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To Announcements Regarding

Declining Water Levels At Lakes

Powell And Mead

(PARKER, ARIZ.) The Bureau of Reclamation announced on August

16 that Lakes Powell and Mead are continuing to decline, and the

Lower Basin will be in a Tier 2 shortage below elevation 1050 in 2023.

As Commissioner Touton said, all of us must work together as partners to protect the Colorado River.

The Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) is in discussions to make

water available for system conservation in 2023 and have provided

Reclamation and Arizona with our fallowing plan. CRIT is also developing a multiyear farming and fallowing plan that includes additional

conservation measures to be implemented in 2023 and many years

after.

CRIT appreciates the efforts of Senator Sinema to obtain additional

funding for conservation in the Inflation Reduction Act, the actions of

Congressman Grijalva to pass the CRIT Water Resiliency Act in the

House, and Senator Kelly’s continuing effort to push for enactment of

the CRIT Resiliency Act in the Senate. These actions will permit CRIT

to increase its water conservation on the reservation and to be able to

make more water available for off-reservation use, increasing the

water resiliency for others in the State of Arizona.

After listening to the Reclamation briefing, Cheirweniatt Flores commented, “We recognize that the decades-long drought has reduced the

water availability for all of us in the Basin. We continue to conserve

water and develop ways to use less water as we adjust to higher temperatures, more wind, and less precipitation. Our ancestors lived

through droughts and floods before the settlers arrived and built the

dams on the Colorado River. We are a resilient people at CRIT and

bring this attitude to how we live and our efforts to protect the life of

the River that is our namesake.”

CRIT has fallowed land since 2016 for system conservation and has

contributed over 200,000 acre-feet to Lake Mead, raising its elevation

by more than three feet, and plans to increase its annual contribution

in 2023.

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Announces Actions

to Protect Colorado

River System, Sets

2023 Operating

Conditions for Lake

Powell and Lake

Mead 8/16/2022

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Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Contact: Interior Press@ios.doi.gov

WASHINGTON — As the

worsening drought crisis con-

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across the West, the

Department of the Interior

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action to improve and protect the long-term sustainability of the Colorado River

System, including commitments for continued engagement with impacted states and

Tribes. The Bureau of Reclamation also released the Colorado River Basin August

2022 24-Month Study, which sets the annual operations for Lake Powell and Lake

Mead in 2023 in light of critically low reservoir conditions.

Prolonged drought and low runoff conditions accelerated by climate change have

led to historically low water levels in Lakes Powell and Mead. Over the last two

decades, Department leaders have engaged with Colorado River Basin partners on

various drought response operations. However, given that water levels continue to

decline, additional action is needed to protect the System.

In addition to the actions being announced today, the Biden-Harris administration is

making unprecedented investments in drought resilience and water management.

President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law makes a historic $8.3 billion investment to address water and drought challenges and invest in our nation’s western

water and power infrastructure, while rebuilding our existing projects to withstand

a changing hydrology. Additionally, the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act

includes $4 billion in funding specifically for water management and conservation

efforts in the Colorado River Basin and other areas experiencing similar levels of

drought.

“The worsening drought crisis impacting the Colorado River Basin is driven by the

effects of climate change, including extreme heat and low precipitation. In turn,

severe drought conditions exacerbate wildfire risk and ecosystems disruption,

increasing the stress on communities and our landscapes,” said Deputy Secretary

Tommy Beaudreau. “The Biden-Harris administration is taking an all-of-government approach to mitigating the drought, and the Interior Department is committed

to using every resource available to conserve water and ensure that irrigators, Tribes

and adjoining communities receive adequate assistance and support to build

resilient communities and protect our water supplies.”

“Every sector in every state has a responsibility to ensure that water is used with

maximum efficiency. In order to avoid a catastrophic collapse of the Colorado River

System and a future of uncertainty and conflict, water use in the Basin must be

reduced,” said Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo. “The

Interior Department is employing prompt and responsive actions and investments

to ensure the entire Colorado River Basin can function and support all who rely on

it. We are grateful for the hardworking public servants who have dedicated their

lives to this work, and who are passionate about the long-term sustainability of Basin

states, Tribes, and communities.”

“The solution to our challenges relies on the bedrock of a century of collaboration

and partnership in the Colorado River Basin. But as water stewards, it is our responsibility to protect the system and the millions of Americans who depend on it. Today,

Reclamation starts the process on actions we can take to deliver on those responsibilities,” said Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton.

“Reclamation remains fully committed to working in a consensus manner across the

Upper and Lower Basins, with Tribes, and with the country of Mexico. I am confident that, by working together, we can achieve meaningful change toward a sustainable future for the river that serves as the lifeblood of the American West.”

2023 Operations of Lake Powell and Lake Mead

Given the 23-year ongoing historic drought and low runoff conditions in the

Colorado River Basin, downstream releases from Glen Canyon and Hoover Dams -

which created Lakes Powell and Mead - will be reduced again in 2023 due to declining reservoir levels. In the Lower Basin, the reductions represent the second year of

additional shortage declarations, demonstrating the severity of the drought and critically low reservoir conditions.

