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OCTOBER 18, 2013 WWW.GILARIVER.ORG/NEWS VOL. 16, NO. 16 Gila River Indian News P.O. Box 459 Sacaton, AZ 85147 Change Service Requested PRESORTED STANDARD U.S. Postage PAID Sacaton, AZ Permit No. 25 IN the GRIN Community Updates..Page 5 Health & Wellness......Page 7 Education.....................Page 8 Action Sheets..............Page 9 Announcements/Notices..Page10 “Serving all seven districts of the Gila River Indian Community” Blackwater - Hashen Kehk - Gu U Ki - Santan - Casa Blanca - Komatke - Maricopa Colony Little Dragons in LA, Page 3 GRIC Youth wins NCAI award in Tulsa, Page 4 Roberto A. Jackson/GRIN Joshua Jovanelly/GRIN Halloween GRIN KIDS, Page 7 Letters & Opinions......Page 3 Culture & History........Page 6 In October we are used to the leaves turning brown for autumn, and during this month we’ve come to expect another color change. In honor of Breast Cancer Aware- ness Month, pink ribbons and t-shirts flourish to raise concern about a disease that, according to the National Breast Cancer Foun- dation, will be diagnosed in one in eight women. The National Breast Cancer Foundation also estimates that 220,000 women die each year in the United States from breast cancer. The grim facts about breast cancer can be avoided with early detection. The fight against breast can- cer came to Gila River as Gila River Health Care hosted the “National Breast Cancer Aware- ness Celebration” at the Komatke Health Center in District 6. The Oct. 11 event was followed up by another breast cancer awareness event in Sacaton on Oct. 18. Folks gathered in Komatke to participate in the Fun Run/ Walk at 7 a.m. The other event activities started at 9 a.m., which was led in a prayer by Tim Terry Jr. Several booths and informa- Pink is in for cancer awareness By Roberto A. Jackson Gila River Indian News Cancer Case Manager Ditas Fallis, RN, wears a pink ribbon t-shirt to promote breast cancer awareness on Oct. 11. It’s less than five minutes into my workout with Waylon Pahona and my lungs are already heaving. We haven’t even touched any gym equipment at the District 6 fitness center yet — the only evidence of our activity is a growing puddle of sweat on the rubber floors and the ever-rising numbers on the heart rate-monitoring watches Pahona put on each of our wrists. Pahona wears black shorts streaked with lightning red on the sides and a black tank top to match his long jet-black hair, which is tied up behind his head. He has a spiky goatee, wears small ring earrings and sports tattoos of his Hopi tribal clan (a spider) and of his children’s hands on his solidly built upper body. There is an authority in his voice, the steady encouraging patter of a personal trainer — “Good job!” “Two more!” — that provides a con- stant soundtrack to the workout. As I struggle through the warm-up ex- ercises (walking out with my hands into a plank position, then walking my hands back until I’m standing upright; rise, repeat), Pahona does more than cheer me on. He is right next to me, demonstrating the cor- rect form with ease, dutifully doing each rep and each set that he asks me to do. In other words, Pahona is doing what he’s done best of late: He’s leading by example. -- Pahona is the man behind “Healthy Active Natives!!!,” a Facebook group page that encour- ages Native Americans to swap stories and dish out motivation for exercising and living healthy life- styles. The online forum has caught on like wildfire and is growing ex- ponentially. This week, it reached over 8,000 members, more than double what it had two months ago. The description on the Face- book page reads: “Please join me as we work to get more of our Native People healthy and active in our communities. I created this group for Natives to share and encourage one another…we are considered al- coholics and lazy but we are NOT LAZY!!!” The page, which is diligently policed by Pahona and his friends Eddie Ayala and Eric Hardy, bans negative comments and solicitation of diet pills. Pahona envisions it as a space where Natives welcome people of all fitness levels and use positive reinforcement to pick one another up when that road to the gym seems impossible to traverse. Typical posts include people telling other members about the workouts they finished — “6.2 miles three days in a row…got it done!” — or posting photos of their toned bodies on “Flex Fridays.” What started as a small group be- tween Pahona and a handful of friends has become a budding global community, spanning at least 27 U.S. states and three coun- tries, with followers checking in from places as disparate as Breme D’or, France; Okinawa, Japan; and Saskatchewan, Canada. Typical stories on HANs (as it is commonly known among mem- bers) are tales of transformation. The majority of members I spoke with had made huge health strides in the last few years, often drop- ping scores of pounds and replacing them with loads of self-esteem. The 34-year-old Pahona (who is half Hopi and whose mother is from Gila River Indian Commu- nity District 7) is one of these suc- cess stories. In 2008, he would get a gigantic breakfast burrito every day before work at his former job at GRIC’s Workforce Investment Act (WIA) office. His weight had bal- looned to 260 and he wasn’t exer- cising much. Native American fitness community flourishes, inspires via social media By Joshua Jovanelly Gila River Indian News Waylon Pahona encourages thousands of people to live a healthy lifestyle with his popular Facebook group page. Continued on Page 8 The O’odham people put the culture in agriculture. When European colonists, gold seekers and new Americans passed westward through the Gila River valley in the arid Sonoran desert they were astonished to find a thriving society of farmers who had formed a relationship with the seemingly uncompromising land that allowed them to mold it to their will and produce more crops of corn, squash, melons, grains and beans than they had need for. And the “Indians” shared the surplus with the rugged travelers. Today, Gila River Farms is the business entity of the Gila River In- dian Community that carries on the tradition of plowing, planting and producing great crops. “Our main goal is to make a satisfactory profit for the Com- munity and to offer employment opportunities for Community members,” said Farms’ Human Resources Administrator Kim Ech- everria in an email. Gila River Farms, established in 1968, employs 126 people and works more than 13,000 acres of GRIC land. The four main crops they produce are alfalfa (hay), cot- ton, corn and barley (wheat) and in their 2012 fiscal year they brought in a profit of just under $2 million. The Farms receives no finan- cial support from the tribe despite being owned by the tribe. “We’re a standalone financial enterprise of the Community,” said Comptroller Tiffany Turner, and “we anticipate increased profits moving forward.” Just half way through its 2014 fiscal year, which began in April to accommodate the cotton season, the Farms has already matched their FY12 total profit and is look- ing at a potential of more than $3 million by next March. Gila River Farms General Manager Jerry Garner said that while the business is on a fairly steady rebound, leadership is seek- ing to grow its enterprise even more. “We’re looking at a few veg- etable options,” Garner said in re- gards to expanding their crop op- tions, like sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and maybe even broccoli. He also hopes to increase the acre- age Farms manages. As the days shorten, autumn falls like a feather on the Gila River fields and the men who work the land start wearing jackets in the early morning chill. The cotton bowls have all broken open, re- vealing their fresh, white locks of fibrous treasure. Next week, Gila River Farms will begin picking and ginning. Farming is a year round pro- cess. As the cotton fields near the end of their crop cycle, the Farms will soon begin planting barley for harvesting next spring. GR Farms shoots for more growth By Mikhail Sundust Gila River Indian News Mikhail Sundust/GRIN A Gila River Farms worker uses an automated GPS tractor to form borders for what will be a field of barley in District 4. Continued on Page 5
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In October we are used to the leaves turning brown for autumn, and during this month we’ve come to expect another color change. In honor of Breast Cancer Aware-ness Month, pink ribbons and t-shirts flourish to raise concern about a disease that, according to the National Breast Cancer Foun-dation, will be diagnosed in one in eight women. The National Breast Cancer Foundation also estimates that 220,000 women die each year in the United States from breast cancer.
The grim facts about breast cancer can be avoided with early
detection. The fight against breast can-
cer came to Gila River as Gila River Health Care hosted the “National Breast Cancer Aware-ness Celebration” at the Komatke Health Center in District 6. The Oct. 11 event was followed up by another breast cancer awareness event in Sacaton on Oct. 18.
Folks gathered in Komatke to participate in the Fun Run/Walk at 7 a.m. The other event activities started at 9 a.m., which was led in a prayer by Tim Terry Jr.
Several booths and informa-
Pink is in for cancer awarenessBy Roberto A. JacksonGila River Indian News
Cancer Case Manager Ditas Fallis, RN, wears a pink ribbon t-shirt to promote breast cancer awareness on Oct. 11.
