Mini Chickanews

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It is not our way to talk about ourselves. That's not our way, to set yourself apart and talk about who you are and what you've done. You let your life speak for you...All I know is from our own teachings. We were taught by our elders. It's very simple. To the Mohawk people, those that still follow and adhere to the traditions, we have a responsibility in our life. We have a responsibility to the Earth. The Earth is our mother. And that's what all our ceremonies and practices are all about. It's simply giving thanks to all the things that give us life, and looking at all those different entities that are part of Creation as if they were human beings, because that's what they are. We can't look at it any other way. When the learning stops, we stop. The Moon stops, the gardens of the world stop. If the birds stop their singing, we will become bored and we will die. So there is no mystery involved, there is no magic involved. It is just complete, simple, human logic. Do you want to live in a dirty house, or do you want to live in one that's clean, pure? If you live in a dirty house, that makes infections, it makes headaches, it makes tensions. When our old people had prophecies hundreds of years ago, they said that if you don't do these simple things, then you make your own bed.

Tom Porter, Mohawk

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Department Reports

Employment Opportunities

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(Naydiniaa Na) - Environmental Stewardship DepartmentExternal Announcement - Assistant Campground Host - This part-time, seasonal position will be responsible for maintaining the Tsidek'etna (Moose Creek), Slipper Lake, Eska Creek, and Kings River Recreation Areas/Campgrounds. The primary work site is the Tsidek'etna (Moose Creek) Campground. Responsibilities will include helping the Campground Host to ensure that the campground and day use facilities (including port-a-potties, dumpsters, campsites, picnic areas) are kept clean and well maintained This position will help promote a safe, family-oriented visitor destination.

The Assistant Campground Host will help the Campground Host to oversee maintenance of Slipper Lake, Eska Creek, and the Kings River Recreation Areas/Campgrounds. This will include trash pickup, distributing trash bags and educating recreational area users about the area by providing limited visitor education and answering questions. It will be imperative to always act professionally and appropriately to represent the CVTC in a positive manner.

The goal of this project is to restore and maintain recreational areas within the Matanuska Watershed as beautiful, safe, and sustainable recreational sites, where the health of the local ecosystem and fish habitats are maintained for recreational, educational, and cultural benefits.

At least three months experience completing similar tasks. The successful applicant must be able to work independently, be willing and able to work outside in all weather conditions, demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate and interact with the general public, must be willing and able to work on weekends and at night, carry loads of up to 50 pounds, walk over uneven terrain, and walk or be standing for up to 7 hours a day. The successful applicant must be at least 21 years old and be able to be insured. High school diploma or GED. Please apply by Noon on Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Applications and full position descriptions are available by contacting Ingrid Ling at 745-0749 or via email to employment@chickaloon.org.

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(Nay'dini'aa Na') External Announcement - General Laborer - Transportation Department - This on-call position involves skilled and unskilled work in the performance of tasks that involve manual labor. This position is responsible for assisting the Transportation Director, Heavy Equipment Operator(s), Biologist/Heavy Equipment Operator, and Facilities Manager in various tasks, such as, new construction, renovation, roads maintenance, parking lot maintenance, applicable signage, culvert replacement for fish passage, and facilities maintenance. Whenever CVTC constructs a road, this position will be the 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th Laborer on the job.

Experience: The successful applicant will demonstrate at least three months experience completing similar tasks. Must be physically capable of heavy manual labor and be capable of lifting up to 80 lbs. Must be willing and able to safely work in a variety of work environments including, but not limited to outside with exposure to extreme cold with temp ... see full position description. High school diploma or GED - This position is subject to pre-hire drug screening and random drug testing.

Hiring Preference: As allowed in P.L. 93-638, preference for employment will be given to Alaska Natives and American Indians. CVTC also has a local hiring preference.

Apply by noon on Friday, May 20. Applications and full position descriptions are available by contacting Ingrid Ling at 745-0749 or via email to employment@chickaloon.org.

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(Nay'dini'aa Na') Environmental Stewardship Department External Announcement - Campground Host - This position will be responsible for maintaining the Tsidek'etna (Moose Creek), Slipper Lake, Eska Creek, and Kings River Recreation Areas/Campgrounds. Responsibilities will include campground maintenance at the Tsidek'etna Campground and day use area. It will be the Campground Host's responsibility to ensure that the Moose Creek campground and day use facilities (including port-a-potties, dumpsters, campsites, picnic areas) are kept clean and well maintained. The Campground Host will promote a safe, family-oriented visitor destination. The campground host will help monitor in the Tsidek'etna Campground infrastructure developments including: campsites, parking area, interpretive trails and kiosks, restrooms, and a picnic pavilion.

It will be imperative that the Campground Host always act professionally and appropriately and will represent the CVTC in a positive manner.

The Campground Host may also be involved with other sites or tasks within the Matanuska Watershed and will work with the Tene' Ninicezet Project Manager and Trails Coordinator.

