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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning, Welcome, welcome, welcome. It

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<v Speaker 1>is nine forty five time for Native beat and John

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<v Speaker 1>Weston is doing with us. How you doing today, sir, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing great.

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<v Speaker 2>Tom. It's you know, a little chili considering it's supposed

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<v Speaker 2>to be springtimes. It really is. Yeah, I'll definitely be

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<v Speaker 2>glad we see that seventy sundergree temperatures later this week

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<v Speaker 2>for sure, the last for two weeks will be in

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<v Speaker 2>the hundreds. Exactly, Yeah, exactly. Yeah, we'll have spring for

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<v Speaker 2>just about two weeks. That's about right. So what's going on?

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<v Speaker 2>I much just a lot of stuff happening here in

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<v Speaker 2>Washington County and around the reservation Oco Nagata. Hello everyone,

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<v Speaker 2>Osta Sonali, good morning and happy Monday, or as we

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<v Speaker 2>say in Cherokee Benada dog quanta. See as always, Tom,

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<v Speaker 2>it's great to see you. Despite and like we talked

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<v Speaker 2>about the freezing weather we're experienced lately, spring seems to

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<v Speaker 2>do with us now and for natives that means a

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<v Speaker 2>few things. We're gonna start having a wild onion dinners,

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<v Speaker 2>which we already have, uh and they've been harvesting those,

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<v Speaker 2>and also morell mushroom hunting there you go. Yeah, that's

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<v Speaker 2>that's one of the things My favorite things my brother

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<v Speaker 2>and I always love to do is go mushroom hunting.

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<v Speaker 2>And if anyone goes mushroom hunting out there, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the tip that I picked up not long ago is

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<v Speaker 2>make sure you carry a mesh bag with you. And

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<v Speaker 2>I learned this from an elder Cherokee because that just

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<v Speaker 2>helps spread those spores even more and creates even more

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<v Speaker 2>little mushrooms. So but yeah, it's it's delicious. You put

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<v Speaker 2>those roll those a little bit of flour, you you know,

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<v Speaker 2>fry those up, and man, they are delicious. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>what people may be noticing around a lot of the

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<v Speaker 2>organizations for our native groups is as we are having

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<v Speaker 2>wild onion dinners. And like I said, we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about that more in a bit, but before beginning

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<v Speaker 2>And as always, we get feedback from our listeners. It's

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm I've been a faithful listener of the station since

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<v Speaker 2>I was in high school, you know. And and the

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<v Speaker 2>weather coverage is always great. I've always enjoyed that. I

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<v Speaker 2>always enjoy the banter back and forth between some of

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<v Speaker 2>the on their personalities, and you know, I always enjoyed

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<v Speaker 2>listening to you guys. So, as we mentioned earlier, wild

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<v Speaker 2>onion dinners are becoming becoming pretty common right now. They're

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<v Speaker 2>prevalent Native culture. A lot of people may not know

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<v Speaker 2>the significance of them, and Cherokee would call wild onions

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<v Speaker 2>sugay e. The growth of wild onions sold special to

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<v Speaker 2>significance for many tribes, not just Cherokee tribes. They have

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<v Speaker 2>social gatherings around it, especially a lot of our southeastern tribes.

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<v Speaker 2>It's something that kind of brought with them when they

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<v Speaker 2>came over on the trail and they were removed. And

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<v Speaker 2>the meals focus on the spring appearance of wild onions,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, and a food that's familiar to most of

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<v Speaker 2>the tribes east of the Mississippi, because that's the area

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<v Speaker 2>where it's gonna grow. It's not gonna grow in the

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<v Speaker 2>arid desert of you know, the southwest. So anyway, families

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<v Speaker 2>often gather wild indians together from February to April. The

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<v Speaker 2>plants can be found in urban areas. In fact, I

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<v Speaker 2>have been. You drive along and you look around public

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<v Speaker 2>utility easements and things like that, and you'll see them everywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>You look in people's yards and their wild onions growing everywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's people don't really they think probably we need,

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<v Speaker 2>but they are actually wild onions that are growing there.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I can remember as a child playing on

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<v Speaker 2>the playground of Copan elementary school, as kids would go

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<v Speaker 2>out and we would pick them and we would probably

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<v Speaker 2>to the chagrin of our teachers would peel them and

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<v Speaker 2>clean them and eat them there on the playground. But

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<v Speaker 2>typically they're made with fried scrambled eggs, which is really delicious.

