Introduction

Hello, good evening. I am a forty nine , almost,  year old traditional
anishinaabe mother of a nine year old Leech Lake band member that is the love
of my life and we choose as a family to homeschool him and raise him
traditionally and the wife to the other love of my life, a traditional elder
that is also a Leech Lake band member. I am a registered descendant of an
enrolled member of the St. Croix band of Ojibwe in Wisconsin. I have lived here
ten and a half years. I am grateful to live here and to be a part of this
community and I see beauty in everything. I also am always working on making my
life and my families lives and our communities lives better. Thank you for the
gift and invite to be a part of this and I know that I will learn a lot.
Wishing all of us the love of learning and learning to love, Mike and Patty and
Little Tiny

Hello everyone, Boozhoo; I have taken the role as manager for this on
  line forum because I feel like it could be a good thing. I've hit a
  bit of a technology wall and gotten confused but am grateful to Patty
  for being the first to post an introduction. Thanks to Steve Kranz who
  manages a forum in Winona and is helping us get ours off the ground, I
  realize the "reply all" option is an easy way to post a message to
  this forum even if I haven't sorted the rest yet.

  Everyone should try it, so while we're waiting to launch we can learn
  something about each other, which after all is what this forum is all
  about.

  I'm 40, with four children, the oldest 21 and the youngest 16 and a
  junior at CL-B. She and her sister who's 17 work at Teal's in town.
  Deborah and I have been married 18 years. She just started a job at
  the Tribal college and I've been writing for the Cass Lake Times for a
  couple years now. I love getting to know and listen to people through
  my work, something I'd do much less on my own.

  I grew up north of Chicago and we moved our family up to Bemidji in
  '92 and out to Farden Twnshp in '94. I've worked as a CNA and a direct
  care provider in a variety of long-term care facilities and as a
  special ed teacher and paraprofessional. I've lost two brothers along
  the way and still have a sister in Wisconsin. My parents are both
  still alive in northern Illinois and we make a trip to see them a
  couple times a year. Deborah's mom has a place out with ours and she
  works at the Welcome Center rest area.

  There's a lot that needs to be talked about, a lot said and even more
  listened to. I hope this forum becomes a vehicle for that to happen.

  Get two friends to join and 'reply to all' with something about
yourself.

  Daniel
On Aug 27, 2008, at 6:59 PM, MICHAEL SMITH Patty Smith wrote:

> Hello, good evening. I am a forty nine , almost,  year old traditional
> anishinaabe mother of a nine year old Leech Lake band member that is
> the love of my life and we choose as a family to homeschool him and
> raise him traditionally and the wife to the other love of my life, a
> traditional elder that is also a Leech Lake band member. I am a
> registered descendant of an enrolled member of the St. Croix band of
> Ojibwe in Wisconsin. I have lived here ten and a half years. I am
> grateful to live here and to be a part of this community and I see
> beauty in everything. I also am always working on making my life and
> my families lives and our communities lives better. Thank you for the
> gift and invite to be a part of this and I know that I will learn a
> lot.
> Wishing all of us the love of learning and learning to love, Mike and
> Patty and Little Tiny
> Patty Smith
>
> Info about Patty Smith:
> http://forums.e-democracy.org/p/18DMtl1ahfx5ly7SuKChrp
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We can view the membership of the forum at
forums.e-democracy.org/cl
and click on members. I'm pretty sure that's the link. You all should
explore the site a little bit.
There's close to 50 enrolled, so we're about half way to launch the
forum officially. But we can all post to all the members by clicking
"reply all"to this or any email with a <email obscured> tag

Daniel

On Sep 3, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Patsy Gordon wrote:

> Hi everyone.  Hey Dan, who's all on this forum line now?  I've heard
> from
> you and Patty so far.  Anyway...
>
> My name is Patsy Gordon, I am the Editor of the Debahjimon, the Leech
> Lake
> Band of Ojibwe Tribal newspaper.  My most favorite hobby I have is
> traveling
> and I am fortunate enough to be able to travel to Mexico every winter,
> sometimes even twice!  Another favorite hobby I have is going to yard
> sales.
> And I have started a little book about funny things my kids have said.
>  The
> thing that kids come up with at times is absolutely hilarious, as I am
> sure
> we all know.
>
> I have three foster children who are also my great nieces and whom I
> call my
> own.  My husband Tom and I never had any children of our own.  The
> oldest,
> Raquel is an honor student in the 7th grade, Rickay, is in the third
> grade
> and also does good in school, and I recently obtained custody of my
> two year
> old great niece, Mickiah, who is in day care.  Mickiah will be three in
> October.  I have had the two older ones since Rickay was a newborn.
> They
> love dogs and have a new puppy half Chesapeake and half lab, they
> named her
> Butterscotch. The girls mother is working very hard on trying to
> straighten
> out her life and hopefully Mickiah will be able to go back and live
> with her
> soon, because it does get to be a challenge when you should be a
> Grandma
> instead of Mom at my age.  :) They started back to school today.  Hip
> Hip
> Hurray!!!!!!
>
> I have 9 brothers, "The Hare" Boys" 2 of which are now deceased, and a
> half
> sister that I reunited with about two years ago.  She is the oldest
> and my
> Dad's daughter.
>
> I live on Leech Lake with my husband Tom and we both love to fish.  We
> have
> been married for 17 years, and often travel to Canada to go fishing.
>
> My Dad has been gone for several years, he died as the result of a
> logging
> accident, (a tree fell on him) in 1973.  My Mother, Hazel Hare, passed
> away
> in 2001, and was close to being a saint.  I couldn't have asked for a
> better
> Mom and miss her dearly.
>
> Looking forward to meeting whoever else is on this forum line.  I will
> also
> try to get two other people to join.
>
> Patsy Gordon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cass Lake Times <email obscured>]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 11:24 AM
> To: MICHAEL SMITH Patty Smith
> Cc: <email obscured>
> Subject: Re: [CassLeech] Introduction
>
>
> Hello everyone, Boozhoo; I have taken the role as manager for this on
> line forum because I feel like it could be a good thing. I've hit a
> bit of a technology wall and gotten confused but am grateful to Patty
> for being the first to post an introduction. Thanks to Steve Kranz who
> manages a forum in Winona and is helping us get ours off the ground, I
> realize the "reply all" option is an easy way to post a message to
> this forum even if I haven't sorted the rest yet.
>
> Everyone should try it, so while we're waiting to launch we can learn
> something about each other, which after all is what this forum is all
> about.
>
> I'm 40, with four children, the oldest 21 and the youngest 16 and a
> junior at CL-B. She and her sister who's 17 work at Teal's in town.
> Deborah and I have been married 18 years. She just started a job at
> the Tribal college and I've been writing for the Cass Lake Times for a
> couple years now. I love getting to know and listen to people through
> my work, something I'd do much less on my own.
>
> I grew up north of Chicago and we moved our family up to Bemidji in
> '92 and out to Farden Twnshp in '94. I've worked as a CNA and a direct
> care provider in a variety of long-term care facilities and as a
> special ed teacher and paraprofessional. I've lost two brothers along
> the way and still have a sister in Wisconsin. My parents are both
> still alive in northern Illinois and we make a trip to see them a
> couple times a year. Deborah's mom has a place out with ours and she
> works at the Welcome Center rest area.
>
> There's a lot that needs to be talked about, a lot said and even more
> listened to. I hope this forum becomes a vehicle for that to happen.
>
> Get two friends to join and 'reply to all' with something about
> yourself.
>
> Daniel
>
>
> Daniel  LeClaire
> East Nary, Cass Lake
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Hello E Democracy friends,

I'm a Native American woman, age 46, residing in rural Pennington (E of
Bemidji).  I have relocated to my family's land last September 2007.  I have
two children, Aaron age 25, and Tara age 22, and a granddaughter - Kendra, age
1.5.  All live in the twin city metro.  I am the Executive Director of Native
Vote Alliance of Minnesota, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that empowers
Native people in Minnesota to protect sovereign rights through educating and
engaging Native communities the importance of their voting power.

I believe strongly that Native Americans need to increase our level of civic
participation as we are the last people on the government radar with
healthcare, economic growth, to name just a couple of areas that Native
Americans rank lowest with public policy.

Sally Fineday
Executive Director
Native Vote Alliance of MN (NVAM)
(218) 339-6206 (office)
(218) 368-1766 (mobile)
<email obscured>

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> Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:13:48 -0500
> From: <email obscured>
> To: <email obscured>
> Subject: Re: [CassLeech] Introduction
> CC: <email obscured>
>
> Thanks for the introduction, Patty.
>
> If anyone else would like to provide a short intro, just hit "Reply All" and
> the message will go to the list (that's a standard feature of our forums, if
> you select to "Reply" to a message it just goes to the person who sent the
> message; and if you choose "Reply all" it goes to the group - this helps
> prevent personal messages from accidentally being sent to the forum).
>
> It's good to hear that you've already signed up 27 people, that's a great
> start and you can certainly build on that to reach your 100 people.  An
> email to those 27 asking them each to invite 2 or 3 other people might be a
> good next step.
>
> Steve Kranz
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 6:59 PM, MICHAEL SMITH Patty Smith <
> <email obscured>> wrote:
>
>> Hello, good evening. I am a forty nine , almost,  year old traditional
>> anishinaabe mother of a nine year old Leech Lake band member that is the
>> love of my life and we choose as a family to homeschool him and raise him
>> traditionally and the wife to the other love of my life, a traditional elder
>> that is also a Leech Lake band member. I am a registered descendant of an
>> enrolled member of the St. Croix band of Ojibwe in Wisconsin. I have lived
>> here ten and a half years. I am grateful to live here and to be a part of
>> this community and I see beauty in everything. I also am always working on
>> making my life and my families lives and our communities lives better. Thank
>> you for the gift and invite to be a part of this and I know that I will
>> learn a lot.
>> Wishing all of us the love of learning and learning to love, Mike and Patty
>> and Little Tiny
>> Patty Smith
>>
>> Info about Patty Smith:
>> http://forums.e-democracy.org/p/18DMtl1ahfx5ly7SuKChrp
>>
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o'siyo,  that is cherokee for ahneen,  my english name is feather eagle-rock, i
am a qualla boundary cherokee, living on the leech lake indian reservation with
my husband, bernard rock, sr., an enrolled member of the leech lake mikundwe
band.   bernard is a 100% combat disabled veteran of the korean war.  he is the
eldelst wolf clan survivor and is one of the few full blood descendents of
chief flatmouth, a signatory chief of the treaties between the mikundwe band of
leech lake ojibwe and the united states government.

for the past 15 years we have coordinated a grass roots non-profit outreach and
resource for native american veterans from our home office.  we help veterans
and their families get the benefits that they are entitled to and, when needed
we help them through the appeals process when veterans are denied benefits.

