October 24, 2011 Snapshot of Corruption From the Rez: Blog this want you to put part of this in your blog: I will write it out but have not thought of all the kinks, hope you find them all. I have been thinking ever since I heard some people talking about this. Enrolled members? An enrollment certification is only a piece of paper that says you belong to an Indian tribe, like Spirit Lake. It does not qualify you to do brain surgery, or even drive a car. it is just a paper showing, sometimes inaccurately, that you are a member of the Spirit Lake tribe. From what I know now, there are at least 60% of the enrolled members who should never have been enrolled. I have even heard that there is a price for that distinction now. So if you have enough money you can enroll yourself at the blue building. You can buy your way into this tribe, regardless of whether you have any of the blood of this tribe, or any Indian blood for that matter. What does this say about us, as a People? An audit of our rolls should be done. Anyone who cannot produce the criteria needed to be enrolled should be taken off of the enrollment. A person's work history and and education should be the only things looked at when someone applies for a job. At the present there are unqualified, uncertified, non-degreed people who are working because someone appointed them. If you have a Personnel Director with no qualifications why would you need them for any job? If the GM of the Casino has only a GED how did he get that job? It is the same with the Judges. Did they go to Law School or are they just former Police Officers? Would not a law degree be some sort of basic qualification for even working in the courts? Why are our judges not required to have practiced law or graduated from law school? Some cops who know how to write a speeding ticket and beat up drunks at the jail find that is all that alone, qualifies them to be judges. That is a small window that shows the amount of corruption going within the borders of the reservation. When corruption is the rule that means there is no protection for the people.
Page 2 of 5 If you don't believe that, just go look at the new pictures hanging up in the Blue Building. There are a lot of dangerous people living within the borders of our reservation but their pictures are not hanging up there, alongside of the other Sexual Predators, and they should. A couple of Police or Lawmen come to mind when I see those pictures. Don't you ever wonder why they don't drug test the Police Officers? Don't you ever wonder why you cannot get a job on your own reservation? Look up corruption in the dictionary and you will see why. I wish everyone would wake up to what is going on here. There are people from all over the country living here. Some of them sell drugs, beat up tribal members, burglarize homes, abuse the women and the children from Spirit Lake and are never told to leave. As long as corruption rules it will be like that, and there will be more murders, more injuries to innocent people and their property. One of the judges is taking advantage of an Elderly woman by living on her land in a house he bought for a dollar. The lease was for the former owner of the house and does not apply to him but he told them that it does. Is that the kind of judge you want in our courtroom where the issues of law and order are determined? The police officers I mentioned before, do you want them to investigate the rape of your daughter or Grand Daughter? Your Mother? The people better wake up or they will have to fight these people in the court system that was designed for those who need protection, but which are run by those people that we need to be protected from. If they have control of it and the jail and the police officers how are you going to fight them? Just some thoughts for the people out there, hope you are reading the blog, it is our only newspaper that cannot be censored by the BIA or The Tribe when it comes to their wrong doing against our people. Without the blog you would never have known that the Director of Social Services was stealing money for himself and his family, and in spite of that he is still working? The person who brought this to light was fired the same day she brought this all to the attention of the Chairman, why wasn't the Director fired and charged? easy answer: his Aunt is on of the Tribal Council's members, look up that word corruption again. The Blog is not perfect, but I make corrections when they are needed.
