All That Oil
We need to determine if the Constitution gives people the right to control and benefit from the natural resources. I believe the 9th and 10th Amendment gives people in their own states the right to their oil.
North Dakota should declare that the oil belongs to North Dakotans. Also, rather than build pipelines, North Dakota needs to build oil refineries, that belong to the people. Now, who has the conjoles to do that?
Balancing the Budget
Surviving in a Depression
Yesterday, I stopped at a bakery in Devils Lake to get some bread, and I discovered that the shelves were bare! The manager tending the store told me that Sara Lee had been bought by a Mexican corporation, and had given the orders that the only bread that could be sold had to come from the unsold bread from a grocery store. Boom! Suddenly it's here! It won't be long and the grocery store shelves will be bare, too.
I talked with the manager, who was now clerking. "It won't be long now, and this store will close." She agreed. "What will you do then?" I asked. "There are no jobs because corporations have elimated all the jobs, and they are not coming back."
"I have a degree in criminal justice, and I would pursue that."
"You could probably go to work for Homeland Security or National Security. But then you would have to spy and snitch on your neighbors."
It's coming; it's on the way. We are living in a nightmare world where we must pretend everything is normal, or we could be rounded up and taken to Guantanamo or some such place. Disappeared without a trace.
The time is here and the time is now to admit that we are hopelessly lost, and that we don't know what to do. When you are lost, it's time to stop, look, and listen to what the birds and animals are doing. They communicate with each other. They are building their nests and tending to their young. They are continuously concerned with food. We should be as smart.
Artist Among the Lakota
I promised you that I would start writing my book, but I got side-tracked in that sink hole of legal battles, where justice is impossible. Let me start making amends in this dark, treacherous time we live in by giving you little samples from my book.
Reservation Black Hole
In Matthew 18, Jesus, responding to the question "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven," calls a little child to his side, and says to the disciples that those who can humble themselves like the child are the greatest in God's kingdom. In Matthew 18:6, Jesus admonishes that "whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea."
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My writing had got me in deep trouble, especially with the Area BIA Director, Robert Ecoffey, who really hated my little Bob stories that Clifford would print in the Black Hills Peoples News, a local reservation paper. In my stories, I would question Ecoffey about his investigation into the murder of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash. Ecoffey did not like my little Bob stories, and he had his way of expressing his dislike. Once I had made social/political statements, I was a marked person, except that I didn’t realize what I had gotten myself into. I had messed with the tribal political machine, and no one was going to tolerate that. I filed a lawsuit, which was not well received by the tribal political machine or Ecoffey. So Bob had me evicted from my house, arrested, jailed, and banned from the reservation.
When I returned home from a cook sale in Pine Ridge, I noticed a pick up backed up to my door. I figured someone was breaking and entering. I turned around and drove back to my neighbor’s place to call the police. When I returned, my yard was full of cars. Louella was standing there waving her arms and proclaiming that I was now evicted and she was claiming my house. I rushed past her. All the doors were standing wide open. The padlock hasps had been pried off and the door jambs were broken. I rushed inside the cabin to call the police, only to find the phone gone! And everything else gone! My beautiful house that I had been building for the past 8 years, now violated. I rushed past her and into the cabin. A lot of things were gone! The computer was gone!
I rushed outside to find some things were put in my pickup box and in the cab. I saw the computer sitting there in the front seat. Louella was standing there in the yard, along with her son Robert, shouting, “You’re evicted!” Apparently the goon squad had been hauling my things out all day, stealing my property.
I ran back past Louella and her goon squad, jumped in my Bronco, and drove off to a neighbor’s house to call the police. I told the police that some people had broken into my house, and were stealing my things, that I would meet them at my house. They said they would be right out.
