August 2014 The Mountains Are Calling!

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August 2014 The Mountains Are Calling!
August 2014
The Mountains Are Calling!
The Tribal Environmental Department has been leading hikes for Tribal youth on Fridays
this summer. There have been three all-day adventures: hiking to Brown and Green
Lakes, Ruby Lake, and Long Lake. Two more hikes are planned: to the Bristlecones
(August 1) and up Big Pine Canyon (August 8).
Tribal Department
Contact Information
Tribal Administration
P.O. Box 700
825 S. Main St.
Big Pine, Ca 93513
Office No. 760-938-2003
Fax No. 760-938-2942
Tribal Historic Preservation
Office No. 760-938-2003
Fax No. 760-938-2942
Utility Department
Office No. 760-938-2003
Fax No. 760-938-2942
Tribal Court Clerk/ ICWA
Specialist
Office No. 760-938-2003
Fax No. 760-938-2942
Environmental Department
Office No. 760-938-2003
Fax No. 760-938-2942
CDD Housing Department
Office No. 760-938-2003
Fax No. 760-938-2942
Education Center
Office No. 760-938-2530
Fax No. 760-938-3125
BP Paiute Development
Corporation
Office No. 760-938-2800
Fax No. 760-938-2942
The hikes consist of 4 to 6 miles of walking through some of the most spectacular scenery
on Earth. Along the way, we stop to observe flowers, trees, insects, fish, birds, water,
snow, rocks, minerals, geology, squirrels, clouds, air quality, and even how it makes us
feel. We check the map often, and we talk about respecting the land, the life, and even the
other people and their animals who use the trails. In coordination with the Big Pine Indian
Education Center, lightweight packs, water, snacks, and lunches are supplied. Students
have gained a true appreciation for the outstanding landscape… and they’ve learned that
it’s easier coming down the trail than it is going up!
The Environmental Department would love to continue leading hikes for community
members. Please stay tuned, or contact us with requests.
Our Rising Star
The Environmental Department says, Farewell ‘til we see you again to Jacklyn Velasquez. Jackie
began her tenure as the Environmental Technician as the year 2013 began. She quickly caught
on to the multiple and sometimes complex local, regional, and national issues.
With her work on air and water issues, she gained respect and admiration from the tribal community, agency staff, EPA, and other people with whom she interacted. Among her many accomplishments, she completed an air pollution monitoring needs assessment for the Tribe, contributed significantly to the Owens Lake Cultural Resources Task Force, and learned about and
communicated to us about meteorological data and climate change issues. Her coworkers will
miss her energy, thoughtful contributions, and all around cheerfulness even at those times
when the world, or at least the water, seems to be going in the wrong direction!
Her dream for attending law school continued to motivate her, and after a few months with us,
she applied for law school and was enthusiastically accepted by
Vermont Law School, a school at the forefront of producing
great environmental leaders and attorneys. We and she could
not be more thrilled! Classes begin in about a month, and no
doubt they will be tough. However, we know Jackie has the
intelligence and vision to achieve this next milestone in what’s
certain to be an interesting and rewarding life! Congratulations
Jackie and best wishes from all of us.
AT left: Jackie and daughter Amina prepare for the move to
Vermont (where Jackie begins her study of law and Amina begins kindergarten!)
Nawanaki-ti Market News
The Nawanaki-ti Market is open every Friday!! The market will run through the growing season and will provide an
opportunity for the community to purchase locally grown produce as well as an assortment of prepared foods and
crafts. If you are interested in being a vendor or want to share your thoughts on how to help the market to thrive,
please contact Alan Bacock at 760-938-2003 ext. 235 at the Big Pine Environmental Office (820 Watson Street).
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event
@ Big Pine Transfer Station
Saturday August 2, 2014, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Items Accepted
Paints/Stains
Solvents
Oil/Oil Filters
Anti-Freeze
Herbicides
Bleach/Cleaners
Pesticides
Old Diesel/Gas
Insecticides
Transmission Fluid
Disposal sites can accept no more than 20-gallons per visit in
no larger than 5-gallon containers.
Contact the Tribal Environmental Department for more information or
assistance.
Environmental Department seeks Environmental Technician
$13 - $15/hr, depending on experience, 32 hours/week
JOB DUTIES: Monitoring environmental conditions, operating and maintaining
scientific equipment, data analysis, report writing, developing presentations and
written materials for public education, and assisting in grant writing and budget
tracking.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: College science courses; experience in water or
air sampling protocols, data management, report production, and working with the
public; proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications.
