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DECEMBER 20, 2013 WWW.GILARIVER.ORG/NEWS VOL. 16, NO. 20
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IN the GRINCommunity Updates...Page 5
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Health & Wellness.....Page 7
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“Serving al l seven dis tr ic ts of the
Gila River Indian Community”
B l a c k w a t e r - H a s h e n K e h k - G u U K i - S a n t a n - C a s a B l a n c a - K o m a t k e - M a r i c o p a C o l o n y
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Culture & History.........Page 6
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Back from left: former Gov. Richard Narcia, former Gov. Donald R. Antone, Gov. Gregory Mendoza, former counsel Rodney Lewis, former Gov. Thomas R. White, former Lt. Gov. Cecil Antone, Lt. Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis. Front: former Gov. Mary V. Thomas.
Gary Bohnee sets his sights on New Zealand Ironman
Past leaders recall fight for water rights during 9th anniversary
The Community relived the tireless crusade for water rights and celebrated the determination of past leaders at the Water Rights Celebra-tion, marking nine years since the historic settlement was reached.
Held at the Vah-Ki Multipur-pose Building in District 5 on Dec. 10, the celebration included an im-pressive array of individuals, as well as four former GRIC governors, who described their experiences and the key moments that led to the signing of the Arizona Water Settle-ment Act of Dec. 10, 2004 by former President George W. Bush. “It’s Water Rights Day everyday for me,” said former Gov. Thomas R. White.
The settlement gave the Gila River Indian Community 653,500 acre-feet of water annually.
“We persevered, we kept on fighting,” said former Gov. Mary V. Thomas.
Water Rights Day, which is a holiday observed by the Community government, started with a sunrise
By Roberto A. JacksonGila River Indian News
blessing. The programming continued at
9 a.m. with Lt. Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis outlining the schedule as mas-ter of ceremonies.
The speakers included Gov. Gregory Mendoza, former gover-nors Donald R. Antone, Thomas R. White, Richard Narcia and Mary V. Thomas, former Lt. Gov. Cecil
Antone and former GRIC General Counsel Rodney Lewis.
“I stand here on the shoulders of our past leaders,” Mendoza told the crowd.
He also said: “As we celebrate, we should recognize that we remain vigilant to make sure that our water rights are never taken again.”
Former counsel Lewis, who
served the Community for 30 years, gave a legal perspective on the ne-gotiations and said that the water rights issue unified the Community. “[Water rights] has been a rallying cry from all the Community mem-bers since I started working here in 1972,” said Lewis.
Thomas reiterated Lewis’s point.
“As I look back on the former leaders and those who are not here, it was like passing a baton between all of us,” she said.
Special recognition was paid to the many elders who were steadfast in their guidance at the time and also to the memory of the late Dana Nor-ris, the late Alexander Lewis, and the late Loyde Allison, former governors who were instrumental in GRIC’s water settlement claims.
The Community plans on cele-brating the 10th anniversary through-out the next year with various events.
The Huhugam Heritage Center, P-MIP, Office of Community Man-ager and Communications and Pub-lic Affairs Office also participated.
1930s arrest at Estrellas leads to new family discoveries for N.C. author
By Mikhail SundustGila River Indian News
Photo Courtesy DJ Everette
Irene Schroeder and Glenn Da-gue sparked a cross-country man hunt after killing a cop in Penn-sylvania, ending in their arrest at the Sierra Estrellas.
The standoff lasted eight hours. It was a sunny day and an airplane was called in to locate the three bandits – two men and a woman – holed up in the rocks along the northwestern base of the Estrella Mountains near Laveen.
Leon Sundust, a Pee-Posh, was asked to lead the search party and the Maricopa Sheriff’s Depart-ment followed. This area had been his family’s home for hundreds of years.
The standoff ended when the criminals, surrounded and ex-hausted, walked out from behind the bus-sized rock they chose as a hiding place.
Finally, more than two weeks after setting off a cross-country manhunt, wanted for the murder of a policeman in Pennsylvania, “Iron Irene” was in handcuffs. It was Jan. 14, 1930.
Quick pop quiz: if you swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 and run an-other 26.2 all in a single day, what does that make you (other than slightly crazy)?
It makes you an Ironman and a member of an elite group of individuals around the world who have pushed their bodies to the brink and back again. You do not have to be an elite athlete or a young person in prime physical shape to accomplish this com-mendable feat. You just need the physical determination to train and the mental fortitude to power yourself to the finish.
Gary Bohnee is an Ironman.
The 46-year-old Community member from District 4 complet-ed his first Ironman competition in Arizona in 2012 and is training for his next one in Taupo, New Zealand, scheduled for March 1. As a warm-up — for him — Bohnee recently competed in the bicycle portion of the Arizona Ironman in Tempe in November, completing the 112-mile trek in five hours and 15 minutes.
Bohnee is a special assistant for congressional and legislative affairs for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. He held a similar position for Gila River previously, working for Governors Mary Thomas, Don-ald Antone and Richard Narcia
before accepting the job in Salt River in 2005. He was part of Gila River’s team that dealt with the 2002 gaming compact and the 2004 water settlement. He’s the son of Harlan Bohnee, who is the president of the Sun Valley Ma-
rina Corp. board.While he came from a strong
cycling background, Bohnee had never attempted a marathon be-fore he completed his first Iron-
By Joshua JovanellyGila River Indian News
Gary Bohnee rounds a curve at the Ironman in Tempe last month. He finished the 112-mile bike portion in five hours and 15 minutes.
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GRIC teen inspires troubled youth with message of starting fresh
Nelson Lopez, 17, pictured at his home. After a challenging child-hood, he’s using poetry to express himself and share his story.
Joshua Jovanelly/GRIN
By age 12, Nelson Lopez had experienced more turmoil than most do in a lifetime.
There was the drug-addicted mother who could no longer care for him and had to give him up. There was the half a year stint in the Juvenile Department of Reha-bilitation Center. There was the death of three male role models from whom he had sought guid-ance, including his father. There was the bouncing around between group homes and shelters and the
pining for security that always seemed out of reach.
He found himself mad at the world. He felt it owed him something — considering all it had taken from him, the griev-ance was understandable. Finally, Nicki Green, the woman who be-came his foster mother in 2008, told him to stop feeling sorry for himself, that the world didn’t owe him anything. He owed it to him-self.
“That’s when I started realiz-ing that God started me over and
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Best regards,
Gregory MendGovernor
oza
Christmas and New Year’s Message
As the Christmas holiday approaches, I encourage all Community members and employees to re�ect upon the true meaning of Christmas. Faith, hope, peace, love, gratitude, joy and many other positive attributes are associated with the Christian meaning of Christmas and the birth of the Christian savior, Jesus Christ.
Being mindful of, and actively practicing, these positive qualities, as individuals and employees, can help shape our thoughts, choices, decisions and actions in ways that contribute to the realization of Christmas in our Community everyday during the holiday season and perhaps, throughout the upcoming New Year. Some of the ways we can capture the true meaning of Christmas in our Com-munity and in our workplaces include contributing to a toy drive for needy children which helps create love and joy in the Community. Adopting a child or family to provide gi�s to or a meal for
instills hope, peace and a sense of community or connection in the truest sense of the word. Participating in holiday related work events brings people together and provides an opportunity for each of us to embody faith, hope, peace, love, gratitude and joy in ourselves and for each other. Christmas truly is the season to remember what matters and is truly important in our daily lives.