I was driving slowly back to my cabin, when the police pulled up behind me and motioned for me to stop. The police officer told me that I better follow him to the police station. That didn’t make any sense. A pit of fear gripped my stomach, as I drove along. Instead, of following, I pulled into Karen’s again. I raced up the steps and knocked on the door. The police officer followed me and told me that I was under arrest. He even read me the Miranda rights. Karen asked him for his court order or warrant. If he had one, I didn’t see it nor was I presented with one. I said I was going to use the phone. He said if I did, I would be charged with resisting arrest. Good, god! They were really going to take me away. And I had to let someone know that. “I have a right to make a phone call,” I said, my hands shaking as I dialed the number of my best friend, Lucinda. Karen was arguing with the police officer, asking where was his court order. I don’t know if he had a court order or a warrant. I never saw one.
The police told me I was under arrest, but he wouldn’t tell me what for. He ordered me to put down the phone or he would add more charges.
“What charges?” I was dumbfounded! This was insane! Unreal! He wouldn’t tell me what I was charged with, nor did he show me a warrant. He just insisted that I hang up the phone. Lucinda answered the phone. I told her to listen very carefully. Karen started arguing with the police officer about not having a warrant, which was good. That way, the officer couldn’t prevent me from making the phone call, and he couldn’t listen in. “I am being arrested, and they are going to put me in a squad car and take me to jail. Please meet me at the Kyle jail….I don’t know why…. I don’t know what’s going on, but if you don’t meet me at the police station, you may never see me again! And I don’t have time to explain.”
The Tribal police officer said, “ Come with me.” I put down the phone. He was actually going to put me in the squad car, and take me away! He told me not to resist, or he would have to handcuff me. Somehow, I managed not to faint. He put me in the squad car, closed the door, and off we went towards Kyle, nine miles away.
I asked, “What about the people who have broken and entered my house and are stealing my things? What are all those people doing in my yard with boxes?”
He said, “I’m just following orders.” I was to hear that a lot, I’m just following orders.
We were rounding the hill heading into Kyle when the officer got a phone call. He turned around. I asked where we were going. He said he was to meet someone in Porcupine. I asked the officer, “ What about my house and my things?” He didn’t have any answers.
We passed 3 Mile Creek, and were heading towards Sharps Corner. About half way, we were met by another squad car. The officer got out, and the two of them talked for awhile. Then, he got back in, turning at Sharps Corner, and heading south. The other officer was following. There was some more talking on the radio. The officer stopped, turned around, and started heading back towards Sharps Corner. Some more talking, then he stopped, turned around, and headed back towards Porcupine.
The hardest thing was not knowing what was going on. What is going to happen to me? Every time I was transferred to another car, I asked someone to safeguard my house and belongings. This was never done. Apparently, no one had orders to protect my property and apprehend the thieves who were stealing my things. This gave rise to a more frightening thought. No paper work, no warrant, no court order, and the police not investigating the theft, it all added up to that they wanted to get rid of me. But how? My mind wouldn’t let me contemplate any further than that.
There were 2 police cars waiting at the Big Foot pull over. The officer and other police officers got out. Six officers were outside of their cars, talking. After they conversed for awhile, the officer told me to get out of the car. My heart was racing. I said nothing, but did as I was told. My heart dropped to my feet, as I was escorted into another squad car. I was afraid I was about to take the Anna Mae ride. For the first time, one of the officers spoke, and told me this was going to be the last transfer, that they would take me straight to Pine Ridge and put me in jail!
I said, “I think there’s been some kind of mistake.”
“You are Janis Schmidt, aren’t you?”
“Yes.”
“Then there’s no mistake. We are just following the Judge Cook’s Order.”
“What Order? How can there be an Order without a hearing?”
But they didn’t want to answer questions, and furthermore, felt they didn’t have to.
No Justice in North Dakota
I called the Pembina Co. courthouse. Spoke with clerk who said she couldn't give out any information. "Well, then, who schedules hearings in your court?
"You have to call the AG and talk with them," and she gave me the number.