Successful candidate must be self-motivated, possess valid driver’s license, and
consent to drug-testing.
INDIAN PREFERENCE: Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance will apply. Indian preference in filling vacancies will be given to qualified Indian candidates per
Title 25, US Code Sec. 472 and 473.
Full Job Description and Application available at Big Pine Tribal Office, 825 S.
Main St., Big Pine, (760) 938-2003 or email info@bigpinepaiute.org . Submit
application by August 27, 2014. Position will remain open until filled.
Attention High School
Students!!
Become an Environmental
Department Intern!
Gain experience and make
some money assisting parttime with interesting projects!
This position will remain open
until filled.
Please contact the Tribal receptionist or Sally Manning, Environmental Director, (760) 9382003, for more information and
an application.
MONO LAKE: 20 YEARS AFTER “BEING SAVED”
By: Sally Manning, Environmental Director
Mono Lake is a spectacular place. When a rag tag group of recent college graduates visited the lake in the late 1970s,
they fell in love with the place, then watched in despair as the lake was shrinking. The lake level was dropping due to the
fact that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) was diverting Mono Lake’s tributary streams, sending
the water to LA instead of letting it flow into Mono Lake. With virtually no inflow but constant evaporation, the lake
was dropping dramatically. In fact, in the 30 year period from about 1950 to about 1980, the lake dropped nearly 40 feet!
The group decided to “do something,” so David Gaines founded the nonprofit Mono Lake Committee in 1978, with the
hope of preserving the ecology and aesthetics of the lake in perpetuity.
Publicity for the lake (e.g. bumper stickers), scientific investigations, and lawsuits occuSAVE MONO LAKE pied the next 16 years,
culminating in a significant environmental victory. On September 28, 1994, the California State Water Resources Control Board handed down rules
and goals that would guide future management in the Mono
Lake basin. The Water Board set 6,392 feet as the lake level
goal to achieve and maintain for Mono Lake. At the time, scientists thought it might take 30 years to reach the target.
We are coming up on the 20th anniversary of the state’s decision. What’s happened to the lake level since that time?
Curiously, the lake level is not much higher now than it was in 1994! At the time of the decision, the lake elevation was
about 6,375 feet, so it had 17 feet to make its target. Right after the decision, the region had a run of wet years, so by the
late 1990s, the lake level had risen nearly 10 feet. Things were looking good!
However, the period of the rapid rise halted in 1999, and the lake level has fluctuated between 6,380 and 6,384 for the
past 14 years. Now, it is predicted to fall below 6,380 (to 6,379) by next spring (2015). It needed to rise 17 feet, but it
will have barely risen 5 feet in the first 20 years.
DWP and lake-watchers are quick to blame “drought” as the reason for the slowdown in recovery, but diversions are
also a culprit. Apparently, the state’s decision allowed DWP to divert up to 16,000 acre-feet of water from the basin in
any year when the lake level exceeded 6,380 feet. Not surprisingly, DWP has taken nearly all 16,000 feet each year.
However, if the lake level drops below 6,380, the amount they will be able to divert drops to 4,500 acre-feet per year.
It would take more research to find who came up with the diversion schedule and why. Regardless, I foresee a future
when the lake level hovers at 6,380 feet (12 feet below the target) as DWP diverts 4,500 acre-feet (lake rises) then 16,000
acre-feet (lake drops). Will the ultimate goal – the one designed to be the ecological victory – ever happen?
What’s in that BOTTLED WATER?
Here is an interesting item from the Mono Lake Committee’s Summer 2014 newsletter:
Staff from the Mono Lake Committee toured the West Basin water recycling facility in El Segundo.
West Basin receives then treats sewage water from the DWP service area, and they run the sewage
through “an advanced three-step treatment process before providing it to the Water Replenishment
District (WRD) for underground saltwater intrusion barriers. Bottled water companies also purchase
this water, run it through an extra process of reverse osmosis… and then re-sell it to the public.” Is the
bottled water sold here actually Owens Valley water that’s gone to LA only to be recycled, then returned here in a plastic bottle for a price?
Youth Nature Adventures: More Photos
WHY ORGANIC?
By Joseph Miller and Tony Gutierrez
What is organic? Crops grown using organic methods are grown without use of
synthetic commercial fertilizers or pesticides on the plants. Rather grown using
organic compost or natural supplement such as bone meal, blood meal or fish
emulsion and maintained with natural pest management. Organic crops are also
presumably grown with Non-GMO seed.
