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<v Speaker 1>And good morning.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to Native Beat here on K one AM fourteen

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<v Speaker 2>ninety three point three and ninety five point one. Nathan

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<v Speaker 2>Thompson here with John Weston, John o CEO.

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<v Speaker 1>How are you, my friend, O CEO, Nathan Tohitu, how

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<v Speaker 1>are you today?

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<v Speaker 3>Great? Doing great?

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<v Speaker 1>Little rainy out there, but you know.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, like I said earlier, I'm not sure if I

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<v Speaker 4>should have paddled in or if I should have flown in.

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<v Speaker 3>You could probably do either one this week with the

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<v Speaker 3>wind exactly exactly.

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<v Speaker 4>So anyway, Happy Monday and all of you out there

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<v Speaker 4>listening to the Native Beat, or as we would say

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<v Speaker 4>on the Cherokee Reservation also quanha he. This past week

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<v Speaker 4>and this coming week has been and will be one

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<v Speaker 4>of the busiest ones here for our local Day of Communities.

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<v Speaker 4>We have community meetings, an open house, a ribbon cutting ceremony,

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<v Speaker 4>and Toys for Tots campaign just in the next few days.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow.

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<v Speaker 4>like to thank you our listeners as you're for your

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<v Speaker 4>continued support and tuning into the show. As I mentioned earlier,

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<v Speaker 4>it has been and will be a busy week locally

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<v Speaker 4>for our local Native communities. Last Saturday, Chief Hoskin Councilor

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<v Speaker 4>Patskowski from our district District twelve and New District eleven

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<v Speaker 4>Councilor Kindra mcgate hosted a community meeting at the Noda

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<v Speaker 4>Cherokee Community Building. Several departments were there also on hand

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<v Speaker 4>answer questions and provide information to tribal members. The following Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 4>our Chief provided a State of the Cherokee Nation update

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<v Speaker 4>as part of a presentation of the Nowada Chamber of Commerce.

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<v Speaker 4>He talked about some of the contributions Cherokee Nation is

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<v Speaker 4>made to Nowada and its impact on the surrounding area,

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<v Speaker 4>including the investment of one million dollars into the building

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<v Speaker 4>of a new water tower No Wada and improvements to

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<v Speaker 4>the water infrastructure there to help ensure residents have quality

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<v Speaker 4>drinking water. The Chief also discussed the impact of bringing

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<v Speaker 4>jobs to the area with the building the Will Rogers

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<v Speaker 4>Health Center, the Nutrition and the Food Distribution Center, as

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<v Speaker 4>well as the newly completed Cherokee Nation and the head

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<v Speaker 4>Start Center.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a state of the art facility.

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<v Speaker 4>Cherokee Nation invested seven point three million dollars then, and

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<v Speaker 4>he also spoke about the affordable housing crisis and how

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<v Speaker 4>just a Northeastern Oklahoma alone, it would require an investment

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<v Speaker 4>of one point seventy five billion dollars to make up

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<v Speaker 4>for this shortage. To address this need, Cherokee Nation real

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<v Speaker 4>Estate recently made permanent the Housing, Jobs and Sustainability Communities Act,

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<v Speaker 4>which invests forty million every three years into the building

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<v Speaker 4>of new homes, fifteen percent of which is earmarked for

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<v Speaker 4>the construction and maintenance of our community buildings like the

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<v Speaker 4>ones you see at Dewey and Oceanlaeda. We're seeing the

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<v Speaker 4>benefit of this legislation in our area done at Oceanlada

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<v Speaker 4>with the building of four duplexes next door to our

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<v Speaker 4>community building. We're thankful to the Chief and Cherokee Nation

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<v Speaker 4>are for stepping up to help address this issue. I

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<v Speaker 4>know it's been an ongoing one here in Northeastern Oklahoma

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<v Speaker 4>as it has been across the country.

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<v Speaker 3>Really yeah, absolutely so.

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<v Speaker 4>Last Thursday, there was a community beating that was hosted

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<v Speaker 4>by our friends in Native American Fellowships in South Cofferville

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<v Speaker 4>along with Chief Hooskin and Counselor mcgety.

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<v Speaker 3>To give you an.

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<v Speaker 1>Idea of the chief schedule, he was at Yale Law School.

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<v Speaker 4>Delivering an address that afternoon in Connecticut, and was in

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<v Speaker 4>South Coffee Well by seven pm that evening for the meeting.

