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Editorials
| Written by Ronni KameKona, |
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1.) “Google” Tulalip Chief of Police: Scott Smith for the full article: that these shared—opinions address.
2.) The other KameKona opinions shared here pertain to various issues ‘unresolved’ at Tulalip right now.
3.)I want my reservation back! <The final aspect of this opinion paper is the sharing of my own feelings on a deeper most personal level
Miss Ronni KameKona (Tribal Name: Ronni Kona) is a member of the Tulalip Tribes in WA state. There are problems many of us; 'have-nots' contend with on my reservation. This plea to be heard "for the record" is self explanitory. It is an emotional read, as I am the writer and the narrator. Emotions are high right now; and often are where communities are infested with Drugs like "Meth" and "Heroin" and this is a world-wide problem not an ethnic one. My Tribe 'finally hired a good Chief of Police, only to be asked to leave just within a few days ago here. If one puts the title "Google Tulalip Chief of Police, Scott Smith, the article I comment about is available to read from "Everett Herald" and other news sites. This is an "opinion" paper, and it is me, sharing my own opinion. I invite all readers to be able to snail mail, my Post Office Box 175, Everett WA 98206-0175, if they are connected with my tribe-or have further need for communication from other tribes and have suffered political-types-of-abuse and want a penpal to share experiences. I am getting my own Blog or Website soon, my email contact information is "my name with no spaces" at either hotmail.de or hotmail.com, my opinions today are as follows:
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| Written by Fernan, |
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My name is Elizabeth Sherman and I am currently conducting research on Leech Lake tribal members who are educated with a Bachelors, Masters and/or a PhD. There are four reasons why I am doing this research. They are as follows:
My first reason is because many of these tribal members are 50 and over, and some are either elders or are emerging as elders, and deserve acknowledgement, recognition and honor. These tribal members have set a precedent in tribal history to be first generation college graduates. They are, in fact, “trailblazers” who cleared the hard and rocky trail of “non-Indian society” for our younger generations to acquire their college education. They were, not only the first in our Tribe to acquire their college education, but they were the very first to obtain professional jobs.
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| Written by Tadd Johnson, Rebecca St. George, Emily Johnson (and others), |
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Dear Commissioners:
At a January 20, 2009 workshop of the County Board, one of the agenda items included addressing "Transfer of Land to Tax Exempt Entities". As it turned out, the discussion was limited to the two Indian tribal governments whose boundaries fall within St. Louis County; the Fond du Lac Band and Bois Forte Bands of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. Tribal representatives were apparently not notified nor present at the meeting.
Others were in attendance, however, and a detailed review of the discussion was made available. As citizens of St. Louis County, we are writing to share with you our general uneasiness about the direction and tone of that discussion. We found the misinformation with regard to tribal governments concerning, but we are especially apprehensive about statements made that reflected stereotypes of American Indian people in St. Louis County.
Partially out of recognition of a miscarriage of justice resulting in the theft and loss of tribal lands within the Fond du Lac Reservation, the State Legislature adopted a law in 1985 dealing with the sale of tax-forfeited property in St. Louis County. The law specifies that if the tax-forfeited lands fall within the reservation boundary of the Fond du Lac Band, the County must provide the tribe with the right of first refusal to purchase the land. The intent behind the law was clear recognition that Fond du Lac needed to expand its land holdings within its boundaries in order to improve government service delivery to tribal members.
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| Written by Vonda Gluck, |
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Elders coalition formed,
Vonda Dauphinais-Gluck (Leech Lake Ojibwe) and Lorraine Tibbetts (Nett Lake Ojibwe), of the newly formed Leech Lake Twin Cities Elders’ Coalition, presented each of the new incoming officers of the Leech Lake of Ojibwe (Arthur “Archie" LaRose, Chairman: Mike Bongo, Secretary treasurer, and Eugene Whitebird, District III Representative) each with an eagle feather on July 4 at the Cass Lake Swearing-In Ceremony.
Many elders were able to attend as food, lodging and transportation was provided. The elders coalition, headed by Dolores Wakefield, has many achievable goals ahead. A few issue which are important to the Leech Lake Twin Cities Elder’ Coalition and which were brought forward to the Local Indian Council for review, discussion and supportive action were: communication by phone tree system; trips back to the reservation for Memorial Day, annual powwows, casino trips, and elders conferences; community skills training for Local Indian Council and Leech Lake Twin Cities Elders’ Council; fundraising for aforementioned activities; and budgets for development strategies which are intended to support basic coalition operational needs and short term activities.
Fondly,
Vonda Gluck, Elder Advocate
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