What are pesticides?
Pesticides are substances meant for attracting, seducing, destroying, or mitigating any pest. They are
a class of biocide. The most common use of pesticides is as plant protection products (also known as
crop protection products), which in general protect plants from damaging influences such as
weeds, plant diseases or insects.
What are genetically modified organisms?
A genetically modified organism (GMO) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. Organisms that have been genetically modified include microorganisms such as bacteria and yeast, insects, plants, fish, and mammals. Native genes can be mutated deleted permanently turned off or on the inserted gene can become truncated fragmented mixed
with other genes inverted or multiplied.
What are the health risks of consuming veggies treated with herbicides
pesticides?
Laboratory studies show that pesticides can cause health problems, such as birth defects, nerve
damage, cancer, and other effects that might occur over a long period of time. However, these effects
depend on how toxic the pesticide is and how much of it is consumed. There are more than 1055 active ingredients registered as pesticides, which are formulated into thousands of pesticide products
that are available in the marketplace. Most of the foods we eat have been grown with the use of pesticides. Therefore, pesticide residues may be present inside or on the surfaces of these foods.
What are the health risks of consuming GMO crops?
GMO’s have been linked to thousands of toxic and allergenic reactions, thousands of sick, sterile,
and dead livestock, and damage to virtually every organ and system studied in lab animals. GM
plants, such as soybean, corn, cottonseed, and canola have had foreign genes forced into their DNA.
And the inserted genes come from species, such as bacteria and viruses that have never been in the
human food supply. Did you know... since 1996 Americans have been eating genetically modified
(GM) ingredients in most processed foods?
Every year non organic and GMO crops are subsidized with tax dollars to bring
them to the market at a more affordable cost. So next time you’re in the produce
aisle or are planning to start a home garden, ponder the choices you’re going to
make from a health standpoint as opposed to affordability.
Big Pine Paiute Development
Corporation
Big Pine Paiute
Development
Corporation
545 Butcher Lane
P. O. Box 700
Big Pine, CA 93513
(760 ) 938-2800
Board Members:
Shannon Romero, Chairperson
Shawn Fuller, Vice Chairman
Violet Pierce, Secretary
Rhonda Brooks, Treasurer
Antonia Westervelt, Member
Wellness Center
New Hours
Monday
8:30 a.m.—8:30 p.m.
Tuesday-Friday
8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Saturday
8:30 a.m.—2:00 p.m.
Sunday
CLOSED
Ex Officio Member:
Genevieve Jones
Advisory Member:
Mark Tillemans
HOURS OF OPERATIONS:
Monday
8:30 a.m.—8:30 p.m.
Tuesday-Friday
8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Saturday
8:30 a.m.—2:00 p.m.
Sunday
CLOSED
As low as $40 a day!!!!
Call 760-938-2800
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
SAGE ROMERO
Monthly Newsletter report
NATIVE YOUTH FILM WORKSHOP
WITH BIG PINE WEX
Youth from the Big Pine WEX program were able to
participate in a week long training sponsored by Big
Pine OVCDC. The workshop was facilitated by Ian
Skorodin, and Patricia Gomes from LA Skins Fest.
During the week long workshop, youth were taught
the basics of filming, proper terms, and the process
of making films. Participants developed 5 video projects which were completed during the program. The
projects ranged from comedy, newcasts, PSA, Informational, and storytelling.
Completed video are to be presented at the Annual
“Skins Fest Film Festival” to be held in Los Angeles
in October. Videos can be viewed now at the Big
Pine Tribal News Facebook page and YouTube
Channel.
Facebook: Big Pine Tribal News
YouTube: BPT Workprogram
BIG PINE WEX PROGRAM
The WEX Program currently has 34 workers placed
throughout the community. The workers range in
their duties from assistants, cleaners, and multimedia development.
Summer is soon ending and the workers will complete the summer work program Friday August 15 th,
2014. Anyone that wishes to continue participating in
the program may re-enroll Monday August 25, 2014
at the Community Outreach Program.
Photos of videos developed by Big Pine Paiute Tribe, Work Experience Program Native
Youth Film Workshop participants.
(Clockwise from Top) 2014 Native Youth Film
Workshop, Joey Spratt in video “The Dailey
Life of Joey Spratt, Pug Dog in Channel 7
Rez Watch News, Tssiuvvu, Alicia, Joey in
“Tooche Numa’, Wellnes Center Promo Video, CJ and Alicia in “Say Not to Drugs “
PSA.