we network with traditional warrior and grandmother societies in all four
directions of this continent.  between us, we have (biological and
traditionally adopted) 21 children, 46 grand children, and 28 great
grandchildren.

my educational background is social psychology.  my master's degree work in the
area of cross cultural communication and interaction.  i was born and raised in
southern oregon and have lived on the leech lake reservation since 1992.

i look forward to seeing how this format turns out.

feather eagle-rock

Hello

My Name is Leota Hardy, I'm Leech Lake Ojibwe. My family consists of six more
people, five children and my boyfriend of several years. I am hoping that some
real strong communication is built on this site for the Cass Lake Area and that
all can be united in one way to seek support, direction, and build hope and
strength for the present Cass Lake Area and future.
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Boohzoo to everyone  I'am kenn Mitchell and I live on the east end of C.L.
I'am new at this typing so if I make a mistake. forgive me but there are
times when something needs to be said and I hope this will be a good outlet
without some of the language I've seen on other forums. some one asked about
any sacered sites here on the rez.Are you aware of the turtle mound up by
Inger? I would be honored to show you that site if you wish, I feel it is
about time I go there and pay my respect . But it is  honor for me to be a
part of this forum and I hope we'll learn something positive from this.
HOW!!

Thanks for to everyone who has offered introductions.  It's good to know
more about who is here and see how connected your are to the community.

You're really off to a great start in recruiting.  With just a little more
effort, you will be ready to launch the forum.

Would someone like to just summarize where things are at (what recruitment
efforts have been done so far, how successful each item was, how many people
have been recruited, any ideas for moving foreward, etc.)?  . . . so that
everyone knows what has been done and how much is left to do before things
can get started.

Thanks,

Steve Kranz

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Beth Norenberg <email obscured>> wrote:

> Hello everyone
>
> I have lived in Cass Lake most of my adult life. I am married and have two
> adult children. My kids have both graduated from Cass Lake Bena school
> system. My son has just finished 5 years of service in the Navy and is now
> in school for DNR land management. His love of the land and this area has
> always been a big part of his life. My daughter with the same love of the
> land has had one year of education in the same area and has decided to see
> some of the rest of the world before she goes back to school.
>
> My husband's family has been here in Cass Lake for a few generations and he
> works for Cass County road crew.
>
> I am now the branch manager at the Cass Lake Community Library. However, I
> have worked in several other positions within our community. I am also on
> the school board for the Cass Lake Bena school district. I have always done
> some community activity for our area from Girl Scouts to Lioness and
> supported the activities my children belonged to. I still help when I can.
>
> I like the idea that we can connect this way with others from our area and
> hope that we can make this an opportunity to see how many of us there are
> that cares and wants to see what we can do to promote the best we have to
> offer in this and the surrounding area.
>
> Beth Norenberg
>
>
>
>
>
> Beth Norenberg
>
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I've made most of the contacts personally when I run into people
during the day. Some I've contacted by email and then followed up with
a personal visit and usually it's not til after the personal visit
that most get on board, but that's not always true.

The Cass Lake mayor has joined as has one member of the Leech Lake
Tribal council. The director of the Leech Lake Area Boys and Girls
club was a member and said he would send and invitation to the four
area branches of the club, which span the reservation. Then I saw that
he left the forum whether that was a conscious decision or a "wrong
click" on the website I haven't got back with him to find out yet.

The supervisor for the Chippewa National Forest which is headquartered
here is interested in being a part but has a few concerns about access
to his email on the web that we are currently trying to assure him
about. Hopefully a few more from the forest service will get on board.

HIt a bit of a dead end with Leech Lake MIS (management Information
systems) hoping to get word out through their email system, although
he got on board but said he didn't have a very broad list of contacts
he could use. Tried to get notice in the Debahjimon (Tribal newspaper)
but it didn't make it in this past month, though the editor is on
board as a member.

There's an information and sign-up sheet at the Family Center, and an
information sheet posted in the Post Office, though I don't think
either have brought a member yet, not sure. Need to talk to the Lions
club president and a few teachers/administrators at the school yet,
now that classes have resumed. Working on contacts at the IHS
hospital. Cass Lake's White Earth office is on board and working to
make some contacts through the racial justice project in Bemidji. No
state reps yet, but a number of the candidates for city council are
members.

That's pretty much what I know. I haven't talked to Sharon for a long
time, so I'll have to get in touch with her again her.

And of course everyone is trying to get their two more members. But I
wonder if everyone who agreed to be a part has received word that they
are members? I talked to one yesterday who said she hadn't heard
anything yet.

Keep plugging away!

