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ALL candidates, citizens, and Brothertown descendants are invited to attend the “Meet the Candidates” forum via Zoom. Event is Sunday, May 5th at 4:30pm PT/ 5:30 pm MT/ 6:30pm CT/ 7:30pm ET

• The candidates for the 2024 Brothertown Indian Nation elections have been announced as follows:
  • Vice Chair (one position to fill): Jessica Ryan (incumbent), Craig Cottrell
  • Council (two positions to fill): Dawn Kraintz (incumbent), Hector Marroquin, Will Ottery
  • Peacemaker (one position to fill) : Greg Elsen (incumbent)

To obtain log-in information, please visit the Election Page here on the tribal website to request your access. The Election Committee will send you the link to join via email.

Candidate Forum Ground Rules:

• We will treat each other with mutual respect
• We will maintain a decorum which exemplifies how our Ancestors lived
• Focus upon issues affecting our community today and tomorrow
• Arrive at this particular time with a good heart and spirit

Below is the agenda and the questions that will be presented to help voters better understand each candidate’s goals and views concerning issues facing the Tribe today. Please also note the forum’s ground above.

Agenda:

• Invocation 
• Candidate introductions and brief bios
• Candidate questions (listed below)
• Open floor questions if candidates so desire 
• Wrap up with reminders on how/when to vote

Candidate Questions:

1. What are 1 or 2 of the Brothertown Indian Nation’s greatest strengths?

2. What are 1 or 2 opportunities that our nation could improve upon?

3. What is the most important issue facing BIN & Tribal Council(Council candidates) or Peacemakers (Peacemaker candidate) today?

4. What qualities or resources do you possess that you feel will best serve the citizens of Brothertown?

We have new information on the upcoming Minnesota gathering!

Now we can start planning… Stay tuned if additional information becomes available….

During the April 6^th Brothertown Powwow, winners were announced in our Volunteer Mystery Drawing as well as the Powwow Raffle.  Winners included Annette Pownell and Rose Pelky (winners of gift cards) and Tijana Williams (winner of a hand-carved walking stick for the Powwow Raffle).

Congratulations, Winners!

This is the Brothertown Tribe’s way of thanking our valued volunteers, the lifeblood of our Tribe! Thank you all for your support!

This announcement comes with warmth and appreciation to all Brothertown for their exceptional volunteerism, engagement, and willingness to lend a helping hand when needed. It has been the “Brothertown Way” since we were founded 238 years ago in 1785; and we continue to live the way our founders envisioned: helping one another. 

Thank you!

But (there always is a but), while we have been very busy, the next few years will be the most challenging time for fulfilling our foundational goals of Restoration.  Without you, it could not happen; with you – we all can succeed! Please read the information below. Again, thanks to every one of you.

We have much artistic Talent in the Brothertown Tribe, asking for you for your design ideas! (limit 4 designs per person)

Get the whole family involved, be exited to see your design worn by all the walkers! Better yet, join the event by walking with others wearing your design!

The 10th annual Lake Winnebago Water Walk is taking place June 13-15th. Ahead of the event, Brothertown Indian Nation is seeking t-shirt designs. See the flyer below for more information.

The 2024 Tribal Election will take place on May 18th. In-person voting will happen at the Cultural Center (N 1866 Hwy 151, Brothertown). Absentee ballots will also be mailed to all eligible voting members. If this is your first time visiting the Brothertown Cultural Center is located in the Town of Brothertown, the GPS official address is: N 1866 Hwy 151, Chilton, WI 53014.

For the first time, vote in-person at our New Cultural Center on May 18th from 10 am to 1 pm.

While not everyone is able to serve as an officer, be a council member, or serve on a committee, there is something every adult member 18 years or older in our Brothertown Tribe can do to ensure their voice is heard, that is by exercising your right to VOTE. By voting, we confirm that we care enough about our tribe to take the time to vote for those members who will help our tribe move forward. If you would like to run for a position in a future election, please contact one of the Election Committee members listed below.

More info can be found at www.brothertownindians.org/elections-2/ .

This is the Brothertown of Events, Meetings, and Gatherings for 2024.

We apologize for the awkwardness of the formatting, but we chose to try to fit it on one page as a quick reference to the entire year. However, it is so full of events in 2024 that this was the best way we could organize it. Now, every Brothertown member has an easy way to keep up with the tribe! Download it to your computer or phone for easy access. Members can view upcoming events on the website as well.

Additionally, later this month, we will be finishing the complete annual 2024 calendar (in Calendar format) that many have asked for again – which includes all events as well as the important dates of our tribe and ancestors going back hundreds of years included in each month. We will post when this is finished later this month.

Another fascinating article by Brad Dubos, a member of the board of Calumet and Cross, scholar, and a long-time friend of the Brothertown appeared in American Literature (Duke University Press).

Abstract: Brad’s article traces a long trajectory of hymnic placemaking within the Brothertown Indian Nation from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Since their tribe’s inception, Brothertown people have repurposed the forms and rituals of Christian hymnody in order to maintain connections to ancestral homelands, navigate and interpret unfamiliar terrain, and construct and shape tribal spaces. Samson Occom’s (Mohegan/Brothertown) A Choice Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs; Intended for the Edification of Sincere Christians, of all Denominations (1774) cultivated this distinctive mode of placemaking within the Native community that formed at Brothertown, New York

Thank you, Brad, To read the extensive article on American Literature click here…