Native American Press / Ojibwe News (Bemidji, Minnesota), 2002-03-22

              INDEX
NEWS AROUND INDIAN COUNTRY     2
COMMENTARY/EDITORIALS 4
SMOKE SIGNALS OF UPCOMING EVENTS 5
CLASSIFIEDS 7
IHB dialogue
continues:
Board of Directors
writes open letter,
medical staff responds
page 4
Federal single audits:
Federal awards
expended by tribal
governments, tribal
housing authorities
page 6, 7.
White Earth
Speaks: State of
the Tribe and
Program
Showcase
page 3
It's time Tribal
Members took control
of the Tribe
page 4
Commentary
King botches
his exit
page 4
Annual federal single audits show $121,367,414
awarded to Minnesota Indian tribes
VOICE       OF       THE      PEOPLE
by Clara NiiSka
According to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) information, the most recent audits of
federal funds awarded to Indian
tribal governments and reservation
housing authorities in Minnesota-
please see pages 6-7- detail
federal grant and contract funding
to Minnesota tribal governments
and tribal housing agencies in
excess of $121 million.
These federal single audits of
Indian tribal governments and  '
tribal housing agencies do not
include tribal corporations funded
by Indian casino revenues. They
do not include on-reservation
organizations that expend less than
$300,000 annually in federal funds,
for example Indian community
programs and agencies funded
mostly by state or foundation
money, and the OMB does not
report audits of state-funded
schools.
The $121,367,414 detailed by
the most recent federal single
audits also does not include money
Red Lake tribal
election
preliminary
candidates list
Chairman
Bobby Whitefeather, Incumbent
Gerald F. "Butch" Brun
Kevin F. Cook, Sr.
Paul Smith, Jr.
Floyd "Buck" Jourdain
Secretary
Judy Roy, Incumbent
Kathryn "Jody" Beaulieu
Treasurer
Darrell G. Seki, Sr., Incumbent
LaNae Barrett-Pemberton
James "Gus" Strong
Rob Blue
Ponemah District
Clifford Hardy, Incumbent
Carolyn Whitefeather
Cheryle Stillday
Red Lake 4-year Term
Delores Lasley, Incumbent   .
Roman "Ducker" Stately, Jr.
Donna Morrison
RitaWeise
Jason Siddens
Donald Desjarlait
Mamie Rossbach
Edward Perkins, Sr.
Robert "Bob" Neadeau, Sr.
Red Lake 2-year Term
Jim White
Rosie "Bee" Barrett
Charmaine Lussier-Sayers
Donald R. Cook, Sr.
Edward Cook
Donald J. May, Jr.
Billie Jean Strong
Redby District
Julius Toady"Thunder,
Incumbent
Thomas "Jambi" Westbrook
Joe Johnson
Truman Schoenborn
Preston Graves
Little Rock 2-yearTerm
Richard Barrett
Charlie Norris
Karen Barrett-Beaulieu
Herman Lussier
Chris Jourdain
Leo Beaulieu
Little Rock 4-yearTerm
Harlan Beaulieu, Incumbent
Gerald Blue
William "Billy" Greene
Robert "Bob" Barrett
Darwin Sumner
Duane Cobenais, Jr.
Janis A. Kelly
Merrill Neadeau
* Candidates are not official
until certified *
spent by the federal agencies - like
the BIA and IHS - operating
programs which provide direct
services to reservation Indians.
The Minnesota reservation
receiving the largest share ofthe
"federal awards" detailed by
federal single audits was Red Lake:
$32,599,296 in fiscal year 2000. In
comparison, $20,159,056 was
detailed in the audits for Leech
Lake; $18,198,394 for Fond du
Lac; $17,356,412 for White Earth;
$14,183,112 for Mille Lacs;
$8,113,212 for Bois Forte;
$2,442,280 for Grand Portage, and
$2,790,611 for the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe.
