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Note: There will be a "Sideshow" link added to this posting later on. I wanted to take care of the important issues first. The 'Sad Comedy' can wait until later.

June 20, 2010 -- Printer Version (4) Sideshow (8)
A Brighter Future, Ignored

I am hearing from many of you who are disgusted with the Tribal Council for opting to spend the money that is intended for housing, in the worst possible direction. I am getting more on the criminal career of the VP In Charge of Tribal Sales for those Modular nightmares. I will do a posting on that later, as well.

Consider how this housing issue was an opportunity, wide open, for the Tribal Council to do several things at once:

1. Provide above decent, high quality housing for members of the tribe, at a lower cost

2. Provide training and skills for the youth

3. Provide those badly needed jobs for the Tribe. (Maybe put a dent in that 80% UE rate?)

4. Give the whole Tribe something to be proud of, look forward to more of.

5. Earned back some of the respect and credibility that was squandered when Tribal Council appointed a notorious pill freak to the Human Resources position for the tribe.

Well, 1 through 4, anyways.

It has come to my attention that last year there was a workshop designed just for tribes, to show them the benefits of a really green technology.

From the Rez:

The reservation schools need to get more hands-on; auto mechanics, carpentry, photography, web design, etc, classes to teach the young how to run their own business.

There was a Straw-baled Building Workshop last year intended for Native Americans in Bismarck, but very few natives even showed up.

How do you motivate? That seems to be the biggest problem. If you get time google straw bale homes and redfeather.org  It is a low tech. wonderful way to build super-insulated homes and buildings.

Also check out Huffnpuff Construction out of Australia as they are building using the jumbo straw bales which have a r-value of over 100. I met with some of the tribal leaders here about this type of building but they don't seem interested.

Well, for starters, if the workshop had been in Las Vegas, and the tribe had to fly first class, stay in a big expensive hotel, get room service and have a gambling allowance, I am sure you would have been able to get them interested.

This was too close by, too productive and as such, held no interest for most tribes, including the SLN tribe, which I am dealing with in this blog.

Nope, they opted for the craptastic pre-made, over-priced jobbers.

But, here's the links to get people started:

Greenweaver Inc  Redfeather.org  Living and Building with Straw and Clay The Canelo Project

There are miles of pages of how this works, is economical and how it is cooler in the summer, warmer in the winter, durable. This is not BS gibberish, this is not 'future maybe' -- this is all doable now.

And it is an opportunity being ignored by the Tribal Council. What? Too easy for ya?

Imagine how much more neighborhood and community pride there would be if everyone had decent homes. And even more so if building these homes involved teaching the youth a set of skills they could make a living with, support a family by.

But no. Let's just keep the standards as low as possible. Let's not allow the people to have any relief in any area. Let's not allow the people to have hope that there is ever going to be anything better than the constant steep decline.

Let's keep that hopelessness kicking out there. Watch as it kicks the children to the graveyard. Watch as it kicks the struggling families until they can fight no more, and go to Bingo in hopes of being able to have something for once.

The Tribe doesn't need quality housing. That would make them feel like they were of value.

The Tribe doesn't need quality schools and education, that would fool the kids into thinking that they had a future.

The Tribe doesn't need qualified and responsible people in the healing centers. That would make it possible for them to stand up again.

For the love of all that is money, do not allow Indians to start standing up again!

That is the message, loud and clear, from the decisions of this Tribal Council. Well, from what I have seen of Darwin Brown and his mentors: NLO and Walkingpoop.

First the WWT debacle, and now the housing sham shame. So, how is that 'wind farm' coming along? Eh? Any reports for the eager community? Anyone?

You have to keep standing up against this crap. You have to until you have no more legs. You have to keep raising your voice against this spiritual genocide. You have to until you have no more voice.

If you fail to fight because you didn't get a 'fast win' -- the children suffer even worse than you have.

If you fail to fight because you knew you would not see any changes in your lifetime -- the children lose. And the next people to pick up the fight have to pick up where you left off.

If you fail to try, you make it harder for the next warrior to carry through.

If you fight the good fight, you make it easier for the next warriors to carry through.

It's up to you.

You know where to find me.

~Cat

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June 14, 2010---Printer Version (4)
Birds of A Feather Head Dress

Is WWT still holding down that job? I hear she shows up when she wants, usually late, 10 AM or later, and leaves when she feels like it. Darwin Brown still standing behind her?

I've got some questions for Darwin. WWT is the least of them.

I hear that the Tribe is buying some Trailers, excuse me, "Modular Homes" for the St. Mike's district. Prefabs? Seriously? Why not hire some carpenters, electricians, plumbers from the Tribe and have them build real homes for people?

Imagine that. Bringing jobs to the tribe and making something you can be proud of. Imagine that. A home. A real home. Built by people who live where you do. People accountable for the quality or issues that may arise after a home is completed.

Wouldn't it be nice to use the building of these homes as an Apprenticeship Program for the young people out there looking to get into the professions. Well, maybe next time.

