Speaker 1: Welcome, welcome, welcome time Now for Nat to beat right
Speaker 1: here on k on one. You drust and we have
Speaker 1: John West Indian studio here, young man.
Speaker 2: I am doing great, Tom o Ceo Nagata, Hello everyone, Osta,
Speaker 2: Suna Lee, good morning and happy Monday, which in Cherokee
Speaker 2: is known as unado.
Speaker 1: Dot kuan nahi. So how are you? Tom? How is
Speaker 1: how is your weekend? Uneventful? Just the way I like
Speaker 1: it exactly. Yeah, you get to a certain age and
Speaker 1: uneventful is good. Oh, it's a blessing, it really is.
Speaker 2: We usually asking Cherokee at tohitu, which just means how
Speaker 2: are you, and you'd respond back oast. But the course,
Speaker 2: that's assuming you have a good weekend.
Speaker 1: O oast. That's right. Good.
Speaker 2: So anyway, as always, we like to start out by
Speaker 2: thanking our sponsor, Coffeeville Cooperative Credit Union located three thirteen
Speaker 2: West nine Street and Coffeeville. They're all about providing with
Speaker 2: great personal financial services. They want to remind you they'll
Speaker 2: be closed for National Indigenous People's Day, or as some
Speaker 2: would call it, Columbus Day. I'm not going to wade
Speaker 2: into that controversy. Speaking of holidays, if you're not experiencing
Speaker 2: any anxiety right now, you may be when you consider
Speaker 2: we have only eighty days left until Christmas, so let
Speaker 2: the countdown begin. And if you're anything like me, you'll
Speaker 2: start your Christmas shopping a few days before Christmas. But
Speaker 2: those who want to get a jump on the holidays
Speaker 2: might wonder how you'll get through these without extra funds.
Speaker 2: So go talk to the people at Claffville Cooperative Credit Union.
Speaker 1: They're there to help.
Speaker 2: Head on up to see Lyle Martin's staff. They'll help
Speaker 2: make your financial goals whatever they may be, a success.
Speaker 2: Coffeeviell Cooperative Credit Union, It's where you belong. Check them
Speaker 2: out on Facebook or their website at cooperativecu dot com.
Speaker 2: Insured by NCUA. Speaking of Lyle Martin, mister Martin had
Speaker 2: his birthday. He celebrated four days ago on October third,
Speaker 2: and Native Beat would like to extend to him its
Speaker 2: heartiest birthday wishes.
Speaker 1: Yle is not only the president.
Speaker 2: Of Coffeeville Cooperative Credit Union, he has served on the
Speaker 2: boards of two of our Cherokee communities here.
Speaker 1: In Washington County.
Speaker 2: The Cherokee Cultural Community in Dewey located at seven hundred
Speaker 2: East Durham and actually it's the other one is Nowata County.
Speaker 2: The Native American Fellowship Incorporated, located in the South Coffeeville
Speaker 2: While is there any time one of our communities needs
Speaker 2: help or fellow Cherokees need help.
Speaker 1: He's a great guy.
Speaker 2: He's very community minded and believes in helping others without
Speaker 2: asking anything in return, and that is working in the
Speaker 2: spirit of goodoogie, which is what our Cherokee concept of
Speaker 2: working together is. He's an all around a great person.
Speaker 2: I really considered a privilege to work beside him.
Speaker 1: And know him.
Speaker 2: Nata Beet would also like to thank you for our listeners,
Speaker 2: for your continued support and tuning in. Without you, we
Speaker 2: wouldn't be here locally. The past few weeks and next
Speaker 2: few weeks will be busy. What happened, and we'll be
Speaker 2: busy for our Native communities. The last weekend in September
Speaker 2: was truly a busy one. Native American Fellowship, which is
Speaker 2: in District eleven of the Cherokee Reservation, located in South Coffeeville,
Speaker 2: celebrate its annual unity gathering. They packed a lot into
Speaker 2: the five hours of celebration they had.
Speaker 1: It was a great event.
Speaker 2: They had traditional Cherokee games like hatchet throwing and Cherokee marbles.
Speaker 2: They served traditional and non traditional foods like grape dumplings
Speaker 2: to everyone, and of course, being diabetic, I had to
Speaker 2: make sure I moderated my intake grap dumplings.
