August - Bois Forte

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August - Bois Forte

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Bois Forte
NETT LAKE, MINNESOTA - August 2016
Per Cap Info
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VOL. 39 NO. 8
www.boisforte.com
Chavers and Morrison Sworn In as new
Tribal Chair, Nett Lake Representative
“With new
leadership comes
new ideas and
direction that
we hope will
continue the past
accomplishments
and keep moving
forward”
Cathy Chavers, Tribal Chairwoman
Bois Forte Band members gathered at Fortune Bay Resort Casino on
July 12 to watch their new Tribal Chair and District I Representative
be sworn into office.
Cathy Chavers becomes the first woman since Doris Isham to lead
the Band. Chavers has spent more than 30 years working for Bois
Forte, primarily in health care and education. She also served in the
tribal government as a District I Representative from 2008-2012,
choosing not to run for a second term.
“I enjoyed serving with Cathy eight years ago when she first was
elected District I Representative,” said Secretary-Treasurer David
Morrison Sr. “When she decided not to run for re-election four
years ago I went to her office several times and tried to talk her into
staying. I welcome her back to the Council. She is a team player and
it will be good to work with her again.”
Chavers thanked Bois Forte’s past leaders and administrations for
their dedication and commitment. “With new leadership comes
new ideas and direction that we hope will continue the past
accomplishments and keep moving forward,” she told the assembled
Band members and dignitaries.
Morrison, who is new to the tribal council, worked for Bois Forte’s
Public Works Department. He also serves on the conservation
committee and volunteers as a youth basketball and football coach.
“I’m proud to be here,” Morrison told the crowd. “Thank you to
everyone for showing support for us.”
“Travis is quiet, but strong,” said Brandon Benner, the other District
I Representative. “He has a mind of his own, and he will go to bat
for others.”
“I think this RTC will have a good, solid working relationship, and
I look forward to working with Cathy and Travis on what’s most
important – improving the quality of life for everyone,” said District
II Representative Ray Toutloff.
Norm Deschampe, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe President and Chairman of
Grand Portage, administered the oath of office to Cathy Chavers and Travis Morrison.
The swearing-in was officiated by Norman Deschampe, president of
the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. The ceremony included traditional
drumming and songs, an honor guard, and an invocation by Elder
Gene Goodsky, and was followed by a long reception line honoring
the new Council members and a luncheon.
More photos and Chairwoman Chavers’ speech inside.
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Tribal, National & State News
Bois Forte Veterans visit “Moving Wall”
Vietnam Memorial
In July, Secretary/Treasurer Dave Morrison, Sr. invited Bois Forte Veterans to visit the 23rd annual
Fond du Lac Veterans Powwow in Cloquet for a special viewing of The Moving Wall, a traveling
half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Over 58,000 names of U.S.
military people killed or missing in Vietnam are engraved on the memorial.
Left to right: Dale Copper, Ray Early, Jerome Whiteman, Michelle
Fisher, Hank Goodsky, Ira Isham Gordy Adams Jr., Patrick Howg, and
William M. Isham.
The Bois Forte Tribal Government provided transportation
for Veterans who wanted to
travel to Fond du Lac for the
rare viewing. The Moving
Wall has been touring several
states for over twenty years.
This is the first year a native
reservation has had the wall
on display according to Tom
Whitebird, Fond du Lac
Veteran Service Officer.
In addition to the Moving Wall,
Bois Forte Veterans visited a
display next to the wall called “The Eyes of Freedom.” This is a memorial to veterans that features
life-sized portraits of people who died while serving in Iraq.
BOIS FORTE NEWS
Bois Forte Is
Looking for Veterans
The Bois Forte Band is updating its
contact information for veterans. “We use
this information to notify veterans about
any special events or information that
may interest them, such as the veterans
dinner in November,” said Senior Project
Coordinator Louise Isham.
If you are a veteran or know someone who
is, please contact Isham at 218-404-6545
or lisham@boisforte-nsn.gov and provide:
• Full Name
•Address
•Phone
•Email
• Branch of service
• Years served
AUGUST 2016
RTC News
Tribal Chair
Swearing In Speech
Boozho, good morning
Travis delivers his first
speech as
an elected leader.
A young guests greets the new
Tribal Chairwoman.
Darren Landgren
takes a selfie with
Cathy and Travis.
I want to start off my speech this morning by thanking the Creator for today.
I would also like to thank my family, friends and dignitaries who are attending
the swearing in ceremony for Travis Morrison, Dist 1 Representative and
myself. Migwetch.
It is such an honor to be standing here before you as your elected chairwoman
of Bois Forte. When I moved to Bois Forte 39 years ago as a young woman
just out of high school there were dirt roads, minimal housing and little
economic development. Since that time Bois Forte has made great progress
since these early days. This reflects on our past councils and administration
throughout the years and their dedication and commitment to the Tribe. For
their service we are grateful.
With new leadership comes new ideas and direction that we hope will
continue the past accomplishments and keep moving forward.
We have built long lasting relationships within Indian Country, at the
federal, state and local levels; that will only continue to grow.
The crowd stands for the presenting of the colors.
We must also unite as a Tribe to address the issues that are facing us today.
Such as homelessness, housing, economic development, chemical abuse,
the potential loss of our language and culture and many others. We have
a long road ahead of us but by working together we can accomplish great
things.
I hope many of you will consider jobs and careers working in Tribal
Government and for our growing businesses. We need good employees
in our hotel, retail, entertainment and gaming industries and who better to
grow our businesses than our own people.
We as your Tribal Leaders must keep you involved and informed on our
road moving forward. Your input is valuable to us and we must keep those
lines of communication open. As with any government, we need to answer
to the people and be accountable. I realize this and will work diligently to
ensure that we do so.
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I would like to ask at this time for your patience as Travis and I get settled
in our new positions. There is a considerable amount for us to learn and
address. Change is inevitable, but it takes time.
I look forward to working with the current council members, David, Ray
and Brandon on this four-year journey.
Before I end today, I would like to tell you of some wise words that a
very dear and close friend said to me. She said: “Remember who you are,
remember where you came from and remember who put you there.” Believe
me when I say this – I will remember!
Migwech – thank you.
Norm Deschampe administers the oath of office.
AUGUST 2016
BOIS FORTE NEWS
Reservation Community News
New BIA Police
Officer for Bois
Forte
Officer Nicholas DePlonty,
Bois Forte’s new BIA
Police Officer.
In early June, Nicholas
DePlonty joined the
Bois Forte community
as a Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) Patrol
Officer. DePlonty, an
enrolled member of
northern
Michigan’s
Sault Sainte Marie Tribe
of Chippewa Indians,
said he chose the BIA
because it gave him the
opportunity to serve
the Native American
community.
Congratulations to Leanne Hoffman, Dawn
Benner, Dennis Pulford, and Dani Pieratos for
winning the drawing of completing the NEFCU
Member Survey participants this past winter!