During this season of eternal peace, let us be attentive of the simple gi�s we can give of ourselves and to each other: words of encouragement, a smile, a hug, or a prayer. �e celebration and remembrance of the birth of Christ reminds us that we all are our brothers’ keepers. As a workforce, as a group of people, we are a community in the midst of the Gila River Indian Commu-nity, and this community is one of family, neighbors, friends and co-workers. During this holiday season and in our individual moments of peace and gratitude, we can be grateful for all that is true, good and pure in our lives while remaining aware that there is still much to be done in within ourselves, our work, and our communities. We are not yet where we want to be, but we have made signi�cant strides as a Community, as a workforce and as individuals.
Much good work remains to be done. But, for now during this holiday season, let us remember the blessings that grace our lives and try to extend the blessings of faith, hope, peace, love, gratitude and joy to others in our lives.
My very best wishes for a Merry Christmas to each Community member and employee and your families during this season of eternal peace.
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Robert Keller, Tribal Treasurer Jacqueline Thomas,
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District #1Arzie Hogg
Cynthia Antone
District #2Carol Schurz
District #3Dale G. Enos
Carolyn Williams
District #4Barney B. Enos, Jr.
Jennifer AllisonNorman Wellington
Monica Antone
District #5Robert Stone
Franklin Pablo, Sr.Annette J. Stewart
Janice Stewart
District #6Anthony Villareal, Sr.
Albert PabloTerrance B. Evans
District #7Devin Redbird
Community Council Representatives
Lt. GovernorStephen Roe Lewis
Letters & Opinions
All of us took an oath to pro-tect the best interest of the Gila River Indian Community when we were sworn into office. We are duty bound to protect the Com-munity from all threats, whether they come from actions of the federal or state government, or even our sister tribes. The Tohono O’odham Nation’s proposed ca-sino is a direct threat to the Com-munity and other Arizona tribes’ interest in substantial ways, and we would violate our oaths if we did not oppose this project. If this casino opens, it will disrupt the current system of tribal gaming in the State of Arizona to such a de-gree that all Arizona tribes will be negatively impacted, including the Community.
Any additional casinos in the Phoenix metropolitan area unbalances the carefully negoti-ated 2002 gaming compact. The current compact is not an every-tribe-for-itself approach to tribal gaming. Instead it is balanced and cooperative because it allows rural tribes to share in the larger gaming markets through gaming machine leases, and keeps casinos small so that small market tribes would not be at a competitive disadvantage. Under this compact the Commu-nity agreed to limit the number and size of our casinos. This was not in our economic best interest but we compromised in order to ensure the collective success of tribal gaming within Arizona.
We point this out because some of the Tohono O’odham Na-tion’s leaders have accused us of being a large greedy gaming tribe trying to keep poor tribes from sharing in the wealth. The fact is we are not alone in our opposition. Many small market and non-gam-ing tribes, like Cocopah, Hualapai, Zuni, Quechan and others oppose this project. Further, the Com-munity supports all tribal gaming
in Arizona, especially rural and small market tribes. But we can-not support a tribe when its actions threaten all other tribes’ exclusive right to have casinos in Arizona, and would lead to a situation like in California, where there are con-tinual disputes between tribes as each tribe tries to leap-frog the other in an effort to get closer and closer to urban markets.
The Tohono O’odham Na-tion’s proposed casino is an ev-ery-tribe-for-itself approach to gaming, which will start an un-necessary and reckless compe-tition among Arizona tribes to pursue off-reservation gaming in the Phoenix metropolitan market. Such an approach violates the 2002 campaign promise that there would be no more than seven ca-sinos in the Phoenix-metro area, a promise which 17 Arizona tribes, including the Community and To-hono O’odham Nation, made to Arizona voters.
If this casino is built, all Ari-zona tribes would be tarnished and painted with a broad brush by non-Indians that “Indians can’t be trusted,” and it would open the door for non-Indian gaming inter-ests to end tribes exclusive right to operate casinos in Arizona. With increased competition from non-Indian gaming interests, all tribes would suffer because there would be less money for vital govern-mental services that many tribes have come to rely on. Make no mistake; if this casino opens the Community will have to reduce funding for its vital general wel-fare and housing programs, and reduce its workforce.
Just as troubling, is that the Tohono O’odham Nation is one of a number of tribes whose pursuit of controversial off-reservation casinos could lead to the erosion of tribal sovereign immunity for all tribes in the nation. Like other sovereign governments, tribes have immunity from lawsuits and can only be sued if they consent to suit. This immunity exists to protect tribal governments from
having to spend vital resources to defend frivolous lawsuits. This protection is now under threat be-cause of off-reservation gaming.
The United States Supreme Court will soon consider a case involving the Bay Mills Indian Community, which is located in Michigan. Bay Mills opened a gaming facility about 125 miles south of its reservation on land it owned but has not placed into trust. Like most off-reservation casinos projects it spawned oppo-sition from other Michigan tribes and the State of Michigan.
Although the actions of Bay Mills are clearly illegal, the fed-eral government took the position that it did not have jurisdiction to enforce federal law and a federal court found the State of Michigan could not sue Bay Mills because Bay Mills had not waived its sov-ereign immunity. The State of Michigan requested that the U.S. Supreme Court review the case, which it agreed to do and will hear the case at the end of this year. The Supreme Court has not issued any favorable rulings for tribes in recent years, and is very unsympathetic to tribal interests in cases involving controversial trib-al casinos. It is expected that the Supreme Court will limit tribes’ ability to raise the defense of sov-ereign immunity in some manner, which could expose all tribes to a flood of lawsuits causing tribes to spend more of their resources to defend these lawsuits.
The pending Bay Mills case could be devastating to tribes, but even if it is not, Tohono O’odham’s proposed casino and the methods it used to pursue this project could be the next case that is scrutinized by the Supreme Court, which could, in turn, lead to a further erosion of tribal sov-ereign immunity. This is because the Tohono O’odham Nation’s leaders are using the defense of sovereign immunity to avoid hav-ing the courts review whether it used fraud to get Arizona tribes and the State of Arizona to enter
into the current compact. How can anyone, whether
a tribe or the State of Arizona, rely on a compact made of many promises when one of the tribes principally involved in negotiat-ing the compact simply will not keep its own promises? How can any future promise be worth any-thing when the promise breaker refuses to allow those harmed by this broken promise to have their grievances heard? What will hap-pen to the rural and non-gaming tribes in Arizona that rely on rev-enue sharing from tribal casinos? What will happen to sovereign immunity if this case ever gets in front of the Supreme Court of the United States? These difficult questions would not need answers had the leadership of the Tohono O’odham Nation not shattered the “promise structure” of the com-pact it entered into with the 17 other Arizona tribes in 2002.
We believe the best way ad-dress this problem is to memori-alize the promises Arizona tribes made to Arizona voters in 2002 through an act of Congress rather than risk having the State of Ari-zona litigate this dispute all the way to the Supreme Court, which would negatively impact all tribes, not just Tohono O’odham. That is why we support H.R. 1410, the Keep the Promise Act, because it would prohibit any tribe from opening a new off-reservation casino in the Phoenix-metro area through the end of the current compact in 2026. In other words all this legislation does is keep the promise Tohono O’odham Nation and 16 other tribes made to the Arizona voters in 2002.
H.R. 1410 has already passed the House of Representatives with overwhelming bipartisan support. It is now before the Senate Com-mittee on Indian Affairs. We urge you to contact Senator John Mc-Cain and Senator Jeff Flake and ask that they push for a hearing on this bill.
