Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Calling all Skeletons in Denny Rehberg's Closet - Congressman Denny Rehberg it is Election Year Coming Up and Well Time to Find Out the Truth ..

This Picture to the Left, I have a Video of This Moment, it is From the Bitterroot Star.. From a Town Hall Meet and Greet in Hamilton Montana the Summer of 2009. This is the Look that Denny Rehberg was giving one of his Native American Audience Members as she asked about Health Care and Native American Issues in Montana...


Those of You Search for Denny Rehberg On my Sites, search for Congressman Denny Rehberg Biography or Information on Denny Rehberg and his Boat Crash on Flathead Lake in Montana...

Well I just Want to Say on my Montana News by the People News Network, First of all if you got a Denny Rehberg Tip - you Can Email me at Crystal@CrystalCox.com ...
Next We are Getting information that those involved in Investigating the Denny Rehberg Crash on Flathead Lake have been told to STOP or Else.

We wonder what investigators might find that Congressman Denny Rehberg might be Hiding... We suspect that there was a whole lot more to that Drunken night then Congressman Denny Rehberg is willing to admit, and Denny Rehberg's Cronies surely won't tell you what he was really up to and with whom.

We wonder who was really driving that boat, who had how many drinks REALLY and what really happened that night.. as well as heading into an Election Year and All the Montana Moxy news Network ran by Mad Dog Blogger Crystal Cox, yeah that's me..
I wonder how many Skeletons will Fall right out of Congressman Denny Rehberg's Closet in 2010... how many Denny Rehberg Whistleblowers will turn up...

Well Anyway... Calling All Skeletons... Email me at Crystal@CrystalCox.com or better yet write on our News Network or send us a Video Clip of Your News to You...

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Newspapers Lie to You - People Get Hurt More - Demand Accountability from Newspapers

What if We the People Sue Major Newspaper Chains in our Area, such as the Lee Newspaper Chain in My Area, a Class Action Lawsuit for their Lies and Propaganda that got you into Real Estate Debt, that got you into bad financial situations, lied to you about area crimes, wrote fraudulent stories about citizens and businesses for political or financial motive and basically just treated the Citizens Minds as play dough in which they had all the power and control.

You read their newsprint, with No Accountability for what they write as actually being true and you believe it over the actual people who were actually there at that particular event.


Why is this? I mean they start a paper, print what they want.. Politicians and Local Muckity Mucks pay them to promote or HUSH certain news... and this is their business... kind of like making a Deal with the Devil.

Big Media Feeding you Spoonfulls of Gibberish, Flat Out Lies, Misleading you on Gas and Oil, Lying about why we are at war, and in the small towns lying ... creating news to make certain people look like the bad guys when in FACT they are the GOOD guys, people ... MOST still believe the news.. especially in Small Towns...


Stop Big Media News Chains like the Lee Newspaper Chain from controlling what you get to know, controlling your perception of reality, setting you up, lying about you ... keep you down and profiting HUGE from it....


Don't Buy their Papers, don't advertise in Big Media Cartel ... Don't Click on Ads on their Websites..


Stop THEM from Feeding you Bull and Keeping you in the Dark.....


These Newspaper Chains SHOULD not get a FREE PASS to lie, while at the same time you Rant at Me because you think what i am saying is NOT true, though it is. You throw a fit at me saying where do i get my information, is there any fact to it... Yet you Don't ask this of the Big Newspaper Chains or your Local News, Why?

Time to let the Newspapers Know that you will No Longer Accept their Twisted Version of Reality, their Flat Out Lies, their Misleading Gibberish and Well you are DONE supporting THEM.....

Bloggers are the News, Bloggers are the New Journalists, Bloggers are telling you what is really going on in a particular town and newspapers are Old News long - long before they hit the stands.

Your Ad Dollars are Wasted in these Newspapers as Well. In this Economy, in this Day and Age the Internet is Where you Need to Be and not feeding the insatiable appetite of Newsprint and the Big Media Cartel.

