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Posoh Nec Omaeqnomenewak
Since my last report I have continued work on communications across Tribal Government and have held meetings with those staff that I directly supervise. The Administrative Committee (Tribal Administrator, Human Resources Director, Finance Director, and Director of Legal Services) have several ongoing projects underway, including draft budget development, wage scale improvements, records and archive planning. The indirect cost budget continues to be a focus of Tribal Administration has continued to and has helped the Tribe make needed improvements to Tribal facilities that need attention.
Many of our members have been watching and commenting on our work as we begin learning about Carbon Credits and exploring whether a project here would add value for the tribe and our forests. There was a joint meeting between the Legislature and MTE Board for the purpose of bringing additional information forward and further educating ourselves through presentations of experts in the field of Carbon Credits. In a recent Tribal Web and Facebook post I put out additional information on our movement and issues we are exploring related to Carbon Credits. That was followed up with an MTL meeting that included an agenda item specifically to update the public and release of a work plan that is a clear path to move us forward on exploring, educating and holding public discussions to help us make good informed decisions on a proposed Carbon Credit program.
The No Back 40 mine efforts continue to be fought and we have responded to Michigan DEQ inquiry about our interest in formal consultation. In coming weeks, we will be meeting with them for formal consultations that will further our efforts to send messages that the Menominee Nation is not interested in the development of the Back 40 mine within our historic homelands. We are also continuing in our legal pursuits in both the Michigan State process and also within the Federal Clean Water Act challenges. We now have newly formed Legislative Committees, which includes the Environmental Task Force, that will be leading our fight. The next meeting of the Task Force will be on March 19 and will include continuation of steps toward our opposition of the mine.
Last week Legislator Chapman Chevalier and I met with the Menipaniw (Wellness Court) Team to discuss past and present problems that the court is experiencing with the program. Some of the issues we discussed and strategized on include; how to address low referrals, looking at efficiency of the program, what are the strengths and weaknesses and what can we do to improve in the immediate future. Discussions with the Team will continue and all of our hopes are to make it work for the best interest of our community and those who are suffering from the ever present addictions inflicting our communities. I will have progress reports in my future Chairman notes, for now Posoh and Waewaenen.
Douglas Cox, Chairman
Menominee Nation
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Carbon Credits and Keshena Falls Park Project discussed at special MTL meeting
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Patrick Delabrue
Menominee Nation News
On Wednesday, February 28, the Menominee Tribal Legislature held a special meeting to discuss a number of agenda items.
Among them was the opportunity for a park at the former county highway site next to the Wolf River and discussion on the cap and trade program more commonly known as carbon credits.
Read more in the March 12, 2018 print edition of Menominee Nation News
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War Bonnet receives 2017 Retail Business of the Year Award
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Christopher Anderson
Menominee Nation News
Up to about a decade ago if someone mentioned the War Bonnet oftentimes it was in a-none-too-flattering context; and even people who have been away from the place for quite some time still have some apprehension about going there.
However, once Karen Dillenburg became the owner about eight years ago, she set about making several changes so people who went to the War Bonnet would feel a lot more welcome and a lot less threatened.
Through the years, the changes that were brought about increased the customer base and often got rid of some of the negative elements associated with the place and things became so successful that this year War Bonnet received the 2017 Retail Business of the Year Award from the Shawano Country Chamber of Commerce.
Read more in the March 12, 2018 print edition of Menominee Nation News
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Class Teaches Winter Wilderness Survival Skills
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Christopher Anderson
Menominee Nation News
The Menominee Tribal Conservation department recently held a few classes on winter survival in the wilderness.
On Saturday, February 24 the training went from the classroom to the field as several kids learned how to walk with snowshoes, make a shelter and build a fire under the direction of some Conservation and traditional personnel.
Read more in the March 12, 2018 print edition of Menominee Nation News
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MCR hosts 8th annual Winter Welcome Powwow
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Patrick L. Delabrue
Menominee Nation News
Despite the snow and sleet that left the area under a frozen blanket, community members came out to enjoy a powwow event to celebrate the end of winter and usher in the spring season.
On Saturday, February 24, The Menominee Casino Resort in Keshena hosted the 8th Annual Winter Welcome Powwow.