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<v Speaker 2>Poke salad can be added. I'm got a bit, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not a big fan of poke salad. And it's the

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<v Speaker 2>sort of a grape looking thing. When it grows, it

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<v Speaker 2>sort of has a purple stalk to it. My grandmother,

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<v Speaker 2>she was just really adamant. I always wanted to weed

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<v Speaker 2>eat her pope down when I would take care of

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<v Speaker 2>her yard, but she would stand at the door and

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<v Speaker 2>make sure I didn't cut her pope plant down because

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<v Speaker 2>she would want to have poke salad. So yeah, but

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<v Speaker 2>fry bread and corn bread and beans and other things

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<v Speaker 2>are pretty typical. The dish that they serve along with

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<v Speaker 2>wild onions and typical assert we have is grape dumplings,

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<v Speaker 2>and historically it's made from the juice of indigenous grapes,

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<v Speaker 2>which are commonly called possum grapes, and today the dumplings

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<v Speaker 2>are often made from frozen grape juice and biscuit mix,

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<v Speaker 2>which we have made them down at the community quite

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<v Speaker 2>a bit. It's really delicious, not great when you're diabetic

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<v Speaker 2>because of this, the sugar and the great choice. Exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>But these feasts are often held at cultural clubs, Indian

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<v Speaker 2>churches and stomp grounds. They can include gospel singing or prayers,

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<v Speaker 2>and tribal languages. Stickball games are also commonly associated with them,

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<v Speaker 2>and that inspired I don't know, maybe he'll know this,

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<v Speaker 2>but the French they adopted our stickball games as lacrosse,

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<v Speaker 2>and so that's kind of where they came with lacrosse.

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<v Speaker 2>Interesting side notes. I did my research on this. The

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<v Speaker 2>name of the city of Chicago, and this always kind

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<v Speaker 2>of cracks This kind of cracks me up because I

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<v Speaker 2>think of New York as being the Windy not the

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<v Speaker 2>Windy City. It's the Big Apple. But you know, Chicago

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<v Speaker 2>is known as the Windy City. But it's also the

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<v Speaker 2>literal name Chicago comes from a Jibwe word which means

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<v Speaker 2>place that smells like onions, because that used to be

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<v Speaker 2>a big gathering place for wild onions. So make of

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<v Speaker 2>that what you will. So in nineteen thirty two, there

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<v Speaker 2>was a cookbook published by the Indian Women's Club of

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<v Speaker 2>Tulsa suggesting subsuiting scallions with one club of garlic for

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<v Speaker 2>wild onions to be fried in bacon grease. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna tell you, I don't know any recipe is made

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<v Speaker 2>better by bacon grease, and that includes wild onions. So

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you cook them in a little bit of

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<v Speaker 2>bacon grease, you boil them in some water, and then

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<v Speaker 2>you add your eggs and it's really good stuff. I know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a miracle meat, it really is.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>But the Barsoladian Women's Club, it's tell an annual wild

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<v Speaker 2>onion festival for over half a century. So for more

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<v Speaker 2>than fifty years I've been observing that my Delaware grandfather

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<v Speaker 2>I used to go out and gather wild onions for

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<v Speaker 2>my grandmother and she would clean and cook them. We

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<v Speaker 2>would also go to the possum grapes. And one of

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<v Speaker 2>the reasons, of course, people are like, why do they

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<v Speaker 2>call them possum grapes, Well, they will grow on vines

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<v Speaker 2>and structures that are hanging high in the air, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's just as a possum hangs from a tree, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>that's exactly right. Yeah, So that's kind of how they

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<v Speaker 2>cope with the phrase possum grapes for these these indigenous

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<v Speaker 2>greens apes. But we would make jelly and jams from

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<v Speaker 2>those grapes, and man, I tell you, I'm doing hyry

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<v Speaker 2>just thinking about it, so, in addition to other things,

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<v Speaker 2>will make you hungry. For a few months now, at

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<v Speaker 2>the Washington County Cherokee Association, we've been distributing meat from

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<v Speaker 2>the eighteen thirty nine Cherokee Meat Company through our Nude

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<v Speaker 2>Food Sovereignty program. Let me be clear on a few

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<v Speaker 2>things regarding the program, because there has been some confusion

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<v Speaker 2>about it. Here are the requirements for being served by

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<v Speaker 2>the program. You must be a Cherokee tribal member and

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<v Speaker 2>not be receiving SNAP benefits or commodities. Elders, veterans, Cherokee speakers,

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<v Speaker 2>they all receive preference. But families who are in need

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<v Speaker 2>of assistants who don't qualify for SNAP benefits or other

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<v Speaker 2>programs will be able to help feed their families every month.

