Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
August 28, 2019
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Candidates tackle tough issues at historic Native forum
40 under 40
On a day of promises
and acknowledgements of
past wrongs, presidential
candidates speaking at a
historic political forum at
Sioux City, Iowa offered
differing solutions to the
many problems facing In-
dian Country.
Some of the boldest
promises came from New
York Mayor Bill de Blasio,
one of 10 total Democratic
candidates who participated
in the first ever Frank
LaMere Native American
Presidential Forum, held in
August in Sioux City at the
Orpheum Theatre.
“There are some of these
moments in our history that
are particularly painful be-
cause there’s not even a hint
of justice, and the case of
Leonard Peltier is one of
them,” de Blasio said via
Skype to the nearly 200
people gathered for
Tuesday’s forum. “And I will
do anything I can to support
you in seeking that clem-
ency.”
De Blasio was respond-
ing to a passionate plea for
justice from Julian Bear
Runner, president of the
Oglala Sioux Tribe, who de-
cried his own arrest at Stand-
ing Rock for criminal tres-
pass while taking part in
demonstrations there and
asked de Blasio for help in
freeing Peltier.
The mayor’s promise to
free Peltier, who is serving
two life terms in prison in
connection with a fatal
American Indian Move-
ment clash with federal au-
thorities on the Pine Ridge
Reservation, home to Bear
Runner’s tribal community,
in 1975, was one of many
The National Center
for American Indian
Enterprise Develop-
ment in August honored
its 2019 Native Ameri-
can 40 under 40 award
recipients.
Each year, the Na-
tional Center recognizes
40 emerging Native
American and Alaska
Native leaders who have
demonstrated leader-
ship, initiative, and dedi-
cation and made signifi-
cant contributions in
business, their profes-
sions, or in their commu-
nities.
Alyssa Macy, Chief
Operations Officer of
the Confederatd Tribes,
received the award in
2014.
This 2019 class—the
elventh—featured lead-
ers from a wide variety
of fields, including tribal
and state government,
gaming, tribal economic
development, business
and
consulting,
academia, health care,
the law, theater, market-
ing, and hospitality. Win-
ners hail from 18 states
and Washington, DC.
Over 30 unique
tribes and Native affilia-
tions are represented
among the winners.
“The 2019 class of
our Native American 40
under 40 Award winners
is a truly impressive
group of amazing young
leaders,” said Chris
James, President and
CEO of the National
Center.
The list of 2019 re-
cipients can be seen at
nativenewsonline.net
Courtesy Ho-Chunk Inc.
Victoria Kitcheyan, a council member for the Winnebago Tribe and chairperson of the
National Indian Health Board, asks Democratic presidential candidate John Delaney
about Indian health care at the Frank LaMere Native American Presidential Forum in
Sioux City, Iowa, on August, 2019.
calls for justice for the
wrongs committed against
Native people by presiden-
tial candidates.
Two Native advocacy or-
ganizations, Four Directions
and the Native Organizers
Alliance, hosted the forum,
which was the first of the
2020 presidential cycle to fo-
cus on Indian issues and the
first of its kind in more than
a decade.
The forum was named for
the late Winnebago activist
Frank LaMere, who died in
June after a brief bout with
cancer. LaMere was a nation-
ally recognized Democratic
Party and Native civil rights
activist.
The forum featured 10
Democratic candidates for
president: de Blasio of New
York City; Elizabeth Warren,
the U.S. Senator from Mas-
sachusetts; Amy Klobuchar,
the U.S. Senator from Min-
nesota; Bernie Sanders, the
U.S. Senator from Vermont;
best-selling
author
Marianne Williamson; Steve
Bullock, the governor of
Montana; Julián Castro, a
former Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Develop-
ment; John Delaney, a
former U.S. Congressman
from Maryland; Kamala
Harris, the U.S. Senator
from California; and Joe
Sestak, a former U.S. Con-
gressman from Pennsylva-
nia
Independent candidate
Mark Charles, a citizen of
the Navajo Nation, also at-
tended the forum.
On Tuesday, Sanders
promised to support re-
scinding the 20 Medals of
Honor awarded to soldiers
who killed women and chil-
dren at the Wounded Knee
Massacre of 1890.