Read more in the March 12, 2018 print edition of Menominee Nation News
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Menominee Indian School District, area police and emergency departments will be participating in an active shooter drill, March 13 at Keshena Primary School and MIHS and on March 20 at Menominee Indian Middle School. They would like to inform the community that there will be a heavy police presence in each area as in the case of a real emergency, so please don’t be alarmed, it is just a drill
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Next print date is Monday, March 26, 2018
Deadline is Wednesday, March 14, 2018
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Timberland Invasives Partnership holds annual meeting at MCR
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Patrick L. Delabrue
Menominee Nation News
On Tuesday, February 27, the Timberland Invasives Partnership held their annual meeting at the Menominee Casino Resort.
The Timberland Invasives Partnership is a Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area encompassing Langlade, Menominee, Oconto, and Shawano Counties.
The groups also has partnerships with the Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee tribes and are devoted to the management of invasive species through cooperative education, control and native habitat restoration efforts.
Read more in the March 12, 2018 print edition of Menominee Nation News
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Bigger site to provide more possibilities at WBGC
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Patrick L. Delabrue
Menominee Nation News
The Woodland Boys & Girls Club’s impending move to a different Neopit location is getting closer and club personnel are realizing the potential of an expanded, renovated space.
On Wednesday, February 28, WBGC personnel took a peek at the renovations going on at the new WBGC site at N. second avenue in the Dog Town neighborhood of Neopit.
Read more in the March 12, 2018 print edition of Menominee Nation News
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Fishing and Football mix at first War Bonnet Fishing Derby
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Christopher Anderson
Menominee Nation News
One of the reasons War Bonnet was recently recognized at the Best Retail of the Business of the Year by the Shawano Country was that it was constantly looking for ways to give back to the surrounding community.
In its latest efforts, the War Bonnet organized its first ever fishing derby which was held on Legend Lake on February 24. All proceeds raised at the tournament went the Menominee Indian High School football program.
Read more in the March 12, 2018 print edition of Menominee Nation News
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Aspiring tough guys compete in Menominee’s Strongest competition
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Patrick L. Delabrue
Menominee Nation News
The Menominee Recreation Center in Keshena was filled with grunts, groans, and feats of strength met and conquered.
On Thursday, March 8, the Wellness Team at the Menominee Tribal Clinic hosted the 2018 Menominee’s Strongest competition.
Five athletes registered to compete in the grip strength, bench press, and dead lift.
Read more in the March 12, 2018 print edition of Menominee Nation News
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Forestry fire crews preparing for prescribed burn season
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Patrick Delabrue
Menominee Nation News
As Spring gets closer the Menominee Tribal Enterprises fire suppression efforts will soon begin in earnest.
Taking into account late season snowfalls and how fast it melts, operations are anticipated to begin in late March and could last through mid to late May, depending on weather cycles.
Read more in the March 12, 2018 print edition of Menominee Nation News
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MISD parent and community impact aid forum held
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Christopher Anderson
Menominee Nation News
On the evening of February 28 there was a special board meeting held by the Menominee Indian School District (MISD) that reviewed results of a recent survey looking at parent and community aid and areas the school was doing well in and other areas where it was felt there was a need for improvement.
Read more in the March 12, 2018 print edition of Menominee Nation News
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Menominee Head Start hosts Family Night at WBGC
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Patrick L. Delabrue
Menominee Nation News
Menominee youths and their parents got a chance to hear traditional Menominee stories.
On Thursday, February 23, the Menominee Head Start hosted a family night event that featured storytelling by tribal elder, John Teller at the Woodland Boys & Girls Club in Neopit.
Read more in the March 12, 2018 print edition of Menominee Nation News
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MTE and MIMS helping students stick with cultural uses of ash trees while they can
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Christopher Anderson
Menominee Nation News
In the near future the cultural students and Menominee Indian Middle School (MIMS) will be making lacrosse and cha-ha/shinny sticks in the traditional way.
Thus, this presented an opportunity for several teaching moments.
Front and center are that lacrosse and shinny are traditional games that have been played by the Menominees for centuries; however, ancient Menominees and even relatively contemporary ones couldn’t just go to a local big box or sporting goods store to buy one so they had to make their own out of harvested ash trees.