All Hands: Letter to Community
Greetings to my Indian Neighbors,I am aware that many Native American
men and women are veterans of the U.S. military. I would like to thank you for your service.
I recently became aware of 2 separate programs that you may be interested in:
The first is called the Million Veteran Program, MVP. This is a research project to collect DNA samples from one million veter-ans with the goal of learning more about how genetics affects health and illness. Any veter-an can donate a blood sample at the Phoenix Veteran’s Affairs Hospital. Perhaps you will agree with me that it is important for Native Americans to be represented in this project so that the medical advances it leads to will be relevant to diseases common among this ethnic group.
The second is called the Veterans History Project, VHP. This one is run by the Library of Congress, and the goal is to collect and preserve the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear their stories from the Veterans them-selves. Again, I think you will agree with me that it is important for Native Americans to be represented in this project as well.
Again, I thank all of the veterans among your tribe for your service.
Karen Cizek (www.loc.gov/vets)
Letter to EditorThe art of Teddy Rivers aka Teddy Bear
“Conquer your canvas in whatever it is you set out for in life. Be true to your canvas, be true to others, but most of all, be true to yourself.” - T. Rivers
Courtesy of T. Rivers
Submitted by The Executive Office and Community CouncilGila River Indian Community
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from then on I pushed myself,” Lopez said.Now 17 years old and in the midst of
his junior year of high school, Lopez, a Community member originally from Dis-trict 3, wants to share his story. He believes his life lessons have the power to help oth-ers who have experienced burdens like his, those that are too often heaved at the young. Lopez wants to use his own suc-cessful turnaround to inspire others.
He served as the grand marshal of the District 6 Christmas parade on Dec. 13, an honor he received after he gave an impassioned guest speech at the Youth Empowerment Summit in October. The inaugural conference was designed to be a team-building activity for kids in the Gila River’s juvenile court.
“I wanted to tell my story for such a long time,” Lopez said in his living room couch with Green sitting next to him. “And getting the chance to do so, I wanted to make it like a big thing that I opened the eyes of other kids on the reservation, let them see that no matter what you do, you’re always going to have a life to be success-ful.”
Lopez — wearing black square glass-es, white tank top and Jordan sandals over black socks — discussed how he uses po-etry as a vehicle for his message. His au-tobiographical poems are intensely per-sonal and clever, with an authenticity that seeps into the cadences and rhythms of his words. At the conference, after reading a poem that dealt with themes like his moth-er’s drug use, his father’s absence and his own qualities, he shared with the kids how he became a success in the only eyes that matter — his own.
Whereas he used to lag behind in
school, he now is taking courses on the side for college credit. Whereas he used to wake up in the group homes unsure when he would be able to return home, he now lives comfortably with his foster mother. Whereas he once felt angry all the time, he’s learned to control it. He now plays point guard for his high school basketball team. He has forgiven his biological moth-er: “Yes she did choose drugs over me but she still loved me,” Lopez said.
Amber Childs, coordinator for the Tribal Recreation Department, helped or-ganize the youth empowerment conference. “His story of success and hardship was so moving the entire room was inspired by his articulation of how he achieved success,” Childs wrote in an email. Immediately af-ter his presentation, Childs offered Lopez the honorary grand marshal position at the upcoming parade.
Green, an accountant who Lopez calls “Mom,” said Nelson’s message hit home for his fellow youths at the conference be-cause it means more when they hear it from a peer. “He could actually get up and ar-ticulate himself in front of the other youths. And in return, they actually listened; they actually paid attention,” Green said.
From a very young age, Lopez knew his biological mother was using drugs. The proof was in her moody behavior — angry one minute, then euphoric the next. And it was in the offensive aroma that often filled his home.
“I don’t want anybody or any of my kids to experience that,” Lopez said. “That smell or that scent, it just made you feel disgusting. It made you want to vomit.”
When Child Protective Services re-moved him from his mother’s care, he bounced around from group home to group
Nelson Lopez uses poetry to share his trials and triumphContinued from Page 1 home. When he was 9, he lost control and
threatened group home staff members with a metal rod from the closet, prompting him to be sent to the juvenile center.
These tumultuous times were punc-tuated by death. A favorite uncle passed away when he was 4. His father passed a few years later. Then he found out his child-hood mentor, a man named Anthony who worked at the Sacaton Boys and Girls Club, had also died.
“Growing up I really didn’t have that man figure to say, you know, Nelson, [these are] the ways of life and this is the way how to conduct yourself as a young man,” Lopez said. “It was exposed to me through Antho-ny and you could tell a bond was there, it was like a father and son bond.”
Lopez still remembers six promises he made to Anthony: don’t do drugs; don’t go to jail; stay in contact no matter what; do his best to make it to the NBA; be success-ful; and give back to his fellow Gila River Community members.
Although Lopez has broken the first three goals, he’s focusing his concentration on the rest and the new high standards to which he’s decided to hold himself.
“The promises I did break, they’re starting to fill in with the success that I’ve built so far,” Lopez said. “And I know An-thony would be proud of me. He would say forget the promises you broke, let’s make more promises now.”
Students sing Christmas carols before Council
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Gila Crossing students give a performance prior to the Dec. 18 Council meeting.
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Community updatesHere are some regular updates on the on-going issues pertaining to GRIC and other tribal communities.by GRin staFF
The Hopi call them Katsinam and describe them as vessels for the souls of their ancestors. But an auction house in Paris has insisted on selling dozens of the sacred masks on two separate occasions this year despite a public outcry and two international lawsuits.
A few days after the most re-cent auction on Dec. 9, the anony-mous bidder who paid $530,000 for 21 of the Hopi masks and three San Carlos Apache artifacts was revealed to be the Los Angeles-based Annenberg Foundation, who made the purchase with “the sole purpose of returning them to their rightful owners,” it said in a statement.
“These are not trophies to
have on one’s mantel,” said Greg-ory Annenberg Weingarten, direc-tor of the foundation, in the same press release. “They do not belong in auction houses or private col-lections.”
With the help of Survival In-ternational, the Hopi tribe sued the French auction house Hôtel Drouot earlier this year in an at-tempt to block the April 12 sale of 70 Katsinam, claiming that the masks were stolen and are in-eligible as sale items because they are like “tombs and represent their ancestors’ spirits,” according to a Dec. 3 Associated Press report.
The Annenberg Foundation’s statement notes that “The Na-tive American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Act gives feder-ally recognized Native American tribes a way to reclaim funerary objects and ceremonial items from federal agencies and museums in the United States.”
It concedes that, “the law, however, does not apply to items held internationally.”
The tribe further asserted that the masks – colorfully painted wooden objects with horsehair, leather and feather adornments – were stolen in the 1930s and 1940s. It has gotten the support of museums, the U.S. government and the actor/philanthropist Rob-ert Redford.
The auctioneers defended the sale saying that the auction house
acquired the items legally via a French collector who had bought them decades ago while living in the United States.
They also argued that block-ing the sale could have broader ramifications on the sale and pur-chase of indigenous art and could eventually force museums to re-turn already purchased artifacts.
The French court denied the request to stop the sale, stating that France does not have laws that protect indigenous people. CBC News reported the court cited a United States law, The American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978: “[N]o provisions banning the sale, outside the United States, of objects used in religious cer-
emonies or susceptible to be is ap-plicable in France.”
