The MonT ST Sund OctO 8, 2017 A5 00 1 REGION DILLON KATO Missoulian note: Tobin Miller Shearer will be the guest speaker at the Butte- Sliver Bow Democrats Burros luncheon at noon Monday, Oct. 9, at the Butte Country Club, 3400 Elizabeth Warren Ave. MISSOULA University of Montana professor Tobin Miller Shearer, director of the African-American studies program, said he noticed something was wrong right away Thursday morning, Sept. 28, as he passed the bulletin board in the Liberal Arts building on campus. The day before, Shearer had posted a flyer outlining a new class he is offering in the spring: Suprem- acy But on that Thursday morning, another sign designed to look just like poster had been put up atop his, this one detailing a fictitious course, Nationalism Whoever made the new yer had copied layout, including the font and location of a photo, and changed the bullet points of the course objectives from ones like and evaluate a project to dismantle white supremacy in the U.S.” to the same line directed at The false sign said the class also would include group projects at dismantling race-baiting very disturbing because of the amount of time that was put into making it look Shearer said.
A detail that stuck out to Shearer was that his name on the original flyer was replaced by the (misspelled) name of the former director of the program, who been at the school for a decade. at best someone who knows the history of the program. At worst, another faculty member who knows the Shearer said. Shearer said this the first time racially charged messages have been targeted at the African-Amer- ican Studies program. Last year Shearer found himself on a national put together by the conservative group Turning Point USA, which accused him of discriminating against conservative students and pushing a Students have reported other incidents of hate speech or hate acts to him, he added.
Shearer, who said he found the fake flyer harassing to himself and his students, reported it to the University of Montana Police Department, which did not return a request for comment on Thursday. not surprised by Shearer said. disturbed by UM prof not surprised by racially charged flyer announced the designation of a special prosecutor for civil rights cases. also unclear from the BIA report who gave the order to round up people prior to the Stampede. A tribal Law and Order Committee discussed the issue at a meeting, but the committee made no official order.
For Peck Tribal Chairman Floyd Azure has denied involvement in the roundup, saying he was out of state at the time and had no control over the matter. The BIA investigator noted in her report that efforts to contact Azure were unsuccessful. Azure said on Wednesday that he never heard from the investigator. give a what the report he said. contact me.
They interview me or Mike Headdress, who was a captain of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes Department of Law and Justice at the time, has also denied parts of the BIA report. now an associate judge in the Fort Peck Tribal Court system. According to the BIA report, Headdress contacted tribal corrections officials about carrying out the roundup. A tribal prosecutor, Adrienne Weinberger, told the BIA investigator that she protested the roundup of to Headdress. Headdress brie spoke to the BIA investigator, according to the report.
He said the roundup came from a tribal council directive, and he see a problem with the short detention, although no criminal charges were filed. On Wednesday, Headdress said that was false. have me as an he said. not at all. I never did an Darling, the BIA spokeswoman, said on Friday that the investigator interviewed Headdress by phone on Nov.
13, 2013, and that he later declined a request for a second interview. Headdress described the roundup as a brief and legal detention. He said that officers gave the warnings to leave the area. When they Headdress said they were detained for detoxification. were warned, and they came he said.
why they got Fort Peck tribal law does have a provision for the involuntary commitment of an intoxicated person, though only in an emergency. The law requires a report and health examinations. The only report cited in the BIA investigation was an Stampede 24 Hour jail roster, which named the people who were detained. What in dispute is that people were detained prior to the Stampede and held without charges. Azure wrote in a letter to The Billings Gazette that the Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation regret the incident.
