees hasbeen very informationaland has proven to beextremely valuable for

the employees and theSenior ManagementTeam,” she said.

Brenda has aBachelor’s degree fromthe University ofWisconsin – Oshkosh inCriminal Justice and aMaster’s degree inBusiness Administrationfrom the University ofWisconsin – Green Bay.She has recently receivedher accreditation as aSenior Professional inHuman Resources.Brenda and her husbandare entrepreneurs in therestaurant industry andhas a background in lawenforcement and busi-ness management.

Calling Veterans

Cultural Heritage is trying to create a vet-

eran display that includes the revolutionary

war to Vietnam.

We are looking for pictures of soldiers in

their uniforms, but it has to be a head to

toe shot. The intention is to blow them up

to be life size. We need to find pictures

from Korean & Vietnam War and if by

chance anyone has something (anything)

from the civil war.

Please Contact Michelle at

920-496-5387.

OONNEEIIDDAA

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ties. Mediation faileddue to inability to agreeon a resolution.

2002: Mediation: OnMay 3, John Tabner wasappointed by the court tosupervise mediation withthe three OneidaCommunities within 90days.

2003: MediationExtension: Mediation hasbeen extended untilNovember 2003.

2004: SettlementAgreement: Oneidas ofWI and State of NewYork sign a Land ClaimsSettlement Agreement,December 7, 2004.

2004: G. T. C. Motion:On December 13, 2004,the G. T. C. debated theapproval of the B. C. tomove forward with aLand Claims Settlementwith a Casino as portionfor damages. Meetingleft an array of emotionsfrom elated to bitter.

2004: Bill Proposal:Governor Pataki propos-es Program Bill #6 toapprove Oneida LandClaims Settlement.

2005: Sherill LandmarkCase: Ray Halbritter,New York Oneidas Vs.City of Sherrill.Landmark case on taxa-tion and Oneida NewYork could not establish“Indian Country” inclaim area by purchasingland. Oneidas of NewYork lost the case butimpacted tribes nation-wide.

2005: Tribes LosingSupport: GovernorPataki withdrawsProgram Bill #6 based onSherrill Case decision

April 15, 2005. This casegave the state and federalgovernment more lever-age over Tribal casesnationwide. New YorkState Tribes are losingsupport.

2005: Mediation Failed:Mediation has beenextended. Due to partiesnot being able to agree,John Tabner resignedfrom supervision ofmediation, August 15,2005.

2005: Cayuga CaseDenied: This case was aprototype for the Oneidacase. On September 8,2005, the Cayugas andSeneca Cayuga attemptto petition for a rehearingto the United StatesCourt of Appeals:Second Circuit it wasdenied.

2006: Cayuga Case: OnMay 15, 2006 in theSecond Circuit Court ofAppeals the Cayugaswere dismissed and theSupreme Court wouldnot hear their case. Thisruling was based on lach-es sitting on their rightstoo long.

2007: Oneida’s LachesDefense: On April 20,2007 Oral argumentunder Judge KahnOneida Land Claimsbased on the SecondCircuit’s decision in theCayuga Land Claimargument stated thatlaches(sitting on rightstaking too long to act)applied to the OneidasLand Claims.

2007: Onondaga LandClaims: Hearing isscheduled for June 19,2007. Onondaga case issimilar to the OneidaLand Claims and may

influence the outcome oftheir case and settlementagreements.

2007: Judge Kahn’sOpinion: On May 21,2007, Oneida Tribeshearing for an opinion;Oneida claimed for faircompensation and enti-tlement to a fair trial onthe laches defense.Judge Kahn ruled for afair compensation claimfor money damages onunfair payment for illegaltransactions, land is noton the table, and gaveparties 10 days for anappeal.

2008: Second CircuitCourt of Appeals:Briefing started inDecember 2007 andOneidas brief is due byMarch 10, 2008. Briefingwas filed.

2008: New YorkGovernor Resigns:Governor Elliot Spitzerwas forced to resign onMarch 12, 2008 due tomisuse of funds and par-ticipating in a VIP prosti-tution ring.

2008 Oral ArgumentHearing: Hearing beforea 3 Judge Panel(ChiefJudge Judge Livingston,District Judge JudgeGershon, NYEastDistrict, Senior JudgeJudge McLaughlin,Senior Status. All partiesturned in briefs andargued their positions.Judges will review andgive their decision within 30 60 days.

2010: Oneida Nation ofNew York State vs.Upstate Citizens forEquality Law Land IntoTrust Case-On March 4,2010 Judge Kahn of theU. S. District Court,

ruled in favor of OneidaIndian Nation of NewYork against UpstateCitizens for Equality intrust land lawsuit.

2010: Oneida Nation ofNew York State Vs.Hennessy andTownsend’s Land IntoTrust Case-On March 1,2010 case was dismissedby Judge Kahn, of the U.S. District Court, andstated the Oneida reser-vation was never dises-tablished.

2010: 2nd Circuit Courtof Appeals Ruling:Court rules against theOneida Tribe in the NewYork Land Claims Casebased on “Laches,”meaning the tribe sat ontheir rights to long.Although the tribe hasbeen pursuing a settle-ment on this case sincethe 1985 Supreme CourtDecision.

www.kalihwisaks.comSports10A (Oye=l$) • August 19, 2010

Kicking towards the games

Kali photo/Nate Wisneski

Sykora John takes a shot on goal during a boys and girls soccer clinic on Tuesday, August10. The clinic is part of a series of clinics in multiple sports designed to train and preparepotential 2011 Indigenous Games participants. The clinic was held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.at the Site I ball diamonds and featured coaches and players from the University ofWisconsin - Green Bay.

By Chris CasperRecreation Intern

The Hawks used a fourrun second inning todefeat the Wildcats 4-3for the Little LeagueT o u r n a m e n tChampionship. TheWildcats took a 1-0 leadin the 1st inning whenDuwayne Matson scoreda run. Shawn King andDuwayne Matson eachscored in the 4thinning. It wouldn’t beenough as SiennaMetoxen, LeonDenny, NathanielPowless, and RaedenMetoxen eachcrossed theplate in a big2nd inningfor the Hawks.Both teams displayedgreat pitching anddefense in a well playedgame.

The Bears beat theCardinals 14-8 to claim3rd place in the tourna-ment. Damien Schumanand Jared Skenadore hadtwo hits and scored tworuns for the Bears whileJacob Jordan had twohits and scored threeruns. Jaycob Johnsonhad a hit and Jaydee

Johnson scored two runs.Clifford Bodway had twohits for the Cardinalswhile Brittney Hill,Michael Robinson, TehoMetoxen, and Justin Hilleach had a hit apiece.

First Round GamesThe Wildcats defeated

the Cardinals 13-5 ingame one. DavidDoxtator-Hill collectedtwo hits for the Wildcats

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Matson andB r i a n n a

R o s e n b a u mchipped in a hit

apiece. DuwayneMatson scored two

runs. BrittneyHill, Clifford

Bodway, andTeho Metoxen each hadhits for the Cardinals.