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The key determinations from the August 2022 24-Month Study include:

¢ Lake Powell will operate in the Lower Elevation Balancing Tier in water year 2023

(Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023). The 24-Month Study projects Lake Powell’s Jan.

1, 2023, water surface elevation to be 3,521.84 feet - 178 feet below full pool (3,700

feet) and 32 feet above minimum power pool (3,490 feet). The August 24-Month

Study projects that Lake Powell will likely release 7 million acre-feet in water year

2023 with the potential for Powell releases to range between 7 to 9.5 maf during

water year 2023, depending on hydrologic conditions, as Lake Powell and Lake

Mead balance storage contents under the Lower Elevation Balancing Tier.

¢The Department will evaluate hydrologic conditions in April 2023 and will implement the Interim Guidelines Section 7.D by limiting water year 2023 releases (with a

minimum of 7.0 maf) to protect Lake Powell from declining below 3,525 feet at the

end of December 2023.

*Lake Mead will operate in its first-ever Level 2a Shortage Condition in calendar

year 2023 (Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023). The August 24-Month Study projects

Lake Mead’s Jan. 1, 2023, operating determination elevation to be 1,047.61 feet,

which is calculated by taking Lake Mead’s projected end of calendar year 2022 physical elevation (1,040.78 feet) and adding the 480,000 acre-feet of water held back in

Lake Powell to Lake Mead’s capacity to maintain operational neutrality. The projected elevation of 1,047.61 feet reflects a Level 2a Shortage Condition, within the DCP

elevation band of 1,045 and 1,050 feet, with required shortage reductions and water

savings contribution for the Lower Basin States and Mexico, pursuant to Minute 323,

as follows:

+ Arizona: 592,000 acre-feet, which is approximately 21% of the state’s annual apportionment. *Nevada: 25,000 acre-feet, which is 8% of the state’s annual apportionment. * Mexico: 104,000 acre-feet, which is approximately 7% of the country’s annual

allotment. *There is no required water savings contribution for California in 2023

under this operating condition.

In May 2022, drought operations to protect Lake Powell were implemented under

the Upper Basin Drought Response Operations Agreement, and Glen Canyon Dam

releases were reduced under the 2007 Interim Guidelines, which together provided

approximately 1 million acre-feet of additional water to help protect water levels at

Lake Powell. Building on these important responsive actions, Reclamation will begin

efforts to modify low reservoir operations at both Lake Powell and Lake Mead to be

prepared to reduce releases from these reservoirs in 2024 to address continued

drought and low runoff conditions in the Basin.

Reclamation will continue to implement the applicable provisions of the 2007 Colorado

River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and coordinated operations for both

reservoirs: Minute 323 to the 1944 U.S. Mexico Water Treaty; and the 2019 Drought

Contingency Plans.

Call for Basin-Wide Conservation

In recent months, Reclamation has shared updated information documenting the increasing risks that will continue to impact Lake Powell and Lake Mead. Reclamation’s

“Protection Volume Analysis” details that, depending on future snowpack and runoff, a

range of actions will be needed to stabilize elevations at Lake Powell and Lake Mead over

the next four years (2023-2026). The analysis shows, depending on Lake Powell's inflow,

that the additional water or conservation needed ranges from 600,000 acre-feet to 4.2 maf

annually.

In June 2022, Commissioner Touton testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy

and Natural Resources and called on water users across the Basin to take actions to prevent the reservoirs from falling to critically low elevations that would threaten water

deliveries and power production. Reclamation is using the best available science and

actively collaborating with water users across the Basin to determine the best ways to

meet this increased conservation need.

Accordingly, in addition to undertaking preliminary work to develop the post-2026

strategies and operations, as several reservoir and water management decision documents expire at the end of 2026, Reclamation will immediately initiate a number of

administrative actions in the Basin.

In the Upper Basin, Reclamation will: *Take administrative actions needed to authorize

a reduction of Glen Canyon Dam releases below 7 million acre-feet per year, if needed,

to protect critical infrastructure at Glen Canyon Dam. * Accelerate ongoing maintenance

actions and studies to determine and enhance projected reliability of the use of the river

outlet works, commonly referred to as the bypass tubes, at Glen Canyon Dam for extended periods. *Support technical studies to ascertain if physical modifications can be made

to Glen Canyon Dam to allow water to be pumped or released from below currently

identified critical and dead pool elevations. *Continue to work with the Basin states,

Basin Tribes, stakeholders and partners to be prepared to implement additional substantial releases from Upper Basin Reservoirs to help enhance reservoir elevations at Lake

Powell under the Drought Contingency Plan’s Drought Response Operations

Agreement. *Invest in system conservation and voluntary agreements. *Consider other

operational actions to establish flexibility in Upper Basin operations at Reclamation facilities.

In the Lower Basin, Reclamation will: *Take administrative actions needed to further

define reservoir operations at Lake Mead, including shortage operations at elevations

below 1,025 feet to reduce the risk of Lake Mead declining to critically low elevations.

Prioritize and prepare for additional administrative initiatives that would ensure maximum efficient and beneficial use of urban and agricultural water, and address evaporation, seepage and other system losses in the Lower Basin. * Support technical studies to

ascertain if physical modifications can be made to Hoover Dam to allow water to be

pumped/released from elevations below currently identified dead pool elevations.

