The Ojibwe News (Bemidji, Minnesota), 1988-11-30

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Ojibwe fasts to protest
Thanksgiving events
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LaRose wins featured
bout in Cass Lake
Archie LaRose of Leech Lake, scored a second round
knockout to beat Pat Bailey of Duluth in the feature bout of
the Cass Lake boxing tournament last Wednesday night.
LaRose won the match when his opponent went down a
minute and a half into the second round and failed to rise
before the end of the nine-count.
The semi-final match went uncontested when Clay
Crawford's opponent from Duluth didn't show up. Instead,
Crawford boxed a three-round exhibition against Eugene
White of Redlake.
The next boxing card at Cass Lake is scheduled for Dec.
10 at 2 p.m. at the Veteran's Memorial Building (bingo
palace).
Bemidji "Mardi Gras"
preparations begin early
What: Auditions for the characters in a play; the author,
who is Native American, wants the characters who are also"
Native Americans to be played by Native Americans.
Who: The actors needed are: A Native American woman
(age 22) and man (age 37); and two European men (ages 27
and 57). The ages listed are the ages of the characters, the
woman should speak Ojibwa, and the oldest man should be
short and of a strong build.
The play is being written especially for the 1989 Mardi Gras
Celebration, it is being produced by the Bemidji Community
Theatre, and directed by Greg Gasman. The author: Jon
Katherine, writes: "There were many famous people linked
to the Northwest Fur Company, but this play, 'The
Winterers,' is not the story of them. It is the tale of four
anonymious individuals who - on a winter trading trip to a
band of Ojibwa - camped one night near a lake near the
source of the Mississippi. This one act play is an expression
of the human dimensions of the fur trade which, up until
very recently, have been little appreciated."
When: Auditions will be held on three days:
Sat.        Dec. 3 11 AM - 2 PM
Sun.        Dec. 4 3 PM - 5 PM
Mon.       Dec. 5 5 PM - 8 PM
Rehersals begin just after New Years. The play will be given
the first weekend in February.
Where: Auditions will be at the Bemidji Arts Building,
Bemidji Ave. at Fifth Street. If there are questions, call Dick
Lueben at 751-9194, evenings.
Native American
activist Josephine
Moody Kauffman dies
Seattle, Wash. (AP) - During
nearly three decades in
Seattle, Josephine Moody
Kauffman left her mark on the
Native American community.
Ms. Kauffman, 65, died
Friday. She had suffered
complications of heart disease
and pneumonia. Funeral
services were to be held today
in Kamiah, Idaho, where she
was born on the Nez Perce
Indian reservation.
In 1971, Ms. Kauffman was
one of the protestors who
climbed a fence during a
takeover at Fort Lawton in
Seattle.
She was active in the
Seattle Indian Center, the
Seattle Indian Women's
Service League and the
Seattle American Indian
Elders group.
Ms. Kauffman established
the United Indians Of All
Tribes Foundation in Seattle's
Discovery Park.
"The support and leadership
she gave to the Indian
community helped us form
United Indians Of All Tribes
Foundation and the Daybreak
Star Cultural Arts Center, and
her memory lives on in the
center," said foundation
executive director Bernie
Whitebear.
As a member of the Seattle
American Indian Elders, Ms.
Kauffman assisted in the
development and management
of the group's financial
growth.
She is survived by her
husband, John Kauffman Sr., a
son and six daughters.
Suspicious fire
kills five in
Minneapolis duplex
By Betsy Henderson
Associated Press Writer
Minneapolis, Minn. (AP) -
Arson is suspected in a fire
Saturday that killed a
woman, two of her sons and
a young man visiting them,
authorities said.
Another victim was in
critical condition Saturday
night at the Hennepin
County Medical Center, he
has since died. Six people in
the lower part of the duplex
escaped unharmed.
The fire is being investigated as a possible
multiple homicide by police
and fire officials, said police
Sgt. Michael LaVine. He
would not say if police had a
suspect, or provide details
of why arson was suspected.
Friends from the working
class neighborhood said the
woman had three other
children who were.not home
during the fire.
"They were a very good
family. They never caused
no trouble," said Janet
Erickson, who described the
dead woman as "like a
sister."
A homicide division news
release on the fatal blaze
also mentioned a fire
reported about an hour and
20 minutes later at a house
a few blocks from the
duplex. After extinguishing
that blaze, the statement
said, firefighters saw that a
fire had been extinguished in
a car in front of a nearby
home.
LaVine said he could not
say whether authorities
believe the three fires are
related.
The fatal blaze was
reported at 4:34 a.m. to
police, LaVine said. It was
brought under control b
5:23 a.m. by up to 4
firefighters from six departments.
The Hennepin County
medical examiner's office
said Carol Ann Kugel, 41;
her sons, Don Smith, 22,
and Wayne Kugel, 10; and
James Jackson, 21, all died
of smoke inhalation.
Jackson's twin brother,
Joseph, who was visiting,
was in critical condition, but
has since died.
