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Native Veterans Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and Department of Veterans Affairs Enter Reimbursement Agreement Choctaw Sidney’s San Diego and Nation Sticks Phoenix meeting Livestock of Choctaws Show Pages 6-7 Page 10 Page 12 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 2013 Issue Partnership to benefit Native veterans Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and Department of Veterans Affairs enter Reimbursement Agreement American Indian veterans will soon have increased access to health care services closer to home following a recent Choctaw Nation and Department of Veterans Affairs joint agreement. “Native Americans have served in the military at a proportionately high rate compared to other groups,” said Chief Greg Pyle. “The Choctaw Nation is committed to improving access to care for our Native veterans, as Choctaw Nation: LISA REED earned by their service to our country.” Choctaw Nation Health Services Executive Director Mickey Peercy, left, and As a result of the agreement entered on March 1, the Trail of James Floyd, medical center director of the Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical VA is now able to reimburse the Choctaw Nation for Center in Muskogee, sign a historic agreement on March 1 that allows for im- direct care services provided to eligible American Indian proved access to medical treatment for eligible Native American veterans. Tears Walk veterans seen at Choctaw health centers and at its hospital. VA co-payments do not apply to direct care services provided by the Nation to eligible American particularly in rural areas,” said Mickey Peercy, Perspective on the issue... to be held Indian and Alaska Native Veterans under this agreement. Choctaw Nation Health Services executive director. Native American veterans are more “The Choctaw Nation and the VA have worked for This agreement implements a critical provision in likely to lack health insurance and to in Spiro many months to come to an equitable agreement that the recently reauthorized Indian Health Care Improve- have a disability, service connected or would ensure access to quality health care would be made ment Act, passed as part of the Affordable Care Act, otherwise, than veterans of other races, available to our veterans living in our communities, allowing this partnership for reimbursement. according to a 2012 VA special report. The Choctaw T-shirt Nation will be honoring ances- order tors who made form the long journey on from Mississippi Page Tribal Council with a commem- 2 orative Trail meets in regular of Tears Walk on Saturday, May 18, at Spiro. An opening YAB leading the way February session ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. The Choctaw Nation Trib- at the historic Skullyville Cem- By BRET MOSS al Council met in regular etery and the approximately session on Feb. 9 in Tvshka 3.5-mile walk will end at the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Homma. Council members Choctaw Community Center at voted to: 19400 Aes Road off Highway 9 It is an ongoing effort, supporting and encouraging the • Approve application in Spiro. youth of a society, to rise from childhood and become for the Coordinated Tribal Please park at the commu- productive members and leaders within their communi- Assistance Solicitation Com- nity center where buses will be ties. The Choctaw Nation Youth Advisory Board (YAB) prehensive Tribal Victim available to transport partici- Program is an invaluable asset in that ongoing quest from Assistance Program pants to the cemetery. Drivers adolescence to adulthood. will begin taking passengers “I’ve learned a lot about leadership,” says Alice Ste- • Approve application for at 9 a.m. Lunch will also be phens, a junior at Howe High School and four-year the Native American Basic shared with everyone following member of YAB. She, along with hundreds of junior high Grant the walk. The Choctaw Nation and high school students across the Choctaw Nation, has • Approve application invites everyone to join in on access to a program that can utilize current leadership for the Coordinated Tribal this special day. talents as well as encourage and facilitate the development assistance Solicitation Com- of new skills. prehensive Tribal Justice “Our goal for YAB’sters is to help them find the leader Systems Strategic Planning. in themselves, reach their full potential and teach them • Approved application for u What’s inside how important it is to be a servant leader,” states Choctaw the Connecting Kids to Cov- Nation Youth Empowerment Director Martina Hawkins. erage Outreach and Enroll- Columns .............................................2 This goal is reached by hosting community outreach ment (Cycle III) Grant Notes to the Nation .............................3 events such as fun runs and coat drives, as well as working • Approved application Events .................................................3 with national charities and non-profits such as Salvation for the Native Youth and Nursery News .....................................4 Army and Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT). Culture Fund Food Distribution ................................4 The students are placed in roles in which they can lead Choctaw Nation: BRET MOSS • Approve application for People You Know ...............................5 such events to success, all while under the guidance of the Senior Farmers’ Market Morgan Moffit and other YAB members make Education ............................................8 Choctaw Nation outreach specialists. Nutrition Program Through the YAB program, communities across the sure the seniors stay safe and hydrated during a Voc-Rehab Calendar ..........................8 • Approve application for Choctaw Nation are benefiting from the efforts of the senior citizen walk-a-thon. Obituaries ...........................................9 the Demonstration grants motivated youth. From elementary students learning that for the Indian Children Iti Fabvssa ........................................ 11 violence in not the answer with project Falvmmichi, to ability to make everyone feel included and encourage new Program the environment seeing improvements through recycling members to be active. • Approve application and efforts, the YAB program has made a positive impact on Though only her senior year remains as a YAB student, proposed acquisition and The Mission communities throughout Choctaw Nation. Alice plans to continue her service to YAB after gradu- Holding of Title to Parcel in of the Choctaw The true merit found in YAB is not only the benefit the ation, helping in any way she can. “I don’t want it all to Trust by the United States Nation of Oklahoma community receives from the work of the youth, but also stop,” she exclaimes. “When I think of YAB, I think of for the Benefit of the Choc- the advantages the youth receive from their work with happy memories and fun,” she continues. taw Nation of Oklahoma each other. One such memory she holds in high regard is the an- (Antlers, Heavener and Mc- To enhance the lives of all mem- “It brought me out of my comfort zone,” states Alice, nual YAB retreat in Grapevine, Texas. “It was hands on… Curtain County) bers through opportunities designed a really great time for all of us,” says Alice. who says she use to be shy, but has since learn to be • Approve funds and to develop healthy, successful and Attending the same conference was four-year YAB outgoing and involved. Alice is the secretary of her YAB budget for Assets for Inde- productive lifestyles. chapter, and as such has acquired the duty of keeping member and Stigler High School senior, Jana Fagg, who pendence Grant Program the chapter organized. She keeps the minutes at monthly also remembers the event well, speaking of how she en- (CAB2) meetings, plans dates from various events and attends joyed meeting YAB students from many places. • Approve the articles of meetings outside her chapter, including Choctaw Nation’s Just like Alice, Jana has been active in many YAB incorporation and by-laws u Get your digital copy! Tribal Council meeting. events, hosting a senior citizens dance and working hard of Choctaw Defense Services Alice is particularly proud of her contribution to the with the Falvmmichi program. In the Falvmmichi pro- Inc. Scan this code with your smartphone Pink Zone project, where her YAB group cooperated gram, she works with second-graders teaching them about • Approve the Choctaw to go online for this issue and archive with Howe and Cameron schools to host a breast cancer non-violent ways to deal with conflict. “They get really Defense Services Inc. to copies of the BISKINIK! awareness fundraiser. As secretary, she took responsibility excited,” she says as she tells of how the children enjoyed http://www.choctawnation.com/news- for accumulating T-shirt orders from students, fans and the visits from the YAB students. authorize the submission of room/biskinik-newspaper-archive/ athletes, and assuring the merchandise was ordered in the Jana is also the secretary of her YAB chapter and is an application for certifica- correct amount. known as someone on which the group can depend. “I tion as an SBA 8(a) Busi- Her time in YAB began in the eighth grade, when both try to volunteer at everything I can,” mentiones Jana, ness Development Program her big brother and her YAB sponsor, Shonnie Hall, en- expressing how she is always sure to keep things running participant couraged her to jump into the action. She was reluctant in smoothly, ensuring that if something needs done, there The Choctaw Nation the beginning, but after participating in her first event, a is someone to do it or she is there to complete the task Tribal Council holds its Halloween trail of treats, she was hooked. herself. regular session at 10 a.m. on She has grown to be a source of encouragement and a Jana made note of how much YAB has got her involved the second Saturday of each social butterfly during her time in YAB. “She is very much with her peers and community, stating before YAB she did month in the Council Cham- an uplifter,” Shonnie states, speaking highly of Alice’s See YAB, Page 8 bers at Tvshka Homma.
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