Native American Press / Ojibwe News (Bemidji, Minnesota), 2001-07-27

              INDEX
News Around Indian Country 2
Commentary/EditorialsA/oices 4
Smoke Signals of Upcoming Events 5
Classifieds 6-7
Letter clarifies
details of
Armstrong's arrest
pg4
Standing Rock Tribal
Council audit demanded
pg4
Racial minorites
underrepresented at
Legislature
pg5
BIA makes FY 2002
budget request
public, over $37.7
million budgeted to
tribes
pg5
Commentary
No reservations:
publisher responds to
City Pages feature
pg4
Charges
dismissed
Third grader accused
of terroristic threats
By JeffArmstrong
Felony level juvenile charges
were dismissed this week in Cass
County district court against a third
grade Bug-o-nay-ge-shig school
student accused of threatening
school staff. James Manypenny, age
9, had been accused of directing
"terroristic threats" at his teacher
and a school monitor on March 15
of this year.
Prior to the initial hearing on July
24, tlie boy's mother, tribal activist
Roxanne LaRose, said the charges
were baseless and possibly politically motivated.
In tlie criminal complaint, dated
March 21 but not filed until July 4,
Manypenny was accused of asking
his teacher "what would happen if I
brought a gun to school and put it
to your head?" He was further alleged to have "walked up to [the
monitor] and looked her in the eye
and stated 'I'm going to kill you.'"
LaRose said tlie report was
clearly exaggerated by county officials, claiming the alleged victim
CHARGES to pg. 3
SMALL LEGAL STEP
TO REGAIN CUSTODY
Jawnie Hough update
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web page: www.press-on.net
by Clara NiiSka
About a month ago, Jawnie
Hough had a court appearance
scheduled on Monday, July 30.
The court appearance was another small legal step in regaining
custody, or even visitation, of her
four year old daughter whom
Jawnie has not seen—nor even
heard on the telephone—for
more than six months. The Ninth
District Court, Beltrami County,
was scheduled to hear a Motion
to Vacate that court's Ex Parte
decision to reverse its adjudication of custody Jawnie's daughter
Meghan Brun to her mother.
(Black's Law Dictionary defines
"vacate" as: to annul; to set aside,
to cancel or rescind, to render an
act void.)
As Press/ON reported on
March 16,2001, Jawnie was
awarded primary custody of her
young daughter Meghan in a
Beltrami County divorce decree
on May 5, 1999. Although
Beltrami County had asserted ongoing jurisdiction over Meghan's
cutody, the Red Lake Indian
court issued its own custody determination on May 22, 2000.
The Red Lake hearing was
sought by Jawnie's ex-husband,
Donald Brun, Jr., a Red Lake enrollee, and Jawnie was not properly notified ofthe Red Lake
hearing.
Four weeks later, on June 19,
2000, the Beltrami County Court
acted on Donald Jr.'s "Application for Fix Parte Relief," and reversed its own custody determination by rubber-stamping Red
Lake's order into Minnesota jurisdiction. Jawnie Hough was,
again, not notified ofthe proceedings.
Donald Jr. sought criminal
charges against his ex-wife—for
violating a Red Lake - turned
Minnesota custody reversal about
which she never been informed.
On January 9,2001, Beltrami
County Attorney Tim Faver
signed a criminal complaint
against Jawnie Hough for the
felony of depriving another of
"custodial or parental rights,"
even though Jawnie had still not
been notified ofthe State's having—ex parte—deprived her of
JAWNIE to pg. 3
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A weekly publication.   Copyright, Native American Press, 2001
Founded in 1988
Volume 13 Issue 35
July 27, 2001
BIA makes FY 2002 budget request public
$ 37,709,638 budgeted for Midwest tribes
by Clara NiiSka
The Bureau oflndian Affairs is
requesting $2,284,606,000 from
the U.S. Congress for fiscal year
2002. As the BIA explains in its
2002 "Greenbook," the two and a
quarter billion dollars budgeted
for FY 2002 is a three percent increase from last year's budget request, and $65.9 million more
than was allocated to the BIA by
Congress for FY 2001.