«Invest in system conservation and voluntary agreements. *Consider other operational

actions to establish flexibility in Lower Basin operations at Reclamation facilities.

The Department's approach will continue to seek consensus support and will be based

on a continued commitment to engage with partners across the Basin states, Tribes and

the country of Mexico to ensure all communities that rely on the Colorado River will provide contributions toward the solutions.

CRIT attends Native American

Journalist Association National

Native Media Conference

(PHOENIX) — The Native American Journalists Association this past weekend hosted the National Native Media Conference at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix. Special

events and programs were also hosted at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism

and Mass Communication at Arizona State University which included an Associated

Press Panel on Tribal Water Rights.

CRIT Chairwoman Amelia Flores and CRIT Attorney General Rebecca Loudbear

addressed an Associated Press Panel on Tribal Water Rights on August 26, 2022.

Their message to this distinguished group of journalists was that CRIT’s water rights

represent a battle to expand sovereignty over their natural resources.

The Native American Journalists Association facilitated conference room program

sessions such as the one Chairwoman Flores attended, as well as program sessions

about best practices in indigenous media, training and workshops to support and

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enhance the knowledge and skills of native media directors and journalists. The conference program featured Indigenous media professional development and

addressed evolving COVID-19 coverage and best practices through training and

workshops to support native journalists covering indigenous communities.

According to their conference mission: NAJA, now based on the campus of the

University of Oklahoma in Norman, has a unique and challenging mission. Its primary goal is to lift up Native voices in all platforms of media, and work with our colleagues across the media industry to ensure accurate and contextual reporting about

Native people and communities. The work of the association addresses Native

media and encompasses a wide range of issues affecting the survival and the development of Native journalists and tribal media.

Native leaders have been long aware of the importance of the media to Native communities. Since the establishment of The Cherokee Phoenix, the nation’s first bilingual Native newspaper first published 1828, there have been continuous efforts by

tribal people to address the news and information needs of Native communities.

Only in recent times, with the advent of modern communications technology, have

the Native media progressed from a local and regional focus to a national and international scope to meet the communication needs of Native people. Out of this history came the influences, philosophy and unique Native experience that gave rise to

the Native American Journalists Association.

When a conference embraces cultural diversity locally, it leads as an example that

goes far beyond recognizing and tolerating cultural differences in the Indigenous

and non-Indigenous communities and within our Indigenous people - it calls for

respect for diversity. It shows a commitment to communicating and encouraging

relationships with people from all cultures. Congratulations to the Pee Poshy Bird

Singers and Dancers. They provided the entertainment for the 2022 National Native

Media Conference opening reception. (CRIT MMsgr./ Mike Scerbo-Facebook Post)

CRIT is actively seeking

alternative water conservation

solutions to flooding irrigation

(CRIT FARMS, COLORADO RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION) —-On Friday, September 2, 2022,

CRIT Media was on-site for a presentation by N-Drip - a micro irrigation solutions

company.CRIT Farms General Manager Joshua Moore told CRIT Media that CRIT

Farms has engaged with a partner called N-Drip to utilize a gravity micro-drip irrigation product on various cotton crops. He explained that a typical yield of cotton

would consume roughly 8.5-9 acre-feet of water in a year per acre.

The N-Drip system utilizes drip technology and only uses water when and where the

plant needs it. This type of precise irrigation reduces consumptive use by approximately 48%.

Moore pointed out that the field of cotton on display has used

less than four acre-feet of water to date, and it would have used

8 or 9 using previous methods - a significant water saving. He

continued to explain that a USDA grant covers the cost of installation on CRIT Farms and that the system will hopefully expand

by 1600 acres to other area farms.

Currently, CRIT has 600 acres of micro irrigation installed.More

information on this exciting new technology will be in a Special CRIT Farms edition in the next Manataba Messenger. Photo left: CRIT Chairwoman Amelia

Flores, Vice-Chairman Dwight Lomayesva, and Councilman Bobby Page, both farmers, were on-site to

witness the N-Drip presentation and share their support for this new and efficient technology. Photo right:

CRIT Farms Manager Josh Moore. (Photos FB post written by: Dusty Wooddell for CRIT Media).

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The U.S. Department of Transportation has set aside $25 million to

help reconstruct Mohave Road on the CRIT Reservation

(CRIT Reservation) — The Colorado River Indian Tribes has been awarded $25 million to help rebuild Mohave Road on the CRIT Reservation. Chairwoman Amelia Flores

joined City, State, and Tribal dignitaries for a press conference where U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigiegand and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego

announced the funding on Aug. 11 at the Rio Salado Audubon Center.

The funding is a result of the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant that the CRIT Planning Department submitted as part of

the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This funding will reconstruct Mohave Road from State Route 95 south to Agnes Wilson Road for a length of approximately 10.5 miles

(from milepost 39.4 to 28.9), including asphalt pavement and shoulders, intersection turn lane improvements, street lighting, signage, striping and construction administration costs.

