The Ojibwe News (Bemidji, Minnesota), 1988-08-31

              STATE:
6.9 percent increase for NSP
customers approved by state
public utilities commission
page 2
NATIONAL:
Lucasfilm decides not to shoot
new Indiana Jones movie on
Hopi holy grounds
page 4
FAMILY PAGE:
Single Parenting
Page 10
News Briefs
Duluth-
Most prospective residents of a home for AIDS
victims are being scared away by a state requirement that they
forfeit virtually all their
income in return for
room and board, officials say.
The only occupant
since Hillside House
opened in March is
thinking about leaving
because of the requirement. Rick Stallmann
says Hillside is a "nice
place to live," but the
state requirement
leaves him with only
$45 a month.
Several prospective
residents who toured
the house liked what
they saw, but backed
away when they heard
the terms, Stallmann
said. "And I may head
out myself. You can
only watch TV and pace
the floor for so long."
St. Mary's Medical
Center is dismayed that
the home it runs hasn't
become more popular.
"It's a difficult situation," said K a t h y
Noble, director of social
services for the Duluth
hospital. "And it's one
we're doing our best to
address." The hospital
is considering changing
the set-up ofthe house
to make the terms more
liberal, she said.
Grand Portage-
Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe ©fficials nave
been elected without
protests that marked
recent tribal meetings,
but protesters say
they'll continue to push
for changes in tribal
government.
"At some point in
time, we've got to force
the issue," John Morrin
of the Ojibway People
for Justice said after
Thursday's election.
Re-elected as tribal
president and vice
president were Darrell
"•Chip" Wadena of
White Earth and
Norman Deschampe of
Grand Portage. Dan
Brown of Leech Lake
was elected treasurer,
and Eugene Boshey of
Bois Forte was elected
secretary.
Tribe members voted
in June to revise the
tribe's constitution.
Critics say the constitution has no political
checks and balances
built into it, leaving the
same elected officials to
make laws, interpret
laws, enforce laws and
administer all programs.
But tribal officials said
Thursday that they
aren't sure how to set
up a constitutional con-
vention. At issue is
whether delegates
should be selected by
population, which would
allow a larger band such
as White Earth more
delegates than Grand
Portage and other
smaller bands.
The
Ojibwe
News
"News by and for the Ojibwe Nation"
Copyright Ojibwe News, 1988
THIRTY-FIVE CENTS
Founded at Bemidji, Minnesota in 1988
Volume 1 Issue 15
Wednesday, August 31, 1988
A Weekly Publication
Bemidji, Minnesota 56601
A backhoe operator covers the spot where the remains of the Dakota ancestors were reburied following Friday's ceremony.
Photo by James Johnson
Remains from ancient Dakota cemetery reburied
By James Johnson
Editor
The bones from an
ancient Dakota cemetery
were finally laid to rest
again Friday after a traditional ceremony presided
over by Chris Leith, a
Dakota spiritual leader
from Wisconsin.
"There is a lesson to be
learned," Leith told about
100 people gathered to
watch the ceremony. "We
are not to disturb those
things put in Mother Earth
. . . Today we put back
what has been disturbed."
The cemetery was
disturbed during construction of a 55-by-150 foot
addition to the Pamida
Discount Store in Bemidii.
The discovery was made
about two weeks ago after
a Bemidji resident, Joe
D ay, expressed h is
concern to the Minnesota
Indian Affairs Council that
there maybe Indian
remains in the construction area.
The state archaeology
department investigated
the site and found remains
of what are believed to be
bones and artifacts of
Dakota Indian ancestors.
Workers from the Leech
Lake Archaeology Department sifted through over
225 cubic yards of earth
and recovered several
hundred bones ranging in
size from tiny fragments
to an almost complete
human skull.
The bones are believed
to be from between 16 to
20 Dakota Indians buried
at the site sometime
between A.D. 800 to A.D.
1600, according to
Barbara O'Connell,
assistant state archaeologist and osteologist.
O'Connell said that
almost every part of the
human body, and every
age group was represented by the remains.
