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Local

Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic earn high marks

UPDATE Election results updated

The Oneida longhouse project nears completion

State/National

Miss Navajo Nation contest is parting ways with fry bread

LA votes to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day

Nebraska project works with Pawnee corn

Wisconsin tribe withholds state payment over casino dispute

Secretary Zinke appoints Dr. Gavin Clarkson as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs

Lawsuits over new Utah monument to test president’s power

Dakota Access review to re-examine impact on tribes

Supreme Court pushes Redskins’ name back to society

Ho-Chunk Nation urges judge to reject casino lawsuit

In Wisconsin, ID law proved insurmountable for many voters

Man convicted in slayings of couple on Oneida Reservation

Trump pushes school choice, making good on campaign promise

Wisconsin tribes clash in casino expansion fight

Study: Wisconsin will face water infrastructure problem

Upstate New York tribe funds cultural preservation

NY State Museum adds contemporary Native American artwork

Company: Dakota Access pipeline on track to start this week

Opponents of Dakota pipeline bring message to Trump

Judge won’t stop construction of Dakota Access Pipeline

Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe threatens to stop casino payments

Madeline Island watches, worries as winter climate shifts

Tribe files legal challenge to stall Dakota Access pipeline

Last pipeline protesters weigh whether to fight or leave

Ho-Chunk casino could draw $37 million from other casinos

Justices to hear free speech clash over offensive trademark

Wisconsin tribe wants pipeline moved from its reservation

Funds could rid Michigan schools of Native American mascots

Tribal corporation sues Green Bay over power plant

10 pipeline protesters face disorderly conduct trial

Traveling trophy stays in Oneida

After major victory, ND protesters to defy deadline

Brady, Nunes applaud new Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee appointment

Halloween night vehicle accident take life of area teenager

Protesters set up camp in project’s path for the first time

Tribes offer pipeline protesters a place to overwinter

Tribes object to Ho-Chunk casino expansion east of Wausau

Police issue warrants for 3 in pickup, protesters crash

Truck plows through Native American crowd during protest

US judge sides with Nevada tribes in voting rights case

Redskins, rock band battle government in trademark fight

Simon Tam has openly criticized the Washington Redskins team name as a racist slur that demeans Native Americans.

Wisconsin guard, tribal member Koenig joins pipeline protest

A proud Ho-Chunk Nation member, Bronson Koenig has been speaking out about his Native American heritage since his freshman year at the University of Wisconsin, long before public displays of social consciousness by 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, soccer player Megan Rapinoe and other NFL players.

Federal intervention on oil pipeline project unprecedented

The Standing Rock Sioux’s effort to block a four-state oil pipeline got a lifeline when the federal government temporarily stopped the project, a move some say likely may forever change the way all energy infrastructure projects are reviewed in the future.

Judge grants partial stop on North Dakota pipeline work

An American Indian tribe succeeded Tuesday in getting a federal judge to temporarily stop construction on some, but not all, of a $3.8 billion four-state oil pipeline, but its broader request still hangs in the balance.

Judge: Florida tribe’s members must pay taxes to IRS

A judge has ruled that members of a South Florida Indian tribe must pay federal income taxes in a decision that could cost other tribe members millions of dollars.

Sioux tribe leader wants political help to halt oil pipeline

A tribal leader Wednesday said he contacted the White House and met with North Dakota’s senators in an effort to halt construction of a $3.8 billion, four-state oil pipeline that crosses the Missouri River near an American Indian reservation in southern North Dakota.

8 counties, Bad River Band qualify for federal help

Eight Wisconsin counties and the Bad River Band have qualified for federal assistance to recover from July flood damage.

UW-Stout removing paintings depicting American Indians

Noted Ojibwe author has died of cancer at 73, family says

Judge: Wisconsin residents who lack ID can vote in November

Bad River State of Emergency Update

Bad River Reservation in state of emergency due to storms

Torres-Smith killer sentenced

Percy N. Sims, the man convicted in the murder of Oneida Nation member Krystal Torres-Smith in June of 2015, was formally sentenced this morning to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 40 years.

Supreme Court tie favors tribal court authority

A Supreme Court tie has left in place the authority of Native American courts to judge complaints against people who are not tribal members.

Hill Represents Oklahoma at Stockholm Junior Water Prize

Lexi Hill, Oneida Tribal citizen from Oklahoma, was named the Oklahoma state winner of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize.

The Menominee Indian Tribe mourns passing of Former Tribal Chairwoman, Lisa S. Waukau

It is with great sadness that the Menominee Nation announces the passing of four-time Tribal Chairwoman, Lisa S. Waukau.

Oneida Police Department honored by Outagamie County DA

The Oneida Police Department, along with the Outagamie County Sherriff’s Department, Brown County Sherriff’s Department, Seymour Police Department, Hobart-Lawrence Police Department, and the Wisconsin Department of Justice – Division of Criminal Investigation were honored for their work concerning the Benderz Bar incident in August of 2013.