Experience: Work history with a minimum of 6 months of project management experience and two years of experience interacting with the public.

The applicant must be able to work well independently, have leadership qualities, people management skills, and be able and willing to work outside in all weather conditions. The applicant must have reliable transportation to get to work. The successful applicant must demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate and interact with the general public; must be willing and able to work on weekends and at night (as necessary); carry loads of up to 50 pounds; walk over uneven terrain; and walk or be standing for up to 7 hours a day. The successful applicant must be at least 21 years old and be able to be insured on our company vehicle insurance.

The ideal applicant will have at least two seasons of experience as a campground host or similar position.

High school graduate or equivalent. CVTC has Native hiring preference in accordance with P.L. 93-638. Please apply by Noon on Friday, May 27. Applications and full position descriptions are available by contacting Ingrid Ling at 745-0749 or via email to employment@chickaloon.org.

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Announcements

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Camp Hope...2011

bringing hope and healing to children, ages 7-11, whose lives have been impacted by parental substance abuse.

July 10^th - July 15^th

Don't talk,

Don't trust,

Don't feel ...

These are the rules that children learn when they live with parental alcoholism or addiction.

Camp Hope provides a unique opportunity for children ages 7-11 to break these unhealthy rules and begin to make some sense of their parent(s)' disease. The six-day overnight camp offers a safe, fun environment for campers to explore some of the issues and feelings involved in living with substance abuse, how it relates to them, and to learn healthy life skills for themselves.

Located at a camp facility in the Mat-Su Valley, Camp Hope combines this special prevention curriculum with all the traditional activities normally associated with summer camp. Campers participate in crafts, swimming, canoeing, fishing, games, sports and campfire sing-a-longs. For one week, they get to let go of the heavy burdens of home and just be kids!

Camp Hope staff have years of experience working with children of alcoholics and addicts. Each has been carefully selected and screened to ensure the utmost safety of the children. In the interest of individualized attention, staff ratio is kept to at least 1:4.

Bus transportation to the camp and return to Anchorage is provided. While children do attend from across the state of Alaska, travel assistance is not available and arrangements must be made independently.

Camp tuition is based on ability to pay, with partial and full scholarships available. No child is refused for inability to pay. **~**:._.:**~**:._.:**~**:._.:**~**:._.:**~**:._.:**~**

Thursday, May 19 from 10in at the UAA Campus Bookstore, 2905 Providence Drive

- Dr. E.J. David presents on Filipino American Postcolonial Psychology - Dr. E. J. David was born in the Philippines and raised in Pasy, Las Pinas, Makati, and Barrow, Alaska. He is assistant professor in the UAF/UAA Joint Clinical-Community Psychology PhD Program at the University of Alaska Anchorage and is author of the book, Filipino-/American Postcolonial Psychology: Oppression, Colonial Mentality and Decolonialization. This event is free, open to the public, with free parking available. For more information contact Rachel Epstein at 786-4782 or see http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/bookstore. (907) 786-4782

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International Indigenous Summit on Energy and Mining ~ June 27-29 ~ Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada ~ for more info: Cynthia Legault - Tel: 613.241.6789 Ext 325 - E-mail: clegault@afn.ca

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16th ANNUAL PALMER HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI REUNION PICNIC - Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ noon at Palmer Elks Lodge picnic pavilion - bring something for the grill - Potluck dish to share - salad, casserole, drinks, desert, etc. For more info contact Willie (Wilda Harris) Boggs - phs56alumni@yahoo.com (907) 745-3519 - Paper plates, eating utensils, napkins, paper towels, charcoal for the grill and condiments will be provided. Donations will be gratefully accepted to cover rental of picnic pavilion and to replenish supplies. Please share the above information with family, friends, former classmates or anyone who ever attended Palmer High. Hope to see you there.

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May 31 - Deadline for nominations for the Peg and Jules Tileston Award, 2011: Conservation and Business Working Together. The Alaska Conservation Alliance (ACA) and the Resource Development Council (RDC) both agree that economic development and environmental stewardship are mutually achievable goals. The Tileston award was created to ACKNOWLEDGE INDIVIDUALS and/or BUSINESSES THAT CREATE SOLUTIONS and INNOVATIONS ADVANCING BOTH GOALS. The "Tileston Award" is named in honor of two long-time Alaskans, Peg and Jules Tileston, who work on seemingly different sides of conservation and development issues but who always agreed "that if it is in Alaska, IT MUST BE DONE RIGHT!" The Tilestons have followed different career tracks and professional interests. Over the 56-plus years of marriage, Peg and Jules have learned how to balance their divergent perspectives successfully-and, in the process, develop a better definition of what's "Right" for Alaska-by talking together, respectfully hearing what the other have to say, and finding common ground on which both can agree. The conservation and development communities stand to learn from the example set by the Tilestons. We will get further by working together starting early in the process; by engaging in open, honest, and-above all-respectful dialogue; and by identifying together the overarching vision of how a successful project can and should balance environmental conservation and responsible resource development. As Alaskans we may occasionally disagree on how things should happen, but, like the Tilestons, we can all agree that if it is in Alaska, IT MUST BE DONE RIGHT.