Survey highlights will be shared soon...stay tuned!
“With law enforcement,
there is something new and exciting every day,” he
said. “It’s a proactive way to engage with people.”
DePlonty holds an associate degree in homeland
security and is two semesters away from completing
a criminal justice major. He began his BIA career a
year and a half ago on the Fort McDermott Pauite
Shoshone Reservation in western Nevada.
“I applied for a transfer so I could be a bit closer
to home,” he said. “I love living in Nett Lake –
it feels just like home, and my family is within
driving distance.”
Can you hear me now?
DePlonty, who patrols both in Nett Lake and
Vermilion, has confronted the problem with
heroin and methamphetaines on the Bois Forte
Reservation. “I’ve seen drug abuse before – I
interned with the U. S. Drug Enforcement Agency
out of Detroit. It’s tough to combat, but with
community members’ help, we can all make it
better.”
“Every bit of information provided to the police
helps us fight drugs,” he continued. “Every little
bit.”
DePlonty encourages young people to consider a
career in law enforcement. “If people want to see
a change in their communities, they need to step up
and serve,” he said. “I liked the recent quote from
the Dallas chief of police. He said, ‘Get off the
protest line and put in an application, and we’ll put
you in your neighborhood so you can help resolve
some of the problems.’”
BOIS FORTE NEWS
The signal for cell phone calls around
Fortune Bay and The Wilderness just got
stronger thanks to new equipment on the
water tower that was activated June 11.
The equipment installation has been in
place for a while but final arrangements
with ATT were only recently completed.
The learning community at
Nett Lake School will have new
pavement, curbs and sidewalks
when they return for the start of
the school year in one month. Chi
mii gwech to the Public Works
Department for coordinating the
summer project.
Next up, IT Director Randy Long and his
staff are hoping to expand the agreement
for better service with other major cell
phone service providers.
AUGUST 2016
Horses and Healing
Reprinted with permission. Timberjay Newspaper, lived essentially wild, eating native
grasses and forbs in the summer, and
Marshall Helmberger reporting. July 13, 2016.
shrubs or aspen bark during the winter.
Can a horse help to heal your soul? It can, says Occasionally, the Bois Forte would
round up a few of the horses to help
Rhonda Snow, if you let it guide you.
pulling logs from the woods or to pull
For the past decade, a growing herd of rare Lac sledges across the ice, but most of the
La Croix horses has led Snow down a path of time, they lived in the wild.
spiritual healing even as she faced painful personal
and physical challenges that might have left her By the late 1990s, the Lac La Croix
devastated. Snow, who lives in the bush about horses had nearly faded into history, a
ten miles north of Fort Frances, Ontario, operates breed all but extinct. Yet in late 2006,
R&R Spirit Horse Ranch, a sanctuary and equine- Snow received a call from Rare Breeds
assisted learning center that works mostly with Canada, a group that works to preserve
young native people. She talked about her life rare horse breeds. The group had
with her horses during a recent visit to the Lake received a call from John Fisher, the
Vermilion Reservation with her partner Randy longtime Cook area veterinarian, who Lac La Croix horses from R & R Spirit Horse Ranch of Ontario.
told them that a small herd of the La
Stewart and two of her La Croix horses.
Croix horses— no more than a dozen—
Such evidence has convinced Snow and Stewart that
She was there to spread the message of her work were still living wild on the Nett Lake
with the horses in hopes of reconnecting Bois Forte Reservation. The animals were being harassed by the ancestors of La Croix horses may have crossed
Band members with these unique animals that, for a local wolf pack and Fisher feared they would not the land bridge from Asia along with humans
during the last glacial period. Alternatively, since
generations, had thrived in a mostly wild state in survive the coming winter.
the modern horse originated in North America,
the border country, including on the Nett Lake and
Snow organized a rescue team and in a November a few could have survived in the remote boreal
Vermilion reservations.
sleet storm she recalls tracking down and capturing forests, rather than having gone extinct 11,000
Her visit came as Bois Forte members are hoping to nine of the horses, which were very likely among years ago as most archeologists currently believe.
If so, that would make this endangered breed of
bring some of Snow’s La Croix horses back to Nett the very last of the breed still alive in the world.
Lake, as a means of honoring the breed’s historical Since then, she has managed to increase the herd horse extraordinarily significant— in effect a
significance and as a means of engaging young to nearly three dozen, although she was forced to surviving native North American horse.
people. “We want to get young people involved in breed the La Croix mares with a Spanish mustang,
helping to care for the horses,” said Curt Goodsky, since the only La Croix stallion she rescued was Spirit horses
who is helping to spearhead the initiative. “We see too old to breed. The La Croix horses still aren’t
it as having tremendous potential for developing recognized as an official breed in Canada, but For the Ojibway people, says Snow, the ties to
youth leadership and healing,” said Goodsky. that’s only because it takes at least 200 animals the La Croix horses run long and deep, with
“Maybe we’ll even be planting a seed for a future to obtain formal recognition. That will likely take spiritual connections that can be hard to describe,
particularly to non-native people. She’s talked
several more years.
veterinarian.”
to holy men within the Midewiwin, or Grand
Goodsky said many Bois Forte elders still It turns out, these extraordinary horses may be far Medicine Society, who say they’ve encountered
remember when the stocky and powerful La more significant than biologists had ever suspected. these horses in the spirit world, and Snow has
Croix horses wandered the North Country. They The La Croix horses were long known to have turned to painting to better relate those stories.
characteristics, such as a distinctive nasal flap and
an unusually heavy winter coat, which made them
different from other modern horses in North America.
Scientists have previously believed that all horses
on the continent had all originated from the animals
first brought to the New World by the Spanish in the
1500s or horses brought later from Europe.
Rhonda Snow leads one of the two Lac la Croix horses
she brought to the Lake Vermilion Powwow.
AUGUST 2016
Yet Snow has stories of her own, of how her La
Croix horses have helped many, including herself,
find solace and healing from physical and emotional
injuries. “They’re very intuitive,” she said, noting
that the horses are sensitive to the various energies
that people exhibit, particularly those associated
with addiction or emotional trauma. “The horses
But according to Snow, there’s solid evidence can sense things, and they do their own teaching.
that the La Croix horses were in North America They can help us heal,” she said.
long before the Spanish arrived. Birch bark scrolls
from the Leech Lake area, known to date back to Snow is a certified equine assisted therapist, and
the 1300s, make mention of the horses. Snow and over the years she and her horses have helped
Stewart also note that recent DNA analysis done thousands of people, mostly young people, work
at Texas A&M University has suggested links to through emotional and other developmental issues.
(cont. on page 7)
Asian breeds within the La Croix horse lineage.