Across Indian Country, tribal members are demanding clean air and water, broader choices in housing and transportation, and a louder voice in the future of their communities. The CRIT Planning Department is responsible for ensuring effective long-term management of CRIT resources by applying comprehensive planning strategies,

coordination, and infrastructure development, including planning, programming, engineering and design, construction, and more. Thank you to the CRIT Planning department’s commitment to seek funding to deliver projects and infrastructure for our tribal membership and help make our lives better. The CRIT Planning department is led

by CRIT Planning Director Mr. Marty Pretends Eagle with Assistant CRIT Planner Jesse Garza. Photos of the event provided by Mike Scerbo.

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Tyson Wash Bridge opens

during the "most destructive

in decades" monsoon season

(SOUTHERN BOUNDARY CRIT RESERVATION)-The

monsoon season 2022 kicked off on June 15th, and it won't

be officially over until September 30th, meaning we still

have a month to go. According to the National Weather

Service data, this year's monsoon-fueled storms are considered a once in every 2 to 10-year event. So far this year,

Arizona's largest utility provider SRP is calling it the most

destructive in decades due to their data already collected,

which shows over double the average flash flood warnings issued this season and over 467 flood reports so far

this year.

The Manataba Messenger (MMsgr) interviewed the

Colorado River Indian Tribe's on-call engineer Elisabeth

Whitlock (EW), an independent third-party engineer that

has been working with the tribe for over seven years. She

has overseen the work on the new Tyson Wash bridge.

MMsgr: What year did the Tyson Bridge project start?

EW: This project started in February 2021; it took about a

year and a half.

MMssgr: Did everything go smoothly?

EW: There were some hiccups things did not go as

smoothly; in terms of when we were drilling the piers, if

you notice the columns underneath these abutments, we

had a couple of holes collapse. They go down 117 feet. We

had to fill it all back in and redo it. MMsgr: How much

concrete is poured here?

EW: Approximately 500 cubic yards of concrete were

poured for this project.

MMssgr: How long is this bridge?

EW: The bridge measures over 600 feet long. Its 6 - 100

foot concrete spans.

MMssgr: What is the total cost of this project, and what is

the name of the construction company that is completing

the work?

EW: The cost of this project was 8.6 million dollars. I have

collaborated with the company that built the bridge,

Technology Construction, from Prescott, Arizona.

MMssgr: With today being the bridge's opening, does that

mean the project is complete?

EW: No. After the road is cleared, the barriers will be

removed, signs will be changed, and it's officially open.

There is still about a month left of work to be done. The

detour road will need to be obliterated, and rock work and

an erosion check will be completed. Once the detour road

obliteration is acceptable to us, we will close the gap with

the rail bank and cut the channel through the middle; once

the channel is completed, the project will be closed. This

should all take another month, and the progression of this

work has been expected. By the end of August, all the

work will be completed, taking a total of one year and six

months are the total projects.

MMsgr: What's next for the tribe? Do we have more projects coming?

EW: Two more bridges are funded, so future projects are

coming. Mohave road, just south of Little road, the Main

canal bridge is one of the projects. The second one is on

Peterson Road at the Main drain canal on Peterson at the

canal.

MMsgr: How were those two chosen as the next projects?

EW: The funding is already here. The Bureau of Indian

Affairs does inspections annually, which were found to be

structurally deficient. Eight more have been found structurally deficient; funding is coming in this year for 6 of

them.

The next one starting in September is 3.5 miles on 11th

Avenue from Agnes Wilson to Indian School, and then a

second project along Indian School from 11th to 9th - a

total reconstruction of the road for both projects.

The next project is a new left and right turn lane on

Mohave Road at Indian School. Mohave road will have

two lanes open during construction so that no rerouting

will be necessary.

MMsgr: How will all these projects be funded?

EW: The federal highway administration is providing the

funding for these projects through the Bureau of Indian

Affairs out of the western regional office in Phoenix to the

Tribal Transportation Program.

CRIT has a road program agreement with the Bureau. The

tribe gets money annually through a funding formula, so

we automatically get yearly funds.

MMssgr: In closing, Elisabeth added that she works closely

with the CRIT Planning Department, the CRIT

Accounting office, and the CRIT Attorney General's office

to complete this and future infrastructure work for the

reservation.

The recent flooding of the

bridge addressed:

After a giant monsoon storm on the Southern boundary, it

was reported on CRIT Media that the Tyson Wash bridge

was flooded with photos.

The MMsgr. contacted the CRIT Planning Department,

and the following information was released:

The recent flooding of the Tyson Wash bridge was due to

no fault of the construction company nor any party that

participated in the construction of the new bridge. The

construction contractor is only responsible for a specific

area around the bridge (easement) , and the work was cor-

rectly completed. The issues that created the flooding

were created by overgrown brush west of the bridge, and

CRIT is working to correct the problem as soon as possi-

ble.

ADOT | Arizona Department

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State Route 95: Chemehuevi Avenue

to Beacon Road Pavement

Preservation Project

Overview

The Arizona Department of Transportation and

the Federal Highway Administration is initiating a project to improve pavement conditions

along State Route 95, north of Parker. The project will remove and replace pavement, replace

loop detectors and the existing pavement markings, and complete other miscellaneous work.

Project Area

The project is on State Route 95, north of Parker

in La Paz County. Construction will occur

between Chemehuevi Avenue (milepost 144)

and Beacon Road (milepost 148) within the

Colorado River Indian Tribe limits.