It’s less than five minutes into my workout with Waylon Pahona and my lungs are already heaving. We haven’t even touched any gym equipment at the District 6 fitness center yet — the only evidence of our activity is a growing puddle of sweat on the rubber floors and the ever-rising numbers on the heart rate-monitoring watches Pahona put on each of our wrists.
Pahona wears black shorts streaked with lightning red on the sides and a black tank top to match his long jet-black hair, which is tied up behind his head. He has a spiky goatee, wears small ring earrings and sports tattoos of his Hopi tribal clan (a spider) and of his children’s hands on his solidly built upper body.
There is an authority in his voice, the steady encouraging patter of a personal trainer — “Good job!” “Two more!” — that provides a con-stant soundtrack to the workout. As I struggle through the warm-up ex-ercises (walking out with my hands into a plank position, then walking
my hands back until I’m standing upright; rise, repeat), Pahona does more than cheer me on. He is right next to me, demonstrating the cor-rect form with ease, dutifully doing each rep and each set that he asks me to do. In other words, Pahona is doing what he’s done best of late:
He’s leading by example.--Pahona is the man behind
“Healthy Active Natives!!!,” a Facebook group page that encour-
ages Native Americans to swap stories and dish out motivation for exercising and living healthy life-styles. The online forum has caught on like wildfire and is growing ex-ponentially. This week, it reached over 8,000 members, more than double what it had two months ago.
The description on the Face-book page reads: “Please join me as we work to get more of our Native People healthy and active in our communities. I created this group
for Natives to share and encourage one another…we are considered al-coholics and lazy but we are NOT LAZY!!!”
The page, which is diligently policed by Pahona and his friends Eddie Ayala and Eric Hardy, bans negative comments and solicitation of diet pills. Pahona envisions it as a space where Natives welcome people of all fitness levels and use positive reinforcement to pick one another up when that road to the gym seems impossible to traverse.
Typical posts include people telling other members about the workouts they finished — “6.2 miles three days in a row…got it done!” — or posting photos of their toned bodies on “Flex Fridays.” What started as a small group be-tween Pahona and a handful of friends has become a budding global community, spanning at least 27 U.S. states and three coun-tries, with followers checking in from places as disparate as Breme D’or, France; Okinawa, Japan; and Saskatchewan, Canada.
Typical stories on HANs (as it is commonly known among mem-bers) are tales of transformation. The majority of members I spoke with had made huge health strides in the last few years, often drop-
ping scores of pounds and replacing them with loads of self-esteem.
The 34-year-old Pahona (who is half Hopi and whose mother is from Gila River Indian Commu-nity District 7) is one of these suc-cess stories. In 2008, he would get a gigantic breakfast burrito every day before work at his former job at GRIC’s Workforce Investment Act (WIA) office. His weight had bal-looned to 260 and he wasn’t exer-cising much.
Native American fitness community flourishes, inspires via social mediaBy Joshua JovanellyGila River Indian News
Waylon Pahona encourages thousands of people to live a healthy lifestyle with his popular Facebook group page.
Continued on Page 8
The O’odham people put the culture in agriculture.
When European colonists, gold seekers and new Americans passed westward through the Gila River valley in the arid Sonoran desert they were astonished to find a thriving society of farmers who had formed a relationship with the seemingly uncompromising land that allowed them to mold it to their will and produce more crops of corn, squash, melons, grains and beans than they had need for. And the “Indians” shared the surplus with the rugged travelers.
Today, Gila River Farms is the business entity of the Gila River In-dian Community that carries on the tradition of plowing, planting and producing great crops.
“Our main goal is to make a satisfactory profit for the Com-munity and to offer employment opportunities for Community members,” said Farms’ Human Resources Administrator Kim Ech-everria in an email.
Gila River Farms, established in 1968, employs 126 people and works more than 13,000 acres of
GRIC land. The four main crops they produce are alfalfa (hay), cot-ton, corn and barley (wheat) and in their 2012 fiscal year they brought in a profit of just under $2 million.
The Farms receives no finan-cial support from the tribe despite being owned by the tribe. “We’re a standalone financial enterprise of the Community,” said Comptroller Tiffany Turner, and “we anticipate increased profits moving forward.”
Just half way through its 2014 fiscal year, which began in April to accommodate the cotton season, the Farms has already matched their FY12 total profit and is look-ing at a potential of more than $3 million by next March.
Gila River Farms General Manager Jerry Garner said that while the business is on a fairly steady rebound, leadership is seek-ing to grow its enterprise even
more. “We’re looking at a few veg-
etable options,” Garner said in re-gards to expanding their crop op-tions, like sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and maybe even broccoli. He also hopes to increase the acre-age Farms manages.
As the days shorten, autumn falls like a feather on the Gila River fields and the men who work the land start wearing jackets in the early morning chill. The cotton bowls have all broken open, re-vealing their fresh, white locks of fibrous treasure. Next week, Gila River Farms will begin picking and ginning.
Farming is a year round pro-cess. As the cotton fields near the end of their crop cycle, the Farms will soon begin planting barley for harvesting next spring.
GR Farms shoots for more growthBy Mikhail SundustGila River Indian News
Mikhail Sundust/GRIN
A Gila River Farms worker uses an automated GPS tractor to form borders for what will be a field of barley in District 4.
Continued on Page 5
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The program serves District 1-7 within the Gila River Indian Community.
Eligibility Requirements
• Meals provided to any person 55 and over and/or to a spouse under age 55 living in the same household.
• Meals provided to handicapped or disabled program participants under are 60 who live in congregate housing facilities occupied primarily by the elderly.
• Meals provided at home to persons who have demonstrated a need to be home bound.
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CongratulationsCongratulations to Alexine
Morales for her graduation from Pima Medical Institute. Alexine received her certification as a Vet-erinary Assistant on September 27, 2013. We know you worked hard and we are so proud of you!
Grandma Rita Burnett and mother, Alexandria Cisneros
Little Dragons compete in Kung Fu tournament in Los Angeles
The Little Dragon Martial Arts Program that has served the children and adult students in the Gila River Indian Community for the past six years was given a special invitation to participate in the first North American Shaolin Kung Fu Tournament in Los An-geles, California. Only two teams
from Arizona were given this special invitation. The other team was from Tucson.
The Little Dragon Martial Arts Program carried a twelve member team that included sev-eral community members: Don-ald, Megan and Jayden Fahnholz. Due to scheduling conflicts, five
other tribal members were unable to make the trip. However, all of the students competed well and for the team’s efforts, the Little Dragon Martial Arts Program was presented with a “Top Ten” team award.
There were over forty teams represented at this festival with thousands in attendance through-out the day. Along with the team award, Sifu John Fullen received a gold medal from Abbot Shi Yong Xin for winning First Place in the Long Weapons Adult Division. Sifu John’s First Place earned him a trip to China to train at the Shao-lin Temple for two weeks. Sifu’s son Gaston Fullen also fared well by receiving a third place medal for his Open Hand Self Defense Form.
Little Dragon Martial Arts has been involved in the Com-munity for over six years and is working with several departments to bring martial arts to as many members as possible. The theme of Little Dragon Martial Arts is to develop the spirit of “justice, harmony, and peace.” Classes are forming now so look for flyers with times and location.
Thank you
I recently lost my son Ronald Joseph Apkaw on July 17, 2013. My daughter, Cynthia Apkaw, and myself (Patsy Johns) have been incarcerated with the Ari-zona Department of Corrections-Perryville.
Unfortunately, we could not be there with our family to help lay our precious Ronald to rest. Therefore, we would like to thank both sides of the family for be-ing there to make arrangements. Thank you “Lou Lou,” Rodney, Rosie, Brenda, Tricia and Robert “Mon” in your part. As well as the Apkaw and Lewis families.
I’d also like to thank the grave diggers, District 3 Service Center, District 5 Service Cen-ter, Upper San Tan Presbyte-rian Church, all choirs and drum groups.
Thank you to all who gave my family support, it is still very hard for us, considering our situ-ations, but I understand Ronald wasn’t only my child, he is God’s as well. He’s gone on to be with his dad, Dale Apkaw, and grand-pa (my dad), Patrick S. Johns Sr., as well as his grandma, Amanda Ramon.