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<v Speaker 4>My goodness, his father, Chuck Senior was there. Both men

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<v Speaker 4>were counselors for District eleven. That was their area before

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<v Speaker 4>they went on the higher office. While Chuck Senior he

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<v Speaker 4>actually wanted to become a mayor of Venda, YEP in

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<v Speaker 4>the state legislature.

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<v Speaker 1>But anyway, it was interesting. It was interesting listening to

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<v Speaker 1>Chuck Senior.

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<v Speaker 4>Talk about Cherokee Nation and District eleven thirty years ago

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<v Speaker 4>and how many of the things we enjoyed today were

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<v Speaker 4>a dream back then. Yes, it was a great evening

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<v Speaker 4>with a great turnout. We had abound one hundred and

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<v Speaker 4>sixty people present. It was just really a great evening

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<v Speaker 4>of community, and I think at night all of us

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<v Speaker 4>are going to remember for a long time. Absolutely sounds incredible.

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<v Speaker 4>I also mentioned that we're going to have a busy

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<v Speaker 4>week ahead. Tomorrow at one pm will be the grand

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<v Speaker 4>opening of the seven point three million dollar Child Development

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<v Speaker 4>Center in Nowada. The public is welcome to attend. This

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<v Speaker 4>new center is located at one thousand and one Lenape

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<v Speaker 4>Draw I have across from the Nutrition Center and just

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<v Speaker 4>a little down from the road from the Will Rogers

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<v Speaker 4>Health Center. Also tomorrow, the Cherokee Cultural Community in Dewey,

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<v Speaker 4>which has a Cherokee Nation Career Services Office, we'll be

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<v Speaker 4>having an open house from ten am to two pm,

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<v Speaker 4>and that's at seven hundred East Durham Road. They'll be

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<v Speaker 4>highlighting some of the programs and services they offer. So

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<v Speaker 4>if you're looking for a job, or if you're wanting

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<v Speaker 4>to find a way to update your skills or your resume,

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<v Speaker 4>they'd be a good place for you to drop by

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<v Speaker 4>and find out what they have to offer.

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<v Speaker 3>Beautiful facility there. Yeah. Absolutely.

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<v Speaker 4>Also on Tuesday, one pm at the Washington County Fairgrounds,

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<v Speaker 4>our Tribal Counselor door At Patskowski, and several members of

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<v Speaker 4>our communities will be gathering to help sort toys by age, gender,

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<v Speaker 4>and sex. It's my understanding there will be three semi

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<v Speaker 4>loads of toys coming in this year, over one hundred thousand,

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<v Speaker 4>over one hundred thousand toys, and this is part of

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<v Speaker 4>the Toys for Tots program. It benefits every school child

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<v Speaker 4>in our district and also school children in District eleven

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<v Speaker 4>at South Coffeeville, which I think is just a wonderful program.

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<v Speaker 4>On Thursday, November twenty first, CCC, the Cherokee Cultural Community,

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<v Speaker 4>we'll be hosting its monthly potluck at six pm. The

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<v Speaker 4>Operation Eagle Dancers will be there to provide a demonstration.

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<v Speaker 4>If you have kids who are interested in joining, please

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<v Speaker 4>consider attending once again that address to seven hundred East

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<v Speaker 4>Durham Road. With Thanksgiving coming up, I want to talk

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<v Speaker 4>a little bit about something we Cherokees hold dear, the

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<v Speaker 4>idea of gratitude being thankful. I know this time of

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<v Speaker 4>year can be stressful and we don't always remind ourselves

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<v Speaker 4>of what's truly important or what we should be thankful for,

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<v Speaker 4>but I think it's important to take a moment to reflect.

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<v Speaker 3>I know that we can get to get bogged down.

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<v Speaker 4>By the festivities and the parties and the endless preparation

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<v Speaker 4>and planning and all the work that goes into pulling

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<v Speaker 4>off the holidays, but it's definitely also a time which

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<v Speaker 4>is just slowed down and kind of remember the reason

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<v Speaker 4>we're celebrating these holidays.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely.

