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Serving the Sisseton and Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation since 1968

May - Wojupi Wi - “Moon of Planting” - Wednesday, May 21, 2008Vol. 39 No. 21

Master Sgt. Woodrow W. Keeble Medal of Honor headstone unveiling last Saturday

Sisseton Wahpeton College graduation ceremony Saturday, May 24th at Dakota Magic

Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama comes to northeastern South Dakota

SWO Tribal member Karen Ramirez, role model, graduates with top honors at Arizona State University

Suicide prevention workshop coming to Sisseton July 21-22, 2008

Former Senator Tom Daschle introduced his colleague and friend Senator Barack Obama last Friday, May 16th, to a crowd of 2,000-plus at Watertown’s ag expo building. The Presidential

candidate talked about his plans to help strengthen the rural economy. While his talk and the town hall meeting focused on agriculture, he also pointed out his concern for life on the reservations

and promised to do what he could as President to help improve reservation economies, education, and health care. Following the Watertown rally, Senator Obama traveled to Sioux Falls. There, the candidate attended a private meeting on Native American issues with SWO Tribal leaders before another public rally that evening.

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Two F-16 military jets perform a flyover at the start of Saturday’s headstone unveiling ceremony honoring Medal of Honor recipient Master Sergeant Woodrow W. Keeble.

The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribal Council and the family of Master Sergeant Woodrow

Wilson Keeble hosted a Headstone Unveiling Ceremony honoring the Congressional Medal of Honor recipient last Saturday afternoon, May 17, at the Sisseton and St. Peters Cemetery. The date was significant as it was Woodrow Keeble’s birthday, as well as being Armed Forces Day.

Master Sergeant Woodrow Wilson Keeble is the first member of the Great Plains Tribes and Communities to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Master Sergeant Woodrow W. Keeble distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with an armed enemy near Sangsan-ni, Korea, on October 20, 1951.

On that day, Master Sergeant Keeble was an acting platoon leader for the support platoon in Company G, 19th Infantry, in the attack on Hill 765, a steep and rugged position that was well defended by the enemy.

Leading the support platoon, Master Sergeant Keeble saw that the attacking elements had become pinned down on the slope by heavy enemy fire from three well-fortified and strategically placed enemy positions. With complete disregard for his personal safety, Master Sergeant Woodrow Keeble dashed forward and joined the pinned-down platoon.

Then, hugging the ground, Master Sergeant Woodrow crawled forward alone until he was in close proximity to one of the hostile machine-gun emplacements.

Ignoring the heavy fire that the crew trained on him, Master Sergeant Keeble activated a grenade and threw it with great accuracy, successfully destroying the position. Continuing his one-man assault, he moved to the second enemy position and destroyed it with another grenade.

Despite the fact that the enemy troops were now directing their firepower against him and unleashing a shower of grenades in a frantic attempt to stop his advance, he moved forward against the third hostile emplacement, and skillfully neutralized the remaining enemy position.

As his comrades moved forward to join him, Master Sergeant Keeble continued to direct accurate fire against nearby trenches, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy.

Inspired by his courage, Company G successfully moved forward and seized its important objective.

The extraordinary courage, selfless service, and devotion to duty displayed that day by Master Sergeant Keeble was an inspiration to all around him and reflected great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States

Army.Saturday’s honoring ceremony was well attended by

several hundred Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, friends, and guests.

The Sisseton-Wahpeton Vietnam Veterans, Sandmen, American Legion Post 314, Sisseton’s Otto-Quande-Renville American Legion Post 50, and VFW Post 4324 of Wahpeton, North Dakota, as well as an honor guard from Arlington Cemetery in Washington, DC were present. The “Patriot Riders” were also there in large numbers, wearing their colors and each carrying a U.S. flag.

The unveiling ceremony began with a flyover by two military jets – F-16s – courtesy of the 114th Fighter Wing of the South Dakota Air National Guard.

Everett “Butch” Felix served as MC.Pastor Vern Donnell talked about growing up as a

neighbor to Woody Keeble, and gave an opening prayer.SWO Tribal Chairman Michael I. Selvage Sr.

welcomed everyone to the ceremonial unveiling of the Medal of Honor headstone for Master Sergeant Woodrow W. Keeble.

Chairman Selvage, who is a relative, spoke personally about Woody Keeble’s life and accomplishments. He said that while Woodrow “walked among us” people did not recognize his greatness. Only later, when his exploits became known, could they understand the depths of his courage.

The Chairman said that while the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate claim Woodrow as “our own,” and that most of the Lake Traverse Reservation lies in South Dakota, he

had to acknowledge that Woodrow Keeble also belongs to the legacy of the state of North Dakota. There he enlisted in the National Guard, and there he spent many years working at Wahpeton Indian School (now Circle of Nations School).

Sisseton Mayor Frank Karst read the document proclaiming Saturday, May 17th, 2008, as Woodrow W. Keeble Day in Sisseton . . . “whereas the entire Sisseton community wishes to show its pride in the bravery, valor and heroism of Master Sergeant Woodrow W. Keeble and celebrate his long past due receipt of the Congressional Medal of Honor.” (The complete proclamation was published in last week’s Sota.)

Members of Woody Keeble’s family took turns at the podium. His stepchildren spoke first.

Russell Hawkins put a personal face on the man who earned the Medal of Honor, speaking about how he was a good neighbor to others, how compassionate and caring he was.

Russell told how his dad would reach out and help students at Wahpeton Indian School, by giving them a little bit of cash so they might go off campus and enjoy a treat.

He told of coming home from school with his shoes all muddy, so dirty they had to be left outside the door. And being surprised in the morning that Woody had gotten up before anyone else and had cleaned and polished those shoes so his 12-year-old stepson could wear them to school.

His father suffered seven strokes and could not speak, but would communicate by writing notes. He

would always be engaged with his family, would always find a way to communicate, Russell told the audience.

When Woody would be out driving in the snow, “and it snowed a lot in Wahpeton,” he said, and came across someone stuck in a drift, he would stop and get out. Wordlessly, he would simply come up to the car and push on the bumper until the driver could be freed.

He told about recently learning that Woodrow had once picked up a hitchhiker and, upon learning the man wanted to go to North Dakota to work in the beet fields, drove him all the way to Fargo. And dropping him off there, handing him fifty dollars.

This was truly a good neighbor, he said, and related how his life followed scripture – a theme also shared by Pastor Donnell in his remarks.

Russell thanked a long list of individuals and organizations that supported his mother and father’s effort to have the Medal of Honor awarded.

Kathryn Akipa shared her thoughts on the occasion, saying she had been wishing their mother could be here on this beautiful windy day, Woody’s birthday and Armed Forces Day, to share with family and friends.

She said that just before this ceremony got underway, she felt a tap on the back of her shoulder. Assuming it must have been from her daughter seated one row behind, she turned and asked “Did you just tap me?”

The response was, “No.” Her daughter had been

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Sota guest editorial –Dakota people demand truth and justice

St. Paul, MN, May 8, 2008 – May 11th is the kickoff celebrations for Minnesota’s Sesquicentennial - 150 years of Statehood. Dakota people through the Oceti Sakowin Omniciya (Seven Fires Summit) have questioned the historical narrative that is being presented and have asked what is being celebrated.

This is a celebration of forced marches of over 2,000 Dakota people to concentration camps at Fort Snelling and Mankato, MN in 1862. Shackled Dakota were force-marched through Minnesota towns and endured cold, hunger, and sickness in addition to having sticks, rocks, and boiling water thrown at them.

This is a celebration of the hundreds of Dakota people murdered at concentration camps at Fort Snelling. A celebration of the forced removal of Dakota people through forced marches, military expeditions, and bounties.

Former Governor Alexander Ramsey stated on September 9, 1862: “The Sioux Indians of Minnesota must be exterminated or driven forever beyond the borders of the state.” Ramsey’s plan is nothing short of State-sanctioned ethnic cleansing.

While the Sesquicentennial could offer a chance to reflect on this history and pursue a vision of justice, the State of Minnesota wishes to ignore its shameful history and celebrate 150 years of statehood. The Dakota People through the Oceti Sakowin and its allies will begin a campaign of truth-telling about the history Minnesota will ignore.

Last week’s schedule of activities:Friday, May 9th: Rally along the walkways of the Hwy-55 Mendota Bridge.Saturday, May 10th: Protest at Fort Snelling at 1 PM. Press conference.Sunday, May 11th: Gather at Mounds Park, St. Paul. March to the State Capitol to demand a truth and

justice for Dakota People.We demand that the State of Minnesota and its Euro-Minnesotan citizenry acknowledge the land theft

through broken treaties and the ethnic cleansing of the Dakota People through bounties, two concentration camps, and the forced removals of the Dakota People from our ancient homelands in Minnesota.

Opposition to the sesquicentennial events is a way for us Dakota people to not only honor our ancestors by acknowledging the suffering they endured, but it is also a chance to tell the truth about Minnesota’s shameful ethnic cleansing of its Indigenous people. Only then can we begin to create a situation of justice.

For additional information, contact:*Waziyatawin Angela Wilson, Ph.D. Oceti Sakowin Omniciya Tel: (320) 564-4241 waziyatawin@gmail.

com.*Chris Mato Nupa, Ph.D. Oceti Sakowin Omniciya Tel: (320) 981-0206 [email protected].*Jim Anderson Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community (763) 753-2833; [email protected].*Scott DeMuth Oceti Sakowin Omniciya [email protected].

Sota guest editorial –An Epidemic of Extinctions: Decimation of Life on Earth

(Published on Friday, May 16, 2008 by the Independent/UK.)The world’s species are declining at a rate “unprecedented since the extinction of the dinosaurs”, a

census of the animal kingdom has revealed. The Living Planet Index out today shows the devastating impact of humanity as biodiversity has plummeted by almost a third in the 35 years to 2005.

The report, produced by WWF, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and the Global Footprint Network, says land species have declined by 25 per cent, marine life by 28 per cent, and freshwater species by 29 per cent.

Jonathan Loh, editor of the report, said that such a sharp fall was “completely unprecedented in terms of human history”. “You’d have to go back to the extinction of the dinosaurs to see a decline as rapid as this,” he added. “In terms of human lifespan we may be seeing things change relatively slowly, but in terms of the world’s history this is very rapid.”

And “rapid” is putting it mildly. Scientists say the current extinction rate is now up to 10,000 times faster than what has historically been recorded as normal.

As nations meet for the Convention on Biological Diversity in Bonn, these alarming figures will cast a shadow over government pledges to make a “significant” reduction in biodiversity loss by 2010. In fact, the report’s authors say that global inaction has already made such a goal totally unattainable.

“It’s very damning for the governments that are party to the convention that they are not able to meet the target they set for themselves,” said Mr Loh. “The talk doesn’t get translated into action. We are failing, and the consequences will be devastating.”

Tracking nearly 4,000 species between 1970 and 2005, the team has not only revealed the destruction of the Earth’s wildlife, but also pointed the finger at the perpetrators of this devastation.

Ben Collen, extinctions researcher at ZSL, said: “Between 1960 and 2000, the human population of the world has doubled. Yet during the same period, the animal populations have declined by 30 per cent. It’s beyond doubt that this decline has been caused by humans.”

The study picked out five reasons for species decline, all of which can be traced back to human behaviour: climate change, pollution, the destruction of animals’ natural habitat, the spread of invasive species, and the overexploitation of species. At a time when America has finally added the polar bear to the endangered species list, it is emerging that the scale of species destruction reaches far beyond the headline animals. But as in the case of the polar bear, mankind’s behaviour needs to be radically changed in order to stop this pillaging of the Earth’s biodiversity.

The Yangtze river dolphin is a case in point. Scientists believe it is extinct, as successive searches for the freshwater mammal have proved fruitless. There are many reasons for its rapid path to extinction: collisions with boats, habitat loss and pollution. These factors all point back to one perpetrator: mankind.

Aside from tackling global emissions, the report recommended two ways that species decline could be combated - by avoiding the destruction of animals’ natural habitat by overdevelopment or cultivation; and in avoiding the over-farming or fishing of individual species.

The implications of such drastic reductions in biodiversity are already having an impact on human life. “Reduced biodiversity means millions of people face a future where food supplies are more vulnerable to pests and disease and where water is in irregular or short supply,” said James Leape, director general of WWF.

“No one can escape the impact of biodiversity loss because reduced global diversity translates quite clearly into fewer new medicines, greater vulnerability to natural disasters and greater effects from global warming. The industrialised world needs to be supporting the global effort to achieve these targets, not just in their own territories where a lot of biodiversity has already been lost, but also globally.”

Sota guest editorial –Is That A Power Plant On The Park Horizon?

By Juliet Eilperin(Published on Friday, May 16, 2008 by the Washington Post.)WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is on the verge of implementing new air quality rules that

will make it easier to build power plants near national parks and wilderness areas, according to rank-and-file agency scientists and park managers who oppose the plan.

The regulations, which are likely to be completed this summer, rewrite a provision of the Clean Air Act that applies to “Class 1 areas,” federal lands that have the highest level of protection under the law. Opponents predict the changes will worsen visibility at many prized tourist destinations, including Utah’s Zion, Virginia’s Shenandoah and Colorado’s Mesa Verde national parks.

Nearly a year ago, with little fanfare, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed changing the way the government measures air pollution near Class 1 areas on the grounds that the nation needed a more uniform way of regulating emissions near protected areas.

Jeffrey Holmstead, who now heads the environmental strategies group at the law firm of Bracewell & Giuliani, helped initiate the rule change while heading the EPA’s air and radiation office. He said agency officials became concerned that the EPA’s scientific staff was taking “the most conservative approach” in

predicting how much pollution new power plants would produce.“The question from a policy perspective was: Do you need to have models based on the absolute

worst-case conditions that were unlikely to ever occur in the real world?” Holmstead said in an interview Thursday.

The initiative is the latest in a series of administration efforts dating to 2003 to weaken air quality protections at national parks, including failed moves to prohibit federal land managers from commenting on permits for new pollution sources more than 31 miles away from their areas.

For 30 years, regulators have measured pollution levels in the parks, over both three-hour and 24-hour increments, to capture increases in emissions during peak energy demand. The new rule would average the levels over a year so that the increases would not violate the law.

A slew of National Park Service and EPA officials have challenged the rule change, arguing that it will worsen visibility in already-impaired areas, according to internal documents obtained by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

The EPA’s computer modeling staff wrote that the proposal “would allow for significant degradation” of the parks’ air quality. An e-mail from National Park Service staff called aspects of the plan “bad public policy” that would “make it much easier to build power plants” near Class 1 areas.

When committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Beverly Hills) asked the EPA whether the rule would facilitate construction of more power plants near protected areas, Robert Meyers, principal deputy assistant administrator for the EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, replied in an April 24 letter that this was not the intention but he could not rule it out.

“We developed this proposal based on the need to clarify how increment consumption must be addressed, and not whether or not it would be easier to build power plants,” Meyers wrote. “In the absence of any data or evidence provided by the National Parks Service, we are unable to conclusively confirm or deny their suggestion.”

On Thursday, the National Parks Conservation Assn., an advocacy group, issued a report estimating that the rule would ease the way for the construction of 28 power plants within 186 miles of 10 national parks. In each of the next 50 years, the report concludes, the new plants would emit a total of 122 million tons of carbon dioxide, 79,000 tons of sulfur dioxide, 52,000 tons of nitrogen oxides and 4,000 pounds of toxic mercury into the air over and around the Great Smoky Mountains, Zion and eight other national parks.

“It’s like if you’re pulled over by a cop for going 75 miles per hour in a 55-miles-per-hour zone, and you say, ‘If you look at how I’ve driven all year, I’ve averaged 55 miles per hour,’ ” said Mark Wenzler, director of the National Parks Conservation Assn.’s clean air programs. “It allows you to vastly underestimate the impact of these emissions.”

Who could not be moved by the recounting of the story of Woodrow W. Keeble’s bravery, how he was willing to put the lives of his fellow soldiers above his own and go far beyond the call of duty in battle?

And so, again, we were moved at the ceremonial unveiling of the Medal of Honor headstone in Veterans Circle at the Sisseton Cemetery last Saturday, by the retelling of the story of Master Sergeant Keeble’s courage under fire.

But what else was moving was the picture given by his family of a humble man who lived a life here on earth filled with concern and compassion for others.

The picture of a man who saw to it that students at the Wahpeton Indian School, where he worked, had a little money in their pockets so they could go uptown and enjoy a treat.

A man who would get up early in the morning and clean mud off his stepson’s shoes and polish them so the 12-year-old boy could wear them to school.

A man who once picked up a hitchhiker and, when he learned the man wanted to go to Fargo to get a job in the beet fields – drove him there. And gave him fifty dollars when he dropped him off to begin a new life.

A man who was a good neighbor to those living around him.

A special highlight was seeing the faces of a half dozen members of Woodrow Keeble’s platoon from Korea at the ceremony. How they linked arms together for photographers, how pleased they were that their Master Sergeant finally had received the Medal of Honor.

Others might look and see a handful of aging seniors, but in their bright and shining eyes we could see the young soldiers they were when they served alongside the man they called “Chief.”

*****During her remarks at the cemetery, Kathryn shared

how she had been “tapped” on the shoulder by her mother’s spirit.

It was a sign she said with a smile, of her presence.Everyone is free to believe or not believe in signs

or spiritual presence, but let your editor make another comment.

On Saturday afternoon, driving home from Sisseton, I saw more eagles flying than I have ever seen at any other time in my life. Everywhere I looked there were more and more, gathering in the sky, soaring above, riding the strong winds. Dozens of times I was amazed at the flights overhead.

Was this a sign? I believe so.*****

It was exciting to attend Senator Obama’s Watertown rally last Friday. It was especially good to see and hear our long-time friend Tom Daschle talking about the issues again and pledging his support for Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign.

While the major focus of Senator Obama’s message was on agriculture and the rural economy in general, he did talk about how he would work to improve life on the reservations.

He promised support for reservation education,

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ATTENTION

SWO TRIBAL MEMBERS

PROPOSED AMENDMENT REQUESTS

As you are aware the upcoming 2008 tribal election will also entail any proposed amendments to our Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Constitution and By-Laws. The deadline for submitting a proposed amendment has been set for June 2, 2008 by 4:30 p.m. The following are the names of the committee members and their phone number of individuals, committees and or districts to submit your proposed amendment to:

Vanessa Carlson/Chairman – Old Agency Member Contact Number 698-3447

Jeff Shepherd/Vice-chairman – Enemy Swim Member Contact Number 887-854-2368

Lisa RedWing/Secretary – Buffalo Lake Member Contact Number 698-4901

Josey Wanna – Heipa Member Contact Number 268-2910 Mike Simon – Long Hollow Member

Contact Number 268-2285 Myrna Thompson – Big Coulee Member

Contact Number 268-0738 Lake Traverse – Vacant

Forms for submitting a proposed amendment may be picked up from your district representative. The forms must be filled out completely including the pros and cons of the proposed amendment. If you would like to attend a Constitution Revision Committee meeting the next meeting is set for May 12, 2008 @ 5:30 p.m. @ Dakota Connection Conference Room. If you should have any questions please feel free to contact the committee secretary Lisa RedWing @ 698-4901.