Thank you all once again,Sincerely, Patsy Johns & Cynthia Ap-
kaw
JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS:
1. GAIL BROWNReview HearingCase#: J-10-0121/0122Court Date: November 27, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom #4, 2ND FLOOR.LOCATION OF COURT:SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA IN-DIAN COMMUNITY COURT10,005 E. Osborn Road Bldg. 23Scottsdale, Arizona 85256
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Photo Courtesy of the Little Dragon Martial Arts Program
Front row left to right: Mercedes Lane, Steven Lane Jr., Jayden Fahnholz. Middle row left to right: Lyndsey Wyrybkowski, Alec Borden, Megan Fahnholz, Jenny Stoner. Back Row: Sifu John Ful-len, Nicholas Peters, Gaston Fullen, Donald Fahnholz, Steve Lane Sr.
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A COUPLE WEEKS AGO IN A CITY NOT SO FAR, FAR AWAY – Over two hundred pa-trons filed into the Heard Muse-um Steele Auditorium in Phoenix Oct. 6 to watch the 1977 seminal space saga, “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope,” in the Diné language.
The free screening was the first museum showing in the Arizona Valley, according to Heard Museum Communications Manager Debra Krol after the presentation. “It not only fits in with our mission of showcasing arts and life ways of indigenous peoples but it’s also a way for us to engage new audiences.” That’s exactly what the project was in-tended to do.
The Star Wars franchise has long been a pop culture icon and the new translation, the first ma-jor motion picture to be trans-lated into Navajo, promotes the Navajo language through a fun and accessible medium.
“We needed a way to pre-serve our culture,” Manuelito Wheeler, director of the Navajo Nation Museum and the man whose cultural zeal was the force that got the project off the ground, told National Public Ra-dio’s Robert Siegel June 5.
“Language is at the core of a culture,” Wheeler said. “And I felt we needed a more contempo-rary way to reach not just young people but the population in gen-eral. And so, that’s when the idea of translating a major movie into the Navajo language came up.”
Wheeler chose Star Wars for its universal appeal. The transla-tion aims to bring a timeless lan-guage to a young, new audience and a classic film to a generation of Diné elders who speak noth-ing but their traditional language.
“I think Native languages in general are in the same predica-ment,” said Wheeler back at the Heard while the Star Wars theme played over running credits be-hind him. “We’re at a tipping point where we’re either going to continue our languages or lose them.”
The idea for the project be-gan several years ago but the translating, recording and dub-bing all took place earlier this year, beginning in April. A team of five fluent Navajo speakers spent 36 hours over three days translating the film. The Na-vajo Nation Museum worked with Lucasfilm Limited, LLC to
By Mikhail SundustGila River Indian News
Heard Museum screens unique version of ‘Star Wars: Episode IV’
TULSA, Okla. — Akimel O’odham/Pee Posh Youth Council Presi-dent-elect Tyler Owens celebrates receiving the 2013 NCAI Youth Leadership Award on Oct. 15 at the National Congress of American Indians annual convention. From left, Owens is joined by Council-man Frank Pablo Sr. (D5), Youth Council Coordinator Michael Pres-ton, Councilwoman Carol Schurz (D2), Youth Council member Ash-ley Pasqual, Gov. Gregory Mendoza, Councilman Devin Redbird (D7) and Youth Council members Learall Jackson and Alex Pablo. Councilmembers Robert Stone (D5), Anthony Villareal Sr. (D6) and Carolyn Williams (D3) — not pictured — joined GRIC leaders at the conference, which addressed national issues affecting Indian Country, such as implementing new tribal legislation like VAWA and TLOA, an upcoming Supreme Court case that could affect off-reservation gaming and a controversial WWII monument planned for Washington D.C.
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GRIC youth wins big award at NCAI annual convention in Tulsa Mikhail Sundust/GRIN
Sci-fi fandom was on full display at the Heard Museum’s showing of the Diné translated version of Star Wars.
make the translation possible. One hundred fifteen Navajos au-ditioned for the main characters in May and the film premiered at the Navajo Nation Fair in Win-dow Rock, Ariz., during the July 4 weekend.
Wheeler said some of the ob-stacles in creating the new trans-lation included finding funding and navigating the film industry but added that once he made con-tact with Lucasfilm, they were very helpful.
The greatest challenge, how-ever, was “coming up with simi-lar lines if they don’t translate word for word” from English to Navajo, said Wheeler. “Some-thing in English might be shorter or it might be longer when you translate it into Navajo.”
For example, Wheeler’s wife Jennifer, one of the adap-tation’s translators, explained to NPR: “‘R2-D2’ would be the short metal thing that’s alive.” Robot might be “a machine that thinks for itself,” said Wheeler in a separate interview.
Back at the Heard this month, the small auditorium erupted in hollers and applause when the famous opening script began scrolling up, up and away toward the stars – all in Navajo, of course. The energy emanating from the mostly Navajo crowd must have been as strong as what the Jedis felt in the Force, that which gives a Jedi his power, the “energy field created by all things” which “surrounds us and penetrates us” and “binds the galaxy together,” as Obi Wan Kenobi explained.
The crowd, which also in-cluded several die-hard Star Wars fans who could not understand a word of Navajo but showed up wearing alien costumes and X-wing pilot suits, laughed and cheered at such famous lines as “May the Force be with you,” or, “Ats’áhoníyéé’ nił hólǫ́ǫ doo.”
Several of the voice actors showed up at the Heard Museum screening.
“It’s just been a great experi-ence portraying the actor’s voice for the movie and I’m glad that I was a part of this project,” Terry Teller, who provided the voice for Luke Skywalker, told Chan-nel 12 News in his Jedi Knight garb.
Geri Hongeva-Camarillo, the voice of C-3PO, showed up in a shiny golden dress with a Navajo bent in the woolen pat-terned top and a large circular belt resembling her on-screen al-
ter ego’s midsection.“Everyone was encouraged
to dress their character but I knew I couldn’t squeeze into that metal-lic body,” she said with a laugh. She designed the dress herself, she said, and it was assembled by local Flagstaff clothier Sharon Hongeva.
Hongeva-Camarillo audi-tioned for the voice of C-3PO partially because “Princess Leia was the only female character … so there were a lot of people auditioning for [her]” but also because the obliviously hilarious android is “my personal favorite character of the movie, which I felt like I could relate to.”
“He’s always trying to super-vise people and … in a way he’s always kind of the mother figure to R2D2,” Hongeva-Camarillo said.
The Navajo Nation Museum dusted off its land speeder and is now on a tour across the U.S. to promote its project. Upcom-ing screenings of the translation include one at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kan., on Oct. 25 and another at the University of Oklahoma/Sam Noble Museum in Norman, Okla., on Oct. 27.
For a more complete list of upcoming venues visit the Na-vajo Nation Museum’s Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/NavajoNationMuseum. It remains to be seen if and when the translation will be available on DVD.
Gila River Indian NewsOctober 18, 2013 Page 5
Community updatesHere are some regular updates on the on-going issues pertaining to the Gila River Indian Community.by GRin staFF
Continued from Page 1Breast cancer awareness
tional exhibits like the West End Cancer Support Group and other health related programs lined the interior of the health center for guests to visit.
Just outside the entrance, chairs were set up for speakers, raffles and singers. “We’re try-ing to open up as many portals as we can to provide education and self breast exams,” said Dr. Noel
Habib, Women’s Health Medical Director for GRHC.
Visitors could get exams on site and learn more about ways to detect breast cancer.
“The best thing that we can do especially for women is come in for an annual mammogram,” said Ditas Fallis, RN, Canter Case Manager for GRHC.
Earlier this week, Pres. Barack Obama signed a bill into law that ended the government shutdown, provided a federal budget and raised the federal debt ceiling.
The U.S. Senate drafted and passed the bill 81-18 Wednes-day and within hours it passed through the House of Represen-tative and was on the president’s desk.
The bill provides a budget to federally funded programs that rely on federal funding like Women Infant and Children and Head Start. It will reopen national parks and put furloughed govern-ment employees back to work. It also incorporates back pay for furloughed federal workers.