Speaker 1: You know, you've always got to do that, and any
Speaker 1: exercise with the hatchet, that's exactly right. So it canceled
Speaker 1: it out. See it's perfect.
Speaker 2: So anyway, it was estimated they had anywhere from eight
Speaker 2: hundred and fifty to one thousand people in attendance, which
Speaker 2: is just great. I mean that community is thriving up there.
Speaker 2: They had speakers including the newly applanted District eleven Tribal
Speaker 2: Counselor at Kendram mcgeee at Large Councilor Johnny Jack Kidwell.
Speaker 2: Kendra mcgheey was appointed to fill the term of Victoria Vasquez,
Speaker 2: who was the former Deputy Speaker of the Cherokee Tribal Council.
Speaker 2: Victoria was a Cherokee National Treasure.
Speaker 1: She's a potter.
Speaker 2: Her mother was Ani Mitchell, which may sound familiar to
Speaker 2: some Cherokees listeners because Ani Mitchell. The Animichal Cultural Center
Speaker 2: and Venita is named for her. It serves as both
Speaker 2: a cultural center and a welcome center there on Route
Speaker 2: sixty six and I forty four. Ani Mitchell was a
Speaker 2: Cherokee National Treasurer in her own right because she actually
Speaker 2: revived the art of Southwestern traditional pottery and that inspired
Speaker 2: a whole generation of art us to pursue that. They've
Speaker 2: got a wonderful museum up there dedicated to her. It's
Speaker 2: just it's a beautiful cultural center. The UNI gathering at Nafidough.
Speaker 2: It also featured drummers, dancers, a Native art market, and
Speaker 2: the chief even came to speak. And we shouldn't forget
Speaker 2: the annual Tomahawk Throwing Championship this year. There were a
Speaker 2: couple of teams participating and it was the Native American
Speaker 2: Fellowship and the Kansas City Cherokee Community. And I ended
Speaker 2: up playing on theo the Kansas City Cherokee Community and
Speaker 2: unfortunately we lost.
Speaker 1: We didn't farewell for a player to be named.
Speaker 2: Well, no, actually, you know, it was funny because I
Speaker 2: started throwing and I hadn't picked up a tomahawk in
Speaker 2: like a month or two, and they were like, we're
Speaker 2: getting a little worried because he was doing so well.
Speaker 2: And then Kansas City was like how would you like
Speaker 2: to be on our team? And so I was like, okay, yeah,
Speaker 2: I'll go ahead and do it. But we ended up
Speaker 2: losing anyway. So now the Native American Fellowship is to
Speaker 2: be the second year that they've won the championship, so
Speaker 2: they've earned bragging rights for another year. Let me tell
Speaker 2: you they exercised those bragging rights.
Speaker 1: Oh, they do, they do. They do loud and proud.
Speaker 1: They're loud and proud. That's absolutely right. And so we
Speaker 1: mentioned Venita a little earlier.
Speaker 2: Speaking of Venda, they celebrated Cherokee Day on the same
Speaker 2: Saturday as the Native American Fellowship Unity Gathering. Cherokee Day
Speaker 2: takes place at the Eastern Trails Museum. They could typically
Speaker 2: kick off the event with a parade. Its purpose is
Speaker 2: to mark the occasion the signing of the eighteenth thirty
Speaker 2: nine treaty between the Old Seller Cherokees and the Cherokees
Speaker 2: who came over on the Trail of Tears. There were
Speaker 2: ones that were already settled here and then the ones
Speaker 2: that came later. They kind of formed the new government
Speaker 2: and they came together as one Cherokee people.
Speaker 1: So we celebrate that union. In eighteen thirty nine.
Speaker 2: The Eastern Trails Museum has several artifacts that tell the
Speaker 2: story of the Cherokee people and Cherokee Day and Venita
Speaker 2: had several Cherokee treasures doing cultural demonstrations and live music
Speaker 2: provided by the Cherokee Adult Choired and had interactive demonstrations
Speaker 2: and carving, storytelling, basket weaving, and traditional games like Cherokee
Speaker 2: marbles and things like that. Benita is chief Hoskins Backyard.
