Cocopah Times Newsletter COCOPAH INDIAN TRIBE October 2014 ISSUE Tribal Phone Directory ADAPP (Ext. 235) 627- 2161 Saturday, October 18, 2014 from 11:00am to 4:00pm Children’s Home 627- 1298 Cocopah Casino 726- 8066 Cocopah Korner 341-1444 Cocopah Resort 722- 6677 Enjoy all day Cocopah Speedway 344-1563 Cocopah Wellness (Ext. 210) 627- 2681 Community Center 627- 5658 Cultural Resources 627- 4849 CVT 627- 8026 Cocopah West Reservation Cultural Performances Daycare 627- 3729 14515 South Veterans Drive Bird singing and dancing 627- 4973 Education (Ext. 230) Somerton Arizona 85350 Elderly Program 627- 4166 Arts & Crafts booths EPO (Ext. 290) 627- 2025 11:00am …………………...WELCOME Head Start 627-3197 Informational booths Housing 627- 8863 11:30am to 1:00pm ……….FREE LUNCH Children’s fun area IHS 1(800) 862- 4911 1:00pm ……ENTERTAINMENT STARTS Pony rides IT Department (Ext. 280) 627- 2025 Judicial 627- 2550 Special Guest: Billy Mills, 1964 Olym- Watermelon eating contest Museum 627- 1992 pic gold Medal Winner for 10,000 me- Manpower 627- 0616 ter run, second Native American to Snow cones win an Olympic Gold Medal. Native Eatery 217-1001 Free drawings and much more! Pesticide 627- 2025 Meet Yuma area royalty & the new Miss Cocopah PHEP/CTERC 627-2025 Prosecutor (Ext. 270) 627- 2025 Public Works (Ext. 240) 627- 0616 Purchasing (Ext. 201) 627- 2025 Resort Gift Shop 217-1068 Rio Colorado Golf 627- 0057 RV Park 343- 9300 Social Services 627- 3729 Title VI/XX 627- 1148 Tribal Gaming 217- 7718 Tribal Headquarters Administration (Ext. 205) 627- 2102 Finance (Ext. 310) 627- 2102 Tribal Police (Ext. 215) 627- 8857 For more information: (928) 627-1992 or [email protected] Wild River 627- 0980 Page 2 Cocopah Times Newsletter ELDERS LUNCH MENU OCTOBER 2014 Nutrition Program Lunches Provided Monday—Friday Faye Ortega, Title VI/XX @ 627-1148 * Menu may be substituted due to shortages of needed items. SUN MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT 1 2 3 4 Pork Chops Chili Beans Hot Dogs Rice Cornbread Pork N Beans Gr. Beans 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Beef Macaroni Turkey & Cheese Meatloaf Gr. Salad Hamburgers Corn Sandwich Boiled Potatoes w/diced Chicken Lettuce Macaroni Salad Green Beans Wheat Crackers Tomatoes 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 OFFICES Roast Beef Salisbury Steak Potato & Cheese Chicken Patties CLOSED Sandwich Mash Potatoes Soup Lettuce Macaroni Salad Corn Wheat Crackers Tomatoes Columbus Day 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Chicken Teriyaki Gr. Beef & Rice Chicken & Rice Chicken Strips Rice Beef Bologna & Burrito Soup BBQ Sauce Egg rolls Cheese Salsa Grilled Cheese Salad Mix Veggies Sandwich Sandwich Potato Chips 26 27 28 29 30 31 Spaghetti w/ Tuna Sandwich Beef Stew Ham Salad Ham & Cheese Meatballs Macaroni Salad Tortillas w/Ranch Croissant Corn Dressing Potato Chips Wheat Crackers COCOPAH INDIAN TRIBE Page 3 COCOPAH ELDERS CULTURAL COUNCIL (ECC) Meeting will be held October 9th 10:00a.m. to 11:30a.m. OPEN TO ALL COCOPAH ELDERS & SENIORS 55+ Please be advised, this will serve as your notice for the meeting. Any questions please call: (928) 627-1992 Susan Taylor, Director ; Serena Thomas, Office Manager; Marilyn Hayes, Curator; Art Negrete, Maintenance Supervisor; Marjorie Manuel, Gift Shop Clerk; Mitchell Davis, Maintenance; Jesus Moreno, Maintenance; Deanna Thomas, Receptionist; Pamela Banfield, Gift Shop Manager. COCOPAH VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTER Training for Success Phone: 928.627.8026 Fax: 928.627.2510 October 2014 E-mail: [email protected] Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 2 3 1 4 B.I.A., N.A.U. , N.E.W. B.I.A., N.A.U. , N.E.W. B.I.A., N.A.U. , N.E.W. & W.I.A. Intakes & W.I.A. Intakes & W.I.A. Intakes by Appointment by Appointment by Appointment 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 B.I.A., N.A.U. , N.E.W. B.I.A., N.A.U. , N.E.W. B.I.A., N.A.U. , N.E.W. B.I.A., N.A.U. , N.E.W. B.I.A., N.A.U. , N.E.W. & W.I.A. Intakes & W.I.A. Intakes & W.I.A. Intakes & W.I.A. Intakes & W.I.A. Intakes by Appointment by Appointment by Appointment by Appointment by Appointment 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 B.I.A., N.A.U. , N.E.W. 