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Forum editorial: Tell truth and get punished
There is something very wrong with a bureaucracy that reprimands and reassigns a professional children’s advocate for telling the truth.
Sunday, August, 05, 2012 - INFORUM - Opinion
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There is something very wrong with a bureaucracy that reprimands and reassigns a professional children’s advocate for telling the truth.
Sunday, August, 05, 2012 - INFORUM - Opinion
Spirit Lake infant’s autopsy done, but kept secret
Case cited as example of child protection issues on reservation
FARGO – The state forensic examiner completed an autopsy on a 2-month-old girl whose relatives worried could be a neglected child, but an investigation of the death continues.
Friday, August, 03, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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Case cited as example of child protection issues on reservation
FARGO – The state forensic examiner completed an autopsy on a 2-month-old girl whose relatives worried could be a neglected child, but an investigation of the death continues.
Friday, August, 03, 2012 - INFORUM - News
Reprimand lifted for Spirit Lake whistleblower Dr. Tilus
FARGO – The Indian Health Service has rescinded its reprimand of a clinical psychiatrist who sounded the alarm over what he regarded as systemic failures to protect endangered children of the Spirit Lake Tribe. A letter of reprimand has been ordered removed from the personnel file of Dr. Michael Tilus, and an offer for him to serve an IHS posting at Fort Belknap in Montana has been restored, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Human Services, which oversees the IHS, said Thursday.
Friday, August, 03, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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FARGO – The Indian Health Service has rescinded its reprimand of a clinical psychiatrist who sounded the alarm over what he regarded as systemic failures to protect endangered children of the Spirit Lake Tribe. A letter of reprimand has been ordered removed from the personnel file of Dr. Michael Tilus, and an offer for him to serve an IHS posting at Fort Belknap in Montana has been restored, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Human Services, which oversees the IHS, said Thursday.
Friday, August, 03, 2012 - INFORUM - News
Three Affiliated Tribes plans riverboat gambling on Missouri River reservoir
NEW TOWN, N.D. — A Three Affiliated Tribes official says the tribe plans to offer riverboat gambling on a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota.
Thursday, August, 02, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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NEW TOWN, N.D. — A Three Affiliated Tribes official says the tribe plans to offer riverboat gambling on a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota.
Thursday, August, 02, 2012 - INFORUM - News
Spirit Lake murder suspect waives detention hearing
GRAND FORKS – The man charged with murdering two children last year in their home on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation near Devils Lake waived his right to a detention hearing that was scheduled for Monday in Grand Forks.
Tuesday, July, 31, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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GRAND FORKS – The man charged with murdering two children last year in their home on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation near Devils Lake waived his right to a detention hearing that was scheduled for Monday in Grand Forks.
Tuesday, July, 31, 2012 - INFORUM - News
SPECIAL REPORT: Protecting Spirit Lake's children, Letter of ‘grave concern’ rebuffed
Clinical psychologist Tilus reprimanded, reassigned after criticism of system
FARGO – A clinical psychologist who wrote a letter expressing “grave concern” about endangered children on the Spirit Lake reservation has been reprimanded and reassigned.
Saturday, July, 28, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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Clinical psychologist Tilus reprimanded, reassigned after criticism of system
FARGO – A clinical psychologist who wrote a letter expressing “grave concern” about endangered children on the Spirit Lake reservation has been reprimanded and reassigned.
Saturday, July, 28, 2012 - INFORUM - News
Forum editorial: A hopeful step for native kids
The arrest of a 19-year-old for the murder of two Spirit Lake Reservation children is an important, visible step in an ongoing and often frustrating effort to protect American Indian children. Valentino Bagola was charged by federal authorities with four counts of murder in connection with the deaths of 6-year-old Travis Lee DuBois Jr. and 9-year-old Destiny Jane Shaw DuBois. He pleaded not guilty. The reservation is south of Devils Lake, N.D.
Friday, July, 27, 2012 - INFORUM - Opinion
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The arrest of a 19-year-old for the murder of two Spirit Lake Reservation children is an important, visible step in an ongoing and often frustrating effort to protect American Indian children. Valentino Bagola was charged by federal authorities with four counts of murder in connection with the deaths of 6-year-old Travis Lee DuBois Jr. and 9-year-old Destiny Jane Shaw DuBois. He pleaded not guilty. The reservation is south of Devils Lake, N.D.
Friday, July, 27, 2012 - INFORUM - Opinion
ND vocational rehab program director sentenced for fraud
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — The former director of a vocational rehabilitation program on the Spirit Lake Sioux Indian Reservation has been sentenced for improperly approving program benefits.
Wednesday, July, 25, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — The former director of a vocational rehabilitation program on the Spirit Lake Sioux Indian Reservation has been sentenced for improperly approving program benefits.
Wednesday, July, 25, 2012 - INFORUM - News
Ex-Spirit Lake official sentenced for embezzlement
BISMARCK — Authorities say the former director of the Spirit Lake Vocational Rehabilitation Program has been sentenced to three months in a halfway house for embezzlement.
Wednesday, July, 25, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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BISMARCK — Authorities say the former director of the Spirit Lake Vocational Rehabilitation Program has been sentenced to three months in a halfway house for embezzlement.
Wednesday, July, 25, 2012 - INFORUM - News
ND man pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter
FARGO — A Saint Michael man has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after colliding head-on with a vehicle on the Spirit Lake reservation.