The masks sold for a com-bined $1.2 million that day. Ac-cording to CBC News, one item known as the Mother Crow mask sold for 160,000 euros or $209,000.
The tribe filed another lawsuit in the fall when Drouot decided to auction off 32 more Katsinam Dec. 9, but again the court sided with the auction house.
In both auctions, Pierre Ser-van-Schreiber, the Hopi tribe’s lawyer, personally purchased a mask to give back to the tribe.
Irene Schroeder and her lover/partner-in-crime Glenn Dague have been called by some the origi-nal Bonnie and Clyde. In her new book, “Family Secrets and Lies,” Donna Jo (DJ) Everette recounts her grandmother’s life story begin-ning with the crime that got her a seat in a Pennsylvania electric chair.
“I’ve taken all the newspaper articles I could find and woven to-gether the story of what happened,” Everette told me, sitting at the con-ference table in the GRIN office.
The sky was steel and the snow fell lazily. Dague and Schro-eder had just robbed a small gro-cery store at gunpoint in Butler, Penn. They were on their way out of town with Irene’s brother Tom Crawford and her son Donnie in the back seat.
On the highway between But-ler and New Castle they ran across an ID check station on the lookout for a green Chevrolet with Ohio
plates – just the car they were driv-ing. They got into a shootout with two state troopers and left Penn-sylvania Motor Police officer Cpl. Brady Paul, 25, fatally wounded on the side of the road with his injured rookie partner.
They sped away and didn’t slow down for the next 18 days. After splitting with Irene’s broth-er TC and leaving Donnie with Irene’s father, the dangerous duo crossed state lines and committed several more robberies before get-ting cornered in the Arizona desert. Reportedly, they had hoped to start a new life in California.
Irene’s criminal pattern was only a launching pad in Everette’s research project. The former busi-ness executive had long been a student of genealogy in her spare time. After completing a history of her mother’s side of the family stretching all the way back to colo-nial America, she itched to inves-tigate her paternal lineage, but her mother was less than cooperative.
Everette sat beside her 91-year-old ailing mother on a hos-pice bed in North Carolina and put on a big band record for some com-fort music. “Your dad and I met at a Glenn Miller dance,” Nellie Mc-Cartney let slip. But she refused to talk about DJ’s father even on her deathbed. “That was a very pain-ful time in my life,” she told her daughter. “Do all the research you want after I’m gone.”
Everette had one solid lead. She started with the Army, request-ing a copy of his birth certificate using her own, his serial number and a few other certified docu-ments. What she got back was a mountain of paperwork from bases all around the country – clearly not a man who died young.
All her life, Everett had been told that her father died as the crewman of a bomber plane in World War II. It turned out he was a decorated soldier, career military man, a veteran of WWII and the Korean War and a former contract worker for NASA.
Everette met her father Don Schrader (the spelling of his name differed from his mother’s) at his home in Orlando for the first time in October 2009. She was 65; he was 85.
It took some time to build a connection between the two of them but eventually he helped her piece together some of the loose bits of her story and learn more about herself. She was pleasantly surprised to discover her new fam-ily. For the past several months, she and her newfound sister Sharon Schrader have been on a book tour/road trip across the U.S.
Sadly, only a few months after finding him, Everette’s father – the man who was once “Little Don-nie,” the boy who claimed, “I saw my mom shoot a cop,” – passed away.
Donnie, who was in the car on Dec. 29, 1929 when the Penn-sylvania highway shootout oc-curred, thought he was “a part of the gang.” At 4 years old, his unin-tentionally condemning testimony was repeated and reprinted over and over again in area newspapers and contributed to Irene’s murder conviction in 1930.
Auction house sells sacred Hopi items, charity returns them to tribe
Forums held for new El Paso pipeline rights of waysAuthor Everette details family account in new book
Roberto A. Jackson/GRINHarlan Barehand asks a question during the El Paso Natural Gas allottee meeting held at the Komatke Boys & Girls Club on Dec. 7.The allottees were given an update on negotiations for a new 20-year term on approximately 81 miles of pipeline which runs through, based on a previous survey, 447.5 acres of trust and allot-ted land. The current 20-year term expires in one year. The Community hosted two forums, one in Sacaton in the morning and another in Komatke in the afternoon.
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Multiple GRIC departments gathered at the District 1 Multi-Pur-pose Building for the first Housing Stakeholders meeting on Dec. 5. The meetings, which are mandatory and continue to be held every Tuesday, are meant to bring all relevant departments to the table and to streamline the homebuilding process.
The construction of the George Webb subdivision in District 5 is the focus of the stakeholders, according to Acting Community Manager Tina Notah.
A resolution appointing the HOT (Home Owners Team), which will oversee the implementation and management of the housing program, will be presented to the Government and Management Committee and the Council in January. The team will be able to utilize up to $100 million from the Community’s savings fund to build homes faster and more efficiently.
The original caption from this Youngstown Daily photo read: “Here is little Donnie Shrader [sic], whom his mother, Irene Shrader [sic] left behind in Bellaire while she and her lover, W. Glenn Dague made their mad dash across the country trying to escape capture for the murder of Corporal Brady Paul.”
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First Housing Stakeholders meeting held in Blackwater
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December 20, 2013Page 6 Culture & History
S-ko:mag MashathThe name for this month refers to the
colors found in the natural environment as the cold season turns everything the color called s-ko:mag in O’otham. Plants go dor-mant and the landscape turns to shades of grey and brown. When rainy weather ap-proaches this makes for grey cloud covered skies, and with the rise in moisture this makes the tho’othoa’ag appear misty and grey. Che:v S-ko:mag (San Tan Mountain) is one thoa’ag that takes its name from the description of being tall and grey. Most of Che:v S-ko:mag is composed of mica-schist which gives the majority of the thoa’ag a grey appearance. This month we celebrate our Historic Water Settlement Celebration. Our water rights originate with our Hekiu O’otham whose farming legacy we still practice. We have lived in our valley since
time immemorial making use of the gifts our Creator made for us. During this month we also observe the Winter Solstice and watch the sun take its most southerly travel before turning back north. It’s during this time of year that we appreciate our Creation Stories that reminds us of our strong ties to our natural environment and our Himthag. Another day we all look forward to is Jios Alithag Ma:sik Thash (The Birth of God’s Son) as we gather together to spend time with family and friends. This month’s crossword puzzle will focus on items found during the Klismas season, especially those around the Klismas Kwi. We wish every-one a S-he:kig Jios Alithag Ma:sik Thash ch heg Vechij Aithag!
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December 20, 2013 Page 7Health & Wellness
COMMODITY FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM
Additional Information Needed:
♦ All income for household such as Social Security, SSI, employment check stubs, etc for the last 30 days
♦ Tribal identification from a member in the household ♦ Proof of Residency
Here are the Monthly Income Guidelines for the Commodity Food Distribution Program: **Amounts listed are after 20% is deducted.
IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE, WE CAN HELP. WE DEDUCT 20% OF EARNED INCOME, ADULT/CHILD DEPENDENT CARE COSTS (TOTAL MONTHLY COST), MEDICARE PART B & D, CHILD
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Community Services Department-Nutrition Assistance
The U.S. Department of Agriculture prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited basis will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.) If you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint of discrimina-tion, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, or at any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of the information requested in the form. Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at [email protected]. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339; or (800) 845-6136 (Spanish). For any other information dealing with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) issues, persons should either contact the USDA SNAP Hotline Number at (800) 221-5689, which is also in Spanish or call the State Information/Hotline Numbers (click the link for a listing of hotline num-bers by State); found online at http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/contact_info/hotlines.htm. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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man last year. Why even do an Ironman in the first place?
