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Choctaw Nation Signs Contract for Wind Power – Scholarship Advisement Program: SAP Has 3,000 Stu- on Behalf of the Choctaw Nation, Chief Gregory Said Chief Pyle Students Annual All ages join saddle up birthday in planting at Jones bash garden for Academy held in elders’ use u McAlester u Page 7 u Page 8 Page 9 bishinik ChAnGE sErviCE rEquEsTED P ResORt stD p.O. box 1210 AUtO Durant Ok 74702 U.s. POstAGe PAID CHOCtAW NAtION May 2010 Issue serving 198,980 Choctaws Worldwide Choctaws ... growing with pride, hope and success Council holds April session Members of the Tribal Coun- cil met April 10 in regular ses- sion at Tushka homma. Honoring our earth Committee reports focused on a number of entities within the Choctaw nation. tribe partners McAlester Clinic, the new- est health facility built by the tribe, the has 30,000 charts on with Wister area file and is averaging nine new ones a day with approximately 185 patients seen per month. to clean up lake The pharmacy fills 6,925 pre- scriptions. One room is being The Choctaw nation, Wister community leaders, remodeled to provide space for area students and representatives of the Corps of a behavioral health office. Engineers, Oklahoma Water science Center and Committees also met with The nature Conservancy joined forces recently in – Food Distribution where an effort to improve the quality of water in Lake they checked out new products Wister. Together, the groups planted bulrushes and availble to participants. other plants in four floating rafts which will help to – CMDC: The manufacutur- naturally cleanse the water. ing company has 183 employ- Lake Wister serves 40,000 residents (including ees. They have completed 15 many Choctaw tribal members) in LeFlore County. MvTA trailers and are ready The lake suffers from excessive sediment and nu- for testing. trients entering the lake from its watershed. This – Jones Academy: The resi- causes algae to grow, which harms the fish and oth- dential school has 177 stu- er lake life. it also affects the treatment plan that the dents, 60 full-time personnel water must go through before human consumption. and 30 part-time/tutors on The rafts, a floating wetland growing plants to staff. They have developed a absorb the harmful nutrients and phosphates from Chief Gregory E. Pyle and students from area schools “plant” bulrushes in a raft that will be floated Web site, www.jonesacademy. See LAKE WISTER on Page 12 onto Lake Wister. org, with the latest news and information. Jones Academy has also been awarded a $184,000 COps grant for cam- pus security. Choctaw Nation signs contract for wind power – scholarship Advisement program: sAp has 3,000 stu- On behalf of the Choctaw nation, Chief Gregory said Chief pyle. “We are looking beyond today, to dents participating and has E. pyle signed a contract with Oklahoma Gas and the world our grandchildren and great-grandchil- been notified that it has been Electric (OG&E) on April 12, that will allow all dren will inherit.” selected as a semi-finalist of of the energy used by the Choctaw nation office The transition to begin using this type of alterna- harvard university’s honor- buildings in Durant to be drawn from 100 percent tive energy source required no new equipment at ing nations. wind power. The contract went into effect at the the complex and resulted in no interruption in ser- – Title iv: The elder pro- next billing cycle at the end of April. vice. The switch to wind power is something any- gram provides meals weekly at Though using wind power will cost the Choctaw one, residential or business, can make to do his or each of the Choctaw Commu- nation about $15,000 more per year than current her part in preserving our natural resources. nity Centers. special days have operating costs, Assistant Chief Gary batton says The Choctaw nation’s commitment to “walk the been scheduled to honor veter- it’s a price the Choctaw nation is gladly willing to talk” on going green doesn’t stop at just switching ans in each area – June 3: Tali- pay. “We’re investing in the protection of our future to cleaner power. The Administration building in hina; June 4: McAlester; June and our resources and that’s something you can’t Durant has undergone energy-efficient updates that 6: stigler, Durant and smith- put a price tag on,” said batton. “We’ve made a include the installation of energy-efficient lighting, ville; June 9: poteau, Antlers commitment to ‘go green’ and this is another way reduction in the amount of lighting, and new, more and hugo; June 16: spiro, we’re living by what we say.” efficient windows throughout. Energy efficient in- Coalgate and Wright City; The burning of coal for the generation of electric- sulation was added in the Choctaw nation day care June 23: broken bow, bethel, ity, where OG&E gets a majority of its power, re- Assistant Chief Gary Batton looks