Native American Press / Ojibwe News (Bemidji, Minnesota), 2006-12-01

              INDEX
NEWS AROUND INDIAN COUNTRY 2
NEWS BRIEFS 3
COMMENTARY/EDITORIALS 4
CLASSIFIEDS 7
Author underwrites effort to
translate his best-seller into
Cherokee language
page 6
Determined detective
uses science to find clues
and soon and ID?
page 5
States seek authority
to kill sea lions eating
salmon
page 5
Self-perception
reveals identities of
Miskwa-Gami Wizaga
Iganing (Red Lake)
page 4
Fetal alcohol
syndrome and
education: the story
that almost was
page 4
Power struggle at the Bug School
By Bill Lawrence
Press/ON has received a large
file of documents that indicate
very clearly that turmoil is
rampant at the Bug 0 Nay Ge Shig
School. It takes form in conflict
between the Tribal Council and
the School authorities. The
turmoil is fostered by collusion
between Cindy Jackson, the
former School Personnel Director
and Tribal Chairman George
Goggleye.
The sheaf of information
consisted of several pages of
email exchanges between Ms.
Jackson and Chairman Goggleye.
They clearly give evidence
of a conspiracy to remove
Superintendent Carol Aenne.
It appears, from the emails,
that Jackson was Goggleye's
confederate. Here are excerpts
from an exchange of emails
between Jackson and Goggleye
onApril21and24.
April 21, 2006 8:25 a.m. RE:
FOLLOW-UP MEDIATION
MEETING SCHEDULED-
Carol Aenne to Cindy Jackson: I
would like to also invite George
Goggleye to this meeting; please
take care of this.
April 21, 2006 8:31 a.m. RE:
FOLLOW-UP MEDIATION
MEETING SCHEDULED—Cindy
Jackson to Chairman Goggleye:
Ms. Carol Aenne is respectfully
requesting your presence if your
busy schedule will allow for this.
Please let me know. Thanks,
Cindy.
April 21, 2006 12:42 p.m.
RE: FOLLOW-UP MEDIATION
MEETING SCHEDULED—
Chairman Goggleye to Cindy
Jackson: I am scheduled to be in
Duluth... I may be able to make
it back.... She called yesterday
sounding a little distraught.
Undated, Presumably same
date; Jackson to Goggleye—I will
let her know. Distraught, huh?
I figured she'd been in contact
with you based on her request.
From the comments that are
getting back to me, I know her
complaints are against me. .. .1
am feeling retaliation in so many
forms....
April 21, 2006 7:53 p.m.
RE: FOLLOW-UP MEDIATION
MEETING SCHEDULED—
Goggleye to Jackson:   Cindy,
You need not worry about the
retaliation. I will address that
with her. She feels that I have
her back but I don't. We are
about to step in again and make
some changes. It probably won't
take place until after school gets
out. I think she is scarred from
the incident at R.L. Everything
she does indicates that she is
not stable. You ladies just keep
standing up for what is right. You
will always have my support!!!...
Hang in there HOPE IS ON THE
WAY!!!
Undated, Presumably same
date, Jackson to Goggleye: Thank
you for your support, you know
how I feel about bugging your
level with these issues. . . .One
more thing regarding Carol, her
feeling you're supporting her, that
explains her newfound emphasis
with the bolder bullying tactics.
People are truly intimidated
by her; some more than not. I
hope the action that does take
place, isn't going to wait for the
expiration of contracts; that's a
whole 2 months past the last day
of school	
April 24, 2006 8:23 p.m.
STRUGGLE to page 3
VOICE      OF      THE      PEOPLE
National Meth     Meth Epidemic Hits Close
Awareness Day To Home, Survey Reveals
Partnering with the U.S.
Department of the Interior
(DOI), the Partnership for a
Drug-Free America (PFDA),
U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS),
and the Office of National
Drug Control Policy (ONDCP),
the National Congress of
American Indians (NCAI) is
leading a new public awareness
campaign aimed at targeting
methamphetamine abuse
among Native Americans.