What to Expect

Construction is scheduled to begin in late summer 2022 and continue through fall 2022.Drivers

should expect possible delays throughout the

project and should consider alternate routes.

Work is scheduled to occur from 6 a.m. to5 p.m.,

Mondays through Fridays.

Stay Informed

Schedules are subject to change based on weather and other unforeseen factors. For more information, please call the ADOT Project

Information Line: 855.712.8530. Thank you.

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CRIT Community

Awareness flyer's goal

benefits everyone

(COLORADO RIVER INDIAN TRIBES HOME-

LAND)—Everyone would agree these are uncertain

times brought on by coping and dealing with a disease

that has permanently altered our lives and lifestyles,

maybe forever. We are also faced with a U.S. economic

situation that has created an urgent, growing demand

for services.

The CRIT Community Awareness flyer initiative was

started this summer by CRIT Tribal Councilwoman

Jaymee Moore as a result of listening to the tribal membership and their demand for more information and

participation in their government and community.

Born from the listening session of the People's Meeting,

the implementation of this community awareness flyer

identified and accomplished the following goals: to

wake up potential community supporters that never

before listened to or participated in their community,

the community member not yet met. To put tribal government and its service notices front and center in the

middle of the community infrastructure, like notices

from the EPA, missing person flyers, and social services, alongside valuable departments already in place.

Also, this community awareness initiative aims to activate conversations about the vital and transformative

role that government and services play and their real

value to the community.Change is inevitable, and for

CRIT to continue and progress ~-change must be

embraced, and change requires new bolder acts; it

requires more courageous conversations aimed at the

segment of our communities who have the potential to

see the tribal government and its departments and

services as a source of transformation, not simply as a

source of information.

We are unique! Our membership represents a diverse

demographic, but simply considering a demographic is

no longer sufficient. We must look at life stages and create messages to match our tribal member's needs.

Communication support is an attitude, not a demographic. Therefore, this work is a community-based

educational effort, not a "campaign."We must look to

the future and discover and remove the boundaries

that prevent our people from being reached; we must

be confident that word is getting to our remote loca-

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tions, our housing communities, yes, even to our tribal

council, our schools, our departments, and our enterprises, because without communication there is no relationship and without a relationship, there is no success

for us as a nation.

Tribal Councilwoman Jaymee Moore's initial goal was

simple. Educating and raising public awareness. "This

is going on; here is the application; here is the information; mark your calendar, and don't miss it." Increasing

the community members' knowledge of what is happening around them in real-time, growing community

involvement, and assisting in this manner are what

make CRIT successful. What may seem like a small

step must not be discounted. CRIT has repeatedly

proven that great things can happen through small

acts, and people have already shown gratitude.

Community Awareness Flyer stations can be found

inside the CRIT Tribal Council chambers during the

monthly Saturday meeting as well as at the entrance to

the Administration building.

The primary flyer, which includes a working QR code,

tells you what is coming up and what information is

available. If you choose to participate, you can take a

meeting notice with you, copies will be provided, or

you can take an application to join, for example, the

boards and committees that shape your government's

decisions. The power is in your hands. Tribal members

can prepare, attend, and actively participate in realtime processes shaping their lives. This is vital in terms

of inclusion and primarily assists the non-social media

user, the older adults, and even the younger generations working and busy with their families.

The primary flyer will be advertised monthly on the

newly formed CRIT Media social media platform and

the printed publication of the Manataba Messenger, all

working to serve the members better with good comprehensive information.

A tribal government that considers its people its most

valuable resource must intentionally target the underserved community members. They still struggle with

various communication barriers like no internet service, isolation due to rurality, or with no means to download and print documents off the internet.The tribal

member with these challenges must be pursued and

not given up on. And our philosophy has always been

about never giving up and never taking the easy road,

and our past leaders and their accomplishments are testimony to that. CRIT is known for being relentless in

the goals we set for ourselves as a tribe; as challenging

as they are, we don't settle. The spirit of Native

COLORADO RIVER INDIAN TRIBES

MESSAGING AND ALERT SYSTEM

Dear Community Members,

The Colorado River Indian Tribes wants you and your family to

be informed of community information and activities.

Information is key and we strongly encourage you to sign up to

receive up to date text message alerts directly from the

Colorado River Indian Tribes.

Registering for alerts is easy. Simply text join info to 30890 and

you will automatically receive new updates when available.

The system will reply with an acknowledgement that you have

joined the group.

TEXT

JOIN INFO TO 30890

TO SIGN UP FOR TEXT ALERTS

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CHEMEHUEV! INDIAN DAYS FLYER

FORT MOJAVE INDIAN DAYS FLYER

American Days and the large number of people that

came together quickly is proof of that. If things are not

going our way, we mix the bow! until they do.

Although all relationships can get a little disconnected

in our communities, work-related settings, and families, it happens, but what should you do when that happens? You try harder, right? You don't talk about it;

you take action to remedy it because you care, and it

matters. We must anxiously do all we can because

future generations are counting on us, those here and

watching, the not yet born, and the sovereign government and strong community that we leave them with

are all that matters. -CRIT MMsgr.