Write on Our Blogs... Get Heard... Let's Get the Real News to "We The People"

Email me to Write on our Network of Blogs
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Saturday, December 26, 2009

James Kiser, Ex - CEO of St. James Hospital in Butte

News To Me Tip on St. Joseph's in Polson Montana, CEO James Kiser

It is Said that the St. James Hospital in Butte got turned upside down and it was in near collapse when James Kiser "resigned".

the story of Dr. Anna Chacko.

It is said that James Kiser hired Dr. Anna Chacko along with her cohort Scott Steinfeldt. They made a mess of the private/public radiology lab. There were no less than four lawsuits and now the hospital is on the verge of collapse. Dr. Anna Chacko name is said to be featured
in all four of these lawsuits, and it is said that James Kiser brought her over.

Full Story on This at Link Below.

http://theeprovocateur.blogspot.com/2009/09/dr-chacko-comes-to-butte.html

Dr. Anna Chacko left St. James a few months after James Kiser left.

Here's what happened to her ...after she left there and went to the Pittsburgh VA.

Dr. Anna Chacko took over as head of the Pittsburgh VA in October of
2008. Almost immediately, colleagues and other staff filed formal
complaints about her behavior.

This included complaints about bullying, threatening, lying, and refusing to do her required clinical work. In March of this year, things came to a head. An administrative investigative board was formed to determine of Dr. Chacko should be removed. In April, that was the recommendation of the board.

At this point, Dr. Anna Chacko reached out to Congressman Brad Miller.

Miller has his own history with the Pittsburgh VA. He lead an investigation in the Science Sub Committee he leads into a destroyed strand of legionella at this Pitt VA. That investigation concluded in September of 2008. The conclusion was scathing in its criticism of Dr. Mona Melhem. Dr. Melhem is an administrator at this Pittsburgh VA.

It appears that Dr. Chacko was able to convince Miller that her potential ouster was all being orchestrated by Dr. Melhem. I say this because that's exactly what Congressman Miller said in a letter dated May 15 to General Shinseki, head of the VA. He encouraged Shinseki to
reinstate Chacko and instead investigate the Pittsburgh VA itself. In fact, a couple weeks later Shinseki's office did override the Pittsburgh VA and had them reinstate Chacko.

Upon her return, Chacko's behavior didn't change. Once again, complaints were formally filed and they reached as high as the office of the regional director, Michael Moreland. Finally, in late October, Dr. Anna Chacko was put on indefinite leave and another investigative board was convened. She hasn't returned to the Pittsburgh VA. I can provide the name of a congressional source that can verify all this.

I am including the letter I referenced. I'm also including court filings from Butte, Mt. This is a civil case of Kristi George V Dr. Anna Chacko. George worked with Chacko at St. James hospital in Butte, immediately previous to Chacko working at the Pitt VA. George accuses Chacko of the same kind of behavior as she was accused of at the Pitt VA. In fact, I've tracked Chacko and this is all part of a pattern of behavior for decades but that's a whole separate story.

Here's a local story about George's suit.

http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2007/11/10/butte/hjjciiijjiijji.txt

As you will see from the court filing, Kiser didn't due his due diligence in protecting
George from Chacko.

http://theeprovocateur.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-dr-anna-chacko-played-congressman.html

Source: www.MontanaFront.com
montana news tip

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Update on the Montana Grand Jury


"November 10, 2009

The Office of Montana’s Secretary of State Has Accepted a Draft Ballot Initiative Seeking to Provide the Citizens of Montana the Ability to Summon Grand Juries By Petition

Stevensville, Montana, November 10, 2009 – The office of Montana’s Secretary of State (SOS) in Helena has accepted a ballot initiative, to be reviewed by the office of Legislative Services. This is the beginning stage of placing the initiative on the 2010 general election ballot.

This initiative has been labeled ‘Ballot Issue #18’ by the SOS, and is a Constitutional Initiative (CI), seeking to amend Montana’s Constitution, providing for the ability of the citizens to summon Grand Juries by petition.