Tileston Award Categories and Criteria for 2011 Award

1. Project in Operation
- Project shows voluntary outreach to resolve environmental and local concerns.

- Project has been planned, constructed and while in operation has maintained the support of local communities while fully meeting or exceeding all permit requirements.

- Provides a net economic benefit to the state.

2. Long term Corporate Culture of Environmental Responsibility
-Corporation has been in operation in Alaska for at least five years.

-Demonstrated exemplary environmental business practices in Alaska.

3. Individual
- A person who demonstrates activities in Alaska that directly affect positive protection of the environment while enhancing Alaska's economic viability.

For more info, please go to www.tilestonaward.com

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The Alaska Women's Environmental Network is looking for a couple good women to serve on our board. We need people to help with communications, membership, and outreach. This is a great opportunity to network with other women in the environmental community, cultivate environmental leadership, and bring creative new ideas to the organization. If you are interested, please email us at awenalaska@gmail.com.

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THE NATIVE LEADERSHIP FORUM IS COMING UP SOON! FORUM FOCUS: Tribes as Sovereign Governments in an Unstable Political Environment: Assessing Challenges and Exploring Ideas for Strengthening the Role of Tribes as the Primary Governments in Indian Country - June 2-3, 2011 - Pechanga Resort & Casino, 45000 Or call Richard Trudell at 510.551.6551.

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Interesting Stories

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Clean Air Ambassador ~ Shawna Larson ~ Palmer, Alaska

http://earthjustice.org/50states/shawna-larson

We are concerned about the mercury and other toxic emissions from the burning of the coal that will be coming directly back to the Arctic on the wind and air currents.

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How to tell when someone's lying

http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-tell-when-someones-lying

Professor of psychology R. Edward Geiselman at the University of California, Los Angeles, has been studying for years how to effectively detect deception to ensure public safety, particularly in the wake of renewed threats against the U.S. following the killing of Osama bin Laden.

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ACAT celebrates global phase out of killer pesticide endosulfan

http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/501503/a0aa9905c7/137856967/d2f7a0a4f6/

We have some good news to share with you! The nations of the world recently agreed to add endosulfan, a DDT-era pesticide to the Stockholm Convention's list of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) to be eliminated worldwide. Endosulfan is one of the most toxic pesticides still in use today, and has been linked to birth defects, mental retardation, cancer, and deaths among farmworkers.

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Conventional farmers won't eat their own food

http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=2B8905351E28D05F8B2A7A0FF65BBEF2

In this interview with organic vegetable farmed "Brad," he explains why conventional farmers won't eat their own products. Why? Because "they know what's in them!"

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Is cabbage the ultimate anti-cancer food?

http://www.naturalnews.com/032377_cabbage_anti-cancer_food.html

Men with early signs of developing prostate cancer were able to prevent tumor growth by eating broccoli four times a week, according to a British study covered on MSN (http://health.msn.com/health-topics...). But broccoli is not the only cruciferous vegetable with anti-cancer properties.

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Low salt diet does not reduce heart disease, study finds

http://www.naturalnews.com/032394_low_salt_diet_blood_pressure.html#ixzz1MQwgtIEV

A new European study published in the May 4 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that a low salt diet increases the death rate from cardiovascular disease and fails to prevent high blood pressure.

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Letters

Hi Patricia, Hope all's going well for you! Just thought you'd like to know...my husband's 4^th grade class put a care package together to send to a Russian elementary school. They have been conversing together to learn about different cultures through reading and writing. We're sending your children's book, "Luk'ae" as an Alaskan story to share. He read it to his own class before sending, and they loved it! Heather Daniels

I live in Quebec. If my mother stands in the United States, I am still a North American. It makes no difference which side of the line. We did not draw the line. It was drawn by greedy people who came here and saw the riches that we have, and divided my country into two parts. It almost became three once, because there were Confederates in the South, and they had banks and printed their own money and had their own government and were fighting against the Union. But they lost the war. And the same thing happened with the French that arrived here. They had to sign away the land in 1863; they made a treaty surrendering the land. But how could they surrender a place they didn't own? We were here. Today, they just say that all the legal papers they have made up supersede the aboriginal rights we have, and they want to completely eliminate us. They are talking to us now about granting us self-government, which is very misrepresented. I'm seventy-seven years old now and I never went to school, but my Creator shows me true visions of what's going to be, what they are planning. I've had visions since the age of twelve. So I don't believe the government. I know their minds; I could read them. I read their hearts. Grandfather William Commanda, Mamiwinini, 1991

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May Creator Guide Our Footsteps,

Patricia Wade
Chickaloon Village

21117 East Meyers Ave, Brown Bldg.
Sutton, Alaska 99674
907-745-0749