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/ News from I net ia n Country 'S * 1' ' Man banished from Turtle Mountain reservation BELC O U RT, N.D. (AP) - The Turtle Mountain Band o f Chippewa has removed a non- Indian man from the reserva tion under a new banishment code aimed at cracking down on drug abuse and other problems. Calvin John Andrist, 39, was removed from the home he shared with a woman about three miles east o f Belcourt, tribal officials said. The woman, whose name was not released, is an enrolled member o f the tribe. A telephone listing for Andrist could not immediately be found. Tribal officials said Andrist was banished for drug-related activity going back to last sum mer. It was the first use o f the banishment code since it was adopted unanimously in late March by the Tribal Council. “We did sign an exclusion order on an individual who was endangering the health and safety o f our tribal members,” tribal Chairman Ken Davis said. “We had sufficient evidence, dealing with drugs and threats to; people’s lives, to believe this man a danger,” Davis said. The “emergency” order re quired no hearing, he said. Such orders can be used when deal ing with people on the reserva tion who are not members of the tribe. Andrist may to petition for a board to reconsider the order and present evidence in his de fense. He must hire his own law yer. Orders involving tribal mem bers and people who do not pose an immediate threat in volve a longer court process and a warning for a first-time of fense. “This is our first one,” tribal officer Kelly Brunelle said o f the banishment. “This is not going to be our last.” Brunelle said officers submit ted a report to the tribal chair man to remove Andrist, who is from Deering. “We submitted an affidavit to the chairman relating to possible drug trafficking and child pro tection issues,” Brunelle said. Davis said other reservations have similar banishment codes, and many more are considering them. “As more and more o f us start using our sovereign pow ers to protect our people, you will see more and more tribes looking at this,” he said. “It’s moving around Indian country.” The movement comes amid growing worry about illicit drugs on reservations and the lack o f jurisdiction tribes have over nonmembers who deal with drugs. “Anybody who wants to come in and enjoy our territory must comply with our laws,” Davis said. “I f they don’t comply, this is the only authority we have. “We have to take extreme measures to be able to deal with drugs, the meth problem infest ing our communities _ not only Indian communities, but non- Indian communities as well.” A ndrist has moved to Dunseith, about 20 miles away and outside the reservation, Rolette County officials said. I f he returns to the reservation, he could be charged with trespass ing. “He’s not going to go far,” said Rolette County S h eriff Tony Sims. Sims said he does not expect an onslaught o f people kicked o ff the reservation to flood into Rolette County. “Some of them will be people we might have to deal with even tually. But we can take them right through our court system,” he said. “The tribe can’t. I don’t blame them for wanting to ex clude people. “I wish we had the same abil ity to exclude,” Sims said. “I would need a whole fleet o f Greyhound buses to get them all out o f here.” Page 8 Spilyay Tymoo WËmmtÈÊÊk cause o f drug-related activ ity. At Fort Berthold, the tribe’s legal office and a local drug-prevention group are working on the new code. “I look for the Tribal Council to review and pass it,” Hall said. Banishment would occur on a third drug-related of fense. “They would have some chances, but there would be some stiff penalties and fines, and community service and treatm ent,” the chairman said. “But on the third of fense, it’s strike three and you’re out.” Hall said the use o f meth- amphetamine is reaching epi demic proportions on the res ervation. Pipe bomb detonated near Comanche tribal complex LAWTON, Okla. (AP) — A tribal official said that law officers detonated a pipe bomb near the Comanche Nation’s tribal complex, but the bomb’s origin wasn’t clear. Clyde Narcomey, o f the American Indian tribe’s business commit tee, said he was told o f the detonation by an officer from the BIA. A bureau spokesman could not be reached for com ment. The discovery o f the bomb came after a disputed tribal primary election. ♦ May 25, 2006 HH M Tribe considering banishment penalty for drug crimes NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) — The T hree A ffiliated Tribes is taking steps to crack down on illegal drugs, including rem oving drug makers and sellers from the Fort Berthold Reservation. “We’re proposing a new drug code, and that includes banishment,” Tribal Chair man Tex Hall said. The T h ree A ffiliated Tribes would not be the first in North Dakota to impose such a penalty. The Turtle M ountain Band of Chippewa in M arch ap proved a banishment code, and has put it to use. 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John Thune, R-S.D., in the Sen ate would increase payments to the two American Indian trust funds by a combined $226 mil lion. The bills would add money to the funds established a de cade ago _ $39 m illion for Lower Brule and $28 million for Crow Creek. Interest earned by the funds is paid to the tribes as compensation for land lost to reservoirs created by the Mis souri River dams. Herseth, Thune and Demo cratic Sen. Tim Johnson say the way the government has calcu lated the damages is unfair. They argue that the formula is based on the final asking price o f the land, which was devalued by the dam construction. The GAO disagreed, saying the compensation established in the 1990s is consistent with com pensation for other tribes on the Missouri River. “GAO’s analysis does not sup port the additional compensa tion amounts,” the report read. The report was prepared for Senate Indian Affairs Commit tee Chairman John McCain, R- Ariz. Thune’s bill passed out o f McCain’s committee last year. T h e H ouse has n ot moved Herseth’s legislation. All three members o f the South Dakota delegation re sponded to a draft version o f the report earlier this month. “Our goal, as the authors o f this legislation, is to rationalize the various tribal tmst funds and to seek parity, or fairness, for the tribes,” they wrote in a joint letter. Fewer than half o f students at Idaho reservation school graduate PLUM M ER, Idaho (AP) - Fewer than half o f students at Lakeside High School on the C peur d’Alene Indian Reserva- tipn over the past decade have graduated, a product o f alcohol ism, little parental involvement arid chronic absenteeism. Tribal leaders fear the ongo ing problems could rob this northern Idaho American Indian group o f its future leaders. ; This year, 12 students at the 130-stu d en t sch ool have ;« ■ * dropped out and 17 are ex- pected to graduate in June, the Spokesman-Review newspaper reported. Some years, dropouts exceed the number o f gradu ates. Just 39 percent o f Lakeside students graduated on schedule in 2004, the last year for which statistics are available. The statewide average o f stu dents earning a diploma within four years was 84 percent. Na tionwide, the graduation rate was about 57 percent among stu dents enrolled in schools run by the federal Bureau o f Indian Stock Cow Sale - May 31st Special Consignment! 70 pair - 70% BWF,BLK 1 iron, ranch raised, 3-5 years old cows will weigh approx. 1200lbs w/ 75 day old calves by side sired by Terry Anderson composite bulls & Kessler Black Angus bulls Butcher Cow Special - June 21 st Feeder Sale Special - June 28th We offer PROGRESSSIVE MARKETING with weekly livestock sales, large ring scale, weekly NW Buyers, monthly special sales, AN D a new feedlot located just out the back gate! Consignments always welcome... 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