M E M O R A N D U M: DATE : May 7, 2008 FROM: Jacob E. Thompson, Tribal Vice Chairman REF : General Council ~ June 26th & 27th, 2008 It is this time of year again according to the Revised Constitution & By –Laws of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate approved by the Sisseton Wahpeton Tribal Council on November 15, 2006, by Motion No. 52 ARTICLE III – ORGANIZATION SECTION 4. The first General Council meeting will be held on the last Thursday and Friday of June where the following presentations will occur: (1) Financial reports for tribally-owned gaming operations; and (2) Office of Vice-Chairman financial report of the past calendar year and budget for the current calendar year. Thus we are requesting that the following programs have their reports in our office no later than May 21st, 2008. There will be no exceptions to this as time is off the essence in getting the reports to the publisher. The programs/entities are as follows: Dakota Connection Casino, Dakota Magic Casino, Dakota Sioux Casino, SWO Construction Management, SWO Realty, SWO Tribal Court, TERO, SWHA, SWO Fuel Inc., Tax Revenue Department, SWO Plastics Inc., Dakota Western, Old Agency C-Store, Dakota Nation Art Store and LTUC. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at 698-3911, Ext. 105.

economies, and health. All areas we know all-too-well need more, not the “less” being handed out from the previous Republic majority and during these past eight years under the Bush administration.

And, bringing applause from everyone at the rally, he promised as President he will support alternative energy sources, wind and solar, biofuels, and will support a mandate making meaningful changes in the short term. Conservation, saving the land, water, and air must be a priority, he said. Where laws are adequate, government must provide support for enforcement, he said, and where they are too lax they need to be strengthened.

Next week, we hope to bring readers a report on SWO Tribal leaders’ private meeting with Senator Obama. They met with him in Sioux Falls, just before the Presidential candidate held a second public rally of the day.

*****Solutions to rising prices for energy must not be tied

to further degradation of the environment.We are pleased to share the following report from

the Gwich’in Steering Committee:

Arctic Refuge Drilling Amendment Defeated

May 13, 2008 – “Today is a good day. The Sacred Place Where Life Begins remains protected,” said Sarah James, chair of the Gwich’in Steering Committee.

The Senate, in a 56-42 vote, determined the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain would not be opened for drilling. The Republican energy plan, which was offered as an amendment to the Flood Insurance bill, was unequivocally rejected.

“During this time the caribou are migrating to the calving and nusery grounds and 40-50,000 calves will be born there,” said Ms. James, “We have to respect the birthplace, it is about the future.”

For more information, go to www.gwichinsteeringcommittee.org/.

*****The National Guard has created a video, “Faces of

Freedom,” which provides valuable information on Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. PSA is common among military service men and women of all eras, including the Gulf War and now Enduring Freedom.

To view the thirty-second “Faces of Freedom” video click on the link below:

http://www.l-s.com/_review/20080331_VeteransPSA.wmv/.

*****Anyone interested in participating in the summer

2008 Horse Tracks program should plan to attend an informational meeting on Sunday, June 1st.

This is a terrific program for young people interested in learning horsemanship from the ground up.

Owen Dean German and helpers added more corrals last summer, so the program should accommodate more youth.

For more information, contact Owen Dean at (605) 268-3101.

*****OnCall Medical Radio, an audio podcast produced

at South Dakota State University, is now available on the Sota website.

Each week, listen to a new 3-minute audio interview conducted by Dr. Rick Holm.

Check it out!*****

For more information about the group of Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate (Sissetonwan Wapetonwan Bde-Hda-Kin-Yan Dakota Oyate) calling for a return to traditional government, check out their website:

http://www.swdotg.com/.The traditional Indian government group has an

office now in the former Tiospa Zina Tribal School/former YouthBuild building. The public is invited to their weekly meetings at 1:00 p.m. every Wednesday and Saturday. Instead of being held at the elderly center, these meetings are now being held at their office.

*****Words to consider:“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made

President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“There must be more to life than having everything.” Maurice Sendak (1928 - )

“Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.” Paul Gauguin (1848 - 1903)

“We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680), Maximes (1678)

“It is well that war is so terrible - otherwise we would grow too fond of it.” Robert E. Lee (1807 - 1870), Statement at the Battle of Fredericksburg (13th December 1862)

“I’m not sure I want popular opinion on my side -- I’ve noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts.” Bethania McKenstry

*****Please remember, we need to continue praying for

all of our soldiers serving in all branches of the military in harm’s way today, by prayer, by letters, by sharing our concern with them and with others of the community.

We pray that their service helps bring peace and stability to the world, and that they all come home safe and sound.

We need to continue to remember our servicemen and women, because there are still many serving in the war zones.

Please pray for peace!*****

Those who have internet access can read the Sota news and view photo highlights from each weekly issue – in full color – at the following website, which is updated weekly (more frequently when needed):

http://www.earthskyweb.com/sota.html*****

There is no way your Sota staff could possibly cover all the many activities in the schools and Districts of the Lake Traverse Reservation. We encourage our readers and friends to submit material and pictures whenever you can!

Submission of articles, ideas and rough drafts, and photographs, are always welcome.

If you have an interesting family story, or news you would like to share, please contact the editor.

Besides news updates of interest to the Oyate, we are always open to publishing historical features, stories,

and legends. Keeping the traditions alive is one of the missions of the Tribal newspaper, and is too often ignored in the rush of current events.

*****Copy to be considered for publication – news,

advertising, editorial opinion letters, etc. – are to be submitted either to Tribal headquarters (SWO Mail Room, TiWakan Tio Tipi) or to the Sota, P.O. Box 5, Wilmot, SD 57279 by 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. FAX and e-mail submissions will be accepted until 12:00 noon on Friday (with the exception of letters to the editor/Open letters to the Oyate, or “opinion” letters, which must be received no later than 10:00 a.m. Thursday).

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Earlier receipt of copy is always appreciated. So, if you are aware of a date or message that needs to be publicized or advertised, please let us know about it in advance of the weekly deadline.

For more information, contact Tribal headquarters, Agency Village, (605) 698-3911. Also, a 24-hour dedicated fax line is installed at the Sota production office: (605) 938-4676. Voice-mail messages can be sent to the production office at (605) 938-4452. The preferred way to submit typed articles and ads, art, and photos (if you happen to have access to a digital camera or scanner), is by e-mail. Sending photos as moderately compressed jpeg files, each approximately 150-300 KB in size, is preferred, attached to an e-mail message containing information about the pictures.

The editor can be reached at the following e-mail address:

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at Tribal headquarters.CDF

Funeral services for Gale Victoria Rouillard, 51 of Waubay, SD were held last Tuesday afternoon, May 13, 2008, at St. James’ Episcopal Church, Enemy Swim, SD with the Rev. Charles Chan, Rev. Les Campbell, and Pastor Jerome Renville officiating.

Organist was Kay Burshiem.Pallbearers were Alan Shepherd, Darwin Bernard,

Daniel Greeley, Delmar Bernard, Harold Bernard, Luke Renville.

Honorary Pallbearers were St. James’ E.C.W. members and Brotherhood of St. Andrew Associates.

Interment is in the St. James; Episcopal Cemetery, Enemy Swim, SD.

There were wake services on Sunday and Monday.The Cahill Funeral Chapel of Sisseton, SD was in

charge of arrangements.Gale Renville was born on June 2, 1956 in Sisseton,

SD to Clifford V. and Edna (Seaboy) Renville. Gale was baptized and confirmed in the Episcopal Church and was an active member of St. James’ Episcopal Church. She served as President and Vice President of E.C.W. for

many years. She attended school in Wahpeton, Flandreau and Waubay.

Gale was united in marriage to Raymond Rouillard on August 10, 1973 at Webster, SD, and they were together for 37 years.

They moved to Pipestone, MN where she attended Pipestone Area Vocational School and graduated with a Financial Secretary degree.

They moved back to Waubay where they made their home and Gale worked at Oak Valley Farms as an assembly line worker for several years.

Her hobbies included baking, cooking. sewing, crocheting, knitting, board games, playing cards, and volleyball. She helped with BSA Jr. Camp, and she liked visiting family, friends, and playing with grandchildren and spending time with her children.

Gale passed away on May 10, 2008 at Bethesda Nursing Home, Webster, SD after an extended illness.

Gale is survived by her husband Raymond Rouillard of Waubay; one daughter Janel and husband, Danny Johnson, Summit; her granddaughter Amber Johnson and grandson Danny Johnson Jr. of Summit; five brothers – Meridith Seaboy of Minneapolis, MN, David Seaboy of Agency Village, William Stinson of Las Vegas, NV, Adrian Williams and Richard Williams of Big Coulee; three sisters – Tekakwitha McEylea and Joshua of Las Vegas, NV, Cheryl Owen and Jody of Rosholt, and Patricia Simon and Buddy of Big Coulee; several aunts, uncles and cousins.

Gale was preceded in death by her parents, one son Shawn Rouillard, one brother, Mike Williams, and one sister Wanita Williams.

Funeral services for Jo Ann Beaver, 1 month and 23 days old, of Veblen, South Dakota were held on Thursday morning, May 12, 2008 at St. Catherine’s Hall, Sisseton, SD with Rev. Jim Bird officiating.

Pallbearers were John Beaver III and John Beaver IV.Honorary Pallbearers were Beau One Road, Loren

Marks, Travis Renville, Floyd Finley, Harley Finley, and Lester Finley.

Interment is at the Sisseton-Wahpeton Traditional Burial Grounds.

Wake services were held on Tuesday and Wednesday at St. Catherine’s Hall.

The Cahill Funeral Chapel, Sisseton, SD was in charge of arrangements.

Jo Ann was born on March 17, 2008 in Sisseton, South Dakota. She passed away May 10, 2008 at Marshall County Hospital, Britton, South Dakota.

Jo Ann is survived by her parents John Beaver III and Joan One Road of Veblen; twin brother Joseph Benjamin Beaver and sister Natalie B. One Road Beaver of Veblen; three brothers and two sisters – Charissa N. Johnson, Oklahoma, Ryan M. Beaver, PA, Selena D. Beaver, PA, John Beaver IV, Oklahoma, Nathan C. Beaver, PA; paternal grandmother Phyllis Audrey Beaver, Red Iron; and maternal grandfather Duane One Road, Tacoma, WA; many aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews of the Beaver and One Road family.

Jo Ann was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather John Beaver Jr. and her maternal grandmother Beatrice One Road.


Family members, guests are seated waiting for the unveiling ceremony to begin last Saturday afternoon at the Sisseton and St. Peter’s Cemetery.

View from those seated toward the Patriot Riders lining the north side of veterans circle.

Honor guards along the south side of veterans circle include Agency Village American Legion Post 314, Otto-Quande-Renville American Legion Post 50, and VFW Post 4324 of Wahpeton, N.D.

SWO Tribal Chairman Michael I. Selvage Sr., Ed RedOwl, M.C. Butch Felix, pictured at the start of Saturday’s ceremony.

Lining the south side of veterans circle, American Legion and VFW honor guards.

SWO Tribal Council commissoned this special Medal of Honor. Two have been minted, this one being presented to Woody Keeble’s family, the other one having been presented to President Bush on March 3rd.

Woodrow Keeble family members accept the Tribal Medal of Honor.

M.C. Butch Felix at the podium.

Russell Hawkins talks about his life with Woody Keeble and the family’s effort to have the Medal of Honor awarded, thanking everyone who helped.

Kathryn Akipa at the podium, saying she sensed her mother’s presence on this beautiful windy day.

Representing Woody Keeble’s blood relatives, Kurt BlueDog said that the family worked hard to keep politics out of the effort to have the Medal of Honor awarded . . . because “everything in Washington, DC is political.”

Sisseton Mayor Frank Karst reads the proclamation declaring May 17, 2008 as Woodrow W. Keeble Day in the city. (This photo is courtesy of Harley Deutsch and the Sisseton Courier.)

U.S. Senator Kent Conrad tells how very honored he is to have played a role in Congress to help see that the Medal of Honor was finally awarded to Master Sergeant Keeble.

Major General Steven R. Doohen, Adjutant General representing the S.D. Air and Army National Guard.

N.D. Lieutenant Governor Jack Dalrymple at the podium, reporting on the awarding of the N.D. Rough Rider Award later this summer to Woody Keeble’s family.

Photo of the Congressional Medal of Honor.


Bill Dempsey playing “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes.

The Sisseton-Wahpeton Vietnam Veterans Association honor guard preparing to fire in the 21-gun salute.Playing “Taps,” one of

two Arlington honor guard soldier-musicians.

Arlington Memorial Cemetery honor guard travels from Washington, DC to take part in the headstone unveiling ceremony.

SWO Sandmen veterans organization honor guard.

Members of the Woody Keeble family pictured at the gravesite. Russell Hawkins removes the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Pendleton blanket from the headstone. Pictured, from left, are Russell Hawkins, SWO Tribal Chairman Michael I. Selvagte Sr., Kathryn Akipa, and Kurt BlueDog.

These members of Woodrow Keeble’s platoon from Korea are pictured at the headstone. From the Sota editor’s column: “. . . in their bright and shining eyes we could see the young soldiers they were when they served alongside the man they called Chief.”

One of the Patriot Guard Riders displaying their colors at Saturday’s ceremony.

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talking to someone else.Kathryn smiled and said it was just like her mother

to do that, to tap her shoulder.It was a reminder, she said, that Blossom Keeble was

present for this ceremony.She announced that the one year anniversary of their

mother’s journey to the spirit world was approaching. There will be a memorial for her held on July 4th, at the community center, at 1:00 o’clock.

Kurt BlueDog spoke, representing Woodrow’s blood relatives.

“Most of us are members of the Enemy Swim District,” he said. “But Woody has many relatives, all throughout the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate.”

He said that the last time he was at this place, veterans circle, was for the committal service in 1982 for Uncle Woody. At that time Kurt was practicing law with the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) in Denver, Colorado.

He said that during his long experience of practicing law, he has learned just how “political” everything is “inside the Beltway” in Washington, DC.

Kurt said that over the years, the family had done everything possible to make the issue of awarding of the Medal of Honor “non political.”

He told how much the family has appreciated Congressional support, so vital for the Army and

Pentagon to act on re-submitted paperwork.He thanked Senator Conrad personally, for his role

in supporting passage in the Senate not once, but twice, measures waiving the statute of limitations so that the Medal could be awarded.

Kurt also spoke of how genuinely moved President Bush was when they met on March 3rd for the award ceremony in the White House.

“Russell and I met privately with the President before the ceremony,” he said.

“It was only for five or ten minutes, but was quality time.”

At that private meeting, Russell and Kurt presented the President with one of two copies of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate’s own specially designed Medal of Honor created for Master Sergeant Keeble. (The other was presented at Saturday’s ceremony to the family by Vice-Chairman Jake Thompson.)

When the President read about “Uncle Woody” during the public ceremony, Kurt said “he (the President) was speaking from the heart.”

Again, he said how much he appreciated everyone’s support in Washington, where “everything is political.”

Senator Kent Conrad took the podium.The North Dakota Senator thanked the Keeble

family and SWO Tribal Council for the invitation to attend Saturday’s headstone unveiling.

“In thinking about Woody’s service in the Second World War and the Korean War, I was reminded of Abraham Lincoln’s important words,” he said.

“Lincoln said, ‘For it has been said, all that a man hath will he give for his life; and while all contribute of their substance the soldier puts his life at sake, and often yields it up in his country’s cause. The highest merit, then, is due to the soldier.’”

The Senator said that “without a question of doubt . . . Woody Keeble is due the very highest merit our nation can bestow on a soldier.”

He recounted what he considered “especially moving” stories of Woody Keeble’s actions on October 20, 1951, which 57 years later resulted in his posthumous receipt of the Medal of Honor.

Senator Conrad told how recommendations by his fellow soldiers – several of them present for the unveiling ceremony – were lost, not once but two times.

“That is why I was so proud,” he said, “to have played a role, working with the other members of the North and South Dakota delegations, in securing the posthumous awarding of the Medal of Honor for Woody’s heroic actions.”

He spoke of being “overwhelmed with pride” during President Bush’s awarding of the Medal of Honor in the White House on March 3rd.

“Those of us gathered here today do so out of profound and continued respect for the outstanding service of Woodrow Wilson Keeble. He is a true American hero and should stand as an inspiration to us all.”

He concluded, “It has been my honor to join you all here today to continue to honor the memory of Medal of Honor recipient Woodrow Wilson Keeble.”

N.D. Lieutenant Governor Jack Dalrymple announced that Governor Hoeven will present North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award to Master Sergeant Keeble’s family in a ceremony later this year.

The award is presented to individuals who have achieved national recognition, reflecting credit and honor upon North Dakota and its citizens. Woodrow Keeble is the 36th North Dakotan to receive the award.

Major General Steven R. Doohen, Adjutant General representing the S.D. Air and Army National Guard, spoke at the ceremony. He called attention to the flyover, reminiscing how he had flown those jet aircraft for a career over three decades. (He has logged over 4,500 hours in F-100, A-7 and F-16 aircraft.)

He read a poem about what it means to be a soldier, and spoke of how Master Sergeant Keeble lived up to what it means to be a soldier.

Statement on Woodrow Keeble Headstone UnveilingMay 17, 2008Chairman Michael SelvageSisseton-Wahpeton OyateDear Friends:

Welcome to the Headstone Unveiling Ceremony honoring Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Master Sergeant Woodrow Wilson Keeble. I appreciate the invitation and am sorry that official business in Washington, D.C. prevents me from personally attending this historic event.

Although I never had the honor of meeting Master Sergeant Keeble, it has been fascinating to learn more about him and his remarkable military service

by working with his family over the past six years. In reading the words of those who fought by his side in the Korean War, it is clear that everyone loved and respected the man they called “Chief.”

At this time, I want to recognize his surviving family, Russell Hawkins, Kathryn Akipa, and Kurt BlueDog; the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate; and all the people of South Dakota who fought for so many years to secure this much deserved honor for Master Sergeant Keeble. I also want to add a special note about his wife, Blossom, who passed away last year. I wish we could have obtained this recognition before Blossom passed away, but thankfully she knew how close we were to getting the job done.

As we honor this brave soldier today, I would also like to thank the young men and women who are currently deployed in dangerous places all over the world in defense of our country. While we owe them a debt of gratitude that can never be fully repaid, I am proud that today we are properly recognizing a South Dakota hero for his service.

Sincerely, Tim Johnson United States Senate.

Statement on Woodrow Keeble Headstone UnveilingMay 17, 2008Mr. Michael SelvageChairmanSisseton Wahpeton Oyate TribeDear Friends:

Thank you so much for inviting me to be with you today for the Headstone Unveiling Ceremony for Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Master Sergeant Woodrow Wilson Keeble. Unfortunately, my schedule does not allow me to attend today’s historic event.

