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ČuhyeθáØkye 2015

Skaru:ręØ Monthly, July 2015

Volume 6, Issue 6

July 2015 Haudenosaunee Grand Council

Tuscarora Council of Chiefs and

Clanmothers

HAUDENOSAUNEE ENVIRONMENTAL

TASK FORCE (HETF)

Oren Lyons, Political Co-Chair

Henry Lickers, Scientific Co-Chair

David Arquette, HETF Director

Noah Point, Assistant Director

TUSCARORA ENVIRONMENT

PROGRAM (TEP)

Neil Patterson, Jr. Director [email protected]

Rene Rickard, Office Administrator [email protected]

Bryan Printup, GIS/Planning [email protected]

Clint Farnham, Habitat Technician [email protected]

Following the United Nations Earth

Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, the

Haudenosaunee held a Grand Council to

discuss the environmental degradation of

our communities. In accordance with the

Great Law of Peace, the Grand Council

passed and agreed, based on

Haudenosaunee protocols and cultural

beliefs, to establish the Haudenosaunee

Environmental Task Force (HETF).

The SKARU:RE MONTHLY is the

official publication of the Tuscarora

Environment Office. You can submit

articles, artwork, photographs, editorials

and letters of abhorrence to:

SKARU:RE MONTHLY

c/o: Tuscarora Environment

5226E Walmore Road

Tuscarora Nation

Lewiston, NY 14092

Or call: #716.264.6011

www.tuscaroraenvironment.org

or our Facebook page

“Tuscarora Environment”

August 10-14, 2015 - Ceremonial Mohawk Class, Kakastiohare:ke,

Fonda, NY. A one-week session for those with a high Mohawk language

proficiency who wish to work on using the language for ceremonies. The

session will be instructed in Mohawk by fluent traditional speakers. FMI:

Iehnhotonkwas Bonnie Jane Maracle, [email protected] for more information.

August 11-14, 2015 - Conservation Camp, Ganondagan State Historic

Site, Victor, NY. For grades 7-12 with a love for the outdoors or

interested in environmental science. Campers will discover how Native

Peoples encouraged the succession and endurance of natural areas, and

gain a scientific perspective on preserving them. FMI: #585.742.1690 or

www.ganondagan.org.

September 18-20, 2015 - 12th Biennial Language is Life Conference,

Wonder Valley Ranch, Sanger, CA. “Language is Love” is this year’s

theme for this conference that focus’ on Advocates for Indigenous

California Language Survival. FMI: www.aicls.org.

September 18-20, 2015 - 2015 International Iroquois Beadwork

Conference, Best Western Sovereign Hotel, Albany, NY. Activities

include NYS Museum visit, beadwork competitions, workshops, and

evening banquet with quest speaker George Hamell. FMI:

www.otsiningo.com.

September 24-25, 2015 - Tribal Energy Summit, Washington, D.C..

The U.S. Dept of Energy (DOE) is hosting the Summit in support of the

Obama Administration’s ongoing commitment to assist tribal efforts to

enhance energy security, increase community resiliency, and cultivate a

sustainable energy future. The event will highlight challenges and

showcase opportunities in the area of: federal procurement, tribal

education and workforce development, and energy sector supply chain

participation. FMI: Ana M. Han, #202-586-9820.

October 14-17, 2015 - 46th Annual NIEA Convention & Trade Show, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR. “Building Education Nations

through Traditional Foundations” is this year’s theme for The National

Indian Education Association’s (NIEA) annual conference. Conference

subjects include JOM workshops, Impact Aid discussions, and multiple

breakout sessions. FMI: www.niea.org.

Original wampum belts on display at the

Recital of the Great Law, 2015,

Akwesasne. (l-r): George Washington

Belt, Tuscarora Alliance Belt, and

Everlasting Tree Belt.

Coming up ...


W hat does it mean to shelter in

place?

It means that when a emergency

situation arises and you need to

immediately find safety inside your

home or a structure to protect your

self from the outside elements. In a

hazardous material emergency you

will need to seal off all air vent, door,

windows that allow out side air to

enter your home. To seal off the

inside of your home you will need

duck tape and a roll (or multiple) of

plastic 2-4mil. thick.

Other types of emergencies that

could cause you to shelter in your

home would be release of hazardous

chemicals and winter snow storms.

For both of these types of

emergencies make sure you have

enough supplies to last at least 72

hours with no power.

There are a few things to consider

when planning for sheltering in

place:

Meet with your family. Discuss

the different types of disasters

that could occur where you live.

Play the “what if” game and

write down all the ideals, then

come up with a plan for each.

Discuss what to do if advised to

shelter in place.

Go over how to secure your

home i.e. tape off windows,

doors, and how to shut off the

propane or other gasses.

Discuss what supplies you're

family will need.