Currently, the Montana Constitution only provides that a District Judge, at their discretion, may summon a Grand Jury. Article II, Section 20, Paragraph 2 states: “A grand jury shall consist of eleven persons, of whom eight must concur to find an indictment. A grand jury shall be drawn and summoned only at the discretion and order of the district judge.”

Serving as a ‘check and balance’ for the Constitutional Republic known as the United States, the Founders had preserved for the citizens, the right and ability to assure that the public servants kept their activities in line with the intent of the Constitution, and its Bill of Rights, which were ratified on December 15, 1791.

The term Grand Jury is mentioned only in the 5th amendment to the United States Constitution. It is meant to be a right retained by the people. It is a citizen function, not a government function, as the public has been lead to believe.

What do the courts have to say?

“An independent grand jury is to stand between the prosecutor and the accused, and to determine whether a charge is legitimate, or is dictated by malice or personal ill will.”

”Hale v. Henkel, 201 U.S. 43 (1906)

The Supreme Court states that the independent grand jury’s purpose is not only to investigate possible criminal conduct, but to act as a “protector of citizens against arbitrary and oppressive governmental action,” and to perform its functions; the independent grand jury “deliberates in secret and may determine alone the course of its inquiry.”

United States v. Calandra, 414 U.S. 338 (1974)

Article IV, Section 4 of The United States Constitution says: “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government …” And, Montana is this form of government. As such, the Montana Constitution states in Section 1: “Popular sovereignty. All political power is vested in and derived from the people. All government of right originates with the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole.”

And, in Section 2: “Self-government. The people have the exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent state. They may alter or abolish the constitution and form of government whenever they deem it necessary.”

The Founders’ intended for the sovereign citizens to ‘lend’ the public servants their specific duties. Among these is the preservation of constitutionally protected rights. The servants are not in a position, and do not have the ability to take away these sovereign, constitutionally secured rights and powers of the people.

Amending Montana’s Constitution as indicated will serve to restore the Founders’ intent, at the state level, regarding the position of, and political responsibilities required by, the citizenry.

Duane Sipe"
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Source of Post
http://montanaconservative.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/update-on-the-montana-grand-jury/
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the people

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

JP Morgan involved in Stealing Millions of Bankruptcy Assets - Rubber-Stamped by Judge Beatty..and Between Alan Nisselson and Marc Goldberg

Again the US Trustee was Advised in Wrong Doing, Corruption
and Illegal Behavior and they Did nothing...

The US Department of Justice Bankruptcy Trustee system has serious flaws... room for Error and lots of Room for Corruption with No Accountability. Where is the Attorney General, where is the Law, is there No Checks and Balances what so ever - has there EVER been?
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This Story Sent in Today to our Whistleblower Network
Exposing the Corruption in the US Bankruptcy Courts.

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a Woman - a Family Suffering, fighting injustice in the US Department of Justice Bankruptcy Courts and US Trustee System for 20 Years. Have We as Tax Paying Citizens of the US .. no Rights What So Ever?
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Here is Today's Story..
though 20 years in the making
we just got it Today...

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"Bankruptcy Fraud Involving JP MORGAN’S Theft of Millions of Bankruptcy Assets and Collusive Settlement Between Alan Nisselson (the Bankruptcy Trustee of Bernard Madoff) AND MARC GOLDBERG

TO FRAUDULENTLY STEAL ASSETS
IS RUBBER-STAMPED BY JUDGE BEATTY
OF THE US BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
NEW YORK, NY

On Thursday October 28, 2009, The Law Offices of David H. Relkin, on behalf of Donna A. Sturman, applied to retiring Bankruptcy Judge Prudence Beatty, to have the Court “finally do justice” and order JP Morgan and the Trustee to turn over Millions of Dollars of stolen assets—which the Judge flatly denied by claiming Donna “had no standing.”

This case is virtually a tale ripped from the pages of the Trustee’s Manual of Bankruptcy Fraud and Abuse.