The Hawks defeatedthe Bears 12-2 in gametwo. Jianna Hill had twotriples and scored threeruns for the Hawks. JackMehojah Jr. and SiennaMetoxen scored two runsapiece. Jacob Jordan hadtwo hits for the Bears.Damien Schuman had atriple and Darwin Isaachad a single.

Hawks take Little

League title

Young golfers prevail

Submitted photo

In the second annual Oneida Junior GolfChampionship at Thornberry Creek AtOneida, Tehatsi Cornelius and LeviWilliams placed second and third place intheir respective flights of the nine andunder and 10 - 13 age groups on July24th.

22010 Oneida Recreation Soccer Program

The Recreation department is offering a soccer program this fall to develop soccer skills, learn new games and have fun! Each practice will consist of some instructional drills and games and the rest of practice will be used for team scrimmages. The final day of the soccer program (Oct. 19th) will be a child vs. parents scrimmage.

6-8 year olds: September 7th–October 19th (every Tuesday) 5:00-6:00

9-11 year olds:

September 7th–October 19th (every Tuesday) 6:00-7:00 All soccer practices will be at the site 1 baseball diamonds. Please remember to bring shin guards, water and a set of warm clothes if the weather is cool. Soccer balls will be provided. To register for the soccer program please stop by the civic center and fill out the registration forms. Or, Email Ben at [email protected]. I will email you the forms to register. For other questions please call (920) 869-1088.

***** Cancellation phone number to call 920-869-6280. In case of rainy days please call this number to make sure the program will be going on. ******

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MADISON, Wis. (AP)~ A new audit showsWisconsin’s 11 AmericanIndian tribes made lessmoney off of their 27casinos between 2007and 2009.

The Legislative AuditBureau report releasedon Tuesday shows thattribal profits from thecasinos dropped about

$56 million over thattime, or roughly 9 per-cent.

The audit shows thatthe tribes made about$543 million in profitsfrom the casinos lastyear, down from nearly$600 million in 2007.

The tribes’ total rev-enue from gambling wasabout $1.3 billion a year

and down 1.4 percentbetween 2007 and 2009.

State revenue from alltribal gambling increasedfrom $52 million to $124million over the two-yearperiod, due largely to aone-time $60 millionpayment made by theHo-Chunk tribe in 2008.

Wisconsin tribes get less from casino

gambling

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Packers Family Night

Photos courtesy of Mike Metoxen

The Oneida Nation welcomed attendeesof the Packers Family Night with aFriendship Dance, powwow dancing andSmoke Dancing on Saturday, August 7.Top: Dancers perform a grand entry forthe crowds. Second picture: Jr. MissOneida Olivia Webster and Lilʼ MissOneida LaRissa Shawanonkasic do aFriendship Dance with members of theaudience. Third picture: Dancers do theOneida Social Dance - Friendship Dance.Below: A young fancy dancer.

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This is the third in afour part seriesabout theOneida PetS a f e t yP r o g r a m .This articleis designedto explainhow thep r o g r a mworks andhow you canparticipate.

The decision todesign a new programwas based on currentresearch that indicatesapproximately 2-3 peo-ple contract Rabies inthe U.S. every year,while 368,000 peopleare bitten each year(Centers for DiseaseControl).

A new focus onspay/neuter, bite pre-vention, owner educa-tion, and vaccinationwill replace the AnnualRabies Clinic. TheOneida Pet SafetyProgram is designed tohelp tribal members

continue to vaccinatetheir pets and to

motivate petowners to

spay andn e u t e rt h e i rp e t s –which isa keyc o m p o -

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HERE’S HOW ITWORKS

STEP #1: Take your pet to a veterinarian forcare

Pet owners will beresponsible for takingtheir pet to anylicensed veterinarian inBrown or OutagamieCounty. Pet ownersmust pay 100% of thebill at the time of ser-vice.

STEP #2: Provide OneidaEnvironmental,Health & SafetyDivision withdocumentation

After your petreceives service, youwill need to providethe following informa-tion;1. Proof of vaccina-

tions: An itemizedreceipt and/or rabiesvaccination certifi-cate.

2. Copy of yourOneida TribalIdentification Card

3. A copy of a currentOneida Pet Licenseif you live on thereservation. You canbring your paper-work toeither 3759W. MasonSt, RidgeviewPlaza, Suite 5, or tothe Conservation

Office, located atN8047 County Rd.U. Pet licenses willbe available for pur-chase at both sites.

STEP #3: Receive OneidaRetail Cards

You will receive theappropriate OneidaRetail Card(s) once allthe documentation isreceived and in order.

Oneida Retail GiftCards can be used at;Oneida One Stops,Tsyunhehkwa, OneidaNation Farm, OneidaApple Orchard, OneidaSmoke Shops, Oneida

N a t i o nMuseum, andthe OneidaF i t n e s sCenter.

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Green Bay Animal Hospital

(GBAH) Offers Special Rates

and Times for Tribal MembersAlthough you can choose any

licensed Vet in Brown or OutagamieCounty, Green Bay Animal Hospital isoffering Oneida tribal members specialdiscounts. Oneida tribal members can

bring their pets to the Green BayAnimal Hospital located at 1518 W.Mason St. on the first Wednesday of

every month from 1:00PM – 5:00PM.

This program begins September 1,2010. There is no need to make anappointment for vaccines at GBAH.You must however make an appoint-ment for spay and neuter services.

Benefits of the Oneida PetSafety ProgramYear Round Service:

The program will run all yearround. No more waiting untilSeptember

No lines:No more standing in long lines!

Better Care:The quality of care your petreceives will be improved.

You choose the vet:You may choose any licensed vetin Brown or Outagamie County foryour pet’s health care services.

Expanded service:The program offers incentives forspaying and neutering your pet(s).This is a service EHSD is veryexcited to be able to provide. Thecommunity has been asking forthis service for many years nowand it’s one of the best ways toprevent animal bites.

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Keshena, WI – A $3.35million grant announcedon Aug. 18 will enablethe College ofMenominee Nation(CMN) to establish ahigh speed internet cen-ter with five fully-equipped and staffedcomputer labs and a Wi-Fi internet café facilityfor use by residents of theKeshena area. The grantwill also support technol-ogy-based communityeducation programs thatare designed and offeredby the College.

Dr. Verna Fowler, pres-ident of the College, callsthe planned computercenter “a major step for-ward in fulfilling themission of outreach andservice that we have asan established Land

Grant institution andaccredited communitycollege.”

Training programs andworkshops presented bythe center will focus onserving vulnerable popu-lations, including youth,elders, veterans, theunemployed and low-income, and members ofthe area’s AmericanIndian communities.

“Our tribe and manypartners have been work-ing to bring broadbandaccess to the Menomineearea,” Dr. Fowler said.“As the communitymakes headway in build-ing the infrastructure thatwill give people access,we also need to bringthem education and train-ing on use of advancedtechnology. Many peo-

ple here have neverexplored the internet orhad opportunities to learnabout on-line banking,the great resources thatcan be used for informa-tion on health and well-ness, or how to commu-nicate with friends andfamily members on line.The Recovery Act fund-ing of the BroadbandT e c h n o l o g yOpportunities Programmeans we can build thefacility, equip it withhardware and software tomeet a variety of needs,and provide the IT spe-cialists to train communi-ty members.”