The best time to identify an ash tree is in winter where it has to be looked at closely to see a diamond pattern in the bark, and since there was still snow on the ground the MIMS students went to a Menominee Tribal Enterprises (MTE) landing on Juniper Road where an ash tree was marked and felled just for them on the morning of March 7.
Read more in the March 12, 2018 print edition of Menominee Nation News
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Christopher Anderson
Menominee Nation News
The kids at Head Start have been learning various forms of artwork, as well as some of the other skills doing art can develop such as resourcefulness and visual communication, as well as getting education seeds planted for knowledge about how things might work at a museum or art gallery.
On the morning of February 27 many parent/guardians got to see what their kids learned art-wise as a student art showcase was held.
Read more in the March 12, 2018 print edition of Menominee Nation News
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High School art class explores new avenues of language expression
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Patrick L. Delabrue
Menominee Nation News
Students enrolled in art classes at the Menominee Indian High School in Keshena got a creative, hands-on lesson in ways to be visually creative with the Menominee language.
On Thursday, March 8, artist and type designer, Julie Shen, and Bill Moran, Artistic Director of the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum out of Two Rivers, Wisc., visited with Traditional Menominee Crafts teacher Ben Grignon, and his students at the Menominee Indian High School to expose students to typography as an art form.
Read more in the March 12, 2018 print edition of Menominee Nation News
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Getting a Head Start on the most important meal of the day
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Christopher Anderson
Menominee Nation News
The first full week in March is National School Breakfast week, so as such many schools were promoting the importance of eating breakfast, especially at the younger level.
On the Menominee Reservation Head Start and the students’ families were celebrating the week by enjoying breakfast together all week long.
Read more in the March 12, 2018 print edition of Menominee Nation News
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Oshkosh Herd hosts basketball clinic for Menominee youths
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Christopher Anderson
Menominee Nation News
On March 3, several Menominees who were in grades sixth through seven who had played on their school’s basketball teams, were in basketball programs such as Menominee Hoops or just had an interest in basketball were invited to a basketball skills clinic sponsored by the Menominee Herd in the new Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh.
Read more in the March 12, 2018 print edition of Menominee Nation News
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Twenty-First Annual 3-on-3 basketball tournament March 17
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The twenty-first annual 3-on-3 basketball tournament is scheduled to take place at the Menominee Indian High School on Saturday March 17. Boys and girls ages 9-18 are encouraged to participate.
To register pick up and return completed team form to your school office or the Menominee Tribal Recreation Center in Keshena before the March 15th deadline.
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Happy Birthday to our Nations Elders
March 2018
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A:
Christine Margaret Adrian; Anthony Francis Amob; Gregory J Anderson; Kathleen Eleanor Anderson
B:
Jeffrey George Bailey; Terrence John Bailey; Margaret Joan Baker; Cordelia Mae Beauprey; William Mitchell Beauprey; Brenda J Boivin; Jennie May Boivin; Roderick Alan Boivin; Debra Ann Bowman; Bruce Michael Boyd; Joan Marie Boyd; Richard Alfred Boyd; Valerie Brisk; Mark Allen Buckhout