For more information you may contact

CRIT Tribal Councilwoman Jaymee

Moore at at Jaymee.Moore@crit-nsn.gov

ATTENTION CRIT TRIBAL MEMBERS

Nr Tribal Board/Committee/Commission Vacancies

Applications may be picked up at the Tribal Executive Offices or onli

crit-nsn.gov for the following:

APPLY TODAY

HEALTH BOARD

2 Full Terms ~ Expiring 12/31/2023

LIQUOR BOARD

2- Full Terms ~ Expiring 12/31/2023

1-Full Term—Expiring 1231/2022

1~ Alternate Expiring 12/

1 — Full Term Expiring 12/31/2022

1—Full Term Expiring 12/31/2023

1 = Full Term Expi

1 - Full Term Expiring 12/31/2024

ETHICS REVIEW BOARD

3. Full Term — Expiring 12/31/2023

Children’s Residential Center Advisory BOARD

1 = Term Undetermined Medical Professional

OPEN UNTIL FILLED

COLORADO RIVER INDIAN TRIBES

26600 Mohave Road, Parker, Arizona 85344Telephone (928)669-1219

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for C.R.LT. Tribal Members.

Enrollment Department

26600 Mohave Road,

Parker, AZ, 85344

(928) 669-1240 Phone

(928) 669-1236 Fax

As of September 1, 2022, the

Colorado River Indian Tribal

membership count is: 4,566.

OUR STAFF:

Enrollment Officer: Rochelle Booth,

rochelle.booth@crit-nsn.gov

Assistant Enrollment Officer: Nikari

Nez, nikari.nez@crit-nsn.gov

Enrollment Secretary: Jessica

Martin, jessica.martin@crit-nsn.gov

UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

The Enrollment Office makes continued efforts to update current

tribal membership records. Each

Tribal Member's file records must

be accurate and up to date.

Please notify the Enrollment office

of any changes in your address,

phone number, or name due to

marriage or divorce.

BIRTHS:

If you or someone in your family is

pregnant or has recently had a

baby, please notify our office to

begin the enrollment process. Due

to the many changes implemented

in the various tribal and government programs, tribal membership

must be established for your newborns to protect their right of eligibility for services within our government.

COURT DOCUMENTS FOR

ESTABLISHING PATERNITY:

Each year children are born to

unmarried parents. Like all children,

those born to unmarried parents

deserve to know their identity or culture.

If you are not married, even though

the father's name is stated on the

birth certificate, you must present a

court document establishing paternity.

It is imperative to your child that the

father's Indian blood be documented

so that your child and their children

are eligible for future membership.

You may seek assistance from the

Colorado River Indian Tribes Legal

Aid Department in establishing

paternity through the CRIT Tribal

Courts at (928) 669-1268.

ENROLLMENT APPLICATIONS:

Applications for Enrollment can be

obtained by calling the Enrollment

Department, requesting in writing at

the address above, or may be

downloaded at www.critnsn.gov/crit enrollment. All questions on the application must be

completed in their entirety.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR

ENROLLMENT ARE:

ORIGINAL STATE CERTIFIED BIRTH

CERTIFICATE:

The applicant's certified birth certificate must be submitted to the

Enrollment Office. NOTE: Hospital

lives birth certificates, Baptism certificates, notarized affidavits, and

copies of birth certificates will not be

processed without the applicant's

original state-certified birth certificate.

SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS:

An original social security card is

required.

MARRIAGE LICENSE:

A copy of a marriage license is

required if the parents were married

before the child's birth.

COURT DOCUMENT

OF PATERNITY:

A court document establishing

paternity will be required if the parents were not legally married before

the child's birth.

CERTIFICATE OF

INDIAN BLOOD (CIB):

A Certificate of Indian Blood is

required if one of the applicant's parents is enrolled in a federally recognized tribe other than the Colorado

River Indian Tribes. This ensures all

Indian blood is calculated towards

the applicant's total Indian blood

quantum.

THE REVIEWING PROCESS

All applications are submitted to the

Enrollment Committee for review

every quarter.

Quarterly meetings are held

during the last week of March, June,

September, and December. Special

meetings are scheduled as required.

WHAT WE DO

The CRIT Tribal Enrollment office is

responsible for all aspects of CRIT

Tribal membership, which include:

maintaining records of tribal members, enrolling new members, updating addresses, issuing membership

cards, processing vehicle exemptions, conducting family and ancestral research, and the issuing

Certifications of Indian Blood

for our tribal members.

NOTICES:

SEEKING ENROLLMENT

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

The Colorado River Indian Tribes is

seeking to fill the position of a

Navajo Alternate to serve on the

Enrollment Committee.

The role of Navajo Alternate will be

appointed for indefinite tenure.

The following requirements are:

—Must be an enrolled member of

the Colorado River Indian Tribes.

—Must be fifty-five (55) years of age

or older.

—Must have residency within the

boundaries of the Colorado River

Indian Reservation and continuously maintain residence

on the reservation throughout the

tenure of membership.

—Must be familiar with Tribal history, traditions, culture, and membership of the Colorado River Indian

Tribes.

Applications are now available this

position is open until filled. Call for

an appointment at (928) 669-1240.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU

Feel free to contact the office or call

us with questions about enrolling

your child or tribal enrollment

issues.