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Intakes by Appointment by Appointment by Appointment by Appointment by Appointment Location: 14250 Avenue I Somerton, Arizona 85350 Page 4 Cocopah Times Newsletter PHEP/ WELLNESS COCOPAH INDIAN TRIBE Page 5 MEXICO’S COCOPAH PEOPLE REFUSE TO DISAPPEAR Thursday, 11 September 2014 “The government violated the Cocopah’s people’s fish begin their migration to the shallow waters of right to consultation as outlined in the Internation- the Colorado River delta, and fishing season 10:05 By Daniela Pastrana, Inter al Labour Organisation’s Convention 169,” which starts. Press Service Mexico ratified in 1990, said Ramírez Baena. ILO El Mayor, Mexico - In their language, Cocopah Convention 169 Concerning Indigenous and The Cocopah go to sea in their “pangas” or fish- ing boats and sit quietly until they hear the weak- means “river people”. For over 500 years the Tribal Peoples requires prior consultation of local fish and throw their “chinchorros” or nets. The members of this Amerindian group have lived indigenous communities before any project is Cocopah capture between 200 and 500 tons of along the lower Colorado River and delta in the authorised on their land. fish per season. Mexican states of Baja California and Sonora But in 1993, without any prior consultation, the and the US state of Arizona. government decreed the creation of the Alto “What the government has done with us is segre- Golfo de California y Delta del Río Colorado gation,” Juana Aguilar González, the president of They fish and make crafts for a living, have Biosphere Reserve. The nucleus of the reserve is the El Mayor Cocopah Rural Production Society, strong family ties, and are united by their Kuriku- the Zanjón, where the Cocopah have fished for told Tierramérica. “They know that we Indians ri or rituals and funeral ceremonies – and, now, the Gulf weakfish (Cynoscion othonopterus) for don’t threaten the environment.” by the struggle to keep from disappearing, in a centuries. battle led by their women. Today, the Cocopah The Cocopah are not the only ones who catch number just over 1,300 people, most of whom The Gulf weakfish lay their eggs between Febru- weakfish. There are also two non-indigenous live in Arizona. ary and May in shallow waters in the Gulf of cooperatives in the area – San Felipe in Baja California where the states of Sonora and Baja California and Santa Clara in Sonora – with a “I’m Hilda Hurtado Valenzuela. I’m a fisherwom- California meet, and the fish are widely sold fishing capacity 10 times greater, according to an. And I am Cocopah,” says the president of during Lent, when Catholics abstain from eating statistics from the governmental National Com- the Cocopah Indigenous People Cooperative meat on Fridays. mission for Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity Society. (CONABIO). After the biosphere reserve was created, a Re- She and other women of this community intro- serve Management Plan was adopted in 1995, The weakfish “captured by the Cocopah are ap- duce themselves this way at an assembly at- along with a string of laws and regulations – such proximately 10 percent of the recommended tended by IPS, held to discuss the federal gov- as the Law on Ecological Balance and a fishing quota, which shows that the fishing done by that ernment’s promise to finally consult them about quota and ban – which restricted the fishing activ- indigenous community, even if they fish in the a fishing ban which took away their livelihood ities of the Cocopah to levels that have made it nucleus of the reserve, does not hurt the ecologi- and practically condemns them to extinction. impossible for them to make a living. cal balance or threaten the species with extinc- “No government has the right to take our habitat “The case of the Cocopah is an example of how tion,” says recommendation 8/2002 of the Nation- from us,” Hurtado told IPS during a visit to the El ultra-conservationist policies can endanger the al Human Rights Commission addressed to the Mayor Cocopah Indigenous Community, where existence of a native community,” said Yacotzin ministries of the environment and agriculture.