Make a contact list of everyone

in the household.

Chose a room in advance, one

large enough to hold everyone in

the house hold. And with none

to few windows and exterior

doors if possible.

Make sure you have a disaster

supply kit available

approximate to your safety room.

Update your disaster supply kit

every 6 months, swap out old

food for new food before it

expires.

Access to news media outlets like

TV or radios.

Practice your plan with all

members of the house hold.

For more information about how you

can be prepared at home for natural

disasters feel free to contact us at

716.264.6011 ext 104 and ask for

Clint Farnham.

By Clint Farnham


By Bryan Printup

The Niagara Falls Gazette, December 4, 1941

Tuscarora Group to Present Play

Prize-winning 4-H Production to be Offered Here.

The Tuscarora 4-H players from the Tuscarora Indian

Reservation, near the city will present their prize-winning play

“ As the Great Spirit Wishes” as a Christmas present to

Niagara Falls next Tuesday evening in Howard Hall, Main and

Fourth streets.

Shown under suspices of the Niagara Peace council, the

colorful pageant in costume will be given in this city for the

first time after appearances before statewide assemblies.

Edison P. Mt. Pleasant, one of the cast, who wrote the piece in

three scenes, confessed that he did not forsee the wide demand

for his work, first shown at a Niagara County 4-H drama

contest in Pekin last spring.

When judges of competitive events among Niagara county 4-

H members conferred on recruits of the 1941 contesting drama

teams, they deemed the Mt. Pleasant opus “in a class by

itself.”

The Indians were to appear before the Lewiston-Queenston

Rotary club, the Twin Cities Kiwanis club, Lockport Baptist

church, and a unit before the Niagara County Pomona grange.

They were featured at Our Lady of Angela seminary at Niagara

university last week by the Interracial committee of the

Mission crusaders.

The portrayal of a scene from Tuscarora life of 1700 was

shown to an overwhelmingly enthusiastic audience at Bally

Hall in Cornell university at the 141 program sponsored by the

New York State 4-H Club agents in July, where the

outstanding rural junior dramatists of the Empire State of the

year were invited to appear.

At a showing at the New York State Fair at Syracuse, a

representative of the New Jersey State Fair commission judged

the local Indian young people ‘s work one of the few features

at Syracuse worthy of reproduction at Trenton.

Recognition once again came to the Tuscarora 4-H’ers, led

and directed by Mr. and Mrs. Noah Henry, at the annual

achievement program of the Niagara County 4-H clubs in

Lockport.

While the showing will be a Christmas present to the

community by the Indian young folks, admission to the event

will be limited to those having tickets obtained from local civic

agencies to be listed later.

ABOVE: Wesley Patterson bending

sticks at Tuskewe Krafts.

ABOVE: Preparing for the Feast.


T he 170th Tuscarora Nation Picnic

and Field Days has come to a

close and nya:we for another successful

year for Tuscarora. We want to extend

heat-felt congratulations to all the

winners and participants at this year’s

Picnic:

2015 TUSCARORA PRINCESS:

1st place: Jazlyn Kirkland, Beaver clan

Runner-up: Myna Fauzey, Bear clan

2015 CHILDREN’S CONTEST:

Birth – 1 yr old: Veida Harris and

Rhett Bissell

2 yrs old – 3 yrs old: Chiara Yellow

and Denahi McAleer

4 yrs old – 5 yrs old: Aiyanna Printup

2015 MARGARET WILLIAMS

MEMORIAL BEADWORK

COMPETITION:

Adult-Beadwork: Nicole Woodbury

Printup (1st); Bryan Printup (2nd);

Brenda Fauzey (3rd)

Adult-Medallion: Caroline Bigtree

(1st); Penny Hudson (2nd); Brenda

Fauzey (3rd)

Adult-Wirework: Erwin Printup (1st);

Bryan Printup (2nd); Saege Hucks (3rd)

Youth-Beadwork: Saege Hucks (1st);

Lily Truesdale (2nd)

People’s Choice winner: Nicole

Woodbury Printup

2015 HAND DRUM

COMPETITION (6 contestants,

2 combos):

1st place: Jordan Smith

2nd place: Alan Dowdy

3rd place: Sequoia Hill

2015 TUSCARORA PICNIC

SMOKE DANCE WINNERS:

Tiny Tots (0-5 yrs old): 17 contestants

Girls (6 yrs old-12 yrs old): Keah

George, Tuscarora (1st); Jayde, Seneca

(2nd); Nina Hamby, Tuscarora (3rd)

Boys (6 yrs old-12 yrs old): William

Crouse III, Tuscarora (1st); Dodie

Shenadoah, Seneca (2nd); Kelvin George,

Tuscarora (3rd)

Teen Girls (13 yrs old-17 yrs old):

