Hocak Worak - Inside this issue

January 9, 2002

Inside this issue

	BIA Visits Ho-Chunk Country On January 3, 2002, tribal members and employees attending the January Planning Retreat at Majestic Pines Bingo Hall welcomed Robert Jaeger, Superintendent of the BIA Great Lakes Agency in Ashland, WI and Tribal Operations Officer, Diane Rosen to Ho-Chunk country.
	Celebrating the New Year The music of the Drum echoed throughout the Executive Building on January 2, 2002 during a brief ceremony welcoming in the New Year.
	Giving to Others On December 21, 2001, the Ho-Chunk Nation and its employees presented their donation to "Project Christmas", a charitable organization based in Jackson County.
	Tomah Area's Christmas Party Held at Blue Wing Community Center Thank you to the volunteers and community members of the Tomah area for coming together on such a short notice for our annual Christmas party.
	Santa's Helpers "Wrap it up" Following the Nation’s employees buying and donating gifts for children in foster care programs, it was discovered that there were no elves on hand to wrap the presents.
	One Step at a Time Stating that "you have to believe in yourself" and emphasizing the need to "tell yourself I can", Judge Ernie St. Germaine asked Ho-Chunk youth to accept and prepare for the many challenges they will face traveling the road to adulthood.
	Soaring to New Heights It was cold and the lack of snow and ice prohibited the usual cross-country skiing, sledding and snowshoeing outdoor recreational activities but nevertheless 36 Ho-Chunk youth enjoyed three days of learning and indoor recreation at the 2001 Winter Youth Summit.
	Idaho Tribe Wants to Charge Reporters to Cover Reservation News The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in southeastern Idaho want to charge news organizations $150 a year for access to the reservation to report stories.
	Indian Remains Returned from Harvard Museum are Reburied More than 100 skeletal remains excavated from a Seneca Indian Nation burial site near Buffalo in 1903 were reburied last week, a day after being turned over to tribal leaders by Harvard's Peabody Museum.
	Boy Finds Rare Object in Friend's Yard Marcus McGovern recently made the archaeological discovery of a lifetime, and he's just six years old.
	Looking for an Answer Satisfying what he described as over twenty years of being curious, Melvin (Don) DeWitt has recently started looking to answer questions regarding some long ago observations.

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                EDITOR..............................Paul Arentz
               STAFF WRITER....................John Kozlowicz
                DESIGN DIRECTOR.............Cookie LaMere

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