NATIONAL:
Indian radio station's funding
rocks on treaty controversy
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FAMILY PAGE:
Tips for Christmas tree
and holiday plant care
page 7
Oji bive
"News by and for the Ojibwe Nation"
Founded at Bemidji, Minnesota in 1988
Volume 1 Issue 28
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Wednesday, November 30, 1988 |
Copyright Ojibwe News, 1988
A Weekly Publication
A 12-foot Indian pow wow dancer, created by Bemidji artist Wanda Odegard, is just one
work in her exhibit "Movement In Metal." Odegard's work will be on display at the Talley
' Gallery in the Education-Art building on the campus of Bemidji State University from
Dec. 4 through Dec. 9. An opening reception is set for Dec. 4 from noon to 4 p.m., and an
i  artist talk is scheduled for Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Photo by James Johnson
President signs bill making part
of Mississippi National Park
Minneapolis, Minn. (AP) -
Eighty miles of the Mississippi
River in the Twin Cities
metropolitan area has been
made part of the National
Park System under a bill
signed by President Reagan.
The bill signed Monday
establishes the Mississippi
National River and Recreation
Area. It covers the river and
about 50,000 acres of its
shore land from the mouth of
the Crow River at Dayton,
downstream past Minneapolis
and St. Paul, and on to the
mouth of the St. Croix River
near Hastings.
The new law cites a national
interest in protecting and
enhancing resources within
that corridor, including
natural, scenic, economic,
recreational and scientific
resources.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers now manages most
federal land within the corridor
as part of its program to
maintain a commercial navigation channel for barge
traffic. The new law gives the
National Park Service jurisdiction over most of that
federal land, which will be
managed under laws generally
applicable to units of the
National Park System.
Other land within the
corridor, including private
property, will continue to be
administered under state and
local laws -- provided the
owners comply with a long-
range management plan for
the riverway.
If they don't, the state can
use the power of eminent
domain to acquire any non-
complying land. If the state
doesn't act, the National Park
Service can acquire the land
by condemnation.
A 22-member coordinating
commission to be chosen by
the heads of several federal
agencies and Gov. Rudy
Perpich will develop the
critical management plan. The
commission must include
representatives of Minneapolis, St. Paul and other affected local governments in
addition to representatives of
the barge industry and the
public.
Within three years the commission must submit the management plan to the governor
and the secretary of the
interior, who oversees the
Park Service. The plan will
outline how federal agencies
and state and local governments will coordinate their
plans for managing the
corridor.
The new law represents a
compromise between Rep.
Bruce Vento, D-Minn., and
Sen. Dave Durenberger,
R-Minn. For more than 10
years they had sought to protect the river corridor, and
were the chief sponsors of
bills to put the riverway into
the National Park System.
The establishment of the
Mississippi National River and
Recreation Area results from a
study in the early 1980s by a
committee set up by Vento
and Durenberger. It concluded
that existing federal programs
lacked sufficient coordination
with state and local agencies
to protect the riverway adequately and improve recreational opportunities.
Under the new law, if state
officials agree, federal agencies will participate in a
Tri-Rivers Management Board
to coordinate resource management along the Mississippi, St. Croix and Minnesota
rivers in the metropolitan
area.
Bemidji, Minnesota 56601
GAO to
aduit local
agencies
and tribes
e's Council
s to have Red
included
By William J. Lawrence
Publisher
According to information
obtained from Dale Wolden,
Minnesota General
Accounting Office chief, the
GAO will conduct audits of
various Self-determination
contracts and grants administered by the Minnesota
agency of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, and the
Leech Lake Reservation
Business Committee
beginning January 1989.
These audits are part of an
overall audit of the Minneapolis Area Office of the BIA
which began on Nov. 7. The
purpose of the audits,
according to Wolden, are to
evaluate contracts for
compliance with terms and
conditions by both the BIA
and the tribes.
Wolden said the the audits
are being conducted by his 14
staff auditors in addition to
support from the GAO's
Chicago office.
Wolden also said the audits
would continue for several
more months.
In addition, the Newshas
learned that representatives
from the Red Lake People's
Council have contacted
members of the Minnesota
Congressional delegation to
have the Red Lake agency of
the BIA and the Red Lake
Tribal Council included in the
GAO audits by a resolution
dated July 5, 1988. The
People's Council questioned
Congressional efforts to
enforce accountability at Red
Lake.
Roman Sigana, spokesman
for the People's Council,
expressed optimism that Red
Lake would be included in the
GAO audits.
Does the IRS
still owe you?
St. Paul, Minn. - The Internal
Revenue Service is looking for
more than 500 Minnesotans.
These people have undelivered federal tax refunds
available to them, according
to C. D. Switzer, director or
the IRS in Minnesota
The most common reason
for an undelivered refund is
that a person has moved and
left no forwarding address
with the post office, Switzer
said. When a check is returned, the IRS compares the
address on it to the address
shown on agency computer
records. A letter that can be
forwarded is then sent to the
person due the tax refund.
The 562 refunds, totaling
over $150,000, are all that are
left over from more than one
million refund checks sent to
individuals in Minnesota each
year, Switzer said. Refund
amounts range from one dollar
to $2,811.
The refund checks are not
issued by local IRS offices, so
a person does not need to
make a special trip to pick up
his or her refund. The check
will be reissued and mailed six
to eight weeks after a person
contacts the IRS.
If someone believes they
are due a refund from 1987 or
earlier, they should contact
the IRS at 1-612-291-1422 or
toll-free from outside the Twin
Cities area 1-800-424-1040.