Features of theplanned center includeconstruction in compli-ance with the Americanswith Disabilities Act and

meeting LEED Silverenergy efficient construc-tion. At least one 20-sta-tion computer lab withMac Dual Boot worksta-tions will be availablefrom 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.seven days a week forgeneral public use. Thefacility will also house adedicated skills lab with10 workstations, a lab forcommunity education,and two labs each with20 PC workstations dedi-cated for use in vocation-al and technical certifi-cate training programs.The Wi-Fi internet caféwill accommodate visi-tors who bring their ownlaptops or check out unitsavailable at the center forpublic use. Severalworkstations will includeweb cams to enable visi-

tors to make personalvideos, communicatewith family memberswho live elsewhere or doremote interviews.

“While the center is thego-to place, the Collegewill also have a numberof Earthwalk Wirelesscomputers that comprisea mobile lab,” says RonJurgens, CMN VicePresident for Planningand Operations. “Thiswill enable us to taketraining programs andworkshops to sitesaround the communityand be especially usefulin serving elders andyoung people where theyare.”

Jurgens notes thatpartner entities in devel-oping the grant proposalinclude the MenomineeIndian Tribe, MenomineeAging Division,Menominee CommunityResource Center,I n t e r n a t i o n a lBrotherhood of ElectricalWorkers, AmericanIndian Chamber ofCommerce, GreshamCommunity School,Bowler School District,Menominee Tribal Day

Care, Menominee HeadStart, UW Extension,UW Oshkosh,Menominee Tribal PoliceDepartment, MenomineeV o c a t i o n a lRehabilitation, andAssociated Builders andContractors, Inc.

Occupancy is expectedduring the 2011-2012academic year.

The award to CMN isone of four broadbandgrants announced forWisconsin, with othersbeing two UW-Extensionprojects and one for theCity of Milwaukee. Oneof the Extension grantsinclude a $174,000 pro-ject to assist with techni-cal education for theMenominee Tribe andlocal area.

The grants wereannounced by the U.S.departments ofCommerce andAgriculture as part of theRecovery andReinvestment Act.Investments are designedto create jobs in the shortterm and help establishlong-term economicgrowth.

$3.35 Million Public Computer Centers Grant

Awarded to the College of Menominee Nation

In April, agencies wereinformed that the publi-cation of the federalDepartment of Healthand Human Services(HHS) 2010 IncomeEligibility Guidelines(IEGs) or “PovertyGuidelines” used todetermine eligibility forfree and reduced pricemeals and free milk hadbeen delayed. As aresult, application mate-rials for 2010-2011 forfree and reduced pricemeals were also post-poned.

Recently, theWisconsin Department ofPublic Instruction (DPI)received a waiver fromthe USDA permitting theuse of application materi-als with the exclusion ofthe Income EligibilityGuidelines for 2010-2011. Until furthernotice from DPI, eligibil-ity for free or reducedprice meals should bedetermined using the2009 Income EligibilityGuidelines, available athttp://dpi.wi.gov/fns/doc / i n c o m e _ g u i d e -

lines09_10.doc. Publicrelease forms and lettersnotifying families of eli-gibility must alsoexclude IncomeEligibility Guidelines.

An updated Englishlanguage version of theWisconsin-specific appli-cation and public releaseforms, including theexclusion of the 2009Federal IncomeGuidelines, are availableon our website athttp://dpi.wi.gov/fns/fincou1.html. Translatedversions of the applica-

tion are also available ina number of different lan-guages, but have notbeen updated for 2010.Therefore, your agencymust remove the 2009Federal IncomeGuidelines prior to usingany of the translatedmaterials.

For further questions,please contact the SchoolNutrition Team by phoneat 608-267-9228, or byemail [email protected].

Income Eligibility Guidelines

for Free/Reduced Price Meals

(DePere) – Visitors tothe Brown County Fairthis Sunday will have theopportunity to bid onone-of-a-kind woodsculptures, and help sup-port the Junior Fair at thesame time. TheLogHoggers, chainsawsculptors, who havebecome a staple at theBrown County Fair, areworking throughout fairweek on one master-piece, and numerousspeed- carving sculptureseach day. These remark-able works of art aretransformed from meretree stumps into uncannylikenesses of wildlifeincluding eagles, bearsand wolves; as well ashorses, Packer tributepieces, benches andmore. Some 15 (ormore) items will becarved during the week.

Everything created atthe fair will be sold at alive auction (with talentdonated by Van Veghel'sAuction Service ofDePere), which begins at1:00 pm on Sunday(August 22), at theLogHoggers carvingarea. In years past, thesedistinctive carvings havesold for as much as$1,000 at public sale,with profits of more than$7,000 during the most

successful auction in2008. All proceeds fromthe Wood Carving auc-tion benefit the JuniorFair (4-H, FFA and otheryouth groups), helpingthe program to remainself-sustaining, by pay-ing for judges, ribbonsand other Junior Fairadministrative costs.

The cost of Generaladmission to the BrownCounty Fair (excludingconcert admission) is$10 each day forWednesday and Sunday,and $15 each day forThursday, Friday andSaturday, when pur-chased at the gate. Fair-goers will receive a dif-ferent colored wristbandfor each day of atten-dance. Wristbands mustbe worn to gain admis-sion to carnival rides, anddaily activities.

For more informationon the Brown CountyFair, including 2010exhibitor information,entertainment schedules,and other fair news, log-on to the Brown CountyFair website at:www.browncountyfair.com or become a fan onFacebook. For moreinformation on TheLogHoggers, ChainsawArtists, visit their websiteat www.loghoggers.net.

Brown County Fair

Wood Carving Auction

to Benefit Junior Fair

If your income is at or below 185% of theFederal Poverty Level, the Tribal TANFProgram may be able to help your familywith the purchase of school clothes thisyear. The Tribal TANF program wasrecently awarded TANF EmergencyAmerican Recovery Act funding.

The program will begin accepting applica-tions on Monday, August 16 at the Center

for Self Sufficiency, located at 2640 WestPoint Road, Green Bay (West Wing of theSocial Services Building). Applicationswill be taken August 16 throughSeptember 30, 2010 only.

TANF serves households/families withdependent children that are enrolled withthe Oneida, Wisconsin Tribe.

At least one person in the family request-ing assistance must be enrolled withOneida and be residing in Brown orOutagamie County; or other enrolled tribalfamilies residing within the OneidaReservation boundaries.

Tribal enrollment proof is required. Pleasestop in and pick up/fill out an applicationstarting August 16.

ATTENTION: Low Income Families

HH Size Monthly FPL @ 185%One $ 1,669.63Two $ 2,246.21Three $ 2,822.79 Four $ 3,399.38Five $ 3,975.96Six $ 4,552.54Seven $ 5,129.13Eight $ 5,705.71

*for each add’l person, add $311.67

The Oneida Librarywill be

CLOSED Friday, August 20

for our Summer ProgramPicnic

www.oneida nation.org/library/

Call the Kalihwisaks at

1-800-206-1100ext. 7316 to place an ad

Oneida’s Best Marketplace!