Daniel

On 9/9/08, Steve Kranz <email obscured>> wrote:
> Thanks for to everyone who has offered introductions.  It's good to know
>  more about who is here and see how connected your are to the community.
>
>  You're really off to a great start in recruiting.  With just a little more
>  effort, you will be ready to launch the forum.
>
>  Would someone like to just summarize where things are at (what recruitment
>  efforts have been done so far, how successful each item was, how many people
>  have been recruited, any ideas for moving foreward, etc.)?  . . . so that
>  everyone knows what has been done and how much is left to do before things
>  can get started.
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  Steve Kranz
>
>
>  On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Beth Norenberg <email obscured>> wrote:
>
>  > Hello everyone
>  >
>  > I have lived in Cass Lake most of my adult life. I am married and have two
>  > adult children. My kids have both graduated from Cass Lake Bena school
>  > system. My son has just finished 5 years of service in the Navy and is now
>  > in school for DNR land management. His love of the land and this area has
>  > always been a big part of his life. My daughter with the same love of the
>  > land has had one year of education in the same area and has decided to see
>  > some of the rest of the world before she goes back to school.
>  >
>  > My husband's family has been here in Cass Lake for a few generations and
he
>  > works for Cass County road crew.
>  >
>  > I am now the branch manager at the Cass Lake Community Library. However, I
>  > have worked in several other positions within our community. I am also on
>  > the school board for the Cass Lake Bena school district. I have always
done
>  > some community activity for our area from Girl Scouts to Lioness and
>  > supported the activities my children belonged to. I still help when I can.
>  >
>  > I like the idea that we can connect this way with others from our area and
>  > hope that we can make this an opportunity to see how many of us there are
>  > that cares and wants to see what we can do to promote the best we have to
>  > offer in this and the surrounding area.
>  >
>  > Beth Norenberg
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Beth Norenberg
>  >
>  > Info about Beth Norenberg:
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Greetings, Cass Lakers!

My name is Lenny Fineday, the son of the late Rev. Leonard Fineday and Mary
Fineday. I come from a very close knit family; I have two brothers and four
sisters and two amazing nieces (one 7 years old and a 2nd grader at CLBES and
the other is 2 years old and living in Plymouth, MN with her mom and dad). I am
an enrolled member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. I was born at the Cass
Lake Indian Hospital in October of 1982 and was raised in the Cass Lake
community.

Speaking of school, I am a 2001 graduate of Cass Lake-Bena high school, a 2004
graduate of Bethel University in St. Paul, MN with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Political Science and a minor in Leadership Studies, and I am currently three
weeks into my coursework on a joint Juris Doctorate (law degree) and a Master
of Arts in Political Science at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI.

Thanks to the first hand testimony of my father and the persistent and
perseverant upbringing by my loving parents, I am fortunate enough to say that
I have never used alcohol, illicit drugs, or even tobacco, other than for
ceremonial purposes. I say this not to place myself or my family on a pedestal
or in any way place us above anybody else, but rather to point out that in our
community this is possible.

I was taught and I firmly believe that we should always have hope- hope in each
other, hope in ourselves, and, perhaps most importantly, hope in our community.
I was taught and espoused these ideas even before hope became the political
buzzword in the upcoming national election! Despite what it has come to stand
for on the national stage, I believe hope is important because we all need a
common starting point, and this is where we can all agree. I believe that all
of us want what is truly in the best interest of our community and to leave a
better, stronger community for generations to come. The questions of how to get
there are where we often disagree and where a concept such as this forum can
prove invaluable- not to bring together people of the same mind on every issue,
but to allow us to voice our individual perspective and to see the diverse
range of opinions on issues of the day. It can also help us understand one
another better as neighbors
 and friends.

In closing, I would just like to say that I am looking forward to this forum as
a way to help me keep in touch with the area even while I am away at school.
Every time I am away from Cass Lake, I miss it. I know that Cass Lake is my
home and I am proud to say it. I have lived in Tulsa, OK, in the twin cities,
in Washington, D.C. and now in Milwaukee, WI (though only for a month so far),
and I have discovered that there is nowhere else that is really, truly my home,
and I am looking forward to being back in a few short years. Until then, I look
forward to staying updated by this forum.

Thank you for reading!

Lenny Fineday

Good afternoon to everyone, my name is Jennie Reyes and have been married to
Mark Reyes Sr for 29 years. My parents are Roberta (Holstein) Wind and the late
Alvin John Wind Sr., My grandparents were Marion (Budreau)Folstrom and Joseph
Holstein Sr. and Alice (Gwinn) Wind and Levi Wind. I have two brothers and four
sisters, five children who have littered me with 18 wonderful grandchildren. I
think I'm too young to have that many grandchildren but the circle of life
continues and I have a petition to get my two sons neutered. Just kidding my
sons.

I was born Oct 3, 1958 at the Cass Lake Indian Hospital and grow up in the
Superfund site (south side of tracks). We lived in a one room shack, no running
water, no electricity, had a wood stove and outhouse. (ha) Anyway, lived in
Cass Lake all my life and I tried to get involved with whatever I could to try
and make a difference in our world. I'm like Lenny Fineday, I get so so
homesick when I leave Cass Lake. When I'm in a different town or city, I look
at people and they start looking like someone from our home.

Anyway, I graduated in 1976 and continued on to college for only three years,
but I try to take a class here and there. I started working for the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe in 1979 and still here. I've been active on different committees
and volunteered for whatever causes I believe in.

Anyway I have attached a site for all to go look at. It is amazing, this is how
I want our children to be.....outspoken, challenged, smart, etc..........

http://www.dallasisd.org/keynote.htm

Check it out and everyone have a wonderful weekend.

Good afternoon.   Zhoonia-B'waabeg Gozhe-genz indizhinikaaz.   Ind-ojibwem
bungii etago.   The reason being, that I was adopted out to Zhaagaanaashi early
in life but made my way back to my people, eventually.   I was here in the
early 70's and the last time was in 1980 before I moved here in 2000.   I now
live at my dad, Simon Jackson's old house out by Pennington, but I was born
here in Cass Lake, I work in Cass Lake, and I do most of my business here in
Cass Lake.   I have always felt that this is my home town, and the first time I
felt that I was actually "home" was here in Cass Lake.