“Medals of Honor are
given rarely, and they’re
given to people who’ve
done very, very important
things,” he said. “Massa-
cring women and children
is not an act of great brav-
ery. It is an act of deprav-
ity.”
Nearly every candidate
who spoke supported re-
scinding the Medals of
Honor granted as a result of
Wounded Knee.
Only one candidate,
former Maryland Congress-
man John Delaney, said he
would need to research each
medal awarded at Wounded
Knee to decide whether to
rescind all or just some of
the medals.
Initially describing the
massacre as a “battle,”
Delaney said he didn’t sup-
port a blanket apology for
Wounded Knee and needed
to study the event more to
decide whether to rescind
any of the medals.
But Delaney also ex-
pressed support for com-
bating the disproportionate
rate of indigenous women
who disappear or are mur-
dered each year.
“There’s a long shadow
that continues across time
based on certain actions,” he
said. “It’s incredibly important
to have some sort of recon-
ciliation … to start getting out
of the shadow.”
Asked whether he would
support fully funding Indian
health needs, Delaney said his
plan to establish a universal
health care system for all
Americans would benefit In-
dian Country as well. But
Victoria
Kitcheyan,
Winnebago tribal council
member and chairwoman of
the National Indian Health
Board, said universal health
care would not fix the bro-
ken Indian Health Service. In
response, Delaney promised
to fully fund Indian health
needs if elected.
Sanders said, if elected, he
would reform Native health
care.
“We will reform funda-
mentally the Indian Health
Service so that it will take care
of your needs and the needs
of all Native American
people,” he said.
He said fully funding the
agency wouldn’t cost the
country even as much as
“one new weapon system for
the Pentagon.”
He said, as president, he
would prevent corporations
from damaging lands that
belong to Native people and
would give tribes a seat at the
head of the table, especially
on issues of environmental
policy.
“The Native American
people did not kill thousands
and thousands of buffalo
because they understood that
the buffalo gave them life,”
he said.
In the Tribal Court of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Please note: All hearings are
conducted at the Warm Springs
Tribal Court.
CTWS, Petitioner, vs
ANNIE FUIAVA, RE-
SPONDENT; Case No.
JV122-02. TO:ANNIE
FUIAVA,
BRUCE
HOWTOPAT:
YOU ARE HEREBY
NOTIFIED that a CUS-
TODY REVIEW has been
filed with the Warm
Springs Tribal Court. By
this notice you are sum-
moned to appear in this
matter at a hearing sched-
uled for the 14 TH day of
OCTOBER, 2019 @
3:00 PM
CTWS, Petitioner, vs
S
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N
Y
A
STORMBRINGER,
RESPONDENT; Case
No. JV118-07. TO:
S
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N
Y
A
STORMBRINGER,
KEVIN & PAM HUG
& JV PROSECUTION:
YOU ARE HEREBY
NOTIFIED that a AS-
SISTED GUARDIAN-
SHIP REVIEW has been
filed with the Warm
Springs Tribal Court. By
this notice you are sum-
moned to appear in this
matter at a hearing sched-
uled for the 16 th day of
OCTOBER, 2019 @
11:00 AM
CTWS, Petitioner, vs
ESSIE LAWSON, RE-
SPONDENT; Case No.
JV28-13. TO: ESSIE
LAWSON, REGGIE
MEDINA, HEATHER
W I L L I A M S -
STEWART, WILLIAM
STEWART & JV PROS-
ECUTION:
YOU ARE HEREBY
NOTIFIED that a AS-
SISTED GUARDIAN-
SHIP REVIEW has been
filed with the Warm Springs
Tribal Court. By this notice
you are summoned to ap-
pear in this matter at a hear-
ing scheduled for the 14 th
day of OCTOBER, 2019
@ 4:00 PM
CTWS, Petitioner, vs
CHELSEA YAHTIN,
RESPONDENT; Case
No. JV128-07; JV68-13B;
JV82-19; JV83-19. TO:
CHELSEA YAHTIN,
VERN
HEATH,
RANDY BOISE:
YOU ARE HEREBY
NOTIFIED that a
TRANSFER of JURIS-
DICTIONAL/ DISPOSI-
TIONAL has been filed
with the Warm Springs
Tribal Court. By this notice
you are summoned to ap-
pear in this matter at a hear-
ing scheduled for the 30 th
day of SEPTEMBER,
2019 @ 1:30 PM
CTWS, Petitioner, vs
ANDREW SMITH , Re-
spondent; Case No.