BOIS FORTE NEWS
Elders
A Minute with Millie
August and the Dog Days of summer. Wonder, sometimes, bout that. Specially
sitting here, with my cup of tea, watching the first rays of the sun’s light coming
over the treetops. Two of my sister’s houses are in line of sight. Well, they would
be if I really had x-ray vision. I ponder these three subjects cause back in the
day, we used to go swimming. After getting our parent’s permission, of course.
Though how we managed that is a story for another day.
At any rate, I mustah been bout knee high to a grasshopper when I first heard “No,
no swimming. It’s Dog Days.” Like that explained everything. I thought I was
being quite clever asking different people what Dog Days were and why couldn’t
I go swimming? Course I’d get “cause. It’s Dog Days.”
Millie Holmes
I’d sit by the road and watch the dogs, trying to see if they’d head down to the lake and swim. I don’t
think any of them ever did. Couple times I got in trouble trying to follow one dog cause he was heading
towards the lake. I know, I know! Some of you are shaking your heads, wondering how I managed
to raise two fine, upstanding, handsome sons, and contribute to the well being of several nieces and
nephews. Twan’t easy I tell ya. Cause they had pretty much the same questions and Yep. I gave them
the same answers I got.
Spirit places and memorable drives
I have been thinking about how the histories of our families and communities are so
powerfully connected to the places those stories happened. In our lives we continue
the stories of those who lived before us; these are layered in time over the places
where we walk and breathe.
Dr. Linda Grover
those days.
There are times we feel that presence of the past so strongly; just last week a cousin
who lives out of state posted a picture on Facebook of Henry’s Hamburgers, a
drive-in here in Onigamiising that closed almost a half-century ago. Right away,
his childhood friends replied with memories about playing in the place they called
“Behind Henry’s” along the shore of Lake Superior: sitting in the shelter of a
shallow cave, building campfires, throwing rocks into the lake. And swimming in
their underwear. Cousin Mike commented that the area had a lot more privacy in
Happy August
Birthdays, Elders!
Mildred Holmes8-1
Gary Donald8-2
William Tibbetts8-3
Jackie Chavez (SD/Sioux)
8-4
Larry Milbridge8-7
Bruce Martin Ellis
8-8
Howard E. Pete
8-9
Helen Drift8-10
Beverly Steel8-12
Kenneth Barney(Fond du Lac) 8-13
Trudy King8-13
Gene Hanks (Leech Lake)
8-14
Floyd Morrison8-14
Yvonne Sutton8-15
Cathy Chavers8-17
James Gawboy8-17
Helen Drift8-19
Victoria Villebrun
8-23
Lela Goodsky8-24
Milton Barto8-26
Vickey Hackey8-31
Pam Sherman8-31
CORRECTION:
The July Elder Birthdays had two errors.
We apologize to Linda Tibbetts-Barto (Birthday 7/25)
and Elaine Tibbets (Birthday 7/7) and wish them
happy belated birthdays!
Henry’s has been gone a long time, and behind Henry’s there are ramps and lanes of freeway, but
reading that Facebook conversation I couldn’t help but wonder if the spirit of those boys is still in that
place. And if the spirit of past lives is still in the places they worked, played, lived and died.
Bois Forte Heritage Museum
inivtes Bois Forte Elders and Youth on a
My family has lived in Onigamiising for more than a hundred years, since my grandparents moved
here from Vermilion and Sawyer (with the tremendously complicating interruptions of boarding school
before, during and after the move). They have lived a lot places here, most of them in the West End.
Some are still standing, and when I drive to work or the store I occasionally pass them, touched every
time by the mystery and wonder of the connection of history to the present.
Lake Kabetogama
Pontoon Trip
August 25, 2016
After reading Cousin Mike’s “Behind Henry’s” memories, my husband and I took a drive for a closer
look at some of those places, as well as the empty lots, buildings, paved streets that are now (but only
temporarily; that is how life is) lying over those memories, which have outlasted them. My favorite,
so far, is the parking lot of a restaurant that serves a lot of organic food and attracts people who like to
order organic food in restaurants: to the far rear of that lot, where the blacktop isn’t as visible or cared
for, my grandpa lived, along with a lot of other people from our extended family. He would get a kick
out of the restaurant and customers, I think.
After we got home from the drive we looked on the internet for old city directories, and found names
and addresses of other relatives (between us we have a lot places to visit!). I made some notes, and look
forward to our next drive.
BOIS FORTE NEWS
Vermilion Residents meet at
Fortune Bay - 8:00 a.m.
Nett Lake Residents meet at
The Dam Restaurant - 9:00 a.m.
Lunch will be provided.
Please call Bois Forte Heritage Museum to
sign up as space is limited.
(218) 753-6017
AUGUST 2016
Culture
ATV safety training and
certification
By Marne Kaeske, 1854 Treaty Cultural Preservation Specialist
1854 hosted an ATV safety course in Nett Lake, certifying TEN operators!
Every rider knows the weather doesn’t always cooperate, so we didn’t let
the rain stop our field day on Wednesday June 29th. As the storm passed,
we discussed regulations over a cook out at the DNR water quality building.
Then we headed out to test our riding skills. Thanks to the 1854 and Bois
Forte CO’s, the Cook Timberwolves Snowmobile Club and the Bois Forte
staff for the support and making our class a great success. Happy Riding to
all those who participated!
Lake Vermilion Traditional
Powwow Royalty
(Horses cont. from page 5)
It’s a specialized, yet well-accepted, form of therapy for a wide range of
issues, including autism, post traumatic stress, Downs Syndrome, attention
deficit disorder, traumatic brain injury, and chemical addiction.
Snow can relate to those she aids. A painful breakup from her husband,
who didn’t share her commitment to the horses, followed by debilitating
illness, left her emotionally and physically spent. She said her horses, plus
some traditional medicine and help from Stewart, provided the solace and
treatment she needed to find relief and get her life back on track.
At the same time, she acknowledges the burden of caring for her growing
herd of La Croix horses, not to mention several other rare breeds she cares
for at her ranch, has become overwhelming, which is why she’s seeking
others to provide new homes for some of the animals. “We’re hoping to find
some help. I just can’t do it anymore.”
She wants to see the La Croix horses brought back to Nett Lake, where most
of her current herd originated. “They need to go back to the people,” she
said. Yet she is also looking for the right people, someone, she said, “who
will honor the horses and their history.” “They need to live the life that the
Creator intended,” she said.
AUGUST 2016
Aiesah Benner, Terrence Strong-Boshey and Carol RunningBear
American Indian Nurse
Researcher Seeks
Bois Forte Organ Donors and
Recipients for Interviews
Are you a Bois Forte Band member? Have you donated an organ or received an
organ, tissue or eye transplant? If you’ve answered YES to these questions, I
would like to talk with you.
My name is Misty Wilkie-Condiff, and I am an Ojibwe nurse completing a study
on American Indian experiences with organ donation and transplantation. The
purpose of the study is to understand your experience and quality of health/life.
Interviews typically last 30-45 minutes and you will receive a $25 gift card.