Looking at the list of people that have joined this forum, I know most of you,
as a matter of fact, I'm probably related to most of you.   And I think most of
you know me by my English name, Kat Norton.

I'm one of the graduating class of 2007 from the LLTC.   I was off work
(willingly?) for two years, but now my degree is paying off.   When I first
moved here in 2000, my first job was as Case Mgmt Assistant to Matt Hunt's
Detox Case Mgmt Program for the Leech Lake A&D Division.  This was my first
encounter with the chemical dependency field (except for going to treatment my
self). That's where I first learned how to do Rule 25 Assessments, which is
what I'm doing now, only things are a - little - different.   Now I have an
office of my own, for the first time in my life.  And, that's all I do is Rule
25 Assessments.   No transporting, no testifying in court during civil
commitments.  There's still some case management involved, but not like what
Matt and I used to have to contend with.

I may have been off work for 2 years, but I think I worked harder than I ever
have.   I was/am involved in Cass Lake Horizons.   We're the ones that built
the Indian Village out by  Chucky's Chicken, the Odenah Market.

The long and short of why I wanted to join this forum, is that I'm very
interested and  concerned with what goes on in this community - and what
doesn't.   I agree that we've needed something like this for a long time and
I'm glad that a lot of things we've needed are becoming a reality.   Change
will come when the many become one voice.    Mii gwetch.   Gigaa-waabimin!

Greetings Everyone.
 I am Allan Olson, many of you know who I am or have seen me at school events
or read my name in the paper. I am realtively new to this area having worked at
the Cass Lake Times since August of 2006 and have enjoyed getting to know many
of you. A little background. I am 30 married for 10 yrs next summer have four
children, Nikolai 5- attending Solway-Abigail, 2, Marcus 2 and Alivia 1 next
month those that attend games have probably seen my crazy little family. My
kids drive me crazy but I wouldn't be without any of them. I was born and
raised in Lake of the Woods and someday maybe not until I'm old and gray will
be moving back there. I attended home school from grades 1-12 worked two years
attended NW Tech in Thief River moved to Bemidji in 2001 to attend BSU. I am a
BS in BS (journalism/Mass Comm) from BSU. I enjoy hunting, fishing,
reading,(not enough time to do any of these) and virtually anything in the
great outdoors providing its not 85 degrees above or below the donut.
My primary duties at the paper are covering school related/chamber related
events and I am also the advertising representative. Between Daniel and I we
try our best to cover what we can in the time that we have.
If anyone has any ideas on improving the paper please help us out. Without our
readers keeping us informed we couldn't do our job. One suggestion was more
classifieds. Help us out everyone someone out there want's to buy your stuff.
This week's paper brings about some exciting changes. We have switched paper
sizes. We have gone from the tabloid format to a broadsheet like the bemidij
pioneer/tribune etc.. We welcome all comments good, bad or ugly about the new
paper size.
Finally-this is an important year for our country and many changes have been
made and many many more need to be made. So please no matter what you might
think about our candidates running for any office school board, city, pikebay,
county, state rep, presidential, get out and vote on November 4. Your VOTE DOES
MATTER and your children and my children depend on ALL us to make what we feel
is the best decision for our city, twp, county, state or country!
Have a great week, and keep on reading your local paper!
Sincerley,
Allan Olson

Hi! My name is Karen Fineday and I've lived in Cass Lake since 1982.  I first
moved up to this area after high school to attend BSU.  After graduation I was
hired by the CL-B Indian Education program where I also did some grant writing.
I'm married and divorced with no kids.  I used to be pretty active in
shool/community issues, but after my divorce I was too busy trying to survive;
communtiy involvement fell by the wayside.  I left my job at the school and
returned to BSU for my Master's degree. After that, I took a position at the
Palace Casino until the right "career opportunity" came up.  As it happens, I'm
still at the Palace seventeen years later!!  I am a homeowner and live with my
elderly mother on the east end of CL. Because I work lots of evening and night
hours, I never really got back into the swing of community involvement; and,
for a while back then, things got really political and divisive (sp?) and I got
kind of burned out on it. Anyway, that's the short version of who I am!!  : )

I just want to say that I think this Forum is a really good idea; a way for
people like me to ease back in to community involvement. I look forward to
sharing views and discussing issues.

Good evening,

I am Diane Pittman, a family doctor who has practiced on the Leech Lake Indian
reservation for 23 years.  Until last spring I was with Indian Health Service
and served for 7 years as Clinical Director at the hospital in Cass Lake.  I am
passionate about this community and passionate about making sure everyone can
get the things that make for good health and have access to excellent health
care when it is needed.  I am deeply concerned about our abuse of the
environment, racism, and poverty.  I also believe that problems in communities
are solved from the inside out.  The wisdom and expertise is right here

One way I address these concerns is though Shifting Gears, a project I started
that collects and repairs old bicycles and gives them to people who need them.
We teach mechanical skills and help young people learn about bicycle repair.  I
also try to do as much of my own commuting as possible by bicycle and I work
with Peoples Church to help house and feed homeless people of all colors.

I live in Bemidji with my husband Larry Krantz and right now am taking a
sabbatical from full time family practice.  I work intermittantly in the
emergency departments at Cass Lake and Bemidji and am studying acupuncture,
planning to incorporate this ancient healing art into my medical practice in
the future.

I have been listening with interest to the forum since its start.  I am hoping
that we might engage in some discussion/dreaming about how we might have a
healthier communtiy and how we might improve quality and access to health care
for all of us.