Quinna Hamby, Tuscarora (1st); Arriana

Smith, Tuscarora (2nd); Jazlyn Kirkland,

Tuscarora (3rd)

Teen Boys (13 yrs old-17 yrs old): Brett

Logan, Tonawanda Seneca (1st); Tosh

Hamby, Tuscarora (2nd); Eli Dowdy,

Tuscarora (3rd)

Women (18 yrs old-49 yrs old): Brittany

Clause, Cayuga (1st); Hailey Thomas,

Onondaga (2nd); Monique Powless,

Onondaga (3rd)

Men (18 yrs old-49 yrs old): James

Jimerson, Seneca (1st); Jessie George,

Seneca (2nd); Chandler Cooper, Seneca

(3rd)

Golden Age Women (50+ yrs): Eva

Smith, Seneca (1st); Lisa Parker,

Tonawanda Seneca (2nd); Loreen

Printup, Tuscarora (3rd)

Gold Age Men (50+ yrs): Orville

Greene, Tuscarora (1st)

2015 BEN CUSICK MEMORIAL

HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT:

1st place: Randy Ground, Seneca and Pat

Spruce, Seneca

2nd place: Robert Leighton, Tuscarora

and Scotty Patterson, Seneca

2015 TUSCARORA 10K RACE

(146 runners):

1. Corey Brown (Tonawanda, NY)

2. Joseph Moberg (Wilson, NY)

3. Sean Squire (Grand Island, NY)

4. Joseph Norris (Tonawanda, NY)

5. Denver Strong (North Tonawanda,

NY)

6. Matthew West (Niagara Falls, ON)

7. Michael Mertens (Farmington, NY)

8. Glenn Laderer (North Tonawanda,

NY)

9. Matthew Kofahl (Ransomville, NY)

10. Nathan Roberts (North Tonawanda,

NY)

11. Tristan Guthrie (Wilson, NY)

12. Matthew Parham (Buffalo, NY)

13. Michael Schmidt (Sanborn, NY)

14. Joe Halter (West Seneca, NY)

15. Melissa Squire (Grand Island, NY)

2015 TUSCARORA 2.5 MILE

FUN RUN (66 participants):

1. Kimberlee Dunlop (Amherst, NY)

2. Monika Goss (Oil City, PA)

3. Matthew Varley (Cleveland, OH)

4. Jamie Critelli (Getsville, NY)

5. Holly Arrison (Clarence, NY)

6. Connor Green (Sanborn, NY)

7. Alexandra Weinholtz (Lewiston, NY)

8. Tina Drumm (Tonawanda, NY)

9. Stefanie Paroulek (Lewiston, NY)

10. Elias Wigle (Potomac, MD)

11. Vernon Jacobs (Lewiston, NY)

12. Corrin Pudlewski (Cheektowaga,

NY)

13. Trevor Croff (Niagara Falls, NY)

14. Christine Williams (Lewiston, NY)

15. Briauna Mancuso (V. Beach, VA)

WOMENS SOFTBALL GAME:

Young Ones beat the Old Ones by 1

Young Ones Team: Clorissa Yellow,

Billie Jacobs, Allison Rickard, Dakota

Jacobs, Yvonne Rice, Eryn Hill, Savanah

Fauzey, Kristiana Ferguson, Marteen

Crogan, Iris Curtis,

Old Ones Team: Heidi Henry, Angela

Jonathan, Tina Crogan, Suzie Fauzey,

Kara Cross, Anita Ferguson, Elena

Patterson, Julia Mt. Pleasant, Twila

Pleasant, and Tess Printup.


C ars and trucks account for

nearly 1/5 of all the emissions

that are caused by the United States,

emitting 24 pounds of Co2 (carbon

dioxide gas) and other green house

gases for every gallon of gas used.

5lbs from the extraction, production

and delivery of the fuel, while the

bulk of the heat-trapping emissions -

more than 19 pounds per gallon

burned - comes right out of the tail

pipe of the car/truck. However, we

don’t have to be limited to nor

continue the pollution of the air that

we breathe by having to rely on gas

and diesel fueled vehicles, there are

many alternate ways to help reduce

the carbon foot print that we are

responsible for making.

One of the new up and coming ideas

is an electric bike, not just any

electric bike, this bike is a reversed

tricycle with an egg shaped pod that

protects the rider(s) from the

elements.

The ELF, which stands for Electric

Light Fun, is a solar and man

powered hybrid bike that emits no

green house gas emissions that are

harmful to the environment. The ELF

is a creation thought up by a man

named Rob Cotter. He wanted to

make something that could be an

alternative as a vehicle to both

benefit the environment and the

health of the people living in it. The

ELF is powered by Lithium batteries

that are charged by the solar panels

on top of the bike’s pod or can plug

into an ordinary house outlet. It can

also be pedaled making the battery

life last a little longer and can double

as good exercise too. The ELF can go

up to 30 mph when using the battery

power system and pedaling at the

same time. It has signal lights, break

lights and headlights so the ELF

could be used at night as well as on

the road. Although the ELF is using

solar technology and electrical power

to charge the battery, it has little

maintenance more than the average

bike.