Combined, the coalition
partners have contributed
$300,000 in support of this
groundbreaking effort for
Indian Country, announced at
a news conference today at the
National Press Club.
"By creating an awareness of
this lethal drug and educating
people about its devastating
effects - especially in Indian
Country - we can prevent
people from trying it even
once," said Secretary of the
Interior Dirk Kempthorne.
"The announcement of this
campaign, to which the
Department of the Interior is
contributing $100,000, is an
appropriate and important
way to mark National
Methamphetamine Awareness
Day."
"President Bush has
proclaimed November 30 as
National Methamphetamine
Awareness Day.
Nationally, Native
American (American Indians,
Alaska Natives and Native
Hawaiians) communities
experience the highest rates
of methamphetamine abuse
among all other ethnicities.
"This new partnership will
save lives," said NCAI Executive
Director Jacqueline Johnson.
"Thanks to these generous
commitments, we can educate
Indian Country on the deadly
effects of methamphetamine
use and begin turning the tide
on its grip on our people. While
Indian Country may have been
hit the hardest by meth, we
have to seize the opportunity to
create innovative solutions."
Before the forging of this
coalition, there was no national
anti-meth media campaign
tailored to Indian Country. The
initial phase of the campaign
will include Indian Country
specific radio and print ads.
PDFA has created a number
of anti-meth campaigns and,
working with ONDCP has
developed a number of antidrug campaigns specifically
targeting Native Americans.
"The Partnership is thrilled
to participate in this much-
needed, collaborative effort
to address the meth crisis in
Indian Country," said Stephen
J. Pasierb, President & CEO
of the Partnership for a Drug-
Free America. "We have worked
with parents and communities
across the nation to help
reduce demand for meth and
prevent its spread—through
this new prevention program
created specifically to address
the needs of Indian Country,
we hope to help protect tribal
communities from further
devastation."
Carole Lankford, Vice-
Chairwoman of the
Confederated Salish & Kootenai
Tribes knows first-hand the
devastation meth can cause in
METH to page 3
More than 60 percent of young
adults say methamphetamine
abuse has caused trouble for
someone they know, according
to survey results released today by
the Minnesota County Attorneys
Association (MCAA).
The survey also reveals
that 57 percent of Minnesota
respondents believe the meth
problem has gotten worse in
their communities in the past
year. An even bigger percentage
of Twin Cities residents — 67
percent - think the problem has
worsened.
"Minnesotans are obviously very
concerned about the devastating
impact of methamphetamine on
users and its toll on society," said
Ramsey County Attorney Susan
Gaertner, who is president ofthe
MCAA.
A total of 2,926 Minnesotans
completed the survey while
visiting a meth education booth
operated by the county attorneys
at the 2006 Minnesota State
Fair. Respondents included
2,075 residents of the seven-
county Twin Cities metropolitan
area, and 851 residents of other
counties.
The survey results were released
at a news conference in connection
with National Methamphetamine
Awareness Day. The survey was
not scientific, but public health
officials consider the results
significant.
"According to the National
Household Survey, the rate of
meth use among Minnesotans is
nearly twice the national average
(100 per 100,000 population in
Minnesota versus 56 per 100,000
nationwide)," said Deborah
Durkin, an official with the
Methamphetamine Program
of the Minnesota Department
of Health. "The survey results
released today from the Minnesota
County Attorneys Association
demonstrate a considerable level
of concern among Minnesota
citizens aware of the serious
problems associated with meth
use and manufacture.
"People are really worried
about meth and want something
to be done," Durkin said.
Among additional results ofthe
survey:
• 36 percent of respondents say
the meth problem is extremely
serious or very serious in the area
where they live; an additional 24
percent of respondents see the
meth problem as moderately
serious.
• 63 percent of respondents aged
SURVEY to page 3
'Fighting Sioux' debate continues
in North Dakota
Associated Press
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - A
prominent Dartmouth College
graduate says the school's
athletic director was wrong to
publicly apologize for a hockey
tournament that includes the
University of North Dakota and
its Fighting Sioux nickname.