The amounts requested by the
BIA for Midwest "Self-Governance Tribes" for FY 2002 are
detailed in the table published on
page 6 and 8 of this issue, and according to BIA budget figures,
total S16,550,188.  Tlie BIA's
self-govemance tribes under the
supervision of its Midwest Regional Office include six Minnesota reservations: Mille Lacs,
Leech Lake, Bois Forte, Grand
Portage, Red Lake, and Fond du
Lac. Tribal councils on these reservations administer federally-
funded programs under contracts
made by the BIA, mostly under
the authority of Public Law 93-
638 (25 U.S.C. § 450, etseq.) As
the Bureau explains in its narrative introduction to the FY 2002
budget request, "the Bureau is
charged with the primary responsibility for administrating Federal
programs for the Federally recognized tribes." The BIA's tribal
program structure and priorities
remain controlled by tlie BIA under "self-governance contracts."
Some ofthe programs listed in
the budgets for self-govemance
tribes are very clearly identified
as B.I A. agency programs, rather
than "tribal government" programs, for example the "tribal
courts" at Mille Lacs, Bois Forte,
and Red Lake.
The BIA's Tribal Priority Allocations generally involve programs
more clearly under the direct administration of the BIA. Tlie
TPAs for the Midwest region are
detailed in the chart on page 8 of
this issue, and total $21,959,450.
Tribal priority allocations requested for Minnesota include
funding for: the Red Lake
Agency, the Minnesota Agency,
the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
White Earth, Lower Sioux, Prairie Island, Shakopee, and Upper
Sioux.
Other BIA expenditures pertaining to Minnesota reservations
include programs and financing
pursuant to the White Earth Reservation Land Settlement Act
(WELSA), for FY 2002 estimated
at two million dollars.
Press/ON published excerpts
from the BIA's 2001 Office of
Self Governance budget on April
20, 2001, and detailed government funding to Minnesota tribes
as reported in tlie most recent
single audit reports available on
April 27. The BIA requested
more than $19 million for Minnesota tribes and regional office administrative costs for FY 2001,
and the single audits revealed that
more than $113 million in federal
money is being spent on Minnesota Indian tribes.
The BIA originated in 1834 as
a part ofthe U.S. War Depart
ment. It was transferred to the
Department ofthe Interior in
1849, and it has retained administrative control over Indian affairs
ever since.
The BIA struggles to address the
ramifications of its "unique relationship" to Indians in the "Mission and Objectives" statement in
the "Overview" of its FY 2002
budget request. As the Bureau
explains, its "mission is to fulfill
its trust responsibilities and promote self-determination on behalf
ofTribal Governments, American
Indians and Alaska Nath
The dilemma of promoting "self-
determination" in the context of
"guardian-ward" government
trusteeship is perhaps at the crux
ofthe BIA's "uniqueness." After
more than a century and a half of
the BIA's peaceful guardianship,
the Bureau writes in its FY 2002
budget justifications that: "In
summary, American Indians ...
have higher levels of poverty, unemployment, single parent families, fertility and mortality than
the U.S. population at large. On
the Indian reservations, poverty is
still commonplace, unemployment and violence are double the
national average, and infant mortality, alcoholism, and substance
abase are far in excess ofthe rest
of America."
The BIA's FY 2002
"Greenbook" is posted online,
with the index and hot links to tlie
entire budget request at http://
www.doi.gov/bia/isseve.htm.
Supreme Court justices speak to tribal judges
in Nevada
By Siobhan McDonough
Associated Press
RENO, Nev. - Congressional action may be necessary to solve differences between tribal and federal
courts, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor said Friday.
"I'm wondering if it's reasonable,
if it's time to have Congress involved," O'Connor said during a
panel discussion held at the National
Judicial College, on the University
ofNevada, Reno campus. "I have a
hunch there may be some receptivity
(by Congress)."
But Tribal Judge Carey Vicenti
was skeptical that taking the thorny
issue oftribal and federal jurisprudence to Congress would benefit Indian people.
"We are so vulnerable," he said.
"We are constantly subject to the
majority tyranny."
Much ofthe discussion by a
seven-member panel made up of
tribal and federal judges centered on
a June 25 Supreme Court ruling involving federal clashes with Indian
sovereignty.
In that decision, tlie high court fa
vored Nevada, ruling that state authorities may enter an Indian reservation to investigate or prosecute
off-reservation violations of state
law.
The state had asserted it was immune to a lawsuit filed in Fallon
Paiute-Shoshone Tribal Court by a
man who said his civil rights were
violated when state authorities
searched his home for evidence of
illegal hunting offthe reservation.
No evidence was found.
