January 12, 2016 www.broadcasteronline.com How Race Colors Our World Views On Keystone XL And Our Peoples State Capitol Bureau PIERRE – The people who planned the route for the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline carefully avoided crossing the four major Indian reservations in western South Dakota. But the route runs entirely through the territory promised to the Great Sioux Nation in the 1868 treaty. By statehood in 1889, most of that land didn’t belong to tribal people. That taking, accomplished in a single generation, is what has ailed South Dakota now for more than 126 years and probably will forever undercut our abilities to live together. When the state Public Utilities Commission agreed Tuesday that TransCanada had certified it could still meet the conditions of its 2010 permit to build Keystone XL, chairman Chris Nelson said he had been mystified for some time by the tribal opponents. He said a letter sent by Debra White Plume of Manderson explained that she had a different worldview about the “black snake” being proposed by TransCanada. The commissioners decided early in the process they wouldn’t be considering who lived on the lands prior to statehood and the 1868 treaty and who might claim rights to it. But what happened during that single generation of time, between 1868 and 1889, had everything to do with the tribal opposition to Keystone XL. We spend so much energy, and we harbor so much resentment, in South Dakota from those events seven and eight generations ago. There’s really no practical way to reconcile what was taken after 1868. We aren’t going to erase the civilization that’s been built. We are what we are. There are things we can do to get along better. We could require an environmental impact study when eminent domain is used to force a corridor through people’s lands. In his budget recommendations, Gov. Dennis Daugaard is asking the Legislature for $2.2 million to pay for trying new ways to teach American Indian children at three schools. The state Board of Education on Thursday updated the schedule for revising school standards and added the Oceti Sakowin essential understandings and standards to the list. Essentially it is Indian education for all in the public schools of South Dakota. The required four public hearings would be held in 2017-2018. The state board would adopt the Oceti Sakowin standards in spring 2018. The state Board of Regents and Black Hills State University now are managing the GEAR UP program. The goal of GEAR UP is to help low-income students and their families better understand what is needed to attend college or technical school after high school. The governor’s proposal to expand Medicaid eligibility in turn for the federal government paying full expenses for American Indian health care in South Dakota is potentially a big change too. The Indian Health Service would engage in new partnerships with off-reservation medical providers. Telehealth technology would link doctors from private hospitals with their counterparts at rural clinics and IHS hospitals. These aren’t small changes but generally they will happen outside the worldview of most South Dakotans. We are what we are. We aren’t turning back to 1868. But if we want, we all can be better in 2016 and after. Broadcaster Press 7 Secretary of State Certifies 5th Ballot Measure PIERRE – Secretary of State Shantel Krebs announced that An initiated measure to Revise State Campaign Finance and Lobbying Laws, Create a Publicly Funded Campaign Finance Program, Create an Ethics Commission, and Appropriate Funds was validated and certified to be on the November 2016 general election ballot as a ballot measure the citizens will vote on. The sponsor turned in 24,532 signatures to the Secretary of State’s office. An Initiated Measure requires 13,871 signatures from South Dakota registered voters. Once the signatures were delivered to the Secretary of State’s office, a 5% random sampling was conducted. It was determined that 73.8% or 18,122 of 24,532 signatures were in good standing. This will be Initiated Measure 22. This is the fifth initiated measure to be approved by Secretary of State. A total of 8 measures were submitted for review. This office will continue the signature validation process of the remaining 3 measures in the order they were submitted to the Secretary of State. A total of 275,000 signatures were submitted among all petitions. Those looking to challenge the Secretary of State’s certification of a ballot measure have 30 days from the date they are certified, which would be February 5, 2016. Challenges to all statewide initiatives and referendums must be brought within 30 days after the petition has been validated and filed by the Secretary of State (SDCL 12-1-13) 1. 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How much does it cost for copies of the petition sheet? The Secretary of State is required by state law to charge $1.00 per page for copies. Copies of petitions are two pages due to the petition being printed front and back side which would calculate to a copy fee of $2.00 per petition. This fee applies to both paper and electronic copies. 5. What order do you process the petitions in? The Secretary of State's office will process each petition one at a time, and in the order in which they are received. 6. The petitions are not public documents until after the Secretary of State's Office has completed the validation process and either filed or rejected the petition. No copies can be purchased until this process is completed for the particular petition of which copies are being requested. We’re all ears. Gov. Daugaard Awards Four Community Development Block Grants PIERRE – Last week, four community leaders were notified that each of their respective communities has been approved for grant funding through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. Gov. Dennis Daugaard awarded a total of $977,500 to the communities of Faulkton, Hecla, Viborg and Yankton for various community improvements. “Small cities and rural areas in South Dakota are prime candidates for the CDBG program. We’re incredibly fortunate to have so many forward-thinking community leaders who share the state’s values when it comes to improving our citizens’ quality of life, infrastructure and workforce development,” said Gov. Daugaard. The CDBG awards include the following: Faulkton received a $515,000 grant to assist with improvements to the wastewater system in the community. Hecla received a $157,500 grant to assist with improvements to the water system in the community. 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