1. Transporter - DHSS Behavioral

Health Services

2. Deputy Attorney - Legal Aid

3. Assistant Public Defender - Public

Defender's Office

4. Security Officer - Running Man

Fuel Stations

5. Cashier (FT) - Running Man Fuel

Stations

6. Criminal Investigator - Law and

Order

7. Dispatch - Law and Order

8. Patrol Officer - Law and Order

9. Independent Substance Abuse

Counselor (LISAC) - DHSS

10. Community Health

Representative (CHR I) - DHSS

11. Clinical Therapist - DHSS

Behavioral Health Services

12. Secretary - DHSS Administration

13. Secretary - DHSS Social Services

14. Billing Clerk - Tribal Historic

Preservation Office (THPO)

15. Billing Clerk - CRIT Fire

Emergency Medical Technician

(EMT) - CRIT Fire

16. Paramedic - CRIT Fire

17. Fitness Specialist - DHSS

18. Moovalya Plaza Manager

19. Museum Secretary

20. Receptionist - Headstart

21. Facilities Maintenance Supervisor

- Law and Order JDC

22. Juvenile Corrections/Activities

Officer - Law and Order

23. Men's Detention Officer- Law and

Order

24, Women's Detention Officer- Law

and Order

25. Game Warden III - Fish and Game

26. Payroll Clerk II - Accounting

27. Administrative Assistant -

Revenue and Finance

28. Facilities Maintenance/Security -

Water Wheel Resort

29. Service Worker - Water Wheel

Resort

30. Cashier - Utilities

31. Maintenance Supervisor - Aha

Quin Resort

32. Compliance Officer-Revenue and

Finance

33. Gaming inspector - Tribal

Gaming Agency

34, Firefighter Station 90 - CRIT Fire

35. Administrative Assistant -

Accounting

36. Maintenance Assistant - Aha Quin

37. Service Worker - Aha Quin

38. Lead Airport Maintenance

Technician

39. Airport Maintenance Technician

40. Driver (Roll-Off) - Utilities

41. Game Warden

42. Chief Judge

43. Resort Manager - Wheeler Inn

44. General Manager- Colorado River

Building Materials

45. Building Inspector

46. Project Administrator - Ahakhav

Preserves

47. Resort Manager - Lost Lake

48. Probation Officer

49. Public Defender

50. Family Service Advocate - CRIT

Head Start

51. Teacher Assistant - CRIT Head

Start

52. Teacher - CRIT Head Start

53. Temporary Office Worker

54. Deputy Bailiff/Process Server

55. Library Technology Specialist

56. Bus Driver/Maintenance

57. Senior GIS Mapping Specialist

58. Maintenance Technician - BWRV

park

59. Security (Standby/On-call) - Blue

Water Lagoon BRDE

60. Grants and Contracts Accountant-

Accounting

61. General Manager - Sand and Rock

62. Cook - Children's Residential

Center

63. Water Worker - Utilities

64. Waste Water Worker - Utilities

65. Legal Aid Director

66. Deputy Attorney General-

Attorney General's Office

67. Meter Reader - Utilities

Go to INDEED.COM TO APPLY.

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one search. all jobs.

The following is a list of current job vacancies

as received by the CRIT Human Resources

department as of August 29, 2022, at 1:23 pm.

Questions re: qualifications, brief description

of duties, rates of pay, the application process,

closing dates, or benefits offered, you may ask

by contacting them in their office at (928) 669-

1320. A PDF FILLABLE APPLICATION CAN

BE FOUND AT WWW.CRIT-NSN.GOV.

Where did all the

workers go?

Labor shortage explained

By Nick VanWagenen

We've all experienced it. Empty store shelves, half-empty

restaurants yet still needing to wait for a table, or a business’ unexpectedly closed with a sign on the door saying

“Sorry! I had to close today. Not enough workers!”

We all sort of know what happened. COVID-19 plowed

through the planet two years ago, causing over 80 million

deaths, economic turmoil, and labor shortages. But is that

the whole story? I wanted to find out.

Twenty-six months after COVID shut down the United

States economy, we still don’t have a solid explanation

for a simple question. “Where did all the workers go?”

Some estimates say that as many as 8 million people in

the US have left the workforce since the dawn of COVID.

How did 8 million people vanish?

President of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Association of

Commerce Tim Sheehy says an aging workforce is part of

the problem. “Simply, the demographics got away from

us,” said Sheehy. “There aren’t as many workers coming

into the workforce as there are leaving. More jobs, fewer

workers.”

Timothy Smeeding is an economics professor at the

University of Wisconsin. He agrees that the older generation is outpacing the rest. “Birth rates have been flat,” he

told me. “They’ve never come back from the Great

Recession [in 2008], so fewer kids are going to school. It’s

a world in which we must be creative, open, and try new

things.”

However, none of that sounds like it has to do with

COVID-19. “You had to realize three years ago, things

were starting to get tight then, too,” said Smeeding.

Smeeding and Sheehy agree. It was there even if everyone wasn’t aware of the problem as far back as 2019.

“COVID-19 was an accelerant to what we were seeing in

a tightening job market,” said Sheehy. “It was always

going to be here.”So how did this problem manifest

itself? Sheehy says on the top end, many baby boomers

retired. Because the labor market became more favorable

to workers, those remaining improved their situations.

