# Volume II.17, Issue 12 (2017)

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December 2017
Volume II.17, Issue 12

Mescalero Apache Tribe

Apache Scout
A Few words from the Water Surface
Department at DRMP

Inside this issue:
Elderly Center

7

Mescalero Respon13
sible Gaming Prog.
Miss Mescalero

14

Head Start

16

Tribal Court

19

BIA—Mescalero
Agency

20

Religion

23

JAN. DEADLINE:
12/15/17 BY
NOON

Water is essential to
158, the brain and
 A vital nutrient to
all human life. Given heart are composed of
the life of every
recent and future cli- 73% water, and the
cell, acts first as a
mate challenges pro- lungs are about 83%
building material
tecting our tribal wa- water. The skin con It regulates our inter needs to be one of tains 64% water, musternal body temthe tribe’s most press- cles and kidneys are
perature by sweating issues. That being 79%, and even the
ing and respiration
said everyone should bones are watery:31%.  The carbohydrates
do their part to edu- Each day humans must
and proteins that
cate themselves on
consume a certain
our bodies use as
water and conservaamount of water to
food are metabotion. This article is to survive. Of course,
lized and transremind as many peo- this varies according
ported by water in
ple possible about the to age and gender,
the bloodstream
importance of water. and also by where
 It assists in flushing
For instance:
someone lives. Generwaste mainly
Water is of major im- ally, an adult male
through urination
portance to all living needs about 3 liters
 Acts as a shock abthings; in some organ- per day while an adult
sorber for brain,
isms, up to 90% of
female needs about
spinal cord, and fetheir body weight
2.2 liters per day.
tus
comes from water. Up Some of this water is
 forms saliva
to 60% of the human in food.
 lubricates joints
adult body is water
 Water serves a
According to H.H.
number of essential According to Dr. JefMitchell, Journal of
functions to keep us frey Utz, Neuroscience, pediatrics, AlleBiological Chemistry
all going

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gheny University, dif- make it so important keeping these areas
ferent people have
and basic to life. The clean and pristine.
different percentages cells in our bodies are The following article
of their bodies made full of water. The ex- focuses on water degup of water. Babies
cellent ability of wa- radation:
have the most, being ter to dissolve so
Water Degradation
born at about 78%. By many substances alThere are a number of
one year of age, that lows our cells to use
both short and long
amount drops to about valuable nutrients,
term effects of water
65%. In adult men,
minerals, and chemi- degradation. These
about 60% of their
cals in biological procare generally as a rebodies are water.
esses.
sult of either:
However, fat tissue
Water's
 decreased water
does not have as much "stickiness" (from surquantity (or flow),
water as lean tissue. face tension) plays a
or
In adult women, fat
part in our body's abilmakes up more of the ity to transport these  decreased water
quality
body than men, so
materials all through
they have about 55%
ourselves. The carbo- Decreased water
of their bodies made hydrates and proteins quantity results in a
of water. Thus:
that our bodies use as reduction of water
Babies and kids have
food are metabolized available for such uses
as drinking and irrigamore water (as a per- and transported by
tion. Because there is
centage) than adults. water in the bloodless water, there is
Women have less wa- stream. No less imporusually a greater contant is the ability of
ter than men (as a
centration of pollutwater to transport
percentage).
waste material out of ants and salinity in
People with more
the water. This
fatty tissue have less our bodies.
causes the quality of
When you read the
water than people
the stream bed to dewith less fatty tissue statistics water’s im- teriorate, resulting in
portance becomes
(as a percentage).
a reduced biodiversity
There just wouldn't be clearer. We have nu- of plants and animals.
any you, me, or Fido merous springs on the
reservation including Human health is at
the dog without the
risk with the degradaexistence of an ample wells, lakes, and
tion of our water supliquid water supply on streams. When consid- ply. Pathogens conering our reliance
Earth. The unique
centrated in our water
qualities and proper- upon water, we all
can cause serious
ties of water are what have to do our part in

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health problems to
both humans and animals. Higher standards
of living and longevity
are directly related to
the reduced incidence
of certain diseases.
Many of these diseases
are related to the
quality of water
(including cholera,
diphtheria and typhoid).