"She takes her position with
really no knowledge of UND and
no understanding of how they've
approached the issue," Gov. John
Hoeven said. He referred to a
recent letter from Dartmouth
Athletic Director Josie Harper
to the student newspaper, The
Dartmouth.
"I must offer a sincere
apology to the Native American
community, and the Dartmouth
community as a whole, for an
event that will understandably
offend and hurt people within
our community," Harper's letter
said.
The UND men's hockey team is
scheduled to play Dartmouth in
Hanover, N.H., on Dec. 29. Harper
said that when the game was
scheduled nearly two years ago,
the UND nickname and logo were
not considered. "I deeply regret
that we didn't," she wrote.
"I think it's unfortunate she
wrote that letter and I think she's
wrong," said Hoeven, a 1979
Dartmouth graduate.
Jodi Gillette, a 1991 Dartmouth
graduate and a member of the
Standing Rock Sioux tribe, said
she supports Harper's stand
against the UND nickname.
Gillette heads a Bismarck institute
that provides training for people
working with American Indian
children and families.
Dartmouth dropped its own
American Indian nickname, the
Indians, in the early 1970s and
now is known as the Big Green.
"I contribute a certain amount
to them like most alumni,"
Hoeven said. "But my focus is
very much on North Dakota and
our university system here, and
I'm really excited about and proud
of what they're doing."
Gillette said UND should learn
from Dartmouth's example in its
own nickname dispute.
"What would UND look like if
the administration had listened
to the Lakota, the Sioux and the
American Indian student body
when they made that decision?"
she said. "What kind of leadership
could they have shown to the U.S.
in such a heated subject? They
could have come out shining.
Instead they're embroiled in this
battle with the NCAA."
UND is suing the NCAA over
its decision to bar the Fighting
Sioux logo and nickname during
postseason play. It is one of several
schools whose use of American
Indian imagery has been labeled
DEBATE to page 5
$5,000 reward offered for info on
shooting of hunter
Associated Press
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. - A
$5,000 reward fund has been
established for information about
a shooting that severely injured
a bow hunter in the Tamarac
National Wildlife Refuge.
Tom Jensen, 45, of Callaway,
was shot as he emerged from
a hunting blind Nov. 3 near
Waboose Lake.
A task force including the
FBI, White Earth tribal police,
Minnesota Departnent of Natural
Resources and the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service has been
investigating.
Anyone with information is
asked to call the Becker County
sheriff's office at (218) 847-
2661 and ask for the task force
investigator.
From Jim Monk, WDAY, Fargo,
N.D.
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Multimedia exhibit tells stories
of American Indians in the city
By AMY FORLITI
Associated Press Writer
MINNEAPOLIS - As Jon
Lurie meandered through an
art exhibit at the Ancient Traders
Gallery, he paused to peer into
the trunk of a Ford Crown
Victoria and watch the video
'images projected inside.
He listened as one woman
cried, recalling the day in 1993
when two intoxicated American
Indian men were stuffed into the
trunk of a police car and taken
to a hospital. The woman wiped
away tears, remembering how her
daughter said: "That's someone's
dad. That's someone's uncle. ...
How could they do that?"
As he watched the video, Lurie
started crying too.
"To stand next to the trunk
of the police car and to see how
small it is and how those men
must've suffered," Lurie said.
"It was really powerful. It was an
amazing way to humanize that
event."
The trunk, which symbolizes
the notorious incident, is
part of a multimedia exhibit
called "City Indians." Through
recorded interviews, video and
still images, artist Mona Smith
gives American Indians a voice,
allowing them to share personal
stories about what it means to
live in the city _ their homeland
and yet feel disconnected.
Before settlers arrived, the
Dakota lived at the convergence
ofthe Minnesota and Mississippi
rivers, where the Twin Cities
eventually grew, Smith said.
That site later became a
EXHIBIT to page 5
Ground search for missing Red
Lake boys called off
Associated Press
RED LAKE, Minn.- Authorities
called off major ground search
operations on the Red Lake Indian
Reservation on Sunday evening
after they turned up no sign of two
young brothers who have been
missing since they went out to
play Wednesday morning.