She noted that there were
a disproportionate number
of people between the
ages of 18 to 25 represented. She said that the
bones showed no signs of
illness in the group and
suspects the deaths were
caused by warfare, noting
that one rib showed
evidence of a knife wound.
O'Connell said that their
findings are only preliminary and the result of
just two-and-a-half days
of study.
O'Connell said the area
had been identified as a
Indian cemetery in 1939
when a sewer line was
being put in by Works
Project Adminstration
workers.
"This was a known site
and that's what is so
unfortunate about it," said
O'Connell. "If some had
come to us before and
asked us, we would have
said, 'Yes, there is a
cemetery there. I've got a
map in the file showing
it.'"
The bones were
reburied and construction
at the site has resumed as
agreed upon by the
parties involved on Aug.
19.
The bones were placed
just outside the
foundation wall of the
Pamida addition.
O'Connell said that
Pamida officials have been
very cooperative in dealing
with the situation.
She also said the field
crew has done a fantastic
job in recovering the
remains. >
After the ceremony,
Leith said, "What has been
done here has been done
innocently, and we've been
taught as children that we
can correct our mistakes."
Allen Brew, professor of
anthropology at Bemidji
State University who was
involved in the initial
sorting and identifying of
the remains and artifacts,
said, "I'm just glad to see
that they're going back
'where they came from."
IRS to send "tax due" notices
to some Minnesotans
St. Paul, Minn. (AP) -
Around 80,000 Minnesotans will be receiving
notices from the Internal
Revenue Service saying
they owe additional federal
income taxes for 1986.
The IRS has been checking 1986 tax returns against
the income, interest and
dividend figures that
employers, banks and other
organizations were required to report directly to
the IRS.
The agency says 80,000
Minnesotans still owe taxes
on income they failed to
include in their 1986 returns.
The IRS has mailed similar notices since it began
cross-checking tax returns
in-1974, but this year's
number is a record. Last
year, only 57,000 Minnesotans received letters.
By the end of next week,
about 500 "notices of
changes to proposed
income" will have been
mailed to taxpayers. The
remaining notices will be
sent over the next 10 to 12
months.
The notices will specify
the exact amount the IRs
thinks is owed, including
tax, interest and sometimes penalties,
where notices are received
for taxes due in past years.
"The numbers in the tax
return were right," said
Chuck Betz, a certified
public accountant for
Larson, Allen, Weishair and
Co. in St. Louis Park.
"They just weren't in the
place where the IRS
However, in the experience of some accountants
in the Twin Cites, the IRS
is mistaken in as many as
two-thirds of the cases
thought they were."
Joe White, a manager
with Sands, Rust and Co.,
in Minneapolis, said that
sometimes happens when
"we call it interest because
it was from a credit union
and they (the IRS) called it
dividends.
But that doesn't mean
you can ignore the letter if
you've already reported the
income and paid the taxes.
The IRS wants to hear from
you in writing within 30
days. If you don't reply,
you can be assessed a 1/2
percent-per-month penalty
for failure to pay taxes
when due.
Red Lake's 1986
audit incomplete
By William J. Lawrence
Publisher
The News recently
obtained a copy of the
fiscal year 1986 audit of
the combined financial
statements of the Special
Revenue Funds of the Red
Lake Band of Chippewa
Indians. The audit report,
prepared by the public
accounting firm of Henry
S. Krigbaum, Ltd., of
Bemidji, is more noteworthy for what is does
nor include rather than for
what it does include.
For example, the audit
does not include 11 programs or funds administered by the Red Lake
Tribal Council.
In addition, the report is
filled with exclusionary
notes, disclaimers, and
more importantly, does
not contain the customary
"opinion" by the accountant. Normally, when a
certified public accountant
fails to state an opinion on
a client's audit, it maybe a
signal that something is
wrong with that client's
set of books, and the
CPA, for ethical reasons,
will not give an opinion.
In order to allow our
readers to draw their own
conclusions from the 1986
audit, the News has
provided the text of the
report on page 11.
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