But while the BIA found evidence that those civil rights were violated, no consequences have come to any official. A lawsuit that was filed on behalf of the detainees dissolved after the attorney failed to keep in contact with the plaintiffs. Mary Cleland, a lay advocate for the Fort Peck Tribal Courts, said still working with some of the plaintiffs on another legal fight. She said in September that she hoped federal prosecutors would step in to help the detainees. me, no justice in Montana civil she said.
where is the U.S. Office? Who got arrested for making color-of-law McGlone Heights, which is an established neighborhood, and this is not what we thought we were going to Roots of the controversy Neighbors took their complaints to the council level in late June with a letter addressed to commissioners. will continue to question what is being done as our properties are taken over by weeds and tall grasses to a degree we have never the letter said. was reclamation work mentioned to any of The letter was signed by Raiha, Mike Mazzolini, and Kathy Hayes, though at least a few others are upset, too. Jon Sesso, who was still county planning director at the time, sent a memo to commissioners in response that included a timeline of events and actions on the triangle.
He said it started in 2014 when someone complained to the county about dirt, concrete, and construction debris from a nearby garage project being dumped on the vacant county lot. That prompted an inquiry from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. to the lack of any vegetation at the property, coupled with inadequate curb and gutter improvements, stormwater run-on and run-off from the site was identified as a potential water quality problem, threatening the health of Silver Bow Sesso wrote. There was no evidence of contaminated soils, Sesso said, but EPA demanded the county mitigate stormwater issues.
Sesso said the garage contractor eventually removed waste from the site, and the county took steps to route stormwater to area inlets. Curbs and gutters were installed around the triangle, and new sidewalks were put in. The county considered to curb erosion and worked with stakeholders to select plant that would provide cover, minimize long-term maintenance costs, and not block vision of drivers or views of neighbors, Sesso said in the memo. A plan was submitted to the Butte Natural Resource Damage Restoration Council (BNRC) in March 2015, and the presentation was advertised in The Montana Standard, Butte Weekly, state and local websites, and through mailings, Sesso said. Under the plan, which was combined with a tree-planting program, trees and shrubs would be put in the center, and perimeters were reserved for native grasses and wildflowers provided by the Montana Tech Native Plant Program.
The BNRC agreed to fully fund the project at $30,000, with $20,000 going for county efforts and $10,000 going to Montana Tech. From plan to action to reactions According to the written plan, there was nothing on the site but weedy before the project began. Pal said Tech students focused on the three corners and laid down seed mixtures and planted forbs starting in October 2015. The county seeded part of the lot with a Tech-produced mix the following spring that included tolerant grasses and Sesso said. Pal said his students did more work that spring, too, and last May they pulled some weeds.
The purpose was to have the area look good without constant maintenance, he said. turned it into a restoration site. It was not a landscaping he said. Call it what you want, neighbors and Shaw say, ugly and includes weeds and tall grasses that could have gone up in flames and spread to nearby houses in seconds this past summer. On a recent day before autumn rains, they stood in the lot with grass up above their knees.
been mowed, there is no water for it, and getting weeds over in my yard (because of said Hayes. have a meeting before establishing said resident Cathy James. get the input of the The complainants met with Palmer and other county officials recently and said he agreed with some of their concerns. Palmer, in talking with The Montana Standard recently, noted reasons for the project but said changes were needed. not a big fan of the native grasses in he said.
a big, barren hillside, they have their place, but in a smaller triangle like that, I feel they should be He said the center of the area would be mowed, which it has been, and more things would be done. will be green grass for most of it, but since we used NRDP money, I would like a point by the bottom and a strip across the top for those native grasses, but without some of the more invasive lines like the sage and some of the others that grow too he said. Those should be replaced with shorter, flowering types of plants, and the middle where there are still some young trees should be he said. The plan was to get a sprinkling system installed yet this year, with other changes made next spring, he said. Cunneen said mowing prevents the native plants from going to seed, cuts off a self-perpetuating cycle, and leaves the area open to invasive weeds.
None of the neighbors complained when the site was nothing but and if beautification efforts go too far, the BNRC could ask for its money back, he said. As it is, can tell you we are not investing another penny in that he said, in part because the existing plants and grasses have met their objective of curbing erosion and runoff. Funding for future projects with the county on the Butte Hill could be jeopardized, too, Cunneen said. plans are going to be highly scrutinized in the he said. The residents and Shaw abandoning their concerns either.
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