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<v Speaker 2>They're also encouraged to come and be served by this program.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's actually a gap program, just sort of designed

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<v Speaker 2>to meet those needs of people who don't qualify for

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<v Speaker 2>SNAP benefits or tribal commodities. But yet really you're struggling

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<v Speaker 2>to get along and fay the food bill and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>let's face it, with the inflationary period that we've had

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<v Speaker 2>in the United States, it's gotten really harder and harder

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<v Speaker 2>to keep food on the table.

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<v Speaker 1>So nobody falls through the crack.

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<v Speaker 2>That's exactly right, that's what we're trying to prevent. This

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<v Speaker 2>program is slated to run for a year. They will

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<v Speaker 2>gauge it success in the term and its continuation after

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<v Speaker 2>that period. We're allowed thirty packages to distribute at our

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<v Speaker 2>community building, which is down in Oceled It's right next

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<v Speaker 2>door to the Kodyscue Health Center. And these packages include

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<v Speaker 2>five one pound rolls of hamburger meat, four one pound

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<v Speaker 2>rolls of pork sausage, and one two pound pork tenderline.

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<v Speaker 2>And let me state this, the program is first come,

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<v Speaker 2>first served. Be sure to bring your tribal ID when

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<v Speaker 2>you come to pick up. We will require that information

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<v Speaker 2>when you sign in. The tribe needs to know who's

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<v Speaker 2>actually receiving the benefit of this. We'll hold our next

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<v Speaker 2>distribution on May third at eight am. Last time we distributed,

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<v Speaker 2>in fact, it was just last Sturdy distributed all of

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<v Speaker 2>our meat within thirty minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>So that demonstrates the need for this program in a

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<v Speaker 2>dramatic way, I believe, and it was if you knew

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<v Speaker 2>was happening. In between eight and eight thirty that morning,

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<v Speaker 2>it was pouring down rain. It was so people were

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<v Speaker 2>showing up in the cold, pouring rain to pick up meat.

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<v Speaker 2>And that really says a lot about the need for

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<v Speaker 2>this program. You must appear in person to pick up

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<v Speaker 2>your distribution if you qualify for the program with the

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<v Speaker 2>criteria I just mentioned. We will not be allowing you

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<v Speaker 2>to pick up for people who aren't there. We feel

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<v Speaker 2>that it's unfair to do so because there are people

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<v Speaker 2>who made the effort to come down in person and

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<v Speaker 2>pick up. Also, I saw her there was a comment

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<v Speaker 2>on one of the page that somebody had driven two and

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<v Speaker 2>a half hours to come pick up the meat distribution.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't have to do that if you're on a

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<v Speaker 2>Cherokee reservation. Most CCO affiliated Cherokee communities are participate beating

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<v Speaker 2>in the program. So you should be able to find

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<v Speaker 2>a community close by to you where you don't have

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<v Speaker 2>to drive two and a half hours. Yeah, to try

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<v Speaker 2>to take advantage of the program. So just check around

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<v Speaker 2>your local communities and see, you know, if you can

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<v Speaker 2>get signed up for it or whatever stipulations they have

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<v Speaker 2>on it. We are seeking to serve the Cherokees at

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<v Speaker 2>Washington County and those who are members of our community,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and we welcome those who are Cherokee to

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>We asked that if you did receive the meat distribution

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<v Speaker 2>last month, try to skip a month because we want

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<v Speaker 2>more people to have the opportunity to pick it up.

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<v Speaker 2>And we distribute everything beginning at am and once it's distributed,

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<v Speaker 2>we're done for the month and we close up shop.

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<v Speaker 2>And this allows us, you know, everyone to come in

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<v Speaker 2>and have a chance. And if you're interested in the program,

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<v Speaker 2>please reach out by emailing me at WCCA pres at

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<v Speaker 2>gmail dot com. I'll be also discussing in greater detail

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<v Speaker 2>on Thursday, May first at six pm. If you're not

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<v Speaker 2>a member of our community, I highly recommend you consider membership.

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<v Speaker 2>We will have membership forms of the meat distribution as

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<v Speaker 2>well as other meetings our early meeting on Thursday evening

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<v Speaker 2>May first, you'll receive updates about events s it's the

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<v Speaker 2>meat distribution program as well as other things we have

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<v Speaker 2>to offer such as our language classes, our cultural classes,

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<v Speaker 2>and special presentations and meetings. Plus you get the chance

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<v Speaker 2>to build community with our fellow Cherokees, which I think

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<v Speaker 2>is invaluable. Now, speaking of things that we're having happened at

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<v Speaker 2>the Turkey at the Washington County Cherokey Association, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>busy month. Let me tell you. Tuesday, April eighth, at

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<v Speaker 2>six pm, we'll be hosting a Cherokee Nation Smoking Cessation class.