But the new law only funds the government through Jan. 15, 2014 and raised the debt ceiling through Feb. 7 leaving the ques-tions: Will we see a similar situ-ation in only three months? And if there is another shutdown, how will federally funded programs react or plan ahead differently?
When the democratic pro-cess of debate and compromise stalled in the nation’s capitol Oct.1, members of both parties grinded their padded feet and hooves into the dirt and painted their conflicting fiscal priorities firmly in the ink of newspapers across the country without signs of retreat.
The resulting partial govern-ment shutdown lasted 15 days and, as time bore on, began to increase the burdens on state and local governments whom volun-teered to sustain federally funded operations and programs such as health care and public safety services as well as education and public assistance programs.
Gov. Gregory Mendoza of the Gila River Indian Commu-nity released a statement Oct. 1 saying, “at this time the Commu-nity will continue funding fed-eral programs with Community funds, to the extent there are no federal funds, until there is a fed-eral appropriation bill/Continu-ing Resolution, especially essen-tial services like health care, law enforcement, elderly services, emergency services, housing and education.”
The Community, like many other state and local govern-ments, did this at the risk of zero compensation from the federal government. The state of Arizona, for example, dished out $93,000 a day this past week to re-open the Grand Canyon National Park. It is uncertain whether or not the state will be reimbursed.
The silver lining is that such efforts, combined with prudent financial planning and stashes of contingency funds, mitigated the impact felt on most Americans, which could be a good take-away lesson in case the govern-ment nears another shutdown on another budget debate in future months.
Mary Tatum is the commu-nity nutrition program manager of Gila River’s Nutrition Assis-
tance program – which oversees the Community’s Women, Infant and Children’s program, its Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations program (common-ly known as Commodity Foods) and a couple other community service programs.
She said that while the pros-pect of a sustained stalemate in Washington D.C. did hold the potential to freeze up her depart-ment’s operations down the line, her team was ready to weather the early winter for at least a few more weeks.
“We’re federally funded but the tribe also supplements,” Tatum said about GRIC WIC, a program that serves over 1,200 clients throughout Gila River.
“When I heard that we didn’t have a budget (from the federal funds), there was concern but I wasn’t as concerned because I knew that we had the tribal bud-get that we could work off of for right now,” Tatum said. Not all WIC offices around the country are so lucky. Various tribal- and state-run WIC programs in states throughout the union saw their programs begin to falter. The North Carolina program shut down completely for three days.
The tribe furnishes approxi-mately half of what it costs to operate WIC in Gila River but it’s important to note that none of the tribal funds go directly to supplying the clientele with food credits. Tatum explained, “The tribal money goes just for of-fice support here, it goes to staff salaries, supplies that we need. So it doesn’t go to the bank” and it doesn’t help WIC clients cash their vouchers.
GRIC WIC works with the
Inter Tribal Council of Arizona to pass food credits to clients. WIC gives the clients the vouchers and when the clients use them at the grocery store, ITCA backs the checks with the WIC dollars it receives from the federal govern-ment.
That cash stopped flowing as soon as the budget deadline passed Oct. 1 but ITCA had its own cache of money that it was able to use to meet demands through early November.
Tatum’s department also op-erates Gila River’s FDPIR pro-gram, which provides food from a vendor directly to needy fami-lies. The money to purchase that food has already stopped rolling in but Tatum pointed out that “as good practice, we’re supposed to have at least a month and a half worth of food,” which they did. Because of its forward think-ing, FDPIR could have operated through mid-November.
The Tribal Education De-partment, which manages nearly a dozen schools on the Gila River Indian Reservation and also re-lies on federal funding for some of the programs and services it offers, also planned ahead.
They didn’t have too many problems when the government shut down because they operate a “forward funded” budget sys-tem, which promises the schools money ahead of time.
“More than likely [the gov-ernment] would have dispersed it to us already,” said TED Director Mario Molina. A lot of the time, schools receive their money for the school year on a 50/50 split at the beginning of each semester.
He called the budget issue more of an annoyance than any-
Governor’s Employees of the Month for Aug. and Sept.
August Employee of the Month Damon Sanderson has been a member of the Fire De-partment since October of 2006. He came to the Fire Department a veteran of the United States Ma-rine Corp. and an experienced me-chanic.
In April of 2012 Damon was promoted from Fire Mechanic to Senior Fire Mechanic. Since that time Damon has carried the re-sponsibility of keeping the fleet in a ready state single handedly. Da-mon has made himself available 24-7-365 to diagnose and repair mechanical problems, pre-inspect trucks for deployments or address any other fleet related emergency in order to keep our vehicles in a safe and ready condition.
Damon is unassuming, quiet and a little shy about recognition but having worked with Damon for the past 6 years and witnessing his integrity and commitment to keeping all of us safe, Community and responders alike, nominating Damon Sanderson for Employee of the month is very easy.
Deal reached to end partial shutdown through Jan. 2014
Governor Gregory Mendoza with Damon Sanderson
Governor Gregory Mendoza with Sonia Duarte
September Employee of the Month Sonia Duarte has worked at her position with the Residential Programs for Youth for 11 years. RPY has faced many obstacles, but through it all Sonia has remained hard working, dedicated, and has outperformed the majority in her field.
One example of Sonia’s gen-erosity is that she uses her free time to volunteer away from her family. She gives so much to the youth that she will always be considered a part of RPY family.
She has excelled in all areas of her job. She started from the “bot-tom” and now is the Lead Youth Development Specialist II.
As a Gila River Indian Com-munity member, she has been a positive example to our youth. She has encouraged them to excel in diverse circumstances, and over-come what most people would say is too much. RPY commends So-nia for her passion, and hopes that they can continue to receive many more employees with the same drive and dedication.
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thing but he added that if the fed-eral debt limit is not raised, that could affect the department’s op-erations. But it’s hard to tell how until it happens.
“We continue to plan ahead,” said Molina. We always try and look, not just at the road, but at the curves in the road.”
This time, the impacts of the congressional quarrel on most Americans were cushioned by contingency funds and small government involvement but it became clear that the longer the shutdown was dragged out, the thinner emergency money grew and the more strained public ser-vices became.
Meanwhile, two northern Arizona tribes capitalized on a golden lining about the dark cloud that was the federal shut-down. The Antelope Canyon and Grand Canyon West tourist destinations – owned by the Na-
vajo Nation and Hualapai Tribe respectively – saw a giant boost in their rates of visitors when the Grand Canyon closed earlier this month.
Grand Canyon West features the popular horseshoe-shaped all-Plexiglas structure that enables guests to walk out over the edge of the Grand Canyon and marvel at its beauty in all encompassing vistas.
“Tourism is the backbone of the tribe,” Havasupai Vice Chairman Matthew Putesoy told KJZZ’s Fronteras Desk Oct. 9. “We really don’t have any other economic development.”
Antelope Canyon is known for its high, color-burst flowing sandstone walls, narrow passage-ways and transcendent beams of sunshine that illuminate the can-yon corridors and make for fan-tastic photographic opportunities.
October 18, 2013Page 6 Culture & History
S-he:pijig Mashath translates to the “cold month” and notes the arrival of cooler weather and windy days.
This month, the ko:ko’i (rattlesnakes) retreat to their dens for the winter sleep. This is the time of year when they are very dangerous, and may strike without sounding their rattles. In winter Ko:ko’i ha ki: (Rattlesnake House) is a dangerous place and when we were young we were told to stay away from this place lest the rattlesnakes find our tracks and come to our home next spring.
This month, we will experience colder weather and during school days our parents would remind us that “S-he:pith ‘o ch ‘ep heved jek’ked, va:pkiñ heg e’ va:p’thalik!” (It’s cold and windy outside, put your coat/jacket on!) As we would get ready for school mom would remind us “Pi gamo shai va:pkiñ heg e’ ka’akvodk shashliv, hegi mo che’echev kak’kiyo shashliv am thabo va:p!” (Don’t wear your shorts, wear your long pants!)
After breakfast we would all head out the door to the bus stop and mom would remind us “Piamo’o vash’shol heg e’ va:pthalik, vamtho shoshmai!” (Keep you coats/jackets on, or you will catch a cold!) Hot chocolate at
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gy! Toddlers need a variety of op-portunities to run off their energy. The more active and involved your child is, the less of those “terrible two” behaviors you will see. Below is an active play game that you can do with your 1-5 year old child. Simply gather up some paper plates and small toys or objects and you will have all you need for this fun activity!