I am feeling hope with the political changes surrounding the election and look
forward to gathering and celebrating with this community next week.  I'll be a
little late (7:30) but I'll be there with bells on!

I often close letters with the phrase "En la buena lucha"  This is Spanish for
"In the good struggle." and is often used by advocates for change in Central
America.   It is what I hear in the forum.  Good stuggle.

En la buen lucha,

Diane

I'm a little behind the curve on this introduction thread, I know!  I've viewed
the forum for a while, but haven't been an active participant yet.  I'll give a
brief intro, and try to carve out a little time each week to visit the forum.

I was born and raised in Cass Lake, graduating from CL-B high school in 1994.
I attended Mankato State University for two years, then transferred to Crown
College in 1996, graduating in 1999 with Bachelor's degrees in Secondary
Education and Christian Studies, and a minor in Social Science..  After
college, I worked in the Minnesota PGA Section as a golf professional for five
years, leaving the business when my first son, Wesley came along.

My wife, Amy, has put up with me for just over 10 years now.  We moved back
(well, for me it was moving back) to Cass Lake in April 2004.  I ran the
lending department of Western Bank in Cass Lake for a couple years, moving in
2006 to my current position as Director of Institutional Advancement for Leech
Lake Tribal College.  It's an interesting and very challenging job,
encompassing fundraising, marketing and public relations work, in addition to
the infamous "other duties as assigned" part of the job description :)

I have two energetic, oversized sons: Wes just turned five, and Jack is nearing
the 18-month mark.  In what little spare time I have, I like to golf, fish, and
golf some more.

I joined this forum because I think it provides an accessible, safe way for
people to share their thoughts about the Cass Lake area, for better and for
worse.  I also hope to be able to keep people up to date on what's happening
here at Leech Lake Tribal College, which I believe has the most potential of
any institution in this area to transform our community into the vision of what
we all want it to be.  I look forward to talking with all of you, both on this
forum and in person.

Kyle

Nice intro - thanks for sharing!

--- On Tue, 4/28/09, <email obscured> <email obscured>> wrote:


From: <email obscured> <email obscured>>
Subject: [CassLeech] Introduction
To: <email obscured>
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 1:51 PM


I'm a little behind the curve on this introduction thread, I know! I've viewed
the forum for a while, but haven't been an active participant yet. I'll give a
brief intro, and try to carve out a little time each week to visit the forum.

I was born and raised in Cass Lake, graduating from CL-B high school in 1994. I
attended Mankato State University for two years, then transferred to Crown
College in 1996, graduating in 1999 with Bachelor's degrees in Secondary
Education and Christian Studies, and a minor in Social Science.. After college,
I worked in the Minnesota PGA Section as a golf professional for five years,
leaving the business when my first son, Wesley came along.

My wife, Amy, has put up with me for just over 10 years now. We moved back
(well, for me it was moving back) to Cass Lake in April 2004. I ran the lending
department of Western Bank in Cass Lake for a couple years, moving in 2006 to
my current position as Director of Institutional Advancement for Leech Lake
Tribal College. It's an interesting and very challenging job, encompassing
fundraising, marketing and public relations work, in addition to the infamous
"other duties as assigned" part of the job description :)

I have two energetic, oversized sons: Wes just turned five, and Jack is nearing
the 18-month mark. In what little spare time I have, I like to golf, fish, and
golf some more.

I joined this forum because I think it provides an accessible, safe way for
people to share their thoughts about the Cass Lake area, for better and for
worse. I also hope to be able to keep people up to date on what's happening
here at Leech Lake Tribal College, which I believe has the most potential of
any institution in this area to transform our community into the vision of what
we all want it to be. I look forward to talking with all of you, both on this
forum and in person.

Kyle
Kyle Erickson
Cass Lake
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brand new here-

glad i read the last post... may explain why i could not post a question to the
forum, oops.

my name is reyna and i have been living in bena for almost two years.

i am finding the posts here ironic in that whether i stay or not depends on
accessing health care, safe housing, etc.

between challenges in that regard- i teach bead work, do free lance media
representation/pr, and somehow always find myself involved in working with kids
and critters. the latter is much to my immense pleasure, of course. though in
my 40's i will hop on a swing set in a second.

my undergrad degree is in economics and had planned a ph.d. in public policy
before acquiring a disability. i'm one of those people who can do the `soft'
stuff, ie. get along with (most) people and switch gears and crunch numbers in
five seconds or less.

strong background in marketing, small biz mgmt. and a number of specialized
areas as well. done a varied bit of advocacy work over the years, very
passionate about children the and the enviornment and have a deep concern
regarding wolf.

if i find a good little corner here, i plan to get involved again in doing
respite foster care and just maybe trying to launch some sort of cooperative
for marketing bead work and other arts. so many people want to learn, that i
wound up running a sort of `apprenticeship' program out of my studio in duluth.

it worked reasonably well.

glad to meet all of you and will keep lurking in the forums.

hope to make the pole ceremony tomorrow (fingers crossed).

OH- i am still hauling a studio's worth of beads and supplies with me, and if
anyone needs them for a project with kids, i will donate happily if asked!

i have a massive supply of seed beads.

reyna and comet the wonderdog (service dog)

Thanks for doing this introduction, Scott. I'm glad you are a part and that
you decided to post. I look forward to hearing what else you have to say.
Even if you don't think some people will like what you have to say, if you
think it could move us all in a good direction, I think you should share it.
As long as we are all careful not to attack each other and instead to speak
from our own experiences, especially from our own successes, without tearing
down someone else, that can almost always be constructive.