Sage Andrew Romero | 545 Butcher Lane, Big Pine, CA| phone 760-938-3355
Work Experience Program (WEX)
WEX PARTICIPANT
PLACEMENTS
Economic Development
Big Pine Paiute Tribe
Cover Photo for the Big Pine Tribal News
Housing Department
Education Center
Day Care
Shineline
Coppertop
Country Kitchen
Environmental
Gardening Project
Website Development
Big Pine TANF
HuuBuu Program
Horseback Riding
Community Outreach
Micah Bacoch
Auwwahuu Pierce
Moses Davis
Korina Toledo
Dennis Fimbres
Cameron Gibson
Bailee Piper
Gena Lewis
Devin Williams
Soda Moose
Alex Spratt
Suma Davis
Jacob Bacoch
Tssiuvvu Dewey
Annastasha Miller
Little Eva Lent
Maureen McClenenghan
Anah-Kee Mason
Isaiah Bacoch
Darian Robinson
Jim Stone
Aurora Toledo
Dillon Albino
Anthony Gutierrez
Joseph Spratt
Elizabeth Richards
Ciona-Jai LaFrombois
Hillary Duckey
Sienna Gutierrez
Jamie Robinson
Alicia Peterson
WEX Program t-shirt Design Winner.
By: Annastasha Miller
Sage Andrew Romero | 545 Butcher Lane, Big Pine, CA| phone 760-938-3355
News from the Tribal Historic Preservation Office
by Bill Helmer, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
Cultural Resources Task Force for the Owens Lake Dust Mitigation Program
Representatives on the Cultural Resources Task Force for the Owens Lake Dust Mitigation Program from the Big Pine
Paiute Tribe, Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Reservation, and the Fort Independence Indian Reservation wrote a draft
Tribes’ Recommendation On Best Way To Balance Cultural Resource Protection And Dust Control For Four
Phase 7.B. Sites at Owens Lake. This recommendation is being sent to the Big Pine Tribal Council and the other involved Tribal Councils for their review and approval, and then a final version will be sent to the other members of the
Cultural Resources Task Force (CRTF), Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District, State Lands Commission, State Historic Preservation Office, and the Native American Heritage
Commission. CRTF representatives from Big Pine are Danelle Gutierrez, Theresa Stone, and Bill Helmer. A portion
of this draft recommendation is the following:
The cultural sites under discussion hold critically important traces of our original way of life. What needs protecting is the life and the story embodied in the entire lake bed, not just these four sites -- special as they are.
For that reason, we ask for the immediate initiation of a traditional cultural landscape assessment and protection of Pasiata on the National Register of Historic Places. The need for this action is urgent because each day,
the landscape centered on Pasiata becomes more fragmented and industrialized, and thus cultural resources are
destroyed.
The tribal voice in the management of Pasiata must be amplified, acknowledged and adhered to. On far too
many occasions, our cultural resource monitors have pointed out a cultural resource in need of protection –
repeatedly, and to multiple workers on the lake bed -- and still had to witness the item demolished. Our tribal
monitors and representatives must have access to a decision-maker able and willing to divert all area heavy
equipment and protect cultural resources immediately upon notification. Existing cultural resource protection
protocols must be followed. We feel that the importance and uniqueness of the cultural landscape has been
long over-looked, and should be elevated in priority compared to past practices. This landscape is an irreplaceable part of tribal culture and traditions, and as such, an irreplaceable part of American history. It must be protected.
CALTRANS—Olancha-Cartago Four Lane Expansion Project Programmatic Agreement
Tribal input from the Big Pine Paiute Tribe, Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Reservation, the Fort Independence Indian
Reservation, Bishop Paiute Tribe, and Timbisha Shoshone Tribe ensured that the Historic Resources Treatment Plan
for the Olancha-Cartago Four Lane Expansion Project included language which required ethnographic landscape studies in addition to archaeological studies:
b) Development of an Identification Plan that finalizes identification and documentation of historic properties
within the Undertaking's APE, including properties that may be eligible to the NRHP under Criteria A, B, C,
and D. These properties could include archaeological sites, traditional cultural properties 'or traditional cultural
landscapes that meet one or more of the criteria for eligibility, or components of a larger Native American traditional cultural landscape.
e) Design of an ethnographic study in cooperation with Tribes to identify, evaluate and
assess effects to places and resources, including but not limited to traditional plant or
material gathering areas.
