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P . RSRT. STD U.S. Postage PAID Pc.;PLAR. MT 59255 PERMIT NO. 6 VoL 38 No. 49 ‘.1. , 11 i 1 :I I ,. .1 ( 14 1 1 \ VI si)f..711 •• • _mot /40 The Voice of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes $ 1 .00 e tla:VA December 6, 2007 Roosevelt Count\ Amin DePartment Agency partners with AIRC to provide gifts to needy families By Lisa Perry Wutanin Editor POPL.NR Local law enf Oft OfIletil officer Richard \Richie - Mac- ! )(maid. has conic through tor people again this yeal. hy xoordinat- ing the annual American Indian Relief Council FREE Christmas Stock ing and gift gkeaway. It %%as held on Tues- da%. Dec 4. from 3- - p in %\ 101 many people ()I all ages taking part The children receked gi ant Christmas stockings filled with sands. nuts fruit. popcorn halls. col oring hooks. DVD . s and %ideos. Adults. both men and 'men also recek ed some free gifts such as It iletries. s(tcks. eat muffs, and t -shirts ieens also receked candles, playing cards. and a free cos- metic hag. And last hut certainly not least. was the local liable,. .,%t io alt receked soft, pink or blue blanker and a to Mac I )onald. ssho works toi the Sheriff' • department has been insttumental (wet the last 10 %ears. COMA. ing the .AIR( in Rapid ('its. SI) to pros ide sonic much needed items hir families ID Piplar Prioi to his empli , y men( at the Rot )se% elt ( 'ourit‘ Sh e r itt's dept he worked fin the Fort Peck lrihal Lass Enforcement dept as a tribal police otticer But no matter where he is at. he tries his hest to he able to pros ide for those. who don't hase much during the holida% season. especially the kids, he said The hist year he requested around 300 stockings. and this vein. a total of 81S i stockings were reeked - It has grown so much (wer the %ears I Jill just grad to he a part of it. - he said. Local law enforce- ment officers and ITICM - hers ot their families. also helped %olunteer to unload the truck, and to set up. and included Ott item Ste‘e Barr and his wite Elissa: Officer . 1 am Lingle. Dakota Christian. and around It kids from then Sports prograni the AIR(' has aka pros ided items to Fort Peck from shoes. to tut key's at Thanksgking. to holiday gifts All it takes, is someone to work with them. to get the items here, to unload. to distribute, and document all who recekes rh items The AIR(' helps families in Montana. North Dakota. and South Dakota. and is a m in profit organization • The Roosevelt County Sheriff's Department held a FREE Christmas Stocking giveaway on Tuesday from 3-7 p.m in Poplar Coordinating the event was officer Richie MacDonald Items were also given away to adults, teens, and babies Kids received coloring books. gloves DVD's, videos, candy. fruit, popcorn balls and nuts Pictured are brothers Maurice and Byron Rice. who were the first youth to each receive their giant stockings - For more photos see Page 9 - Service Unit director reports on recent DEA audit, healthcare B% 1.isa Perry lotanin Lditor A report was gken to the Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board meeting during the last full hoard meeting held Not . 26. 2007 ti% Indian Health Service director . Julie Hemet She told the TEB earlier in . the month of Not ember the Drug Enforcement Agency IDEA/ was at the service unit regarding narcotics being prescribed to patients and did an in% entory audit of all narcotics. thought the% %), ould look at the account:lb& of narcotics and the doctors. hut they mainly focused on accountahility of the iris entory .•' stated Boner. So far. each IHS on the seven reservations in Montana have been ‘1, ited by the DEA. liemer said there are some rrnn , 1 recommendations and an oral exit audit was gken. howe‘er. the are still awaiting the written audit report. which she said she would share with the council %%heti she recek es it. The DEA basically . made sure the beginning balance (it the narcotics and the ending balance matched up \E% Cr% IHS feels they are under scrutiny on how they idoctursl prescribe narcotics.