On Thursday, the Court having never required an accounting of his collections and distributions in the case, the Trustee finally disclosed that he had taken in over $41 Million Dollars, still leaving the mystery of where the money went, although most of it found its way into the coffers of JP Morgan.

Prior to the Bankruptcy, the Bank chased after Donna’s brothers to lend them Millions for a hostile takeover of The Cooper Companies, Inc. and, due to its theft of assets, JP Morgan is now one of Cooper’s largest shareholders.

Once the Bank became aware that, what the brothers called their silent partner, Donna Sturman, had commenced an action against them for waste, dissipation and fraudulent transfers of the Sturman Family properties, which were being used by the brothers as their private piggy bank, the Bank frantically began illegally acquiring security interests in the Family assets to secure the brothers’ personal loans with property owned by their sister, including the Southeast Corner of 86th Street, leaving the properties empty shells.

In furtherance of its unlawful conspiracy, the Bank then filed Bankruptcy Petitions against Donna’s three brothers, and installed its handpicked Trustee and law firms, who were counsel the Bank as well as all the other major creditors in the Bankruptcy—which conflict of interest, under the Bankruptcy Code, requires disgorgement of the attorneys’ enormous fees.
Thus, the Bank was able to play both sides of the table by making all the major decisions in the Bankruptcy, while its own officers negligently left a trail of brazen correspondence of the Bank’s collusive and corrupt instructions to the Trustee.

Judge Beatty repeatedly approved the Bank’s unlawful acquisition and sale of non-debtor assets, allowing her Court to satisfy fraudulent claims over a 20 year period.

Under her supervision, the Bank, the Trustee and his law firms were able to rape the assets of the Sturman Family—none of which were in bankruptcy—and to line their pockets with millions of dollars of stolen money.

Judge Beatty blatantly and improperly dismissed Ms. Sturman’s action against the Bank for “lack of prosecution,” after the action was fully briefed, while keeping in place an injunction prohibiting Donna from taking any discovery of the Banks.

The complicity in fraudulent conduct did not stop there during this 20 year old case (perhaps the longest running bankruptcy in New York).

Although the US Trustee was repeatedly advised and supplied with evidence of these crimes, it inexplicably sat on its hands, despite its legal obligation to supervise and investigate Trustee misconduct.

To force the brothers to help the Bank go along with its embezzlement, it threatened the brothers with criminal prosecution, and after the Bank got it, had the brothers indicted anyway for submitting false financials, spending thirteen months in federal prison. Unsurprisingly, the Bank officers testified with immunity.

Despite Orders obtained by Donna preventing sales of the properties, the Trustee was allowed by Judge Beatty to simply ignore them, allowing one of the most valuable assets of the Sturman Family Enterprises to be “abandoned” so the Bank could acquire the property for free without using up any of its debt—a lender fraud called “double dipping.”

The Bank and its hand-picked Trustee then took control over the other non-bankrupt properties, used them as cash cows, and after bleeding them dry, sold them for the asking to third parties (including one by the Trustee to his own employee) while the Trustee took in $1.0 Million Dollars a year for seven years on just one property.

Where the money went is still a mystery.

The United States Trustee Program is a component of the Department of Justice that, according to its website, “seeks to act as the watchdog over the bankruptcy process to protect the integrity of the Federal bankruptcy system.”

In addition the Department of Justice has the responsibility to ensure compliance with applicable laws and procedures and to identify and investigate bankruptcy fraud and abuse in coordination with United States Attorneys and the FBI.

The Attorney General is charged with the appointment of United States Trustees and Assistant United States Trustees.

On Thursday, after Judge Beatty awarded the Trustee a cumulative amount of over $8 Million Dollars in fees to him and his law firms (which Judge Beatty fittingly called “Blood Money”), Judge Beatty characterized the negligent failure of the Trustee to do anything in the Bankruptcy case for the last ten years by saying, “I understand how busy people can get.”

It is counsel’s opinion that such award of fees was a transfer of stolen money.