Author,
Heidi Bruder Teen Parent Case Manager
Toddler Tips: 1. Be consistent. Have the same
consequence for undesirable behaviors.
2. Act immediately. Your child won’t remember what they did 5 minutes later.
3. Don’t yell, but change your voice. It’s not the volume but the tone that gets your point across.
4. Catch your child being good. Praise the good behavior.
5. Remind your child that you love her!
Toddlers! What to do with those terrible twos??
Paper Plate Scooters Paper plates make great pretend scooters in this easy activity. Children love pushing the plates all over. Older, taller children may find this activity harder than it is for their younger, shorter playmates. Materials: Sturdy paper plates, one per child. Objects – popsicle sticks, small stuffed animals, small toys, small balls. Instructions: Choose a carpeted area large enough for children to freely scoot around safely. Let each child select a paper plate to push. Have children place both hands on their plates and begin pushing. Tell them to keep their knees off the floor. Give this activity a purpose. Have kids place small objects on their plate and have them carry the object on their plates from one side of the room to the other. Try carrying small toys to a toy basket or carry socks to their room. Giving your child a “job” will make them feel important and helpful around the house. The result, a well-behaved and happy kiddo! Give it a try!
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(520)562-3321
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Heidi Bruder
Teen Parent Case Manager
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breakfast would always be a treat for us before heading to school.
In the fun of Chu:chkud Ha Thash (Halloween) we have a spooky word match to get you ready for those trick-or-treaters coming to your door.
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In honor of America Recycles Day, the Department of Environmental Quality & the Department of Public Works
will be hosting an electronic waste collection event. Electronic waste includes:
Computer Equipment (including printers)
Telephones/cellphones
Fax machines
TV’s, DVD’s & other audio equipment
Small Kitchen Appliances
- NO MICROWAVES - NO AIR CONDITIONERS
Refreshments and GREAT door prizes will be available!
For any further questions or information call GRIC/DEQ 520.562.2234
Prior to 1990, electronic waste was virtually non-existent. Today, it is currently the fast-est- growing waste stream in the world. In one way or another, it is a central part of everything we do and own: TVs in our homes, cell phones and MP3 players in our ears, video games in our hands, and computers in our laps and on our desks. The electronic indus-try generates nearly $2 billion a year, and Americans own nearly
3 billion electronic products.
For each new product that comes along, one or more becomes outdated or obsolete. Con-sequently, we’re storing or discard-ing older electronic products faster than ever. In 2005, used, unwanted or ob-solete electronics amounted to over 2 million tons. Of that, approximately 1.5 mil-
lion tons were disposed of in land-fills. Electronics placed in land-fills can potentially release toxic
chemicals and harmful metals, therefore it is important that these ma-terials be removed from the waste stream for the protection of our natural resources and human health!
In response to the growing problem of electronic waste, and in honor of National Re-cycling Day, the GRIC Department of Environ-mental Quality is coor-dinating with the GRIC Department of Public Works to host a free electronic waste dispos-al event to be held at the DEQ office (see map for directions). We will also provide general in-formation on recycling as well as waste reduc-tion strategies for the Community.
Please join us for this important event, and help protect the natural resources in our Community!
Electronic Waste – A National DilemmaSubmitted by Department of Environmental Quality
What’s New at the Office of Emergency Management?
Gila River Office of Emergency Management (OEM) understands that being prepared is key when it comes to your safety. OEM has implemented a mass notification system that allows you to be notified of emergency situations due to flash floods, wild fires or other hazards almost immediately. The notification system will call your home phone and deliver a recorded message telling you of the situation and what you can do to keep safe or provide needed information. When you get a call please listen to the entire message or it will continue to call you. Everyone with a listed phone number on the GRTI system will automatically be included in the messaging system. If you do not have service with GRTI or wish to be notified with an additional number or want your unlisted number included, please call 520-‐562-‐7198 to make the request. In addition, if you wish to be taken off the notification list, contact 520-‐562-‐7198. Be prepared to provide your name, phone number, and the District you reside in to add additional numbers or be taken off the list. Thank you and be safe.
Wellness Center & Tribal Recreation Program P.O. Box 324
Sacaton, Arizona 85147 520.562.2025/2026 office
520.562.3320 fax
It’s that time again!! The weather is cooler and the undead rise up to take a run in downtown Sacaton!!! They don’t run without purpose though; the annual Trail of Doom happens not just for fun but to raise awareness of Diabetes prevention. Join the Wellness Center and Tribal Recreation staff for the annual:
2013 TRAIL OF DOOM Thursday October 24, 2013
Sacaton Wellness Center featuring
2-mile Zombie Walk Zombies on the Run 5K (pre-registration required)
1-mile Senior Zombie Walk
5K starts at 5:45pm 1-mile Senior Zombie Walk starts at 5:45pm
2-mile Zombie Walk starts at 7:00pm
Registrations for 5K can be picked up at the Sacaton Wellness Center, or call the Wellness Center at 520.562.2025/2026 to
have a registration emailed to you.
2-mile Zombie Walk & 1-mile Senior Zombie Walk sign up on site.
AWARDS FOR BEST ZOMBIE COSTUME
D.J. music provided by Russell Blackwater
Wellness Center & Tribal Recreation Program P.O. Box 324
Sacaton, Arizona 85147 520.562.2025/2026 office
520.562.3320 fax
It’s that time again!! The weather is cooler and the undead rise up to take a run in downtown Sacaton!!! They don’t run without purpose though; the annual Trail of Doom happens not just for fun but to raise awareness of Diabetes prevention. Join the Wellness Center and Tribal Recreation staff for the annual:
2013 TRAIL OF DOOM Thursday October 24, 2013
Sacaton Wellness Center featuring
2-mile Zombie Walk Zombies on the Run 5K (pre-registration required)
1-mile Senior Zombie Walk
5K starts at 5:45pm 1-mile Senior Zombie Walk starts at 5:45pm
2-mile Zombie Walk starts at 7:00pm
Registrations for 5K can be picked up at the Sacaton Wellness Center, or call the Wellness Center at 520.562.2025/2026 to
have a registration emailed to you.
2-mile Zombie Walk & 1-mile Senior Zombie Walk sign up on site.
AWARDS FOR BEST ZOMBIE COSTUME
D.J. music provided by Russell Blackwater
Wellness Center & Tribal Recreation Program P.O. Box 324
Sacaton, Arizona 85147 520.562.2025/2026 office
520.562.3320 fax
It’s that time again!! The weather is cooler and the undead rise up to take a run in downtown Sacaton!!! They don’t run without purpose though; the annual Trail of Doom happens not just for fun but to raise awareness of Diabetes prevention. Join the Wellness Center and Tribal Recreation staff for the annual:
2013 TRAIL OF DOOM Thursday October 24, 2013
Sacaton Wellness Center featuring
2-mile Zombie Walk Zombies on the Run 5K (pre-registration required)
1-mile Senior Zombie Walk
5K starts at 5:45pm 1-mile Senior Zombie Walk starts at 5:45pm
2-mile Zombie Walk starts at 7:00pm
Registrations for 5K can be picked up at the Sacaton Wellness Center, or call the Wellness Center at 520.562.2025/2026 to
have a registration emailed to you.
2-mile Zombie Walk & 1-mile Senior Zombie Walk sign up on site.
AWARDS FOR BEST ZOMBIE COSTUME
D.J. music provided by Russell Blackwater
Wellness Center & Tribal Recreation Program P.O. Box 324
Sacaton, Arizona 85147 520.562.2025/2026 office
520.562.3320 fax
It’s that time again!! The weather is cooler and the undead rise up to take a run in downtown Sacaton!!! They don’t run without purpose though; the annual Trail of Doom happens not just for fun but to raise awareness of Diabetes prevention. Join the Wellness Center and Tribal Recreation staff for the annual:
2013 TRAIL OF DOOM Thursday October 24, 2013
Sacaton Wellness Center featuring
2-mile Zombie Walk Zombies on the Run 5K (pre-registration required)
1-mile Senior Zombie Walk
5K starts at 5:45pm 1-mile Senior Zombie Walk starts at 5:45pm
2-mile Zombie Walk starts at 7:00pm
Registrations for 5K can be picked up at the Sacaton Wellness Center, or call the Wellness Center at 520.562.2025/2026 to
have a registration emailed to you.