Page 3 of 5 And for those of you who complain that the blog never has anything good to say about anyone... I remind you: I am just the messenger. If you want something praised in this blog, you will have to send it to me. That would require that you get involved, in some way, and change something. That would require that you speak up. That would require a very small amount of courage. Courage is hard to find out there... but I have found it. I find it in those who work, stand up to the corruption and who, when there is nothing else they can do, contact me and give me the information so that I can share it with you all. The blog comes from you. I only write what you tell me. It's that simple. Babies For Sale: Standing Rock, Inquire Social Services, SLN Good people of Standing Rock, you also have been victimized by the Social Services Team of Kevin and Kristi. I understand that at least one, possibly more, of your babies was 'sold' to a family without your knowledge. Selling babies, especially to people outside of their culture, is a form of cultural genocide, not to mention illegal. You know there is proof of this or I would not be writing about it. You know this is wrong or you would not be appalled by it. You know this is true because you have always known that it is happening out there. You think your cops care? You think your Judges will do the right thing on this? Will the Good People of Standing Rock demand and investigation into what has been done to their people by Kevin and Kristi? It remains to be seen. I have my doubts. Poison I know there are people in Spirit Lake who are trying to fix the damage those two have done. But the SLN Tribal Council is so corrupt and chaotic right now, they can't even help themselves. Lorna is back to her job at the casino, driving the shuttle. Lorna, caught up in the LIHEP Scandal, is allowed to work at the casino and for the casino. So much for not having a criminal record, much less a felony, to be able to work there. Then again, Felon Carl Walkingeagle still has lots of friends in high places. Yes, the criminals are still running the place, robbing the place, stealing the children, stealing the future... And the poison they bring to Spirit Lake... spreads out to surrounding
Page 4 of 5 communities, and to other tribes. That's how poison works-- it spreads, sickens, and kills. The Blog will go away, when the poison is gone. Until then, the Blog will ride that nag until everyone sees it for what it is: A window on Corruption. Those two little ones that were murdered? Phone your FBI and ask them what they are waiting for. We know that one of the 'suspects' is rotting in jail--- but we also know he was not alone. The other one still walks among you... maybe his picture is hanging in the Blue Building. Maybe it isn't. But your children are not safe. I am just the messenger. I show you were the poison is. You already know, but are still, many of you, deep in denial. The Blog is not the poison, it is the message. Clarice, Bites Her Own Clarice will cost the tribe millions in court costs, at the rate she is going. One slander and liable after another. One abuse of authority after another... But, she said something interesting at her District Meeting Last week. This one she allowed people to attend, not just 'family'. She got up and slandered Betty Jo Krenz, making false claims about her to the assembly. Claiming Betty Jo did this or that and because of that "Social Services Is Bankrupt"... (*record screech) What? Yes, you heard me: Clarice said that Social Services was broke, busted, no money... and that it was because someone, she claimed Betty Jo Krenz, had misappropriated funds to take a State sponsored course at UND....And she got called out on it. The State paid for the course, the lodging, the meals and the travel. The tribe paid nothing. Nada. Zip. Butkus. ZERO. The course was free. But, her saying that Social Services was bankrupt -- was true. But we know it was not because of Betty Jo Krenz --- And we know it was because of her Brother, Kevin. And we heard it directly from Clarice-- The program is broke.
Page 5 of 5 Good job Clarice. Your attempt to smear Betty Jo Krenz has ended up with you, unintentionally revealing that your brother bankrupted the program. "Panica" The last stages of the failing corruption are signaled by panicky moves and missteps by those who had previously held control and power over the situation. The more they try to cover their crimes, the more they reveal their crimes. I like to think of them as living in a place called Panica. What scares them? Their friends and family, their accomplices turning on them to cut a better deal for themselves. What scares them even more? The people they used to oppress, standing up to them. Calling them out. What scares them the most? The Truth being revealed. Once you know the Truth, you cannot Un-know the Truth. Denial is weak. Yes, the Stupid are panicking. Their friends are former friends and turning on them. They try to throw dust in the eyes of the people by attacking people who have done nothing wrong; create chaos and drama... and a small but growing sense of Truth and calm, one step at a time, is over taking them. The lies won't work. The lies won't work anywhere anymore. The people are standing up, everywhere... telling the truth. Even on the rez, the Truth won't stay down, won't stay quiet any longer. Oh yes, the bad guys still try their lies, gossip and attacks... But next to the calm, collected facts and truth, the bad guys look frantic and pathetic. You can see it in their eyes. Fear. It's ending... Everywhere. You know where to find me. ~Cat