That's where we need to go, and how we can bring the most people along for
the ride. I think yes, out of poverty; but even more than that, to a new way
of measuring our success, one that does not measure by personal gain, family
gain, but one that looks around more broadly and supports all
healthy growth, all movement that brings our focus toward our
interrelatedness, our interconnectedness. Then when one person, when one
family stays together, helps each other up, supports its children in the
good way, and more babies are born in a good way, again and again, as the
cycle repeats, the first time and everytime, we all get richer.

Again, Miigwetch.

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:08 PM, <email obscured>> wrote:

> Thank you for allowing my opinion in this forum and thank you all for
> sharing yourself. Myself I may seem to most as an extremist. To most who do
> not know me, call me a hypocrite. My opinion often times may seem
> pessimistic. My ideas, concepts and perspectives may be offensive.  Some and
> even maybe the majority will feel overwhelmed with what i have stated. May
> even disagree with me...
>  I am a product of why a forum such as this gets formed. So there for if
> the people here, so care and lets go beyond that and say has compassion
> towards the people who live in Cass Lake, Leech Lake area. Now lets go
> another step further and say has passion, real passion and if you are people
> who have integrity, to whom are real optimists Who pride themselves on being
> realist and are part of this forum because you are a believer, Who is
> hopeful that we can come to terms that poverty is #1 in all our priorities.
> Only then can i involve myself to the solution. You see our eyes are trained
> to see what they see. I see mass corruption and ill intentions, favoritism.
> Mass Neglect, abuse of all sorts. I see exploitation and fraud from those
> whom are responsible to ensure the safest environment for our children. I
> will not be in this forum to feed into any of that or to expose of it
> publicly either. I do not have hate in me, i do take this issue very serious
> always open to debate as l
>  ong as we deal with the facts.
> One of my greatest aspirations is to turn poverty into paradise right here
> in Cass Lake Minnesota, I believe, I truly believe in the undeniable truth.
> That right here, right now in this forum there are at least five people that
> would like to be on the board of trustees, hopefully more. Open up a
> Non-Profit 501(c) Cass Lake Partnership Corporation our purpose will be for
> the greatest cause ever "Poverty into Paradise" We're not just dealing with
> education, chemical addiction, unemployment, crime, finances, parenting,
> culture, Housing, food, transportation, isolation, sadness, loneliness,
> hopelessness. The majority reading this know that above and beyond all that
> this environment has had a negative impact on our lives and continue to for
> our children who reside in the area i currently live and know (Cass Lake).
> For those of you who think not, i am more than open to debate... I do not
> like being the bear of bad news, however i have seen to many wrongful deaths
> and long term pris
>  on sentences within my family here. I see mass production of this way of
> life that has been chosen by lack of knowledge. We the people have to
> understand we're the power, and cause a movement. Because there is no other
> "cause" that matters most. There is no greater purpose than ours. Do what
> you like, like what you are doing. "Poverty into Paradise" I am sure the
> world will conspire opening up more businesses than ever before employing
> more people at one time than ever before in Cass Lake Minnesota's history.
>  I am a dreamer, big thinker and a person that deals with these issues
> intimately. I am a businessman, however i am a father before all, I know
> success is not only measured in money and happiness very rarely has anything
> to do with having or not having money. I have the ability to make a lot of
> money. I have learned how to make money quicker than most. It was survival
> skills always. There for me had to be certain way! My survival skills are
> like none i have ever met. I have employed 1200 to 1500 people, rented 25
> plus places to live, founded/ operated/ developed 1/2 dozen different
> businesses all over Minnesota. I have gained the courage and confidence by
> every experience which i had to stop and look fear in the face. I must have
> done what I thought I could not. The unknown and the unexpected was the
> result of fear now the end of fear.
> My name is Scott Swanholm Sr. I consider myself a true Warrior been charged
> criminally 100 times convicted 20 however, it is not about when i fell down-
> but about when i got up. I never lost, although most would say i have. It is
> funny to me to think back on the days of deception. Most would disagree and
> think i was very successful and that I am no longer and have not been for
> years. LOL reminiscing about the last five years of my life "The world has
> been my home."
> Scott Swanholm
> Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Native American Reservation, Cass Lake
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Good Day My People...
Continuing from yesterday...

We Do Not Need To Know Everything To Do Everything

The world has been my home, I have intentionally chose to be homeless for the
past five years. Although I could have went with the majority have what most
would consider a nice home, nice life, nice community like I have had better
than most. I went the distance, as I thought. Yes i had the nicest house on the
block in one of the ten best neighborhoods to raise children in the United
States. Yeah had 120+ people employed a block away from our house. In my office
building that stretched a quarter block with our own drive through sally port.
Yes I walked into a company with only three employees a year earlier in a town
that i did not know or know anyone in that town prior to moving. Started in an
office suite for $10.00 Hr as a sales agent. I moved hundred of miles to do
this, matter of fact i moved from a nice house practically free rent-
government subsidized to an apartment to where i had to pay 500.00 a month for
rent. Year latter I was cutting deals with corporate executives representing
fortune 500 companies. Eating at the best places, signing so many checks i had
to get a stamper with my signature.
 This was by far not the first business i have had cleverly founded, developed
with precision and poorly operated. That house had $500.00+ pictures adorn the
walls and a lot of them, then to sit down at the family table that sat twelve
on a $300.00 chair. Wow that place and time in my life I had felt successful
spending amounts of money that most would be happy to retire with, I made in a
year. I have had school teachers employed by my companies, Had a company that
was 90% Native American in Bemidji that taught employment skills while working.
The name of the business was- Handyman Network- Wow now this project i am going
to expose what was an original successful trial version of what will become a
role model in business practice. What i am proposing to everyone in this forum
that Cass Lake Partnership Corporation will have subsidiary companies such as
Daycare, Retarant, Cab, Housing, Detox!, Employment Training, Life Skills,
Group Homes, Elder Care, Auto Repair, "Well being place for healthy minds and
bodies, and the list goes on...Community Garden, Second Hand Store... etc.