But no. They go to South Dakota to spend the Tribe's money.

So, I did some research on who is supposed to be the other end of this Trailer deal. I mean, there had to be a really good reason for going with this option, right? There is.

Good News! He's an Indian! Bet we can promote that to the skies! Maybe he can (probably will) show up as an honored guest at the Ft. Totten Days!  (Cue the Big Drum Drummers!)

Bad News: It's JC Crawford, former Chairman of the Sisseton-Wahpeton tribe. He became "former" when *hundreds of thousands (*$698,125 in seven separate incidents from 2003 - 2005) of tribal dollars went into his pockets and the pockets of his friends. To be fair, he says he is not guilty. See Council removes Sisseton-Wahpeton tribal chairman from office (1.3MB Download)

Well, JC Crawford has done well for himself since his ouster. He has gone from the humble, modestly paid Chairman, to a man of means.

I am told that he is a salesman for Superior Homes, LLC ("Licensed Limited Charter" which makes it harder to sue them for damages or wrong doing, btw).  Not just any salesman, but the Vice Prez in charge of Tribal Sales! Yes! He can sell to Indians! That's all of you, Boo Boo. You trust an Indian, right?

Here, download their brochure. It's got pretty pictures and people you might recognize as "Indians", all enjoying living in Modular Homes. Ahhh, modern times.

Horn Player

And, in another publication for the same company, there is a section for 'Testimonials'.  This is where you find 'happy customers raving about the great service, products and the whole shebang'.  Oddly enough, JC Crawford appears here too... giving a testimonial about how great it was. He must be in a band: He's tooting his own horn!

If you didn't know who he was, you'd think he was a happy customer, and not a sales rep phonying up his own brochure.

“As a former Tribal Chairman of SWO, I had the pleasure of both working with our local I.H.S. staff and National Headquarters to advocate for these much needed homes. Throughout the various planning stages it became obvious that SWO needed to contract with Superior Homes to complete its deadlines. This partnership provided jobs for local talent while keeping the project on schedule. I’m very grateful of all the hard work done by all of the subcontractors and staff members for an excellent job well done.”

J.C. Crawford
Former Tribal Chairman
(Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate)

I'm sure he put his former title down to make himself look even more important. And, I'm sure he was confident that since what happens in Indian Country (Robbery, rape, incest, molest, murders, embezzlement, assaults, etc) stays in Indian Country.

Relatively certain no one would look into that 'credential' and find that he had been ousted for embezzlement.

Remember: He says he is innocent. He could be. He just lives really well, puts out phony testimonials and waltzes into a Tribal Council that has yet to clean house, and which maintains still, two sitting members who have become very wealthy themselves through the Tribe's generosity in investing in Ronin.

Don't know about you all, but I am seeing Birds of A Feather here.

And ten lucky recipients of a trailer, in St. Mikes. Not a real home built by craftsmen in the community, but rolled in from outside.

Ok, at least tell people how much money this is going to cost them. That will make the unemployed craftsmen feel much better, I am sure.

Looking over the Superior Homes LLC website I come to a picture that is supposed to appeal to Indian People, Oyate, looking forward to their new "Modular" home. It's teepees. I kid you not.

So, hiring WWT out of cronyism is a big mistake. Now, going for the modular home salesman, himself an ousted Chairman of questionable character is another.

What saddens me most of all on this, is the opportunity to raise up the community, just a little bit, by employing them at their craft to build these homes, in their own community, seems not to be even a consideration.

My husband grew up in a community where, to this day, he can drive around and point to houses, garages, stores, and say: "My Dad built that. My Uncle built that. I helped my Dad build that one..."

Another friend likes to point to places and talk about his dad building them, or "..they all built that one over there. It was great when it was finished. The whole community showed up to help paint..."

His Father and his Uncle have both passed on more than 20 years ago. Nice to be able to see something in the community where they lived, that they built and is still standing.

You can point to the modulars coming in. "Yeah, I remember when they hauled that wall over there and put it up. Can't remember the guys who built it. They weren't from around here...."

Building in the community should help to build the community.

Time for the Tribal Council to start using better judgment. Time for them to realize that the decisions they are making have effects on the community on many levels, and for a very long time. Good or bad, for a very long time.

Doing business with people of questionable character brings your own character into question. Hiring a pill head to run a crucial department with the Tribe, brings into question your character.

And, if you had not foreseen that these things would bring your own character into question, it is your judgment that is even more questionable.

You have an opportunity here, to not only clean up the mess of the past 30 years, but to make it right. You have an opportunity to uplift the community, and leave a legacy that the children can be proud of.

You can mark your terms by being known as the clean up crew, or just a continuation of the same corruption that has brought the tribe down this far for this long.

People elected you, fought for you, and are willing to support you.

You need to do the same for them.

Stop treating them like children. Tell them the truth. Show them the books. Post the minutes. Let's all work together cleaning up this mess. It's too big for just you. It's something that requires everyone that cares, to get the right information and make informed decisions.

