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Choctaw Recycling Tops 5 Million Pounds Choctaw artists – Cultural George Willis and gathering in Marcus Amerman Houston Page 12 Page 14 BISKINIK CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED PRESORT STD P.O. Box 1210 AUTO Durant OK 74702 U.S. POSTAGE PAID CHOCTAW NATION BISKINIKThe Official Publication of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma March 2014 Issue Choctaw Nation awarded Choctaw Recycling tops Environmental Education Grant The Environmental Quality Education Com- mittee, working with the State of Oklahoma’s Department of Environmental Quality, has 5 million pounds awarded Choctaw Nation Recycling with a state- funded Environmental Education Grant. The grant is funded for this state program by funds By ZACH MAXWELL Durant and Poteau areas who allow us to pick that are generated by the purchase of Oklahoma Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma up their materials for recycling. We’d love to Environmental Awareness license plates. continue to grow and are happy to talk with The 1,000-dollar, one-year grant will be used The Choctaw Nation Recycling Centers anyone interested in recycling in their home, to purchase recycling containers to be placed in Summer camps exceeded their goal of collecting 5 million business, school or other organization.” schools throughout the 10-1/2 counties of the pounds of recyclable materials this January. Anyone with questions about these recy- Choctaw Nation. The “Green Team” hopes to applications Tracy Horst, Director of Project Manage- cling programs can call the recycling center in work with at least six school districts to create ment for Choctaw Nation, said the material Durant at (580) 920-0488. on-going recycling programs within the schools. now available collected represents a savings equivalent of A breakdown of the material recycled this ODEQ will also be partnering with the Choc- The Choctaw Nation of the energy consumption of 382 homes for a past January includes 39 percent cardboard, taw Nation to introduce their “Green Schools” Oklahoma Special Projects year. 34 mixed paper and 27 percent plastics, program. The program includes school visits Department offers a wide Horst said she appreciates everyone who electronics, tin, aluminum and shredded to speak about recycling and recycling contests variety of camps and events continues to utilize the Choctaw Nation paper. to help the students see how and what they can for Choctaw youth. Camps Recycling Centers as well as the staff mem- “All the recycling center staff and the do to make a difference. Several schools have offered during the summer bers at Durant and Poteau. Going Green Team want to say ‘Yakoke!’ in a expressed interest in the program and any other include cultural enrichment, “Many thanks go to the cities of Durant huge way for always recycling all that you can schools who would like to be considered can golf, softball, baseball, and McAlester who bring community and at work and at home,” Horst said. A celebra- contact the Choctaw Nation “Green Team” at basketball, football, and business recycling to us,” she said. “We are tion of recycling efforts is being planned for 580-920-0488. stickball. also grateful to the many businesses in the the spring. Registration forms can be picked up at the Cultural Events building located behind the Travel Plaza West in Durant, at any of the Choctaw Nation Community Centers or online at choctawnation.com or choctawnationculture.com New applicants must send copies of their Choctaw membership and CDIB cards. Applications will not be accepted without these documents. For more information call the Summer Youth Camp Program at 800-522-6170. Choctaw Nation Youth Stickball Upcoming games for the Choctaw Nation Youth Stick- ball league are: March 22 at Wheelock Choctaw Nation: ZACH MAXWELL Academy, located between Mil- Assistant Chief Gary Batton swears in the Choctaw Nation Tribal Judges at the Feb. 8 Tribal Council meeting in Tvshka Homma. lerton and Garvin, at 1 p.m. The judges are, from left, P.L. “Pat” Phelps of Durant, Marion Fry of Talihina and Steven Parker of Tecumseh. April 5 in Broken Bow, be- side the McCurtain County Complex, at 11 a.m. u What’s inside Tribal judges sworn in at regular February Council session Columns .............................................2 The Choctaw Nation Tribal Phelps as Judge for Court of • Approve business development Grant; and the Community Block Nursery News .....................................4 Council met in regular session Feb. Appeals of Choctaw Nation of Okla- proceeding with negotiations to Development Grant Food Distribution ................................4 8 at Tvshka Homma. Council homa construct an aquaponic system in • Funds for budget for Promise Notes to the Nation .............................5 members voted on: • Letter of appointment for Atoka County Zone Initiative. Events .................................................5 • Letter of appointment for Marion Fry as Judge for Court of • Approve applications for: The Tribal Council meets at 10 People You Know ...............................6 Steven Parker as Judge for District Appeals of Choctaw Nation of Okla- Project