Business

Roxy’s Rock Shop offering gemstones and more

Attention OBC Officer Candidates

Smith returns to the courtroom

Thornberry Creek at Oneida keeping nature at center of course

Wisconsin, tribes lag behind hemp production movement

Oneida Retail Stores closing for updates

Danforth takes ownership of Hidden Valley Driving Range

Most 24 year-old college seniors spend their last year of school fine tuning resumes and finalizing their studies. That’s not the case for John Danforth.

Thornberry Creek at Oneida preps for LPGA Classic

We’re only a little over a year away from the inaugural Oneida LPGA Classic taking place at your own Thornberry Creek at Oneida.

Sports

Thunderhawks prep for 2017 season

Katherine Kirk wins Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic

Lacrosse’s spirit of unity on display with new Ferris team

Expectations are high for Thunderhawks lacrosse

With experience comes high expectations.

Oneida artist Hill’s design chosen for LPGA trophy

Betters leads Lady Thunderhawks into new season

New lacrosse field opened to public

Thunderhawks fall to Gibralter

Thunderhawks fall in season opener

T-Hawks football team stocked and ready to roll

Spirit of Hoops works to raise spirits of youth

One of the Oneida Nation Thunderhawks football team’s biggest stumbling blocks every year will not challenge them this season.

Powless tearing through road racing competition

Commitment. Hard work. Excellence. Words that go hand-in-hand for many working professionals but to actually see 19-year-old Neilson Powless demonstrate them as he lives his dream is amazing.

Smith gets defensive on lacrosse field

Synala Smith had never picked up a lacrosse stick in her life prior to three years ago when she was convinced to join the Green Bay United Griffins Girl’s Lacrosse team by her good friend Sonya Sommers.

Softball team showing steady improvement

As the lady Thunderhawks move through their 2016 season, improvement is following.

Skenandore to dive for UW-Milwaukee

Dakota Skenandore will join the UW-Milwaukee dive team.

Previous Years

2016

2015

2014

2013

Obituaries

Jorgenson, Russell C.

Cornelius, Harrison Anderson

Moes, Krystal A.

Prevost, Emerson B.

Cornelius, Frederick B.

Skenandore, Josefa Ruiz

Metoxen, Lida H.

Editor's Corner

Your voluntary response is mandatory

Are we ignoring our past mistakes?

I’ve noticed there’s not a lot of listening going on in Oneida. For example, at a September 28 Oneida Business Committee (OBC) meeting, Vice Chairwoman Melinda Danforth gave an explanation about a past financial situation of Oneida Tribal Integrated Enterprises (OTIE). When she was done with her detailed explanation, another Oneida citizen marched up to the microphone and asked the same question that had been answered.

At an October 2 General Tribal Council (GTC) meeting, the issue of the food pantry came up. A person who was in support of the food pantry as proposed argued that managers were arguing against the food pantry, and that we didn’t understand the need. This person was not listening to what was being said. The managers, myself included, were not against a food pantry, but were against repeating an expensive mistake.

As written by the petitioner, the food pantry would go back into a space where rent will have to be paid to Oneida Seven Generations, Inc. Also, because the petition was amended to be limited to Oneida households, it severely limits who it serves and where donations can be sought from.

Instead of passing the petition as written, we could have looked at more convenient and less expensive locations, and developed a staffing model that could have included volunteers and community groups which would have saved money as well. Instead, the pantry will be funded by removing food line items from tribal budgets. Those line items probably don’t come near what the cost will be to staff and house the food pantry, but so be it.

It seems the petition for a food pantry was less interested in helping the financially struggling in Oneida, and more interested in punishing Oneida departments for slights. For example, the location was chosen because it hasn’t been rented out in many years. Perhaps that’s because it’s located in an inconvenient place. Or because at one public meeting, there was leftover food, therefore, departments don’t need food lines in their budget. Never mind that food is provided to entice people to attend public meetings, and it’s difficult to estimate how many people will attend any given event.

There’s a long history of using petitions to undermine managers and departments. The petitioners often pose themselves as Robin Hood robbing from the rich to give to the poor. They’re not stealing from the rich to give to the poor. They’re stealing from potential per capita funds. They’re stealing from potential raises for front line employees. They’re stealing from funds that could be used for economic development, housings and services to Oneida citizens including the poor.

But the people supporting the food pantry don’t want to hear that. They won’t read this article, or if they do, they’ll accuse me of being an elitist manager who doesn’t understand the need in this community. Alas, as a manager my experience with budgeting and knowledge of past practices is ignored. My ability to suggest more efficient solutions is shoved to the side. And when the food pantry doesn’t address all the needs it was imagined to address, people will look at me and ask why I didn’t say something.

I did, you weren’t listening.

A word about Free Speech

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Informing our membership of issues of interest by providing timely, accurate and balanced information about the Oneida Nation, its members and leaders, its employees, its administrative units and its involvement in community and national affairs. We will assist in providing for the quality of life by preserving our heritage, culture and values of the Oneida identity.