Do You have Something to Sell?Try using the Kalihwisaks Classifieds!

For a limited time, get three lines of FREE classified ad space.For details call 920-496-7316 or email [email protected]

Have You Been Injured?“If the accident was another personʼs fault, it doesnot matter if you do not have your own insurance.”

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Two (2) homes for sale or rent. Land Contract pos-sible. Both have large yards.• 3-Bdrm. 2½ bath, attached 2-car garage w/full

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ONEIDA Clocksare back!

If you want to learn totell time Language

House has a CD and lesson for only $5 more.

• Oneida OneStop

• LanguageHouse

• Oneida NationMuseum

~ Cost… $20.00

KalihwisaksKalihwisaksNEXT DEADLINE

is…Wednesday

September 1, 2010 with a

PUBLISH DATE of…Thursday

September 9, 2010Questions, pleasecall: 920-496-7318,7316, 7317 or 7319

or email us at:kalihwisaks

@oneidanation.org

World Class OneidaPianist will write youany style song for anyoccasion for $100. Go towww.youtube.com/jed-plays to see what I cando. 425-387-0064

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Homeownership in Indian CountryIn 1992, Congress established the Section 184 Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Program. The program was designedto offer homeownership and housing rehabilitation opportunities for eligible Native American individ-uals, families, tribes, and Tribally Designated Housing Entities. (Including Indian Housing Authorities)on their native lands and within and approved Indian area as defined in HUD P.I.H. Notice 2004-19.

Section 184 Program Highlights• Nationwide program on trust land, allotted trust, or fee simple land. In the State of Wisconsin, Tribal

Members may obtain financing through the 184 Program for properties located on or off theReservation.

• Refinancing available• Purchase and rehabs• New construction including manufactured homes• Low down payment• No maximum income limits• Flexible underwriting• 1% guarantee fee at closing can be financed into loan• No private mortgage insurance required• Up to 30 year fixed rate financing at conventional rates!

Any Native American or Alaskan Native that is a member of a federally

recognized tribe or an Alaskan village is eligible for a Section 184 loan.

To obtain additional information or to apply for a Section 184 loan,

please contact a mortgage specialist at Bay Bank.

Apply online at:

https://baybankgb.mtgloanapp.com

Section 184 Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Program

Available at Bay Bank

2555 Packerland Drive • Green Bay, WI 54313

(920) 490 - 7600

1986 14 ft. ForesterBass Boat with 28 HPMotor, built in live welland electric trollingmotor with Yacht ClubTrailer. Asking$1,800.00 OBO.FMI: (715) 701-1327

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For Sale

For Hire

Garage Sale (Man Stuff)

Sat. & Sun. Sept 4 & 5.Ken Skenandore, 3119Jonas Circle, Oneida. Tools, bikes, leatherjackets, Harley parts &More, custom Bosswheels (Like New) fits2007 Daytona Charger,chrome spinners, centerhubs and lug nuts 20”x8”$600 firm

For Sale

2002 Chevy Blazer, 5speed manual, 2WD,138k miles, new fuelpump, new CD player,free custom mattressthat turns the back intoa bed - great for camp-ing! Runs great, needsminor body work.$2500 OBO. Call Taniat 608-213-7674 orsend an email to:[email protected]

For Sale

For Sale

1995 Chevy Van, 350,1/2 Ton, 145k miles,new brakes, new tires,custom interior – TV/VCR. Electric seats,windows & mirrors.Runs great. $2700.Call Daryl at 920-619-7020.

Get the Facts Diabetes.

Know your risk. Schedule a visit with your doctor to get tested for diabetes and to learn more about

the disease.

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Cultural Heritage Tribal Historic PreservationOffice is seeking any information for Culturalresources on this parcel, as required for compliancewith Section 106 36 CFR 800.4 of the NationalHistoric Preservation Act. If you have any knowledgeof, or concerns with historic or cultural properties inthis area, please contact the Oneida Cultural HeritageDepartment Tribal Historic Preservation Officer. Askfor Corina Burke (920) 496-5386.

Project Description:Project consists of a Water Main Construction of

12”diameter PVC water main to connect Green Baywater utility water system to Village of Hobart watersystem.

The project is located in the right of way for MasonStreet and Hillcrest, Sec 19 & 30, T24N, R20E,SW1/4,SW1/4,Sec 19 and NW1/4, NW1/4, Sec 30.

The requesting department for this project is by theDepartment of Natural Resources (DNR) and the areaof disturbance is 6,800 sq. Ft.

Public Notice

If you have a birthannouncement, please sendit to the KalihwisaksNewspaper, PO Box 365,Oneida WI 54155 or callYvonne Kaquatosh at(920) 496-7317 formore information. There isNO CHARGE for birthannouncements. However,if you would like toinclude a photo, pleasesend a SASE with yoursubmission. Pleaseinclude baby’s full (first,middle & last) name, par-ents (first & last), d.o.b.,weight (lbs. & oz.),length, grandparents(maternal/paternal), sib-lings (first names only).Also, if the baby wasgiven an Indian name,please include the correctspelling and meaning.Please include phonenumber where y ou canbe reached during theday !

To our readers…“Good News” submissions mailed in withoutpayment will NOT be published. Payment for“Good News” wishes MUST BE made at timeof submission. Please review the followingprice options:

(There is an additional $5.00 charge if messageonly is over 20 words and message with photo isover 40 word limit!

Questions?Call Kalihwisak’s Toll Free at:

1.800.236.2214• Dawn – ext. 7318 • Steve – ext. 7316• Yvonne – ext. 7317 • Nate – ext. 7319

Message w/Photo:r 1 column @ $8.00r 2 column @ $16.00r 3 column @ $24.00

Message Only:r 1 column @ $3.00r 2 column @ $6.00r 3 column @ $9.00

Good News Submissions are

accepted Mon.–Fri.8AM–4:30PM at theKalihwisaks Officenow located at the

SkenandoahComplex.

909 Packerland Dr.Green Bay, WI

See Posted Deadlinein Kalihwisaks!

All Good Newssubmissions must bePaid in Advance to be published in the

Kalihwisaks.

2010Congratulations!

ForrestThis is what you’ll look

like after college

May the Great Spiritguide and keep you

safe. Love from all your

families, Mom, Lauren,Jesus, Doe Does: Shirley

& Craig, Edmond &Beverly Hill’s family

Aunties:Caroline and Gail

Uncle Davidwww.Kalihwisaks.com

August 19, 2010 • (Wisk) 5Bwww.kalihwisaks.com Good News

MomGlad you enjoyed

your “Surprise Party”You don’t look a day

over 37

We all love you somuch! Thanks to thosethat helped, attendedand the Tall Feather

Way Band for playingYour Family

KalihwiyoseWPNE 89.3on your FM dial…

Thursdays 10:00PM

to midnight

1st AnnualMike Peltier Golf Outing

Royal St. Patrick’s$75/person • 9:00AM Shot Gun Start

Includes 18 holes and golf cart

2-man scramble/luck of the

draw/skins separate

100% PayoutContact Kokomoss at (920) 664-6515

or Chad M. at (920) 246-9627August 25, 2010

Registration begins at 8:00AM

IF CLAIMING Minor Trust Account monies…Deadline to submit High School Diploma, HSED or GED for 2010

High School Graduates is Wednesday • September 1, 2010To claim Minor Trust Account monies.

