The Ojibwe News (Bemidji, Minnesota), 1989-08-16

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EMCR to hold meeting Sunday
Cass Lake, Minn. - The Enrolled Members for Constitutional Rights
(EMCR) will be holding a meeting on Sunday, Aug. 20, at the Leech
Lake Bingo Palace from 1 to 5 p.m. to discuss the Minnesota Chippewa
Tribal Constitution. Invitations have been sent to city, county, state and
federal officials, the BIA, andlndian educators. Invitations were sent by
registered mail to members of the TEC, Tribal Executive Committee.
The purpose of the meeting is to "make one last effort to initiate a
dialogue with the governing bodies of the MCT." Sponsors Jim Weaver,
Anishinabe Akeen, Frank Reese and the EMCR wish to thank Dan
Brown, Leech Lake Tribal Chairman; Alfred Pemberton, Secretary-
Treasurer and Myron Ellis for permission to use the bingo facilities.
More information can be obtained by calling 335-6395.
Land Settlement Act
legislation Opposed
Cass lake, Minn. - Roger Aitken, Superintendent of the Minnesota
Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs, stated in a letter to the Area Director
at the Minneapolis Area Office, that:"the White Earth Tribal Council,
the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Minnesota Agency, in Cass Lake also opposed the enactment of the
White Earth Land Settlement Act Legislation."
Aitken adds, "The Jim Weaver supporters on the Reservation are not
issue-driven, but merely want the ouster of Chip Wadena as Chairman
of White Earth, a long-standing issue over his 12 year elected
leadership."
Editor of The Circle resigns
Minneapolis, Minn. - Gordon Regguinti, Editor of The Circle, has
resigned his position and will be relocating in the Los Angeles area
where he has accepted a similar position. Mr. Regguinti, in addition to
being the Editor of The Circle has been serving as the Treasurer for the
Minnesota Minority Media Coalition.
BIA rules - Election stands
Cass Lake, Minn. - The Bureau of Indian Affairs board of appeals
declined to intervene in the outcome of the Leech Lake Election for
Chairman. The decision comes more than a year after the election took
place.
Frank Reese, a candidate for chairman, challenged the election as
unconstitutional. He is considering whether or not to appeal the BIA's
decision to Federal Court.
Kurt Bluedog, attorney for Reese, said, "I was obviously very
disappointed the BIA has shown a lackadaisical regard for the
constitutional rights of individual tribal members out of respect for the
authority of the so called governing bodies."
The decision supports the position of the BIA superintendent Earl
Barlow and Leech Lake Chairman Dan Brown that the BIA did not
have sufficient cause to intervene in last year's election.
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Cannon
State Judge
St. Paul, Minn. - Peter W. Cannon, a White Earth Attorney, was
appointed as a State Judge by Governor Rudy Perpich. Cannon will
serve in Park Rapids in Hubbard County, which is in the 9th Judical
District of Minnesota. He will fill the vacancy created by Judge Keith
Kraft's resignation.
Cannon, from the village of Naytahwaush, represented the White
Earth Reservation from 1976 to 1983 while employed by the Tupper
Law Firm. He has been employed at White Earth in a number of
positions including prosecutor, Tribal Judge, and this year he
participated in negotiations with the state over cross-deputization of
conservation officers.
Cannon also served on the Leech Lake Indian Legal Services. His
swearing in is tentatively scheduled for September .
Allery files appeal
Court   Grants
IFP   Status
Allen Allery, former Director of
the Bemidji Area office of the
Indian Health Service recently
filed notice that he intends to
appeal his recent conviction of
filing false travel vouchers and
fradulently obtaining $15,000
from the THS.
According to federal court
documents, Allery submitted two
personal letters to the court
requesting leniency and In Forma
Pauperis status.
Allery, who was to begin
serving his one year and a day
sentence on August 21st, was
granted In Forma Pauperis status
by the court. In Forma Pauperis
status qualifies Allery's court
costs to be paid for by the U.S.
taxpayers.
Allery who is currently working
as an aide to Red Lake Tribal
Chairman Roger A, Jourdain at an
annual salary of $52,000 per year,
listed personal assets of nearly
$25,000 and monthly expenses of
nearly $2,000 in his request for
WW status.
In seperate motions Allery's
attorney Steven Meshbesher filed
motions to withdraw as Allery's
attorney unless IFP status was
granted and for a reduction of
sentence.
Judge Devitt granted the IFP
status but denied any reduction in
Allery's sentencing.
Appeal Pariafs are due to be
filed by the parties before the U.S.
Court of appeals by September 12,
1989. Allery's sentence is stayed
pending his appeal.
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Above Left: There's nothing I can do — he always stuck by whatever I wanted to do — people are respecting his derision" says Judy
Gonzales, Jim's wife. Right "I want no other flag than that" — Jim Weaver Below: The chBdren in the White Earth community stop by
to see Jim. Some remember him as a teacher of Indian Culture classes in the schools. Photos by Kathy Thomes.
Skip Humphrey will address
Chemical Task Force Meeting
Cass Lake, Minn.- The Cass
Lake-Bena School Chemical
Health Project today announced
the next Chemical Health Task
Force meeting keynote speaker
will be Mr. Hubert "Skip"
Humphrey.
The Chemical Health Project is a
networking project which meets on a
regular basis to target chemical
abuse needs, establish priorities and
plan prevention/intervention
activities.
Mr. Skip Humphrey will give a
presentation on the Alliance for a
Drug Free Minnesota, local drug
abuse issues and expand on
balancing prevention, intervention,'
and health promotion.
All community people are
welcome to attend, we encourage the
young people to come and listen.
This meeting will be taking place
on August 15th, 1989 at 7:00 pm
in the Cass Lake Elementary Gym.
For further information please call
335-2204-Health Coordinator.
Costs per diem at our neighboring nursing home facilities
Now that Red Lake has its own
nursing home facility, the News
decided to compare daily rates
available throughout the area for
nursing home care.
The News requested and received
the rates for several area nursing
homes and discovered that the
Jourdain/Perpich facility leads all
the others with rates up to four times
as much as the next highest rate.
The cost of nursing home care is
usually too expensive for the elderly
to pay, especially if their stay is of
any duration. Federal, state and/or
county assistance must cover any
expenses which can not be paid by
the patient.
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Area Nursing Home
Bagley—Greensview Nursing Home
Bemidji—Beltrami County Nursing Home
Bemidji—North Country Nursing Home
Clearbrook—Good Samaritan Center
Keliher—Good Samaritan
Red Lake—Jourdain/Perpich Facility
Minimum
$ 45.92
$ 41.96
$ 55.69
$ 39.32
$ 40.87
$240.00
Maximum
$ 79.73
$ 82.96
$ 107.76
$ 76.39
$ 75.89
$275.00
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