C:
Helene Caldwell; Sylvester Thomas Caldwell; Laquita Ann Caron; Patricia M Chapman; Cynthia Dolores Chevalier; Bernard Louis Conger; Nicola Conigliaro; Terri Ann Conn; Dolores Mary Conner; Cheryl Kathleen Corlett; Debra Ann Corn; Jay A Crowe; Jon Anthony Crowe
D:
Anthony James Dick; Harold James Dick; Shelley Dick; Luana L Dickenson; Valerie Rose Dixon; Vyron Louis Dixon; April Marie Dodge; Beverly Ann Dodge; Richard Robert Dodge; Sheila Marie Dollhopf; Penny Lynn Donaldson; Bernard Gene Doud; Jack Richard Duey; Richard Duquain; Donna M Dutkiewicz
E:
Edey Keytonna Escalante
F:
Donna Marie Fetters; Donald Jay Fones; David Duane Fredenberg; Guy Michael Fredenberg; Lacey Alan Fredenberg; Martin Dale Fredenberg
G:
Rosa Garcia; Douglas Todd Gauthier; Lloyd Mark Gauthier; Spencer C Gauthier; Allen G Grignon; Leslie Joseph Grignon; Marcella Marie Grignon; Vincent Mark Grignon; Ronnann Marguerite Guzman
H:
Genevieve Louise Haidvogl; Doris Harrison; Mary Bernadine Hawpetoss; Rebecca Jean Hawpetoss; Steven Joseph Hayes; Michael Anthony House
I:
Roger Isham
J:
Darlene Rose Jacobs; Kirk Marshall James; Christopher Joseph Jeffrey; Tim E Joadwine; Merlynn Rose Johnson; Ramona E Jonapaw; Verna Gay Jones; Mary B Jorgenson
K:
Leslie Alfred Kaquatosh; Roxanne Marie Kaquatosh; Harold James Katchenago; Reynold William Katchenago; Janet M Keleman; Karen Ann Kelley; Dennis J Kenote; Anthony W Keshena; Keith Allen Kinepoway; Maureen Kay Kiser; Michael Kitchenakow; Kim Andrea Koepke; Myrtle Joyce Kreier; Bernadette Kuemmel; Roselyn Kuewa
L:
Alan James Larock; Clifford James Larock; Rickie Ray Larock; Bryan Sidney Lepscier; Bert Leslie Lyons; Catherine Roberta Lyons; Harley A Lyons; Judith Lynn Lyons; Lisa Marie Lyons
M:
Alexander Elmer Martin; Patricia Martin; William Gilbert Martin; Louise Martinez; Marvin Louis Matchopatow; Mavis Lois Matchopatow; Renata Marie Maulson; Milton Allan McPherson; James Patrick Meligan; Patricia Ann Mendoza; Joseph I Micik; Bonnie Sabrina Miller; Paula Marie Miller; Susan Katherine Miller; Cheryl Lynn Mohawk
N:
Leonard William Neosh; Fred John Notinokey
O:
Bethany Marie O'Reilly; Elaine Oku; Charlene R Olson; Patricia Ann Orheim; Susan Oshkosh; Adelbert Otradovec; Irvin Anthony Otradovec; Evelyn Mary Otradovec-Murphy
P:
Allen J Pamanet; George Anthony Pecore; Louis Perez; Robert K Perez; Dale Allen Peters; Darrell J Peters; Gerarda M Peters; Kathryn Pauline Peters; Randall William Peters; Linda Lenore Peterson; Dawn Marie Pitre; Jerry J Pocan; Deborah Jean Polum; Roberta L Powless; Andrew J Pyatskowit
Q:
Sharon Marie Quinney
R:
Vivian Ranta; Deborah Jean Reiter; Laurie Ann Reiter; Deborah Ann Reiter - Mehojah; Elizabeth June Rigatuso
S:
Marilyn Jo Saaski; Evanell Marie Sanapaw; Jerome Sylvester Sanapaw; Bernice Elizabeth Shawano; Norman Duane Shawanokasic; Trudell Marie Shawanokasic; Sheryl M Shegonee; Mary Louise Shepard; Michael David Shepard; Brenda T Skippergosh; Cynthia Maria Soman; Renee M Stapley
T:
Anthony Michael Teller; Eugene Louis Tepiew; Wendy Fay Thomas; Patricia Mae Tourtillott; Wayne Louis Tourtillott; Kevin John Tucker; Lawrence Oliver Tucker
V:
Linda May Van Gheem; Kenneth James Vigue
W:
Benjamin Julius Warrington; Loren Alan Washinawatok; William Harold Wasmund; Elmira Marie Waubano; Jeffrey J Waukau; Karen May Waukau; Reynold Wayne Waukau; Tracy Anne Waukau; Yvonne Marie Waukau; Wayne Warren Waukechon; Jerome M Waupoose; Lowell Anthony Waupoose; Daniel Joseph Wayka; Richard James Wayka; Christine Lenor Webster; Dawn Marie Webster; Elvin Weso; Jeannine Margaret White; Fred White Eagle; Allen R Wilber; Carla Louise Wilber; Daryl Louis Wilber; Thomas John Wilber; David A Williams; Odile Marie Wolf; Brenda Joy Wozniak; Marwin Joseph Wynos
Z:
Aloysius Zhuckkahosee; Betty Lou Zurweller
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