2-mile Zombie Walk & 1-mile Senior Zombie Walk sign up on site.
AWARDS FOR BEST ZOMBIE COSTUME
D.J. music provided by Russell Blackwater
October 18, 2013 Page 7Health & Wellness
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Gila River Health Care 520 562-5150 office 520 371-0132 cell Family Planning Mobile Medical
Clinic (Title X Funded)
OCTOBER 2013 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 VHM HIGH SCHOOL
TEEN CLINIC BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
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Suicide is ranked as the eighth leading cause of death for American Indians/Alaska Natives of all ages. Suicide is ranked as the second leading cause of death for American Indian/Alaska Natives for those from age 10-34. The suicide rate for American Indi-ans/Alaska Natives is 10 times higher than the overall US rate.
Many people in Native communities are uncomfortable talking about death, and their discomfort is magnified when the death is a suicide. The result is that survivors of sui-cide have little support from friends or the community. They often experience a sense of isolation, shock, anger, guilt, depression, and alienation due to the stigma attached to suicide. In addition, survivors of suicide are at risk for engaging in suicidal behavior themselves.
The Survivors of Suicide (SOS) Day Conference is a one-day workshop where
participants can connect with fellow survi-vors, gain support in dealing with survivor grief, and explore opportunities for growth and healing.
The theme of this year’s conference is “Healing Your Heart” – a day of healing for those who have lost a loved one to suicide. Conference highlights include the following:
●Survivor Panel Discussion: exploring answers to questions about coping with sur-vivor grief.
● “The Art of Finding Hope” work-shop: using art to deal with survivor grief and pain.
● “Find Your Vision” workshop: creat-ing your own vision board as a way of gener-ating hope and healing.
Sponsored by the Gila River Prevention Coalition, this year’s conference is being held on Saturday, November 2, 2013 from 8am – 3pm at the Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino.
Although the conference is free for the community (individuals 18 years of age or older), participants must pre-register to at-tend. For more information about register-ing for this conference please contact Sandra McNally at [email protected]
First Annual Survivors of Suicide Conference to be Held in Gila River
By Sandra McNally Prevention Manager, EMPACT-SPC
October 18, 2013Page 8
A doctor informed him that he had arthritis in his spine, while a physi-cal therapist told him flat out, “there’s no way you can run.” Having people telling him he couldn’t do something, basically implying he should give up, lit a fire in Pahona. He decided on the spot to run a half marathon, and dropped about 40 pounds by the time he completed the 13.1 miles of the P.F. Chang’s race in Phoenix.
Now a lead peer fitness coordinator for Gila River Health Care, Pa-hona sat in his Komatke clinic office after our hour-long workout. He is now a muscular 174 pounds. He smiled as he unfurled laminated before-and-after photos of himself running at his heavier weight. The fuller-faced and wider man in the picture bears little resemblance to the fitness guru Pahona has become.
“I’m just like everybody else, I used to be big,” Pahona said. “I’ve struggled with my weight.”
After his own fitness makeover, Waylon found his calling as a person-al trainer and enjoys his day job working with anyone from elders looking to stay active to the physically fit seeking a challenging new routine. But he wanted to share this newfound passion with other Native Americans, who he often saw represented as unhealthy and inactive.
One night in March 2012, he was googling search terms like “healthy Native Americans” or “Native Americans working out” and hardly found anything besides a few videos on YouTube. That is when he decided to start the HANs Facebook group and invite about 50 close friends.
“I just thought, you know what, I’m going to find people who share the same passion I do with exercise and for motivation,” Pahona said.
Membership hovered at around 700 for most of 2012. Then at the beginning of this year, things just started to “blow up.” People were asking to be accepted at a breakneck pace and by the summer HANs was adding about 1,000 people to its membership every few weeks. (Pahona, Ayala and Hardy vet every person who requests access to the group, making sure they are not posting pictures of alcohol or drugs, soliciting things or saying inappropriate things.)
Today, Pahona spends about three hours a night curating the posts on HANs, on top of his full-time responsibilities at work and at home. He lives in Tempe with his wife Janis (also a regular runner) and their two boys, Jayden, 13, and Kaiyou, 8.
Pahona has done more than found a popular online forum that many members visit incessantly throughout the day. He’s created a palpable en-ergy that Native Americans can harness, enhance and distribute.
--Shortly after I posted on the HANs page asking for people who wanted
to speak with the GRIN about their experiences, I received this message:“hello..my name is Joshua Longhat..im 33 and i live in Zuni NM..im
a T5-6 paraplegic in a chair with wheels..ive had my injury for two years..i workout at least three times a week..i joined the HANs page to motivate and get motivated..to inspire and to be inspired..it helps a lot when i dont feel like working out to read the posts..then i want to post and be read about my workout…”
Longhat had been rock climbing on a July 2010 afternoon that changed his life. It had just rained and the rocks were slick. Longhat slipped, fell nearly 20 feet and landed on his back, paralyzing him from the waist down.
He had always been active before his injury and that wasn’t about to change. He took the initiative to learn to do things in new ways. He learned to drive his car with the pole of a Swiffer mop and an extendable claw grabber. He played golf, a game he excelled at in college, swooshing his swing from a sitting position in his chair.
But the place where Longhat found solace was at his local wellness center. He toned his upper body, pumping up his biceps, triceps and shoul-ders. He heard about HANs through a friend and posted a picture showing off his ripped arms on a “Flex Friday.”
Longhat’s photo got more Facebook “likes” than anything he had ever written before. “I’ve been active my whole life,” Longhat said in a phone interview. “And I wasn’t going to let me being in a wheelchair or having my injury stop me from doing whatever I used to do.”
Charlene Fountain, 40, of the Karuk and Pit River tribes, had simi-lar success against life-threatening obstacles. She survived ITP (immune thrombocytopenia), a blood disorder, and steroid-induced diabetes, which left her hospitalized for long periods of time. She couldn’t walk for very long without a lot of pain. She began to walk a block or ride a stationary bike for just 10 minutes at a time.
“There were times I felt alone and wished I had support but was deter-mined to do it no matter what,” Fountain wrote. “After 6 months I lost 35 pounds, got off half of my meds and in a little over a year was taken off all meds and cleared of all medical issues.”
When she spoke on the phone from her current home in Cameron, N.C., Fountain was emphatic when I asked her how she pulled herself out of her debilitating health difficulties.
“To me there’s no other option,” she said. “When you’re so far down the only way to go is back up. When everything is taken away from you, you want that back. You see how precious everything is.”
Fountain joined HANs in May and started slowly shared her back-story with fellow members. She has committed to run a half marathon in late November, something which “I never thought in my life I would do.”