In attempting to fight Judge Beatty’s indifference to the criminal activities committed in her Court, Donna retained Helen Chaitman, who coined the phrase “lender liability” but who, like so many of Donna’s attorneys walked away when Donna’s money ran out.

So “successful” in their control of the Bankruptcy, the Bank and the Trustee blocked all of Donna’s income, forcing the heiress to be locked in handcuffs by Judge Beatty, evicted over seven times with her three young children, once in the middle of a winter blizzard, and then thrown into a fraudulent bankruptcy by one of her own law firms whose debt to the Bank was wiped off the books.

Once forced into Bankruptcy, Alan Nisselson, who now supervises the Madoff Bankruptcy, was appointed as Donna’s Trustee to clean up Ms. Sturman’s dangerous claims once and for all.

Without any notice to Ms. Sturman, he settled all of Donna’s claims in the brothers’ bankruptcy in a collusive and illegal agreement in which the Trustees even released each other—a violation of law and the Code of Professional Responsibility—which settlement was immediately rubber-stamped by Judge Beatty.

Mr. Relkin is now analyzing the case in order to determine what appropriate actions to take to vindicate Ms. Sturman’s rights.

For further information contact:
David H. Relkin, Esq.
Law Offices of David H. Relkin
575 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018

David@RelkinLaw.com

212.244.8722

Links: www.DavidRelkinLaw.com
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More on the Corruption of US Bankruptcy Attorneys, US Bankruptcy Department of Justice Trustees and the Whole Liquidation Process....
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www.ObsidianFinanceSuck.com
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www.LiquidatingTrustee.com
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www.Summit1031BdJustice.com
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Friday, December 11, 2009

Melinda Gopher is seeking the State of Montana's sole Congressional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

"Melinda Gopher, 44, an Ojibwe / Blackfeet from Missoula, Montana is seeking the State of Montana's sole Congressional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. While many glass ceilings have been shattered; a Native American woman has yet to be elected to the U.S. Congress.

Gopher's running as a progressive Democrat and focusing her campaign on jobs. The current recession has hit Montana's communities hard, even though the state unemployment rate is not as critical as the overall national rate of 10%; it is deceiving. Montana does not count long term unemployed workers who have given up.

Melinda is a civil rights activist, and blogger. She is a Paralegal but decided to run for the U.S. House believing she can make a difference in the nation's capitol. Melinda Gopher believes the nation does not have to choose between cap and trade and carbon taxation as revenue raising; rather, clean energy must be pursued to create jobs no matter what.

Melinda supports the Employee Free Choice Act as a means for keeping American labor strong. She believes corporations have gone unchecked, and have had a negative impact in DC. This has led to the loss of jobs and outsourcing of jobs to artificially inflate corporate profit margins. Gopher believes exploiting labor forces in foreign countries is detrimental to the world economy in the long term. Loss of workers' rights has created unfair trade policies between the U.S., China, India to point to a few examples. Corporate exploitation and economic coercion do not create win/win partnerships: something Gopher wants to create.

Gopher supports overhauling the nation's ailing housing sector. She believes the low-income are mired in HUD programs of the past. Not enough of the nation's low and middle income people are building personal wealth equity--resulting in lost economic power and a declining tax base. She believes there must be revolutionary changes in the national housing policy that will reverse the housing crisis. She would enact laws ending financial apartheid in America, and ban policies mired in the FHA redlining legacy. She vows to "pick up where Bobby Kennedy left off" in ending American poverty.

Melinda is the spouse of a combat disabled veteran and cares about veteran issues. She believes the VA ratings system is broken, she currently supports the efforts of national veterans groups to work with Montana Senator Jon Tester to fix the system so that it works for veterans.

Melinda Gopher is a long time civil rights, tribal sovereignty, and environmental activist. She believes HUD has been a weak institutional home for civil rights and supports the creation of a cabinet level agency for civil rights. She believes state-by-state laws on gay marriage are the wrong approach and unjust. She believes the federal government must beef up the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Amendments to include sweeping protections for gays, lesbians, transsexuals and bisexuals.