Empower; the Comprehen- a.m. on the second Saturday of each Obituaries .........................................10 Court of Choctaw Nation of homa sive Tribal Victim Assistance month in the Council Chambers Iti Fabvssa ........................................13 Oklahoma • Approve Right of Way with PSO Program; Project Hokli Nittak; the on the capitol grounds in Tvshka • Letter of appointment for Pat on Choctaw Tribal land in Atoka Environmental Education Model Homma. The Mission of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma To enhance the lives of all members through opportunities designed to Choctaw Nation encourages ‘Native Vote’ develop healthy, successful and productive lifestyles. Legislative Advocacy Department outreach efforts aim to boost participation u Get your digital copy! By ZACH MAXWELL ence,” Smallwood said. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma The LAD is participating in a program called “Native Vote” through the Scan this code with your smartphone National Congress of American Indians, aimed at boosting native voter to go online for this issue and archive More than 1 million eligible American Indians and Alaska Natives were turnout nationwide. (For more information on this, visit www.nativevote. copies of the BISKINIK! not registered to vote in the 2008 presidential election. org) http://www.choctawnation.com/news- This accounts for more than one-third of native voters, which could Local events for the LAD include a career development event for high room/biskinik-newspaper-archive/ have an impact on the political future of all natives. school seniors in Idabel on March 12. In an effort to help natives have their voices heard, the Choctaw Nation Smallwood said native voters in Oklahoma have an opportunity to vote Legislative Advocacy Department is working on several fronts. Their ef- in at least three elections over the next six months. She said Chief Gregory forts include a voter registration drive targeting native youth and election E. Pyle and Assistant Chief Gary Batton urge participation in tribal, local, information sessions planned for later this year. state and national elections. “It helps people feel empowered when they go vote,” said Sara-Jane This year, voters will elect Oklahoma’s governor, several statewide of- Smallwood, public policy and research analyst with the Legislative Advo- fices as well as both U.S. senators. The latter two will play a major role in cacy Department. “We never want to tell anyone who to vote for, or how to shaping federal Indian policy, while the state-level officers will have an vote. But we do want to get natives registered. We want informed voters.” impact on the interaction of Oklahoma government with the Choctaws Recent examples of the impact of native voters come from Alaska and and other tribes. Montana, where swing votes from zip codes with high native populations For information on voter registration, upcoming elections and deadlines helped decide Senate and Congressional races. “These are really clear for elections and registration in surrounding states, contact the Legislative examples that when natives do turn out to vote, they make a huge differ- Advocacy Department at (800) 522-6170. 2 BISKINIK | March 2014 In the steps of our ancestors From the Desk of Territory. Alfred and Harriet Wright, missionaries who Chief Gregory E. Pyle traveled with the Choctaw from Mississippi, built Wheelock Mission School in 1832 to fill a void for many children. The The winter months are almost over. Several ice storms mission ceased being co-ed in the 1840s, becoming the made their way through the country this year and as I walked Wheelock Female Seminary. The seminary functioned until carefully down my drive during the last bout of freezing the beginning of the Civil War. weather I thought of the steps made by our ancestors on the Education is, and has always been, a top priority for the Trail of Tears. We read of the hardships and the disease, Choctaw Nation and by 1842 they had developed a school hunger and death along the trail. It is difficult for us to fully system. As the system continued to grow, the purpose of comprehend everything they endured. Approximately 15,000 Wheelock Seminary was changed to one of housing and Choctaws began the journey from Mississippi to the new serving Choctaw orphans. The Nation assumed control of the Indian Territory. There were three migrations during the school in 1893 until the federal government and other years 1831 to 1833. It is estimated 12,500 survived the entities took on administration of the school in 1898 and it removal. eventually became open to girls from other Native American The Choctaw Nation’s commemorative Trail of Tears Walk tribes. Wheelock Academy closed in 1955 while under the is held annually to honor those who died along the way and management of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, a decision made the men, women and children who survived to begin a new to integrate Native American students into public schools. life. The buildings stand testament to the perseverance of a This year’s Trail of Tears Walk on May 17 will begin at the people who believed in education.
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