“I’m always trying to find a new challenge,” Bohnee said from his office in SRPMIC. Slim and tall, he wore a light blue button-down shirt and rimless glasses. His black hair was spiked with wisps of grey. While he joked that he was “not a youngster,” Bohnee said the reward was in the jour-ney. “You get what you put into it,” he said.
To succeed, you have to put quite a bit into it. Bohnee said he trained for about eight months leading up to the race. This in-cluded getting up at 5 a.m. to get in a 6-mile run or hour-long swim before work, then squeezing in another workout in the evening. Leaving from his home in South Phoenix, he rides up and down South Mountain and also some-times takes trips to Tucson to ride up Mt. Lemmon.
He has been cycling since his college days and has been com-peting in the amateur circuit for the last decade, so he knew he could handle the bike portion of the Ironman competition. Run-ning wasn’t too much more of a stretch.
It was the swimming that
produced the greatest challenge. Working with a team at Racelab, a company that provides marathon and triathlon training, he was able to perfect his technique and get through the two-and-half-mile swim.
One of his coaches at Racelab told him “the race is actually the celebration of all the training that you’ve done.” Basically, Bohnee said, if you put in the work, the body will come around. It was also key, he added, to compete “at your own pace, not anyone else’s.”
One of Bohnee’s biggest fans is his wife Patty Ferguson-Bohnee, who is the faculty direc-tor of the Indian Legal Program at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State Universi-ty. Along with other family mem-bers, she wears Team Bohnee shirts at his events and cheers him on. She sees the value these com-petitions have on many aspects of her husband’s life.
“Mentally, physically, spiri-tually — it all blends together and has just been a very positive im-pact on his life,” Patty said.
Patty will accompany Gary to New Zealand in March, where they will get a chance to travel around a bit after the race.
“Now it’s taking us on a new adventure so that’s pretty excit-ing,” Patty said.
Even though Bohnee doesn’t consider himself a big celebrator, he said it meant a lot to have his family’s support at his first Iron-man. He stopped during the bike portion to take pictures with them and high-fived them along the marathon route. He remembers “taking it all in” while enjoying the “journey of getting through this.”
Bohnee will go through it all over again in just a few months time. He is in the midst of his training regiment with his sights set on New Zealand. Whereas last time he was mainly concerned just with finishing, this time around he’s looking to improve on his 13-hour mark from 2012.
Winning, however, is of no concern. Bohnee enjoys the jour-ney as much as the results. Iron-man competitions, he said, are microcosms of life.
“They’re so long and you have your ups and downs,” he said. “It’s just kind of like life: you’re just faced with challenges and along the way if you feel bad you just have to understand that and deal with it and keep going.”
Ironman compares race to life’s challengesContinued from Page 1
FATHERHOOD IS SACRED AND MOTHERHOOD IS SACRED
FREE Fatherhood and Motherhood classes for the community
Beginning on January 7, 2014, a FREE new Fatherhood Is Sacred and Motherhood Is Sacred group will begin in Gila River for anyone who would like to attend. This program is unlike any other program available. We believe that fathers, in partnership with mothers must take the lead in making the necessary adjustments to head in a new direction with correct information based on true and proven principles. Parents are encouraged to teach their children about their forefathers and heritage.
Fathers you are solution to addressing the problems that your community face. Fathers you are the greatest untapped resource. Fathers you must take the lead in keeping your families together.
By attending the Fatherhood Is Sacred and Motherhood Is Sacred program you will build stronger marriages and families, increase your communication skills, and promote unity within the community to help families and friends.
There are three group times of the Fatherhood Is Sacred and Motherhood Is Sacred Program. The groups will be offered on Tuesdays. Listed are the following dates, location and times.
January 7, 2014: District 3 Service Center @ 5:30-‐7:30pm.
February 4, 2014: District 6 Service Center, Komatke Conference Room 10:00-‐12:00pm
February 4, 2014: Social Service Conference Room, Sacaton, AZ @ 2:00-‐4:00pm
For more information please contact Leroy Pooley, Traditional Counselor at 520.562.3396 or David Pratt of Community Groups at 520.610.0744
Gary Bohnee, an avid cycler, is training for a New Zealand Ironman competition in March.Joshua Jovanelly/GRIN
December 20, 2013Page 8
Tribal Education Department“Maschahamdud a Jeniktha”
Family Night meeting highlights college prepBy Joshua JovanellyGila River Indian News
It is never too early to start pre-paring students for college.
That was the key message of the Sacaton Elementary Family Night meeting Dec. 12 when rep-resentatives from Arizona State University spoke to parents and students about college readiness. Annabell Bowen, a coordinator in the American Indian Initiatives Of-fice, joined Ben Mills of Admission Services to discuss what state uni-versities are looking for from pro-spective applicants.
Two current Native American ASU students, Justin Hongeva and Diedra Vasquez, work with Bowen in reaching out to tribal communi-ties across Arizona. After presenta-tions by Bowen and Mills, the two students spoke for about 10 minutes each about their experience grow-ing up on a reservation and what it took to pursue a higher education.
Starting that process of think-ing about college sooner rather than later is key not just for students but also for their families.
“You’ve got to start think-ing about it right now,” said John Timmons, the director of extended education/community relations at Sacaton Elementary.
ASU graduates more Native American students at the gradu-ate level than any other university nationwide. Bowen (Navajo and
Seneca) emphasized that it was important to continue to encour-age Native American students that pursuing a college degree is an at-tainable goal.
“We need to continue to en-force and embrace that you have to get a college education,” Bowen said.
Bowen recommended that a great way to get kids and families excited about college is to take a tour of a college campus. She co-ordinates tours of the ASU Tempe campus and urged interested par-ents to email her at [email protected] to set up a tour date.
ASU, University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University all have the same admission bench-marks that a high school student must meet to gain acceptance. They must take 16 core classes: four years of math, four years of English, three years of lab science, two years of social science, two years of a for-eign language and one year of fine arts. Prospective applicants must then achieve at least one of the fol-lowing requirements: post a 3.0 cu-mulative GPA in the above courses; graduate in the top 25 percent of their high school class; or score a 22 on the ACT or a 1040 on the SAT
Reasoning sections. Mills said there are things sev-
enth and eighth graders can do to get ahead, such as taking Algebra I early or getting involved in clubs and sports. “We want to start look-ing at their preparation as early as middle school,” Mills said.
The discussions led by Hon-geva and Vasquez, the current col-lege students, addressed many of the fears and obstacles that Native students face. Hongeva, a 28-year-old pursuing a master’s in Ameri-can Indian Studies, said two things held him back when he was grow-ing up on the Hopi reservation. “I
didn’t think that college was an op-tion for me because...I didn’t think I could afford it…and then on top of that too, I didn’t think I was smart enough,” Hongeva said.
Sports were his foot in the door to college before he realized his own vast potential as a student. His membership on the cross-country team in high school got local col-leges interested, which eventually led to him transferring to ASU.
Hongeva spoke about the im-portance of having somebody to look up to. His was his sister, who attained a master’s from ASU. “She was my role model, so I understand that I’m a role model to somebody,” Hongeva said.