Melinda Gopher points out, "the black codes are a disgraceful part of America's past. The state-by-state approach are the black codes for the LGBT community, why are we tolerating this inequality?" She believes to ensure an end to discrimination against gays and to provide for their full civil rights--will require federal intervention as was done in the 1960s civil rights movement.

Melinda Gopher has been a civil rights practitioner since her early 20s. She was the only Native American panelist in the 1994 National Fair Housing Summit and worked to enact fair housing protections in Montana. Melinda Gopher has worked in the public and private sector on fair housing.

She believes the nation needs another Fair Housing Summit to address the subprime crisis. She points out, "not enough is being done to ensure Americans keep their homes, and participate in the American dream of homeownership."

Melinda Gopher knows her candidacy is improbable; she believes her voice is needed to address the lack of effective Native American leadership in the state Democratic party. She believes the Native Americans advancing in the political party pipeline in the state are tokens and are placed in positions where they are politically neutered.

She is a vocal critic of Senator Max Baucus's mishandling of state tribal issues, his failure to address long term and chronic unemployment in the state's seven Indian reservations and urban areas. She has criticized the Senator over taking single payer off the table in health care reform. Melinda Gopher is likely to challenge Baucus in 2014 when he comes up for re-election."
melinda Gopher
www.MelindaForMontana.com
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TREATY RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF FEDERAL STIMULUS

"THE CHIPPEWA TRUTH COMMISSION:
AFFIRMING BILATERAL RIGHTS OF
TRIBAL PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE U.S/CANADA BORDER

There is a need to address bilateral treaty rights of four north central Montana bands, the Rocky Boy/Migisew, the Little Shell, the Metis and Little Bear Cree. This proposal calls for enrollment reform affecting the "Chippewa Cree Tribe." This is not really a tribe there are four entities affected by collective confusion that has reigned supreme over the identity of the Rocky Boy Band of Chippewa since it was initially recognized by Congress in 1908. Our proposal begins to fix the problem:

A CHIPPEWA TRUTH COMMISSION IS NEEDED: This is the first major step to enact and/or re-affirm Chippewa federal recognition in Montana affecting the Little Shell Band of Chippewa and the non-enrolled descendants of the original 1908 Rocky Boy Chippewa Band Roll.

A major component of the CHIPPEWA TRUTH COMMISSION would be to re-align the four tribal groups affected: the Rocky Boy Band, the Little Shell, the Little Bear Cree and the Riel Metis--where each group would enact their own self-government and operated under the Four Affiliated Bands of Chippewa, Cree and Metis. This seems to be the most fair and logical conclusion to the historic injustices that have afflicted the Chippewa people.

A component of this Truth Commission would be the study of legal implications of the Jay Treaty and the patterns of law and execution of official acts between the U.S. and Canada. The Little Bear and Riel descendants originated in Canada originally but were granted adoptee status in the Chippewa band in 1917—not by the Chippewa, but by the U.S. federal government. This was an overt act violating the sovereignty of the Chippewa people, this has never been mitigated.

The federal government has never corrected this contradiction: it has granted the benefits of tribal governance to essentially Canadian origin descendants, who are now a super-majority on the Rocky Boy reservation. The lineal Chippewa have been discredited, denied enrollment and participation in their own government. At the same time, the federal government has not acted to uphold legitimate treaty obligations owed the original Rocky Boy and Little Shell bands. We have been attempting to address this for years, federal officials refuse to hear us out.

The Little Shell experience similar denial of status; this is most evident in the BIA administrative ruling denying federal recognition to the band. The Little Shell and Rocky Boy bands are subject to U.S. Treaty--the Cree are subject to British Treaty #6, the Metis are subject to the Canadian Powley ruling--recognizing their rights as aboriginal people. There seems to be lack of consistent U.S. - Canadian policy affecting these bands with regard to consistent enrollment policies, treaty rights, freedom of movement and property rights.

