ANNOUNCEMENTS
To get information out quickly, on very important topic.
Update about POW WOW, Online Zoom Classes, Donations, Keeping Our Culture Alive
FYI: New documents and files available
A new folder containing files, documents, images, etc. has been created and can be viewed in the DOWNLOADS & DOCS folder.
The new 2020 Winter Newsletter is out!
Hello all. The new MMDTC Newsletter for Winter 2020 is available on our newsletter page: https://mendotadakota.com/mn/newsletter/
IMPORTANT BIA UPDATE! To all members: call the office make sure your file is in order
To all current members in good standing, please call the office make sure your file is in order and complete. If you want you file to go to the BIA.
We are working on how we are going to send in the narrative when it is done. We want you to understand what the process and when this will happen. Hope to have a meeting maybe at the DuPuis House outside? We will keep you informed.
Your tribal council
Sharon, John,Jason and Greg.
CUI Notice Federal Register Publication – human remains from Iowa
Good afternoon,
After conversation with George Garvin last week, I’d like to start making plans for reburial of the 138 individuals and 32 associated funerary objects in the attached Notice. As you know, the Ho-Chunk Nation has taken the lead in submitting a claim; I also received letters in support of this from the Otoe-Missouria, the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, and the Three Affiliated Tribes. I’ve been given the go ahead by George to start making arrangements, but do want to be as inclusive as possible. Given their distribution and keeping with reburying as close as possible to original burial locations, it seems that we could conduct reburials at each of our four state-owned cemeteries. So at this time I’d like to arrange a meeting to begin planning
As a starting point, I propose that we meet on November 12, after the OSA’s Advisory Committee meeting, at 1pm, as there will be several of our Indian Advisory Council members here at the OSA, and we can also set up a conference call for others to call in. Please let me know if you’d like to participate, but the date and/or time don’t work for you.
Lara K. Noldner, PhD
Bioarchaeology Director
Office of the State Archaeologist
University of Iowa
700 S Clinton St.
Iowa City, IA
319-384-0740