The only Sioux community for
which a fiscal year 2000 audit was
available at press time was
Shakopee, which reported
$924,197 in federal awards. The
most recent audits available for
Upper Sioux and Prairie Island
were for fiscal.year 1999 and 1998
respectively: the Upper Sioux
community filed federal single
audits detailing $3,261,055 for
fiscal year 1999, and the auditors
for Prairie Island reported
$1,339,789 for fiscal year 1998.
The federal single audits available
at press time did not include any
audits at all for the Lower Sioux
Indian community.
The reservation receiving the
largest per-capita share of direct
federal awards was Upper Sioux.
Using the population figures from
the 2000 census, the average
audited federal award for every
adult Indian and mixed-race Indian
on the Upper Sioux reservation
was $95,913. In comparison, the
direct federal funding award for
each adult Indian and mixed-race
Indian at Bois Forte was $28,467;
at Mille Lacs it was $20,615; at
Fond du Lac $19,330; at Red Lake
$11,954; at Grand Portage
$10,009; at Leech Lake $7,524;
and at White Earth $7,424. These
figures are lower than the per-
capita share would be if it was
more realistically calculated in
terms ofthe people actually
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March 22,2002
Drugs blamed for Red Lake death
Carol Louise Gilmore indicted by Grand Jury
By Jean Pagano
A Federal Grand Jury on
Thursday indicted Carol Louise
Gilmore in the death of George
Stately, 68, of Red Lake. Gilmore,
also of Red Lake, was indicted on
one count of first-degree premeditated murder, on count of intentional second-degree murder, and
one count of arson.
The Red Lake responded to a
fire at 8:19 on the morning of
February 14th. When firefighters
arrived at the house, they found
Stately dead in the burning home.
Stately had suffered numerous
blows to the back of the head,
injuries to his face and head, and
his throat had been slit.
According to the indictment
handed down, Gilmore murdered
Stately by repeatedly striking him
in the head with a hammer and then
proceeded to slit his throat with a
knife. She then attempted to bum
his house down.
According to FBI Special Agent
John Egelhof, Stately left the Seven
Clans Casino near his Red Lake
home at 8:30 p.m. on the evening
of February 13. According to the
complaint, Stately was talking to a
friend on the telephone about an
hour later when the friend heard
Stately say "Hi, Carol. What are
you doing here?" Someone then
entered the Stately home. Stately
told the friend that he would return
the call, but the call was never
placed. Stately's caller ED box
listed the telephone call at 9:25
p.m. on February 13.
Gilmore resided at the Equae
Wii Ga Miig Women's Shelter in
Red Lake. The resident's log shows
that Gilmore left the shelter at 9:00
p.m. on February 13lh and returned
at 10:10 p.m. the same evening.
The complaint states that shelter
staff noticed bloodstains in
Gilmore's doorframe, in the
shower, and on the washing
. machine. Agent Egelhof also noted
traces of blood on Gilmore's car
when it was examined the next day.
Neither Stately's blood type nor the
blood type found at the shelter is
known at this time.
Allegedly, Stately had giveii
money to Gillmore in the past,
according to Stately's relatives.
According to the complaint,
Gillmore told investigators that she
had used $50 worth of crack cocaine
on the afternoon of Ep& \.urv 13.       »
Gilmore claims that she is addicted to
crack cocaine.
If convicted of first-degree murder
Gilmore will face a mandatory life
sentence under federal sentencing
guidelines. In addition, she faces up
to life in prison for the intentional
second-degree murder conviction,
and another 20 years plus up to a
$250,000 fine for the crime of arson.
AP Photo/Trie Pioneer of Bemidji, Monte Draper
Justin Fuhrer of Pine River, Minn., flies his Cessna 172 home from the Red Lake
Reservation Thursday, March 14, 2002. Fuhrer had his airplane and fishing gear confiscated by Red Lake Indian Reservation officials Jan. 26 after he and a cousin mistakenly
landed on reservation waters to ice fish.
Airplane Seizure on Lower Red Lake Ends:
Owner Apologizes to Red Lake Band After Penalty Paid
Becker County Group seeks to
revoke tribal police authority
Mahnomen and Clearwater Counties
revoked authority in November
By Jean Pagano
A group led by former
Callaway mayor Ken Pearson
called Citizens for Lawful
Government is asking Becker
County to join Mahnomen and
Clearwater counties in revoking
the White Earth Reservation
tribal police's authority over
non-tribal members in the three
counties.