The bravery and valor the great Woodrow Keeble displayed in World War II and the Korean War was nothing short of legendary, and his distinguished service is something of which all Americans can be proud. On many occasions, Master Sergeant Keeble went beyond the call of duty not for a medal, but for the mission in which he believed and for the country he loved. Master

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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008The Pow Wow will start at 6:00 p.m., with a

grand entry of the Graduates of 2008.They will be followed by the Tiospa Zina 8th

grade graduates, Kindergarteners, and then the Head start graduates.

Honoring of Head Start at 6:30 p.m.Kindergarten at 7:00 p.m.Eight grade at 7:30 p.m.Seniors at 8:00 p.m.The traditional ceremony of the presentation

of the eagle feather/plume will take place for the graduating seniors.

The graduating class of 2008 will be honoring the class of 1988; we are also inviting the singers from the first two years to be a co-host drum group for this years pow wow.

There will be a community feed prior to the Pow Wow, starting at 5:00 p.m.

Honorariums will be given to all dancers in regalia and to the singers.

Tiospa Zina Summer Program

Your children will be in a safe environment where they can participate in educational, cultural & recreational activities.

SIGN UP FOR ANY OR ALL SESSIONS.

Session 1: June 9-12 & June 16-19 Session 2: June 23-27 & July 7-10 Session 3: July 14-17 & July 21-24 Session 4: July 28-31 & Aug. 4-7

Monday - Thursday 8 am - 6 pm

Open to all students Kindergarten - 5th grade that are enrolled at Tiospa Zina.

Sign up at Tiospa Zina - May 16th or May 19th For more information contact

Mary Christopherson 698-3954 ext 3119

SWC students recognized for academic achievement –

“The Reading Bug” –

The Sisseton Wahpeton College Library is having its annual 2008 Children’s Summer Reading Program. This year’s theme is “Catching The Reading Bug.”

This year registration begins May 26-June 6, 2008. Reporting on books begins June 2nd. Enrollment is for pre-

school children through 6th grade. (All pre-school and young children (4-8) must be accompanied by an adult.) Awards will be given to the top 3 readers in two categories. (Pre-school – 3rd grade) & (4 - 6th grade).

There will be a craft and story hour. Information will be handed out during registration.

The awards day will be held on June 27, 2008. Lunch will be served

before the awards presentation, and door prizes given away.

Winners will be selected by the amount of points they earn. Each book reported on is one point. Chapter books are taken into account and for every 25 pages they receive a point. It is a good opportunity for parents, grandparents, and family members to assist by reading to their young children.

Come and “ Catch The Reading

Bug” at the Sisseton Wahpeton College Library!

Donations will be greatly appreciated!

If you have and questions or donations contact Delight Robertson or Bonnie Flammond at Sisseton Wahpeton College Library, P.O. Box 689 Agency, Sisseton, SD 57262; phone 698-3966 extension1320.

Thirty-six Sisseton Wahpeton College students earned Dean’s List honors for the 2008 spring semester. In order for students to be considered for the Dean’s List, they must be enrolled as full-time students and have a grade point average of 3.5 or better. Grades earned for classes below the 100 level are not eligible for the list because they are remedial in content.

1. Jonita F. Barse, Sisseton, SD, Veblen (Heipa)2. Nicole L. Bien*, Agency Village, SD, Veblen

(Heipa)3. Derek A. Blackcoon, Sisseton, SD, Ho-Chunk

(Wisconsin)4. Cassie M. Campbell, Waubay, SD, Enemy Swim

(Toka Nuwan)5. Ronald E. Cook, Summit, SD, Long Hollow

(Kaksiza Hanska)6. Katherine M. DeCoteau, Peever, SD, Big

Coulee(Iyakaptapi)7. Kristi L. Doll, Wheaton, MN8. Joshua A. Donnell*, Veblen, SD, Veblen (Heipa)9. Eric L. DuMarce, Sisseton, SD, Veblen (Heipa)10. Heather M. DuMarce*, Agency Village, SD,

Old Agency (Ateyapi Tipi)11. Abigail L. Elmore, South Shore, SD12. John T. German*, Peever, SD, Lake Traverse

(Bhedhda Kinyan)13. Liberty A. Goodsell, Browns Valley, MN, Lake

Traverse (Bhedhda Kinyan)14. Jeffery J. Haanen*, Rosholt, SD15. Jessica H. Heminger*, Sisseton, SD, Big Coulee

(Iyakaptapi)16. Elizabeth J. Hill, Sisseton, SD, Big Coulee

(Iyakaptapi)17. Christy Lee R. Jensen, Sisseton, SD, Lake

Traverse Bhedhda Kinyan)18. Sherry Jipson*, Graceville, MN19. Mandy M. Jones, Wilmot, SD20. Davonna L. Keeble, Sisseton, SD, Veblen

(Heipa)21. Machelle M. King*, Milbank, SD22. Cassandra R. Kohl*, Sisseton, SD, Big Coulee

(Iyakaptapi)23. Ashley L. Leistikow, Rosholt, SD24. Jason L. Morsette*, Peever, SD, Three Affiliated

Tribes, North Dakota25. April D. Perry, Browns Valley, MN26. Sandra L. Pratt*, Agency Village, SD, Big

Coulee (Iyakaptapi)27. Chance E. Renville*, Agency Village, SD, Old

Agency (Ateyapi Tipi)28. Duran A. Renville, Agency Village, SD, Old

Agency (Ateyapi Tipi)29. Jessica R. Robertson*, Agency Village, SD, Big

Coulee (Iyakaptapi)30. Angel A. Rouillard*, Waubay, SD, Enemy Swim

( Toka Nuwan)31. Garryl W. Rousseau, Grenville, SD, Buffalo Lake

(Caniyonsapapi)32. Lacey J. Small, Britton, SD33. Luciana D. Torres, Peever, SD Old Agency

(Ateyapi Tipi)34. Charlene A. Vigil*, Agency Village, SD, Jicarilla

Apache35. DeNitra M. White, Browns Valley, MN, Veblen

(Heipa)36. Sierra L. Wolcott, Sisseton, SD, Enemy Swim

(Toka Nuwan)(*Connotes a 4.0 grade point average.)

Friday, May 23rd, 200810:00 a.m.

High School CommonsThe Tiospa Zina Athletic Awards ceremony will be held in conjunction with the

academic awards this year. Parents are welcome to join in our celebration of our awards for the 2007-08 school year.

– Coach Eric Heath

Looking AheadThursday, May 22 - 12:00 - 1:00

p.m. Athletic Awards Day - Ben Reifel Gym

Friday, May 23 - 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. Academic Awards Day - Ben Reifel Gym

Friday, May 23 - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL - 1:30 dismissal

Report cards will be mailed home.

Jr High NECThe Junior High NEC was held

at Redfield on Thursday, May 8, 2008.

Coach Knecht and Coach Agnew complimented the track teams on their great effort in the rain and cold!

Three school records were set in the girls’ division. Morgan Pageler broke the 7th grade girls Long Jump record with a jump of 13’ 7”. Jordyn Kirk broke the 8th grade girls 195 M Hurdles with a time of 31.9 seconds. Sarah Martenson tied the 8th grade girls Pole Vault record with a vault of 8’ 0” Congratulations,

Girls!7th Grade Girls Results

100 M Dash - 2nd place - Morgan Pageler 13.95

800 Meter Relay - 5th place - Sisseton (Jade Adams, Brianna LaBelle, Tashana Hagen, Rachael German) 2:25.2

1600 Meter Run - 5th place - Chelsey Lehrke 6:23.7

4X100 Meter Relay - 4th place - Sisseton (Jade Adams, Brianna LaBelle, Tashana Hagen, Amber LaBelle) 1:05.3

Medley Relay - 3rd place - Sisseton (Amber LaBelle, Morgan Pageler, Kara Waletich, Olivia Rice) 2:20.6

800 Meter Run - 5th place - Chelsey Lehrke 2:52.0

200 Meter Dash - Morgan Pageler 29.84

4X400 Meter Run - 4th place - Sisseton (Kara Waletich, Chelsey Lehrke, Olivia Rice, Amber LaBelle) 5:11.3

Pole Vault - 1st place - Amber LaBelle 6’0” Discus - 6th place - Aubrey Carlson 52’ 9” Shot Put - 5th place - Aubrey Carlson 23’ Long Jump - 2nd place - Morgan Pageler 13’ 7” Team Standings - Aberdeen Roncalli - 199 pts; Milbank - 153 pts; Redfield - 67 pts; Sisseton 67 pts; Britton/Hecla - 66 pts; Clark - 38 pts; Groton - 16 pts; Webster - 14 pts.

7th Grade Boys Results800 Meter Relay - 2nd place

- Sisseton (Blake Tchida, Weston Leverson, Darin Peterson, Jalen Rencountre) 2:08.6

1600 Meter Run - 6th place - Ryan Medhaug 7:00.4

4X100 Meter Relay - 3rd place

- Sisseton (Kegan Huff, William Thelin, Jalen Rencountre, Garret Brooks) 1:00.8

Medley Relay - 3rd place - Sisseton (Blake Tchida, Darin Peterson, Weston Leverson, Jalen Rencountre) 2:20.6

800 Meter Run - 7th place - Kegan Huff 3:09.8; 8th place - Ryan Medhaug 3:18.0

200 Meter Dash - 5th place - William Thelin 29.85

4X400 Meter Relay - Sisseton - (Blake Tchida, Darin Peterson, Weston Leverson, Jalen Rencountre) 5:08.7

Pole Vault - 1st place - Ryan Medhaug 7’ 0”; 2nd place - Garret Brooks 7’ 0”; 3rd place - Kegan Huff 5’ 6” Shot put - 5th place - Garret Leverson 29’ 3.75” High Jump - 6th place - Blake Tchida 3’ 11” Triple Jump - 2nd place - Garret Brooks

28’ 8.5” Long Jump - 2nd place - William Thelin 14’ 8.5” Team standings - Aberdeen Roncalli 151 pts; Milbank 133 pts; Redfield 104 pts; Sisseton 83 pts; Britton/Hecla - 55 pts; Clark - 34 pts; Groton - 11 pts; Webster 6 pts.

8th Grade Girls Results100 Meter Dash - 6th place -

Heidi Hansen 15.03100 Meter Hurdles - 3rd place

- Jordyn Kirk 18.74; 7th place – Hayley Ceroll 20.73

800 Meter Relay - 1st place - Sisseton (Heidi Hansen, Danni Frederick, Jessica Weatherstone, Jordyn Kirk) 2:05.8

4X100 Meter Relay - 4th place - Sisseton (Danise Hanson, Brittany Guy, Shelby Smith, Jenna Magnuson) 1:06.2

400 M Dash - 1st place - Sarah Martenson 1:09.2


Sica HollowWednesday, May 21st, 2008

We will depart the school at 8:30 a.m. and cook out at Sica Hollow.All ESDS families are welcome to attend; Please RSVP so we can make sure to have

an accurate lunch count!

Wednesday, May 21st, 20085:00 p.m. Dinner

(Provided by the families of the Class of 2008)

6:00 p.m. Awards7:00 p.m. Grand Entry

8:30 p.m. Honoring CeremonyThe Wacipi will be held outdoors at Enemy Swim Day School.All family and community members are encouraged to come eat and enjoy a great time

honoring our Class of 2008.

Each month the Afterschool activity leaders select three youth to be representative of good character during the Afterschool program. Students are selected in three groups K-1st grade, 2nd-4th grade and 5th-8th grade.

The selection is made by discussing how the students show good character following the 6 Pillars of Character - Caring, Trustworthy, Fairness, Respect, Responsibility, and Citizenship.

The May Youth of the Month winners were, K-1st grade Samantha Cooper; 2nd-4th grade Savanah Pomani; and 5th-8th grade Mickala Barnett.

Mickala Barnett. Samantha Cooper. Savannah Pomani.

Enemy Swim Day School is currently taking student enrollment for the 2008-2009 school year until May 30th.

All returning students should return their re-enrollment packets as soon as possible.

All new students may come by the school to get an enrollment packet and tour the school.

Call Carolyn in the main office for enrollment packets and more information.

Classes are filling up fast. Get your packets in to ensure your child’s spot as soon as possible.

OST runs Monday-Thursday 3-5 p.m. There is no OST on Fridays or where otherwise noted on the calendar. The last day of OST is May 14th for K-3 and Thursday, May 15th for 4-8.

Here are current activities planned at Enemy Swim Day School.

Tuesday, May 20: 1st/2nd

Watertown 8:30 a.m.; 3rd Nicolette Tower.

Wednesday, May 21: 1:30 Release from school; Sica Hollow; Last Day of School Wacipi.

Thursday, May 22: Staff Work Day/Check-out.

Saturday, May 31: GEAR UP Honors Program begins.

Medley Relay - 3rd place - Sisseton (Heidi Hansen, Hayley Ceroll, Jessica Weatherstone, Danni Frederick) 2:14.0

195 Meter Hurdles - 1st place - Jordyn Kirk 31.90; 6th place – Hayley Ceroll 37.42

800 Meter Run - 5th place - Sarah Martenson 2:52.1

200 Meter Dash - 3rd place - Jordyn Kirk 30.72; 8th place - Heidi Hansen 31.85

4X400 Meter Relay - 3rd place - Sisseton (Hayley Ceroll, Danni Frederick, Jessica Weatherstone, Sarah Martenson) 5:04.4

Pole Vault - 1st place - Sarah Martenson 8’ Shot Put - 7th

place - Jenna Magnuson 23’ 0.5” High Jump - 1st place - Jessica Weatherstone 4’ 4”; 5th place - Brittany Guy 3’ 6” Team Standings - Aberdeen Roncalli 142 pts; Milbank 108 pts; Sisseton 98 pts; Redfield 80 pts; Groton 52 pts; Britton/Hecla 52 pts; Clark 48 pts; Webster 22 pts.

8th Grade Boys Results100 Meter Dash - 8th place -

Brent Archer 13.31100 Meter Hurdles - 3rd place

- Christian Hagen 19.24; 7th place - Austin Richards 24.15

4X100 Meter Relay - 7th place - Sisseton (Aaron Hannasch, Daniel Kirk, Garret Tasa, Austin Richards) 1:02.0

195 Meter Hurdles - 4th place - Christian Hagen 32.22; 7th place - Austin Richards 37.61

4X400 Meter Relay - 6th place - Sisseton (Daniel Kirk, Collin Fitz, Tanner Stapleton, Brent Archer) 4:42.4

Pole Vault - 1st place - Daniel Kirk 7’ 6”; Garret Tasa 7’ 0”; Aaron Hannasch 6’ 6” High Jump - 5th place - Colin Fitz 4’ 6”

Team Standings - Milbank 206 pts; Groton 93 pts; Aberdeen Roncalli 91 pts; Redfield 71 pts; Sisseton 54 pts; Britton/Hecla 46 pts; Clark 28 pts; Webster 28 pts.

Mr. Roache and the Enemy Swim Day School sixth grade class took a field trip to the Big Stone Power Plant on May 15th to see how coal is changed into electricity to light and heat

our homes.Afterwards, they enjoyed swimming at Unity Square and pizza.


ESDS 2008 8th grade graduates: back row – Dyllan Roberts, Douglas Rencountre, Sylvanus Flute III, William Peck, Jerris Iyarpeya; front row –Wakanda Gonsalves, Carina DuMarce, Bonna Johnson, Keisha Roberts, Samantha Locke, Julia Cook.

Julia Cook

Hello, I’m Julia Cook and I’m 14 years old. I like to play basketball and track. I also like to laugh a lot. I like writing short stories and also doing some poems.

My future plans are to go to college, and get a good career. I have been thinking about going to Flandreau Indian School or Waubay High School. I haven’t decided yet. The college I want to go to is Washington State University and major in English so I can become a writer.

A favorite memory I have is when I first went to school here, and received my first student of the month. It was a surprise to me. The best thing I’ll remember most at ESDS are the teachers because they’ll help you with the problems you have, either if it’s at school or at home.

I have two brothers and one sister; they are Layton, Veronica, and Kyle. I am the youngest in my family. My brother Layton is the oldest. Kyle goes to Flandreau Indian School and he’s in the 11th grade.

Carina DuMarce

Hi, I’m Carina DuMarce and I am 14 years old. I was born in Iowa City, Iowa on November 14, 1993. We lived in Iowa for about three years after my birth. We then moved to South Dakota. We have been living in Sisseton for about 11 years now. I live with my mom, dad, and niece.

Since I’ve been here, I have been in many different sports such as basketball, volleyball, track, cheerleading, and wrestling. I enjoyed volleyball and wrestling the best. We played volleyball with the Waubay Dragons and we had a lot of fun with our teammates. Our wrestling coach was Dennis, and he made that sport a heck of a lot of fun. We went to different tournaments.

I plan on going to Sisseton High School (SHS) for school next year.

After high school I want to go to the University of Iowa. In college, I would like to go on further, but I would also like to try and get my bachelors degree in writing.

The most memorable memory here was in fifth grade when Mrs. Lorensberg took us to Sioux Falls and we went to see the Invisible Man. What I would like to say to the new students coming and the upcoming eighth graders is, get your work done and actually try your best, but also make many memories here. Friends are easy to find here and they will stay with you until the end…and no matter what you go through here, you can talk to the staff and students, they understand you here…they are just like family.

Sye Flute

I was born in Watertown, South Dakota in the year 1994 on April 5th, and I am now fourteen years old. We lived in Agency Village, S.D. when my younger sister Sabrina was born in 1995. We then we moved to a house by Browns Valley, MN where we have our own land. We have lived at our house since Sabrina was one year old. I have a younger brother named Tristan who was born on April 9th, 2001. My other brother Sidney lives in Old Agency. One of my brothers goes to Tiospa Zina Tribal School in Agency and my youngest brother goes to school with me in Enemy Swim. My youngest sister Sabrina lives with Tristan and me and also goes to school with us. My second oldest sister Missy goes to Sisseton and my older sister Shirley lives in Sisseton and has one child. My family is important to me because they always take care of me. I remember when my grandma would always let me stay overnight at her house.

I don’t know where I’m exactly going to go for college and what I’m going to do when I grow up, but my dad wants me to go to the college he went to. I plan on going to Sisseton High School or Tiospa Zina Tribal School. After high school I plan on going to Sisseton Wahpeton College.

Jerris Iyarpeya

My name is Jerris Iyarpeya and I am 15 years old. I live in Enemy Swim. I grew up in Enemy Swim, but we used to move a lot when I was younger. We moved to Fargo, North Dakota when I was nine. We lived there for about year. I then moved to Sioux Falls with my dad. After that I moved back with my mom.

My favorite memory was when I went to live with my dad. We had a lot of fun together. Another time that was really fun in school was when we went to Minneapolis for our end of the year field trip. We went to an Indoor Water Park and spent the night there. We also went to a big zoo and saw a movie at an IMAX theater.

My future plans are to play basketball. I want to thank everyone who helped me get to graduate.

Bonna Johnson

Hi. I’m Bonna Johnson and I’m 14 years old. I was born in Bismark, North Dakota on April 22, 1994. My mother and I lived there with my Aunt Elvonna Roach (Bonna for short) for about three months after I was born. My mom and I moved back to South Dakota after that and lived with my grandma Delores Larson, Paul Begay, and my uncle for about two years. I moved to a lot of different places with my mom and dad.