Your name will not be shared with anyone. If you are willing to participate in an
interview for this study please contact me as soon as possible at mcondiff@
bemidjistate.edu or leave a message at (218) 755-2715. Miigwetch!
BOIS FORTE NEWS
Youth & Education
Summer Youth workers learning tribal
government programs
Five youth from Nett Lake are learning about
programs and services offered through the Tribal Government and Nett Lake School as part of
their service as Summer Youth Workers. In Vermilion, three youth are working together at the
Community Center.
coordination of summer events like the
Swearing-In Ceremony and employee
picnic. Louise Isham
is working with Jaime and said, “Both
Brian Whiteman,
Accounting and the
pictured here loadRTC Offices would
ing the new Bois
like to have him the
Forte language app
full eight weeks. We
onto tablets for the
appreciate Jaime’s
June community
ideas and enthusiasm
meetings, is a freshon how we can make
man at North Woods. each event enjoyable for those attending.”
Brian is working this
summer with Randy Kent Villebrun
Long and Ed Chav- is a high school
ers in the IT De- s o p h o m o r e
partment preparing who is spendequipment for RTG ing his summer
employees by removing old files and programs worktime helpfrom computers and printers, adding updated soft- ing the housing
ware and helping charge and load the new tablets crew. Kent is
that contain the language app.
pictured here
with Marlene
Bryson White,
Spears
after
a sophomore at
working much of the day cutting grass. Marlene
North Woods is
said, “Kent is a big help as we turn over a house
working with the
that’s been vacated and prepare it for new resiHuman Resourcdents that will move in this summer.”
es Department.
Bryson
said,
Isaiah
Littlewolf
“This is where
will soon begin his
everything hapjunior year at the
pens behind the
Northland
Learnscenes for anyone
ing Center. Isaiah is
applying for a job
spending his sumwith the tribal government.” Bryson was surprised
mer with the mainby how many new and old records are kept on all
tenance crew at Nett
of the Band members who have ever been enrolled
Lake School. The
with Bois Forte. His supervisor, Miranda Lilya
crew is working
said, “We are keeping Bryson busy and he’s a big
hard to fulfill mainhelp.”
tenance
requests
from the faculty and
Jaime Drift, a sophomore at North Woods is splitstaff and cleaning
ting his eight-week Summer Youth assignment the building from top to bottom for the 2016-2017
between the Accounting Department and the RTC school year. Isaiah says that despite the hard work,
Offices. Both groups are keeping him busy. In Ac- he enjoys the assignment. His favorite parts of
counting, Jaime is helping to organize health re- the job are the coworkers and their breakfasts and
cords and update the addresses for the August per lunches.
cap mailing. In the RTC Office he is helping at
regular senior management and conservation committee meetings as well as with the planning and
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Pictured here with their Supervisor,
Billie Deegan are the Vermilion
Summer Youth works, Vernon Boney
and Lakota and Skie Chavez. These
three energetic youth will be busy
helping out in a variety of ways in the
community center, including weeding
and mowing the grounds and many
projects in the center.
This is the fifth in our series of reasons to
quit smoking
The Health Consequences
of Smoking
1. Smokers have a much higher risk of periodontitis (gum disease).
2. Smoking increases the risk of stomach ulcers.
3. Smokers are twice as likely as non-
smokers to develop kidney cancer.
4. Cigarette smoke hurts the airways
in the lungs. This can lead to emphysema (a serious lung disease).
5. Cigarette smoke contains a chemical called benzene, which can cause acute myeloid leulkemia (a cancer that affects the blood.)
6. Smoking can lead to cancer of the bladder, pancreas, stomach, kidneys, cervix, throat, larynx, esophagus and mouth.
7. Smoking is linked to infertility problems in women and can cause complications during pregnancy for the mother and baby including premature births and low birthweight babies.
8. Babies whose mothers smoke are at a higher risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
9. Smoking increases the risk of osteoporosis (a disease that makes your bones fragile) in women and hip fractures in both men and women.
Saying no to smoking is
one of the best things
you can do to protect
your health and life!
AUGUST 2016
Download the Bois Forte Language App
There’s an app for that! “That” is the Ojibwe language, and the app is free. Here’s how to get it:
For iPhone and iPad:
• Go to the App Store
• Tap the search icon at the bottom of the screen
• Type bois forte ojibway into the search blank at the top of the screen
• Tap the Search button
• When Bois Forte Language App appears, tap Get
The app is free, but you must have an Apple iCloud account to download
it. If you don’t have an iCloud account, you will be prompted to create
one. As part of creating the account, you will be asked for credit card
information. You will not be charged, because the app is free, but you
still need to enter the credit card information to activate the account. If
you don’t have a credit card, you can buy a prepaid card at Walmart,
Target or your local pharmacy.
For Android devices:
• Go to the Google Play Store
• Tap the search icon at the top of the screen
• Type bois forte into the search blank
• Tap the Search button
• When Bois Forte Tribal Government appears, tap Install
The app is free, but you must have a Google Play account to download it. If
you don’t have a Google Play account, you will be prompted to create one.
As part of creating the account, you will be asked for credit card information.
You will not be charged, because the app is free, but you still need to enter
the credit card information to activate the account. If you don’t have a credit
card, you can buy a prepaid card at Walmart, Target or your local pharmacy.
The app was introduced last month at community meetings in Nett Lake and Vermilion, where tablet computers preloaded with the app were given away as
door prizes. A similar meeting was held July 13 at the Band’s Urban Office in Minneapolis, where RTC Executive Director Corey Strong gave away eight
more tablets in a raffle drawing.
Corinne Whiteman, Terry Strong, Arianna Zapata and Louise Isham,
along with bus driver, Tom Spears, chaperoned youth from Nett Lake
and Vermilion to a Minnesota Lynx Women’s Basketball game in June.
Thanks to Jennica Astleford, who works for the WNBA Champion
Lynxs, the group were invited to tour the Timberwolves/Lynx
corporate offices. Pictured above are (back row) Marshall Boshey,
Arianna Zapata, Rhieanna Connor, Terry Strong, Brian Whiteman,
Lovonne Drift, Madison Spears and Abbi Zapata. (Front row) Jamie
Drift – Summer Youth Workers who helped organize the trip, Terrance
Strong-Boshey, Latise Strong, Cayden Holmes, Corinne Whiteman, and
Brianna Whiteman.
Mii gwech to the Chemical Dependency Program and
Tribal Council for sponsoring the trip.
AUGUST 2016
BOIS FORTE NEWS
Tribal Gov’t News & Reports
From the desk of
the Tribal Chair
Boozhoo,
Cathy Chavers,
Tribal Chairwoman
This is my first article in the
Bois Forte News as your
Tribal Chairwoman. I will
be submitting articles to the
Bois Forte News to ensure
that information is being
communicated to our tribal
members.