Nothing gets better if you don't.

You know where to find me.

~Cat

PS: For those who were waiting for further installations of WWT's Facebook caterwauling, it ain't gonna happen. She deleted her account. That makes her the only person I know that knocked them self out cold, Shadowboxing. But as long as she has that job, the joke's on you.

 

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June 13 -- Printer Version (3)
Eddie's Been Waiting For You

Bruce McKay finally rotted out and died last week. Fifty-six years old. Bruce only served one purpose in his short, miserable life: He was an accomplice to the murder of Eddie Peltier.  Do the math.  He was 29 years old when he became part of one of the most macabre murders out there. He was there when Eddie was beaten, battered and stomped to the point where his own family could not recognize him. (They would have had a clue had not the Turdclan removed his bloody clothes and replaced them with Q-Ball's oversized clothes.) 

Eddie hated levis. He would never wear them. Never owned a pair. Always said he would not be caught dead in them... Joke was on him. After those girls were forced to bathe his dead, bleeding and crumpled body, Bruce McKay helped them to dress him in QBall's jeans. Rolled up the cuffs, and left him on the road... wait, ran over him a couple of times, Bruce was in the passenger seat (for weight) to make it look like "Hit-And-Run".

Bruce had been a steady drunk before that event. He was never sober since.

And now, the demons that chased him all those years, and made him an accomplice to that murder and to others, and some crimes which he tried, with alcohol and drugs to erase from his memory, he is theirs now. 

His silence in keeping an innocent man in prison, now screams at him unceasingly. And he was just a bit player on this stage of horrors. Can't imagine what is awaiting Poopsie, Pisster and the rest of them. 

I am sure that for Bruce, it was not a Good Day To Die. It was the gateway to his greatest fears. He won't find Peace until he answers for it all. I hope he finds Peace. I hope he answers for it all.

Another One Bites the Dust

I don't know if Jeff Lambert ever mattered to anyone out there. I don't know if he ever had a chance. I don't know how many more times a letter like this will come across my desk, and I have to relay it to you.

From the Rez:

"Yesterday, June 11th, they found a young man dead at his home. He was in his late twenties or early thirties.  His name was Jeff Lambert, his family has a long history here, not all of it good.  

His brother was convicted of Child Porn and was responsible for the killing a young lady that was ruled an accident. His brother was finally sent to prison for rape and I believe he is still in prison.   

They come from a very sordid background from the time of their childhood:

Their mother is a beverage server at the Casino, and their Father died from alcoholism years ago.  

Jeff was sent to Georgia to go to Electrician School so he could work, but working was never his intention.  Even though everything was paid for, he came back in less than a month.  

He was addicted to pills, pot, and was one of the dealers who lived in plain sight of the law and was never arrested for it.  

His family also has a history of mental problems, from his Father and Mother's side both, and when I say mental problems that is putting it mildly.  

I believe that when grown ups stack things like that up against a child, the chances of them coming back ok are very limited. Limited to a miracle.  

I believe he had five children even though he was very young, I feel very bad for them and what limited memories they will have of their Dad.  

In spite of all this I know there are people out there who will not connect the dots and will suffer the same fate.

It is too bad when young people die, they do not ever think that what they are doing might kill them and that if they do it long enough it will definitely kill them.  So that is Jeff's story a sad and short one that will be played out again and again as time goes on.  Take care and most of all be safe"

I'm sure you all know who he was. I'm sure you know his history. I bet a lot of you grew up making fun of him, or being afraid of him. Or, ignoring him.

Clearly, his family was fractured, damaged, and he ended up the only way he possibly could. I'm guessing that he is related to Vern Lambert. Vern who sells out his own son for rape so he can have a payoff. I guess Vern would be the "success story" in that line.

The way things are out there, the hurt have nowhere to heal and no reason to. Survival depends on either overcoming overwhelming odds on your own if you don't have a strong family to help you find your way; or, to become a sell out, and kiss up to the corrupt and hope that there is a payout for you someday. Or, you can become the example of what the damage looks like. Five-Hundred years of damage, residential school abuse, government abuse, broken treaties and government enforced corruption running your community.

Take a good look at Jeff. His story is the story of a community that either cannot or will not heal itself. His is a story of sickness and abuse with no safe place to go.

Now, look at the kids going to school. Once, he was like them.

You know where to find me.

~Cat

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June 13, 2010 -- Printer Version (2)
I hear She's Still Screaming

So, Wanda, how was your weekend? You and Uncle Wayne do anything interesting with "Yoda"?

"WWT" as people are calling her, those who write to me about Wanda White-Trottier, is still running the personnel department for the tribe. She's still a pill head, and, as I am told, she's still screaming my name in vain.

Right after the Blog's posting that made her famous, er, notorious, she and her pals wrote "Fuck you!" and other low IQ thrashings, on her Facebook page... and then she promptly deleted them all.