on as Chief and all Choctaw facilities are currently undergoing idabel and Atoka; and June 30: leases one of the largest amounts of carbon dioxide Gregory E. Pyle signs an agreement to power its energy efficiency audits. Crowder and Wilburton. emissions from anthropogenic sources – those from office buildings in Durant with 100 percent wind Another project in the works is the building of new business on the agenda human activity – globally each year. however, with energy. a recycle center in Durant to help further reduce included Council bills the building of two wind farms in northwestern the Choctaw nation’s carbon footprint. The center • to authorize application Oklahoma, OG&E is now able to offer its consum- tons of emissions from the air. The Choctaw nation will receive paper, plastic, aluminum cans and cor- and proposed acquisition and ers the option to purchase their power from wind as complex uses about 120-times that many kWh per rugated cardboard for recycling and has a sched- holding of title to a parcel in opposed to coal. And the Choctaw nation, whose month, making its impact on the environment even uled completion date of late June 2010. initially the haskell County in trust by the slogan in its going green campaign is “sustaining greater. by switching to the clean, renewable wind center will serve only employees of the Choctaw united states for the benefit of our people, our traditions, our earth,” was happy to energy, the Choctaw nation’s usage is comparable nation but has plans to open it up to all residents in the Choctaw nation of Okla- take them up on that offer. to displacing 1,080 tons of emissions from the air the community at a later date. homa; According to OG&E, purchasing as little as annually! Also, all offices of the Choctaw nation collect • disposal of equipment; 1,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of wind power per “OG&E has provided an opportunity for us to used printer cartridges, aluminum cans, plastic See COUNCIL on Page 3 month for one year is equivalent to removing nine take a major step to improve our environment,” See WIND POWER on Page 12 u What’s inside Notes to the Nation .....................2 Columns .....................................3 CSI class held for tribal, government agencies Nursery News .............................4 The Choctaw nation of Oklahoma recently hosted do it and that’s why this training is so vital.” Food Distribution Calendar .........4 a three-day archaeological crime scene investigation Two Choctaw employees in the historic preser- People You Know .......................6 class for tribal and government agencies. The agen- vation department, Terry Cole and ian Thompson, Voc Rehab Calendar ..................7 cies represented were the Tulsa office of the u.s. received archaeological crime scene investigation Iti Fabvssa ..................................9 Army Corps of Engineers, the Muscogee-Creek na- training in California a few months ago and saw Obituaries ............................10-11 tion criminal investigators, Chickasaw nation Light- the need for more training among all the agencies horsemen, and various departments within the Choc- throughout the area. This led to the idea to organize taw nation. The training consisted of classroom and host a class so that all could benefit from the The Mission work and hands-on training at a mock archaeological training. of the Choctaw crime scene. “Archaeological crimes happen all the time and all Nation of Oklahoma Assistant Chief Gary batton opened the training over the place. it’s important to have people trained To enhance the lives of on the first day with remarks of support and told of and certified to go out and investigate these crimes all members through oppor- how the tribe holds the training in high regard. and to be able to serve as expert witnesses when and tunities designed to develop “This training ties back to what is important to if they make it to trial,” said Cole. “We wanted to healthy, successful and pro- our tribe – the preservation of our culture. We want provide an opportunity to the other agencies to come ductive lifestyles. to show that we mean business and that we have a out and get the same training we received so they can zero-tolerance policy on this issue, no matter how go back and use it in their organizations.” big or small the violation,” said batton. “To keep our Two experts in the field of archaeological inves- The bishinik culture alive we have to protect our ancestors and all tigation, Martin McAllister and David Griffel, were Choctaw employees Tony Krebbs, Skyler Rob- is printed on that they’ve left behind. We are the ones that have to brought in to lead the training. McAllister and Griffel inson and Steven Flowers pour plaster into a recycled paper. See CSI on Page 5 shoe print on the ground to create a mold.
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