Currently, our departments
within the tribal government
are undergoing budget training by our Chief
Financial Officer, Kim Greiner. All departments
within the tribal government are attending this
training to understand the budgeting process,
budget template use and also to go over any issues
that have arisen within a department that can be
addressed specifically. It is a great training also for
any new staff that have come on board.
We will be having our own budget meeting for the
tribal government programs in August. We will be
carefully reviewing this and comparing with last
year’s budget to ensure that programs and services
are continued for tribal members.
We are also meeting regarding the moose issue
within the State of Minnesota. This is an issue that is
a hot topic in Minnesota due to a low count of moose
these past couple of years. The 1854 Authority will
be meeting with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
to discuss this extremely important item.
Finally, I want to thank everyone who pitched
in to help the reservation community during the
recent storms and power outage. Band members,
Tribal Government employees, and Fortune Bay
team members all lent a hand: delivering ice and
water to reservation homes, providing meals at the
Government Center, and inviting folks into the air
conditioning at Fortune Bay and the Government
Center. Difficult times can bring out the best in
people, and that is certainly true of the people of
Bois Forte! Once again, you have shown that we
are strongest when we work together and support
each other.
If you have any questions or comments please feel free
to contact me. My office number is 218-757-3261 or
you can email me at cchavers@boisforte-nsn.gov.
Migwetch!
BOIS FORTE NEWS
Meet the new Chemical Dependency,
Mental Health Services Coordinator
The Bois Forte Band has hired Cory Kovatovich
as its new Chemical Dependency/Mental
Health Services Coordinator. The position is
underwritten by the Chemical Dependency
Consolidated Services Fund of the Minnesota
Department of Health Services.
whether treatment is needed and, if so, what type
and length of treatment would be most helpful.
For example, the team may refer an individual
to inpatient treatment at a private facility like the
Arrowhead Center in Virginia. Another option
might be a 24-week program on the reservation
with a chemical dependency counselor such as
Kovatovich was born in Crosby and attended Katy Laitinen or Sidney Adams.
Crosby-Ironton High School, Central Lakes
College, and Hibbing Community College. He How chemical dependency treatment works
said that his natural inclination to help people was for those living off the reservation
bolstered by sociology classes and his interest in
psychology. He wishes to soon return to school Band members who live off the reservation can
with the intent to get a degree and licensure in also find help for substance abuse by working
Social Services.
with their county’s Rule 25 assessor.
Kovatovich currently works Monday through • Band members living on the east end of the Iron
Thursday at the Nett Lake Office and Fridays at Range can contact Jeff Polcher at 218-262-6045.
Hideaway Pines in Vermilion.
• Band members living on the west side of
How chemical dependency treatment works the Iron Range can call Kristie Sundvall at
for reservation residents
218-262-6036.
For Band members who live on the reservation,
Kovatovich conducts the new intake process for
Rule 25 Chemical Dependency Assessments, the
statewide screening tool used to determine if an
individual needs public funding for chemical
dependency treatment (see What Is Rule 25?
sidebar).
• Arrowhead Center in Virginia, MN can also be
contacted at 218-749-2877
The screening can be done in person or over the
phone. Kovatovich gathers information about
an individual’s history with drugs and alcohol,
as well as his or her income and insurance
coverage. After that, Kovatovich meets with
the Chemical Dependency team to determine
The Bois Forte Chemical Dependency team is
here to help Band members escape the pain and
pressure of substance abuse. If you or someone
you know needs help, please contact Cory
Kovatovich at 218-757-3295, 218-404-6078 or
cory.kovatovich@boisforte-nsn.gov.
• Band members living off the Iron Range
can contact Kovatovich at 218-757-3650 for
assistance in determining their county’s Rule 25
assessor.
What Is Rule 25?
Minnesota administrative rules are adopted by state agencies to help them enforce and
administer laws. Rules have the force and effect of laws.
Rule 25 addresses public funding for chemical dependency treatment. If a person seeks
chemical dependency treatment and needs public funding to pay for it, he or she undergoes
a Rule 25 Assessment. A designated assessor interviews the individual about his or her drug
and alcohol history and determines if treatment is needed. Among the options are inpatient
treatment at a facility, outpatient treatment, education programs, halfway houses, and extended
care.
Rule 25 assessments can be requested by people who think they have a substance abuse
problem, and by parents or guardians of minors who may have need help. Assessments may
also be mandated by lawyers, judges and probation officers.
AUGUST 2016
Fond du Lac Nets 1,780
pounds of Walleye from Lake
Vermilion
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reported a spring
harvest of walleye from Lake Vermilion, netting 1,780 pounds of the fish.
The four-day April harvest was Fond du Lac’s first on Lake Vermilion.
Fond du Lac had initially planned to net on Lake Vermilion last year, but
waited after the Bois Forte Band raised concerns.
Lake Vermilion lies in the 1854 ceded territory, a two-million-acre expanse
in Minnesota’s Arrowhead region. The land was exchanged with U.S.
government for money, goods and reservations under the terms of the
Treaty of 1854; several tribes retained the right to hunt, fish and gather on
the ceded lands.
Fond du Lac had declared 15 lakes in Carlton, Cook, Lake, Pine and St.
Louis counties where they would net. But they only used four lakes Eagle
in Carlton County, Sturgeon in Pine County, and Whiteface Reservoir and
Vermilion in St. Louis County
“I have strong opinions on this subject,” said Bois Forte District II
Representative Ray Toutloff. “They (Fond du Lac) have the right and of
course, we support their Treaty rights; but why do it in our backyard? The
1854 Treaty area is vast, and they have so much area to choose from. It’s
the native culture to share, but why come so close and harvest from our
immediate supply?”
Toutloff said Fond du Lac’s actions could have a negative affect on the
relationships that Bois Forte has nurtured with the local community and
businesses. “Our neighbors are not happy that Fond du Lac is netting on
Vermilion,” he said, adding that he also worries about how news of the
netting might affect future tourism in the area.
“We try to be diplomatic in respecting Fond du Lac’s rights, and we ask for
respect in return,” Toutloff concluded.
Bois Forte receives USDA
grant for telemedicine
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced
in July that Bois Forte will receive a $91,821 grant for Distance Learning
and Telemedicine. The grant is part of a USDA initiative to help connect
rural communities with medical and educational experts in other parts of
the country with increased access to health care, substance misuse treatment
and advanced educational opportunities.
IT Director Randy Long wrote the grant in cooperation with Clinic Manager
Sue Larson and Kathie Holman. The grant will enhance the technology the
Bois Forte medical staff uses to consult with outside specialists on health
care. Patients at both the Nett Lake and Vermilion clinics will benefit from
the additional expertise the technology affords the health care team.
AUGUST 2016
Per Cap Information
This year’s Per Capita checks will be $1,125. This is comprised
of funds from 3 different sources: $845 from the 1854
payment; $235 from the remaining Nez Perce Funds and $45
from the redistribution of the Nelson Act funds. The Nez Perce
and Nelson Act funds are this year only.