“They went upstream to jobs that pay more,” said

Sheehy. “It’s pulling wages up on the bottom, so people

that start at a certain job will move for another couple

bucks an hour.”

Unfortunately, Sheehy doesn’t see this problem going

anywhere anytime soon. “It’s going to get worse,” said

Sheehy. “We have more people retiring and fewer people

entering the workforce.” Good news for workers, but still

unclear what that means for the larger economy. So what

do the next five years look like?

“They look like you're sitting in the front of a car in a

driving rainstorm. It’s going to be difficult to find talent,

so companies are going to have to be good at communicating the types of jobs they have, the benefits that go

with them, and give people the flexibility to take those

jobs.”

To attract new employees during a Labor shortage:

Increase pay to be more competitive, expand your benefits package, and offer employees more flexibility.

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2022 GENERAL ELECTION SCHEDULE

| Regular Tribal Council Meeting to Certify, by Resolution, the

ction Ordinance, and Order Posting, 2022 General Election

schedule, Election Regulations, Election Budget, approve Notice of

Election and Absentee Ballot Request and Voter registration forms.

| Selection of the 2022 Election Overseer,

Saturday, ‘August 13, 21

| Friday, September 02,

Posting of Election Ordinance in the designated areas:

Tribal Administrative Center

PHS Indian Hospital

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Irataba Hall

: Parker Post Office ‘

| Notice of Election and Absentee Ballot Request and registration

forms mail-out to all Tribal Members living on/off the

__ reservation. _ es

T Special Tribal Council meeting at 1:30 p.m,, to certify the Eligible

Voter's List. Approve Official Nomination Petition and Declaration of

Candidacy Form.

| Thursday, September 08, 2022

| Monday, October 03, 2022

Resignations of Council members who are candidates for Vice~

Chairman, Tribal Chairwoman is designated to accept Resignations

and present them to Tribal Council.

| Tuesday, October 04, 2022 Posting of the Eligible Voter's List in designated areas:

Tribal Administrative Center

PHS Indian Hospital

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Irataba Hall

| Parker Post Office

Regular Tribal Council ‘meeting- Tribal Council to Declare vacant

| Tribal Council Positions.

Saturday, October 08, 2022

Petitions available for candidates at the Enrollment Department, Tribal

Administrative Center. Office hours: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Will remain

during Lunch Hour (Noon)

Petition Deadline for all candidates, Petitions are to be returned to the |

Enrollment Department by 5:00 p.m.

| Office Hours: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Will remain open during Lunch

i Hour (Noon)

Monday, October 10, 2022

Thursday, November 03, 2022

| Tuesday, November 08, 2022 | Posting Names of qualified candidates in the Tribal Administrative

| Center and the PHS Indian Hospital.

Thursday, November 10, 2022

|Pm.

‘Tuesday, November 15,2022 | Mail-out of Absentee Ballots requested by Tribal Members.

1 —_——_—__|

| Absentee Ballot requests forms by mail, fax or e-mails are due by 5:00

| Election Board meeting at 5:30 p.m.-Counting of Absentee Ballots for

| Monday, November 21, 2022

| | voting in person. Review Election Board Duties of each Position.

Eligible Tribal members may vote by Absentee by appearing at the -

C.R.LT. Gymnasium or any other designated location prior to the day

of the election. Open at 8:00 a.m, — 5:00 p.m, Open during Noon

“November 28, 2022 thru

December 02, 2022

lection Board Meeting at 6:00 p.m.-Counting of ballots and

sealing of ballot boxes.

Friday, December 02,2022

Saturday, December 03, 2022 | GENERAL ELECTION. 6:00 a.m. ~ 6:00 p.m.

POLL! LACE I- Tribal Administrative Center

POLLING PLACE II- Head Start Valley School

*ABSENTEE BALLOTS DUE by 6:00 P.M.

tion of the Election results by the Tribal Council at 9:

in the Tribal Council chambers,

Monday, December 05, 2022

| Installation of Tribal Council members at 9:00 am. inthe Tribal

[January 03, 2023

| Council Chambers,

Article V, Section 6

Article IV, Section 1

Article IV, 2

SCTION REGULATIONS

General Elections shall be held in even numbered calendar

years on the first Saturday in December.

Governing Body

The governing body of the Colorado River Indian Tribes

shall be the Colorado River Tribal Council

co és 6c. in

Aructe FV, Section 3

Article IV, Section 4

Article V. Section 1

Article V. Section 2

Amelia Flores. Chairwoman

“Dwight Lomayesva, Jr., Vice-Chairman

Johnson Fisher, Tribal Secretary

Robert “Bobby” Page,

“Terms expiring December 31, 2022

‘Chairman and Vice-Chairman, as may be deemed

necessary

Terms

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Constinution,

cach member of the Tribal Council, and the

Vice-Chairman, shall serve for a of four (4) years

from the date of his installatic ‘office. or until his

successor shall have been regularly elected and installed,

except if removed for cause as provided in Article IX.

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Article V, Section 4

Elections

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Article V, Section 5

Article V, Section 6

Article VIL, Section

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