There willbe NO TribalID’s made onAugust 23,

2010through

September3, 2010.

Please planaccordingly!

~~~~~~~~~EnrollmentOffice willbe CLOSEDon ThursdaySeptember

2, 2010~~~~~~~~~Membership

Payment formsreceived

Sept. 2, 2010 through

March 1, 2011will be mailed

out March 31, 2011

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~If there are any questions, please contact us.

Oneida Enrollment DepartmentP.O. Box 365 • Oneida, Wisconsin 54155

http://oneidanation.org/enrollment • 920–869–6200 • 800–571–9902Attachment Questions: Contact the Appeals Commission @ 920-497-5800

Minor Trust Account questions: Contact the Trust Department @ 920-490-3935

For Elders turning 62 or

65 in October, November

or December of 2010,

your Elder 62 or 65 monies willbe paid at the end of the monthfollowing your birthday.

For Example:If you turn 62 or 65 in December2010, you will be paid at the end

of January 2011.UNCLAIMED2009 Per Capita Payments:

The Deadline to claim the 2009 per capita isSeptember 1, 2010

1. Payment Form Mailing:• FY-2010 Membership

Payment Forms weremailed on June 11,2010 to every eligibleadult with an address onfile.

• To request a FY-2010Membership PaymentForm, contact theOneida EnrollmentDepartment.

2. Payment Form Receipts:• Forms must be stamp

dated by the OneidaEnrollment Department.

• A postcard receipt willbe mailed to the CHECKaddress indicated on thepayment form. Postcardreceipts will be mailedevery two weeks. Please

allow time for delivery.

• If you do not receive apostcard receipt, or thetax withholding infor-mation indicated onyour postcard is incor-rect, contact the OneidaEnrollment Department.

Important Information regarding 2010 PaymentPlease Read Carefully!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Payment Form DeadlineClose of Business on…

WEDNESDAY,September 1, 2010

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Checks Mailed on…

THURSDAY,September 30, 2010

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

NEW CHANGESEffective with the

FY-2010 MembershipPayments. Please readthe Instructions on your

payment formcarefully.

Types of Payments, Amounts for FY-2010:$1,200.00

……General Adult Payment

$2,000.00……Elder (62) Payment

($1,200 + $2,000 = $3,200.00)$607.75

……Elder (65) Payment

($1,200 + $2,000 + $607.75 = $3,807.75)

KalihwisaksKalihwisaksNEXT DEADLINE

is…Wednesday

September 1, 2010@ 4:30 P.M.

with a PUBLISH DATE of…

ThursdaySeptember 9, 2010Questions, pleasecall: 920-496-7318,

7317 or 7319 oremail us at:kalihwisaks

@oneidanation.org

Cade ScottCottrell Cade Scott

Cottrell, new-born son toFawn and

Louis Cottrell, was bornon Wednesday, May 26,2010 at 11:28PM. Cadeweighed 9 lbs., 4 oz.,and measured 21.5 inch-es in length.

He joins his sister,Deja. Maternal grand-parents, Jerry Hill andSandi Skenadore.Paternal grandparents,Scott & Colleen Cottrell.Great grandparents areWarren & JosefaSkenadore and NonaCottrell.

My name is AmySpears and I would liketo introduce myself asthe new EnvironmentalSpecialist in charge ofRecycling and SolidWaste Management. Iwork in theEnvironmental, Healthand Safety Division atthe Ridgeview Plazalocation. The main goalsI plan to achieve in thisposition are to increaserecycling rates for tribalmembers on the reserva-tion, prepare and imple-ment an Integrated SolidWaste Management Planfor the Tribe, and estab-lish a community com-post program.

Currently one of themost frequently askedquestion I receive is:“Where can I disposeof...”• My broken TV, com-

puter, laptop, monitor,cell phone

• My broken washer,dryer, refrigerator,stove

• Old paint, chemicals,solvents

If you wonder thesame thing, this handyguide should help you(please clip out and postat your home!):

H o u s e h o l dHazardous Waste

The Oneida Tribe cur-rently has a cooperativeagreement with BrownCounty Port and SolidWaste Departmentregarding household haz-ardous waste. Any tribalmember living within theexterior boundaries ofthe Reservation, either inOutagamie or BrownCounty, are able to dis-pose of household haz-ardous wastes at theBrown County

Household HazardousWaste Facility free ofcharge. This agreementdoes not include the dis-posal of electronic waste,white goods, solid wasteor yard waste.

Items accepted at thefacility include:• Flammable - Paint,

gasoline, paint thinners,solvents

• Poisonous - Pesticides,cleaning products

• Corrosives - Acids,bases, cleaning prod-ucts

• Reactive - Flares, poolchemicals

The HouseholdHazardous Waste facilityis located at:2561 South BroadwayGreen Bay, WI 54304(920) 492-4950

Electronic WasteIncludes: TV’s,

Monitors, Computers,Laptops, Cell Phones,Printers, etc.

See the clip and savetable for LocalCollection Facilities.

Appliances/WhiteGoods

Includes: Stoves,Refrigerators, WashingMachines, Dryers, etc.

See the clip and savetable for LocalCollection Facilities.

The Environmental,Health and SafetyDivision will be hostinga Household CleanSweep Event on Friday,September 17th from 10am – 1 pm. This eventwill be held in the park-ing lot of the RidgeviewPlaza. We will be accept-ing:• Household Hazardous

Waste• Electronic Waste• White Goods/

Appliances - 2 perhousehold

• Tires - four rimless tires

per household• Prescription and OTC

drugs• Mercury thermometers-

and we will replacewith a new digital ther-

mometer!Please call Victoria

Flowers at 920-496-5328or Amy Spears at 920-496-5357 with any ques-tions.

www.kalihwisaks.comEnvironment6B (Y@=yahk) • August 19, 2010

• Interior • Exterior

• Stain & Paint…(Fences, decks, houses)• Pressure Washing…(Any size project)

Call Shannon for Appointment~ FREE Estimates ~920.562.0143

• Insured

Handyman

Service

Now

Available!

Oneida Household Clean

Sweep - September. 17th

Where to bring your recycling and solid waste

Amy Spears

By Chad WilsonEnvironmental ResourceBoard

She=k%li swakwe=k&,(Hello all of you’s)

E n v i r o n m e n t a l ,Health, and Safety, incollaboration withOneida Experiential andAdventures program isholding the 6th annualFall Fest. This year ourtheme isTeyukwahw<tsyawyanh@stu (Day yunkwah hoonjaw we yun hūst), “Weare all deeply rooted orconnected to the Earth”.The event is located atnya>tekatsi>t^slake thut-

stel$stha> tsi> kah-nekal&nyuhse> “Wherethe Waterbirds Nest” (offof West Adam Dr. inbetween County Rd Uand Overland Dr). Theevent date is FridaySeptember 24, 2010 from11:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Do you know anyonewho does a great job pro-tecting Yukhinulh@Ohw^tsya> (Our MotherThe Earth)? As in pastyears we are looking torecognize a TribalMember or OneidaEmployee as a Friend ofthe Environment. Afriend of the environmentis a steward of theEnvironment; a personwho seeks to protect notonly our Tribal lands butalso our Mother Earth.Friend of the environ-ment criteria are: • Fits “steward of the

environment” profile• Has demonstrated com-

mitment to the environ-

ment for at least oneyear

• Provides leadership inthe community regard-ing environmentalissues