Checks are scheduled to arrive on Friday, August 12
depending on your local mail service. All Tribal Government
Offices will be open on Friday, August 12.
Please see more details on page 14 and 15.
BOIS FORTE NEWS
Employment
Four Band members graduate from cement mason training
Last year four Band members also completed
the program: Brad Day, Rachel Day, Marissa
Goodsky, and Darian Morrison. All are now
members of Local 633. Goodsky, who has worked
on the Capitol renovation in St. Paul and is now
working at the University of Minnesota, is a huge
supporter of the training program – she recruited
both her sister Alexis and cousin Jarvis for this
year’s class. There were more than 60 applicants
The 12-week program is a collaboration of for this year’s 18 spots. Only 13 – including all
the Minnesota Department of Transportation the Bois Forte Band members in the program –
(MnDOT), tribes, and Cement Masons,
Plasterers & Shophands Union Local
633.
In July, four Bois Forte Band members graduated
from a demanding pre-apprenticeship training in
cement masonry: Mark Boshey, son of Robin
Geshick and Gene Boshey Jr.; Cameron Fisher,
son of Missy Fischer and Roger Whiteman, Jr.;
Alexa Goodsky, daughter of Tara Geshick and
Leon Goodsky; and Jarvis Goodsky, son of Lana
Goodsky.
Participants completed extensive training
in highway and heavy construction;
hard trowel flooring for industrial and
commercial buildings and warehouses;
sidewalks, curbs and gutters; and
decorative concrete.
“We gave these guys and gals a hard
time and worked their butts off,” said
Instructor Moke Eaglefeathers. “It’s not
easy, but if you can finish, it’s rewarding
financially and in the pride you have in
seeing something permanent you built
for your community.”
completed the training and graduated.
More than 50 family members, friends and tribal
leaders attended this year’s graduation ceremony.
“Thanks for coming, and for your support,” said
Boshey, who was one of two graduation speakers.
“Thanks especially to Bois Forte TERO Officer
Dawn Benner, Local 633, and MnDOT for giving
us this opportunity.”
Ken Peterson, the commissioner of the Minnesota
Department of Labor & Industry,
congratulated the graduates on behalf of
Governor Mark Dayton. “This is a great
program,” Peterson said. “We have 20%
minorities in building labor and trades,
and we welcome more.” Eaglefeathers
added that women are especially needed.
Jarvis Goodsky, Alexa Goodsky, Mark Boshey and Cameron Fisher
completed a rigorous 12-week pre-apprentice training in cement masonry
through a collaboration of Tribes, MNDOT and the Cement Mason Union.
Family and friends turned out to celebrate graduation at the
New Brighton training center.
Mark Boshey was one of the two
student speakers.
Bois Forte District II Representative
Ray Toutloff offered the RTC’s
congratulations and praise. “Your
determination and commitment in
finishing this challenging program is a
huge step toward your future,” he said.
“Your efforts will have a big economic
impact for yourselves, your families,
and your community. You are already a
role model.”
Jarvis Goodsky with TERO Officer Dawn Benner.
Interested in Becoming a Mason?
Bois Forte supports mason trainees by paying their tuition for the program and providing a weekly stipend for the 12-week
program, as well as lots of moral support. Funding for the tuition and stipend come from TERO fees charged to contractors
who work on the reservation. Applications for next year’s training session, which will be held in the Twin Cities suburb of
New Brighton, will open in early 2017. To learn more, contact Dawn Benner at 218-780-0637 or dbenner@boisforte-nsn.gov,
and watch the Bois Forte News, boisforte.com, and TERO’s Facebook page for more information.
BOIS FORTE NEWS
AUGUST 2016
Bois Forte Development Corp.
Brulé Bringing its music to
Fortune Bay
All concert proceeds will benefit Elders,
Boys & Girls Clubs
Brulé, the nationally acclaimed
rock/world beat music group
from South Dakota, is coming to
Fortune Bay Resort Casino on
Friday, August 12 for a special
performance to benefit Bois Forte
youth and Elders.
The group – which bills itself as
a “native American experience in
sight, sound and soul” – is one of
the top-selling Indian music groups
with more than one million CDs
sold worldwide. Brulé has been
named “Group of the Year” five
times by the prestigious Native
American Music Awards, earning
seven NAMMYs since 2002.
Nicole LaRoche of Brulé.
The August 12 show in The Woodlands Ballroom at Fortune Bay is free
for Bois Forte Elders and only $5 per ticket for all others. Tickets can be
purchased at the door. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and the 90-minute show
will begin at 7 p.m. All proceeds from the concert will be given to the Bois
Forte Elders, and the Boys & Girls Clubs in Nett Lake and Vermilion.
Brulé Live in Concert
Friday, August 12 at 7 p.m. at Fortune Bay Resort Casino
Doors open at 6:30.
Tickets $5 at the door. Free for Elders.
APPLY ONLINE FOR BFDC JOBS
The Bois Forte Development Corp is now accepting
employment applications online. Individuals who would
like to work for Fortune Bay Resort Casino, WELY, Tim
Hortons, and the Y Store can now apply for all current
positions directly through the website fortunebay.com or
the Facebook page. Hiring for the Nett Lake store is not part
of this online application process. If you have trouble using
either site, contact Fortune Bay’s Recruiter Jenna Lehti at
218-753-7723 or jenna@fortunebay.com.
Nett Lake Branch: (218) 757-0299
Vermilion Branch: (218) 753-7878
AUGUST 2016
BOIS FORTE NEWS
Community News & Announcements
Per Capita Update
The 2016 Per Capita Date is set for Friday, August
12, 2016. Address updates are due at the Bois Forte
Tribal Government Enrollment office by the Close
of Business on Friday, August 5, 2016. If you did
not update your address by the cut off please submit
your address update as soon as possible. Per Capita
Checks are issued to Band members enrolled by
March 31, 2016 and still living as of August 1, 2016.
To update an address, it must be submitted in
writing to Bois Forte Enrollment Office. They can
be dropped off or mailed to: Angie King, Bois Forte
Enrollment Office at 5344 Lake Shore Drive, Nett
Lake, MN 55772. There is a Change of Address
form that is located on the website: boisforte.com,
under enrollment. You do not need to use this form,
the request can be sent in on plain paper. Make
sure your request includes: your full name, date
of birth, new address, your signature and the date
it was signed. Your request must have an original
signature. If your request is not signed, it will
be returned to you for your signature. Address
updates received by Phone, Fax or Email are
not accepted for your own protection.