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Community Council Action Sheets Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013
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ACTION SHEETCommunity Council; PO Box 2138; Sacaton, Arizona 85147; Phone (520) 562-9720; Fax (520) 562-9729 CALL TO ORDERThe First Regular Monthly Meeting of the Community Council held Wednesday October 2, 2013, in the Com-munity Council Chambers at the Governance Center in Sacaton, Arizona was called to order by Governor Gregory Mendoza at 9:07 a.m.INVOCATIONProvided by Councilman Norman Wellington, Sr.ROLL CALLSign-In Sheet Circulated10 Council Members PresentAPPROVAL OF AGENDAAPPROVED AS AMENDEDREPORTS1. Update Re: Lone Butte Departmental Relocation Presenters: David White, Kimberly DutcherDISPENSED AT APPROVAL OF AGENDA2. Gila Crossing Community School Final A/C Project Report Presenters: Dr. Jeff Williamson and Board of TrusteesREPORT HEARD3. 2012/2013 Head Start Program Information Report Presenter: Patricia ValenzuelaREPORT HEARD4. St. Peter Indian Mission School Tribal Allocation 4th Quarter Report Presenter: S. Martha Mary CarpenterREPORT HEARD5. St. Peter Indian Mission School Tribal Allocation Annual Report 2012-2013 Presenter: S. Martha Mary Carpenter REPORT HEARD6. Sacaton Elementary Tribal Allocation Annual Report SY2012-2013 Presenter: Leslie RychelREPORT HEARD7. Sacaton Middle School Annual Report SY2012-2013 Presenter: Philip BondsREPORT HEARD8. Gila Crossing Community School Tribal Allocation Annual Report SY2012-2013 Presenters: Jeff Williamson Board of TrusteesREPORT HEARD 9. Gila Crossing Community School Board of Trustees 120 Day Review Presenters: Jeff Williamson and Board of TrusteesREPORT HEARD 10. Blackwater Community School Tribal Allocation Annual Report SY2012-2013
Presenter: Jacquelyn Power [Governor Gregory Mendoza called for a 10 minute breakReconvened at 11:13pm]11. Gila River Indian Community Utility Authority – Fiscal Year 2013 Quarter 3 (April 1, 2013 – June 30, 2013) Presenters: John Lewis and Leonard GoldREPORT HEARD 12. Tribal Social Services Assessment Action Plan Presenter: Gary QuinnTABLED13. Follow-up on Crime Victim Services - On Call Presenter: Nada CelayaREPORT HEARD14. Review of Community’s Indian Child Welfare Act Pro-gram In Light of Supreme Court Ruling Presenter: Claude JacksonREPORT HEARD15. Gila River Gaming Commission – Report of August 2013 (Executive Session) Presenters: Courtney Moyah and Serena JoaquinMOTION MADE AND SECOND TO ACCEPT [Governor Gregory Mendoza called for a 1-hour lunch break Reconvened at 2:00pm]RESOLUTIONS1. A Resolution Approving A One-Time Exemption To The Employee Policies And Procedures Reference Guide Permitting Annual Leave Carry-Over For Members Of The Enterprises Resources Planning Program Implementation Team (G&MSC forwards to Council with recommendation for approval) Presenter: Treasurer Robert G. KellerAPPROVED 2. A Resolution Authorizing The Gila River Indian Fire De-partment To Submit A Grant Application To The Department Of Homeland Security FEMA Staffing For Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant(G&MSC forwards to Council with recommendation for approval) Presenter: Chief Thomas KnappAPPROVED 3. A Resolution Approving and Authorizing An Agreement Between The Gila River Indian Community and Towers Watson Delaware, Inc. For Fiscal Year 2014 (G&MSC forwards to Council with recommendation for approval) Presenters: Sharon Harvier-Lewis and Treasurer Robert G. KellerAPPROVED 4. A Resolution Rescinding Resolution GR-168-01 Which Approved A Fifty (50) Year Homesite Assignment Agreement, And Approving An Amended Fifty (50) Year Homesite Assignment Agreement For Monica Domingo,
Located In District Six Of The Gila River Indian Reserva-tion And Designated As Drawing No. 30613-0448 (NRSC forwards to Council with recommendation for approval) Presenter: Pamela PasqualAPPROVED ORDINANCESUNFINISHED BUSINESSNEW BUSINESS1. Declarations of Vacancies (2) - Gila River Health Care Board of Council Secretary Directors Jacqueline ThomasVACANCY DECLARED2. Appointment of Appeals Court Judges Thomas Murphy(LSC forwards to Council for action)MOTION MADE AND SECOND TO APPROVE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS3. Special Council Meeting Request – For Review/Presen-tation Health & Social Standing Of the Affordable Health Care Act CommitteeTABLED AT APPROVAL OF AGENDA4. HR Assessment (Executive Session) Janice H. Moore(G&MSC forwards to Council in Executive Session) MOTION MADE AND SECOND TO DISCUSS AT THE WORK SESSION5. Request for Direction Regarding Treatment of GRPD Michael Carter Landowner’s Investigation (Executive Session)(LSC forwards to Council for discussion)MOTION MADE AND SECOND TO ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTION MADE AND SECOND COMMUNITY COUN-CIL DIRECT THE LAW OFFICE AND LEGISLATIVE STANDING COMMITTEE TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF PROPOSED LANGUAGE STRENGTHENING OUR ELEC-TIONS CODE AND ORDINANCEMOTION MADE AND SECOND COMMUNITY COUNCIL DIRECTS GOVERNMENT & MANAGEMENT STANDING COMMITTEE AND TREASURER ROBERT KELLER TO BEGIN THE PROCESS FOR REVOCATION OF PAN-GEA’S COMMUNITY BUSINESS LICENSE6. Sovereign Immunity Issues (Executive Session) Office of General CounselDISPENSED AT APPROVAL OF AGENDA (To be added to the Work Session)MINUTESANNOUNCEMENTSADJOURNMENTMEETING ADJOURNED AT 2:32PM
But she stated in front of her fellow 8,000 members that she’s going to do it because “I believe you have to speak it [and] believe it to do it.”
I asked her to visualize the moment she crosses the finish line in November, then asked how soon she will post a picture on HANs.
“How soon? Within the first minute!” she said through giggles.
--Getting healthy takes equal
parts will power and resolve. Some HANs members have honed these tools into their health and fitness regiments, helping them overcome past problems with substance abuse and alcoholism.
Leo Jim Jr. used to drink a lot when he lived on the Navajo Nation near Page, Ariz. “I had no interest in exercising or nothing, I was diabetic and I [had] high blood pressure,” Jim said over the phone. “And my marriage wasn’t work-ing.”
The day Jim got divorced in October 2010, he got drunk. He woke up the next morning with the pounding hangover that had
become all too familiar for him. That morning, instead of grabbing another drink, he grabbed a pair of old tennis shoes and started run-ning. He hasn’t had a drink since.
Jim, 40, now lives in Portland, Ore., and raises three sons (his two daughters live in Navajo Na-tion with his ex-wife). At the L.A. Fitness gym he attends, he rarely sees any other Natives. About six months ago, he came across the HANs page and finally found a place where he could share his suc-cess stories with those that could understand.
“I wasn’t happy inside before, that’s why I didn’t really care about anything,” Jim said. “Now…I feel great inside. People can see me, who I really am. This is who I am. So that’s the reason why I enjoy HANs because there’s some of the people on there that I can relate to.”
Jim has dropped about 40 pounds and is focusing everyday on being a good example for his kids.
Sam Taylor, a 32-year-old Hopi man, was in the Residential
Treatment Center in Gila River just a few months ago. He checked in there because he was “tired of be-ing sick and tired.” He was fed up with being miserable and wanted to change. “Everything — the drug use, the drinking, everything — was just getting old,” Taylor said in a phone interview.
He met Pahona when the rehab center sent him and other residents to a workout at the Komatke clinic. There, Pahona “jumpstarted me on my fitness,” Taylor said, prompting him to drop from 326 pounds all the way down to 252. He found the HANs group and discovered that it served as instant inspiration.
“I get all my motivation and support from that site,” Taylor said. “When I’m feeling lazy, I don’t want to go out, I just go on the site and hearing everybody’s stories motivates me.”
Taylor currently works for Native American Connections in Phoenix as a recovery coach for adolescents.
--In less than an hour, Pahona
has proven his point to me: you don’t need a gym or an unreason-able amount of time to get fit.
Over the course of 45 min-utes, while using hardly any gym equipment other than a few medi-cine balls, some small dumbbells and a pull-up bar, our workout is complete. We hit the major muscle groups (chest, back and legs) while reaching about 85 percent of my target hear rate.
As we sit and talk later about HANs, Pahona says he has been “overwhelmed” by all the support from the group members.
“I’m really excited about it. I’m humbled by that whole expe-rience, seeing things like that and helping people,” Pahona said. “It’s my purpose and that’s why I’m here, to help people.”
Torri Benally, 29, a Navajo living in Silver City, N.M., made a video a few weeks ago compiling a series of pictures various HANs members have posted of their proud, healthy bodies. Set to Katy Perry’s “Roar,” the video is meant to debunk stereotypes of Native Americans.
“We have such a stereotype of Natives that we’re lazy and we’re alcoholics and addicted to drugs and we’d rather stay home and stay in bed not doing anything,” Bena-
lly said, “and so of course there’s a stereotype that I didn’t like being associated with. So I’m very proud to be a part of this group and of this movement.”
