The Ojibwe News (Bemidji, Minnesota), 1988-11-09

              STATE:
DNR commissioner
outraged over elk killings
page 2
NATIONAL:
Reagan signs Indian
water pact into law
page 3
FAMILY PAGE:
Low self-esteem nrfakes
learning difficult
page 7
s  brief
Naytahwaush man
apprehended in California
According to Mahnomen County Sheriff's officials, John
Diablo Gonzalles, of Naytahwaush, was apprehended in San
Jose, Calif, last Monday just two hours after the Mahnomen
County Sheriff's office sent a teletype to Santa Clara County
officials.
Gonzalles has been charged in Mahnomen County with
receiving stolen property, and leaving the scene of an
accident involving a fatality and failure to report the accident.
Gonzalles was the driver of a pickup which overturned on
county road 114, approximately 10 miles east of Waubun at
about 6 a.m. on Oct. 15. Killed in th accident was 13-year-old
Rhonda Bellanger of White Earth. v
The pickup Gonzalles was driving was later discovered to
be stolen from Hackensack, Minn, along with about $20,000
worth of stolen outdoor and sporting equipment.
Warrants for Gonzalles were issued after he failed to turn
himself over to his attorney, Peter Cannon, as he had agreed.
Leech Lake Veteran's Day Pow
Wow set for this weekend
The Leech Lake Pow Wow Committee is sponsoring a
Veteran's Day pow wow Nov. 12 and 13 at the Leech Lake
Bingo Palace near Cass Lake.
The schdule for Saturday includes the Bernard Rock Feast
at 5 p.m., Grand Entry at 7 p.m. and retiring of colors at 11
p.m. Sunday's schedule includes a 1;30 p.m. Grand Entry, a
Veteran's Feast at 5 p.m. and a final Grand Entry at 7 p.m.
All area color guards are invited to participate.
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Indian basketball tourney set
The Anishinabe Classic All-Indian Men's Basketball
tournament has been schedule for Nov. 25-27 at the Cass
Lake High School gymnasium.
The Anishinabe Classic is a double-elimination tournament
and prizes will be awarded for first through fourth place
($800, $500, $300 and $200, respectively). There will also be
MVP and all-star team awards.
Entry fee is $150 and the deadline for signing up teams is
Nov.. 22. As of Friday, teams that had signed up included the
Dakota Warriors of Mandaree, N.D., Team U.S.A from Fort
Hall, Idaho, Woodland of Minneapolis plus a number of local
teams.
For more information, contact Henry Harper at (218)
335-6211 (8 am. to 5 p.m.) or (218) 335-2121 (after 9 p.m.).
TEC Meets in Grand Portage
The Tribal Executive Committee met in Grand Portage
this past week. One of the matters reportedly covered at
the quarterly business meeting was consideration of a
constitutional revision. According to an article in Ourselves,
the MCT monthly, there was "fittle.consensus as to how
changes should be made."
Five reservations voted in favor of constitutional revision
on a referendum during the general elections June 14. Bois
Forte, Fond du Lac, Leech Lake, Mille Lacs, and White
Earth voted for revision; Grand Portage voted against it.
©mom
vent
November 10: Parent-Teacher Conferences, Chief
Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School, 1 to 7 p.m. A lasagna supper
will be served about 4:30 p.m.
November 22: Harvest Celebration, an alternative
Thanksgiving and benefit for Anishinabe Akeeng. 5:30 to 9
p.m., Sabathani Center, 310 E. 38th St., Minneapolis. A
traditional meal wll be served, storytelling, round dance,
drum group, pipe ceremony and children's activities. $3-$5
sliding fee. Donations encouraged.
"News by and for the Ojibwe Nation
FIFTY CENTS
Founded at Bemidji, Minnesota in 1968 Volume 1  Issue 25 Wednesday, November 9, 1988 I
Copyright Ojibwe News, 1988
A Weekly Publication
Bemidji, Minnesota 56601
As of 1 a.m. CST
Sectoral votes: Bush 355    Dukakis 102
with 79 percent of thi
Dukakis - Bentsen
3r]  Undecided
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Bush defeats Dukakis
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But Democrats win net gain in Congress
Durenburger and Stangeland win in 7th District
Preliminary Hearing in Walker
By James Johnson
Editor
"He'll be our president, and
we'll work with him. This
nation faces major challanges
ahead and we must work
together," said Massachusetts
Governor Michael Dukakis
during his consession speech
last night to a crowd of
disappointed supporters.
As of 1 a.m., Bush had 355
electoral votes, far more than
270 needed for victory.
Dukakis had only managed to
bring home 102 electoral
votes as of 1 am.
Despite the Democratic loss
for presidency, they won a net
gain in both house of
Congress plus several new
governors across the country.
