Hocak Worak - Inside this issue

October 9, 2002

Inside this issue

	AODA counselors agree that recovery is a choice Acknowledging that the illegal use of drugs has prospered and that those drinking alcohol are getting younger, members of the Nation's AODA team face new challenges every day.
	Tribal member’s Brave Technology finds solution worldwide From his office in Aliso Viejo, CA, tribal member Paul W. Stott, Jr. spends his days contacting companies and people all over the world.
	Controversy continues at Powers Bluff Since June 11, 2001, when State Historical Society archeologist Bob Birmingham defined areas of Powers Bluff County Park, near Arpin, WI as "culturally significant", members of the Ho-Chunk and Prairie Band Potawatomi Nations have been meeting with Wood County park officials planning the site's future.
	Men of Loyalty Ho-Chunk Nation Traditional Court The week prior to September 16, 2002 one of the male elders of the Ho-Chunk Nation Traditional Court invited me to view how the group of men conducted themselves on judiciary matters.
	Sharing culture and tradition Those attending the Ho-Chunk Heritage Day celebration, held September 28, 2002 at Governor Nelson State Park near Waunakee, WI, came for a variety of reasons.
	The Oyate “I know what this life is,” stated 30-year-old Clifton Red Feather who was born and raised on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
	Tribal sisters put thoughts to verse Sisters Larinna Chandler and Sara Climer have been writing poems for as long as they can remember.

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

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