• The nominee’s accom-plishments must not bepart of their job duties We are accepting nom-

inations for the Friend ofthe Environment award.Please submit an expla-nation as to why this per-son meets the Friend ofthe Environment criteria;the deadline is FridaySeptember 10, 2010.Please send submissionsto Stacy Gilmore atsg i [email protected] or PO Box 365Oneida WI 54155 or dropoff submissions atRidgeview Plaza Suite 6.For more informationplease contact StacyGilmore at (920) 496-5325. Sawehnisliy%hak,“You have a good day”!

Friend of the Environment

nominations due Sept. 10

DRUMS Across ONEIDAOneida Elderly Service 2907

S. Overland Rd.Oneida, WI 54155

Ph. 920.869.2448Fx. 920.869.1824

Senior Center-Meal Site134 Riverside Dr.Oneida, WI 54155

Ph. 920.869.1551Fx. 920.869.1526

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Policies andprocedures to theOlder AmericanA c t - f u n d e dN u t r i t i o nProgram.

We are looking tomanage costs andquality improvementin our mealsite pro-gram.

The meal site willmaintain a reserva-tion system for allthose that eat at themeal site. All eldersthat plan on eating atthe mealsite will beasked to call in theday before andreserve their meal forthe next day.

Your assistance isneeded in helping usto meet our staterequirements andassist us in minimiz-ing leftovers andinsure adequatemeals served.

State requirement:8.4.27.7 MealReservation and

P a r t i c i p a n tR e g i s t r a t i o n .Systems

Programs shouldmaintain an accurateand well-organizedsystem so staff willknow how manymeals to order orplan for. Many pro-grams find a registra-tion system to behelpful for estimatingmeal orders for din-ing centers. This sys-tem should includefollow-up of absentparticipants. The pro-gram may not“charge” an individ-ual for a meal that isreserved and noteaten.Mealsite ProgramObjectives:• Meet state funded

requirements• Monitor all waste

carefully• Train staff on poli-

cies and proce-dures, includingfood safety and san-itation practices.

• Check and recheckportion control. Usethe proper size ofscoops, ladles andpans.

• Each program shallimplement proce-dures to minimizewaste of food,including leftoversand uneaten meals.Please call 920-

869-1551 to reserveyour meal when youplan on eating at themeal site.

We would like tothank you for yourpatience during thistransition.

When you are hav-ing a busy day andwant lunch, we willleave the welcomemat out just for you.Come in and have afriendly meal.

For questions,please call BrendaJorgenson at 920-869-1551.

Attention all participants at

the Senior Center Mealsite

DRUMS CONTACTLinda F. Douglas

DRUMS Across Oneida Newsletter ~ contact with anyacknowledgements, suggestions, etc. Thank you.

Telephone: 920-869-2448 or 800-867-1551

Email: [email protected]

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The Oneida ElderlyServices RummageSale was heldAugust 6 in Oneida.Money raised fromthe event supportthe RobertaK i n z h u m aS c h o l a r s h i p .Deborah J Melchertpicks through pilesof clothes duringthe sale. The saleraised over $500.

Now is the time tochange up your cardioroutine and give spinninga try. Here at O.F.F. wehave a spinning roomand offer spinning groupclasses. We have alsoadded two new interac-tive spinning bikes up inour cardio room. The twointeractive bikes saveyour own personal pro-file, allow you to raceagainst a buddy, eachhave a personal t.v.screen and music avail-able through your head-phones.

What are the benefitsof spinning?• Burn 500 + calories per

group class• Tone muscles• Body shaping• Lose inches• Decrease body fat• Stress relief• Year round activity

• Increase energy• Improve overall

strength• Increase cardio

endurance

In approximately2-3 weeks you will

notice an increase in yourcardio endurance, energylevel, increases strengthin your lower body andnotice changes in yourbody shape and/orweight. The amount ofbody weight or fat lostdepends on the numberof times that you exerciseper week and thed i e t a r y

choic-

es you make. Healthyweight loss is 1-2 lbs perweek.

Have fun and partici-pate in 2 or 3 of ourclasses per week. Or justselect a bike and spin onyour own time. You areable to participate at yourown pace and are alwaysin charge of your ride andhow hard you work.Check out our groupclass schedule and rideinto the next spinningclass!

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Family Fitness Highlights

Oneida Family Fitness S ummerHours:

M-T-W-TH-F: 5:30AM–8:30PM

Closed SaturdayFor more information call

920-490-3730

Oneida Family FitnessWill be closed until August 30

Michelle Mielke................…Fitness Center DirectorRyan Waterstreet..…....…….………Assistant DirectorAmy Griesbach.................................Office ManagerRyan Engel................…Fitness Specialist SupervisorStefanie Reinke.......…..Fitness Specialist SupervisorEric Frantz....................…............Fitness SpecialistJason Manders......….………….......Fitness SpecialistJessica Treml.................................Fitness SpecialistTodd Shelto..…....……...................Fitness SpecialistAmanda Riesenberg........................Fitness SpecialistBrad Sosinsky...............................Fitness SpecialistTek Skenandore..…....………......…Fitness AssistantHudson Denny…….…..Fitness Specialist/PromotionsKevin Schoenebeck........…....Martial Arts Coordinator Adam Brown..........….…….....Martial Arts Instructor Maureen Cisler....................Administrative AssistantShoshana King…….....……..Administrative AssistantTeresa Roth..............…..............Aquatics SupervisorTeresa Holschuh-Sieja........Aquatics Trainer/Supervisor Nicole Cooley..............................….........LifeguardOrrie Kreuscher......................…...........…LifeguardJessica Mettler...................................…….Lifeguard

The Oneida Family Fitness (OFF) staff is here to serveyou! If you haven’t been to the Fitness Center lately,please stop in and get acquainted with the staff! Theoffice is located at: 2640 West Point • Green Bay, WI

Phone: (920) 490-3730Look for O.F.F. Highlights once a month in the

Kalihwisaks!

Oneida Family Fitness Staff

920.490-3852

[email protected]

By Brad SosinskyFitness Specialist

Benefits of Spinning

In a study by TheBritish Medical Journal itwas found that greaterlevels of job stress didindeed increase people’schances of developingheart disease and meta-bolic syndrome.

They also examinedand discovered a linkbetween metabolic syn-drome and exposure toother health damagingbehaviors like smoking,heavy drinking and lackof exercise, especially inmen. Poor diet was alsoa risk factor, and tendedto show up in the form offew fruits and vegetables.These factors, of course,lead to additional healthproblems as well as addi-tional stress.

One possibleexplanation for thislink is that pro-longed job stressmay affect the ner-vous system.Another possiblereason is that chron-ic stress may affectthe body’s hormon-

al balance and disrupthomeostasis.