The ruling overturned a 9th Cir-
COURT to pg. 5
Navajo artist and "Code Talker" Carl Gorman addresses his fellow code talkers during the unveiling
ceremony of a statue built in their honor at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz.,in this
Nov.11, 1995 file photo. Gorman's daughter Zonnie Gorman spent years studying her father's work
as a Navajo Code Talker in World War II. She and her mother will attend a ceremony in Washington
Thursday to accept a Congressional Gold Medal on his behalf.
Code talkers
to receive
congressional
medals
By Mary Perea
Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -
Zonnie Gorman spent years studying her father's work as a Navajo
code talker in World War II. She
evenjoined him in giving numerous lectures over the last decade.
Gonnan says she's sad that her
father, Carl Gonnan, died in 1998
without being properly recognized
for his work. She and her mother
will attend a ceremony in Washington D.C, Thursday to accept
a Congressional Gold Medal on
his behalf.
"It is bittersweet," said
Gonnan, of Gallup, N.M. "It
would have been nice if he
would have been here to receive
it. It's very emotional and I'm
CODE to pg. 3
Arizona wants to continue negotiations with tribes
By Paul Davenport
Associated Press
PHOENIX - Tlie state wants a
federal judge to allow Gov. Jane
Hull to continue negotiating new
gaming compacts for tribal casinos
even though he has mled she lacks
authority to put new agreements
into place.
The state also asked that a clause
which would cancel the existing
compacts with 17 tribes not be triggered.
The state made both requests in
Opportunities for cross-country, track, marathon runners with SIPI
By Jean Pagano
The Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Iastitute (SIPI) of Albuquerque, New Mexico is trying lo reach
out to American Indian tribes and
communities to inform them ofthe
opportunities available at SIPI.
The running program at SIPI was
established in the fall of 1990.
Since that time, the SIPI running
teams have won 7 National Team
Titles, 7 National Runner-Up Team
Titles, 10 Individual National
Champion awards, and 33 All-
American honors (See accompanying Team Platings). SIPI athletes
are encouraged lo excel in the
classroom as well. Thirteen runners
from their programs have been
awarded Academic All-American
honors while four ofthe teams have
been bestowed with this honor as
National T
earn Racings
National Marathon
Division ll/ill National
Championships
Cross Country
Championships
Summer 1991
5th
Summer 1993
2nd
Men
Summer 1994
1st.
Fall 1993
1st
Summer 1995
2nd
Fall 1994
2nd
Summer 1996
3rd
Fail  1995
2nd
Summer 1997
1st
Fall  1996
7th
Summer 1998
1st
Fall  1997
2nd
Summer 1999
1st
Fall  1998
2nd
Summer 2000
3rd
Fall 1999
2nd
Summer 2001
1st
Fall 2000
1st
Women
Fall  1995
10th
Fall  1996
11th
Fall  1997
13th
Fall  1998
14th
well.
"I honestly feel the accomplishments that our student-athletes here
al SIPI have achieved could be a
source of inspiration and awareness
to American Indians ofall tribes",
says Coach Michael Daney. "Tlie
opportunity also exists for those
who may want to continue in the
sport of running after high school to
be aware of our excellent program".
Daney also stated that "SIPI can
provide a quality education at "no-
cost" to qualified American Indian
tribal members. This would include
room and board, books, and tuition".
SIPI is a NCA accredited two-
year institution that offers AAS degrees in both vocational as well as
technical training. Additionally,
SIPI offers AA degrees in Liberal
Arts. The mission of SIPI, which is
a National Indian Community College, is "lo provide quality technical and higher education opportunities that meet the dynamic needs of
federally recognized tribes".
Application requirements include:
1. SIPI Application
2. Certificate oflndian Blood
3. High School Transcripts or GED
Scores
4. Physical with Immunization
Record
5. $20.00 Student Activity Fee &
$205 Damage Deposit
Infonnation on SIPI is available
by calling 1-800-586-7474. To contact Michael Daney about the "no-
cost" education opportunities, he
may be reached al (505)346-2332.
its proposed order to implement
District Judge Robert C.
Broomfield's July 3 ruling.
In a lawsuit filed by race tracks,
the judge mled that Hull now lacks
tlie legal authority to enter new
ARIZONA to pg. 5
Federal office
investigating
former Indian
Affairs staff
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Another federal agency is investigating how
the U.S. Bureau oflndian Affairs
has handled the federal recognition process for Connecticut
tribes.
The new investigation is being
done by the Office ofthe Inspector General in the Department of
the Interior.
"We are currently investigating
recognition matters that have to
do with Indian ttibes and they are
in Connecticut," Roy Kime, a
STAFF to pg. 6