\ 1.0('1,'M doctors Boiler also siitj for the month of Not ember the ha ‘e been doing recruitment efforts for long standing %acancies Cunentl% the IHS has been utilizing EAX•VM doctors. who are onlvat the clinics for no more than 30 days \The (ink doctors that V, alit to come to the resenation usually hate a humanitarian mind set and want to help the people... stated Berner. and as tar as recruiting permanent doctors is like searching for a needle in a hay stack. Two doctors. Pam Schepe and Dr. Levy will he lea%ing at the end of Decemher. The doctors now. she said. are basicall% overworked \We are functioning on a skeleton staff and e‘en the company. who pros ides a list of LOCUM doctors to utilize, and even the% are finding it hard to locate physicians Boner also mentioned the problem with patients coming into the clinic upset and who are being threatening or intimidating to staff members She said the communit% wants quality health care. hut it's not faii to the staff to he subject to it. CUrTCPI Disruptke Patient Polk% 4 Poplar Community Organization's oldest tribal elder Wenona Weinberg d was the first to receive her $200 annual Christmas payment this past week diring a PCO meeting held Tuesday night. Community elders received their pay- ments first, and than the disabled checks were disbursed. - For more PCO photos see Page 9 - is being drafted and will he brought before the Health and Education committee and the TEB for final approval. She also said the staff also needs to he courteous to the patients, and that it is a two way process. Counc I man Torn Christian questioned the services the doctors provide to community members. \Sometimes they tpatients/ go in there sick and of course they are going to he upset. - he said, also mentioning one doctor in particular. although he didn't have a name, he said he has received se% eral complaints against this doctor, who patients said is a foreigner. \This doctor is really aggressive. People sit for 4 hours and have to contend with that. - he said. 2007 Tribal Per Cap to be distributed next week POPLAR - The Fort Peck Tribes will issue a $75 per capita check at the Poplar Cultural Center next Tuesday. Dec. 12. 2(X)7 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Any check not picked up on that day will be mailed out on Dec. 13. 2007. Please bring identification along in the event the individual distributing checks does not personally know you. Current custody papers mist be presented for individuals having custody of any child Temporary custody papers will not be accepted. The check for the child in teniporary custody situations will he held pending final decree. Checks for boarding school students will be held and distributed at the Fort Peck Tribes Education office. Checks for Tribal members who are residing in a nursing home will he sent to the nursing home. Checks for individuals incarcerated at the Tribal Jail at the time of distribution will be forwarded to the jail. Checks returned after the mail out will be held until a mailing address is submitted. Please call Judy Johnson at (406) 768- 5551 with any address changes. INS - Page 9 4 7 -1 I PCO approves to payout elder and disabled payments at $200 each Bs Lisa Perry ‘‘otanin Editor The Poplar C o m ni unit y Organization voted 98-0 to pay out a $200 elderly' and disabled payment at their latest meeting held this past Tuesday night at the Poplar Activity' Center, and to notify others, who weren't at the nights meeting that the funds would he available for pick up the next day. Around 120 community members took part in the special meeting to approve of the 2007-08 PCO budget. and to decide on the elder and disabled payment. By a vote of 93-0, the community went on record to pay utilize the operating budget in the amount of $39,000 to make the payments. with reimbursement being made after the full final financial report is received on last year's pay out utilizing the investment money in the Wolf Point hank. Before the issue was even voted on, it was discussed in great lengths, who would he eligible for the payment. as well as the usual boundary issues that come up every year when money is paid out by PCO. Last year. everyone, elders, handicap. adults. and children received a $200 payment in either the form of a check or a Wal-Mart gift card. A record number of people attended last year's meetings as WCII, however, PCO was unable to get a quorum to do business until May of this year. Financial reports for last year's pay out were only half turned in by the former officers namely Suzanne Turnbull. stated the newt elected officers at the meeting. New officers, who were elected at annual meeting held last month are: Chairman. Dave Mathison: Vice Chair, Delton Brown: Treasueer, ('onrad Scott: and Secretary. Sharon Red Thunder. Scott told the community he has tried for the last couple weeks to contact Turnbull, however, she is not returning any calls or PCO Page 9 •