The Chippewa Truth Commission will have a component to deal with and create ways for the U.S. and Canada to enact policies resolving these matters. This subcommittee will seek broad input and participation from the affected bands to ensure there is accuracy in the findings, and to ensure the dually held treaty and federal rights of all affected descendants are affirmed and upheld. In Montana, there are possibly 10,000-12,000 or more people affected by this situation. It does need to be resolved.

There has been reluctance from the “Chippewa Cree Business Committee” to resolve these legal issues: it is to their best interest to do so now for the reason U.S. BIA regulation requires 50% or more of a tribe come from a historic American tribe (treaty). In Rocky Boy, those lineal Chippewa descendants fall far below that 50% threshold. The re-formed 1917 roll did not meet that criteria in 1917, and it does not meet it now.

This has led to problems of profound loss of self-government of the Chippewa people. We no longer can ascertain our own blood quantum, we have lost all control of who the “Chippewa Cree” enroll. We the lineal Chippewa, cannot even ensure our own children are enrolled. The “Chippewa Cree” generic term has become something of a joke; no other “tribe” is run like this one.

All tribes have enrollment laws based on original descent from a tribal census conducted at the time of treaty—the Chippewa Cree roll is the sole exception. The ¼ or more “any Indian” blood quantum in the Chippewa Cree Tribal constitution has led to the demise of the Chippewa people.

A beginning framework would look like this: This commission would operate for five years, enact tribal enrollment reform within one year of operation, begin to address the need for preservation of tribal histories, and develop written recommendations to the Canadian and U.S. governments on ways to strengthen, and build cohesive and mutually held policies regarding the Jay Treaty. This commission would require extensive staff working to document the historic origins of all tribes and to compile archives relating to these tribal peoples’ historic origins. In addition, the commission would work to enact tribal enrollment reform that would serve as the basis of the re-configured Affiliated Tribal governments structure, propose and provide assistance in forming governing documents, researching and coordinating treaty adhesions in Canada and finalizing recognition for the U.S. bands.

THE CREATION OF A U.S.-CANADA TRIBAL ENERGY CARTEL

We have a situation of a quarter dozen tribal groups affected by the international boundary, Loud Thunder believes this is not only a resolvable issue—but that these tribal groups can prosper in the future. Loud Thunder believes in cohesive policy in addressing energy development and these and a multitude of bands on both sides of the border have a stake in developing ecologically sustainable development.

There are great concerns regarding the current tar sands development north of the Montana border in Canada. Canada is a major provider of oil to the U.S. This will increase in the future. Loud Thunder learned in the Zortman Landsusky mining struggle for the need for effective reclamation planning and implementation. This is true in the tar sands issue. This is development creating acid rain and lasting damage to the land and water.

Loud Thunder asks the Obama administration to take into consideration the long term reclamation of sites in Canada and cooperate in frameworks of agreement with these Canadian bands, the Canadian government and our interests in the U.S. As this development is already underway—that both governments have a responsible reclamation policies that encompass tribal traditional views of the land.

For this reason, Loud Thunder is advocating a bilateral, tribal energy consortium, or cartel—similar in scope to OPEC. This is one way these two Eurocentric sovereigns can begin to restore native people. Tribal nations have a joint economic and policy interest in ensuring their energy potentialities are not exploited, that are mutually beneficial and expresses shared goals of all tribes. Loud Thunder is proposing a multi-billion dollar investment in this bilateral energy cartel focusing on tribal fossil, wind, solar, bio-mass and other forms of renewable energy. Second, this cartel has a strong reclamation component in the case of tar sand development, and addresses cap and trade concerns. Loud Thunder expresses support for the need for U.S. and Canadian investment in reclamation technology and direct investment in tribes to do this.

WIND ENERGY

In Montana, there is a huge potential for wind energy on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Loud Thunder expresses support for the creation of a national laboratory on refining tribal energy proposals—a training ground and incubator of sorts—so that all tribes throughout the northern continent and into Mexico, can cultivate their energy independence, learn and share their experiences and lessen tribal dependence on foreign oil.