Name Changes must include either a copy of
your driver’s license with your new name, social your check was mailed to. Checks with incorrect
security card, marriage certificate or divorce address, no address, or that have been returned,
can be picked up at the Tribal Government Office
decree stating new name.
in Nett Lake after 1 p.m. on Friday, August 12,
The Bois Forte Tribal Government Staff mails all 2016. Please call before driving to the Tribal
checks with addresses. The checks are placed in the Government Building to verify you check has
mail in an attempt so a majority of Band Members been returned. Please call before driving to the
receive their checks on Friday, August 12th, 2016. Tribal Government Building to verify your check has
The US Postal Service has their own policies and been returned. If you are picking up in person, you
procedures for processing and delivering mail. All will need a picture ID and submit an updated address.
checks are mailed with Return Service Requested If you are having your check mailed to you, please
printed on the envelopes. This means if the check submit your address change and your check will be
does not have the correct address on it, the check is mailed to you as soon as it is returned to the Tribal
to be returned to the Bois Forte Tribal Government. Government by the US Postal Service. If you are
The Post Office will not forward even if you have a sending someone to pickup your check, they need to
forwarding address on file with them. Please allow bring an address update and a note giving that person
a few days for your check to arrive. It has been permission to pickup your check.
observed that checks mailed to the same postal code
or to the same address get delivered on different days. Per Capita checks are subject to garnishment by
the Bois Forte Tribal Government for Pay Back
If you have not received a check it is most likely agreements in which one is in default on, Bois Forte
there was not an updated address change submitted Tribal Court Fines, Defaults on Loans guaranteed
or your check was garnished by the Bois Forte Tribal by the Tribal Government, Business Loans, Home
Government. If you think you did not receive your Loans, Court Orders from US Federal Court and Civil
check because of an incorrect address, please call Court Judgements from Bois Forte Tribal Court.
(cont. on page 15)
Angie King at 218-757-3621 to verify which address
We need your help in locating these Band members
If you know any of the individuals listed below, please have them call the Enrollment Office at 218-757-3261, ext. 162. If you know that someone on this
list is deceased, please send documentation of death (memorial card, obituary, death certificate, etc.) to: Bois Forte Enrollment Office, 5344 Lakeshore
Drive, Nett Lake, MN, 55772.
ADAMS, ROBERT MICHAEL
ANDERSON, JOHN THOMAS
BELLANGER, KRISTIN MAE
BELLANGER, RUTH ANN
BENNER, BRENDA LOU
BENNER, JISELLE MARISSA
BONESS, MCKINLEY RAYMOND
BONEY, VERNON DEAN
BOSHEY, CREE OJIBWE
BOSHEY, JAMES JOSEPH
BOSHEY, MARY FRANCES
BOSHEY JR., STEVEN WILLIAM
BROWN, PATRICIA LYNN
BROWN III, STANLEY ALLAN
BULLEN, KEVIN WAYNE
BULLEN, MICHAE JON
BUTLER, DALE EDWARD
BUTLER, JOHN THOMAS
CHOSA, CASEY MARIE
CHOSA, LEON EUGENE
CHOSA, ROSE MARIE
CHOSA III, VINCENT JOSEPH
COLUMBUS, MICHAEL CHARLES
COLUMBUS III, RUSSELL
COLUMBUS-KALSTABAKKEN,
DEAN MATTHEW THOMAS
CONE, KODA LEE
CONNOR, DAVID JAMES
CONNOR, JAMIE JOANNE
BOIS FORTE NEWS
COONTS, LAURA RAE
DAY, BERN GARETH
DAY, CHARLOTTE JULIA
DAY, CRYSTAL MARIE
DAY, DORENE JOYCE
DAY, JEANNA MARIE
DECORAH, LAMONT WESLEY
DEEGAN, JESSICA ANN
DEFOE, DANIELLE ELIZABETH
DESAUTELL, THOMAS JAMES
DORSHER, GARRETT ALLEN
DRIFT, AMBER ANN
DRIFT, DARRIANA RAE
DRIFT, ROYCE ANTHONY
DRIFT JR., ERNEST DONALD
ELISE, JOSANA
FAIRBANKS, ROXANNE FRANCES
FISCHER, KARI ANN
FISHER, JESSICA LYNNE
FRISCH, JOSEPH THOMAS
FOREMAN, LORI
FRIZZLE, BEVERLY MAE
GAWBOY, ANNA MARIE
GLASS (BUNKER), CARLOS ALONZO
GOGGLEYE, MURIEL ANN
GOODRIDGE, FRANCIS LAVERNE
GRIDLEY, APRIL DAWN
GUENTHNER, BRANDON LEE
HAAG, YVETTE MARIE
HAWKINSON, RANDALL LEE
HERNANDEZ, TRACY ANN
HERSETH, DAWN THERESE
HILL, CHRISTOPHER THOMAS
HILL, GORDON JOSEPH
HILL, RACHEL
HOWARD, PATRICK ALLEN
ISHAM, EUGENE FREDERICK
ISHAM, LIDEAH DINAE
ISHAM, RACHELLE RENEE
ISHAM, ROBYN LYNN
JENKINS, VANESSA ANN
JOHNSON, CANDICE MARIE
JOHNSON, JOSHUA JAMES
JOHNSON JR., JAMES DORAN
JONES, BRANDON LEE
JORDAN, JUSTIN ARNOLD
JULIANO, PRESTON AARON
KING, TERRENCE JAMES
KING SR., TRAVIS JOHN
KIRCHNER, CHANNON GABRIEL
LAROQUE SR., CURTIS DEAN
LARSON, ISABELLE ALICE
LIGHTFEATHER, CRYSSA SHAWNICE
LITTLEWOLF, MARK LAWRENCE
LITTLEWOLF, TONI LYNN
LUMBAR JR., RICHARD ALAN
LUMBAR JR, BRIAN WAYNE
MANVILLE, PAULINE
MARROQUIN, ALLISON DYAN
MAURUS III, JOHN RAYMOND
MCCAULEY-SANTOS, AIRIANA
MCDANIEL, KIERSTA YVONNE
MILLER, ANDREA LYNN
MYHRE, AMANDA JOY
MYHRE SR., CHARLES WESLEY
NEVITT, DIANE VAUGHN
NORTON, DONAVAN DENZELL
OSTBY, MCKINNON LEONARD
PETE, STEVEN BRUCE
PORTER, BRIAN JAY
RITCHIE, JAMIS JON
RUSZCZEWSKI, DOROTHY
SALAVEC, PAULETTE ELAINE
SAMM, JEREMY WAYNE
SANDERS, DIANE
SANTA, DALTON DANIEL HERBERT
SANTA, JEREMIAH DWAIN
SANTA, SASHA GARNET
SAM, GINIW IKWE
SCHELL, JEAN ROSE
SHEEHY, CARLA SUE
SHEEHY SR., WILLIAM MURDOCK
SHERMAN, JASON LEE
SICK, BRIAN LEE
SMITH, JERALYN JEAN
SMITH, LINETTE MARIE
SMITH, MOLLY LIGHTFEATHER ROSE
SOHM, JEREL WALKER
STILLDAY, DEVEN RAYE
STILLDAY JR., BRIAN DEAN
STOUT, JOHN ANTHONY
STRONG, ALLISON ROSE
STRONG, AARON VINCENT
STRONG, ANTHONY JAMES
STRONG, ASA DEREK
STRONG, BRENNON WAYNE
STRONG, BRYAN MATTHEW
STRONG, CONSTANCE LOIS
STRONG, COURTNEY ROSE
STRONG, JAYSON EDWARD
STRONG, JERROD ALLEN
STRONG, JODIE LYNNE
STRONG, JON
STRONG, KEVIN JAMES
STRONG, LUKE ALLEN
STRONG, MELYSSA
STRONG, ROBERTA ANN
THOMPSON, DOROTHY GESHICK
TOLRUD, THOMAS JOHN
VIVIER, ALEX
WASHINGTON, BRYANNE
ROBERTA
WEST, SCOTT SEAN
WHITEMAN JR., EUGENE
WOODS, SHANNON JOELA
AUGUST 2016
Congratulations to
Rhiannon LeGarde,
who graduated in
May from Roslalind
Franklin University
in Chicago with a
Doctorate Degree in
Physical Therapy.