But, she is still screaming.

She and her Facebook gang are all so tough, until someone answers the bell they've been ringing. And then, well, the joke becomes apparent. They scamper and hide.

Not Pretty

They don't want anything to change in their community. They like it just the way it is: Corrupt. They know how to make their way in that jungle. They are connected. Wanda is their friend. She controls all the jobs. No wonder they get mad at me. I let everyone see her. And they now, can see themselves. And that is a picture they don't like at all. It isn't pretty.

It's how they've learned to cope in a failed system. It's all they've seen work out there, since forever. It's what got Eddie murdered, and his murderers still run free. They aren't mad at the killers. They are mad at me. It's easier for them, out there, the way it is now.

The tragedy only becomes apparent as the future of Spirit Lake Nation is again, treated as if they have no value. The Tribal Council hires by favor, and the person they hire, hires by favor. The whole thing about having the trust of the tribe to do the right thing, to protect the interests of fair play-- thrown out like trash.

You think the kids in that school, which has been run by the biggest joke of an Education Board, Superintendent, and who has delivered the lowest AYP scores I have seen... possibly the lowest in the entire nation... you think those kids don't know they are a joke? You think they look at themselves as having any value to their community? You think they will have role models to show them that if they hang in there, work hard, overcome the challenges, that they will have a place in their community?

No. They see WWT, who got her job because of favoritism. They see her addicted to pills, ranting mindlessly on Facebook, and spoiling for a drunken fight only to vaporize the minute her call was answered. But she still has her job.

And your tribal council? Well, they feel pretty safe.  They don't have to pretend to be there to serve the people or the community. They just have to go through the motions. I bet they get cranky when you mention the blog. I bet they scream in their Facebook pages, calling my name in vain... but they still go to Vegas, they still don't publish the minutes of their meetings, the budget, or the expenses.... they think that they can tell you anything and you have no choice but to believe them.

So far, aside from moving a murderer out and putting a pill head in his place, not much has changed.

They just get a little heat, get a little annoyed, hunker down and wait it out. Oh yeah, integrity is still in short supply out there. And to think, these were the best of the candidates you had to choose from.

Make It Better

I suggest that you start looking, yesterday, for better. I suggest you start finding ways to work together to get better qualified, good and decent people from among your community, to run against the remaining blight upon the tribe.  Work together to find decent candidates, and work together to support them.  Get them elected.

The next election after that, go after the broken promises in this batch. Go after Darwin Brown, the clown that thought putting WWT in such a crucial position, was a "good idea."   While you're at it, ask him how your 'wind farm' is going.

I'm amazed that this has been on the go for this many years... and not one windmill has been erected. Other tribes have been there, done that and are already producing.

I fear this has become the game of getting the most amount of Grants and Matching funds possible, but intending to deliver nothing. The money just vanishes... *Group Shrug*

You need to keep at this until it is fixed or everyone who cared has died off. Why? Why keep at it when so little seems to be gained? Because if you don't, the kids, the future, will have only tragedies to remember "Home" by.

When you have more kids in the graveyard than you do in school, it is too late.

Don't cry to me and don't call my name in vain. I'm only the messenger.

You know where to find me.

~Cat

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June 7, 2010 --- Printer Version (3)
Correction

Apparently, there is such a thing as a Masters Degree for Human Resources. It is called an MHRM: Masters of Human Resource Management.

Anyone here think that Wanda Trottier has that? Raise your hands. *Looks around* I thought not. Given her lack of command of the language, her inability to spell or spell check, I'm seriously wondering what her education level is.  I have seen fifth graders who surpass her levels. Her character, well that pretty much spoke for itself.

So, tell me again: What were her qualifications for getting that job? The high paying job that controls all the jobs out there? What were they? Apparently, everyone has known about her pill addictions. Common knowledge.

And, she was so anxious for a fight, that soon as the blog got around, she pulled down her comments on her Facebook page. Gee. Was it something I said? No. It was what she said. And she could not back it up. So add to her character deficits, "coward", and "Loudmouth".

The only thing that makes her better than Weenie Boy, from what I can see, is that she has not that I know of, killed anyone.

If not having committed a murder is the highest standard the Tribal Council can reach in filling these positions, it's time to reconsider their value in the long-term.

If cronyism is still the way business gets done around there... expect nothing to change.

One cheerleader for Wanda Trottier had said that this blog has hurt a lot of people. Yes, it has. It has hurt murderers, the corrupt, and the ignorant. It has hurt those who have been getting away with robbing the tribe, killing and embezzling.

I never hear from any of these "highly offended" sources that they are at all unhappy with how the schools are failing, how much violence is on the rez, how many children are committing suicide, or the suicide rate in general. I hear nothing from these righteous types about the spread of drugs, alcohol and diseases on the rez.  Nor do they complain of the low AYP scores, the favoritism in hiring. They don't care about the despair.  All of those things are killing people out there. All of those are ruining the future for the children out there.