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<v Speaker 2>If you smoke cigarettes, use a vape, or use smokeless

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<v Speaker 2>tobacco and you want to quit, this class will help you.

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<v Speaker 2>Julie Blessing with the Public Health Department of the Kuisui

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<v Speaker 2>Health Center, she'll be instructing these courses. It all add

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<v Speaker 2>years to your life if you want to kick the habit,

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<v Speaker 2>and I highly encourage everyone to do so. Thursday, April tenth,

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<v Speaker 2>at six point thirty, WCC will have its Knife Collecting

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<v Speaker 2>Group meeting for those interested in knives. Jim Pratt, who's

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<v Speaker 2>leads this group. He has an amazing collection of knives

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<v Speaker 2>and they're always interesting to check out. In fact, he

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<v Speaker 2>had won one of our last meetings. It was actually

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<v Speaker 2>and it was just really awesome and I've never seen

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<v Speaker 2>anything like it, so well, that was really Neat April seventeenth,

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<v Speaker 2>there's gonna be a new tradition for us. We're hosting

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<v Speaker 2>our first ever bingo fundraiser and we asked that you

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<v Speaker 2>bring a prize for the prize table. We're paid twenty

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<v Speaker 2>dollars at the door for entry. We'll be having big

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<v Speaker 2>goods for sale and selling popcorn for a dollar bag

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<v Speaker 2>during our games, and it should be a fun night

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<v Speaker 2>for everyone. That's just before the Easter holiday. We kind

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<v Speaker 2>of wanted to do on a Thursday night rather than

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<v Speaker 2>going to visit family.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're just gonna be help.

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<v Speaker 2>That's gonna be hell. At the Washington County Cherokee Association,

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<v Speaker 2>we're on the East West twenty nine hundred road, about

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<v Speaker 2>a mile and a quarter east of highways or west

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<v Speaker 1>Beautiful piece of land. Yeah, it really is.

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<v Speaker 2>It's nice out there and it's improving all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>We're making some great improvements on it with some of

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<v Speaker 2>the projects the Cherokee Nation has been doing. We're getting

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<v Speaker 2>some tribal housing put in next door, and we've get

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<v Speaker 2>a nice beautiful digital sign out there now. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just looking forward to what we have in store. Lights

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<v Speaker 2>in the parking lot, the lights in the parking lot,

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<v Speaker 2>exactly right. Yeah. On Saturday, April twenty sixth, from ten

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<v Speaker 2>am to three, we'll have our Spring Cultural Celebration. This

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<v Speaker 2>everyone to attend. We'll have a lot of make and

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<v Speaker 2>take activities. We'll have feather painting, beating projects, wink finger weaving,

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<v Speaker 2>medicine bags, copper impressions, and corn host dolls and a

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<v Speaker 2>lot more. We'll have outdoor events like tomahawk throwing and

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<v Speaker 2>cornhole games. I mean, you can't have anything now without

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<v Speaker 2>cornhole games, right. We'll also be having community pot look,

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<v Speaker 2>so bring a dish. Our friend Carmen Catcher who is

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<v Speaker 2>now Carmen Johnson. You know her well, Tom She'll be

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<v Speaker 2>cooking traditional foods like five bread and like I said,

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<v Speaker 2>all this will be happening with the Washington County Cherokee

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<v Speaker 2>Community Building just east of the Kuizkui Health Center. We're

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<v Speaker 2>located a mile and quarter east of Highway seventy five

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<v Speaker 2>on east West twenty nine hundred road. Also be to

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<v Speaker 2>check out Sure to check out our Delaware Indian or

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<v Speaker 2>actually the Delaware website. No stage facebook pages. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to make sure we include those folks because they always

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<v Speaker 2>have something going on. And also be sure to catch

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<v Speaker 2>our friend Chris Crane on Frybred Journeys in the mighty

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<v Speaker 2>sixth ninety KGGF. Check out their Facebook page. You can

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<v Speaker 2>catch Native Beat on the Barzel Radio Facebook page. You're

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<v Speaker 2>on demands of the Barzil Radio app available in the

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<v Speaker 2>Apple Store. A big waldeau, as we say in Cherokee,

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<v Speaker 2>one ishi is the Delaware would say, wansi as the

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<v Speaker 2>Osage would say. And to all of you listening, de

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<v Speaker 2>goha e until we meet you know it certainly adds

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<v Speaker 2>to the government's ability to fund itself