But FBI Special Agent Paul
McCabe stressed that efforts to
find 4-year-old Tristan White and
2-year-old Avery Stately are not
over, and that investigators will
continue to actively work the
case.
"We will not stop looking for
Tristan and Avery until they are
found," McCabe said.
McCabe said there's still no firm
evidence of what happened to the
boys, leaving it unclear whether
they wandered off or were taken.
"We don't have any indication
at this time that foul play is
involved, but we encourage people
to continue to phone in tips if
they have any information that
might lead us to the whereabouts
of Tristan and Avery," he said.
Investigators had received
around 70 tips as of Sunday and
agents are continuing to follow
up on those, McCabe said, but
added that none of these tips has
led to the boys so far.
The FBI last week offered a
$20,000 reward for information
that leads to the boys.
The boys, both American
Indian, have short brown hair
SEARCH to page 3
FBI: Rules
out abduction
by relative in
missing Red
Lake boys
Associated Press
RED LAKE, Minn. -Authorities
believe they have ruled out an
abduction by a relative in the
disappearance of two young
brothers.
Tristan White, 4, and Avery
Stately, 2, disappeared the day
before Thanksgiving after going
to play outside their house on
the Red Lake Indian Reservation.
Major ground searches failed to
find the boys.
FBI spokesman Paul McCabe
FBI to page 5
Coming
together over
Red Lake's
needs
by Tom Robertson
Minnesota Public Radio
St. Paul, Minn. — Beltrami
County is in trouble. Its human
services budget this year is
running in the red and a big part
of the problem is that costs for
child out-of-home placement
have skyrocketed. There are
more kids placed in foster homes
because parents are abusing
drugs, more kids who need
expensive mental health care,
more kids headed to juvenile
detention centers.
They're all services the county
is required by law to provide. But
Beltrami County officials say
looming cuts in federal funding
will make it difficult. Next year,
the county expects to lose close
to $2 million dollars in federal
funds. County Commissioner
Ron Otterstad says that means
the burden will fall on local
taxpayers.
"We have a low tax base and
high needs," Otterstad says. "In
that regard, it's a sinking ship,
in that we can't continue to
have mandated services that we
RED LAKE to page 5
Northern tribes rally to boost
economy
by Tom Robertson
Minnesota Public Radio
Mahnomen, Minn. — All
three northern Minnesota tribes
suffer from high unemployment
and stagnant economies. This
two-day summit is the first
time the tribes have joined
together to talk about solutions.
Leech Lake Tribal Chairman
George Goggleye says the goal
of the summit is to explore
potential business and economic
opportunities from which the
three tribes will grow healthy,
self-sufficient communities.
"We've talked about this in our
planning sessions, that, how Red
Lake could help Leech Lake,"
Goggleye says. "How Leech Lake
could help White Earth, and
how we could just keep things
within our bands, whether it be
products or services or whatever
it may be. That opportunity has
always existed, so, this is where
it all starts."
Casinos have been the primary
economic engine for the tribes
for nearly two decades. Gaming
has created thousands of jobs
in the region. But tribal leaders
say the three reservations are
geographically isolated, making
casinos far less lucrative than
tribal gaming operations closer
to the Twin Cities.
One message echoed over and
over at the summit is that the
tribes need to develop economies
that go beyond gaming. Dave
Anderson was the keynote speaker
on the first day of the summit.
Anderson, an Ojibwe Indian
from Wisconsin, is the founder of
Famous Dave's restaurant chain.
He believes one solution is to
encourage more private business
ownership.
"It just can't be tribes owning
businesses," Anderson says. "I
think just do to the nature of
casino gaming, the tribe has to
be in ownership of that. But as far
as true economic development,
I think the future for Indian
Country lies in individual
entrepreneurship."
The number of private
businesses in Indian Country
has grown, but that growth has
been slow, says Jackie Johnson,
executive director ofthe National
Congress of American Indians.
She says it's more typical that
people living on reservations
go off the reservation for goods
and services; to get their car
fixed, go shopping or go to a
movie. Johnson says that's got
to change.
ECONOMY to'page 5