When Vasquez, 26, gradu-ates with a bachelor’s in American Indian Studies in the spring, she will be the first of all her siblings and cousins to get a college degree. (Her mom graduated from NAU). Vasquez, who is Navajo and To-hono O’otham, said, “I love what we do,” referring to reaching out to tribal communities. She recalls a recent group of excitable third grad-ers who mimed the Fork ‘Em sign with their hands when she said she was an ASU student.
The younger kids start getting inspired about college, the better, Vasquez said. “College is the best thing you can do for yourself and your community,” she told the Gila River parents at the conclusion of the meeting.
ASU students Justin Hongeva (left) and Diedra Vasquez share their experience of going from living on the reservation to earning a college education at the December Family Night at Sacaton Elementary.
Joshua Jovanelly/GRIN
Jered Lewis may have a future career in forensics. The eighth grader from Sacaton Middle School participated in three science fairs this year and presented an experiment that got him recognition on the state level.
Using “drug swipes,” he ex-amined $200 in varying denomi-nations of dollar bills and found that the single dollar bills had more traces of cocaine than any other bill. He learned that on the molecular level, drug particles can grab onto paper bills and stay with them for a long time. They may even present in the cash you get from a bank.
Lewis was recognized be-fore an audience at the Govern-ing Board of Sacaton Elemen-tary School District’s regular meeting Dec. 17 for having won the Howard Kumlin Memo-rial Award, given by the Arizona Science Teachers Association.
“Oh you really won some-thing!” his mother, Tanya Al-lison, exclaimed when Lewis came home and showed her his trophy. “That’s an achieve-ment…that made me proud,” she said at the school district of-fice. The traveling trophy will be on display at the middle school, now with Jered Lewis’s name etched in a metal tile facing for-ward.
Between them, Allison and Ned Osife, Lewis’s stepfather,
Sacaton student wins state recognition for science project
Superintendent Dr. Christensen (center left) presents Jered Lewis with the Howard Kumlin Memorial Award trophy. Lewis’s parents, Tanya Allison and Ned Osife, (right) said they were proud of him.
By Mikhail SundustGila River Indian News
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have five boys who have par-ticipated – sometimes on the na-tional stage – and won in science fairs through Gila River schools in recent years.
Allison credited Lewis’s science teach-er, Jo Ellen Kinnamon for her tireless efforts in supporting her son and all the middle school students.
“They’re blessed to have her,” she said. “She keeps going every year, helping them do their science projects.”
Kinnamon passed the credit back. “I wouldn’t have the good things for the kids if it wasn’t for [the Com-munity] Council, past governors, our gover-nor now” and support from local businesses, she said. “If I didn’t have those people to support us with the funds for the kids, we wouldn’t have the kind of equipment that you see…these kids wouldn’t have the ex-perience [they do].”
“We’re com-ing into robotics this year,” Kinnamon said. A growing segment of students are pursuing science projects that in-
volve technology and computer programming skills.
For his part, the 13-year-old Lewis is preparing for another science experiment in which
he will be developing a trivia iPhone app that examines the educational qualities of certain gaming applications.
December 20, 2013 Page 9Announcements & Notices
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Pima Agency, is in the process of closing out inactive Residential lease files on allotted land. If your name is on the following list and you are still interested in pursuing a Residential lease, please contact the Realty Office at (520) 562-3376 or P.O. Box 8, Sacaton, Arizona 85147 by January 31, 2014. If you do not contact the Agency, your file will be closed.Davis, Sabrina 1Enos, Lou Ann 1Enos, Wallace 1Evans, Robert 1Harvey, Wayne 1Jackson, Harland 1Johns, Sr., Sheldon 1Johns, Ilea 1Johns, Jr., Sheldon 1Johnson, Deanna 1Lewis, Bernice 1Lisby, Petra 1Martinez, Holly 1Mills, Denise J. 1Montoya, Jr., Mike 1Ross, Cynthia A. 1Satala, Cynthia 1Yazzie, Angela 1Alvarez, Ofelia 2Antone, Patrick 2Austin, Blaine 2Daly, Marcianna 2Jose, Dewitt 2Lara, Keri 2Lopez, Daniel 2Nish, Jeremy 2Nish, Jeremy 2Pablo, Justin 2Pratt, Joanne 2Sanchez, Josette 2Valenzuela, Lynn 2Velasco, Joella Pasqual 2Whitman, L.D. 2Hendricks, Louella 3Juan, Christina 3Rivas, Mercy 3Stevens, Chrissy 3Stevens, Veronica 3Tewawina, Jr., Rudolph 3Whitman, Dorene J. 3Allison, Jr., Wayne 4Allison, Dylan 4Allison, Latewa 4Brady, Roberta 4Burnette, Fernando 4Burnette, Rita April 4Castro, Herminia 4Chavez, Nicole 4Cooper, Erin Ann 4Cooper, Kenneth 4Cooper, Michaela 4Cooper, Waylon J. 4Cruz, Ayla 4Cruz, Michelle 4Darrell, Stanley 4Enos, Joan 4Flood, Pierre 4Flores, Linda B. 4Gage, Selina 4Garcia, Delbert 4Gonzales, Epifanio 4Gonzales, Ralph 4Gray, Anthony 4Harrison, Carlos 4Herrera, Waynelin D. 4Howard, Ervaleen 4Howard, Jayal 4Howard, Nicole 4Jackson, Garry 4Jackson, Matthew 4Jackson, Tanya M. 4James, Sr., Jacob Leon 4Jones, Brian 4Jones, Linnea 4Jones, Verletta Ruth 4Jose, Karen 4Juan, Sr., David 4Juan, Arnold 4Juan, Josephine Sue 4
Kackson, Desiree L. 4Kisto, Alvin 4Kisto, Serena 4Laursen, Veronica 4Lewis, Arthur 4Lewis, Jahmika 4Lopez, Carmela 4Manuel, Darlene K. 4Martinez, Martin 4Miguel-Shaw, Reynalda 4Mikelson, Janelle James 4Miles, Caroleen 4Miles, Earl 4Miles, Sherlene 4Millard, Andrew 4Mitchell, Kevin 4Mix, Marla 4Mix, Penny 4Nasafotie, Eric 4Osife, Deidray 4Osife, Preston 4Pasqual, Melanya 4Penn, Robert 4Pratt, Blaine 4Pratt, Vince 4Ramon, Rondell John 4Rodriguez, Saralee 4Sabori, Gilbert 4Selby, Devin 4Sieweyumptewa, Christy 4Smith, Elmer 4Soto, Corrina Diane 4Stewart, Thomas 4Terrazes, Queensford 4Terry, Sheila Rose 4Wadsworth, Keith 4White, Sylvia 4Whitman, Dalena 4Whitman, Robert 4Wickey, Gloria 4Williamson, Catherine 4Allen, Lynford 5Alvarez, Tiffany 5Antone, Aaron 5Antone, Calvin 5Cannon, Bennett 5Catha, Manfred 5Delowe, Sarah 5Delowe, Wayne 5Domingo, Roberta 5Enos, Vernon 5Espinoza, Annette 5French, Carl 5Fulwilder, Golden 5Garcia, Yvonne 5Gonzales, John 5Harrison, Andrea 5Hernandez, Erika 5Hernandez, Erika 5Hernandez, Jose 5Howard, Lynnelle 5Jackson, David 5James, Harriett J. 5James, Delvina 5Johns, Kevin 5Johns, Marvin 5Kisto, Denise 5Kisto, Thomas 5Kisto, Travis 5Knox, Miquellah 5Kyyitan, Gail 5Lewis, Amanda 5Lewis, Arthur 5Lewis, Maegan Lynn 5Lewis, Roger 5Leyva, Valentina 5Lopez, Eric 5Lopez, Leslie 5Lopez, Renee 5