I called Bismarck. Some woman wanted to know who I was, what group I represented, and purpose of my call. I wanted to know the time and verify the date and place of the hearing. Then referred me to Liz Brockter, AG's minion, who said she didn't have any info about the hearing. I asked when she would know. She said to call back next week. I said that considering that the hearing would only be a week away, I would certainly hope that would know what they were doing before then. I don't think she appreciated the phone call.
I don't think they want anyone to attend the hearing. I really wish Occupiers would come to Pembina County Courthouse on February 3rd, not to protest, but for a public observation of our judicial system at work. No need to protest unless the AG plans on keeping the hearing hidden behind closed doors. I thought court proceedings were supposed to be public events, but maybe not in North Dakota.
States attorneys have way too much power, with absolutely no one to rein them in and hold them accountable. They can tamper with witnesses and evidence, destroy evidence, refuse to investigate crime or prosecute. This is a reckless and dangerous power, especially with states attorneys advising Social Service boards on whether or not to accept 960 reports of abuse and violence against children and women, particularly if the girl happens to be Native American. Justice for Indians is nonexistent, a dark, black hole.
Letter to Social Services
anis Schmidt
418 Griffin St.
Warwick, ND 58381
701-294-2196
October 13, 2011
Paul Olson, Director
Benson Co. Social Services Board
PO Box 186
Minnewaukan, ND 58351
Dear Mr. Olson,
When I called to reschedule for October 28, 2011, I was told that my 960 Report of a Child Fatality had already been addressed. How can that be since I have not presented the 960 Report and evidence to support it? I was told you said that reporting of rape concerning a state run school and an Indian girl were automatically turned over to tribal police, tribal court, and tribal social services, and that it wasn’t your jurisdiction. I was told you said I would be given no more than 10 minutes to address the Social Services Board of a very complex situation involving many attorneys, in which officials refused to investigate a previous report to Social Services, thus causing the death of an Indian girl by suicide.
I would like confirmation:
1. Who made this decision?
2. When?
3. Why wasn’t I informed?
4. What role did your legal counsel, James Wang, play in your decision?
5. Please cite the statutes upon which you limit the presentation of a 960 Report of a child fatality to 10 minutes.
I would like a copy of the last 2 board meetings, September and October.
I, Janis Schmidt, citizen and teacher and member of Dakotas for Justice Org., come to submit a 960 child fatality report with evidence that proves that Warwick School officials, superintendent Charles Guthrie, principal Gene Riedinger, Councilor Shirley Tiokiason (Erickson), NDEA rep. Steve Michels and lawyers Tiffany Johnson, Gary Thune, Douglas Bahr, and Dennis Meier representing Human Services, Social Services, Assistant Attorney General Bill Peterson representing Education Standards and Practices Board, hearing officer Dave Clinton and Job Service, Ulysses Jones and States Attorney James Wang, all officers of the court, did conspire to unlawfully to circumvent the child abuse laws that led to the untimely death of Jami Rose Jetty. Had my original 960 Report which I submitted to Social Services in January of 2007 as Report to School Board Members (Exhibit A) been correctly assessed and properly investigated, Jami Rose Jetty would be alive today. This is the consequence when Social Services 960 Reports and North Dakota Century Code are ignored by the very agency who is mandated to protect children. Superintendent Charles Guthrie of Warwick Public School with 100 per cent Native American student body, deliberately chose not to report the rape of a student, M H, when it became known to him in state run Warwick School, and abused Jami by questioning Jami about a rape in Warwick School in violation of child abuse laws which prohibits any unauthorized questioning of students, falsely and fraudulently told the girl, Jami Jetty and her parents, that I had told school administrators that Jami had been raped, a deliberate lie, which caused everyone to regard Jami as the rape victim which then made life intolerable for Jami, and was the reason why she killed herself, as told to me by her father, James Jetty in a conversation I had with him in February of 2011. It all started from the fact that Social Services refused to investigate my 29 page Report of institutional abuse, as advised by states attorney James Wang, to spare the reputations and jobs of officials who felt that their jobs were more important than to protect children from officials who feel child abuse laws do not apply to Native Americans. This is a big 14th Amendment violation of equal protection.
