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Three Affiliated Tribes: Campaign rally and feed to elect Whitney Bell for chairman

JT Shining Oneside shared stories about her Ojibwe and Anishinaabe inheritance during the Native American Heritage Month Celebration on Nov. 15. She spoke about the coming-of-age and traditional birth ceremonies. (Photo credit/ Adrianna Adame)
 

 

Whitney Bell, chairman candidate for Three Affiliated Tribes
Whitney Bell, chairman candidate for Three Affiliated Tribes

If you are at the Little Shell Powwow in New Town, N.D. this weekend, the Committee to Elect Whitney Bell is hosting a campaign rally and feed on Sunday, Aug. 15 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. You are invited to come share a home cooked meal with Whitney at Shelter #1 at the Four Bears Park out by Little Shell Powwow campgrounds. Come and listen to Whitney’s speech about why is running for chairman of the Three Affiliated Tribes. Whitney is smart, honest, educated and the father of five beautiful children and the husband of Tarina. He is currently the senior accountant for the Three Affiliated Tribes. He has outstanding business skills, including cash flows analysis management, financial planning, budget administration and government accounting. He has also served the tribe as the chief financial officer. Whitney has a plan on how he will lead and serve the people of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation. Come here Whitney speak on Sunday. Bring a chair if you can and sit down, listen to Whitney while you enjoy a hamburger and an ice cold coke.

If you would like to reach Whitney, he’s available at ndplainswarrior@hotmail.com.

Here’s some of Whitney’s background on work with he’s done with the Three Affiliated Tribes:

TAT TRIBAL HEADQUARTERS – New Town, ND
Senior Accountant, July 2009 – Present
Chief Financial Officer, June 2007 – July 2009

TAT GAMING COMMISSION – New Town, ND
Gaming Commissioner, March 2000 – June 2007
Chairman of Commission, July 2005 – December 2006

FORT BERTHOLD COMMUNICATIONS ENTERPRISE &
FORT BERTHOLD PUBLISHING AND PRINTING – New Town, ND
General Manager, 1997-2000

TAT TRIBAL HEADQUARTERS – New Town, ND
Administrative Assistant, 1995-1997

If you would like to help or volunteer call Jodi Rave at 406-396-8537.

Jodi Rave

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.