{"id":8856,"date":"2019-07-01T22:39:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T03:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/crow-tribes-statement-regarding-head-start\/"},"modified":"2019-07-01T22:39:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T03:39:50","slug":"crow-tribes-statement-regarding-head-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/crow-tribes-statement-regarding-head-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Crow Tribe\u2019s Statement Regarding Head Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_8856\"  data-site_id=\"63347fe36fd08b6c05de3d9e\"  data-dislike_enabled=\"false\"  data-icon_dislike_show=\"false\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/crow-tribes-statement-regarding-head-start\/\"  data-item_title=\"Crow Tribe\u2019s Statement Regarding Head Start\"  data-item_image=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/2019\/07\/Crow-Chairman-Not-Afraid-300x200.jpg\"  data-item_date=\"2019-07-01T22:39:48-05:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div><div id=\"attachment_16794\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Crow-Chairman-Not-Afraid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16794\" src=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/2019\/07\/Crow-Chairman-Not-Afraid-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alvin Not Afraid Jr., Chairman of the Crow Tribe<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chairman Not Afraid recently commented on the recent Billings Gazette front-page article regarding Crow Head Start:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to address allegations made by the Billings Gazette. Let me be clear: I never authorized the use of Head Start funds to pay for anything other than Head Start.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the facts that the Billings Gazette failed to consider before they published their gossip column on the front page of their \u201cnews\u201d paper:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The funds in question were never federal dollars. They were Tribal dollars \u201cdiverted\u201d, as characterized in the Gazette article, by the Crow Legislature to pay for Head Start expenses. NOT the other way<\/li>\n<li>The Tribe paid for more than a year of the Crow Head Start program, without receiving reimbursement from the federal Head Start office in Washington, DC.<\/li>\n<li>That year amounted to close to $1 million in Head Start expenses, PAID FOR BY THE TRIBE.<\/li>\n<li>The funds in question within the quoted email were a reimbursement to the Tribe for the money that the Tribe \u201cdiverted\u201d to Head<\/li>\n<li>Therefore, those funds were eventually reimbursed to the Tribe, as is right, proper and legal.<\/li>\n<li>Once those dollars became Tribal dollars, they were free to be used within the confines of the Crow Legislature\u2019s annual<\/li>\n<li>One of those line-items included using Tribal funds to pay for Tribal pow wows and parades during Crow Fair, which<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As with most issues in life, the truth is complicated. It takes real investigative journalism to get\u00a0 to the truth \u2013 but it takes just one sentence in a newspaper to destroy reputations. Feeding off\u00a0 of racist misconceptions about Indian Country, the Billings Gazette chose to write rumor, gossip and innuendo. They read it on the Internet, therefore they feel free to republish it, even though the allegations have been proven false. This is nothing more than campaigning at its worst, aimed at Crow for our continued support of the Trump Administration.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Great Aps\u00e1alooke Nation: \u201cTeepee Capital of the World\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Crow Tribe\u2019s Statement Regarding Head Start Page 2 of 2<\/p>\n<p>Whether you call it the drive-by media or fake news, the result is the same: it hurts real people who are working tirelessly to clean up our grant programs.<\/p>\n<p>But I expect nothing less from a publication that announced that an unconstitutional vote had removed me from office\u2026they didn\u2019t get it right then, and refused to print my letter to the editor rebuking them for their failure to do their job well. And they didn\u2019t get it right this time.<\/p>\n<p>Further, it is a sad fact that in the past, Crow has relied heavily on federal programs to provide services to our People. During my time in office, I have sought to change that: enterprising\u00a0 Crow men and women will always provide better services to Crow kids. When I realized that there were issues with the operation of the Crow Head Start, I realized that it had more to do with the fact that it was a government program and the crippling red tape that comes with it.\u00a0 So I have been working to expand privately run pre-school alternatives for young kids who cannot be with their parents during an important time of their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Crow parents are always the first and best option for young Crow kids. But when that is not possible, I seek Crow pre-school alternatives for our next generation, not a federal pre-school that has produced lack-luster results, especially for minority children. Our kids deserve better, and we all fight for better options for our kids.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_8856\"  data-site_id=\"63347fe36fd08b6c05de3d9e\"  data-dislike_enabled=\"false\"  data-icon_dislike_show=\"false\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/crow-tribes-statement-regarding-head-start\/\"  data-item_title=\"Crow Tribe\u2019s Statement Regarding Head Start\"  data-item_image=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/2019\/07\/Crow-Chairman-Not-Afraid-300x200.jpg\"  data-item_date=\"2019-07-01T22:39:48-05:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/articles\/crow-tribes-statement-regarding-head-start\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Original Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_8856\"  data-site_id=\"63347fe36fd08b6c05de3d9e\"  data-dislike_enabled=\"false\"  data-icon_dislike_show=\"false\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/crow-tribes-statement-regarding-head-start\/\"  data-item_title=\"Crow Tribe\u2019s Statement Regarding Head Start\"  data-item_image=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/2019\/07\/Crow-Chairman-Not-Afraid-300x200.jpg\"  data-item_date=\"2019-07-01T22:39:48-05:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div><p>Alvin Not Afraid Jr., Chairman of the Crow Tribe Chairman Not Afraid recently commented on the recent Billings Gazette front-page article regarding Crow Head Start: \u201cI would like to address allegations made by the Billings Gazette. Let me be clear: I never authorized the use of Head Start funds to <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/crow-tribes-statement-regarding-head-start\/\">Read More<\/a><br \/><img alt='' src='https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/avatars\/1541\/5d01b3efac7c3-bpthumb.png' srcset='https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/avatars\/1541\/5d01b3efa3bc2-bpfull.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>  Shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/membership-directory\/nativesunweekly\/profile\">Native Sun News Today<\/a>  July 1, 2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_8856\"  data-site_id=\"63347fe36fd08b6c05de3d9e\"  data-dislike_enabled=\"false\"  data-icon_dislike_show=\"false\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/crow-tribes-statement-regarding-head-start\/\"  data-item_title=\"Crow Tribe\u2019s Statement Regarding Head Start\"  data-item_image=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/2019\/07\/Crow-Chairman-Not-Afraid-300x200.jpg\"  data-item_date=\"2019-07-01T22:39:48-05:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1541,"featured_media":8857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5627],"tags":[10105,3222,6657],"class_list":["post-8856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resource-directory-blog","tag-archive","tag-news","tag-top-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1541"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}