Dr. LeGarde is the
daughter of Jerry and
Cindy LeGarde.
If you have questions about your garnishment please contact the program
with who you had a garnishment. Letters giving notice were mailed out by
Certified Mail and First Class mail to Band members whose checks were to
be garnished. Questions about garnishments should be directed as follows:
Housing: Lance Kingbird
218-757-3261, ext. 234
lkingbird@boisforte-nsn.gov
Business Loans: Gordon Adams Jr
218-757-3261 ext. 274
gadams@boisforte-nsn.gov
Water/Sewer and Solid Waste
Ellen Little
218-757-0093
elittle@boisforte-nsn.gov
Home Loans: Kim Greiner
218-757-3261 ext. 266
kgreiner@boisforte-nsn.gov
Tribal Court Fines:
Wendy Morrison-Thompson
218-757-3462
wmthompson@boisforte-nsn.gov
Loans Guaranteed by Tribal
Government: Ronette Novak
218-757-3621 ext. 122
rnovak@boisforte-nsn.gov
The Arrowhead library system
visits Vermilion and Nett Lake
every three weeks making it
easier for Band members, family
and friends to check out books
for their enjoyment.
Items borrowed from the book mobile are due back the next date
the bookmobile stops at these locations or they can be returned
to one of the 28 member public libraries. Available in the book
mobile are adult and children’s books, large print books, DVDs,
audio books and compact disc music.
The bookmobile will be parked outside the Lake Vermilion Boys
& Girls Club Aug. 3 and Aug. 24 from 11-11:30 a.m.
and the Nett Lake Community Center Aug. 11 and Sept. 1
from 10:15-10:45 a.m.
(Per Capita cont. from page 14)
TERO Repayment: Dawn Benner
218-757-3261, ext. 196
dbenner@boisforte-nsn.gov
Bookmobile
For further information or to request a book, call
218-741-3840 or email mailbook@arrowhead.lib.mn.us.
U.S. Federal Court
Please contact your Probation Office
BF Tribal Court Judgements:
Wendy Morrison-Thompson
218-757-3462
wmthompson@boisforte-nsn.gov
Northern Eagle Federal Credit
Union: Nikki Pieratos
218-757-0299
npieratos@northerneaglefcu.org
New Moon (DW Jones): Kim Greiner
218-757-3621, ext. 266
kgreiner@boisforte-nsn.gov
No receipts will be mailed for garnishments, please check after August 31,
2016 to verify your payment was credited to your account.
Stop payments will not be issued until 30 days after the issue date of the
check. If a Band member requests a stop payment and one is issued, the
check that is reissued will be the amount of the original per capita less any
stop payment charges assessed to Bois Forte by the bank.
AUGUST 2016
BOIS FORTE NEWS
Bois Forte regularly sends out important
information in the mail. 1854 Treaty Info.,
community meeting notices and RTC
announcements are examples of items that are
regularly mailed. It is essential that we have
your correct mailing address so that you can
receive this information.
August & Labor Day Powwwows
August 5 – August 7, 2016
50th Annual Menominee Nation
Powwow - Contest
Keshena, WI – Woodland Bowl
715.799.5114 Ext. 1267 or
bninham@mitw.org
If you have moved recently, or are not receiving
regular mailings, please fill out the change of
address form below and mail to:
Angie King
Bois Forte Enrollment Coordinator
5344 Lake Shore Dr
Nett Lake MN 55772.
Please note, you must check the box below
your signature if you want us to give your new
address to the Bois Forte News.
Pezihutazizi Oyate Wacipi – Traditional
Granite Falls, MN – Upper Sioux
Community, 5722 Travers Lane
Eric, 320.564.6040 or 320.564.6057
Name:
Address:
City/ State/ Zip:
Date of Birth:
Signature:___________________________
Date: __________
_____Yes, I would like this new address
shared with the Bois Forte News
Please send us your email address if you’d like
to begin receiving the Bois Forte News in your
email box:
Grand Portage Rendezvous Days
Celebration – Traditional
Grand Portage, MN – Grand Portage
Reservation, National Monument
Heritage Center, 170 Mile Creek Rd
Dana Logan, 218.475.2800 danal@
grandportage.com
August 12 –
August 14, 2016
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Fair and
Powwow – Traditional
Lower Brule, SD 187 Oyate Circle
605.473.5561 aktalakota@stjo.org
40th Annual Mohican Veterans
Bowler, WI – Many Trails Park
715.793.4111 anakusak@hotmail.com
Shakopee Mdwakanton Powwow –
Contest
Prior Lake, MN – Powwow grounds, 3712
Dakotah Parkway
952-249-6189 or 952-445-8900
50th Annual Mille Lacs Powwow –
Traditional
Mille Lacs, MN – Iskigamizigan Powwow
Grounds
320.532.7517 or 320.224.1646 carla.
bigbear@millelacsband.com
Chaske Cikala Wacipi – Traditional
Chaska, MN – Lions Park
Walt Iyan Wakan Ripplinger 952.751.7170
36th Annual Cha Cha Bah Ning
Inger, MN
Dorothy – 218.556.7590
September 2 – September 4, 2016
Wii Gitchie Ni Mi Labor Day Powwow –
Contest
Cass Lake, MN – Leech Lake Veterans
Grounds
Rod Northbird – 218.308.3120 or Leah
Gale Monroe – 218.760.3127 leahgale@
hotmail.com
The Bois Forte News
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Tribal Council
Cathy Chavers
Chairwoman
David C. Morrison, Sr.
Secretary/Treasurer
Brandon Benner
District I Representative
Travis Morrison
District I Representative
Ray Toutloff
District II Representative
AUGUST 2016

August - Bois Forte

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