Tuesday, July, 24, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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FARGO — A Saint Michael man has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after colliding head-on with a vehicle on the Spirit Lake reservation.
Tuesday, July, 24, 2012 - INFORUM - News
Woman sentenced for embezzlement from tribal program
FARGO - The former director of the Spirit Lake Vocational Rehabilitation Program has been sentenced in federal court for her part in an embezzlement scam.
Tuesday, July, 24, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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FARGO - The former director of the Spirit Lake Vocational Rehabilitation Program has been sentenced in federal court for her part in an embezzlement scam.
Tuesday, July, 24, 2012 - INFORUM - News
'I hope this leads to closure': Man charged with murder of two Spirit Lake children
GRAND FORKS – After an agonizing 14 months of waiting and wondering, the people of the Spirit Lake Nation learned Monday that federal authorities had arrested a St. Michael man over the weekend and charged him with the brutal killings of two children.
Monday, July, 23, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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GRAND FORKS – After an agonizing 14 months of waiting and wondering, the people of the Spirit Lake Nation learned Monday that federal authorities had arrested a St. Michael man over the weekend and charged him with the brutal killings of two children.
Monday, July, 23, 2012 - INFORUM - News
Special report: Protecting Spirit Lake's Children
The unsolved murders of two children who died in May 2011 and recent critical reports have focused a spotlight on the Spirit Lake Tribe’s child protective services and child welfare programs. In installments that are running periodically, Forum Communications examines the effectiveness of efforts to protect endangered children on the reservation.
Sunday, July, 22, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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The unsolved murders of two children who died in May 2011 and recent critical reports have focused a spotlight on the Spirit Lake Tribe’s child protective services and child welfare programs. In installments that are running periodically, Forum Communications examines the effectiveness of efforts to protect endangered children on the reservation.
Sunday, July, 22, 2012 - INFORUM - News
Indian culture expert: Hurdles exist in protecting reservation children
GRAND FORKS – As a member of the University of North Dakota’s Indian studies faculty, Greg Gagnon used to give students a “pre-test” to see what they knew about American Indians. Nearly all the students were not Indian, and what they “knew” was that Indians get a check every month just for being Indian, they attend college for free, they are violent drunks and are wealthy because of welfare and casinos.
Sunday, July, 22, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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GRAND FORKS – As a member of the University of North Dakota’s Indian studies faculty, Greg Gagnon used to give students a “pre-test” to see what they knew about American Indians. Nearly all the students were not Indian, and what they “knew” was that Indians get a check every month just for being Indian, they attend college for free, they are violent drunks and are wealthy because of welfare and casinos.
Sunday, July, 22, 2012 - INFORUM - News
Forum editorial: Priority is safe children
Children are at risk in North Dakota’s Indian country, and the official response thus far has been mostly finger-pointing, buck-passing and a few innings of the blame game.
Wednesday, July, 18, 2012 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Children are at risk in North Dakota’s Indian country, and the official response thus far has been mostly finger-pointing, buck-passing and a few innings of the blame game.
Wednesday, July, 18, 2012 - INFORUM - Opinion
Despite losing her job, ex-Spirit Lake social worker driven to push for change
FORT TOTTEN, N.D. – Betty Jo Krenz can’t forget the desperate faces and voices she came to know while working with Head Start and foster-care children at Spirit Lake Nation.
Sunday, July, 15, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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FORT TOTTEN, N.D. – Betty Jo Krenz can’t forget the desperate faces and voices she came to know while working with Head Start and foster-care children at Spirit Lake Nation.
Sunday, July, 15, 2012 - INFORUM - News
No justice yet for murdered Spirit Lake children
Slaying of two kids found dead under mattress last May in Spirit Lake home remains unsolved
ST. MICHAEL, N.D. – Family and friends searched several days for Destiny DuBois and her little brother Travis DuBois Jr., after the children were reported missing by their father.
Sunday, July, 15, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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Slaying of two kids found dead under mattress last May in Spirit Lake home remains unsolved
ST. MICHAEL, N.D. – Family and friends searched several days for Destiny DuBois and her little brother Travis DuBois Jr., after the children were reported missing by their father.
Sunday, July, 15, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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April 24,2012 - July 7, 2012
Saturday, July, 14, 2012 - INFORUM - Obits
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April 24,2012 - July 7, 2012
Saturday, July, 14, 2012 - INFORUM - Obits
SPECIAL REPORT: Hoeven to seek Indian child abuse hearings
GRAND FORKS – Ryan Bernstein, deputy chief of staff for Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., said Friday the senator is “pushing for hearings” by the Senate Indian Affairs Committee on the issue of child abuse and neglect on reservations.
Saturday, July, 14, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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GRAND FORKS – Ryan Bernstein, deputy chief of staff for Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., said Friday the senator is “pushing for hearings” by the Senate Indian Affairs Committee on the issue of child abuse and neglect on reservations.
Saturday, July, 14, 2012 - INFORUM - News
SPECIAL REPORT: Protecting Spirit Lake’s kids
Concerns echo age-old problems in Indian country
FORT TOTTEN, N.D. — Former U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan, who was chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee until his retirement in 2010, remembers a girl named Tamara, whose sad story drew him to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation many years ago.
Saturday, July, 14, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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Concerns echo age-old problems in Indian country
FORT TOTTEN, N.D. — Former U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan, who was chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee until his retirement in 2010, remembers a girl named Tamara, whose sad story drew him to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation many years ago.
Saturday, July, 14, 2012 - INFORUM - News

