The Ojibwe News (Bemidji, Minnesota), 1994-10-07

              Carley Jasken bound over for trial
I.G. HOTLINE (612) 291-1334
By Gary Blair
On Tues., Oct. 4,1994, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan G. Lebedoff
bound over for trial Carley" Baby Doll"
Jasken, chainvoman of the White
Earth Reservation Election Board, on
charges of Obstruction of Justice.
The 10:30 A.M. hearing was packed
with White Earth residents who made
the trip to St. Paul, MN to attend the
proceedings. As the federal judge announced that Probable Cause had been
found, clapping broke out in the court
room. Baby Doll, 64, sat nearly motionless during the testimony given by
investigator David Barnes ofthe U.S.
Interior Department's Inspector
General's office who brought the
charge against her.
Baby Doll's latest round of troubles
occurred when federal officials
caught her shredding documents in
the reservation's administration office located at Mahnomen, MN. This
was after she had been told by federal authorities last month not to
destroy any of the records pertaining to the resenation's recent general election.
Baby Doll has sened as head ofthe
resenation's election committee for
over ten years and is suspected of
masterminding election fraud on the
northeastern Minnesota resenation
on more than one occasion during that
time.
Investigator Barnes told the court
that a large portion of the documents
Baby.Doll had been caught shredding
were PS 3800 records (resenation
enrollment records) contained in five
large plastic bags, bags he said Baby
Doll had sent a tribal employee to a
local store to purchase for the occasion.
Barnes also told the court that his
office had been seeking those records
and others through subpoenas sened
earlier on Baby Doll and White Earth,
chairman Chip Wadena after he discovered the documents missing from
an earlier request made for the voting
records.
Baby Doll was arrested on Sept.
25th, shortly after she left bingo and
entered the casino at Mahnomen. Since
that time she has been free without
bail after spending a night in jail at
Bemidji, MN.
Jasken cont'd on pg 3
WANTED - Senator Skip Finn/ pg 4
Indigenous Games '95 moves to T.C./ pg 1
M.I.A.C. meeting notice/ pg 6
Carley Jasken bound over for trial/ pg 1
Voice ofthe Anishinabeg (The People)
Indigenous Games 95 moves to Twin Cities
By Bill Lawrence
According to information provided
to the PRESS by anonymous sources,
it was learned that the Board of Directors of Indigenous Games 1995,
voted by a tally of 4-3 to move the
Games to the Twin Cities.
The sources told the PRESS that the
vote was taken at a closed session of
the Board of Directors on Tuesday
afternoon at the Northern Inn in Bemidji.
The vote of the board was as follows: voting to move the Games to
Mpls. were Tom Barrett, Al Thunder
(for Bobby Whitefeather), Ed Lohnes,
and Keith Lussier; voting to keep the
Games in Bemidji were Henry Harper,
Bruce Graves (for Chip Wadena) and
Dan Brown; abstaining were David
Tiffany and Donald Cook.
In an editorial in the Bemidji Pioneer this morning the issue was raised
whether the estimated number of
people" the Games would bring would
be larger than the Bemidji area could
accommodate. This is an extremely
valid question since the timing of the
Games would conflict with the major
tourist traffic and events schedule
which normally fills all available accommodations.
In addition, the Pioneer editorial
stated that Games officials would be
issuing a press release announcing the
recent decision. The PRESS stopped
by the Games office at 1819 Bemidji
Ave. but found it locked.
Games cont'd on pg 3
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Oct. 12 meeting will decide fate of AIHC
P TO pOSa1        Should the shelter be built at the proposed site ?
By Delvin Cree
The American Indian Housing Corporation (AIHC), a small controversial housing agency in Minneapolis,
is proposing a 40 bed permanent facility for chronic alcoholics which they
plan to build behind the Minneapolis
American Indian Center located on
Franklin Avenuein the Phillips neighborhood.
The concept of developing such a
facility is generally considered a good
one but many community members
feel the proposed location is wrong
and that the organization (AIHC) is
not a viable one.
In the past year there has been opposition from community members because previously a number of bars and
liquor stores on Franklin Avenue were
shut down and that failed to reduce the
public intoxication problem. In fact,
the problem is so bad it has received
major attention from local and regional media, especially at the
Hennpein County Detox Center.