Closer to home, Minne-
sotans voted overwhelmingly
in favor of the three referen-
dums to have the state's
constitution amended to 1)
Establish a state environmental trust fund, 2) Establish
a state-operated lottery, and
3) to allow the use of juries
with fewer than twelve
members for civil and
nonfelony cases.
Even though the proposed
amendments won the approval
of the voters, it is still up to
the state legislature to decide.
' In the race for the 7th
District U.S. House of
Representative seat, incum
bent Arlan Stangeland was
ahead of challanger Marv
Hanson. Much of Stangeland's
support came from the
southern part of the district.
In the U.S. Senate race,
incumbent Dave Durenburger
easily defeated Attorney
General Hubert "Skip"
Humphrey III who conceded
well before all the votes were
tallied.
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Defendants face charges of trespassing at MCT headquarters
By Mark Boswell
Assistant Editor
The headline in the Bemidji Pioneer
last Friday read: 'Dissidents go to
court.' And the photograph along
with the story showed a throng of
tribal people outside of a courtroom
in Walker. Not a typical story, and
not a typical hearing.
This was the preliminary hearing in
what may set a precedent for
reservation authority and
sovereignity. A hot topic on many
reservations in Minnesota
Nine members of the Ojibwe People
for Justice encampment in Cass
Lake were present in Cass County
District Court last Thursday, Judge
Michael Haas scheduled an omnibus
hearing for ten members of the group
who were arrested April 24 on
charges of trespassing at tribal
headquarters in Cass Lake.
The defendants are: Andrew R.
Roy, 37, of Minneapolis; Leonard W.
Tanner, 51, of Duluth; William F.
Jackson, 36, of White Earth; Marvin
J. Manypenny, 41, of Naytahwaush;
Daniel A. St. Cyr, 34, of Minneapolis;
Franklin W. LaRose, 33, of Cass
Lake; Richard C. Bellecourt, 41, of
White Earth; Walter F. Reese, 43, of
Walker; and Constance M. Ross,48,
of White Bear Lake. All are members
of the Minnesota Chippewa tribe,
either White Earth or Leech Lake
band; the exception, Daniel A. St.
Cyr, is a Sioux/Winnebago Indian.
The hearing, scheduled for Dec. 13
stems from the misdemeanor
charges brought against the
members of the Ojibwe People For
Justice.
According to the story in the
Bemidji Pioneer, the original arrest
stems from a sit-in at tribal
headquarters that began April 18 that
Co-Defendant Leonard W. Tanner leaving Cass County District Court last Thursday.        The Ojibwe People for Justice encampment in Cass Lake.      Photos by Mark Boswell
lasted until the arrest at 2 am. on the
April 24. The defendants appeared
April 25 before judge Haas, who
released them on their promise to
appear for future court proceedings.
The defendants were also required to
assure the court that they would be
lawful and peaceful in their behavior
and would do nothing to violate
federal, state or local laws, state
trespass law imparticular.
One of the defendants, Ernest A.
Hunt, 39, of Walker, is being
represented by Ted Lundigren of
Pine River. Hunt's situation is
different since he is employed as a
custodian at tribal headquarters, and
claims he was not taking part in the
sit-in.
The other nine defendants are being
represented by three attorneys from
the law firm of Dorsey and Whitney
of Minneapolis. The attorneys, Craig
Diviney, Carol Peterson, and Mike
Staley will represent the group and
submit motions for the case by Nov.
30. The omnibus-fashion hearing will
begin on Dec. 13 and a January trial
date will be set.
Not present during Thursday's
preliminary hearing was Constance
Ross, who allegedly had car trouble
on her way to Walker from her home
near the Twin Cities. A bench
warrant for her arrest was suggested
by Assistant County Attorney Jon
Eclov, the prosecuting attorney for
Cass County. Judge Haas issued the
warrant because of her absence, but
Defense Attorney Diviney suggested
a stay of sentencing until noon and
Judge Haas extended the stay period
for one week. Ross appeared after
the hearing and was present for a
group meeting with her codefendants
and the defending attorneys.
The group bases their defense in
the matter on the fact that the tribal
headquarters in Cass Lake is on land
that belongs to all tribal members,
therefore, the group believes that no
one can be legitimately arrested for
trespassing on land that they are part
owner of. They also state that
permission to set up the encampment
was given by a member of the Leech
Lake Reservation  Business
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Committee.
The encampment, a group of tents
and a tepee, is located adjacent to
the tribal headquarters building. On
one of the small shacks erected
there, a sign reads: "Brother, sister,
do not surrender me. But let us live
together--and survive."
In the six months that the encampment has been occupied many people
have come and gone to this place.
The symbolic significance of the
encampment and the convictions to
change the Ojibwe People For
Justice stand for are still strong .
Although the sacred fire has been
moved into the tepee standing on the
grounds to protect it from the
elements, it continues to burn.
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