Town of Mammoth Lakes Plans To Pave Bike Route Near Snowcreek VIII
The Town of Mammoth Lakes in cooperation with CALTRANS is consulting with the Big Pine Tribe and other regional tribes regarding its intent to pave a dirt bike and hiking path near the Snowcreek VIII condominiums. This is a
culturally significant area which needs the highest level of protection.
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Plans to Take Rock Samples in the Owens Valley and Sierra Nevada
On July 9, 2014, Bill Helmer and Ross Stone accompanied Jacqueline Beidl, Inyo National Forest archaeologist, to
various sites between Independence and Aberdeen which were proposed for rock sample sites by geologists from the
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. We were assessing each site for the presence of cultural resources; no cultural
resources were found at any of the sites, and all locations would not be in view of trails or roads.
Ross Stone and Jacqueline Beidl on the North Fork of Oak Creek,
near one of the proposed rock sample sites.
Sawmill Canyon. The black rock in the distance was the area
where the rock sample is planned to be taken. There is no trail
in this area.
1872 Map of Owens Lake from a map of the Wheeler Expedition
of 1871.
Another month gone and the weather has been very dry. Please use your water wisely and do not waste,
remember we are still in a drought.
We have a serious problem in our community. Underage drinking is a serious problem, not only is it illegal
but it poses a health and safety risk. As a community we need to teach our youth to be responsible and, as a
responsible adult please realize that the legal age to buy alcohol is 21 and if you are buying and contributing to
a minor you can be arrested. Please help to teach the youth not to drink and most importantly “DO NOT
CONTRIBUTE TO A MINOR! A reminder, if you are a renter you are violating your Renter’s Agreement by
engaging.
Also a reminder if you bring any type of structure onto your assignment it needs to be approved by the
Tribal Council 30 days prior to bringing onto the reservation per the Land Assignment Ordinance. Contact the
Tribal Office and you can be placed on the agenda. Please allow at least 10 days before the Tribal Council
meeting so we can have the information ready.
The Dog Ordinance is in effect, and is available for pickup at the office. Be responsible and have your
dog(s) licensed with their rabies shots. Please contain your dogs to your yard.
The Tribe’s Public Safety Officer is authorized to give out citations, which can be costly due to a
complaint. Don’t let your dog be on the complaint list, be responsible for your pet and keep them safe as well
as the public.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or stop by the office.
Have a great month,
Rhonda Willis,
Tribal Administrator
The BPPT is in need of Tribal members who are interested and
willing to be a part of the following Committees:
■ Finance Committee: 1 member needed
■ Land Assignment Committee: 2 members needed
■ (PAC) Parent Advisory Committee: 1 member needed
■ Toiyabe Board of Directors Alternate: 1 member needed
■ Community Emergency Response Commission: 5 commissioners
needed
If you are interested, stop by Tribal office and pickup a Declaration of Intent form. Speak up and give your thoughtful opinions about matters being discussed.
Committee Members gain great satisfaction from the fact that their Committee stands for a
worthwhile cause and that committee members are able to make a difference by making
sure that the committee meets the needs of its community members.
Approach your appointment to a committee with a positive attitude. Remember that you
were selected for a committee because your skills and talents were viewed as being valuable
to the committee. Volunteer for roles you do not normally take.
CAL FIRE offers these fire prevention tips:
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Don’t mow or trim dry grass on windy days
Never pull your vehicle over in dry grass
Target shoot only in approved areas, use lead
ammunition only, and never at metal targets
Ensure campfires are allowed, and if so, be
sure to extinguish them completely
Make sure all gasoline-powered equipment
have spark arresters
Report any suspicious activities to prevent
arson
For more fire prevention tips visitwww.PreventWildfireCA.org
For more evacuation tips visitwww.ReadyForWildfire.org
REMINDER FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED UP AT THE
TRIBAL OFFICE OR THE TCERT BOOTH for
TRAINING
TCERT Training to be held on
August 12, 13, & 14, 2014
At the ASMG starting at 9am
24 hour mandatory training
Training to be conducted by Inter Tribal Council of
California (ITCC)
ITCC Trainers: Ervin Jim and Frank Reyes
If you signed up, please contact Danelle to confirm your
attendance. 760-938-2003 ext. #230
Safety Quiz
Fire Safety at Home Quiz
1.
Where should fire alarms be located?