You made a big mistake back in 2007, and it appears you still do not want to take responsibility for your actions and/or inactions. Just where does the buck stop in our search for justice for Jami Rose Jetty?
Sincerely,
Janis Schmidt, member
Dakotahs for Justice Organization
Cc: Sheila Erickson, Chair
Carol Kurtz, Vice Chair
Curtis Hvinden, Commissioner
Jason Lee, Commissioner
Michael N. Steffen, Commissioner
Lowell Haagenson, Commissioner
David Davidson, Commissioner
Wayne Stenehjem, Attorney General
Benson County Farmers Press
Social Services Doesn't Want to hear 960 Report
BENSON COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICE BOARD MEETING
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2011
8:30 A.M.
Minnewaukan Administrative Building
(Located south of the courthouse, 108 East 4th Street)
AGENDA
GREET VISITORS
ACTION ON MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MINUTES
The anticipated presentation of Janis Schmidt was discussed. The Board decided after consulting with States Attorney James Wang, the Board has no authority and/or jurisdiction to act on Ms. Schmidt’s concerns. However, due to open meeting laws, the Board will allow Ms. Schmidt to give her presentation with a time limit imposed of 10 minutes.
FINANCIAL SERVICES REPORT
FINANCIAL REPORT AND BILLS
OTHER BUSINESS
Personnel Issues
JANIS SCHMIDT @ 9:30 a.m.
Schmidt will present a summary of her detailed 960 Report of Child Fatality and ask the board to contact a federal prosecutor to conduct an investigation into the death of Jami Rose Jetty, based upon first person witness of detailed facts with over 30 items of evidence that will prove that Warwick Public School administrators were abusing students by refusing to report a rape, expelling the rape victim, then setting Jami up to replace the rape victim. When Schmidt reported this to the school board and to Social services in a 29 page Report, the superintendent tampered the original Report to falsely say that Schmidt had said that Jami had been raped. He got Jami and her parents to believe this lie, that Schmidt had told school administrators that Jami had been raped, a deliberate lie, which caused everyone to regard Jami as the rape victim which then made life intolerable for Jami. Had my original 960 Report which Schmidt submitted to Social Services in January of 2007 as Report to School Board Members (Exhibit A) been correctly assessed and properly investigated, Jami Rose Jetty would be alive today. Schmidt will present how States Attorney Wang facilitated the destruction of the 29 page Report, causing the Social Services Board not to investigate.
ADJOURN
Meeting: Social Services Board public meeting
When: October 28, 20011
Where: Minnewaukan, Social Services ad bldg, across South of the courthouse
What: 960 Report on death of Jami Rose Jetty
Time: 9:30am, allotted only 10 minutes
Janis Schmidt
418 Griffin St.
Warwick, ND 58381
701-294-2196
October 15, 2011
Wayne Stenehjem
Attorney General
600 E. Boulevard Ave.
Bismarck, ND 58505
Dear Mr. Stenehjem,
I have been informed that I will have only 10 minutes to present my 960 Report on the death of Jami Jetty, and that Social Services Board has already decided they will not order an investigation because Millie Banet claimed that the Spirit Lake Tribe has jurisdiction. I asked to be placed on agenda for Oct 28, 201l, and I was given a 9:00 am time slot, although I live 35 miles away, with road construction going on, and I am disabled. When I asked the official paper, Benson County Farmers Press to post notice, he refused, stating that, “We will not publish your letter to the editor because we have no intention of being used in your vendetta.”
Since the 960 Report involves states attorney James Wang, don’t you think it is conflict of interest for him to advise the Social Services Board and commissioners to toss out my 960 Report and refuse to assess it? Does the official newspaper need to publish subject matter of the agenda if so asked?