The video ends with a photo of Pahona, his thumbs touching and his palms up in the shape of an “H,” his hands a symbol for HANs. He is the leader of the pack, ringmaster of the movement that grows more powerful with each shared story of perseverance and each heartening message of hope.
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October 18, 2013Page 10 Announcements & NoticesGila River Indian Community Utility Authority
Thank you to all of our customers that partici-pated in our customer service sur-vey. The survey will provide us with valuable information on how we can continue to meet our cus-tomers’ expectations and improve our services. We selected from our participants five winners of a $50 VISA gift card. Pictured below are four of our winners. Not pictured is Denise Garay.Top to bottom: Jaina Allen (GRICUA Customer Service Rep) with Winner- Wilbert JacksonWinner- Verona WilliamsWinner-Everett Allen with GRICUA Finance Director Arnold MejiaWinner – Cyrus Johnson
GRICUA System Improvement ActivitiesThe Casa Blanca circuit upgrade project will be completed by the end
of September. GRICUA continues to propose and design circuit up-grade projects that will improve re-liability in all Community Districts. The proposed projects are subject to SCIP approval and funding as well as the ability to obtain easements for these upgrade projects.GRICUA’s Restoration ProcessPlease visit GRICUA’s Outage Center at http://www.gricua.net/outage-center.html for safety tips and steps to take during an outage. You can also see our restoration process at http://www.gricua.net/restoration-process.html. To report an outage – please call (520) 796-0600, 24 hours a day.Conservation Tips-How to Read an Energy Guide Label1. Key Features of the appliance are listed here, for easy comparison be-tween models.2. Appliance information like make, model, and size are listed to give
basic information about the appli-ance.3. The estimated cost to run the appliance is based on electricity use and national electricity prices. Compare the estimated energy cost as you would features of the appli-ance.4. The cost range chart compares how much this appliance can po-tentially cost annually versus other similar models.5. The annual estimated energy use based on average use. Simply mul-tiply this number by the rate on your electricity bill and you will find the operating cost.6. The Energy Star logo is visible when the appliance is Energy star rated.
Know What to Look ForIt’s hard to tell from the outside how efficient an appliance is. The things that make it more efficient are on the inside-in the motors, compres-sors, pumps, valves, gaskets, seals or electronic sensors. Two appli-ances can look exactly the same on the outside but be very different on the inside.There are two things to look for when buying a new appliance: the Energy Guide label that tells you how much energy the machine will use, and the Energy Star symbol that tells you it is highly efficient.Always choose appliances rated by Energy Star. These meet energy ef-ficiency standards far more strict than the minimums required by law. That increased efficiency is what leads to increased savings.Before you go to the store, find out if Energy Star certifies the type of appliance you need. Energy Star rates many appliances, including clothes washers, dishwashers, re-frigerators, freezers, room air con-ditioners, and dehumidifiers. You can tell how much energy an appliance will use, by looking for the yellow Energy Guide label. All appliances must have this label, ex-cept stove ranges and ovens. It will show you an estimate of how much energy the appliance uses, how much it will cost to operate, and how efficient it is compared with similar appliances.Call GRICUA at 520-796-0600 to report downed power lines or other outage-related problem.RemindersGRICUA District Days 2013GRICUA will be at the Public Health Resource Center (433 W Seed Farm Rd in Sacaton) on the following days to accept payments from 10 AM to 3 PM. November 7December 5CALL BEFORE YOU DIGGRICUA is a member of Arizona Blue Stake. Please call 1-800-782-5348 to request an underground line locate of both GRICUA and SCIP on reservation facilities. GRICUA welcomes your com-ments. You can email comments to [email protected]. You can also visit our website at www.gricua.net.
What’s New at GRICUA:Customer Survey Win-ners
CUSTOMER SERVICE REP – full-time position at the Gila River Indian Community Utility Authority. Candidates should have HS or GED, 2 yrs. relevant experience; good computer skills; knowledge of billing / bookkeeping; accurate alpha-numeric data entry. GIS ANALYST – full-time position at the Gila River Indian Community Utility Authority. Responsible for performing a variety of analysis utilizing GIS technology to ensure the data is up-to-date and accurate; collecting, validating and testing geographic data with the appropriate database; perform mapping, editing, data conversion, geocoding, and error reconciliation within established timelines; create and maintain GIS data layers for applications using GIS software and associated databases; interface with users to develop and gather system or project requirements ensuring they are transferred into design specifications and/or requirement documents to obtain, enhance, and develop GIS (Geographic Information Systems) software and specific applications, as assigned; implement feedback from users on GIS processes to aid improvement; prepare maps and presentation material; participate in the activities associated with a variety of departmental projects including preparing reports, material, documentation, and coordinating tasks. Master’s degree from an accredited university with major course work in geography or Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and prior electric utility experience is preferred. JOURNEYMAN LINE WORKER – full-time position at the Gila River Indian Community Utility Authority. Qualifications: Journeyman Lineman certificate required. Must have a thorough knowledge and familiarity with principles and practices of underground and overhead electric distribution construction, transmission construction, and system and substation maintenance. Able to make informed immediate decisions in emergency or highly stressful situations. A valid Arizona Class A CDL required. Must be able to successfully pass a skills and climbing test. Full job descriptions & applications are available at www.gricua.net. Please submit GRICUA application by fax (480-452-1429), email [email protected] or hand deliver no later than 11/01/13 at 4:00 PM. PLEASE NOTE: Resumes will not be considered without an official GRICUA application. Preference is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act. GRICUA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
GRICUA JOB OPENINGS GRICUA JOB OPENINGS
Isabel Gomez, Recruitment Specialist, 2013“Izzie” Gomez, (GRIC) from Dis-
trict 5, just recently joined our recruitment team in early August. She brings with her years of experience from a private medi-cal practice. Her education comes from Apollo College and has been attending Central Arizona College and will be com-pleting her degree in the near future. Izzie is excited to be working with her commu-nity and getting to know all the members within the hospital. She brings pure enthu-siasm and energy to the department. In her spare time, she is out supporting and trans-porting her children to sporting events and finds time to take a hike every now and then. She can be reached at 602-528-1408 and can be reached Mon-Fri. from 8am-5pm. We welcome her to the team!
Thom Hauer, MBA, HR Director, 2013Thom Hauer, “The New HR Guy” as
he likes to refer to himself just came on-board to lead the HR team in early July. Thom comes to us from Yakima, WA and has been serving in a Human Resource role for 20 years. Thom has a vision and a platform of education, education and more education: reach out to the youth, and edu-cate them in a way that starts early on and then bring them into the fold. His attitude and belief is that if they are shown the way and educated to meet the needs of the community in the health fields; that they will come. They will take their leadership roles and lead the next generation of Gila River members into the hospital and all the health fields.
Look for his upcoming monthly agen-das to meet the community in various events, such as Open Houses, Career Fairs, Meet n Greets!
By Le Trozzo Recruitment Specialist
The New Kids on the Block in HR, GRHC
Community Services DepartmentCommunity NoticeThe following changes have been made to the District Assistant Programs administered at the District Service Centers in the Gila River Indian Community. Effective October 1, 2013• The percentage increased from 200% to 250% above the Federal Poverty Income Guideline (FPIG) to be eligible for assistance which may provide eligibility to more members. (FPIG matrix available at the service centers)• Increase of emergency minor home repair amount from $100 - $300 - work order request must be made, labor and supplies will be taken care of via service center budget. (Determination of eligible “emergency repairs” will be made after completion of assessment by District Service Center staff)• Utility bills under $25.00 will not be paid under Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) *Past due amounts still need to be paid by the member to avoid service interruption.Effective January 1, 2014 • No Income test required for all elderly and disabled members for assistance under Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) and Home Repair Program (HRP) – See your District center for more information on this benefit.Per legal review of tax liability to our members, all other assistance programs will require income verification. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation as we make the transition. For questions or concerns, contact your local District Service Center Coordinator. D1 Alan Blackwater (520) 215-2110 D4 Ramsey Moffett (520) 418-3661D2 Jeanne Gomez (520) 562-3450 D5 Laurie Thomas (520) 315-3441D3 D. Ann Manuel (520) 562-3334 D6 Gilbert Sabori (520) 550-3805D7 Richard Kruszynski (520) 430-4780Pamela Thompson, Director 520.562.9691“Putting the Unity in Community”
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