Speaker 2: That's his hometown. It is in fact, his father was
Speaker 2: mayor there for several years, and he was in attendance
Speaker 2: and headed up to Nafigue to the Affe Unity gathering
Speaker 2: after that, and also he had in tow with him
Speaker 2: the famed flutist Tommy Wildcat, who is no stranger to
Speaker 2: anything Cherokee.
Speaker 1: Really, I don't know. I think he may have. He
Speaker 1: may have you.
Speaker 2: I know, he's put out several albums, you know, terrific flutists,
Speaker 2: and he makes his own flutes which are amazing.
Speaker 1: Gathers Rivercane to do that.
Speaker 2: This past weekend, the Nuita Cherokee community had its annual
Speaker 2: art market. I always find some good things there for Christmas.
Speaker 2: That's where I do a little bit of Christmas shopping.
Speaker 2: In fact, I encourage everyone who wants to find unique
Speaker 2: gifts for Christmas to attend some of the native art
Speaker 2: markets and buy from local artists, because the money you
Speaker 2: put back you spend there will actually put back into
Speaker 2: our local economy. And I'd love to keep the money
Speaker 2: here instead of sitting it to Amazon or Walmart or yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 2: and and I know a lot of other people would
Speaker 2: as well. And the New Eia Community will also be
Speaker 2: hosting a tribal registration and photo ID event at their.
Speaker 1: Building on October tenth from three to seven pm.
Speaker 2: They're located right across the street from the Will Rogers
Speaker 2: Health Center and as a ten twenty six Lenape Drive,
Speaker 2: Cherokee Nation was in a loss of this past weekend,
Speaker 2: they had one of those events and they had processed
Speaker 2: over five hundred IDs and signed up one hundred new
Speaker 2: citizenship or citizens to the roles. Not only is tribal
Speaker 2: registration there, but also other departments are there to provide
Speaker 2: information about different programs and services we provide our citizens.
Speaker 2: So it's definitely something we're going to especially if you
Speaker 2: don't have a tribal photo ID. You know a lot
Speaker 2: of people still don't, so we want to make sure
Speaker 2: that those people step up and get that ID and
Speaker 2: just get it done exactly.
Speaker 1: Yeah, would be a great thing to have.
Speaker 2: On October nineteenth, the Washington County Cherokee Association will be
Speaker 2: hosting our own Cultural Celebration Day from.
Speaker 1: Ten am three pm.
Speaker 2: We'll have food vendors, hand on crafts such as feather
Speaker 2: painting and beating, a native art market as well.
Speaker 1: In fact, we'll even have authors there.
Speaker 2: I believe last year we had Joe Don Brave, so
Speaker 2: we're going to have some great artists. We'll have traditional
Speaker 2: games such as tomahawk throwing, and we'll be doing blow
Speaker 2: dart guns. Our spring Cultural Celebration was a blast. We
Speaker 2: actually had so many folks participating as we did with
Speaker 2: the hands on crafts that we ran out of materials.
Speaker 2: So we're hoping that doesn't happen this time because it
Speaker 2: was just people were just really enthusiastic about it and
Speaker 2: it was a great turnout. We encourage everyone to come
Speaker 2: out and have a good time while.
Speaker 1: Learning about Cherokee culture. That's what it's all about.
Speaker 2: We have some exciting things going out to Washington County
Speaker 2: Cherokee Association. We recently completed the installation of a digital
Speaker 2: sign that was provided to us by a grant from
Speaker 2: Cherokee Nation and the Cherokee Community and Cultural Outreach Department.
Speaker 2: We'd like to extend a big wadeau thank you to
Speaker 2: Chief Hoskin, the Cherokee Nation and CCO. It's truly a
Speaker 2: great thing for our organization and we're extremely grateful for
Speaker 2: their help. I mean, it's going to be something that
Speaker 2: we can provide information on, we can let people know
Speaker 2: that we're there, you know, and it's it's a great
Speaker 2: roadside addition. It's it's just going to really help us
Speaker 2: out bring awareness more.
Speaker 1: To the community.