I have requested a copy of the agenda and a copy of last month’s minutes over 2 weeks ago. (Ex AA-1, Letter to Paul Olson) I have not received an answer from Mr. Olson, nor have I received a copy of the minutes and agenda, in violation of open record law, NDCC 44-04-18.[1] I contacted Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem requesting that he enforce the open record laws. He sent me a form letter stating he didn’t give legal advice and that he doesn’t have jurisdiction over my issue of getting the minutes of a public meeting. (Ex AA-2, letter from Attorney General) To date, I have not received answers to my questions, nor have I received the minutes of the last Social Services meeting. I asked an unnamed source to provide me with the minutes, which that person did. It appears that states attorney James Wang has advised the Board not to consider my 960 Report of a Child Fatality, but would give me a token time just to satisfy open meeting laws. (Ex AA-3, Social Service minutes and agenda) Is this the height of hypocrisy?
“The anticipated presentation of Janis Schmidt was discussed. The Board decided after consulting with States Attorney James Wang, the Board has no authority and/or jurisdiction to act on Ms. Schmidt’s concerns. However, due to open meeting laws, the Board will allow Ms. Schmidt to give her presentation with a time limit imposed of 10 minutes.” (Ex AA-3)
Since the wrongful death of an Indian girl doesn’t seem to fall under anyone’s jurisdiction in North Dakota, and all authorities refuse to investigate or even listen to the facts and evidence, I called the U.S. Department of Justice, criminal division on 10/26/11. Unlike the ND Benson County Social Services Board, the U.S. Assistant Attorney General said he would like to see my detailed 960 Report with evidence, and asked that I send it to him right away. He said that the U.S. government has the authority to investigate and prosecute high ranking officials who commit official misconduct by abusing Native American students, no matter where the abuse occurs. So, we shall see.
[1] 2. Upon request for a copy of specific public records, any entity subject to subsection 1
shall furnish the requester one copy of the public records requested. A request need
not be made in person or in writing, and the copy must be mailed upon request. A
public entity may charge up to twenty-five cents per impression of a paper copy. As
used in this section, "paper copy" means a one-sided or two-sided duplicated copy
of a size not more than eight and one-half by fourteen inches [19.05 by 35.56
centimeters]. For any copy of a record that is not a paper copy as defined in this
section, the public entity may charge a reasonable fee for making the copy. As used
in this section, "reasonable fee" means the actual cost to the public entity of making
the copy, including labor, materials, and equipment. The entity may charge for the
actual cost of postage to mail a copy of a record. An entity may require payment
before locating, redacting, making, or mailing the copy. An entity may impose a fee
not exceeding twenty-five dollars per hour per request, excluding the initial hour, for
locating records if locating the records requires more than one hour. An entity may
impose a fee not exceeding twenty-five dollars per hour per request, excluding the
initial hour, for excising confidential or closed material under section 44-04-18.10. If
the entity is not authorized to use the fees to cover the cost of providing or mailing
the copy, or both, or if a copy machine is not readily available, the entity may make
arrangements for the copy to be provided or mailed, or both, by another entity, public
or private, and the requester shall pay the fee to that other entity. This subsection
does not apply to copies of public records for which a different fee is specifically
provided by law.
5. The governing body's presiding officer has the responsibility of assuring that such
public notice is given at the same time as such governing body's members are
notified, and that this notice is available to anyone requesting such information.
When a request is made for notice of meetings, the request is effective for one year
unless a different time period is specified.
6. In the event of emergency or special meetings of a governing body, the person
calling such a meeting shall also notify the public entity's official newspaper, if any,
and any representatives of the news media which have requested to be so notified
of such special or emergency meetings, of the time, place, date, and topics to be
considered at the same time as such governing body's members are notified. If the
public entity does not have an official newspaper, then it must notify the official
newspaper of the county where its principal office or mailing address is located.
Topics that may be considered at an emergency or special meeting are limited to
those included in the notice.
