January 2018

2 18 E CH - KAH - NAV - CH A The Story Teller JANUARY CHRISTMAS TREE 2017 SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS PARTY NEW YEARS EVE 2017 2018 FAMILY SOBRIETY NIGHT LIGHTING On Thursday, December 21, FMVR’s Annual Sobriety Special Thank You 2017 the Fort Mojave Tribal Com- event was full of laughter while to AMPS (Aha Macav Power munity Christmas party took Native American Comedian Service) for their hard work on place at the Mojave Cross- Mylo Smith performed. Mylo, puting up two amazing 40 foot ing Event Center. There involving his audience in his tall lighted Chrismas trees for was a total of 496 tribal routine, had definitely made both the Arizona and Califor- members present at this it a memorable experience for nia Villages. event: birth to 3 years all attendees. He would end his of age = 31, Ages 4-7 = routine with a positive message 49, Ages 8-12= 72, Ages Comedian 13-17= 40, Ages 18-35= Mylo Smith about sobriety and how it has 139, Ages 36-54= 98, Ages changed his life for the better. Continued on Page 4. 55-64= 39 and our Elders 65+= 28. All attendees enjoyed enter- tainment, a traditional Christmas meal and tribal members were YOUNG GUNZ entered in a drawing for some fabulous gifts. All tribal elders YOUTH BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT received a special gift! Continued on Page 2. The Young Gunz Youth Bas- ents gathered in the gym to wit- ketball league started out with ness our youth go head to head four teams of kids from ages for the title of Young Gunz 5-7. It kicked off on November Champion. Each team played 29th at the California Village two games until a champion Park basketball court and end- was crowned, the champion- ed with a single elimination ship game was between Team tournament held on December Red & Team Yellow with Red 27th inside the Ca Village Rec- coming out on top in a 29-26 reation Gym. The turnout was victory. amazing, the teams and par- Santa Clause entering the Crossing Event Center on his Sleigh.

JANUARY 2018, Page ECH-KAH-NAV-CHA 2 2017 SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS PARTY 1ST ANNUAL PUBLIC The event consisted of 6. Ornament decorating with TRI-STATE six workshops: the Language Department in- CHRISTMAS EVENT 1. Mrs. Clause reading a book corporating Mojave Language On Saturday, De- to the children while they en- in the decorations. cember 23, 2017 the Ft. Mo- joyed hot cocoa and cookies, jave Tribe along with the Avi Resort & Casino held our first Tri-State Community Christmas party at the Mo- jave Crossing Event Center There was also a train ride High School National Honors that circled inside the arena. Society, River Valley National with the theme: Polar Ex- The culmination of all the Santa Claus also made an ap- Honors Society, the Kiwanis press. The event consisted of 2. Bear Workshop, children workshops was going down the pearance taking time to take Club of Bullhead City and all the six workshops, pictures with Santa, train rides around were able to choose the type “giant slide”! Tribal member pictures and greet the crowd. of the many volunteers. of clothing to put on their bear Daniel Medrano Jr. construct- All workshops were created the event center, a giant slide (Batman, Superman and 2 dif- ed a slide from the top of the by a planning team consisting the children and adults could ferent Princess dresses), arena to the bottom. Screams of the Tribal Council, Avi and slide down to the open arena of delight were heard all eve- the Mojave Proud Project. The where the petting zoo was, ning long. Tribal Council would like to along with hot cocoa and thank everyone who assisted cookies. Some comments that in making the event a success; one Tribal Council Member the Avi Resort & Casino, Ft. received from an elder of the Mojave Public Relations, Ft. community was “Thank you Mojave Royalty, Ft. Mojave so much for having this event, 3. Letters to Santa, I have eleven grandchildren Teen Council, Native Club, Mojave Proud Project, Human and could never take them Resources, Ft. Mojave Educa- anywhere like this”. Anoth- tion Department, Aha Makav er parent who went down the Cultural Society, Ft. Mojave slide with her children stated, Enrollment Department, Ft. “This is like a scene in a mov- Mojave Language Depart- ie, this is great!” 4. Gingerbread House and ment, Ft. Mojave Vocational Gingerbread cookie decorat- Rehabilitation, Pillar Academy ing, Ft. Mojave Telecommunica- tions, Ft. Mojave Tribal Police Department, Ft. Mojave Ac- counting Department, Mohave 5. Petting Zoo where children were able to pet an array of live animals,