The ELF can also be made to fit more

than one passenger at a time

comfortably, as well as have small

storage space to carry groceries or

other items. The Body design is made

without doors so that the rider is still

comfortably protected from the

elements but has the freedom that

you feel when on a nice bike ride.

The ELF is a step taken in

technology to help save the

environment and keep it a greener

happier place to live.

Tuscarora Nation Book Monies Grant is for enrolled Tuscarora attending college,

university, trade schools or vocational programs. The money awarded is intended

for books and/or supplies. In return, your clanmother may call upon you to help at

Tuscarora events for the betterment of our people.

Amount Awarded: Full time student - $250/semester

Part time student - $125/semester

Trade/vocational student - $250/semester

Students attending colleges that run on a trimester or quarters will be provided

with two grants for the academic year. Awards have a ceiling at $2,000 over the

course of the applicant/s lifetime.

Guidelines and eligibility requirements are available on the application, which are

available at the TEP office or online at our TEP website,

www.tuscaroraenvironment.org. Applications are due by Monday August

3rd. For more information contact Jodi Patterson or Jamie Gilbert.

By Angus Fischer


T his summer we welcome 3 student interns

to our office. They’re part of the Plum Pox

Virus Inventory, Invasive Insects project and

the Healthy Forests Walks Initiative. In

addition they tend to our new squash garden

and the habitat restoration program.

Osias Fischer, Beaver clan. Senior,

Niagara Wheatfield High School.

Brad Thomas, Snipe clan. Senior,

Canisius College.

Angus Fischer, Beaver clan.

Senior, NCCC.

I f you are still interested in

applying for the NYPA Tuscarora

Scholarship you have until Friday,

August 14, 2015 to submit your

application. The program has an

additional scholarship to hand out

before the Fall 2015 school year

starts.

The Scholarship is a result of the

Relicensing Agreement between the

NY Power Authority and the

Tuscarora Nation for the duration of

the agreement, which is

approximately 50 years.

The program will currently provide

for the upcoming academic year,

2015-2016, one (1) additional

undergraduate full tuition

scholarships to Tuscarora

matriculating at any community

college or university within the State

University of New York (SUNY)

School system. The student shall

receive tuition only for the fall and

spring semesters for up to four (4)

years.

To be eligible for the Tuscarora

Scholarship the student must:

1) attend a SUNY school as a

matriculating student;

2) attend each semester as a full-

time student;

3) Be enrolled at Tuscarora.

Please check out the application for

additional eligibility requirements

and additional material required for

submission.

The complete applications are due to

the Tuscarora Environment Office,

4pm, Friday, August 14, 2015. You

can mail or drop them off to the

Office.

You can find copies of the

applications at the School’s front

office, TEP office, Jamie Gilbert/

NWSHS, or online at

www.tuscaroraenvironment.org.

Skaru:rèØ Monthly Tuscarora Environment Office 5226E Walmore Road Tuscarora Nation Lewiston, NY 14092

Skaru:rèØ Resident

Did You Know . . .

In the U.S. more than 11.1 million

tons of textiles end up in landfills

each year. This averages to about

70 pounds of clothing, linen and

other textiles per citizen. Textiles

account for 5% of municipal waste,

because only about 15^ of them are

recycled - compared with 72% of

newspapers and 50% of soda cans.

Consumers should consider buying

fewer but higher-quality items that will last longer, noting the average

American buys at least twice as many pieces of clothing as 20 years ago.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/02/

The Dragonfly called the Globeskinner has

the longest migration of any insect - 11,000

miles back and forth across the Indian

Ocean. Dragonflies, in their larval stage,

which can last up to two years, are aquatic

and eat just about anything - tadpoles,

mosquitoes, fish, other insect larvae and

even each other. At the end of its larvae

stage, the dragonfly crawls out of the water, then its exoskeleton cracks open

and releases the insect’s abdomen, which had been packed in like a

telescope. Its four wings come out, and they dry and harden over the next

several hours to days. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/

The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service established the

National Eagle Repository (Repository) in the early

1970s. The Repository, a one of a kind facility, is

operated and managed by the Office of Law

Enforcement, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and is

located at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National

Wildlife Refuge, Denver, CO. It’s purpose is to

provide a central location for the receipt, storage

and distribution of bald and golden eagles found

dead and their parts throughout the U.S. The eagles,

and their parts, are shipped to Native Americans and

Alaskan Natives enrolled in federally recognized

tribes for use in Indian religious ceremonies.

www.fws.gov/eaglerepository/

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