I have a great family that extends to many friends and teachers. My mom and dad have five children of their own, and one adopted brother. My friends Carina, Wakanda, Sam and and Julia and teachers Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Peckham make up my school family.

The most memorable thing at this is school would have to be the students, and of course, the field trips! The field trip that we took in 5th grade was one of the best. We went to Sioux Falls to see a play called “The Invisible Man.” It was really cool. The things I like here at


this school are the teachers and the work. Going to school at Enemy Swim Day School has been really fun.

Next year I will attend Sisseton High School. For college I will take courses that will fulfill the requirements of becoming a plastic surgeon.

Samantha Locke

I was born July 8th, 1993 in South Dakota. My family lived there for four years, and then my family moved to Minnesota. Six years later I moved back to South Dakota. I still live in South Dakota.

Family. Family is a big thing to me. I actually have four of them. They are all different in their own ways and I love them all. Geno Locke is my father who is new to this parent teenaged daughter thing, but he will get use to it. Then there is my brother Ambrose, my big teddy bear, who is there for me when I need him. My oldest brother is Dustin and he is cool in every way. I also have six sisters. My sister Belinda is so cool and I love her to death. She loves me and we are like normal sisters, we fight, we cry and do all that! There is also my sister Nicole who is a fun and a loving sister. And then there are my adopted sisters: Getterz, Carina, Wakanda, Bonna, and Julia. They are my sisters that are there for me when I need them. I have like five mothers: Penny Budroia, Sherry Johnson, Kelly Charron, Sandy Bernard, and Amy Peckham. They are all inspirational people for me. I would not have known what to do if I didn’t have them in my life. They all have kids and some how they all can fit time for me in there somehow. These are my families and I will always have them.

Where I grew up was in South Dakota. I remember the hot summer days, and I remember living in Minnesota with my dad in Allenby. We all used to go with my cousins and pick apples and go swimming. We also would have big cook outs.

The one thing that I will always remember are the memories of Enemy Swim Day school. The teachers and my friend are the things that I will never forget. This school was everything to me, especially the people in it. It is going to be hard walking out the door after graduation knowing that I’m not going to be here next. I will always look back when I meet someone that is attending Enemy Swim, and I will say, “Hey, I went to that school too and it was the best four years of my life.”

William Peck

Hello, I am William Peck. I am in the eighth grade at Enemy Swim Day School. I have been coming to school here since I was in third grade. When I started attending school here, the first person that befriended me was Ronnie Taylor. He stood up and shook my hand and introduced himself my mother and me. Ever since then, we have been great friends. Later on, other students started to talk to me and we also became friends.

Before I came to school here at ESDS, I used to go to Tiospa Zina Tribal School. When I was in fifth grade I was on the basketball team. I have been on the basketball team ever since. During eighth grade I joined football. I have always enjoyed sports and other activities here at Enemy Swim Day School. They offer different styles of activities for each grade.

I plan to go to college after I graduate from TZTS. I didn’t get to go along on all of the college trips with the school, but one of the trips that was the most interesting to me was South Dakota State University. They offer so many different opportunities there.

The teachers are helpful, and they are also fun to work with. Two of the teachers that have really helped me through the years were Dr. Sherry Johnson and Mrs. Peckham. Sherry was there for me when I needed help on a lot of work. Mrs. Peckham also helped on projects and other things after school. I would like to thank them for all the effort they put into helping me graduate.

Douglas Rencountre

My name is Douglas Rencountre and I’m 14 years old. I lived at Enemy Swim most of my live, but I now live in Waubay. I was born in Watertown, SD. What I liked about Enemy Swim is that we lived close to a lake.

What I remember most about my family is the time we spent together during holidays. Our whole family was there and we would eat or do something else together. I also remember going to basketball games. One recent game was the Nuggets vs. Timberwolves which was played November 2, 2007. I got to see Allen Iverson. We have gone to five Minnesota Twins baseball games. My favorite player on Twins’s team was Torii Hunter # 48, but they traded him. My favorite things to do are to go swimming, play basketball, walk around with my friends, or doing anything else with my friends.

I plan to go to school at Waubay High School seven miles away from ESDS and I plan to go to college and go into the NBA.

Dyllan Roberts

I was born in Sisseton, South Dakota on April 27th, 1994. After that, I started to move all over the place. I didn’t live in one spot until I was 2. I lived at Enemy Swim until I was 7. Then I started moving around again. I didn’t live in Enemy Swim after that. I lived in Waubay for two years. Then I moved out in the country between Waubay and Enemy Swim. I am going to live there until 9th grade starts. Then I am going to move to Waubay again and attend Waubay High School. The members of my family right now are: My mother, 1 sister, and me. I have two other sisters but one died when she was still a baby, and my youngest sister lives in Big Coulee with her dad. My second youngest sister is living with my aunt in Watertown until fall. Then she will live in Waubay with my mom and me. When I was younger, the most important person to me was my grandma Agnes Roberts. She took care of me because my mom was very busy during that time. I lived with her for awhile. I would’ve still lived with her and stayed in Enemy Swim but she passed away in 2000. That’s when I started moving from place to place such as: Watertown, Flandreau, Iowa, Minnesota, and a lot of other towns.

My future plans are to attend Waubay High School. After Waubay, I would like to go to college to be a veterinarian or practice my art and try to become a great artist.

Keisha Roberts

My name is Keisha Roberts and I was born in Sisseton, South Dakota on June 27, 1994. My parents are Carrie Godfrey and Chris Chavez. I have 3 brothers and 3 sisters. I was born in South Dakota but raised in California until I was about 7 or 8. Then I moved back here. A great class memory I have is during a science class. I had lots of fun dissecting a frog.

This summer my family and I will be moving back to California. I will attend high school there.

In the future I want to graduate from high school and go to college. I want to become a FBI agent or a doctor. I would like to go to college in California, Arizona, or Florida.

Wakanda Gonsalves

My name is Wakanda Onawa Gonsalves and I am 15 years young. My mother is Lisa Gonsalves and my father is Leon Gonsalves. I have three other siblings: Angelo is 16, Dyami is 12, and the youngest is Niya; she is 13 months young. I was born in California at the Travis Air Force base at 6:16 am. We lived in California for only about 8 months. We then moved to Salem, Oregon for about 8 years. At the time when we lived in Oregon, my younger brother Dyami was born. We moved a few years later to Massachusetts. Most of my family for my dad’s side lives there. We lived there for about 4 years then moved once again. We moved for the last time to South Dakota where we live now. We have lived in South Dakota since 2002 and are not planning to move again.

Over the years I’ve been to many places. I have had many memories in many different states. I’ve been to almost every state in the U.S. except Texas, Alaska, and Hawaii. My most favorite memory was when I went to Las Vegas. My mom and I went there for a wedding. After the wedding we rented a Viper Convertible car and cruised down the streets for hours. I also remember a rollercoaster, but I was too young to ride it at the time. My mom and I had a lot of fun in Las Vegas.

I like to do many different things to have fun. I have many different hobbies and I love to play sports. I have played every sport for girls in our school. I’ve participated in basketball, volleyball, track, and even wrestling! Yes! It was the weirdest thing I’ve ever done. I also enjoy reading and writing poetry. My favorite genre in reading is poetry. I particularly enjoy poems written by Edgar Allen Poe.

When I graduate from Enemy Swim, I am going to Tiospa Zina Tribal School. I will work hard to keep my grades up as well as making new friends. After high school I will go to college. I will go to a community college to get my general courses, and then I will transfer into a college were I can step further into whatever job I want. I hope to become a successful woman in my future with a good paying job, and a nice steady life.


Summer youth applications are available at the Employment/Training office. They must be completed and returned by May 30, 2008. Youth must be between the ages of 14-21 and still attending school.

All applications must include the following:*Proof of income for the entire family for the past 6 months.*Social Security Card (only for applicant)*Tribal Enrollment 1.D. or letter (only for applicant)If the above items are not attached, the application will be considered incomplete. If you have

any questions, you may call Jolene Barse at (605) 698-4400, Ext. 214.

Alexandria, MinnesotaWelcomes . . .

Drummers & DancersHonorarium for first 10 Drum Groups

for the . . .

Saturday, May 24, 20081:00-4:30 p.m.

For information about the Heritage Fest Pow Wow, contact Jennie at (320) 304-4233.

Sunday, June 1st, 20083:00 p.m.Big Coulee

At the School HouseAll parents of young men and women, and those young men and

women, are encouraged to attend this informational meeting on Sunday, June 1st, 2008, at 3:00 p.m. at the old school house in Big Coulee.

Come and learn about the Horse Tracks training program, discuss expectation of participants, hours of operation, and more.

For more information, contact Owen Dean German at 698-3101.

VMYC Veterans Memorial Youth CenterWill be closed May 26th-June 8th

For Cleaning & RenovatingWe will be open for the summer on June 9th. We will be cleaning and renovating.

Veterans Memorial Youth CenterSummer Program

Ages 5 to 18June 9th-August 1st

Monday-Friday Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.*Breakfast at 9 a.m.*Lunch at 12:30 noon*Participants will be bused to TZTS Food Program.New Members need to fill out Membership Form.

There will be a four-man Scramble, California Handicap (no maximum handicap) with a guaranteed $2,000.00 first prize golf for charity on Saturday, May 24, 2008.

A shotgun start will kickoff the event at 10:00 a.m. at Valley View Country Club, Sisseton, SD.

Entry fees are $400.00 per team.

A dinner will be served following golf.For more information, please contact

Mel Huff Jr., 698-3336 or 698-4928, or Shawn Bainbridge, 701-640-3549

AttentionLake Traverse Youth/Parents

Due to the recent budget cuts, the Lake Traverse District Youth will be temporarily suspending any applications or grade incentives.

This will be from the present day to August 1, 2008.We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.

National Honor Society of Waubay High School inducted ten new students to their National Honor Society on May 7, 2008 at the Waubay High School.

These students pledged to uphold the high purposes of the NHS. During the candlelight ceremony, these students were introduced by their

sponsors and accepted into the NHS. Waubay High School now has 23 members in the National Honor Society out of 80 total high school students.

Waubay NHS students pictured, from left: front – Ashlyn Jorgenson (daughter of Kim and Gloria Jorgenson), Kaitlin Jorgenson (daughter of Kevin and Julie Jorgenson), Anna Kyrylenko (exchange student from Ukraine sponsored by Tom and Claudette Lewno), Jenna Ryan (daughter of Mary Ryan and Marv Ryan), and Hannah Zubke (daughter of Jim and Pam Zubke); middle row – Kelsey Aker (daughter of Larry and MaryAnn Aker), Dana Riter (daughter of Doug and Dixie Riter), Melanie Jorgenson (daughter of Kevin and Julie Jorgenson), Dawn Johnson (daughter of Loris and Charlotte Welch), Kelli Kriech (daughter of Robert and Jane Kriech), Brittany Davis (daughter of Duncan and Carol Davis), Vivienne Tateyuskanskan (daughter of Gabrielle Tateyuskanskan), Renae Heupel (daughter of Greg and Laura Heupel), and Sara Dolney (daughter of Joe and Sharon Dolney); back – Mark Larson (son of Michael and Sherrie Larson), Dustan Davis (son of Duncan and Carol Davis), Matthew Miller (son of Michael and Janet Miller), Camron Zubke (son of Terry and Amy Zubke), Tyler Kriech (son of Robert and Jane Kriech), Andrew Butler (son of Joe and Marsia Butler), Gregory Miller (son of Michael and Janet Miller), and Douglas Larson (son of Michael and Sherrie Larson). (All students of Waubay or Summit.)

Something different –By Rebecca Bearhart

(Submitted by Elena Wilson)Once upon a time, a mother mouse has three mice,

But they were blind. Their names were Terry, Barry, and Mary. One day the mother and her 3 mice were going into town to get some groceries. When they were done shopping they were going back home, they lived across the street from the grocery store. When they were to walk across the road, the mother mouse got run over. The mice didn’t see it, cause THEY WERE BLIND.

BET YOU $1.00 YOU’LL READ THIS AGAIN.

There are several fundamental principles or facts that make Indian people different from all the rest of the racial groups in America . On top of the list is we were here first. The United States Constitution which was signed in 1787 reflects our early presence. At Article I, Section 8 – Powers of Congress - it states: “To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among several states, and with INDIAN Tribes.” Today, there are hundreds of racial groups in America , but the Indian is the only one mentioned in the Constitution. Indian preference in employment is another fundamental concept that has been around almost as long as

the Constitution. Indian affair’s was first under the jurisdiction of the Department of War. As federal-Indian polices and practices evolved Indian Preference became an official US government policy designed specifically to “promote and protect” (Interestingly, the SWO Oath of Office contains the same two words “promote and protect”) tribal self-governance. Indian affairs subsequently evolved into two primary federal agencies, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior) and Indian Health Service (Dept. of Health & Human Services) and the concept of Indian Preference became an established fact of law. The local BIA Agency is a classic example of how Indian Preference is suppose to work. Back in the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s only a handful of Indians actually worked at the local Indian agency. Today, the local BIA is 100% Indian employed. In the early years, these two federal agencies were mostly non-Indians. The non-Indian managers made the day to day decisions governing Indian affairs and then rather suddenly they were being replaced by qualified and some not so qualified Indians. The non-Indian BIA employees filed a class action suit that went all the way to the US Supreme Court. The 1974 Morton v. Mancari decision affirmed Indian Preference within the BIA. The Marcari decision stated. “Indian Preference was not racial discriminatory or even a “racial” preference, but rather an employment criterion designed to further the cause of Indian self-governance and to make the BIA more responsive to the needs of its constituent groups.” Despite an early federal Indian Preference policy in employment opportunities most reservation were 80-90% unemployed. There are several reasons for that. The early American economy was for the most part agricultural based and the Indians weren’t sufficiently capitalized to engage in farming, and quite frankly, many Indians were unwilling or unable to grind out a living working the soil, although most Indians had huge gardens. Today, as a direct result of federal Indian Preference laws the SWO Tribe can now brag that they are the 9th or 10th largest employer in the State.

Recently, Jody Owen expressed his concern in two Sota articles, which essentially comes down to a SWO tribal member employment preference issue. His wife Cheryl is or was the General Manager for Dakota Nation Gaming. The last tribal council hired her and the new tribal council is throwing her out. Jody and Cheryl didn’t ask me to write this article and to tell you the truth, I don’t think I would know Cheryl Owen if I bumped into her. But their cause is my cause because it always concerns me when Sisseton Wahpeton tribal

member employment and contracting preference are whimsically and arbitrarily applied. Back in the mid 80’s realizing that the tribe spent millions of dollars on building material Dale Crawford, Norman Redwing and I started up a lumber yard and as soon as our lumberyard appeared on the scene we essentially had to bid on every door and nail. We were not against the bidding process, but previously the tribe literally threw millions of dollar at the local lumber yards. This was my first real experience with how tribal member Indian Preference really works on the Sisseton Reservation. In order to get our share of the lumber business we introduced the concept of TERO (Tribal Employment Rights Office) on this reservation. There was then and there is now a small group of tribal employees and tribal leaders who think they are protecting the tribe, the Oyate, by looking at the individual tribal member, rather then the concept of tribal member Indian Preference. If they don’t like you, for whatever reason, your tribal member preference doesn’t mean jack cesdi.

I have heard and even observed that the Jewish people stick together and I would guess it is because of being persecuted through out their history. The American Indian has a similar legacy of persecution. As an example, the Medal of Honor which was deservedly earned by a tribal member, was awarded to twenty-four US Calvary soldiers who slaughtered women and children at Wounded Knee. With this kind of sordid history you would think that we Indians would stick together and do everything in our power to help each other. I won’t be writing weekly articles if my former “leaders” were “promoting and protecting” me instead of trying to get me into trouble with the IRS. But, that’s the way it is in Oyate-land. Jody and Cheryl’s issue is just another example of paying lip service to a fundamental principle that was designed to foster tribal self-governance and then gets way-laid by tribal workers and tribal leaders with their own agenda’s.

As it now stands the tribal council hires and fires the Dakota Nation Gaming Corporate Executives. It is my understanding Cheryl never appeared before the tribal council for any kind of job performance review. One day, for whatever the reasons, they decide that she is no longer qualified or needed in her position as DNGE General Manager.

In every city, county, state and private business all employees are subject to an annual work performance

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if you’d like your photo returned.)No charge for engagement, wedding or birth

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Happy 5th AnniversaryMay 23rd, 2008

I Love You!Your Wife

Happy 3rd Birthday

To My PrinceEvan ZachariahOn May 20th

Love,Mama

Congratulations to Jamie Birney and Sarah Eagle on your newest little edition!

Layne Allen Birney was born on Sunday, May 11th at 2:34 p.m. He was 9 lbs. 3 oz. and 21 inches long.

He is the little brother to his big sisters Lindsey and Blu.Proud paternal grandparents are Rex and Jackie Birney and maternal

grandparents are Lois Kampeska and Francis Eagle.Welcome to the world precious baby Layne!

Invitation to Graduation ReceptionFor

James C. Halbert Jr.We will be having a reception at the

log cabin, located by the Sisseton-Wahpeton College, on Saturday, May 24th at 6:00 p.m. for my brother, James C. Halbert Jr., who graduated with a Master’s in Business Administration on May 17th at the Colorado University in Denver.

James has served in the Marine Corp. After four years of military service he attended Northern State University. He then moved to Rapid City where attend the School of Mines where he received a bachelors degree in Technical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

Currently James is working for Qwest communications in Denver, Colorado.

Rumor has it, he may go back to school in the Fall to be a lawyer, next!

I swear, my brother’s a nerd.– Elena Wilson

To My Aunt Jackie With Love . . .

You’ve given me so much so often, in so many special ways.In loving words and comfort, in happy ways of praise. In taking time to

talk awhile, in trying to understand. In sharing other peoples joys, in helping when you can.

Your special ways of giving love in everything you do, makes you the best gift of all, the priceless gift of you.

Thank You So Much For Everything You Do! You are my angel! Love You!

Your niece, Alaina and Chris Greeley.Happy Belated Birthday, Nurses Day, Mothers Day and Congratulations

on your graduation and on being a new Grandma!You Are An Inspiration, I wish more people on this Earth were like

you!– From Alaina Greeley

I would like to thank everyone who had me in your thoughts and prayers while I was sick in the hospital.

The power of prayer is amazing.May God Bless You All!

– From Alaina Greeley

CongratulationsWakanyan Inazin Bertsch

On your pre-school graduation!

We all love you and are so proud of you!

CongratulationsMy Son/Brother

Thomas Glenn Lee

. . . on completing 12 years of high school!

We are very proud of you and love you very, very much.

Love,Mom, Ashley,

Everette, Dad and ‘Baby Baxter’

Sheddin’ Tears of BloodIt’s not about “You” . . .It’s about our future generations to come,It’s on “us” to find strength,We’ve got to pave the path to our greatness.As the Sioux Nation, we lived in weakness way too long,We continue to suffer from pains, that aren’t our own.These Midwest plains hold a spirit,A spirit that speaks in thunder . . .A spirit that soars in the wind . . .A spirit that lives in peace and harmony with Mother Earth.The mighty Sioux Nation, we used to be the most feared!Because we believed and protected our way of life.They died for us, so we could live strong in our ways.They survived the struggles of “their” time, wars, bloodshed, and

even death.We suffer from our time by alcohol, drugs, greed, and gangs, and

even death.They survived to pass on our ways,We’re dying because we lost our ways,Hang on to your pride, it’s all we have,We may be the last of a dying breedBut us Sioux will be known forever!