Speaker 2: Chief Hoskin also decided we needed a permanent version of
Speaker 2: the Housing, Jobs and Sustainability the Sustainable Communities Act to
Speaker 2: address housing needs considering the ongoing housing crisis that we see,
Speaker 2: you know, just all all over exactly, and this puts
Speaker 2: about forty million dollars a year every three years, and
Speaker 2: only into housing, but our community structures. Locally, we're being
Speaker 2: impacted by the chiefs commitment because right next to the
Speaker 2: Washington County Cherokee Association in Oceanlanda which is just used
Speaker 2: to the Kouskuty Health Clinic, I'm pleased to report constructions
Speaker 2: underway which will ultimately result in eleven to eleven four
Speaker 2: plexes for local families.
Speaker 1: We not only see this as.
Speaker 2: A great thing for local Cherokee citizens, but for the
Speaker 2: Washington County Cherokee Association, since we'll have an actively thriving.
Speaker 1: Community right next door to us.
Speaker 2: And the really awesome thing is that a lot of
Speaker 2: times priority is given to either veterans or or the
Speaker 2: elders for housing, which is understandable, you want to honor
Speaker 2: those folks. But we're also going to give priority to
Speaker 2: staff the work at the clinic because, you know, just
Speaker 2: making it be an easier thing for them to be
Speaker 2: working right right by, you know, where they live, so
Speaker 2: it'd be just a little small walk to the clinic
Speaker 2: for them. So I think that's a very interesting concept
Speaker 2: that we've come up with. We have a construction project
Speaker 2: underway to finish the Washington County Cherokee Association Community Building,
Speaker 2: and the bidding process was just completed this past week
Speaker 2: with the contractors. Once completed, we'll have a stay of
Speaker 2: the art facility with a full kitchen, classrooms, a media
Speaker 2: media center, making it and not only a great community building,
Speaker 2: but also a great venue for anyone wishing to run
Speaker 2: our space. We do have people that currently run our
Speaker 2: space now, but this is just going to kind of
Speaker 2: address the place up, make it a little nicer, make
Speaker 2: it a little more presentable and accessible to people. And we're
Speaker 2: just hoping that more people will decide to take us
Speaker 2: up on that offer and run our venue, because that's
Speaker 2: just why we put back in our community. And that's
Speaker 2: somebody that we use to help further the understanding of
Speaker 2: Cherokee culture. And I'm the secretary of the Washington kind
Speaker 2: of Cherokee Association. To be you know, ful to disclosure here,
Speaker 2: we hold a hot dog fundraiser at was a couple
Speaker 2: of weekends ago, and I'd like to think at Woods
Speaker 2: they're generosity and allowing us to be there and.
Speaker 1: Great they really are. It's amazing.
Speaker 2: I mean, they do the setup, they provide the hot dogs,
Speaker 2: the buns, they provide a roaster, they provide the tables,
Speaker 2: you know, and they do this all at their own expense.
Speaker 2: You know, it's all free to nonprofits. I mean, we
Speaker 2: just provide the condiments and maybe chips. I think they
Speaker 2: even provide a soda. So we made a little over
Speaker 2: five hundred dollars. It went right into our community, which
Speaker 2: is really great. And you know, one of the things
Speaker 2: I was touched by was we have random people just
Speaker 2: come up to us and say, here's twenty bucks. We're
Speaker 2: here's you know, ten bucks. We don't want a hot dog,
Speaker 2: We just want to contribute to you guys, and it just,
Speaker 2: you know, it really makes you feel good because we
Speaker 2: do believe in a very giving community, you know. And
Speaker 2: that's one of the things I just love about Barbosville
Speaker 2: is people when I see a need, they just step
Speaker 2: up and they help out, you know.
Speaker 1: And it's good Sult of Earth people. Really.
Speaker 2: So while dough to everyone who came out or helped
Speaker 2: us set up, who worked with sand. We had a
Speaker 2: tremendous response among our volunteers and an excellent crew working
Speaker 2: that day. I'm always impressed by the enthusiasm of our
Speaker 2: members and when there's work to be done, they step
Speaker 2: up and do a great job, and it's really something
Speaker 2: to be held. We can't forget to mention Delaware Days,
Speaker 2: which is a couple of weekends ago. I say the
Speaker 2: Stomp Dance on that Saturday and evening. It's a two
Speaker 2: day celebration of Delaware culture, traditions and history.