But their complaints are not for any of those things. Their complaints are that the blog 'hurts' a lot of people. I put it to you all that it is not the blog that is hurting people out there. It is the despair and futility that is perpetuated by the corrupt.

I hear she had a lot of comments from people who say the blog is full of lies and just hurts people. So, why is she shying away from fighting that fight she said she wanted to fight?

Those who say the blog is full of lies, only wish it was. They hate the truth. They hate that people all get the same information and can discuss it openly and either prove or disprove it. Like I said, I correct anything that is proven wrong or mistaken or incorrect, gets fixed. I don't fold. I fix. I stand by what I say and what I do.

She had all that support and all that mouth, and she folded. If she was right, she is a coward. If she was wrong, she is a coward. All mouth. That is probably how she got the job in the first place. Poof! She folded.

She humiliated herself and made the Tribe and the Tribal Council that gave her the job, look like ass clowns. That is why she folded.

Just like her Uncle Wayne cut and run soon as a new School Board got elected. He's a coward and a fraud too. It runs in the family. All mouth. They can only impress the uneducated, High School dropouts, drug addicts and the brain-damaged. He cut and run. She cut and run. They fear people who can read. Period. If that is ‘heroic’ to you, nothing I can say will ever get through to you.

And, if you want the blog to go away... all you have to do is get your Tribal Council to reopen the murder case of Eddie Peltier and get a Federal Investigation open. Once that is done, and the Truth is out, this blog is gone.

You can do what you want after that.

But until then? If you are corrupt, if you are part of the corruption, if you are protecting the corrupt, and if you are part of the problem out there, this blog will hurt you, only in the ways that the truth hurts when it is exposed to the light of day.

Anything anyone finds on this blog that is in error, all you have to do is show me, and I will retract it. I have done it before.

To those of you who whine and your shadow boxing champions, but who do nothing to make it better? Either shut up or get out of the way.  People who care have work to do.

And you have a place too. Facebook. Unless of course, someone sends me screen captures of your BS rants. In which case, you can be as brave and mouthy as you want, and then do as Wanda Trottier does... fold up the comments and pretend they never happened.

I hear that when Wanda White-Trottier hears people laughing or chuckling, she gets red-faced and thinks they are laughing at her.

They probably are.

But the joke is on the Tribe. Until you get qualified people into these important positions, the joke is always on the Tribe. Laugh at Wanda all you want. She's a clown. But the joke is on you.

You know where to find me.

~Cat

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June 6, 2010 -- Printer Version (7)
Shadow Boxers

Remember when Weenie Boy was running the Personnel Dept? Remember how embarrassing it was to have a man who not only was a murderer, but was also completely illiterate running, essentially, every job out there? Yeah, bad times. Decades of them.

Let's review:

Marty Alex, who had a SBM Degree (Small Business Management) took over the screaming mess that was Weenie Boy's corruption and incompetence (with McKay's help). He dug in and did the best he could. He maintained a professional approach, and was almost immediately replaced by Wanda Trottier.

Not sure what her qualifications are. But I am getting clues that she is NOT that bright. Mouthy? Yes. But not bright. You will see in a few minutes.

Wanton Wanda's qualifications? So far, all I can see, is that she is the wife of Darwin Brown's best buddy. We have seen what cronyism has done to the tribe. The ruins you have to this day are from the corruption that comes with cronyism.  Eddie's murder was planned and covered up by the very people who have, for decades now, been trashing the reservation, and giving jobs to the unqualified and to those who will repay favors for favors.

Cronyism robs the community of any sense of fairness.

The New Tribal Council Members, to their credit, finally got rid of Weenie Boy. And they put in Alex. The Job was advertised and one of the requirements was a Masters Degree.

Suddenly, Wanda has the job. Does she have a Masters? I doubt it.

Carl Walkingpoop has not a clue either. He responded to one person who questioned her credentials with "She has a Masters Degree in Human Resources for Christ Sake!"

Ummm... someone tell that drunken wart that there is no such thing as a "Human Resources Degree"

The minimum requirement for most personnel Departments is an MBA "Masters of Business Administration"

But, if you are Wayne Trottier's Niece, maybe they can relax that requirement a little bit? Wayne, the Stupid-intend-dance of the schools, who would only work for the school if he was A: Overpaid, B: No one cared that the AYP scores were tanking at the bottom of the entire nation; C: Gave him a huge raise after those bottom scores came in, and D: the School Board was comprised, among others, of a high-school drop out that is both a drunk and a pill-head, and her special needs son, who can neither read nor write, nor comprehend simple sentences. 

BTW, Wayne Trottier quit soon as the new School Board was elected, and received an additional $3000 bonus!

Overpaid.

AYP Scores flat line.

Pay Increased.

Quits.

Yup. That is the Trottier family line making the Tribe proud!

So along comes Wanda. Is she qualified? I doubt it. Regardless of what Walkingpoop thinks is a qualification.