– Trinity L. Thompson, Sioux Falls, SDtrinzplace.tripod.com

Han, mitakuyepi, anpetu de cante wasteya nape ciyuzapi ye. Dakota caze mitawa kin de Hanyetuiyayewin Co’yatanka-LaFromboise emakiyapi ye. Ate waye kin he Martin LaFromboise, Sr. eciyapi, qa, Ina waye kin he Sylvana Co’yatanka eciyapi ye. Co’yatanka, LaFromboise, Rousseau, LaBelle, Horne, Hill, Greybuffalo tiwahe etanhan wahi ye. Tiospaye mitawa kin he Bde hda kinyan etahan wahi ye.

Hello, my relatives, today with a good heart I shake your hand. My Dakota name Walks At Night Woman Flute-LaFromboise is what they call me. My fathers name is Martin LaFromboise, Sr. and my mother’s name is Sylvana Flute. I come from the Flute, LaFromboise, Rousseau, LaBelle, Horne, Hill, Greybuffalo family. I come from the Lake Traverse extended family.

I apologize for running out of announcements . . . I am extending an invitation to all my relatives and friends to the Class of 2008 Tiospa Zina Tribal School Graduation Commencement Exercises on Friday, May 23, 2008 and my Reception at the Sisseton 4-H Building from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. on BIA 700 near Sisseton. Come and have a good time, meet and visit friends or relatives while listening or dancing to a variety of music by Tom Wilson.

Dutawin Co’yatanka(Red woman Flute)

English name:Aurora Felicity Amorida Flute

All Aurora’s family, relatives and friends are invited to come to a reception in honor of both Shantal’s and Aurora’s Class of 2008 Graduations! The reception is at the Sisseton 4-H Building on Friday, May 23, 2008 beginning at 7:00 p.m.

CongratulationsTo our Sweet Beautiful Graduate!

Shantal Jovan Hanyetuiyayewin Flute-LaFromboise

Love,Mom, Scottland, St.John, Aurora, Adriel,

Grandma Zee, Aunties, Uncles and Cousins!

Grandpa Sye and your Great-granny Kunsi Ma would have been very proud of you!

Ripple Effect –

“slumping.” The process is natural to an extent, as rivers deal with currents, fluctuating water levels, moving ice, surface runoff – even flooding. Here in the Red River Basin we face double the trouble with slumping, for the soils in the Basin are structurally weak. When these soils are exposed in slopes, such as riverbanks, bank slumping can and will occur.

Unfortunately, sometimes we humans have helped accelerate the problem of slumping. We have busily “cleared” land of trees and brush, whose roots hold the banks in place.

We have replaced deep-rooted native vegetation with shallow-rooted Kentucky grasses, which creates the double whammy of taking away stabilizing root structures while increasing the velocity of runoff. We have saturated the soil with watering or irrigation systems, weakening it even more. And we have added weight to the banks with buildings and landscaping structures. All together, a recipe for riverbank instability.

It would be great if we could fix all this by adding retaining walls or riprap, for instance, or more soil or

fill. These ‘solutions,’ unfortunately, typically add even more weight to the riverbank and thus have not proven very successful in the Basin.

The best solutions, it seems, are to reverse practices in the areas of vegetation, watering and weight:

Vegetation: Keep the native vegetation – trees, bushes, grass – that is in place. Do NOT plant shallow-rooted grasses. DO add trees and bushes – willow, cottonwood or dogwood are good choices.

Watering: Avoid over-watering lawns or adding drain fields (or septic systems) to areas near riverbanks.

Weight:Avoid adding weight to areas

near riverbanks, whatever the form. Remember that surface runoff adds weight!

We depend on our rivers for much – from taking away runoff

and flood waters to supplying our daily water. So a problem such as slumping and the excess sedimentation it delivers to our rivers impacts not only land owners and communities but everyone’s ecological and economic health. While following the practices above may not prevent all slumping, they can help protect property, the river nearest you – AND the entire Red River watershed.

The RRBC is a grassroots organization that is a chartered not-for-profit corporation under the provisions of Manitoba, North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota law. Our offices in Moorhead, MN and Winnipeg, MB can be reached at 218-291-0422 and 204-982-7254, or you can check out our website at www.redriverbasincommission.org.

Have you ever noticed places along a river where the riverbank has shifted, often sliding in a sheet

towards the water?This process of river banks

shifting towards the river is called


Sergeant Keeble stood proudly for his nation, his Oyate, and his family. He was strong, humble, compassionate, and committed to defending freedom. His legacy will last for generations to come.

Again, I am sorry that I am unable to attend today’s unveiling ceremony. God bless you and your families.

Kindest regards, John Thune, United States Senator.(Statement was read at the ceremony by Thune aide

Jeannie Faber.)

Statement on Woodrow Keeble Headstone UnveilingMay 17, 2008Dear Friends:

I regret I cannot be with you today as you honor Master Sergeant Woodrow Wilson Keeble.

The criteria for the Medal of Honor include deeds of personal bravery and self-sacrifice that distinguish an individual. When I first read about what Woody Keeble had done in Korea, it was clear that he deserved the Medal of Honor.

His actions should be a source of pride for his family, the state of North Dakota and South Dakota, and all American Indians.

I am honored to have sponsored the bill in Congress that authorized the President to posthumously award Woody the Medal of Honor.

His story ought to inspire all of us about what soldiers do for our country.

Sincerely, Byron L. Dorgan, U.S. Senator.(Statement was read at the ceremony by Dorgan

aide.)SWO Tribal Vice-Chairman Jake Thompson

presented Woodrow Keeble’s family members with the specially designed Oyate Medal of Honor, with seven eagle feathers.

Chairman Selvage explained that when an akicita

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had been tested and found worthy enough to receive seven eagle feathers, he was considered to be above the ordinary social order. Woody Keeble, he said, had earned that right.

Following the talks and Medal presentation, Bill Dempsey played “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes, then there was a 21-gun salute by the S-W Vietnam Veterans and Arlington National Cemetery honor guard. Soldiers attached to the Arlington honor guard played “Taps.”

Family members gathered at Woodrow’s gravesite and removed a SWO Pendleton blanket which had been wrapped over the headstone – revealing the newly engraved headstone identifying Master Sergeant Keeble as having received the Medal of Honor:

WOODROWWILSONKEEBLE

MEDAL OF HONORM SGT US ARMY

WWII KOREAMAY 17, 1917JAN 28, 1982

SS BSM W/V & OLCPH & OLC

Fellow soldiers in Woody Keeble’s platoon in Korea present at the ceremony were recognized. Also acknowledged for SWO Korean War veterans, including Maynard Bernard and David Seaboy.

Copies of a special edition of the 164th Infantry News were distributed at the ceremony courtesy of Bernie Wagner.

The 24-page booklet covers the Korea War era and “is dedicated to the memory and heroic deeds of one of our fellow soldiers, MSgt Woodrow Wilson Keeble.” (From a statement in the publication by Bernie.)

A reception followed the ceremony at the Dakota Magic Casino & Hotel Convention Center. (There was no pow wow; last week’s article on the event was wrong due to the Sota receiving incorrect information.)

Statement from Kit Fox Society –

The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate United Veterans Association – American Legion, BRAVO, and Sandmen – will follow this schedule for their Memorial Day honoring across the Lake

Traverse Reservation on the federal holiday, Monday, May 26, 2008.May 26, 2008

LaBelle’s Cemetery 8:00 A.M.St. Luke’s Cemetery 8:25 A.M.St. Matthew’s Cemetery 8:40 A.M.St. Matthew’s Church 8:55 A.M.Mayasan Church 9:15 A.M.SWST Traditional Cemetery 9:30 A.M.Long Hollow Church 10:00 A.M.Rollin Ryan House 10:20 A.M.Buffalo Lake Church 10:50 A.M.Gill’s Cemetery 11:15 A.M.

Sisseton Circle 12:00 P.M.Lake Traverse Church 12:30 P.M.St. John’s Church 12:50 P.M.Morgan Redday Home 1:20 P.M.Goodwill Church 1:45 P.M.St. Mary’s Church 2:00 P.M.Renville Cemetery 2:15 P.M.Emmett Roberts Cemetery 2:45 P.M.St. James Church 3:10 P.M.Big Coulee Church 4:00 P.M.

Times are approximate and may vary.

We will once again in an honorable and humble tradition, be honoring our fellow veterans on the traditional Memorial Day observance of May 30th.

May 30th, 2008LaBelle Cemetery 8:00 A.M.St. Lukes Cemetery 8:15 A.M.St. Matthew’s Cemetery 8:30 A.M.St. Matthew’s Church 9:00 A.M.Mayasan Church 9:30 A.M.Sieche Hollow Cemetery 9:45 A.M.Long Hollow Church 10:15 A.M.Rollin Ryan Home 10:45 A.M.Buffalo Lake Church 11:15 A.M.Max/Gill Cemetery 11:30 A.M.Oyate Traditional Cemetery 12:00 P.M.

Sisseton Veterans Circle 1:00 P.M.Morgan Redday Home 1:30 P.M.Goodwill Church 2:00 P.M.St. Mary’s Church 2:15 P.M.Renville Cemetery 2:30 P.M.St. James Church 3:00 P.M.Emmett Roberts Homestead 3:30 P.M.Moses Gill Homestead 4:00 P.M.Big Coulee Church 4:30 P.M.Lake Traverse Church 5:00 P.M.St. Johns Church 5:15 P.M.

These are estimated times and some may be early or late depending on climatic conditions and other factors.

Karen Ramirez of Sisseton, S.D., has been named an

outstanding graduate from Arizona State University. She was among 20 graduates selected by their colleges to receive special honors at the ASU commencement May 8 in Tempe, Ariz.

Ramirez was chosen as outstanding graduate from the ASU College of Human Services, with a bachelor’s degree in recreation and tourism management. She is from the Lake Traverse Reservation but has lived in the Phoenix area for a number of years, working for the Social Security Administration and the City of Glendale, Ariz. She is among 8,000 spring graduates from ASU – 429 of them Native American.

This is Karen’s second college degree; she also has a bachelor’s degree in early childhood development.

ASU is a major public research university enrolling more than 64,000 undergraduate

and graduate students on four campuses in metropolitan Phoenix. It is internationally recognized for research and technological advancement, in addition to being a center for the promotion of the arts, humanities and social science.

Karen, who is 62 years young, had retired from a public service career and discovered renewed passion for education and for working to improve life for others!

review or rating. In the federal government if an employee is performing up to certain job standards everything is good until the next performance review. If the employee is not performing the employee is put on what is called a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP). The employee is then given three months, six months or maybe even a year to bring his/her performance up to standard. The supervisor must give the employee a list of his/her job deficiencies and a time table is established to bring the employee back to good standing. If the employee cannot or will not meet the established job performance requirements then and only then will the employee be subject to termination.

The SWO Tribe and its members have benefited greatly from Indian Preference and you would hope that our leaders would do everything within their power to build up, train, and retain tribal members. Instead, what I have observed is that the tribe will hire a tribal member and then pretty much turn them loose to sink or swim in their new job. I don’t think that is what tribal member preference is all about. In my opinion, we have to do a better job making Indian Preference work and I will say it again, I am no racist, but we have too many high paid non-Indians working for us, and we are not doing enough to hire, train, and retain our own people. Tribal Elections are coming up in a few months and I think everyone of the current tribal council should be evaluated or put on a Performance Improvement Plan on whether they have or have not done everything possible to hire, train, re-train, and retain tribal members. I personally will be looking for candidates who campaign on absolute tribal member employment and contracting preference.

Until Next time, peace and fry bread grease.Grady Renville: [email protected]/.

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(Editor’s note: The following comes from the editor’s column and the Sota “deadlines and policies” statement published weekly in the Sota.)

Copy to be considered for publication – news, advertising, editorial opinion letters, etc. – are to be submitted either to Tribal headquarters (SWO Mail Room, TiWakan Tio Tipi) or to the Sota U.S. Post Office box (Sota c/o Earth and Sky Enterprises production office, P.O. Box 5, Wilmot, SD 57279) by 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. FAX and e-mail submissions will be accepted until 12:00 noon on Friday (with the exception of letters

to the editor/Open letter to the Oyate, or “opinion” letters, which must be received no later than 10:00 a.m. Thursday).

If you are writing an opinion letter, please note that it must be signed and the author’s name will appear in print. Letters must not contain libel and must be brief, ideally 500 words or less. Letters may be edited for content. Omissions will be identified with periods . . . editor’s explanations will be provided in [brackets]. Readers who want access to unedited versions will need to contact the authors.

Karen White’s letter (05-14-08) is inconsistent. Not satisfied with the Tribal Council doing their job of investigating her and her cronies (wonder why?), she wants them to do the job that they didn’t do while in office. If she knew of violations of credit card use, why didn’t she take action/investigate within four years? Not enough time?

Regarding the Credit Union hardship accounts, if she suspected and/or knew of violations, again, why didn’t she take action/investigate within four years? She was fine with Scotty German spending the Tribe’s monies from the Vice-Chairman’s Credit Union account, especially the bribe she and her cronies got from him. She knew about the issue of Scotty German, the Vice-Chairman’s Credit Union account, and Scotties’ misuse of the Tribe’s credit cards during her time in office. What did she do about it? Nothing, and now she belly aches.

Regarding the alleged $40,000.00 debt owed to SWHA by J & L, it did not occur under this Tribal Council, so why is she crying around now? She and that Tribal Council should have taken care of it, if it was so important. None of the former Tribal Council members should be employed in any capacity with the Tribe or its businesses. They ripped off the Tribe enough already, and each one left with a huge unpaid travel account. How can they be expected to perform managerial duties, such as budgeting (i.e., travel expense, reports), when they couldn’t do it in office?

Regarding “what if the Buffalo Lake Councilwoman was a check signer,” again, why is she crying around now about something she and that Tribal Council should have taken care of it, if it was so important? Many business

managers have check-signing authority without being owners of the actual business or being liable for its actions, so being a check-signer does not automatically implicate someone. Why didn’t she and the Tribal Council look into her bar buying beer at wholesale prices from a tribal retail business? What about her as a Councilwoman not promoting an alcohol and drug-free lifestyle by running a bar?

Karen, you and the Tribal Council and Executives milked all the monies you could out of the Tribe using the Legislative Policy. As a lame duck politician with no more benefit from it, you guys pretended to do something about it without the foresight to send it back to the Districts. Now you act as if it was something significant. What poor excuse for leadership you guys were. Thanks to you guys, the $100,000.00 severance to Caricco you mentioned is small potatoes compared to the bonuses and salary you guys let him get away with. And what about the open account at the Magic you guys gave him for the video lottery fiasco?

Yeah, in your words, “a lot of shit happens” when unprofessional, unethical, and incompetent ones like you guys are left near the Tribe’s monies, and we tribal members are still being splattered by it. Why don’t you guys own to it. Do the crime, do the time.

Respectfully, Francis M. Simon, SWO member.

A wise person once said, “… you can tell when Scotty German is lying because his lips move.” If Scotty is at all interested in “setting the record straight,” he has had ample opportunity but has failed to do so yet. The false impression Scotty alleged in his letter (05-14-08 issue) was promulgated by TC (Travis Caricco) on many occasions, including to the Tribal Council and Executives. At the close of the worst attended General Council in many recent years, Scotty called tribal members, dissatisfied with casino reports and with Tribal Council and Executives, “nay-sayers.” Why didn’t he “set the record straight” about the missing gaming monies taken by TC like it was his own money or about the misinformation about projected revenue from non-existent slot machines?

I was invited to an Old Agency District meeting when TC tried promulgating the very thing Scotty

now decries. TC had a colorful binder and had come from Council Chambers (and Scotty) with his report. Grady Renville took the binder went through and tore out the pages on projected revenue from non-existent slot machines and threw them on the floor at TC’s feet saying, “You can use those for toilet paper” (or words to that effect for those who know Grady) and Grady explained the misinformation trying to be passed off. So, if someone in the Districts could “set the record straight” back then why couldn’t Scotty?

Scotty, you can “set the record straight” about your benefits from the Tribe’s credit cards for personal use, such as your trip to Hawaii, along with the drinks you bought. [When the College was clearing out library books, I picked one up for you but never sent it yet; it was on the Russian Ballet, since you used the Tribe’s credit card for ballet tickets. Bought any tickets lately?] Scotty, if you’re actually interested in “setting the record straight,” answer a few of these questions? How about the bribe you paid to each of the Tribal Council members without authorization for such expenditure, as reported by Barb Jens to Long Hollow District? How about turning over all information regarding your Credit Union account, as to where the monies actually went? How about your unprofessional and unethical relationship with former Tribal Attorney, Lisa Losano? How come you ducked the District meetings that interim Chairman Jerry Flute wanted you to attend?

An Indian guy from Big Coulee was once buying an $800.00 cowboy hat and $250.00 sunglasses. The Indian guy handed the salesperson a credit card for the purchase. As the salesperson cautiously rang up the sale, they thought, “This Indian must be a thief and stole this credit card.” The credit card came back authorized by the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, and the salesperson thought, “How dumb is this tribe for buying these things when the members can’t afford basics, such as heating fuel and food.” I’m glad you “just wanted to set the record straight,” just waiting to see if you actually do because the salesperson was right, you are a thief.

Respectfully, Francis M. Simon, SWO member.

Section Two - Wednesday, May 21, 2008 No. 21Vol. 39

Coteau des Prairies Hospital in Sisseton will be offering Childbirth and Breastfeeding Classes on Monday, June 2nd from 7:00-9:00 p.m. and on Monday, June 9th from 6:30-9:00 p.m.

Classes are held in the boardroom and are free. Instructor is Sara Johnson, RN.

Please call the hospital at 605-698-7647 by May 23 to register.

The HELP!Line Center is offering suicide prevention training for communities and organizations. The training was developed by LivingWorks, an international agency dedicated to suicide prevention and intervention. The training is called Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST).

ASIST will be in Sisseton, S.D. on July 21-22, 2008 at the Sisseton Public High School. Lunch will be provided and there is no fee for attending.

You can register by contacting Kathy at (605) 274-1416 or by e-mail [email protected]/.

What is ASIST?ASIST is a 2-day workshop designed to teach the skills

to competently and confidently intervene with a youth at risk of suicide. The workshop prepares youth gatekeepers to integrate principles of intervention into everyday practice. The curriculum is divided into four learning modules: attitudes, knowledge, intervention & resources. Skills and principles are illustrated with case studies presented in videos and live dramatizations, role-play simulations, discussions and in the Suicide Intervention Handbook.

By the end of the workshop, participants will be better able to:

*Reduce attitudinal barriers which hinder the ability to be direct and comfortable with suicidal situations.