Speaker 1: I'm always impressed with a turnout of these events. It's
Speaker 1: encouraging because you'll sit.
Speaker 2: There and you'll watch some of these dances, and up
Speaker 2: at the very front you'll see like maybe a bench
Speaker 2: of kids that are, you know, younger than twelve years old,
Speaker 2: and it's like, you know, you guys, this is the
Speaker 2: next generation that's coming up, you know, And I just
Speaker 2: love seeing that because they are embracing their culture, they're
Speaker 2: learning about their culture, and they're going to be carrying
Speaker 2: on those traditions when they get older. You know. I
Speaker 2: just really I said, and I look at that. I
Speaker 2: think that's a wonderful thing to see.
Speaker 1: It is.
Speaker 2: Yeah, before we go today, we have a few announcements.
Speaker 1: Don't forget to check out our Cherokee community.
Speaker 2: Facebook pages for the latest events, news and meetings, Washington
Speaker 2: County Cherokee Association, Cherokee Cultural Center, and Dewey the we
Speaker 2: a Community Foundation in the Native American Fellowship in South Coffeeville.
Speaker 2: I encourage everyone, whether Cherokee or not, to find a
Speaker 2: community and get involved. As with many organizations, and I
Speaker 2: see this across the board, whether it's Kawanas, the Church,
Speaker 2: whatever membership is aging, and we really et younger people
Speaker 2: step up and take over some of these activities because
Speaker 2: it helps carry on our cultural traditions and our language
Speaker 2: before they're lost. I mean, they're going to be the
Speaker 2: keepers of all this, you know. I'd like to see
Speaker 2: the wider community engagement when it comes to our youth.
Speaker 2: This is something concern to every one of our Cherokee associations.
Speaker 2: It's something we have a chair of Washington County Cherokee
Speaker 2: Association or addressing through attracting new members or we're trying
Speaker 2: to get back the old ones and retain them. We
Speaker 2: want to make sure that they feel that they have
Speaker 2: a community and a home they can embrace their culture.
Speaker 2: Always check out the Delaware website and Sage Facebook pages.
Speaker 2: They've always had something fine, culturally meaningful happening. I asked
Speaker 2: for listeners not to forget the Tetan Trade Cloth store
Speaker 2: located one sixty Southwest Frank Phillips built at the Frank
Speaker 2: Phillips Boulevard the Johnstow Sier Building at their location at
Speaker 2: the Eastern Shopping Center. You can also shop online the
Speaker 2: tetantrade Cloth dot com. We have a couple of offices
Speaker 2: open to the Dewey community building, a Career Services office
Speaker 2: and Cherokee Nation Human Resources. My Career Services is open
Speaker 2: Monday through Friday from eight to five. Human Resources is
Speaker 2: Wednesday and Friday from eight to five. Cherokee Cultural Community
Speaker 2: will be having it's October meeting Thursday at six pm.
Speaker 2: There will be nurses on hand to provide flu shots
Speaker 2: after the potluck dinner. In November, the Washington Ky Cherokee
Speaker 2: Association we'll be hosting Daniel Harris at Sunda Avian Research
Speaker 2: Center to speak about efforts to revitalize the ball eagle population.
Speaker 2: And for those who don't know, we're located just east
Speaker 2: the Kuiskuoy Health Clinic on County Road twenty nine hundred. Also,
Speaker 2: be sure to catch our friends Chris Creane and Amy
Speaker 2: Dollar with Firebred journeys on our sister station to my
Speaker 2: sixth ninety KGGF. Check out their Facebook page and we
Speaker 2: want to say WAD to everyone, which is how we
Speaker 2: say thank you and Cherokee. Tune in and catch us
Speaker 2: with an exhibition of nata Beat October twenty first at
Speaker 2: nine forty five at the AM. You can catch nata
Speaker 2: Beat on the Barzel Radio Facebook page or on demands
Speaker 2: of the Barswel Radio app available on Apple Store. WANISHI,
Speaker 2: as they say in Delaware, wanse As, they say at
Speaker 2: osage and all of you I listening, I say doda
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