Citizens for Lawful Government (CLG) held an organizational meeting last month in
which 90 people attended.
Those in attendance were split
about 50/50 between tribal and
non-tribal members. Pearson
and tribal member Leonard Alan
Roy of Strawberry Lake were
chosen to represent the group in
front of the County Board.
County Board commissioners
listened to the presentation for'
about a half hour but asked no
questions at the end.
Becker County Sheriff Warren
Rethwisch did not attend the
CLG presentation to the County
Board, although Chief Deputy
John Steinhaus was in attendance. Rethwisch had previously told the County Board that
he supports the agreement with
White Earth and does not want
the county to revoke the tribal
police authority. Rethwisch and
White Earth Police Chief Bill
Brunelle are working together in
this matter.
Pearson claims that the May
2000 agreement called for joint
committee to meet on a regular
basis and work out policies and
procedures to govern the daily
operation of the arrangement.
The policies were originally to
be set up by former Becker
County Sheriff Tom Hunt and
former Tribal Director of Public
Safety Ken Badboy. According
to Pearson, the policies were
never developed.
Non-tribal members have
complained about what they
BECKER to page 3
By Jean Pagano
A two-month ordeal, pitting a
confused pilot, Justin Ray Fuhrer
of Pine River, and his cousin,
Shawn Tehama Fuhrer of St.
Cloud, against the Red Lake
Nation ended on March 14th with
their airplane being towed to the
boundary of the Red Lake
Reservation.
The incident began when on
January 26"' when the Fuhrers
flew onto Lower Red Lake to do
some ice fishing. After 20
minutes of ice fishing, tribal
wardens on snowmobiles quickly
arrived and informed the two that
they had violated tribal laws by
fishing on Lower Red Lake,
which is closed to non-band
members. The wardens confiscated their fishing gear and the
airplane, a Cessna 172 valued at
$25,000.
Fuhrer claimed that he just
wanted to sample some of Red
Lake's crappie fishing. The lake,
which is a rather large body of
water, is easily identifiable from
the air. Only the state-owned part
of Upper Red Lake is open to
non-band members.
After six weeks of negotiations
and $2,000 in legal bills, a
settlement was reached with the
Red Lake Band. For violating the
sovereignty of the Red Lake
Reservation, Fuhrer was fined a
total of $4,000: $500 each for he
and his cousin, $ 1,000 to tow the
plane from the lake, and $2,000
to cover the tribe's legal
expenses.
While there were different
opinions on the tribal council as
to how to deal with the situation,
in the end the tribe required the
civil fee of $4,000, a letter of
apology from Fuhrer, and the
ownership of some fishing gear
and a power ice auger. The
airplane was transported to the
southern border ofthe reservation by truck. Minnesota State
Police closed off State Highway
89 to allow the plane to take off.
Tribal officials did not want to
allow the plane to take off from
within the boundaries ofthe
reservation.
Tribal Chairman Bobby
Whitefeather said on Thursday
that the reservation wanted to
protect the sovereignty of Red
Lake Nation, but that "we need
to be good neighbors and not an
island on to ourselves." Tribal
officials claimed that the
settlement was "fair and
reasonable", but Fuhrer did not
share their views.
Fuhrer has no plans to return
to the reservation to fish anytime
soon and is also expecting to pay
additional costs to the Minnesota
State Patrol for the closing of
Highway 89.
Court Redistricting Plans: Impact on
Minorities in Minnesota
Preliminary Analysis
By Bruce P. Corrie, PhD
Note:' An opportunity district is
one where minorities are 30
percent or more ofthe district
population. This is a standard
term used by the courts.
■ An influence district is where
minorities make up 10 percent or
more of the population (includes
opportunity districts). This is my
term
■ A minority majority district is
where minorities make up 50
percent or more of the population.
This is a standard term.
• Total population and not voting
population is used in this analysis
because it gives a better sense of
what the population dynamics will
be at the end ofthe decade given
the fact that the minority population is younger.