*Dispel myths about youth suicide.*Identify the indicators and

assess suicidal risk Intervene with a youth at risk of suicide.

*Engage in efforts to build collaborative resource networks for suicidal youth.

Trainers hold advanced degrees in social work, counseling or psychology, and are certified by LivingWorks, Inc. as accomplished practitioners in suicide prevention, intervention and postvention.

What skills will the ASIST training teach? After the training participants will be able to:

*Deal effectively with personal and societal attitudes about suicide.

*Discuss suicide with an at-risk person in a direct and helpful manner.

*Identify an at-risk person and make a plan to help.*List the resources available to help a person at risk for

suicide.*Have confidence in being an effective resource for yourself.*Be part of a team improving the community’s response to

suicide.Who should attend an ASIST Training?Counselors - Teachers - Ministers - Social Workers - Nurses

- Case Managers - Natural Helpers - People concerned about family or friends.

What makes ASIST different? Connecting: Connecting give caregivers an opportunity to clarify and examine their own attitudes toward people exhibiting suicidal behavior. Through connecting, caregivers can overcome attitudinal barriers that may hinder their learning and their helpfulness. Understanding: Viewing a suicidal situation through the eyes of an at-risk person helps caregivers understand how to take care of that person’s concerns. Caregivers practice how to apply their understanding in simulated scenarios involving suicide risk.

Assisting: Caregivers learn the Suicide Intervention Model as a framework for understanding the process of suicide intervention. Caregivers intensively apply suicide first aid, including connecting, understanding, and assisting skills in intensive practice situations.

SWO Health and Fitness Center report –

Physical Fitness Month –There’s no question, taking that first step for your

own personal exercise program can be hard. Maybe you’ve never exercised. Maybe you used to exercise but stopped. If you’re not active, it’s likely that you have at least one reason why. Perhaps you’ve never been very active. Maybe you’re afraid you’ll get low blood glucose.

Think about what’s keeping you from being active and then look into ways to overcome the barriers.

Let’s review some of the most common barriers/excuses most of us encounter when it comes to establishing some kind of exercise routine:

(1) I don’t have time to exercise for 30 minutes a day … what do we say to this? You don’t have to start with 30 minutes a day, work up to 10 minutes a day and build it up to 30 in a pre-determined amount of days. You could also break up your thirty minutes to three sessions of 10 minutes each day, in all reality you do as much as you can and build it up over time.

(2) I’m too tired after work … The truth is most of us don’t feel like exercising after work. If you have a regular job, use your scheduled breaks and lunch hour to get at least 10 minutes each time. That would add up to 30 minutes per day. Make it work for you, not against you.

(3) Walking hurts my knees … the older we get the worse it is. We will have sore muscles and joints regardless, if you have to start slowly at first you can avoid the muscle pain. If your knees are injured or if you have arthritis pain, try chair exercises.

(4) I can’t afford to join the fitness center. You can’t afford not to join fitness center for the health benefits you get. For only $15 a month you have access to a free consultation with our Registered Dietitian and fitness trainers. Save a little money each month. By not going out to eat three times will be enough to buy you a monthly membership.

In all reality, we all have an arsenal of reasons, barriers or excuses not to exercise. Remember, it is up to YOU to begin living a healthier lifestyle and we at the fitness center can assist you to begin your wellness journey today.

As they say, the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

It is the same with exercise, taking the first step is the hard part.

Have a healthy and safe spring and summer!

Triathlon –The Triathlon is set for September!Begin your training now for our first annual

Health Warrior Triathlon (Individual and Team) to be held in September and our Youth Wellness Championship Games to be held this summer.

More information will be provided later.


Agency Village, S.D.Agency Village C-StoreSWO Tribal HeadquartersSWC Bookstore

Peever, S.D.Char’s Cafe

New Effington, S.D.Ceroll Grocery

Sisseton, S.D.Dakota Connection CasinoHoliday Amoco C-StoreAlco Store

K & K C-StoreStillson ServicePearson RexallDakota Nation Art & Gift StoreSisseton Super Valu

Browns Valley, Minn.Country Co-op of Browns Valley

Summit, S.D.L & L Summit Grocery

Watertown, S.D.Dakota Sioux Casino Gift ShopDakota Express C-Store

Waubay, S.D.Welch’s Grocery

Wilmot, S.D.Liebe Drug

Hankinson, N.D.Dakota Magic C-Store

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Written by Tracey Cooper, RN, PHNMay 7th is the day set aside to bring awareness to

the issue of teen pregnancy. Teen pregnancies begin to increase in 2005 and this has not occurred since 1991. Females, between the ages of 15-19 have had a 3% increase. In 2006, the increase in teen pregnancy with regard to the various ethnic groups reveals the following statistics. Black teens had a 5% increase, Indian teens had a 4% increase, White teens had a 3% increase, and Hispanic teens had a 2% increase. Research shows that children born to parents who are not ready or able to care for a child will have social problems. Make a difference in the life of your child by first not making them a statistic! PREGNANCY IS SACRED. THINK ABOUT IT. TEN REASONS NOT TO GET PREGNANT

1. Parents whose teenagers become pregnant sometimes may feel disappointment and guilt for allowing this to happen. Many parents do not want to be involved in the pregnancy. How will your parents react?

2. Caring for a baby is a 24-hour 7-day job with no pay. How will you make time for friends? How will you pay for a babysitter?

3. Teenage parents have the highest high school dropout rate. What kind of job can you get without even a high school diploma?

4. A baby means that you have a lifetime connection to the other parent. Will your baby’s father be your partner for life? Can you picture having them be a part of your life forever?

5. Relationships between teen parents usually do not last due to the stress of parenting a child. Teen parents are unprepared both emotionally and financially. Will

you get married and/or live together? Be a single parent?6. Stress of having a baby- changing diapers,

cleaning spit up, getting up all hours of the night, giving 8-12 feedings a day, bathing, dressing, doing laundry, doing homework, going to school, holding down a job, loss of sleep. This is your life and responsibility. You made the choice to get pregnant.

7. Minimum wage is not enough to cover the expense of a baby- food, clothing, shelter, furniture, medical care, and daycare. Do you have enough to cover your needs? Who pays for you? You may have to work two jobs!

8. Some teen parents make it – all the way through college. You will need to thank your parents for their help. Are you willing to sacrifice? Are your parents?

9. Teenage mothers and their babies usually have a higher risk of medical complications. Think about the health of your baby and yourself before smoking, alcohol/drug use and other factors that put you at risk. Where will the money come from to pay for the hospital bill and the other expenses?

10. Being a single parent is time consuming. Will you find another partner who wants to be involved with someone who has kids?

THINK ABOUT IT. HAVE DREAMS, SET YOUR GOALS AND PROMISE YOURSELF THAT YOU WILL DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO MAKE THOSE DREAMS COME TRUE.

Source: www.cdc.com and Ten Real Reasons Not to get Pregnant.

Zani Un!

A series of self-management classes for persons newly diagnosed with diabetes is being offered by the SWO Health Clinic.

*First session: June 12, 2008 4:00-6:30 p.m.*Second session: June 26, 2008 4:00-6:00 p.m.*Third session: September 4, 2008 4:00-5:30 p.m.*Fourth session: December 4, 2008 4:00-5:30 p.m.

Lunch will be served.For more information, or to register, call 698-7606

extension 3536 and ask for Julie; or extension 3746 and ask for Carmen.

You must register by May 31st. Limited availability.Classes will be held at SWOHCC in the main

conference room.

By Richard P. Holm, M.D.An incident sticks in my memory, which happened

years ago as I tried to console a woman who was mourning over some loss. I said, “I know how you feel.” She immediately turned cold and replied with disgust, “How could you know how I feel?” That was a lesson.

How could I understand her spot unless, as they say, I’ve walked in her moccasins? It is safe to say that no one knows exactly how the other person feels, and that goes double for men knowing how women feel. How could I understand? I’m a guy.

Let’s talk about differences. Women have many of the same medical conditions as men, however these same diseases can come out differently in women than in men. Take heart pain, for example. Women can have some illnesses more frequently than men, like osteoporosis and gallbladder disease. And then there are some conditions that are completely unique to women such as pregnancy and menstrual pain. Women are not the same as men.

But we are all human beings. One half of all that I am came from my mother, who is all woman, I should add. What’s more, my world is surrounded by women, to include my practice partner (a nurse practitioner) and our nurse; the nurses at the hospital; the producer of this TV show; my mom; wife; and daughter to mention a few. I

should know something about how a woman feels.And did you realize that 50 percent of all medical

students now graduating are women? That’s a good thing for several reasons, but maybe the best consequence has to do with the better understanding of women’s issues that will happen as a result of this change.

All that being said, a good doctor, whether a woman or a man, is one that listens intensely enough to lose oneself and to try to walk in the patient’s moccasins.

Take-home message:1. There are differences and similarities between men

and women.2. Understanding one another demands careful

listening.This editorial was written by Dr. Rick Holm for “On

Call®,” a weekly program about health on South Dakota Public Broadcasting-Television that is produced by the South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service. “On Call” airs Thursdays on South Dakota Public Broadcasting-Television at 7 p.m. Central, 6 p.m. Mountain.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced

today that they have established a pilot program to provide evaluation and surgical treatment for diabetic retinopathy within high-risk American Indian and Alaska Native

populations that have limited access to such services. Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness.

American Indians and Alaska Natives have almost three times the

mortality rate for diabetes as the general U.S. population. However, less than 50 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives with diabetes receive an annual diabetic eye examination.

“This partnership is an important link to address an unmet need, providing evaluation and possible treatment of vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy regardless of the ability to pay,” said H. Dunbar Hoskins Jr., M.D., executive vice president of the academy.

The program will be administered in association with the Minnesota Academy of Ophthalmology and the North Dakota Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons for patients identified and referred by the pilot facilities in Cass Lake, and Red Lake, Minn. It will increase access to quality care by volunteer ophthalmologists, independent of the patients’ or referring facility’s capacity to pay for the services. It is limited to appropriate treatments such as laser applications and intraocular

injections in the Eye M.D.’s private offices. Volunteer Eye M.D.s will complete an orientation that includes topics specific to American Indian and Alaska Native cultures, practices, and beliefs.

“We are extremely grateful to the academy for working with the IHS to provide this critical and much needed treatment,” said IHS Director Robert G. McSwain. “I know that our patients will be grateful for this generous assistance from the academy and volunteer members.”

By Tom MeersmanStar Tribune

May 10, 2008 – About two dozen protesters, many of them Dakota Indians, blocked the Minnesota Sesquicentennial Wagon Train for about an hour Saturday afternoon as it reached Historic Fort Snelling.

The protesters said Minnesota’s 150th birthday this weekend is no cause for celebration among Indian people, whose lands were stolen from them and who endured injustice, broken treaties and imprisonment before and after Minnesota became a state.

Officials planning the sesquicentennial and historians have ignored the state’s “shameful

history,” said Chris Mato Nunpa, who just retired as associate professor of indigenous nations and Dakota studies at Southwest Minnesota State University.

“We’re engaged in truth telling,” he said.

He said the early history of Minnesota’s settlement by whites included bounties on Indian scalps, a mass execution in Mankato, and a “concentration camp” of Dakota women, children and the elderly at Fort Snelling during the winter of 1862-63.

“We honor those people who passed away, and we also grieve for them,” said Allan Henderson, another of the protesters.

“It’s very emotional for us.”

The protesters carried signs in the rain, burned sage and beat on drums while singing, and two of them lay on the wet asphalt in front of horses pulling the first of several dozen wagons on their way from Cannon Falls to the Sesquicentennial celebration in St. Paul today.

Escorting the wagon train were about a dozen Dakota County deputies on horses, who were joined by several squads from the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and the airport police.

\Joe Dalby of Bemidji, riding a mule at the front of the wagon train procession, watched as Hennepin officers arrested five adults and two adolescents and ushered them to squad cars.

“I certainly appreciate their passion, but it’s too bad it has to end this way,” Dalby said.

After the arrests, deputies


Sheriff Owen’s qualifications and family background:

I spent the first ten years with my Grandma Owen in Long Hollow. I moved to Watertown with my Mother and Step-dad and attended fifth grade through graduation in Watertown. I moved back to Sisseton to take a job with the Tribal Police Force in 1995. I moved back to Roberts County in 2005. I promised my boys we will never move again.

Work History:April 2007 to present - Roberts County Sheriff.April 2005 to April 2007 – Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Police Officer.April 1999 to August 2004 - South Dakota State Trooper.April 1995 to April 1999 – Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Police Officer.

Education:Bachelor of Arts Degree - Mount Marty College - May 2006.Graduated from the South Dakota Highway Patrol 1999.Sisseton Wahpeton Community College - 1998 to 1999.Graduated from the Federal Police Academy - 1996.(New Mexico) Western Dakota Vo-tech Police Science - 1993 to 1994.Graduated from Watertown High school 1986.

Other certificates received:Domestic Violence training – 2007.RADAR recertification – 2007.Weapons recertification – 2007.24/7 training – 2007.Gang-related training – 2007.Emergency response/CPR 2006.PPCT/Pepper Spray recertification – 2006.Firearms recertification – 2006.Domestic Violence training – 2005.RADAR recertification – 2005.Washington State Patrol Certification for EVOC Instructor - 2003.Weapons qualifications - 2003.Domestic Violence training - 2003.Impaired driving refresher course - 2001.CPR Recertification - 2001.Sokkia Forensic Mapping – 2001.Pressure points and control tactics – 1999.Weapons qualifications – 1999.DUI detection and apprehension – 1999.Domestic Violence Instructor Certified - 1997.Gang Subculture – 1997.PACT – 1996.Tactical Baton - 1996. Emergency Response – 1996.State Certified EMT - 1993 to 1997.

I was also an instructor for the South Dakota Highway Patrol and South Dakota Police Academy from 2002 to 2005 for Emergency Vehicles Operations and Control.

I have received several letters from the public during my years as a police officer for my professionalism.

Safe Driver Award for the Highway Patrol 2002.

Family:My wife Brooke is the administrative assistant for SWO Tribal Police. She

has a Bachelor of Arts Degree along with a Criminal Justice Degree. Brooke was a Police Officer for the Tribe from 1995 to 1999. She was also a Police Officer in Clark, when I was stationed there as a Trooper.

We have five boys; the four older ones attend school in Wilmot; the younger hangs out with me or in daycare.

Dallas, my oldest son, is 15. He participates in Football and Track. Kennedy, who is 13, also is active in Football and Track. Sterling, My 11-year-old is active in baseball and basketball. He plans to be a State Trooper when he grows up. Slade, who is 7, is content on watching right now. He plans to be a “tribal cop.” Zane, who is 2, spends most of his days playing with his puppy.

Since I took the Office of Roberts County Sheriff, I have received grants for equipment for our vehicles, and we qualified for a grant for our new jail which involves an electronic finger-printing machine. I have established a good working relationship with the City, State and Tribal departments. I realize we need to get along. Often, you will find these agencies working with my department either taking the lead role or assistant role. This helps increase the protection for all citizens of Roberts County.

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The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate are hosting Canadian tribal leaders and others for a two-day cultural preservation summit last Tuesday and Wednesday, May 13-14, 2008, at Dakota Magic

Casino and Hotel.

The Tribe’s Historic Preservation Office hosted the event, which focused on cultural and environmental issues.

The event included discussion of potential

harm to the environment if the Keystone pipeline is allowed to proceed across the Canadian border and into the northern plains states.

Delano Renville, Commander of Agency Village American Legion Post 314, has been elected as Roberts County American Legion Commander.

As County Commander he serves as administrative head of all the County’s American Legion posts.

formed a line across the road and walked through the remaining protesters, allowing the wagons to pass so they could reach a special campground a few hundred yards away.

The Indian group is planning a march from Mounds Park in St. Paul to the Capitol today, where it may meet the wagon train again.

Watching the event Saturday was Heather Koop of the Minnesota Historical Society, who said that she’s sympathetic to the issues being raised.

“What this protest is really about is the power of place,” she said. Bob Dalbec of Bloomington saw the police cars from the highway, exited and parked to see what was going on.

“Indians have a right to protest and to show their feelings,” he said.

“I’m with them 100 percent.”After checking the

identifications of the arrested and holding them for less than an hour, authorities released them with warning tickets.

By Kara McGuireStar Tribune

May 11, 2008 – After years of preparation, Minnesota kicked off its 150th birthday celebration week Sunday, the actual anniversary of Minnesota’s statehood. There was no cake and it was too windy to light 150 candles anyway, but the citizens who came out to remember Minnesota’s past and ponder its future were treated to a wagon train, remarks by several politicians and, on a more solemn note, a protest. About 75 American Indians and supporters gathered on sacred ground at Indian Mounds Park on Sunday morning for a march to the Capitol, holding banners with phrases such as “take down the Fort” – a reference to Fort Snelling, which they said played a key role in abuses of Minnesota’s native tribes. Others wore black masks and carried scaffolding with 38 nooses in remembrance of the 38 Dakota men executed in Mankato by order of President Abraham Lincoln, on Dec. 26, 1862.

“We tried to encourage [sesquicentennial organizers] to use this year for truth-telling,” said Gustavus Adolphus scholar Waziyatawin Angela Wilson.

According to Wilson, Minnesota leaders “refused and wanted to continue with their birthday celebration and not let truth-telling get in the way.”

On Saturday, the Dakota protesters briefly stalled the Sesquicentennial Wagon Train as it approached its camping area at Fort Snelling.

Police removed several protesters from the path of the train, which left Cannon Falls seven days ago on a circuitous 101-mile trip to the Capitol.

It arrived Sunday afternoon and this time police kept the two groups separated.

In remarks at the launch of Statehood Week on Sunday afternoon, Gov. Tim Pawlenty, as well as U.S. Sens. Norm Coleman and Amy Klobuchar and other officials, acknowledged the Dakota people.

Pawlenty reminded the crowd that he declared May American Indian Month in Minnesota.

“We’re committed to telling all the stories of Minnesota as a state – both the failures and tragedies as well as the successes,” said Sesquicentennial Commission executive director Jane Leonard in response to the Dakota concerns.

She said the story of Minnesota “is kind of the story of America in a way, with Native Americans being pushed out with westward migration.”

The politicians also spoke to the state’s character and future. \

“Minnesotans are often asked ‘Well, why do we live here?’” said Pawlenty, suggesting that there was “a special Minnesota spirit in our state,” that he defined as a love for the outdoors and a community that comes together to coach kids’ sports, or to help in a crisis.

Klobuchar said “despite the cold, the snow and the windswept prairie – despite all that, we’ve always believed that anything is possible ...

May 11, 2008 – By Carlos Gonzalez, Star Tribune – Protesters placed a model gallows with multiple nooses to commemorate the 38 Dakota hanged on December 26, 1862 in Mankato, Minnesota. It was the largest mass hanging in United States history. Protesters believed that the Minnesota Sesquicentennial celebrations going on this year do not acknowledge the forced marches, the murder and other cruel acts against Native Americans in the founding of Minnesota. The group of protestors marched from Indian Mounds Park to the State Capitol.

that with hard work, education and good values we can make tomorrow better than today.”