Oh, and another thing:

She apparently can't find the email Link on the blog. The one where people who have something to say, information to share, or who want fame on the Moron Squad, can contact me.

Here's part of her rant on Facebook:

Wanda White-Trottier CAT WEST: For two weeks I've been trying to reach you.. You say what you wanna say about me...And then you hide. COME ON CAT??? I thought you were on a mission about eddie pletier?? I remember my family hurting about eddie peltiers death...So what.. I don't hide. You say you want someone who can at least read...FUCK YOU!!! Read this!!!! Come on CAT??? I

She's been trying to reach me for weeks? Really? How drunk or stoned was she when she either tried to reach me or she sent out this little facebook rant? Oh, and look at the professionalism in her language. Yes, she is, exactly what I thought she was.

Apparently, she really wanted me to read that. So it was sent to me. I read it. Now, everyone can read it.

Want more? Ok:

Wanda White-Trottier
So come on::::?? I have nothing to hide..I feel sorry for you.

So cute, how brave she is, isn't it? Trying to reach me, but--- not really. But sounds tough to her friends, doesn't she? Anyone scared yet? Me neither.

Of course, there is more: She has a cheering section:

Sharene Harrison
Go getter Wanda. I have seen so many people suffer because of her story telling. We all know you got what it takes.

I'm just guessing here, but my money is on Sharene Harrison getting a nice fat job with Wanda's help! Not saying she will, but hey, we can see the "Character" issues Wanda has. Is the Tribe proud of her yet?

Want more? Of course you do!

Wanda White-Trottier
I refuse to back down..She has NOTHING to scare me..COME ON CAT..."I Wanna FUCK YOU HARD..lets go!!

You see that? She's 'not backing down'. She's hiding in her friend's Facebook Chat and she is so brave! Not backing down! (Just hiding). Oh yeah, she's qualified to run the Personnel Dept for the tribe.

And um, Wanda, hate to break your heart sweetie, but you are not my type. Good luck on that Lesbian thing, though.

Of course, there is more:

Wanda White-Trottier
I WATING!!!! COME ON!!!! LETS GO..Why woud you say "You wann reach M E come on" I've brrm trying to reach you>>Where R you?? I will answer every question u have...

Did I say I was trying to 'reach' her? It might be the voices in her head telling her things. Pills do that after awhile. Makes you think things are said and done that never were. Has anyone drug tested her? Anyone not named "Trottier", that is?

I could be wrong. It could just be mental. Apparently, she is very hot for me. I'm flattered, but, well, not my type.

Shayla Longie
I haven't been on the site lately; I had no idea she moved onto other Trottiers to start slandering. What a psycho. I don't get what kind of satisfaction she gets from the crap she says.

Actually, Shayla I get tremendous satisfaction from showing the people of the Tribe where the criminals are, where the corruption is, who the killers are, and then watching as they stand up for themselves, their children and the Tribe by electing more and more decent people to govern the tribe, and to try and clean up the mess.

It is my hope that someday, there will be a Tribal Council in place that will route out all the corruption, and will re-open the case of Eddie's murder, and several other murders out there that were committed by the Turdclan and their friends.

I get a lot of satisfaction when I hear of people getting sober, getting a college education, and being able to make a life for them and their children. I will get even more satisfaction when I can see that they can bring their know how, education, skills and dedication back to the place they call "Home" and be treated fairly, get a decent job and help to make things better in the tribe. That is what I get out of this.

And frankly, right now? I'm getting a lot of laughs as big bad Wanda mouths off at me, thinking she is only shadow boxing to impress lame ass friends such as you. Let's see how proud she is of her crap when everyone can see how she is.

You can tell who is reading the blog right now, because they are chuckling. Well, unless they are Trottiers or Shayla or Sharene... Those might be really RED FACES. ( I can't wait!)

And yes, there is more:

Wanda White-Trottier
Yeah and me and Uncle Wayne are not educated: COME ON CAT--ANYMORE educated weel ba a fucken YODA..

Okay, she can't spell "we'll" so not sure about her even getting out of 5th grade literature at this point. "Fucken Yoda" .. Too many ways to read that. One of course is you and "Uncle Wayne" doing the nasty to Yoda...

The other is obvious: Yoda did not have a degree. He had "Wisdom and Enlightenment".  From what I have seen of you so far? Not even close. Unless you see your Shadow Boxing, mouthing off as the image of 'Wisdom and Enlightenment"... which again goes to issues more mental or chemical... too much to cover here.

Shayla Longie
Haha last time I checked Uncle Jr had a PhD...?

I'm really starting to like Shayla. It's hard not to. She's affirming, in a quizzical, almost baby owl-like way that Wayne has a PhD. Bet she tilts her head to the right, and snaps her gum as she talks.

And, that PhD. is interesting. If he really has it, why has he not used it to raise the level of education in the Schools? I mean, they gave him a hell of a salary, a raise, and he delivered the worst AYP scores I have EVER seen.