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Australia. It is the
process by which waters become enriched
with nutrients
(particularly nitrogen
and phosphorous).
These nutrients stimulate the growth of
aquatic flora and/or
fauna, including the
sometimes toxic bluegreen algae, resulting
in waters becoming
deoxygenated.

taste and odor of water and, in the case of
toxic blooms, can
cause death of livestock.
Factors important in
encouraging algae
growth are:


low water flow



abundant light



clear water



warmth

Liter and various garSources of nutrient in- bage can easily add an
put include sewage ef- abundance of nutrients
to our Reservation’s
fluents, irrigation
water bodies. Let’s
drains, storm-water
runoff, drains from in- take some care next
tensive livestock indus- time we’re fishing by
tries, and leaching or the banks and throw
soil loss from farmland trash in the proper reand stream banks. Su- ceptacles. In any situaperphosphate fertilizer tion help keep our waIn the event of our wa- is often singled out as ter clean and safe for
now and our future
ter supplies being de- the main sources of
graded to an unaccept- phosphorous in inland generations. After all,
it is the right thing to
able level or reduced, waters.
we need to consider
Side effects associated do.
With a reduction in
water quality comes
additional costs - the
cost of treating the
water to a standard
that is acceptable and
the cost of acquiring
alternative water if
treatment of the current water supply is
not possible.

reuse and recycling
with extensive eutrooptions. Such options phication include:
would include biologi-  decreased clarity of
cal toilets and air coolwater
ing.
 decreased diversity
Nutrient Enrichment
of aquatic plant and
(eutrophication)
animal life
Eutrophication is one
 deoxygenation of
of the major water
bottom waters
quality problems in
Alga blooms affect the

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This article has been
brought to you by the
Division of Resource
Management and Protection (DRMP) Surface
Water Department. For
any water related
questions, please call
464-4711, and ask to
talk to the water department.

Article sources:
1. U.S. Department of the
Interior | U.S. Geological SurveyURL: http://
water.usgs.gov/edu/
propertyyou.html
Page Contact Information: Howard Perlman
Page Last Modified:
Friday, 02-Dec-2016
12:52:12 EST
2. (Source: TAFE Queensland and Department
of Natural Resources
Module ASP3056: Environmental Impacts:
Issues, 1999)

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Educational and leadership moves at Mescalero
Tribal Fish Hatchery
Southwest Tribal Fisheries Commission News Summer 2017; Making a
Difference
more.

ous sizes, equaling to
over 40,000 pounds.
According to SWTFC
The fish at the hatchNews, the summer
youth program incor- ery are kept safe and
healthy by canopies
porated hands-on
teachings by the Mes- covering the racecalero staff as well as ways. With help from
The Mescalero Tribal help from various
the canopies blue herFish Hatchery was re- partners whom made ons won’t attack or
cently highlighted in
feast on the fish and
it possible for the
the Southwest Tribal youth engagement at will reduce algal
Fisheries Commission the hatchery. Assisgrowth in the raceNewsletter for their
tance was provided by ways.
outstanding youth ini- Workforce Innovation Back in July, member
tiative program and
Opportunity Act
Tribes of the SWTFC
continued expertise in (WIOA), the Leadervoted on raising the
natural resource con- ship Institute Program cost per pound of
servation this past
with Santa Fe Indian
rainbow trout from
summer.
School, Native Ameri- $2.35 to $3.06. The
The hatchery took on can Fish and Wildlife Mescalero hatchery
10 youth employees
Society, U.S. Forest
provided the market
to connect them to
Service, and the U.S. value correction to
the world of natural
Fish and Wildlife Ser- the SWTFC in order to
resource conservation. vice/Southwest Tribal maintain infrastrucThe youth were edu- Fisheries Commission ture improvements
cated on different
partnership.
and concerns to the
realms within conser- The SWTFC News also natural resource convation like basic opdrew attention to the servation profession.
eration and maintehatchery’s fish deliv- The Mescalero Tribal
nance of the hatcheries and stockings. At Hatchery continues to
ery, assessing lengths the start of the 2017 perform and uphold
and weights of trout, year, they have
skilled bio-security
stocking local lakes
stocked nearly 51,000 measures here within
and streams and much rainbow trout of vari- our community.

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Coaches
Loren Gallerito—Thomas Mendez—Jess Shendo
The Mescalero Major
ber with one of MescaLeague Football teams lero’s very own comfinished yet another
petitive team in the
thrilling season. Razor- Super Bowl.
backs and Mud Dogs
The Mescalero Mud
were two of five agDogs played a hardgressive teams on the hitting match against
field. Capitan, Carrithe Ruidoso Ducks in
zozo, and Ruidoso had the final game, better
one team each.
known as the Super
Matches began in early Bowl. Both teams
September of this year showed outstanding
and finished in Novem- athletic skills on the

field however, the Mud
Dogs were defeated.
Now that the season
has ended, some players will advance to
majors and others to
middle school for
2018. Nevertheless,
Mescalero’s young athletes will be ready for
the tackle!
Way to go Razorbacks
& Mud Dogs!