And in a nod to Pawlenty’s potential role as a running mate for Republican Party presidential candidate John McCain, Klobuchar, a DFLer, also joked that Minnesota’s a state where parents bounce their babies on their knees, telling them someday they could grow up to be vice president.

Sesquicentennial celebrations continue throughout the year; next weekend the Capitol grounds will feature music and exhibits, with fireworks on Sunday.

WASHINGTON – Deputy Attorney General Mark R. Filip has opened the first meeting of the Department’s Advisory Council on Tribal Justice Issues. The council was formed by the Deputy Attorney General in April to periodically review and discuss issues and major

actions affecting the Department’s work in Indian Country.

The goal of the council is to coordinate the actions of the many components at the Department involved in the issues and activities impacting Indian Country. The Council will provide a forum for

these components to consider avenues and share ideas that would strengthen the Department’s dialogue with tribal governments about law enforcement and policy issues affecting Indian Country.

“The Advisory Council will enhance communication and cooperation between the many Justice Department components engaged in fighting crime on tribal lands and strengthening the special relationship the Department has

with tribal communities,” said Deputy Attorney General Filip.

The initial membership of the council includes eighteen Department of Justice offices and components involved in Indian Country activities, including the Office of Tribal Justice and the Office of the Deputy Attorney General.


To Tribal MembersDear Sir or Madam:

This is letter is the Secretary’s Notice of Debts to Tribal Members as required by Section 03-05-06, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Codes of Laws which states that: “No later than the second Friday of May of an election year, the Tribal Secretary must send written notice of the debt to the debtor (and to any guarantor), which notice shall specify that arrangements must be made to satisfy the debt in full no later than the second Friday of June, if the debtor is planning to run for office”.

This is your official notice that as of this date, our records indicate that you have a debt in the amount of _____ owed to _____. Arrangements must be made to satisfy (pay) this debt in full no later than June 13, 2008, if you are planning to run for office in the next SWO Elections. Please be advised that this notice includes existing debts not yet known to this Office. All debts owed to the Tribe must be paid in full no later than June 13, 2008 whether or not those debts are described in this notice.

The Codes of Law also state that “A Tribal member having notice of a debt from the Secretary or by any other means, including knowledge of the debt, is obligated to satisfy the debt in full no later than the second Friday of June and provide proof of such debt satisfaction must be supplied in writing to each of the Tribal Executives no later than the last Friday of June.” Section 03-05-07, Codes of Law.

Should you dispute the debt shown above, it is your burden of proof and sole remedy to provide proof of such debt satisfaction in writing to each of the Tribal Executives no later than the last Friday of June. Failure to satisfy this debt in full will automatically disqualify you under Section 03-05-01 of the Codes of Law. You must show proof of the satisfaction of the debt paid in full in writing to each of the SWO Tribal Executives no later than June 27, 2008.

PLEASE NOTE: Some Tribal members may not have received a notice of a debt owed to the Tribe and/or its entities; however, they are still expected to satisfy their debts.

Delbert Hopkins, Jr., SWO Tribal Secretary.

SISSETON-WAHPETON OYATELAKE TRAVERSE RESERVATION

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTAIN TRIBAL COURT

CASE NO. CS: 08-050IN THE MATTER OF:SWOCSE, PLAINTIFF VS. JESSE FEATHER, DEFENDANT VS. JESSE FEATHER, DEFENDANT.

NOTICE OF HEARINGTake notice that a Petition to Establish Paternity and Child Support has been filed and a hearing will be held at the above named Court, Agency Village, outside the city of Sisseton, Roberts County, South Dakota, on the 22nd day of May, 2008, at the hour of 1:00 o’clock P.M. or as soon thereafter as possible.You are required to be at the hearing. Upon request, the OCSE Clerk will provide you with a copy of the Petition describing the matter.Dated this 28th day of April, 2008.BY THE ORDER OF THE COURT:Michael T. SwallowPresiding JudgeATTEST: Y. Nancy Two Stars OCSE Clerk of Court

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CASE NO. CS: 08-004IN THE MATTER OF:ANGELA ADAMS, PLAINTIFF VS JUSTIN ARBACH, DEFENDANT


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CASE NO. CS: 07-012IN THE MATTER OF:SWOCSE, PLAINTIFF VS WYNDE WARHOL, DEFENDANT.


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CASE NO. CS: 07-182IN THE MATTER OF:SWOCSE, PLAINTIFF VS ANDREW WILLIAMS, DEFENDANT.


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CASE NO. CS: 07-023IN THE MATTER OF:SWOCSE, PLAINTIFF VS GABRIEL D. SANCHEZ, JR, DEFENDANT.


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CASE NO. CS: 07-005IN THE MATTER OF:SWOCSE, PLAINTIFF VS MATTE BAD HEART BULL, DEFENDANT.


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CASE NO. CS: 07-182IN THE MATTER OF:SWOCSE, PLAINTIFF VS ROBERT BLACKTHUNDER, DEFENDANT.


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CASE NO. CS: 08-045IN THE MATTER OF:SWOCSE, PLAINTIFF VS DUSTY CLOUD, DEFENDANT.

NOTICE OF HEARINGTake notice that a Petition to Establish Paternity and Child Support has been filed and a hearing will be held at the above named Court, Agency Village, outside the city of Sisseton, Roberts County, South Dakota, on the 22nd day of May, 2008, at the hour of 1:00 o’clock P.M. or as soon thereafter as possible.You are required to be at the hearing. Upon request, the OCSE Clerk will provide you with a copy of the Petition describing the matter.Dated this 28th day of April, 2008.BY THE ORDER OF THE COURT:Michael T. SwallowPresiding JudgeATTEST: Y. Nancy Two Stars OCSE Clerk of

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CASE NO. CS: 03-160IN THE MATTER OF:TYRA KEEBLE, PLAINTIFF VS CREIGHTON RENVILLE, DEFENDANT.


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CASE NO. CS: 06-004IN THE MATTER OF:GAYLA GERMAN, PLAINTIFF VS FLOYD CLOUD, JR., DEFENDANT.


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CASE NO. CS: 06-222IN THE MATTER OF:MELISSA IRIZARRY, PLAINTIFF VS CHARLES BLUE, DEFENDANT.


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CASE NO. CS: 07-213IN THE MATTER OF:CHRISTINE HILL, PLAINTIFF VS MAURICE FRENIER, JR., DEFENDANT.

NOTICE OF HEARINGTake notice that a Petition to Establish Paternity and Child Support has been filed and a hearing will be held at the above named Court, Agency Village, outside the city of Sisseton, Roberts County, South Dakota, on the 22nd day of May, 2008, at the hour of 1:00 o’clock P.M. or as soon thereafter as possible.You are required to be at the hearing. Upon request, the OCSE Clerk will provide you with a copy of the Petition describing the matter.Dated this 28th day of April, 2008.BY THE ORDER OF THE COURT:Michael T. SwallowPresiding Judge

ATTEST: Y. Nancy Two Stars OCSE Clerk of Court

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CASE NO. CS: 07-059IN THE MATTER OF:WHITNEY DUMARCE, PLAINTIFF VS THURSTON OWEN, DEFENDANT.


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CASE NO. CS: 01-162IN THE MATTER OF:ROXANNE FAYANT, PLAINTIFF VS FILMORE GRANT, DEFENDANT.


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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTAIN TRIBAL COURTCASE NO. I: 08-083

IN THE MATTER OF:NICOLE LAVALLIE, PLAINTIFF VS JOHN LONG, DEFENDANT.

NOTICE OF HEARINGTake notice that a Petition to Establish Paternity and Child Support has been filed and a hearing will be held at the above named Court, Agency Village, outside the city of Sisseton, Roberts County, South Dakota, on the 22nd day of May, 2008, at the hour of 1:00 o’clock P.M. or as soon thereafter as possible.You are required to be at the hearing. Upon request, the OCSE Clerk will provide you with a copy of the Petition describing

the matter.Dated this 28th day of April, 2008.BY THE ORDER OF THE COURT:Michael T. SwallowPresiding JudgeATTEST: Y. Nancy Two Stars OCSE Clerk of Court

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IN THE MATTER OF:KATERI DUMARCE, PLAINTIFF VS DION PACHECO, DEFENDANT.


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IN THE MATTER OF:BERNICE RODRIGUEZ, PLAINTIFF VS BRANDON ST. JOHN, DEFENDANT.


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IN THE MATTER OF:CLARINE WHITE, PLAINTIFF VS JULIA DUMARCE, DEFENDANT.

NOTICE OF HEARINGTake notice that a Petition to Establish Paternity and Child Support has been filed and a hearing will be held at the above named Court, Agency Village, outside the city of Sisseton, Roberts County, South Dakota, on the 22nd day of May, 2008, at

the hour of 1:00 o’clock P.M. or as soon thereafter as possible.You are required to be at the hearing. Upon request, the OCSE Clerk will provide you with a copy of the Petition describing the matter.Dated this 28th day of April, 2008.BY THE ORDER OF THE COURT:Michael T. SwallowPresiding JudgeATTEST: Y. Nancy Two Stars OCSE Clerk of Court

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IN THE MATTER OF:GRACE IYARPEYA, PLAINTIFF VS JASON PAUL, DEFENDANT.


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IN THE MATTER OF:MASON KOHL, PLAINTIFF VS DEANNA LABELLE, DEFENDANT.


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CASE NO. CS: 04-404IN THE MATTER OF:PATRICIA YOUNG, PLAINTIFF VS TERRY MCKAY, DEFENDANT.

NOTICE OF HEARINGTake notice that a Petition to Establish


Chapter 3 – Election Code Revisions

Part 1 General Provisions

03-01-02 Severability (page 1 of 28) Old language: “…adjudicated by any Court of competent jurisdiction…” New language“…adjudicated by the Tribal or Appellate Court…”

Part 2 Definitions

03-02-04 Debt (page 2 of 28) Old language: Delinquent Debt means a debt to the Tribe by a Tribal member seeking certification as a candidate for a position on Tribal Council who has not satisfied the debt or made arrangements to satisfy the debt on or before the second Friday of June in an election year. In accordance with Title 5, a delinquent debtor shall not be qualified to run for office until proof of satisfaction of the debt or proof of reasonable arrangements to pay the debt is supplied in writing to the Vice-Chairman no later than the last Friday of June. New language: Debt means money owed to the Tribe by a Tribal member seeking certification as a candidate for a position on Tribal Council who has not satisfied the debt in full on or before the second Friday of June in an election year. In accordance with Part 5, a debtor shall not be qualified to run for office until proof of satisfaction of the debt is supplied in writing to each of the Tribal Executives no later than the last Friday of June. Debt does not include current monthly tribal bills, specifically and limited to rent and/or utilities. 03-02-13 Tribal Executives (page 3 of 28) New language: Tribal Executives means the Tribal Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Secretary. 03-03-03 Term Limits of office for Council and Executive Committee (page 4 of 28) Old language: “…Any Council member and Executive Committee member shall serve no more than two (2) consecutive terms for a total of eight (8) years in the same office. Any Council member of Executive Committee member may again file for office after a four (4) year time period.” New language: : “…Any Council member and Executive Committee member shall serve no more than two (2) consecutive terms for a total of four (4) years in the same office.

Chapter 3 – Election Code: Schedule for the 2008 Tribal Election

April 11, 2008 – The Vice-Chairman must send notice to all Tribal programs,

educational institutions, business entities and Tribal enterprises that each is required to provide a list of all persons or entities with a debt… (03-05-04)

May 2, 2008 Each tribal entity must supply each of the Tribal Executives with a list

of all persons or entities with a debt… (03-05-05) May 9, 2008 – The Tribal Secretary must send written notice of the debt to the

debtor (and to any guarantor), which notice shall specify that arrangements must be made to satisfy the debt in full no later than the second Friday in June, if the debtor is planning to run for office… (03-05-06)

June 13, 2008 A Tribal member having notice of a debt from the Secretary or by

any other means, including knowledge of the debt, is obligated to satisfy the debt in full no later than the second Friday of June, if debtor is planning to run for office… (03-05-07)

June 27, 2008 – Proof of such debt satisfaction must be supplied in writing to each of

the Tribal Executives no later than the last Friday of June… (03-05-07)

– In each election year, no later than the first Monday in July, the Vice-Chairman must provide the list of all persons or entities with debts to the Reservation Election Board… (03-05-08)

August 29, 2008

both Executive and Council candidates. (03-05-11) Primary Election

November 4, 2008first Monday in November… (03-07-01)

SWO Office of Tribal Vice-Chairman Jake Thompson

Paternity and Child Support has been filed and a hearing will be held at the above named Court, Agency Village, outside the city of Sisseton, Roberts County, South Dakota, on the 22nd day of May, 2008, at the hour of 1:00 o’clock P.M. or as soon thereafter as possible.You are required to be at the hearing. Upon request, the OCSE Clerk will provide you with a copy of the Petition describing the matter.Dated this 28th day of April, 2008.BY THE ORDER OF THE COURT:Michael T. SwallowPresiding JudgeATTEST: Y. Nancy Two Stars OCSE Clerk of Court

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IN THE MATTER OF:JOANN DURAN, PLAINTIFF VS LARRY FINLEY SR, DEFENDANT.


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CASE NO. CS: 08-046IN THE MATTER OF:SWOCSE, PLAINTIFF VS RONNIE CHRISTOPHERSON, DEFENDANT.


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CASE NO. CS: 07-010IN THE MATTER OF:EVELYN BLACKSMITH, PLAINTIFF VS CHARLES VERMILLION, DEFENDANT.


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CASE NO. CS: 08-059IN THE MATTER OF:DEBRA DUMARCE, PLAINTIFF VS ELROY WHITE, DEFENDANT.


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CASE NO. CS: 06-249IN THE MATTER OF:JAIME ANDERSON, PLAINTIFF VS DARRELL QUINN, JR., DEFENDANT.

NOTICE OF HEARINGTake notice that a Petition to Establish Paternity and Child Support has been filed and a hearing will be held at the above named Court, Agency Village, outside the city of Sisseton, Roberts County, South Dakota, on the 22nd day of May, 2008, at the hour of 1:00 o’clock P.M. or as soon thereafter as possible.

You are required to be at the hearing. Upon request, the OCSE Clerk will provide you with a copy of the Petition describing the matter.Dated this 28th day of April, 2008.BY THE ORDER OF THE COURT:Michael T. SwallowPresiding JudgeATTEST: Y. Nancy Two Stars OCSE Clerk of Court

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CASE NO. CS: 04-336IN THE MATTER OF:BRANDALYN BARSE, PLAINTIFF VS ELLIOT IYARPEYA, DEFENDANT.


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CASE NO. CS: 03-293IN THE MATTER OF:RAMONA BEARHILL, PLAINTIFF VS SHAWN SULLIVAN, DEFENDANT.


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CASE NO. CS: 00-269IN THE MATTER OF:

PATRICIA BERNARD, PLAINTIFF VS EUGENE BISSONETTE, DEFENDANT.


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CASE NO. CS: 07-024IN THE MATTER OF:SWOCSE, PLAINTIFF VS MICHAEL STOLP, DEFENDANT.


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CASE NO. CS: 06-137IN THE MATTER OF:CHARNELLE GILL, PLAINTIFF VS STACEY OWEN, DEFENDANT.

NOTICE OF HEARINGTake notice that a Petition to Establish Paternity and Child Support has been filed and a hearing will be held at the above named Court, Agency Village, outside the city of Sisseton, Roberts County, South Dakota, on the 22nd day of May, 2008, at the hour of 1:00 o’clock P.M. or as soon thereafter as possible.You are required to be at the hearing. Upon request, the OCSE Clerk will provide

you with a copy of the Petition describing the matter.Dated this 28th day of April, 2008.BY THE ORDER OF THE COURT:Michael T. SwallowPresiding JudgeATTEST: Y. Nancy Two Stars OCSE Clerk of Court

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IN THE MATTER OF:ROCHELLE BERNARD, PLAINTIFF VS JULIA DUMARCE, DEFENDANT.


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IN THE MATTER OF:ROCHELLE BERNARD, PLAINTIFF VS RICHARD DUKES, DEFENDANT.


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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

IN TRIBAL COURTCASE NO. I: 07-030

IN THE MATTER OF:SYLVIA SMALL, PLAINTIFF VS RANDY EASTMAN, JR., DEFENDANT.


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CASE NO. CS: 00-198IN THE MATTER OF:JAMIE LEE, PLAINTIFF VS RONALD APPENAY, DEFENDANT.


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IN THE MATTER OF:SWOCSE, PLAINTIFF VS BRUCE BELL, DEFENDANT.

NOTICE OF HEARINGTake notice that a Petition to Establish Paternity and Child Support has been filed and a hearing will be held at the above named Court, Agency Village, outside the

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city of Sisseton, Roberts County, South Dakota, on the 22nd day of May, 2008, at the hour of 1:00 o’clock P.M. or as soon thereafter as possible.You are required to be at the hearing. Upon request, the OCSE Clerk will provide you with a copy of the Petition describing the matter.Dated this 28th day of April, 2008.BY THE ORDER OF THE COURT:Michael T. SwallowPresiding JudgeATTEST: Y. Nancy Two Stars OCSE Clerk of Court

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IN THE MATTER OF:SWOCSE, PLAINTIFF VS DANIEL COOK, DEFENDANT.

NOTICE OF HEARINGTake notice that a Petition to Establish Paternity and Child Support has been filed and a hearing will be held at the above named Court, Agency Village, outside the city of Sisseton, Roberts County, South Dakota, on the 22nd day of May, 2008, at the hour of 1:00 o’clock P.M. or as soon

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thereafter as possible.You are required to be at the hearing. Upon request, the OCSE Clerk will provide you with a copy of the Petition describing the matter.Dated this 28th day of April, 2008.BY THE ORDER OF THE COURT:Michael T. SwallowPresiding JudgeATTEST: Y. Nancy Two Stars OCSE Clerk of Court

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Sisseton-Wahpeton OyateLake Traverse Reservation

State of South DakotaIn Tribal Court

Case No: D-08-360-254In the matter of the change of name of Fern Marie Cloud-Chief Eagle, Petitioner.ORDER FOR AND NOTICE OF HEARINGNotice is hereby given that the Petitioner (Fern Marie Cloud-Chief Eagle) request for a change of name from Fern Marie Cloud-Chief Eagle to Fern Marie Cloud shall be heard before the Honorable Judge B.J. Jones, Chief Judge of the Tribal Court, in the court room of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate at Agency Village, South Dakota on Tuesday, the 10th day of June 2008 at 2:30 p.m.Dated this 8th day of April 2008.By the Court: B.J. Jones, Chief Judge.Attest: J. Wanna, Clerk of Courts.