Makil, David 5Makil, Sonja 5Manuel, Cheryl 5Manuel, Dwight 5Manuel, Lorenda James 5Manuel, Vanessa 5Marrietta, Michael 5Martinez, Carol 5Miles, Marlinda 5Mitchell, Amanda 5Moffett, Danielle 5Parson, Edward 5Payne, Tanise 5Payne, Virgie 5Peters, Edward 5Pratt, Astra 5Ramirez, Sabrina F. 5Stevens, Anthony 5Stewart, O’Brien 5Sunna, Marshall 5Thomas, Doris 5Thomas, Stephanie 5Thompson, Bercco 5Wall, Barbara 5Waquire, Rosemarie 5Westberry, Gary 5White, Shannon 5Whittington, Perry Lynn 5Allen, Jr., Lyndon 6Allen, Wendall F. 6Avery, Shaina 6Bilagody, Robin 6Davis, Karen 6Dixon, Alberta 6Garcia, Diane 6Gonzales, Roberto 6Gonzales, Sharon K. 6Grant, Selma 6Justin, Floyd 6Martinez, Donna 6McKay, Richard 6Medrano-Soto, Sandra 6Pablo, Shawn 6Sneed, Johnny 6Thin Elk, Angel 6Thin Elk, Josie 6Villa, Marcia 6Barrera, Peter 7Bread, Ophelia 7Colt, Tracy 7Goldtooth, Maria 7Hayes, Floyd 7Johnson, Charlene 7Johnson, Tony R. 7Martinez, Beverly A. 7McKinn, Patricia 7Mercado, May 7Mercado, Miguel Anjel 7Mercado, Tonna 7Pena, Nizhoni Se’Vahm 7Percy, Natalie 7Percy, Sophie 7Redbird, Garland R. 7Save, Juanita Eva 7Serna, Adam 7Soke, Carol 7Soke, Kirk 7Sundust, Melva 7Sundust, Roseanne 7Sunn, Anna Marie 7Thomas, Regan M. 7Travis, Joan M. 7Walterscheid, Janet 7Williams, Barbara 7Young, Brittany K. 7Zamora, Ermalinda 7
IN THE GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY COURTSTATE OF ARIZONANIANA MORNAYE JOHNSONPlaintiff/Petitioner,vs.JESUS VASQUEZ,Defendant/Respondent.TO: Jesus VasquezToah Street House #31Sacaton, Arizona 85147CASE Number: DV-2013-0162CIVIL SUMMONSYOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, that a civil action has been filed against you in the GilaRiver Indian Community Court.YOU shall respond at an ANSWER/RESPONSE HEARING regarding this matter on thefollowing date and time at the place set forth below:Sacaton Community Court721 West Seed Farm RoadSacaton, Arizona 85147(520)562-9860DATE: Friday, December 27, 2013Time: 09:00 AMYOU may respond in writing. However, even if you do so, your presence at theAnswer/Response Hearing is still required. If a writ-ten answer or response is made, it shall be filedand served before the date of the hearing, unless the time is extended by order of the Court.If you fail to appear and defend, judgment by default will be entered against you for therelief demanded in the complaint or petition.GIVEN under my hand and seal of the Gila River Indian Community in the State ofArizona.
IN THE GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY COURTSTATE OF ARIZONACANDICE LITTLE FEATHERSABORI,Plaintiff/Petitioner,vs.CODY LAWS,Defendant/Respondent.TO: Cody LawsPost Office Box 1889Sacaton, Arizona 85147CASE Number: CV -2013-0321CIVIL SUMMONSYOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, that a civil action has been filed against you in the GilaRiver Indian Community Court.YOU shall respond at an ANSWER/RESPONSE HEARING regarding this matter on thefollowing date and time at the place set forth below:Sacaton Community Court721 West Seed Farm RoadSacaton, Arizona 85147(520)562-9860DATE: Friday, January 10, 2014(520)562-9862Time: 09:00 AMYOU may respond in writing. However, even if you do so, your presence at theAnswer/Response Hearing is still required. If a writ-ten answer or response is made, it shall be filedand served before the date of the hearing, unless the time is extended by order of the Court.If you fail to appear and defend, judgment by default will be entered against you for therelief demanded in the complaint or petition.GIVEN under my hand and seal of the Gila River Indian Community in the State ofArizona.
Public Notification
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Laurie Post, Tela Art Resource602-243-4300 office425-260-7150 mobileDATE: December 13, 2013HEADLINE: Call for Artists/Artists WantedBODY:The Gila River Indian Community is excited to announce the new Toka Sticks Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Golf Club opening in Fall 2014. This new hotel and golf clubhouse will need artwork from Pima (O’Otham) and Maricopa (Pi-Posh) artisans. We are looking
for artists from the Gila River Indian Commu-nity working in all styles and media, especially photography.We will host an open house for artists on Saturday January 11th from 12pm to 4pm, at the Moonshine Room at Rawhide, 5700 West North Loop Road, Chandler, AZ, 85226. Come take a look at the project and opportunities for artwork!For more information, and to request an ap-plication form, please call Laurie Post at 602-243-4300, or email Laurie at [email protected]
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Community Council Action Sheets Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013
ACTION SHEETCommunity Council; PO Box 2138; Sacaton, Arizona 85147; Phone (520) 562-9720; Fax (520) 562-9729CALL TO ORDER The First Regular Monthly Meeting of the Community Council held Wednesday, December 4, 2013, in the Com-munity Council Chambers at the Governance Center in Sacaton, Arizona was called to order by presiding Chair-man Governor Gregory Mendoza at 9:05 a.m.INVOCATIONProvided by Councilwoman Annette J. StewartROLL CALLSign-in Sheet CirculatedExecutive Officers Present: Governor Gregory MendozaLt. Governor Stephen R. LewisCouncil Members Present:D1- Cynthia Antone, Arzie Hogg (11:05); D2-Carol Schurz; D3-Dale G. Enos, Carolyn Williams; D4- Monica Antone, Jennifer Allison (10:19), Norman Wellington, Barney Enos, Jr.; D5-Annette J. Stewart, Janice F. Stewart; D6- Anthony Villareal, Sr.. Albert Pablo, Terrance B. Evans; D7- Devin Redbird (9:13)Council Members Absent:D5 - Robert Stone, Franklin Pablo, Sr.APPROVAL OF AGENDAAPPROVED AS AMENDEDREPORTS1. Travel Report 4th Quarter FY13 Presenter: Treasurer Robert G. KellerREPORT HEARD2. Summary Report of the 2012 Winter Bird Count Presenters: Ondrea Barber, Charles EnosREPORT HEARD 3. Gila River Health Care Facilities and Project Updates Presenters: Bonita Lyons, Richard NarciaREPORT HEARD[GOVERNOR GREGORY MENDOZA CALLED FOR A 10-MINUTE BREAKRECONVENED AT 11:01AM]MOTION MADE AND SECOND TO ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION4. Gaming Internal Audit Department – 4th Quarter Report Fiscal Year 2013 (Executive Session) Presenter: Elizabeth R. BohneeREPORT HEARD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION5. Gila River Gaming Enterprise, Inc. - October 2013 (Executive Session) Presenters: John James, CEO, Board of DirectorsREPORT HEARD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION6. Gila River Gaming Commission – Monthly Report Octo-ber 2013 (Executive Session) Presenters: Serena Joaquin, Courtney MoyahREPORT HEARD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION7. Treasurer’s Report (Executive Session) Presenter: Treasurer Robert G. Keller