Attending OneidaFamily Fitness’ StressMastery Workshop canassist you in dealing withwork place chronicstress. This five-weekworkshop takes a holisticapproach in minimizingthe negative effects stressmay have on you andyour health. Previousattendees have loweredtheir stress assessmentscores by 66% throughtheir participation in thisprogram!

The program includes:• Pre & post personal

stress assessment• An understanding of

stress

• Identifying the sourceof stress

• A look at how you cur-rently cope with stress

• Learning healthierways to manage stress

• How to incorporateyour “mental tools”into your daily lifeThis program is offered

free to Tribal Membersand Tribal Employees.

Non-members’ fee is$50. The workshopmeets Mondays at 12:15PM, September 13-October 16, 2010.

Register at OneidaFamily Fitness front deskduring hours of operationand

“Learn to cope withGrace”

Source: Chandola, T,Brunner, E, Mamot, M.Chronic stress at workand the metabolic syn-drome: prospective study.British Medical Journal.January 20, 2006

920.490-3852

[email protected]

By Todd Shelto,B.A., CPTFitness Specialist/Personal Trainer

Chronic Stress Linkedto Type Two Diabetes

Oneida Family Fitnessand the Arts Programcombined forces to host aCreative Movement andWellness Camp for kidsages 9 – 12. The campwas held in the afternoonduring the week of July19 – 23. We had a totalof 22 boys and girls par-

ticipate. The camp mem-bers worked on a number

of differentchoreographedroutines thatwere developedby the fitnesscenter and Arts

Program staff. The kidsparticipated in Hip HopDance, Tai Chi,S y n c h r o n i z e dSwimming, SmokeDance and art projects.Each activity had achoreographed routinethat the camp members

learned throughout theentire week. On Fridayafternoon they performedeach routine in front oftheir family membersand friends. The staffmembers of the depart-ments had a great timedeveloping the routines,but I believe the campmembers had an evenbetter time learning theroutines. A big thank yougoes out to all of the par-ticipants. We look for-ward to hosting the campagain next year.

Creative Movement and Wellness Camp

920.490.3730

[email protected]

By Amanda RiesenbergFitness Specialist

By Jason MandersFitness Specialist

Have you ever won-dered why you get sorethe day after exercising?Do you ever wonder howlong or intense you needto exercise in order to seeresults? Are you per-forming your exercisessafe and effectively, andif not do you know howto ask for help? Maybe,you’re looking at gettingstarted with a new exer-cise routine and have

questions where to begin.These topics and

more will be dis-cussed at theForm andF u n c t i o npresentationo nS e p t e m b e r15, 2010 at12:15 p.m. inthe educationroom inOneida FamilyFitness.

Form and Function

By Carla K. JohnsonAP Medical Writer

CHICAGO (AP) ~ Astunning one in five teenshas lost a little bit ofhearing, and the problemhas increased substantial-ly in recent years, a newnational study has found.

Some experts are urg-ing teenagers to turndown the volume on theirdigital music players,suggesting loud musicthrough earbuds may beto blame _ although hardevidence is lacking. Theywarn that slight hearingloss can cause problems

in school and set thestage for hearing aids inlater life.

“Our hope is we canencourage people to becareful,” said the study'ssenior author, Dr. GaryCurhan of Harvard-affili-ated Brigham andWomen's Hospital inBoston.

The researchers ana-lyzed data on 12- to 19-year-olds from a nation-wide health survey. Theycompared hearing loss innearly 3,000 kids testedfrom 1988-94 to nearly1,800 kids tested over

2005-06. The prevalence of

hearing loss increasedfrom about 15 percent to19.5 percent.

Most of the hearingloss was “slight,” definedas inability to hear at 16to 24 decibels - or soundssuch as a whisper orrustling leaves. A teenag-er with slight hearingloss might not be able tohear water dripping orhis mother whispering“good night.”

Extrapolating to thenation's teens, that wouldmean about 6.5 millionwith at least slight hear-ing loss.

Those with slight hear-ing loss “will hear all ofthe vowel sounds clearly,but might miss some ofthe consonant sounds”such as t, k and s, Curhansaid.

“Although speech willbe detectable, it mightnot be fully intelligible,”he said.

While the researchersdidn't single out iPods orany other device forblame, they found a sig-nificant increase in high-frequency hearing loss,which they said mayindicate that noise causedthe problems. And theycited a 2010 Australianstudy that linked use ofpersonal listeningdevices with a 70 percentincreased risk of hearingloss in children.

“I think the evidence isout there that prolongedexposure to loud noise islikely to be harmful tohearing, but that doesn’tmean kids can't listen toMP3 players,” Curhansaid.

The study is based ondata from the NationalHealth and NutritionExamination Survey con-ducted by a branch of theCenters for DiseaseControl and Prevention.The findings appear inWednesday’s Journal ofthe American MedicalAssociation.

Loud music isn’t new,of course. Each new gen-eration of teenagers hasfound a new technologyto blast music - from thebulky headphones of the1960s to the handheldSony Walkmans of the1980s.

Today’s young peopleare listening longer, morethan twice as long as pre-vious generations, saidBrian Fligor, an audiolo-gist at Children's

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The community isinvited to attend an IceCream Social/Retirement gathering inhonor of Dr. William R.Buikus.

Dr. Buikus has been atrusted employee of the

Oneida Tribe for manyyears and will be missedby many but we wishhim luck in his new lifein Florida.

Please come and joinus on Thursday afternoonAugust 26, 2010 from

4:00 pm to 7:00 pm onthe north lawn of theSocial Services Building,in case of rain, we willmove into the Chapelarea.

TRAILS Prevention Invites You

To a Free Lunch with

Sarah Sloan from MATEC(Midwest AIDS Training & Education Center)Short presentation and updates on HIV/AIDS

(Presentation will be during lunch)When: Thursday, August 26

Time: 12:00pm-1:00pmWhere: OLC Chapel, 2nd Floor, 2640 W. Point Road, Green Bay

This is a very important presentation andattendance is strongly recommended

Study: 1 in 5 US teenagers

has slight hearing loss

• See 10B,

Hearing loss

Paging community for

Dr. Buikus’ retirement

www.kalihwisaks.com10B (Oye=l$) • August 19, 2010 Local

By Todd RichmondAssociated Press Writer

MADISON, Wis. (AP)~ Dramatic rate spikesover the last two yearshave driven at least adozen residents out of asoutheastern Wisconsinveterans home, accordingto a state study releasedTuesday.

The Legislative AuditBureau's review recom-mended the stateDepartment of VeteransAffairs clarify its rulesfor calculating rates. Theaudit also said theagency’s board shouldformally approve ratechanges.

“Our veterans haveserved their country andour state with honor andthey deserve to receivethe care they need for aprice that is consistentand fair, which may onlybe possible by develop-ing more efficient opera-tions,” Rep. Peter Barca,D-Kenosha, co-chairmanof the Legislature’s JointAudit Committee, said ina statement.