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JUST BECAUSEWritten for this moment by Elena WilsonThere are times when you love someoneAnd forget to tell them as often as you want toThere are times when you miss someoneAnd forget to tell them you doI remember you, my beloved, everydayThere are no regrets as we shared our lives togetherWe grew up as brothers and sistersGods love taught us the wayToday, I thought of you and cried awhileBut knowing where you are kept my tears at bayThank you for sharing your life with meAnd exchanging that unconditional loveWhenever and wherever we metSo JUST BECAUSE you mean so muchI write these words to youJust know you that I miss youAnd I will never forget the timesWe’ve had to let each other believeHow much we love each other soI miss you today and wanted you to know

Just because I miss my Cousin Craig!– Elena Wilson

This day is remembered and quietly kept,No words are needed, we shall never forget,For those we love don’t go away,They walk beside us every day.Unseen and unheard, but always near,So loved, so missed, and so very dear.

Loved and missed by Mom & Dad

I think of you oftenand make no outward show,But what it means to lose you,no one will ever knowYou wished no one farewell,not even said good-bye,You were gone before I knew it,and only God knows why.You are not forgottennor will you ever be,As long as life and memories last,I will remember thee.To some you may be forgottento others a part of the past,But to me who loved you dearly,your memories will always last.Nothing can be more beautifulthan the memories I have of you.To me, you were someone special,God must have thought so too!If tears could build a staircaseand memories a lane,I would walk all the way to Heaven,and bring you back again.

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–Your Bro’s

Friends like us rely upon one anotherto inspire and encourage, to supporteach other in following our dreamsas far as they’ll take us.

Friends like us are winnersnot only because we believe inourselves, but because we believe in each other.

Your bro forever til we meet again!

The Sierra Club and Clean Water Action filed a petition asking the state of South Dakota to reject plans to construct the Big Stone II coal-fired power plant because of the unhealthy levels of air pollution the plant would emit. Proposed by Otter Tail Power, the plan for Big Stone II fails to adequately control emissions of acid rain, smog and asthma-causing pollutants. The permit also fails to require any control of carbon dioxide, the global warming pollutant leading scientists say must be dramatically reduced to avoid the most serious effects of climate change.

The new unit, if built, will emit 5.5 million tons of carbon dioxide each year. It would take over 111,000 average American cars, each

driving 15,000 miles annually, to produce this much carbon dioxide. “Building Big Stone II is entirely inconsistent with Minnesota’s renewable electricity goals and targets for reducing global warming pollution.” said Cesia Kearns, organizer with Sierra Club’s National Coal Campaign. “It’s high time to invest in clean energy solutions that will protect communities’ health and natural heritage, not support more dirty power. This challenge reflects those values.”

The existing Big Stone facility

is listed by the EPA as the second highest smog producing coal plant in the nation. The pollutants that cause acid rain and smog also have serious health impacts, including respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses such as asthma and heart disease. Mary Jo Stueve, Program Coordinator with Clean Water Action in South Dakota commented, “The last thing citizens of South Dakota and Minnesota need is more pollution in our air and water, especially when more affordable, clean energy options like efficiency and wind power can build our local economies.”

This is another development in several recent events revealing that the Big Stone II proposal is a risky, infeasible project of the past. A recent denial of the certificate of need for the Big Stone II project by judges in Minnesota indicates that decision-makers are aligning with public sentiment around the high cost Big Stone II poses to consumers and bolsters arguments that the project is not needed. American Rivers listed the Minnesota River as the 5th most endangered river in the nation due to pollution and excessive water draw for Big Stone II, and NASA Scientist Dr. James Hansen called upon Minnesota Governor Pawlenty to oppose Big Stone II. Furthermore, at the Otter Tail Corporation annual shareholder’s meeting, financial risks associated with the project came to light, and the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Tribal Council (an Indigenous community in close proximity to the plant) passed a resolution against it.

“We’re hopeful that the

South Dakota Board of Minerals and Environment and Minnesota Public Utilities Commission will do the right thing for consumers’ pocketbooks and health, and pull the plug on Big Stone II.” added Stueve.

Clean Water Action and Sierra Club have been working to oppose the Big Stone II proposal through grassroots engagement and legal strategies in close collaboration

with organizations such as Clean Up the River Environment, the Environmental Protection Advisory Council of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Tribe, Fresh Energy, Honor the Earth, the Izaak Walton League, the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Wind on the Wires.

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NoticesBuffalo Lake District Members

Regular District MeetingWednesday, May 28, 2008

Supper 5:00 p.m.Meeting 6:00 p.m.

Buffalo Lake District Roller Rink

Sisseton-Wahpeton Housing Authority 605 Lydia Goodsell Street Sisseton, SD 57262

THE SISSETON WAHPETON HOUSING AUTHORITY

IS SEEKING TO FILL THE FOLLOWING POSITION(S):

Contracting Specialist (Construction Experience Preferred)

Closing Date: May 23, 2008 AT 4:00 P.M.

All interested applicants may obtain an application and job description information at the Human Resource Department of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Housing Authority. You may contact Patrick Deutsch, Jr. @ (605) 698-3901 ext. 22 or you may e-mail him

at [email protected] for a complete job description. Indian Preference will apply.

NoticeBig Coulee District MembersMonthly District Meeting

The regular Monthly District Meeting will be held Thursday, May 22nd, at 6:00 p.m.

All members are encouraged to attend. Lunch will be served.

The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation is now accepting competitive sealed bids on one (1) tract of Tribally owned land.

All bids must be addressed to: Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, Attention: Tribal Realty Department, P.O. Box 509, Agency Village, SD 57262. Your bid shall be plainly marked on the outside of the envelope as follows: “BID ON LAND FOR SALE BY THE SISSETON-WAHPETON OYATE.”

The tract of land offered for sale is legally described as:SSE of Lot 4, Sec. 8, T. 118 N., R. 52 W., Fifth Principal Meridian,

Fuller Township, Codington County, South Dakota.The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate reserves the right to reject any

and all bids.The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate also reserves the right to allow a

Tribal member to match high bid.The bid period shall be for nine (9) calendar days beginning on

May 12th, 2008 thru May 20th, 2008, until 4:30 pm.Bid opening will be made by the governing authority of the

Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate on or after May 22, 2008.Successful bidder shall be required to render payment in full by

June 22, 2008.

Sisseton-Wahpeton Housing Authority (SWHA) Low-Rent Tenants, be advised that yards are to be mowed and kept clean of litter and debris.

If the SWHA has to provide yard work, tenants will be charged at the rate of $50.00 per hour.

Sisseton-WahpetonHousing Authority

AttentionOld Agency District Members

May District MeetingWednesday, May 28, 2008

6:00 p.m.

AttentionLake Traverse District MembersThe monthly meeting for May will be held Thursday, May 22,

2008 at 7:00 p.m. at the Lake Traverse District Center.

AttentionLong Hollow District Members

May 2008 Monthly District Meeting

Thursday, June 5th, 20086:00 PM

At the District Center(If for any reason inclement weather, death, etc. the meeting

will be held 7 days later, at the District Center.)

Long Hollow Elderly MeetingMonday, June 2nd, 2008

6:00 p.m.District Center

At the District CenterAny questions regarding District business Please call the

District Coordinator, Valette Keoke(605) 698-4005 or Cell Ph #(605) 268-2600LHD EDC Loans Cell Ph#(605) 268-3736

Public Notice

SWO Fuel Inc. will be closed on Monday May 26, 2008 in observance of Memorial Day. Your business is important to us, to ensure delivery please submit your propane order by noon on Friday May 23, 2008.

SWO Fuel Inc. 2202 SD Hwy 10 Sisseton, SD Phone: 605-698-3521

Synergy AdvantageGroup, Inc.

Browns Valley, MNIs

Now Hiring!

Looking for Customer Service Reps to work in a fun and friendly environment!

No experience necessary – we will train!Full Time and Part Time Shifts are availableStarting pay up to $10.00/hr. + Bonuses40 hours per week Full Time25 hours per week Part Time(Minimum age 14)Day shifts available M-FOpen as late as 9:00 p.m. on weekdays and weekends are also

available.Call or stop by for an application.

201 West BroadwayBrowns Valley, MN 56219

(320) 695-2000Ask for Dan

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has announced the availability of $13.9 million in grants through the Tribal Resources Grants Program (TRGP). TRGP is a comprehensive program that provides a variety of funding options including law enforcement training, uniforms, basic issue equipment, crime-fighting technology, and vehicles. The program’s aim is to enhance tribal law enforcement infrastructure and community policing efforts.

This program is open to all federally recognized tribes with established police departments. In addition, tribes that are currently served by Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Law Enforcement Services may also request funding. There is no local match requirement for the program, and the COPS Office will

prioritize grant awards based on the greatest demonstrated need for federal assistance.

“We recognize that adequate law enforcement services contribute to the core of a healthy community, and the goal of the COPS Tribal Resources Grant Program is to support Native American communities by strengthening the police departments that serve them,” said COPS Director Carl R. Peed.

Applications can be filed online beginning on May 23rd by visiting www.grants.gov. Hardcopies of the application are available immediately and can be obtained by downloading them from www.cops.usdoj.gov, or by calling the COPS Response Center at 1-800-421-6770. To be considered for funding, applications

must be completed on-line or postmarked no later than June 13, 2008.The COPS Office is a federal agency responsible for advancing community policing nationwide. Since 1995, COPS has awarded over $9 billion to advance community policing, including grants awarded to more than 13,200 state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to fund the hiring and redeployment of more than 117,000 officers and provide a variety of knowledge resource products including publications, training, technical assistance,

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Sisseton and theLake Traverse ReservationCall Emmett ReddayToll-free 1-800-921-1681

Notice of Open MeetingsOpen meetings for victims of domestic violence will be held on

Mondays at 10:00 a.m. at the Dakotah Pride rehab center in the conference room.

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Cold Beer - Groceries - Ice

East Hwy 10 & Jct 127Sisseton, S.D.

Open 7 a.m.-11 p.m.Video Lottery

PowerballScratch Tickets

Roberts CountyNational Bank

Member FDIC - Equal Housing Lender

5 East Maple St.Sisseton, S.D.

Phone 698-7621

Internet Bankingat

www.rcnbank.com

SWO Fuel, Inc.

Commercial – ResidentialHeating & Air ConditioningLENNOX Quality products

Propane – Heating Oil – DieselBulk Deliveries

2202 SD Hwy 10 Sisseton, SD 57262

Business Hours:Monday thru Friday 8-5;

Saturday 8-12 noon

Estimates

Call 698-3521 or 698-4374

Insurance and Trust not FDIC Insured.

Minimum charge (20 words or less) ............... $3Additional, each word add ........................... $.15

All services available to anyone who is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or other crimes of violence.

*Emergency Shelter*Transportation*Personal Advocacy*Counseling Referrals*Legal Advocacy*Crisis Intervention*Medical Advocacy

P.O. Box 509Agency Village, SD 57262

Phone: (605) 698-3151After Hours: 1-888-252-0082

Peever, S.D.We Accept WIC,

EBT & USDA Food StampsOpen 12 Hours - 7 to 7

Monday thru Friday7 to 3 on Saturday

NEED EMBROIDERY?

*In house logo specialist*Affordable custom

embroidery*No minimum order on

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LD Enterprises

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*Volume discounts available*Accept screen printing and other

promotional itemsLocated at Lake Traverse, SD

Larry & Deb Halbert, OwnersShop: (605) 694-2848Cell: (605) 237-3124

[email protected]

The Early Childhood Intervention Program provides services to children from birth to 5 years---The critical years in a child’s development.

Early intervention can enhance development and reduce the effects of developmental delays.

Early intervention services are equally available to all.Contact information: Phone: 698-4400 Ext. 300; Fax:

698-4429; Email: [email protected]

Announcement to parents of children enrolled:Due to cuts in the funding from Medicaide, the Early Childhood

Intervention Program will be able to provide assistance for medical and dental appointments only to children with developmental delays or disabilities.

Showtimes: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; One hour sets with 1/2 hour breaks.

May 22-24 Robby Vee(Rock-n-Roll Oldies)

May 29 VIPs Micah Wetzel(Acoustic)

We Appreciate Your BusinessService Dept. Has Re-Opened

Hwy 10 - Sisseton, S.D.

Ron DuMarce, Operator100% Native American Operated

East Hwy 10 - Sisseton, S.D. - (605) 698-3363

Dakota Monument Co.~For Caring Professional Service~

Chad Ballhagen, Local Representative13193 – 468th Ave. – Wilmot, SD 57279

(605) 938-4836 – Toll-Free (800) 630-1788

Tiospa Zina Tribal SchoolJob Openings

Physical Education Teacher: (K-5)High School Science TeacherSpecial Education Teacher(s)1. Elementary2. Middle SchoolQualifications: BA/BS Degree in Education SD CertificationContact: Gabe Kampeska, HR Director 605-698-3953 ext: 3217 www.tzts.bia.edu/.

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Enemy Swim Day SchoolVacancies

Enemy Swim Day School has openings for 3 bus drivers for the next school year. Two drivers are needed in the Sisseton/Old Agency/Peever area. This is a 6 hour per day route. Applicant must have a valid CDL driver’s license. ESDS will assist driver in obtaining a CDL if needed. Health and vision insurance is included as well as retirement benefits and paid leave. Wage is dependent upon experience. If interested please pick up an application from the business office or visit our website: www.esds.bia.edu. Call (605) 947-4605 or (888) 825-7738 and ask for Deb for details. Open until filled. Indian preference policies will be followed.

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Enemy Swim Day SchoolPosition Available

A small K-8 school in Northeastern South Dakota is seeking two elementary teachers for the 2008-2009 school year.REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: SD State Teaching License. With or without Special Education endorsement.Pay dependent upon experience. Application deadline: Open until filled. Indian preference policies will be followed.For more information about the positions call (605) 947-4605 or (888) 825-7738 and ask for Virginia. Request an application from the Business Office or visit our website at www.esds.bia.edu and look under employment opportunities. Send application, resume, 3 letters of recommendation, and teaching license and other credentials to: Enemy Swim Day School, ATTN Deb Rumpza, 13525 - 446th Avenue, Waubay, SD 57273; phone (605) 947-4605; fax (605) 947-4188.

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Dakota Sioux Casino & HotelJob Announcement

Department: Administration.Position: Receptionist (1) Part-Time.

Reports to: Executive Assistant/General Manager.General function: Under supervision, performs clerical tasks involving typing, filing, answering switchboard and other work as required or directed.Position requirements: 1. Must have a high school diploma or G.E.D equivalent. 2. Knowledge of Basic English usage, spelling, and arithmetic. 3. Experience in dealing with the public required. 4. Ability to use a word processor and/or computer equipment. 5. Knowledge of office methods, practices, and procedures. 6. Must obtain an Employee Gaming License upon hire.Indian Preference will apply.Closing date: May 21, 2008.If interested please submit an application to: Dakota Sioux Casino & Hotel Human Resources Department, 16415 Sioux Conifer Road, Watertown, SD 57201.

Dakota Sioux Casino & HotelJob Announcement

Position: Gift Shop Cashier (Full-Time).Reports to: Gift Shop Manager.General function: Assist in providing quality service to the customers of the Casino and efficient operation of the Gift Shop.Position requirements: High school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent. Neat appearance and good communication skills. Working knowledge of retail and marketing sales. Operate Micros cash register and make exact change. Must obtain an Employee Non-Gaming License upon hire.Indian Preference will apply.Closing date: May 21, 2008.If interested please submit an application to: Dakota Sioux Casino & Hotel Human Resources Department, 16415 Sioux Conifer Road, Watertown, SD 57201.

Dakota Magic Casino & HotelJob Openings

Foods Department: Dishwasher (3 Full-Time) Rotating.Purchasing Department: Shipping/Receiving Clerk (1 Full-Time) Day.Closing Date: May 23, 2008 at 4:00 p.m.Starting Wage: D.O.E.High School Diploma or G.E.D. required. Two identification documents required upon hire.If interested please submit application to Human Resources Department, 16849 102nd Street SE, Hankinson ND 58041.For complete Job Description contact Marla Raffety at 701-634-3000 ext. 475.Indian Preference will apply/EEO. (Please Provide Tribal Enrollment.) Must be licensable by the SWO Gaming Commission.

REQUEST FOR BIDSOLD AGENCY HIGHWAY SOUTHRESHAPING/PAVING PROJECT

The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Construction Management Department herein gives notification that a Pre-Bid Conference for the “Old Agency Highway South Reshaping/Paving Project” shall be held and conducted at the Construction Management Department Conference Room on May 5th, 2008, beginning at 2:00 P.M. At the Pre-Bid Conference, all Road Construction Contractors shall be provided plans, specifications, and working drawings for this project, which consists of the following work elements:*Re-establish design centerline on project road;*Reshape road to design crown;*Construct aggregate base course;*Construct asphalt concrete pavement surfacing;*Roadside sign installation;*Edge line painting.For this project, the contractor shall be required to supply all labor, materials, and equipment to complete the project, in accordance with the approved plans and specifications which will be provided at the pre-bid conference on May 5th, 2008, beginning at 2:00 P.M. at the Construction Management Department Conference Room. Following the pre-bid conference,

interested contractors for this project are required to prepare a bid sheet for this project as well as submit a Bidders Bond payable to the owner in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid at the time of submission of their bid, for which the deadline shall be June 2, 2008, at 11:00 A.M. If bid is accepted, the contractor must submit a Performance and Payment Bond of 100% of total bid within ten (10) calendar days from the date of Notice Award. Sealed bids will be received at the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Construction Management Department Offices, Attn: Vern Cloud, Construction Manager, P.O. Box 509, 11950 BIA Road 7, Agency Village, SD 57262 (Ph: 605-742-0432, Fax: 605-742-0434) until June 2, 2008, at 11:00 A.M. Any bids received after this time and date will not be opened and sent back to the bidders. Faxed bids will not be accepted. Bids will be opened at 11:00 A.M. on June 2nd, 2008, at the Construction Management Department Conference Room. All bids must comply with the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate TERO Law and regulations, and the contractor is required to pay the applicable TERO tax for this project as well as comply with the TERO Indian preference requirements

for construction. The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Construction Department reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids.

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Dakota Dream Savings Fund is a new Individual Development Account program.

Individuals living in South Dakota who meet eligibility criteria and are interested in saving money for a match are encouraged to contact the Dakota Dream Savings Fund at 1-888-201-1161. Persons can save for down payment on a first home, post-secondary education, or business start-up/expansion.

An individual can save up to $2,000. This amount is matched up to $3 for every $1 saved, for example if an individual saves $2,000, they could receive match of $4,000 for a total of $6,000 to be used towards their asset purchase.

Income guidelines are based on 200% of poverty as established by the Department of Health & Human Services, for example a family of four cannot have income of over $42,400.

A household cannot have a net worth of over $10,000, excluding the primary residence and one vehicle. For further information please check out the website at www.dakotadreamsavingsfund.org or call toll free 1-888-201-1161. Equal Opportunity Organization.

It is not too late to file your 2007 tax return to receive your Economic Stimulus Payment.

As a result of legislation passed by Congress, some 20 million low-

income seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities are eligible for an Economic Stimulus Payment worth $300 and must file a Form 1040A to get it.

Filing this return is very easy!Eligible individuals just need

to call the Northeast South Dakota Community Action Program at 1-888-202-4855 Ext. 33 to make an appointment.

All services are free and confidential.

Returns can be filed until October 15, 2008, without an extension.

NESDCAP is an Equal Opportunity Organization.

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