Sincerely,
Janis Schmidt
Dakotas for Justice
Enc.
Astonishingly, but predictably, the ND attorney general Wayne Stenehjem sent a checked off form stating that he did not have jurisdiction to decide Open Record laws,
America in Deep Trouble
WHEN
by Barry Bachrach on Friday, September 16, 2011 at 2:26pm
How long can the societal illusion a/k/a the great brain washing be tolerated until the masses become deluded. The goal of the illusion is ultimately the oppression of the masses and control of meaningless physical riches. We/I feed the illusion by accepting its construct as evidencing the "normalacy" against which we permit ourselves to be judged, that is until we accept delusion and the judgment that we are"fringe elements." Until the great delusion occurs, the lemmings will continue to run over the cliff, four legs paddling the space beneath then, until gravity, a Newtonian truth, crashes them into the material earth that is so coveted by the illusionary masters.
I stand foursquare behind the Occupiers, It is the first step in the right direction that I have so far seen. The lemmings have woke up, and recognize that the Market and Wall Street have ruined their lives, evicted them from their homes, destroyed their jobs. So now, without a job and without a home, with no way to provide for themselves or their families, the Occupiers have taken to the parks and streets to demand that something be done to restore justice and America's economy so that it serves the people and not the few corporations who are running American into the dirt, while making war on countries world wide so as to steal their resources.
If Occupy America does not win out, America will be destroyed by Wall Street. Capitalism, as we know it, has failed. Wall Street is not going to take care of you. In fact, Wall Street wants to take away your Social Security. What does that mean? There will be massive starvation, which sits well with Wall Street and their toadies in Washington, because it will help (1) decrease the surplus population of the poor ravel, (2) eliminate unemployment, (3) ensure there will be enough food for the rich, and (4) eliminate dissenters and protestors through natural processes.
Justice For Jami
JUSTICE FOR JAMI
As some of you may know, I have been fighting a lonely, unsuccessful battle for justice for Native Americans for 7 years now. In that time, I have discovered how the reservation system really works. I have been beaten, falsely arrested and jailed, my 2 story house that I built seized and destroyed, and I was illegally excluded from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 2004-05, and I found absolutely no recourse to justice through law enforcement or the justice system. In short, I was treated just like an Indian. And out of this hellish experience, I learned a lot about the true meaning of the U.S. bringing democracy to tribal people.
I escaped to North Dakota, to Spirit Lake Reservation only to discover the same system of racism and injustice is as deeply entrenched. I reported a rape to the school administrators as told to me in class by a Native American girl. The problem is that the administrators got by with not reporting the rape as mandated by NDCC 50-25.1-03 by saying that the rape happened on an Indian reservation and the tribal police and tribal court was handling it. (Ex A and C), thus blurring the real issue that the refusal to report happened in a state run school. Superintendent Charles Guthrie deliberately chose not to report the rape of a student when it became known to him. When he discovered that I knew about it, he expelled the rape victim and set up a newly enrolled girl to replace the real rape victim by questioning Jami about a rape in violation of child abuse laws which prohibits any unauthorized questioning of students, making the girl, Jami Jetty and her parents, believe that I had told school administrators that Jami had been raped, which caused everyone to regard Jami as the rape victim which then made life intolerable for Jami, and was the reason why she killed herself, as told to me by her father, James Jetty in a conversation I had with him in February of 2011. It all started from the fact that Social Services refused to investigate my 29 page Report of institutional abuse, as advised by states attorney James Wang. (Exhibit A, Report to School Board Members, December 29, 2006)
Officials and Warwick administrators conspired unlawfully to circumvent the child abuse laws that led to the untimely death of Jami Rose Jetty. Had my original 960 Report which I submitted to Social Services in January of 2007 as Report to School Board Members (Exhibit A) been correctly assessed, with an investigation ordered, Jami Rose Jetty would be alive today. This is the consequence when Social Services 960 Reports are not given due credence and North Dakota Century Code is ignored by the very agency who is mandated to protect children.