Congressional Districts
The Courts decided to keep the
Twin Cities in separate Congressional districts. Court documents
mention the input from minorities
as a critical factor in this decision.
The 5,h Congressional district has
the largest minority population -
28.8 percent. (State Senator
Chaudhary and State Representatives Walker and Gray are in this
Congressional district).
In the 4th Congressional district
minority population is 22.3 percent.
(State Representative Mariani and
State Senator Moua are in this
district).
In the 3rd Congressional district
minority population (includes
Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn
Center) is 11.4 percent.
The three districts of the Court
plan have roughly the same
minority population as the current
Congressional districts.
Legislative Districts
Compared to current proposed
plans, in the House, the Court plan
DISTRICTS to page 3
Navajo sales tax
goes into effect
April 1
Associated Press
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. -
The Navajo Nation will begin
charging a 3 percent sales tax
April 1, providing more money
to chapter houses — the local
government divisions on the
reservation.
The tax, adopted last October
by the Navajo Nation Council,
is expected to generate more
than $6 milhon during the next
year to the 110 chapter houses,
said Raymond Etcitty Jr.,
executive director ofthe Navajo
Tax Commission.
The exact amount, however,
isn't unknown because it will be
the first reservationwide sales
tax, he said.
The tax will provide money
directly to economically
strapped communities rather
than the Navajo Nation's
general fund, Etcitty said
Monday.
The first payments to
chapters are expected in
September or October. Payments then will be made every
three months.
Currently, only the reservation township of Kayenta, Ariz.,
charges sales tax. Its 2.5 percent
tax, which generates $500,000 a
year, will go up next month by
half a percent to equal that of
the rest of the reservation.
Generally, the payment
formula for the reservationwide
tax calls for half the total
amount collected to be divided
by the number of chapter
TAX to page 3
Federal appeals court reverses Idaho
tribal lottery case
By Margie Mason
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO—An
American Indian tribe in northern
Idaho can sell lottery tickets to
buyers off the reservation via a toll-
free number provided by AT&T
Corp., a federal appeals court said
Tuesday.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals reversed a U.S. district
court's ruling that AT&T was not
responsible for providing toll-free
phone numbers to the Coeur
d'Alene Tribe for the lottery.
AT&T withheld service after
being contacted by several state
attorneys general who said they
would take action against the phone
company for violating gaming laws
if it provided the service.
"I am very, very enthused," said
David Matheson, chief executive of
the Coeur d'Alene Casino and
Resort Hotel. "I can't wait to talk to
the tribal council about what we're
going to do next."
The federal appeals court found
that the tribal court that first took the
case did not have jurisdiction to
resolve the dispute, but that the
lottery was not illegal under the
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
As required by the gaming act,
the tribe entered into a compact with
the state of Idaho that was approved
by the U.S. Secretary ofthe Interior
in 1993. The tribe launched its
LOTTERY to page 3
Crow judges turned away from
court hearing
Associated Press
CROW AGENCY - Three
ousted Crow Tribe judges, and the
judge who planned to hear their
case, were blocked and kept from
entering the courtroom Thursday
by tribal police and federal officers.
A show-cause hearing had been
scheduled during the morning in a
case involving separation of power
for the tribe.
Entry to the Crow Agency court
building was denied to all but court
employees, and they later were told
to leave the building.
"They won't let anybody in,"
said one employee, who refused to
give her name for fear of losing her
job. "It's embarrassing. People are
calling us a kangaroo court."
The tribe's three elected judges
were ordered off the bench Feb. 21
after tribal executive leaders and
legislators adopted a resolution
calling for the tribal chairman to
appoint judges for life.
HEARING to page 3
CORRECTION
In your March 8,2002 Issue and
the Article "Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe Candidates for April 16 Primary" and under subheading
Fond Du Lac: Secretary/Treasurer, you have my name wrong.
It is Lavern "Koon" Shotley not
Lauren Shortley.
Thank you, Lavern Shotley
Editor's note: Clara NiiSka regrets that she misread a handwritten candidates list.