So, Shayla, since you 'checked', does he have a PhD? And, did he earn it from a real University? Or buy it off the internet? I mean, you 'checked' right?

No, of course, they are not done. The rest will just be Wanda, because, after all, her Cheerleaders are not near as big and brave as she is. Well, fewer punch lines.

Wanda White-Trottier
COME ON CAT>>>yoU DONT SCARE ME...People back down because they are scared about what you say..IM Waiting. Is your name Patty? Is your name Sean??I dont even care who you are>>>COME ON...YOU already hurt me..FUCK YOU!!!

You can see how much braver she is at this point. She writes in really big CAPS. She declares she is not scared. Then she gets confused and calls me Patty and Sean. (Someone tell me who Patty and Sean are?) Never mind, she says she doesn't care... (She just gets all excited and yells, but not that she 'cares'.)

Awwww! I hurt you? How did I 'hurt' you? By disclosing your connections to Darwin Brown? Your lack of qualifications? BTW, you are doing a great job in here of sharing your lack of qualifications. ('Weel' really? "Weel"? Remember: "We'll". I don't have the time it takes to school you in remedial spelling. That will have to do for now, okay?)

And sadly, you missed the several blogs where I posted pictures of myself. Aw, what the heck. I know it will only make your attraction to me grow stronger, and I will have to break your heart, but, one more, just for you:

It's a year old, so I may not look this good now. I confess. I've gotten grayer and fatter. But my smile? That impish twinkle in my eyes? Still the same!

See? I'm waving at you. Let's be friends, shall we? What? No? Oh well.

Wanda White-Trottier
WHO CARES!!What THE FUCK..I thought she wanted what was best for SPIRIT LAKE>>>SHe dosen't give a FUCK!!! she is scared. FUCK YOU CAT!!!NOBODY scares me!!!

Wow, see that? She is really brave....in Face Book, when it's only her friends... REALLY a Tough CHICK!  And, apparently, obsessed with me.

From reading her so far, do you really believe she and her mental problems are what is best for Spirit Lake?

Clearly, she is mad that a new School Board got elected. That meant that the High School Drop out and the brain-damaged son of hers whom he (Undle Wayne) supported getting onto the School Board (Everyone needs a hobby, eh Wayne?) had to leave. If they leave, Wayne ...Excuse me ...PhD. Wayne Trottier, has to quit before the year is even over.

Some call that a 'Quick Getaway' from the scene of the crime. I call it "Cowardly", and Wanda? Well, she just gets real upset. Things were just so sweet before I came onto the scene. Right? She has done so much to make it better out there. She really cares about Spirit Lake. I can tell. Her and her Uncle Wayne.

And "Nobody scares" her. Nobody. Bet all of you demanding she be dumped out of there and a qualified person replace her, bet THAT would scare her. Unless, of course, you see quality in this woman's mindless rants that I don't see.

It's your community, not mine. It's up to you. Can you imagine how she will represent the tribe on those out of town conventions and conferences? Bet she makes you all proud! Bet all the other districts will be so jealous of SLN!

And you just know that she is a person of integrity that will of course, be above board in hiring and setting policies for the Tribe. I mean, she just reeks of quality. It oozes out of every pore. (I need a moment. I'm laughing so hard, I can barely see the screen.)

Ok, all better. Oh dear... there's more...

Wanda White-Trottier
COME ON CAT??? WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU???

I'm right here dear. And I am so afraid now. You are using all capital letters. Nothing scares me more than ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. *Smrfl*

Her obsession with me reaches almost the level of tragic/pathetic. She wanders through the rest of her chat, crying for me, like a cat in heat.

Wanda White-Trottier
CATT??

Wanda White-Trottier
Are you stiil waiting?? im WAITNG FOR YOUR BLOG ASSHOLE!!

(Sigh) Some people just can't get enough, can they? Well, here ya go, Wanda. It's the blog you've been waiting for, asking for. It's all yours. I made it, just for you.

You know where to find me. (Hint: There's a link to my email in several places on this website and this page... You are such a smart girl, I bet you can find it. Then again, you might be busy, 'fucken Yoda.')

~Cat

PS: I was going to correct all the horrendous spelling errors, but no one would be able to read the thing if I had circled and corrected them all. Yes, that is what is going to be running ALL the jobs out there. Good luck with that.

Anyone else need a 'special' blog?

 

 

 

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Optimism is Hard To Find

The School Board Elections this past Tuesday yielded a new crop of Question Marks.

Beaz did not get elected, despite, I am told, her attempting to buy votes with cash and 'hurricanes'. I guess she can get hired as a bartender now. Note to BEAZ: You probably got them too drunk to care about voting.

Josie McKay, I see, managed to get on the School Board. Hope there are no ethical questions ever come up. She is hardly the role model. Seriously, was there no other more qualified candidate from her area? If there was, why didn't they run? Not enough support? You can change that.

Paul Yankton did not even blip the radar for some reason. Russell McDonald flopped like a dead fish.