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<v Speaker 4>Abraham Bearpav for those who don't know, as a motivational

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<v Speaker 4>speaker well known in the Cherokee Nation, he has developed

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<v Speaker 4>a curriculum for living a balanced life. In fact, he's

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<v Speaker 4>been involved in teaching this course at many of our

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<v Speaker 4>Cherokee communities. His book, Walking in Balance provides a blueprint

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<v Speaker 4>for not only living a balance life, but for want

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<v Speaker 4>of wellness. It addresses everything from communication, mindfulness, respects, service,

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<v Speaker 4>self care, perseverance, and gratitude, among other aspects. Since we're

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<v Speaker 4>near and dear to Thanksgiving, just to point out that

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<v Speaker 4>Cherokee culture, gratitude is something we aspire to daily. In fact,

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<v Speaker 4>I think it's no mistake that in his book Walking

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<v Speaker 4>in Balance, the first topic he touches on is gratitude.

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<v Speaker 4>He put it front and center. Studies have shown that

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<v Speaker 4>practicing gratitude daily can improve both their physical and mental health.

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<v Speaker 4>And Abraham mentions in his book How to Ceremonial Grounds,

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<v Speaker 4>we are taught to spit out our first bite of

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<v Speaker 4>food as a way of giving back to the earth.

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<v Speaker 3>He states, it's difficult.

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<v Speaker 4>To maintain this spirit of gratefulness once we return to

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<v Speaker 4>our homes and we go about our daily lives.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's something we have we need to work on first.

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<v Speaker 3>It's important we appreciate what we.

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<v Speaker 4>Have what we may want based on the daily bombardment

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<v Speaker 4>of ads we encounter every day. Second, we need to

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<v Speaker 4>make sure our self worth isn't defined by others. And third,

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<v Speaker 4>we need to remind ourselves how grateful we are to

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<v Speaker 4>those that we have in our lives. This helps break

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<v Speaker 4>the negative mindset which is easy for us to fall into,

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<v Speaker 4>especially when we're stressed. Bearpauk created a list of action steps.

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<v Speaker 3>Which I think is great.

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<v Speaker 4>He not only identifies the problem that he provides a solution,

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<v Speaker 4>but then he also provides a plan of action in

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<v Speaker 4>his book, and I think that's a wonderful thing because

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<v Speaker 4>so many of these self help books that you come

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<v Speaker 4>across kind of fail to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>So he has these action steps.

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<v Speaker 4>He recommends making a daily list of what you're thankful

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<v Speaker 4>for mentally, verbally, or just.

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<v Speaker 3>By writing it down.

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<v Speaker 4>It helps you focus on the things that you are

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<v Speaker 4>grateful for, on your blessings rather than your anxiety. He

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<v Speaker 4>also recommends taking a gratitude picture.

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<v Speaker 3>In his book.

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<v Speaker 4>He states pictures are a great great way to memorialize

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<v Speaker 4>what you're grateful for. This is very easy to do

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<v Speaker 4>and it captures that moment of gratitude, so you can

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<v Speaker 4>return to it anytime you wish.

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<v Speaker 3>I think a lot of us do that.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, we get together to have a gathering of

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<v Speaker 4>friends or family. You know, we try to take pictures,

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<v Speaker 4>and it's like, that's basically what we're doing. We're going

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<v Speaker 4>to look back on fondness with the good times, and

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<v Speaker 4>it's a great way to distress. Honestly, when you go

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<v Speaker 4>through photographs.

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<v Speaker 3>It is. It is.

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<v Speaker 4>And so the last action step, he mentions, is to

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<v Speaker 4>invite your family to practice gratitude. I know this is

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<v Speaker 4>something commonly done at Thanksgiving, but bear Pas suggests we

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<v Speaker 4>make this a daily occurrence. Whether you're sitting down to

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<v Speaker 4>eat or you have a particular time of day you're

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<v Speaker 4>all together, have each member of your family list one

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<v Speaker 4>thing they are grateful for. And this is kind of

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<v Speaker 4>a great quote from the book. He states, this exercise

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<v Speaker 4>takes minimal time, but is a great way to interrupt

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<v Speaker 4>the daily business, a daily busy routine to refocus on gratitude.

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<v Speaker 4>You may get some off the wall answers from your children,

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<v Speaker 4>like I'm glad my brother's feet don't smell today, But

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<v Speaker 4>you may also get a valuable peek into their very

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<v Speaker 4>busy lives and honestly, if you think about it, it's

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<v Speaker 4>also a great way to understand the mindset of your

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<v Speaker 4>family members. And it's just an avenue for you to

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<v Speaker 3>How much you mean to one another.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely, and I think that's something that sorely needed these days.

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<v Speaker 1>So I agree with you one hundred percent exactly.