However, since public attention has
been drawn to this problem that heavily
effects the Native American community, people have come together in
various ways to address the issues and
try to find some kind of a solution.
The AIHC is one of the organizations who have come fonvard with a
proposal but has not received widespread support from the community.
Last year, two board members went
public with complaints against two
other board members, Gordon Thayer
and Bob Albee, for paying themselves
for professional senices they provided
to the organization while they were on
the board of directors. This action is in
direct violation of AIHC bv-laws and
AIHC cont'd on pg 3
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views in Indian gambling case
By Richard Carelli
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The
Supreme Court asked the Clinton
administration Monday for its views
in a high-stakes battle from Florida
and Alabama over regulation of
gambling on Indian resenations.
The court, acting on the first day of
its new term, asked Justice
Department lawyers to say whether
they believe federal courts have the
authority to oversee negotiations
between tribes and state officials about
starting gambling operations.
The justices are not expected to act
in the Florida and Alabama cases
until hearing from government
lawyers, which could take months.
In other action, the court turned
down an appeal by Rhode Island
Attorney General Jeffrey Pine who
argued the state has no obligation to
let the Narragansett Indian Tribe build
a gambling casino on its resenation.
In Albuquerque, U. S. Attorney John
Kelly said the Narragansett ruling
was important "because it is the first
case to let stand a federal court order
directing a state to enter into good-
faith negotiations with a tribe."
Federal appeals courts have split on
that aspect ofthe 1988 Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act. It gave tribes new
freedom to run big-money casinos,
bingo halls and other gambling
activities on their lands.
Indian gambling since has grown
into a $6 billion-a-year industry in
more than 20 states.
The Supreme Court in 1987 ruled
states cannot ban gambling on Indian
resenations within their borders, a
decision that left Indian gaming
largely unregulated by the states.
Congress responded in 1988 by
passing a law "to provide a statutory
basis for the operation of gaming by
Indian tribes as a means of promoting
tribal economic development, self-
sufficiency and strong tribal
governments."
The law requires federally
recognized tribes to negotiate with
the respective states before starting
some types of on-reservation
gambling. States are required to
negotiate in good faith, and the law
authorizes a tribe to sue a state in
federal court if it fails to do so.
That's what happened in Florida
and Alabama, where the Seminole
and Poarch Creek tribes accused state
officials of not negotiating in good
faith.
Both   states   contend   the
Ames' statements may help convicted
embassy guard Clayton Lonetree
Tuesday.
Views cont'd on pg 3
Aide says Thompson won't approve casino
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ An aide to
Gov. Tommy Thompson said Monday
that Thompson's opposition to any
gambling expansion in Wisconsin
means that a proposed Indian-owned
casino at a financially troubled dog
track in Hudson is dead.
"He does consider putting a casino
at the dog track an expansion of
gambling and he has shut the door on
that," said KevinKeane, Thompson's
press secretary.
Asked directly whether Thompson
would approve a proposed casino at
the St. Croix Meadows dog track in
Hudson if he's re-elected in November
and the plan clears needed federal
approval, Keane said the governor
would not.
"There will be no expansion of
gambling. And he meant it," the aide
said.
During a televised debate with
Democratic challenger Chuck Chvala
on Friday, Thompson said, "We're
not going to expand Indian gambling
... without further remuneration."
But moments later, Thompson said:
"I'm not in any way going to expand
Indian gambling beyond what it is
today."
In the past, Thompson, who is
seeking a third, four-year term as
governor, has said he opposed
gambling expansion but indicated he
would consider local support for the
Hudson casino.
Keane said Monday that during the
debate, Thompson melded two
thoughts into the same sentence in
his initial comments. Thompson
meant that he opposes any gambling
expansion but wants the state to seek
more money from the tribes when
their gambling compacts expire before
the end ofthe decade. Keane said.
Three Wisconsin Chippewa bands
_ the Lac Courte Oreilles, Mole Lake
and Red Cliff _ want to become
partners in the St. Croix dog track,
located just minutes east ofthe Twin
Cities, and add a casino.