Skepticism

So, here are your winners, as described to me in an email:

"Well cat this just in: The new school board members are; Rena Lohnes, Annette Lovejoy, Rob Greywater, Josie Mckay. 

The only one worth being on the board is Rob. He is the only honest member who is not corrupt.  .... You already know about Josie.  Now here is the way things are going to happen, John will want the super job, Dean Dauphinais recently resigned from Four Winds middle school as principle, he will slide in as high school principle, and Charlie Morin will take over middle school principal. 

I feel these moves are what's gonna happen.  There are many things that are happening to the school, that we are losing many good teachers."

Well, we will have to see. I hear Beaz is still on the board, only because she was filling in for either Paul Yankton or some other elected official. Hopefully, you can run her out of there before she does any more damage.

I am not as pessimistic about the new board members only because it is actually a step up.

Whoosh-ful Thinking

I think Chip Anderson knew the axe was going to fall on him before the election ever was mentioned. Even though the Tribe did nothing to really alert people to the upcoming election so they could perhaps prepare. I think that is why he and his hand-picked School Board decided to have that 10 minute meeting a few weeks ago, after the lowest AYP scores ever, were out, and voted for that raise.

Now, I hear, he has abandoned his post. Read for yourself:

Chip Anderson did not go to work and went on up to Belcourt to sign his contract with them and is resigning tomorrow (Friday) when he comes to pick up his stuff.

Also that his wife, Stephanie is resigning in two weeks herself, and after that Wayne is supposed to leave so we will see on that also. All leaving 2 weeks after each other....good for them instead of getting escorted off!!

And if that is true, it proves that none of them ever cared about the school or the kids. They are abandoning their posts as the new School Board takes their seats. Not giving anyone time to replace them. Good thing they got those big fat raises, right?

The lack of integrity is ever more clear. They were fine with a School Board that had 8th-grade Drop Out, Beaz Stensland and her mentally deficient son, Marty (who cannot read, nor write, nor comprehend due to a car accident injury when he was 7 years old). That Board was fine with that gang of Three Stooges suddenly, might have to answer some questions or deal with parents concerns or respond to the Tribal Council? Whoosh! Out the door, Daisy!

Miscellaneous

If you see Piggy Cavenaugh driving the GSA Car around with family members or friends in it, record it and send it to me. Photos of it parked in the Casino parking lot, Wal-Mart, etc, are also nice: The tags on the car are Gov't plate number 3829

Let's start posting a Where's Waldo wandering episode on her. May not change anything, but at least we can have fun. We'll call it "Where's Piggy?"

Change is Up To You

Change is slow, but if it was too fast, no one would be able to grasp it. The School Board is new. I only know for sure that Josie McKay is a turd. The rest, well, it remains to be seen what they can do. The AYP Scores are pathetic.  The future of the tribe is only darker and deeper unless strong steps are taken to start saving the children, give them hope, give them someplace to be proud to be from and to work for. Right now, they don't have it.

Change is slow, but it is starting.

Common Wisdom

Common wisdom out there, for those who manage to survive the rez, get an education and who want to come back to make a change for the better is 'don't'.

Advice is:"Don't not work for the tribe."

Go to a place that will challenge you to reach even higher levels in your field and in your personal life. A place where you will be appreciated for what you have to offer, and who will support your efforts to make where you are a better place. The Tribe is not it. Not now. Maybe not ever. Maybe ...

I have heard from many out there, these very words:"Too many times our own people will be the ones who drive the dagger into our hearts, all our greatest leaders were killed by our own people. In all these decades our people haven't learned from those mistakes."

It continues to this day. People with no vision, no identity, no education or experience are in control and to keep their control they will try and destroy you. If you care, have an education, integrity, and strength--- you are a threat to their power & control.

That, by the way, is true in many levels of politics, not just on the Rez. Sadly, just more ingrained in the rez.

When you have an education you became a dangerous person to them. They know that they cannot fool you because you will find a way to the truth.

Maybe when you have been away, gained strength and confidence you can come back. You will find they have not changed.  If you want to challenge them, and you can get enough support from the good people on the rez, you can decide if it is worth it or not, to bring your gifts and your life back to this place and fight for what you know is right.

I hope more of you do. At the same time, I hope many of you do not. I hate to see good people crushed by ingrained corruption.

Go forth into this world and do what you know you can do. If you come back, good for you. If you do not; know that they are jealous of your ability to leave and to fly on the wings you built yourself.  If you cannot come back and help the people, then be the example of how to escape the oppression.

Your life will not be wasted.

Change is coming. It is slow and incremental, but each step can be forward. Each step can bring the tribe closer to the Truth, the strength and the light. Each step is hard. But look behind you; it was not easy for the remarkable people who made the journey before you.

Now, look ahead of you... those footsteps belong to the children. The children who will carry the nation into the future or... whose tracks will fade before the sun goes down. Your choice, today, tomorrow, will determine that ending.

You know where to find me.

~Cat

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Just Like Always

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