As you may know, I filed a lawsuit, I contend that Jami’s death was caused by the Warwick administrators who set up Jami to replace the real rape victim and refused to report this rape when it became known to them, and their attorneys and minions, along with Social Services who refused to investigate, and Job Service, who, with the help of Gary Thune, obfuscated the facts and tampered with evidence. The facts in my lawsuit were based upon my Report to School Board Members in which I claimed that I had been fired before the end of term without notice or hearing after I had reported to Social Services, Standards and Practices Board, and Sheriff Royher that Warwick School administrators were abusing Native American students by refusing to report a rape when it became known to them, expelling the rape victim, and setting up Jami Jetty to make it seem like she was the rape victim. I should have never lost my lawsuits because the law and the facts were on my side; I lost because law enforcement refused to investigate crimes and clever lawyers, Gary Thune and states attorney James Wang, tampered with evidence and witnesses to get my lawsuit dismissed, and most of all, lawyers deliberately and criminally withheld information from me.
Jami, the girl set up to replace M H, the real rape victim, was very interested in Leonard Peltier, and had many questions about AIM and Wounded Knee, and wanted to be like Anna Mae, and bring some justice and rights to her people, the Dakota. Jami was related to Leonard Peltier, as were some of the other students. She was just 12 years old when she told me that. She was very bright and interested in learning. She idolized me and loved being in my classes, until Supt. Guthrie had to ruin everything for both of us by questioning her about a rape; then telling her that I had told him that she had been raped. The poor girl, 12 years old, hated me and spread the false story all over the school and community. Guthrie and Riedinger were estatic because Jami was carrying out their agenda by spreading the story claimin I had said she had been raped. Slick. And they thought no harm done; they could now say that Ms. Schmidt was falsely reporting rapes and they had every right to fire her. However, the stigma of rape never left Jami, and her life was cruelly altered. Even though she changed schools twice, she could not escape kids taunting her, saying that she had been raped at Warwick School, the story that Guthrie had instigated to avoid detection that he had not reported a rape or other abuse, in fact, had become the abuser. Jami, not being able to escape, and not getting anyone to believe her once she discovered the truth, she called a classmate, crying on the phone, and said, “What’s the use? No one will believe what Mr. Guthrie did to me.” Two weeks later she was dead; hung herself. That’s what happens when administrators do not follow the child abuse laws; laws that were intended for Native Americans as well as white students. But not in North Dakota. And God help the poor teacher who attempts to make officials follow the law when it comes to Native American issues.
I took my case all the way to the US Supreme Court, Janis Schmidt v. Warwick Public School District #29, et al. The Supreme Court accepted my petition and assigned my case a case number, #10-10070. My Petition can be read at www.lakotaperspectives.com. The Court considered the case for several months, then declined to hear it.
Oil Brings Floods
As a resident of North Dakota, I can say that we have been experiencing and upsidedown weather pattern for the past 2 years, a very wet cycle with most percipitation falling in the west, highly unusual. The west is arid country. It isn't just the big rivers; its all the small rivers. Then farm land is affected, much of it under water, and most too wet to seed.
Then we have flooding along the mighty Mississippi River.
At the same time, fires are raging in Arizona.
The country has experienced severe tornadoes, as far north as Massachutes.
To top that off, North Dakota is home to the most miserly, cretin government that you would ever want to see. North Dakota is sitting on a sea of oil, and the treasury is bursting with cash to the tune of $1 billion dollars. So the state legislators give back #150 million dollars to the oil barons out of the state treasury, and refuses to help flood victims. The governor says it is more important to encourage business and oil with tax breaks. But what the hay? Bush and Obamam have blown up trillions of tax payer dollars to encourage our national interest in oil in the Middle East. Yet there isn't a politician anywhere smart enough to connect the dots. Can you?
