November 12, 2003
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Inside this issue

Area 1 Halloween Party
 Sunday October 26th, District 1 Community Center held a Halloween Party for the Children under 5. Each Child received a $20.00 gift certificate from Wal-mart. They had food and games for the little ones to play.
2003 Winter Youth Summit

Child support guidelines revisions get the go-ahead
 The long-awaited administrative rule modifying the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) 40, Wis. Admin. Code, child support guidelines has been allowed to advance by the legislative committees reviewing the rule.

Her name and legacy live on
Annie Greencrow Whitehorse Middle School-Madison, WI
 On October 17, 2003 students, representatives of the Madison Metropolitan School District and Wisconsin First Lady, Jessica Doyle, joined the descendents of Annie Greencrow Whitehorse and other members of the Ho-Chunk Nation celebrating...
New table games debut at Nation’s casinos
As part of the Nation’s renegotiated gaming compact with the State of Wisconsin, approved by the BIA in July, the gaming enterprises of the Ho-Chunk Nation are now or soon will be offering ...
Preliminary Injunction stays Pettibone’s removal
Following his removal from the Legislator by a vote taken at General Council on October 11, 2003, Area I Representative Clarence Pettibone successfully petitioned the Trail Court and was granted a Preliminary Injunction, a temporary order that allows...
PURCHASING BACK “OUR LANDS”
The Nation has recently started a new and aggressive project to protect religious, ceremonial, and archaeological lands. In an historic endeavor, the Nation recently acquired an additional 1,326 acres of “former” Indian lands in Clark, Jackson, Adams and Juneau County.
Recording the Nation’s language
Ho-Chunk Language Division Curriculum Developers Henning Garvin and Kjetil Lowe have recently started using the latest technology to record the past.
Members favor the establishment of a Tribal School
As the Ho-Chunk Nation continues to pursue the establishment of both an elementary and high school to be run by the Nation, tribal members were recently asked to contribute their thoughts on the subject.
In Memory Of Orbert Sanford Goodbear

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


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