In Great Falls, the Little Shell tribal descendants are unequaled in their work ethic, their experience along with the “Hill 57 Rocky Boy unenrolled and Migisew Chippewa on the Montana fire crews are a testament to this. For this reason, Loud Thunder is supporting the creation of a jointly owned wind turbine manufacturing and service/repair corporation, and solar energy technology center to develop the wind and solar energy capability of these two urban situated groups. These groups can create lasting and good paying jobs in the Great Falls area now and in the future. Loud Thunder is proposing the renovation and retrofitting of the large warehouse formerly used by the Buttrey’s food chain as the site of the proposed plant. The site is adjacent to the interstate and rail system. This would create the kind of green jobs now needed, and for which stimulus funds are intended.

RECLAMATION TECHNOLOGY

In the Fort Belknap region, there is a need for reclamation of water and earth as the result of the Zortman mining operation. Reclamation work can last multiple years. The Gros Ventres and Asiniboine tribes have lost their sacred mountain. They need to be able to pick up their lives and repair the earth that is sacred to them. The state and federal government have been slow to reclaim the site. In addition, Ft. Belknap is an excellent area for wind energy development, Loud Thunder expresses support for existing and new proposals for development. There are a host if sites around the state and on tribal land, including the coal mining on and near the Crow Reservation, where the need for reclamation is on-going, requiring investment and jobs.

MEDIA TECHNOLOGY

Loud Thunder is proposing a media technology center to be located in Great Falls, Montana, and jointly owned and operated by the Rocky Boy and Chippewa bands located there. There has been a dire need for Native American access to modern media technology to document and preserve tribal culture. This media technology center can work to ensure native people have use new media to the benefit of their economic an educational efforts. A center like this is needed to enhance electoral engagement, and to understand and articulate issues around them. Native American youth are victims of the digital divide, resulting in loss of life opportunities and underrepresentation in the mainstream media.

NATIONAL FLAG CENTER ON HILL 57

There is a need to understand the French-Ojibwe-Colonial history; this is a deeply misunderstood era in American history. This proposal calls for a National Flag Center on Hill 57 to articulate Ojibwe tribal historic origins and the tribe’s role in founding of the United States. The concept is built around the medicine bundle 13 star colonial flag kept by the Gopher family. The flag evokes an era of nation-to-nation relationships; when tribal sovereignty was paramount to the founding of the U.S. The basis of this proposal, in its early stages, calls for 1.8 million, and up to 4 million for land consolidation on the Hill 57 area, and an additional 5 million to build this long sought after center to honor America’s first flag.

TRIBAL SMALL BUSINESS INITIATIVE

Loud Thunder expresses support for creation of a fund of 100 million seed grant/loan fund for the creation of small business in Montana tribal and urban communities. This pool will be run by an equally tribal representative governing Economic Development Authority. Small business creation is vastly underfunded in Montana tribal communities, it is virtually non-existent among urban Indian communities. This fund will ensure tribal businesses are properly funded to ensure these communities can begin to address profound unemployment in their communities. This fund will be available to the low tech to the high tech firm.

NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN’S BUSINESS INITIATIVE

Loud Thunder supports the creation of a $50 million small business experimental seed grant/loan fund geared toward Native Women owned businesses in Montana. This would equal unprecedented business development where it is needed most: Native American women are among the poorest of American citizens, are often the heads of households and lack collateral to start their own business. "
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Native American Veteran Initiative

"The Montana Win/Win project is preparing a Native American veteran initiative to work with Senator Tester and national veteran organizations toward national legislation addressing the need to fix the veteran disability rating system. The Montana Win/Win Veteran's Initiative is a major step to ensure Native American veteran's voices are heard at the national level. Further details on this new emerging effort will be posted here. "
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Loud Thunder to Sponsor Formation of Native Wind Energy Project

"Loud Thunder International in partnership with native businesses is sponsoring a proposal for a major wind energy project to be located in Great Falls, Montana. The proposal is in draft, it will be made available--check here for updates."
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