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
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