REPORT HEARD IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONMOTION MADE AND SECOND TO EXIT EXECUTIVE SESSION[GOVERNOR GREGORY MENDOZA CALLED FOR AN HOUR AND HALF BREAKRECONVENED AT 2:37PM]RESOLUTIONS1. A Resolution Authorizing The Purchase Of Allotted Trust Land Within The Exterior Boundaries Of The Gila River Indian Reservation (Allotment 4888) (G&MSC motioned to forward to Community Council in Executive Session; NRSC concurs) Presenters: Dean Howard, Rodney TuttleAPPROVED2. A Resolution Approving The Assignment Of A Community Borrow Site Known As Riggs Road Borrow Pit And Identified As Drawing Number 30413-0630 For Use By The Community’s Department Of Transportation For The Purpose Of Storage And Removal Of Material For The Development And Maintenance Of Roadways Within The Gila River Indian Reservation (NRSC forwards to Council with recommendation for approval) Presenter: Calvin TouchinAPPROVED3. A Resolution Approving Reclassification Of The Tribal Ranger/Police Officer Position (LSC forwards to Council) Presenter: Edward AlamedaMOTION MADE AND SECOND TO DISPENSEORDINANCES1. The Gila River Indian Community Council Hereby Amends The 2009 Gila River Indian Community (LSC forwards to Council for approval) Presenters: Office of General Community CounselAPPROVEDUNFINISHED BUSINESS1. Appointment of Cultural Resources Standing Committee Community Council Vacancy (Council Seat) Presenters: Community CouncilCOUNCILWOMAN CAROLYN WILLIAMS APPOINTED[ADDENDUM TO AGENDA]2. Confirmation of Housing Advisory Committee Appointment – District 6 Presenters: Community Council MR. ANTHONY HILL CONFIRMED 3. Confirmation of Citizens Advisory Board Appointment – District 6 Presenters: Community CouncilMR. HARRY WILLIAMS CONFIRMEDMOTION MADE AND SECOND TO ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION*4. Enrollment Case (Executive Session) (LSC concurs
with the Enrollment Committee and forwards to Council with recommendation for approval) Presenter: Francisco OsifeITEM DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONMOTION MADE AND SECOND TO EXITEXECUTIVE SESSIONMOTION MADE AND SECOND TO NOT SUPPORT THE REINSTATEMENT BASED ON THE GILA RIVER TRIBAL ENROLLMENT ORDINANCENEW BUSINESS1. Reassignment of Divisions/Departments (Executive Session) (G&MSC motioned to forward to Community Council in Executive Session) Presenter: Governor Gregory MendozaMOTION MADE AND SECOND TO SUPPORT THE REASSIGNMENT 2. Request for Water Resources Research Center for Focus Group Participation (NRSC approves and forwards to Council with recommendation for Robert Stone and Jonathan Thomas to be participants on the Focus Group and Steering Committee) Presenter: Linda SauerCOUNCILMAN ROBERT STONE AND MR. JONATHAN THOMAS APPOINTED MINUTES1. July 24, 2013 Special Meeting MinutesTABLED 2. July 29, 2013 Special Meeting MinutesTABLED ANNOUNCEMENTS>HOUSING STAKEHOLDERS MEETING, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2013, DISTRICT 1 MULTI-PURPOSE FACILITY>EL PASO LANDOWNERS MEETINGS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2013, 9AM, SACATON BOYS & GIRLS CLUB; SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2013, 1PM, KOM-ATKE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB>LITIGATION TEAM REPORT FORTHCOMING>PRAYERS REQUESTED FOR THE REGINALD >PARA FAMILY AND THE ROBIN MAX SR. FAMILY OF DIS-TRICT 7 COMMUNITY>WATER CELEBRATION SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2013 DISTRICT 5 MULTI-PURPOSE FACILITY>LEGISLATIVE STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING RESCHEDULED TO FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2013, 1PM>LEADERSHIP ROUND TABLE BREAKFAST OF FRI-DAY, DECEMBER 6. 2013 CANCELLED>PRAYERS REQUESTED FOR THE OBIT WILSON FAM-ILY OF DISTRICT 4 COMMUNITY ADJOURNMENTMEETING ADJOURNED AT 4:53PM* Denotes TABLED from previous meeting(s)
“They used him for the media frenzy,” Everette said, in covering the “Iron Irene” story.
Everette’s book opens with an account of the highway shoot-out from the perspective of Cpl. Paul, who died later that day, and ends with a hand-written letter that Schroeder penned for her son Don-nie, a letter she gave to her chap-lain as he walked her to the electric chair, which reads, in part:
“Donnie my dear son, soon I am going to depart from this life…You have no need to feel any shame for this crime I am paying the pen-alty for. Regardless of what anyone says, I am unjustly accused. I posi-tively did not kill Brady Paul, but for all that I have no bitterness in
my heart toward any person.“Donnie I have this blessed as-
surance that all my sins are washed away by the precious blood of Je-sus.
“My baby, there may be those who would try to hurt you by say-ing that you probably said some-thing in the past to contribute to [my conviction]. Nothing that you ever said caused me any trouble…May God bless and keep you to meet me at his throne of love and mercy.”
The letter was preserved but never made it to Don. It was dis-covered after his death while Ev-erette was doing research for her book.
Irene Schroeder was executed Feb. 23, 1931 in the Lawrence County Jail in New Castle, Penn.
She was the first woman do die in an electric chair in Pennsylvania. She was 22.
Everette grew up in Colorado, not far from where her mother and father met at that Glenn Miller dance. She said that in large part, the book is her coping mechanism in dealing with the bizarre family history that her parents had each kept under wraps for decades even after the two had lost all contact.
The book began as a journal-ing project for DJ to deal with the deluge of shocking revelations about her lineage. “I felt driven,” to write the story, she said, “because I couldn’t deal with it psychologi-cally. And I felt if I could remove myself, objectively look at it in doing research, I wouldn’t have to have the heart-brain connection.”
Everette believes that having grown up in poverty is partially what led Irene to a life of crime and in many ways feels sorry for her. “She had 14 other brothers and sisters,” DJ noted, “and she had watched her sisters marry somebody so they could be taken care of…she watched her brothers stealing to eat, stealing to survive.”
But at the same time, “she hurt a lot of people with her choices and not just in her generation,” she said, “I feel that she was a bad girl. I feel that she was in bad company. And I felt I needed to do research in terms of her background to try to understand her.”
Everette, whose son is on the SWAT team for inner-city terror-ism in a major mid-west city, has dedicated a portion of the proceeds
of sales from her book to the Offi-cer Down Memorial Foundation in honor of Cpl. Brady Paul.
Sharon Schrader, who joined DJ in meeting me at the GRIN office, said she was completely surprised by the revelation of her grandmother’s story and her fa-ther’s involvement. “Dad was nev-er talked about it,” she said, “It was a big secret.”
“I still don’t like to face [the story] squarely,” she admitted, “The good part was that I found out I had a new sister and that was great.” But, she added, “I think it’s always good to know the truth…I admire that [DJ]’s able to do this.”
“It’s just a survival mode,” said DJ.
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