 There needs to be an alliance and a deep rooted level of communication among
the existing organizations that are already obligated to components of poverty
such as the Boys and Girls Club, The Tribe, Schools, Day Cares, Counselors,
Advocates, Politicians, Restaurants, Halfway House, etc.

Handyman Network was a company i started from scratch $0.00 in a town i knew no
one, came there fresh out of jail, homeless as ever staying at the homeless
shelter with no money. getting kicked out first thing in the morning, not able
to return until dinner time in the in the frigid winter. I met some real
wonderful people Pastor Stan Nelson furnished my place, while there was another
man that gave me a chance and hired me to work, however there was no work. He
rented me out a place on the hopes he would. This is only after 10 days in the
homeless shelter. One year latter I had acquired 20k in business asset bought
the old bug school van and got very busy the phone was ringing off the hook
with business our job log was averaging five jobs a day employing an average of
20 people. Doing everything from raking to remodeling, roofing, we offered 50
something different services on a flier that was a 1/3 of sheet of paper. So we
got three fliers to a sheet and delivered them under the windshield wipers at
all the major stores like Walmart, Target etc in town. Basically that piece of
paper with my phone number that guaranteed lowest price that also said we are a
network of skilled handymen that specialize in the fallowing  50 something
different trades immediately started with a bang. This was not a business i
liked, matter of fact i know nothing about carpentry. However, again i had to
be close to my children and this was the best market available to me at the
time where i could make money. That I did...Became the "king of Contractors"
again we do not need to know everything to do everything and I know I have said
"I" way too much. Never have I ever done anything by myself and neither has
anyone else who ever says they have is either lying or has never done it.

I work for no one, we work together, we make each other strongest.

The good in me, is the good in you, is the good in us.

Always doing the next best thing

-Scott Swanholm Sr.

Will Continue Tomorrow...

See Handyman Network was owned by a leech lake native and myself, partner
latter tranfered ownership to a cousin of his from Redlake.

had no choice...had to keep up with my older brother (only brother) Who is in
federal prison for selling drugs.

I'm looking forward to hearing about the business plan/partnership your
talking about. In some ways it sounds similar to creating a venue for
artists and crafts work like the "Indian Village" that the Horizons
Group built and tried to get participation for last summer. It also sounds
similar to the directory of artists and links to websites that the Northern
Community Internet creators for the Cass Lake Leech Lake area have tried to
get participation in. All good ideas waiting to take off. There should be at
least a few willing and waiting for something like this. Sounds like you've
heard from a few people already off line.

And I'd like to hear more too as I try to write up a proposal over the next
couple of weeks for the Knight Foundation, something of an opportunity
Steven Clift sent our way. They'll sponsor a innovative project in
communities that uses "open source technology" with a journalistic flavor to
inspire growth in communities. I'm just thinking that if we can convince
these folks to sponsor a building and equipment to encourage all ages of our
communites to become involved and learn about each other, to share their
concerns and lives and history, and document it in writing or video or radio
worthy recordings/programs, we could have a center for all kinds of sharing
and promotion of our resources, especially our people's talents.

On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 8:52 PM, <email obscured>> wrote:

> I apologize last two sentences i cut out and did not realize that was at
> the bottom, however, this intro has gone on and on...
>
> It's nice to know that there are concerned people and this many all put
> together at one place to communicate with in such a small area. Very, Very
> Powerful,
>
> I am not going to waste your time,    lets apply ourselves and make a
> difference, a real difference in peoples lives. there are ideas that already
> have came that's great... C'mon bead-work, Yes absolutely and when it comes
> to an authentic hand made product it is all about marketing, there was also
> another awesome idea that came in...I am telling you all Cass Lake
> Partnership Corporation needs space for us to gather, I am going to throw
> down a proposal that will be something we can do that will enrich our lives
> as well as others.
>  . So I have came up with a plan that everyone can participate in. will be
> posting a rough draft of an opportunity to this forum first  to be a part of
> history in the making.
>
> Cause: BREAKING THE LINE OF POVERTY ONE SMILE AT A TIME
>
> Mission: Poverty Into Paradise
>
> This is where i am beginning with great success.
>
> "Once ignorant, now knowledgeable, now you have to be accountable and i am
> going to hold you responsible as a family member"
>
> Opening up for discussion tomorrow with the rough draft of a business
> proposal that will be directed to everyone on this site.
>
> Look people we own  the slogan"Poverty into Paradise" google that once That
> is our slogan what do you think of it ? I believe in the majority always as
> long as we can agree on the same purpose
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Sincerely,
> Scott Swanholm
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Scott Swanholm
> Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Native American Reservation, Cass Lake
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