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<v Speaker 4>These action steps will go a long way reminding us

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<v Speaker 4>of why we need to stay focused on why gratitude

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<v Speaker 1>So before we go today, we have a few announcements,

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<v Speaker 4>I want to remind everyone don't forget to check out

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<v Speaker 4>our Cherokee community facebook pages for the latest events, news

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<v Speaker 4>and meetings, for example of the Washington County Cherokee Association

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<v Speaker 4>Nowa Cherokee Community Foundation and NOWATA, and the Native American

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<v Speaker 4>Fellowship in South Coffeeville. I encourage everyone, whether Cherokee or not,

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<v Speaker 4>to find a community and get involved. I was recently

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<v Speaker 4>communities we were with, And I thought one of the

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<v Speaker 4>interesting things is it seems like we're at no point

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<v Speaker 4>in human history have we ever been more supposedly connected

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<v Speaker 4>by technology, right, social media, all sorts of communication apps,

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<v Speaker 4>everything we have right at our disposal, our fingertips. But

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<v Speaker 4>yet it seems, you know, it almost seems like there

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<v Speaker 4>is a dichotomy there because we also have never I feel,

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<v Speaker 4>I believe we also have never felt more disconnected as

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<v Speaker 4>a group. We don't we have the ability to communicate,

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<v Speaker 4>but we don't really have community. And I find a

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<v Speaker 3>That they're wanting to learn.

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<v Speaker 4>About culture and they want to feel that sense of community.

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<v Speaker 4>And I think there's really no better way than to

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<v Speaker 4>Anyway, just check out those pages if you want to

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<v Speaker 4>the t Ton trade Cloth store located in the Johnstone

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<v Speaker 4>dot com. Cherokee Nation has two official offices opened the

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<v Speaker 4>Cherokee Culture Community in Dewey to serve the Cherokee People

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<v Speaker 1>As I stated earlier, the.

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<v Speaker 4>on Saturdays, at the Washington County Cherokee Association in Oceleda,

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<v Speaker 4>we're offering free Cherokee language courses from ten am to noon.

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<v Speaker 4>They're taught by Matthew Church. He's a wonderful instructor graduated

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<v Speaker 4>of Cherokee Language program. We're located justice at the Kuisku

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<v Speaker 4>Health Clinic on twenty nine hundred Road. Now, one of

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<v Speaker 4>the great things about Matthew is he's also for his

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<v Speaker 1>That's great, and so we actually learned the days of

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<v Speaker 1>There you go to the tune of the Adams song

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<v Speaker 1>Adams Family. Yeah, I love it.

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<v Speaker 3>So that was great.

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<v Speaker 4>Also, I want to remind everyone to be sure to

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<v Speaker 4>catch our friend Chris Crane on Freybred Journeys on the

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<v Speaker 1>Be sure to check out their Facebook page.

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<v Speaker 4>They always have something really great on it, whether it's

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<v Speaker 4>cultural or whether they're doing a lot of times they

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<v Speaker 3>That's always a great thing.

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<v Speaker 4>And speaking of Chris, she'll be joining me on our

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<v Speaker 4>next edition of Native Beat. She is going to be

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<v Speaker 4>November twenty seventh and nine. Chris is also for those

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<v Speaker 4>who don't know, she is the secretary of the Native

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<v Speaker 4>American Fellowship in South Coffeeville, and they're just a great

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<v Speaker 4>they're unity together. They have over one thousand people that

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<v Speaker 4>would turn out, which is just astounding for any sort.

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<v Speaker 3>Of community events.

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<v Speaker 4>So those kind of a the testaments of the community

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<v Speaker 4>that they have built up there. You can catch Native

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<v Speaker 4>Beat on the Varzel Radio Facebook page. You're on demand

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<v Speaker 4>through the Barzil Radio app available in the Apple Store.

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<v Speaker 4>I want to say a big wad though, as we

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<v Speaker 4>say in Cherokee, what oh do you Nathan for having

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<v Speaker 4>me on? Absolutely niche is the Delaware would say, WANSI

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<v Speaker 4>is the Osage would say, and to all of you listening,

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<v Speaker 4>dota nogoha e until we meet again.

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<v Speaker 3>Perfect John, thank you so much for this edition of

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<v Speaker 3>Native Beat. Thanks for listening to one on one with

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<v Speaker 3>a professional, A paid presentation in fourteen hundred K one