ECH-KAH-NAV-CHA JANUARY 2018, Page 3 CONGRATULATIONS BOYS & GIRLS CLUB DECEMBER EVENTS CHRISTMAS PARTY MASQUERADE BALL Boys & Girls Club celebrating Christmas with Club Members also kicked the new year off hot coco, cookies and wrapping Christmas with a Masquerade party dancing, limbo and gifts they made for parents. lots of fun foods. December 5, 2017 5 ANNUAL LITTLE MISS PRINCESS PAGEANT Congratulations Tianna (Tia) Williams, a 17-Year-old Fort Mo- TH jave Tribal Member who has committed to play collegiate Di- vision 1 softball for Fresno State University. Tianna, a junior at River Valley High School is the daughter of Tim and Tara Williams, she will play her final high school years with the Lady Dust Devils. In the fall of 2019, Tia will head to Fresno State University. This past summer Tia was selected to play in the Triple Crown Sports All American TV game on ESPN and has played for the Bombers Fastpitch travel team that has fulfilled her love for the game. Boys & Girls Club of Aha Macav held their 5th Annual Little Miss Princess Pageant. Congratulations to Tia and the Williams Family! Each year has been a different theme. This year's Pageants theme was a Christmas pageant. Many girls ages 6 - 15 who participant in the pageant enjoy being in the CONGRATULATIONS limelight and speaking in front of large groups. The pageant teaches girls communication December 22, 2017 skills, self confidence, poise and grace. Congratulations to this year's winners. Congratulations to the latest Little Miss Sophia Reyes, Miss Lovieanne Phan and JR Miss Sienna Rubalcava. Tribal Member to complete SKILLS AND DRILLS 2018 the Western Arizona Law En- forcement Training Acadamy The Fort Mojave Recreation and Levi Evanston. Day one kids. It was good to see the kids (WALETA) Aaron Joseph. The Department hosted a basket- was for the elementary school come and enjoy themselves Training was nineteen weeks ball clinic for the youth. It was age kids, day two was for Ju- while at the same time learning long including both physical three days of Basic skills train- nior High age and day three more about the sport. and mental training that had ing headed by Lydia Rodriguez was for the High School age Joseph completed with flying colors. Aaron Joseph will be joining the Fort Mojave Police Department effective imediate- ly. Well done, Officer Joseph. Elementary School Ages Middle School Ages High School Ages 1.3.2018 1.4.2018 1.5.2018

JANUARY 2018, Page ECH-KAH-NAV-CHA 4 NEW YEARS EVE 2018 FAMILY SOBRIETY NIGHT RECOGNIZED TRIBAL Fort Mojave Voca- Mylo Smith, through all of his HOLIDAYS tional Rehabilitation held adversities overcame and is their third annual New Year’s now sober and travels around PRESIDENTS’S DAY Eve Family Sobriety event on Indian Country spreading 12/31/2017, there were 39 laughter and more important- MONDAY, FEBURARY 19, 2018 Tribal Members / Consumers ly the message that sobriety in who attended and took part changed his life for the better GOOD FRIDAY in the event. and we as people need to teach FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2018 The goal was to take our children that those thing a stand against drugs and al- are not normal. MEMORIAL DAY cohol which affect our peo- We also had an NA/ ple’s lives and to work on unity AA meeting that was headed MONDAY, MAY 28, 2018 within families and improving by a Fort Mojave Tribal Mem- the health of our people. ber that has been sober for 18 INDEPENDANCE DAY Native American Co- years. For the families we had WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2018 median Mylo Smith was in at- a potluck style dinner that was THURDAY, JULY 5, 2018 tendance and is living proof to provided by several Tribal enti- our people that sobriety works ties, as well as consumers had LABOR DAY and improves life. Smith spoke cooked themselves. There was on being sexually abused as a movie playing, a cookie dec- MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2018 a youth, having a father who orating station for kids and a died from problems with al- coloring book station to give NATIVE AMERICAN DAY coholism as well as a mother the children something to do FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 that was involved in several while parents and grandpar- different domestic violence sit- ents attended the meeting. MOJAVE DAYS uation which Mylo and his six Everyone had a great siblings had to witness. time and expressed how they FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2018 He spoke on how the wished that some more of their violence was “normal” to him friends and family members VETERANS DAY and his siblings, before long he would have come as it was a MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2018 slipped into drugs and alcohol great positive message in the himself. event. THANKSGIVING 1/2 DAY WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2018 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2018 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2018 CHRISTMAS MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2018 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2018 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 26, 2018 NEW YEARS MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2018 TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2019 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2019

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ECH-KAH-NAV-CHA JANUARY 2018, Page 7 SEEING IS BELIEVING! Get in touch with your ARIZONA VILLAGE PARK IMPROVEMENTS Fort Mojave tribal council January 8, 2018 Demolition of the Arizona Village Playground has begun. The new state of the art equipt- ment will be installed and ready to enjoy by mid february. The Fort Mojave Teen Council were given the opportunity to select the new playground equipment. This is one of the tiMothy williaMs, many improvements to come. Fort Mojave tribal chairMan *The Fort Mojave Tribal Council asks that we be mindful of the workers who are present and see that our Phone number: (760) 391-8323 children do not enter into the construction site during this timeframe. Notification on when the park will be e-mail: [email protected] re-open for the community will be at a later date. shan lewis, vice chairMan PLANTATION SIDEWALK Phone number: (702) 334-2611 e-mail: [email protected] The sidewalk is almost com- plete! Stretching from Bar- rackman all the way down colleen Garcia, secretary plantation to the Arizona Vil- Phone number: (702) 493-1128 lage this walkway will give ac- e-mail: [email protected] cess for community members to walk to the many Tribal nichole Garcia, MeMber facilities that already occu- Phone number: (760) 861-4213 py Plantation and the many e-mail: [email protected] more to come in the future. norvin Mccord, MeMber Phone number: (760) 362-2488 HEMODIALYSIS HOME THERAPY CENTER e-mail: [email protected] The Hemodialysis Home Ther- johnny heMMers, MeMber apy Center is fully complete as far as the building structure. Phone number: (928) 234-7465 The next step is waiting on all e-mail: [email protected] the equipment to be delivered and set-up as well as fully staff- cellina reyes, MeMber ing the facility, we cannot wait Phone number: (760) 718-0872 to provide local, more conve- e-mail: [email protected] nient treatment to our people. A Grand Opening Ceremony will be announced in the near future.

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