Track owners said that without the
deal the $40 million track, which
opened in 1991 and has been losing
millions of dollars, will close.
The Chippewa bands have applied
to theU.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs to
designate the racing track's land as a
resenation, which would allow a
tribally operated casino.
The BIA is required by law to confer
with the governorand get his approval.
Supporters of the track have said
that gambling agreements the tribes
negotiated with the state allow them
to operate two casinos, and doing a
joint casino such as Hudson would
not be an expansion of gambling.
By Tony Mauro and Sam
Vincent Meddis
USA TODAY
Clayton Lonetree, the Marine guard
convicted of espionage at the U.S.
Embassy in Moscow seven years ago,
plans to seek freedom from prison
based on suggestions made by CIA
turncoat Aldrich Ames that Lonetree
may have been set up.
"We will seek his immediate discharge from custody," says his attorney, Michael Stuhff of Las Vegas.
"Now we know the rest ofthe story."
The prosecutor in the Lonetree case,
David.Beck, agrees the case should be
reopened in the interest of justice. "If
there's any evidence that our government knew about it, it would be deplorable," says Beck, now a Knox-
ville, Tenn., lawyer.
In recent inteniews, Ames has suggested that the entire embassy spy
scandal, which created an uproar in
1987, was created by Soviet intelligence agents to divert attention from
Ames' own spying activities.
Lonetree was accused of having a
relationship with a female Soviet agent,
and compromising embassy secrets at
a time when a new U.S. embassy was
under construction. "He may have
taken the bait, but as far as doing
anything that harmed the country, he
did not," says Stuhff.
Ames' statements prompted Stuhff
and co-counsel William Kunstler, a
radical New York lawyer, to urge that
the case be reopened.
Lonetree confessed under duress,
says Kunstler. "If he hadn't confessed,
there wouldn't have been a case."
Says Stuhff, who plans to file a
motion with military court in coming
days, "Lonetree wants to proceed on
this."
Lonetree, 30, has spent the last seven
years doing hard labor at Fort
Leavenworth in Kansas. His original
30-year sentence was reduced to 15.
Lonetree's relatives declined comment
**************
[Reprintedfrom Wed, Sept. 28,1994.]
CIA Director James Woolsey, under intense pressure to act in the wake
of the Aldrich Ames spy scandal, is
expected to announce today what punishment he'll impose on agency officials found negligent in the case.
The decision by Woolsey, who appears today in a closed session before
the House Intelligence committee, will
signal whether the CIA "means business" about reforming itself, says Rep.
Dan Glickman, D-Kan., committee
chairman.
"The proof will be what Woolsey is
going to do vis-a-vis some top-level
employees," Glickman say's.
There's even speculation in intelligence circles that Woolsey may resign
by next year, because of private expressions of job frustration and not
enough White House support.
CIA officials, however, say they've
Ame's cont'd on pg 3
House moves to improve Indian recognition
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The House
moved Monday to streamline the
recognition process for Indian tribes
and reform the American Indian trust
fund.
The Indian Federal Recognition
Administrative Procedure Act, passed
by voice vote, is designed to reduce
the costs and time needed when tribes
petition the government for federal
recognition.
It establishes the Commission on
Indian Recognition to take over the
work now done by the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and sets time guidelines
for considering petitions.
If the commission fails to act within a
specified time, the petitioners would be
able to appeal to a U.S. District Court.
There are now 545 Indian tribes
recognized by the federal government
and thus eligible for aid from the
Bureau of Indian Affairs. Among
current criteria are whether a
substantial portion ofthe group lives
within a specific area and whether it
has maintained an established tribal
authority over its members throughout
its history.
Currently, many groups unhappy
with the BIA recognition process take
office within the Interior Department
to ensure reform of the American
Indian Trust Management. The bill
would allow tribes easier access and
more control over trust funds and
allows more options for investment of
funds.
The federal government has held
funds in trust for Indians since 1820,
and the BIA now controls trust funds
of more than $2.1 billion
In a third bill, the House bars the
BIA from withdrawing recognition
of a federally recognized Indian tribe
their petitions to Congress in hopes of  or Alaska native group without
getting quick action. congressional approval. All three bills
A separate bill would create a new   still need Senate action.
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