A: On every level of the house.
B: Right outside the kitchen.
C: In the rooms that get the most use.
D: On the main level of the house.
2. What should you do if a door is hot to the touch?
A: Crouch down then open it so you can crawl on the floor.
B: Put a blanket over yourself to protect you from the flames.
C: Keep the door closed and leave by another route.
D: Wait in a far corner of the room for the fire department.
3. What does an escape plan need to include?
A: Location of important documents and valuables.
B: Secondary escape routes (such as windows) and a meeting
place outside.
C: List of important numbers, such as the fire department.
D: A box of food and first aid equipment.
4. Which group is at particularly high risk for death in a residential fire?
A: Children
B: Teenagers
C: Middle-aged adults
D: The elderly
5. What should you do if you detect a fire in your home?
A: Gather what you can and leave.
B: Leave the house immediately.
C: Call the fire department, then leave.
D: Try to put it out with a fire extinguisher or by smothering it
with a blanket.
6. What is the leading cause of residential fires?
A: Faulty electrical wiring.
B: Heating systems.
C: Cooking.
D: Children playing with matches or lighters.
7. Where do most electrical wiring fires begin?
A. In the bedroom.
B. In the kitchen.
C: In the living room.
D: In the basement.
8. When are electrical fires most likely to occur?
A: September
B: March
C: June
D: December
Take the Quiz with your family and learn together, so you will be
safe together!
Answer key:
#1-A
#7-A
#2-C
#8-D
#3-B
#4-A
#5-B
#6-C
INDIAN GAMING REVENUE SHARING TRUST FUND (IGRSTF) DISTRIBUTION DEADLINES
(For College, Trade School, Technical School & Certificate Programs)
To be eligible for the IGRSTF, all students must be enrolled in at least six (6) credits/units or enrolled in an
accredited college, trade/technical school or certificate program. The following documents will be accepted as
proof of enrollment: Most recent quarter/semester grades, Program progress reports, and/or official written
verification of current enrollment. Submitted documents must show the student’s name, & name of college,
trade/technical school or certificate program. Documents must be submitted to the Big Pine Tribal Office, located
at 825 South Main Street, Big Pine CA by mail, fax, email or in person.
Verification of enrollment in a College, Trade/Technical School and/or Certificate Program must be submitted to
the Big Pine Tribal Office by the following deadlines.
QUARTERS
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT
VERIFICATION DOCUMENTS
st
1 Quarter
(January, February, March)
January 31
2nd Quarter
April 30
(April, May, June)
3rd Quarter
July 31
(July, August, September)
4th Quarter
October 31
(October, November, December)
IMPORTANT: Failure to submit all necessary verification(s) by the above deadlines will affect your eligibility
to receive the IGRSTF distribution(s).
Everything must begin somewhere
Beginning Nüümu Yadoha
On-going students of OVCDC Nüümü Yadoha Language Class
will assist newcomers with beginning language.6:00 pm to
6:30 pm Thursdays at the Big Pine Wellness Center during the
months of July and August (children must be accompanied by
adults)
August 2014
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
Nawanaki-ti
Household Haz.
Market every Waste at BP
Friday, 5:30 PM Transfer Station
(9-noon)
IGRSTF List
Youth hikes
approval Mtg.
3pm
3
4
5
TERO
Meeting
6:00 pm
Environmental
Advisory
Meeting, 6 PM
10
11
6
7
Land Assign.
Tribal Council
Meeting 6:00 pm Meeting 6:00 pm
8
Youth hikes
Every Tuesday:
Recycle
12
9
Nawanaki-ti
Market 5:30 PM
13
14
Cultural
Meeting 5:30 pm
15
16
Nawanaki-ti
Market 5:30 PM
Enrollment
Meeting
6:00 pm
Every Tuesday:
Recycle
17
18
Big Pine
School Starts
19
Economic Dev.
Corp. Meeting
6:00 pm
20
21
22
23
Housing Meeting Tribal Council
6:00 pm
Meeting 6:00 pm
Nawanaki-ti
Market 5:30 PM
Every Tuesday:
Recycle
24
25
26
Utility Meeting
6:00 pm
Every Tuesday:
Recycle
31
27
Commodity
Food 8-12pm
28
29
Nawanaki-ti
Market 5:30 PM
30
Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley
P.O. Box 700 ● 825 South Main Street
Big Pine, Ca 93513
Phone No. 760-938-2003 ● Fax No. 760-938-2942