JV72,73-17. TO: AN-
DREW SMITH:
YOU ARE HEREBY
NOTIFIED that a AS-
SISTED GUARDIAN-
SHIP HEARING has
been scheduled with the
War m Springs Tribal
Court. By this notice you
are summoned to appear
in this matter at a hearing
scheduled for the 17 TH day
of OCTOBER, 2019 @
3:00 PM
CTWS, Petitioner, vs
ELLEN JACKSON,
Respondent; Case No.
JV3-19. TO: ELLEN
JACKSON:
YOU ARE HEREBY
NOTIFIED that a CUS-
TODY REVIEW has
been scheduled with the
War m Springs Tribal
Court. By this notice you
are summoned to appear
in this matter at a hearing
scheduled for the 7 TH day
of OCTOBER, 2019 @
11:00 AM
CTWS, Petitioner, vs
ORLANDO TEWEE,
Respondent; Case No.
RO46-18. TO: OR-
LANDO TEWEE:
YOU ARE HEREBY
NOTIFIED that a RE-
STRAINING ORDER
MODIFICATION has
been scheduled with the
War m Springs Tribal
Court. By this notice you
are summoned to appear
in this matter at a hearing
scheduled for the 17 TH day
of SEPTEMBER, 2019
@ 10:00 AM
PROBATE
In the matter of the
estate of Francis A.
Suppah, W.S., U/A, de-
ceased. Estate no. 2017-
PR36. Notice is hereby
given that Francis A.
Suppah, who at the time of
his death last known resi-
dence was 1706 Foster St.,
Warm Springs, OR, died
on the 4 th day of October,
2017 and the court has ap-
pointed
Valerie
Squiemphen as public ad-
ministrator.
In the matter of the
estate of Jeanette V.
Meanus, W.S., U/A, de-
ceased. Estate no. 2019-
PR36. To Winona
George, Gilbert Yazzie,
Lucinda Jim, Preston
Meanus, Albert Charlie
Jr., Jennifer Biss, Trevern
Yazzie: You are hereby no-
tified that an informal pro-
bate hearing is scheduled
for September 30, 2019 at
11:30 a.m.
In the matter of the
estate of Craig E.
Tailfeathers Sr., W.S., U/
A, deceased. Estate no.
2019-PR10. Notice is
hereby given that Craig E.
Tailfeathers Sr., who at the
time of his death last
known residence was 7540
Highway 3, Warm Springs,
OR, died on the 25 th day
of February, 2019 and the
court has appointed Valerie
Squiemphen as public ad-
ministrator.
In the matter of Melva
A. Charley, W.S., U/A,
deceased. Estate no.
2019-PR33. To Martin
Brown,
Margarette
Tapia, Israel Tapia, and
Israel Tapia Sr.: You are
hereby notified that an in-
formal probate hearing is
scheduled for September
30, 2019 at 11 a.m.
In the matter of the
estate of Foster J.
Kalama Sr., W.S., U/A,
deceased. Estate no.
2019-PR20. To J’Dean
Kalama, Foster Kalama
Jr., Marissa Kalama,
John Kalama, Titus
Kalama,
Simeon
Kalama,
Graceann
Kalama: You are hereby
notified that an informal
probate hearing is sched-
uled for September 19,
2019 at 11 a.m.
In the matter of the
estate
of
Patrick
Mitchell, W.S., U/A, de-
ceased. Estate no. 2013-
PR21. To Carmen
Mitchell: You are hereby
notified that an informal pro-
bate hearing is scheduled for
October 2, 2019 at 11 a.m.
In the matter of the es-
tate of Jacob J. Berry,
W.S., U/A, deceased. Es-
tate no. 2017-PR25. To
Billy Berry-Speakthunder
and Wanda Berry: You are
hereby notified that an infor-
mal probate hearing is
scheduled for October 9,
2019 at 11:30 a.m.
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