DVA spokeswomanSarah Stinski issued astatement saying the rateincreases were necessaryand overdue.

“They reflect the high-er level of care we arerequired to provide mem-bers of the VeteransHomes,” she said. “Ourmission is to provideexceptional care for ourveterans. Not just the vet-erans of today, but futuregenerations as well.”

Robert S. Batty, com-mander of the AmericanLegion’s Wisconsinchapter, issued a state-ment saying higher ratesput unneeded stress onveterans and their fami-lies. DVA needs to cutcosts and look for otherrevenue sources, he said.

“For this to occur withregularity to veterans inWisconsin's veteranshomes ... is unaccept-able,” Batty said.“Wisconsin’s veteranshave earned the benefitsthey have been promisedthrough service and sac-rifice.”

The study marksanother public relationsblack eye for DVA,which has beenembroiled in controversyover the last year.

The agency’s formersecretary, John Scoccos,sued the department lastyear after the DVA boardfired him weeks after hereturned from serving inIraq. A former DVA man-ager has filed a com-plaint alleging thatScoccos’ replacement,Ken Black, who is black,is eliminating “old whiteguys” from management.

A state JusticeDepartment probe intooverspending at the Kingveterans home foundproblems with account-ing and communication.And the audit bureauwarned Tuesday itsreport will be the first ina “comprehensive evalu-ation” of veterans homeoperations.

The bureau’s studyfocused on finances atthe agency's veteranshomes in King, in north-

ern Wisconsin’s WaupacaCounty, and UnionGrove, near Racine.

The King home offersnursing home care; theUnion Grove homeoffers both nursing careand assisted living.Together they housed887 residents inDecember. Eighty-threepercent of residents wereveterans; 17 percent werelive-in spouses or surviv-ing spouses.

The review found ratesfor veterans withoutMedicaid or Medicarecoverage in UnionGrove's nursing facilityincreased by 45.8 percentbetween January 2008and January 2010, anannual increase of$29,500.

Private pay rates atUnion Grove’s assistedliving facilities rose bynearly 60 percent for vet-erans, resulting in asmuch as $15,400 inannual increases. Ratesfor spouses jumped any-where from 74 percent to285 percent, resulting in

annual increases rangingfrom $23,400 to $40,500.

The King home’s nurs-ing rates increased 17percent for veterans and15 percent for spousesover the same span.

Under DVA’s rules,private pay rates must bebased on the estimatedcosts of care for the fol-lowing year. The studyfound the King home'srates were based on theaverage cost per resident.

Union Grove’s rates,however, were set using avariety of other methodsand were locked in lowerthan projected spendingout of concerns that resi-dents couldn't afford topay more.

That approach playedinto constant deficits atUnion Grove. DVAworkers applied the Kingmethod for 2009, phasingin increased rates. Thoseincreases have pushed atleast 12 residents, includ-ing at least four spouses,to leave over the lastseven months, the auditfound.

Stinski’s statementsaid rates are “somewhathigher, but certainly notastronomical, for south-eastern Wisconsin.”

No formal processexists for setting rates,the review found.Agency workers toldauditors that the DVA’srules calling for basingrates on cost of care arevague and open to inter-pretation. Some believethe rule requires thatrates match total expen-ditures, others think theaverage cost per residentsatisfies the code and stillothers believe one ratemethod should apply toboth homes.

Nothing requires theDVA board to review orapprove rates.

The review recom-mended the DVA amendthe rules to include cleardefinitions of rate-settingterms, specify whethereach home should use itsown methods and havethe board sign off on ratechanges.

Audit: Rates drove residents out of veterans home

Arts Events Inc. ishosting the 29th annualArtstreet festival of thefine arts held downtownGreen Bay. Sign up to bea volunteer and receive aFREE Artstreet t-shirt.The event will be heldFriday, August 27,Saturday, August 28, andSunday, August 29, 2010.Volunteers are asked towork at least one (1)four-hour shift. It is theoutstanding dedication ofvolunteers that make theevent a great successyear after year. Withouttheir influence Artstreetwould not be possible.

Volunteers are neededin a number of differentareas: Artist Relief, ArtistSet-up, Art Raffle,Children’s Area,Entrance Greeter,

Lemonade Stand,Beverage Stand, ArtstreetPub, and SpecialProjects.

Artstreet is a project ofArts Events Inc., a sub-sidiary corporation of theNortheastern WisconsinArts Council, whose pur-pose is to produce festi-vals and that celebratethe arts, culture and com-munity. Proceeds fromArtstreet continue to sup-port many importantcommunity arts projects.

Artstreet is a designat-ed project approved bythe Green Bay PublicSchools for service learn-ing. To sign up tobecome a volunteerplease contact us at (920)435-5220 [email protected].

Make your Mark on

Artstreet, Volunteer!

From 7B/Hearing lossHospital Boston. Theolder technologies hadlimited battery life andlimited music storage, hesaid.

Apple iPod users canset their own volumelimits. Parents can usethe feature to set a maxi-mum volume on theirchild's iPod and lock itwith a code.

One of Fligor'spatients, 17-year-oldMatthew Brady ofFoxborough, Mass.,recently was diagnosedwith mild hearing loss.He has trouble hearinghis friends in the schoolcafeteria. He ends up fak-ing comprehension.

“I laugh when theylaugh,” he said.

Fligor believes Brady’smuffled hearing wascaused by listening to aniPod turned up too loudand for too long. Afterhis mother had a heartattack, Brady's pediatri-cian had advised him toexercise for his ownhealth. So he cranked upthe volume on hisfavorites - JohnMellencamp, Daughtry,Bon Jovi and U2 - whilewalking on a treadmill atleast four days a week for30-minute stretches.

One day last summer,he got off the treadmilland found he couldn’t

hear anything with hisleft ear. His hearing grad-ually returned, but wasnever the same.

Some young peopleturn their digital playersup to levels that wouldexceed federal workplaceexposure limits, saidFligor. In Fligor’s ownstudy of about 200 NewYork college students,more than half listened tomusic at 85 decibels orlouder. That's about asloud as a hair dryer or avacuum cleaner.

Habitual listening atthose levels can turnmicroscopic hair cells inthe inner ear into scar tis-sue, Fligor said. Somepeople may be more pre-disposed to damage thanothers; Fligor believesBrady is one of them.

These days, Brady stilllistens to his digital play-er, but at lower volumes.

“Do not blare youriPod,” he said. “It’s onlygoing to hurt your hear-ing. I learned this thehard way.”

___ Online: JAMA: http://jama.ama-assn.org Noisy Planet campaign:http://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/ Apple on hearing:http://www.apple.com/sound/

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