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Mescalero Drug Take Back
IHS Pharmacy Department
Do you have any unwhy!
fore the children
used or expired medi- 1. If you flush it down
and other people
cations sitting around
can get into them.
the toilet it will
your house? Stop by
mess up the sewer 3. If you no longer
the Mescalero IHS to
and water system…
need them, this is
safely dispose of
which is bad for
the best way to
them!
YOU and the envikeep your commuHmmm…but you may
ronment.
nity clean and safe
be wondering why you 2. Medications can be The medication drop
should stop by the
dangerous if not
box bin is located next
Mescalero IHS to distaken correctly so to the 1st floor elevapose of them. Here
get rid of them be- tor. Stop by anytime
are the TOP 3 reasons

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Elderly Center
Recent News
Happy Birthday to all changes.
our elders born in De- The center will have a
cember. We would
few out of town trips,
like to also wish eve- but all overnight trips
ryone in our commu- and travel will not benity a very Merry
gin until after the
Christmas and a Happy New Year. The proNew Year!
gram sets aside one

Elderly Assessments

The program would
like to inform everyone that there is a
new requirement by
the state that requires
all tribal elders receiving service from
Unless there is an un- day during our
their centers to comexpected schedule
Monthly Program Im- plete the information
change, the regular
provement Meeting to requirement in order
monthly activities will plan the extended
to allow the Mescalero
continue at the same travel and activities
elderly center to protime and date. Casino schedule. Some of
vide service. Only
Days are on Monday,
the projected travel
one person at the cenBingo on Friday, and
are All Indian Game
ter is licensed to colMovie Day in AlamoDay, New Mexico Sen- lect the information
gordo the first Friday ior Olympics, Gather- and the assessment is
of the month. The
ing of Nations, Zuni
simple confidential,
program will pay for
Elderly Day, Conferand government safe.
your movie, and you
ence on Aging, New
General information
are asked to purchase Mexico State Fair.
questions include date
your own goodies.
of birth, emergency
****
The program provides
Travel and Activity contact. This data
transportation, or you
will help the program
Planning
may choose to drive
better serve the eldElders are encouraged
your own vehicle and
ers in our community.
to make it a point to
meet us at the movHomebound assessattend these meeties. Mid-week activiments are required
ings. The program apties include Nutrition
twice a year, all othpreciates having input
Education, Fitness,
ers participating in
from the elders and
arts and crafts, and
the program once a
the sharing and sugspecial presentations.
year.
gesting of positive
Activities begin a
****
ideas and suggestions.
10:00 provided there
****
are no unexpected

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Emergency Wood at
the Center

delivery of half a truck wood.
load of wood (half ju- 1. The elder receiving
niper-half oak) to the
The center is again
the wood has no
elder.
We
encourage
planning on providing
vehicle
family
members
to
emergency wood this
2. The elder receiving
start
getting
wood
for
winter. The policy is
the wood has no
their
elderly
family
for elders with no
able bodies in the
members
now
before
means of getting durhousehold
winter
sets
in.
ing the months of No3. The elder must
vember through Febru- The elder receiving
come into the cenary. During these
the wood must meet
ter to fill out the
months, the center
the requirements in
eligibility form
will provide a one time order to receive the

Commodity Food
Elderly Center
The center is happy to tirement Income, Disbe able to provide
ability Income, or
commodity food to
General Income that
the elders in our com- shows proof of your
munity. The program earnings.
is an income based
By January 2018 all
Federal program that income award letters
makes the service
must be brought to
available to Mescalero the center to reelders.
certify. Applicants are
Each January those
receiving commodity
food are required to
bring in their proof of
income to re-certify
to continue to receive
the food. Award letters should be received in each household by December.
Examples of award
letters include Social
Security Income, Re-

reminded to bring in
photo identification
with their award letters.

ing in the household,
and are 18 years or
older, and employed,
the names dates of
birth, and proof of
their income for these
individuals will be required.
Commodity food is delivered from Roswell
to the center the first
Wednesday of every
month.
****

Any tribal elder age 60 Homebound Meal Deor older is encouraged
livery and Trays
to come to the center A friendly reminder to
to see if you qualify to those receiving home
be part of the promeals for lunch, the
gram. A friendly recenter is politely askminder that if a
ing that the trays be
household has 5 or
returned the next day
more individuals resid-

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when the deliverer
brings your meal for
the day. The trays are
used daily to service
our homebound and if
they are not promptly
returned we are short
on trays to take meals

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the next day. Please
meal. If you are not
remember to empty all going to be home for
uneaten food, rinse
lunch, please call the
and put them in a plas- center before 8:30 to
tic bag. The driver
cancel your delivery.
will be happy to bring This helps us save
them back to the cen- time, money, and food
ter for the next days’ waste.

Halloween Fun at the Center
Elderly Center
The costume contest as
always was a spooktacular event. Contestants dressed and competed to win prizes as the
crowd voted for their best
choice. In our book they
are all winners! Can you
guess who they are?

Veterans Day
Elderly Center
On Wednesday Noof the colors by the
Mescalero Apache
th
vember 8 , over 130 New Mexico Military
High School Princess
Veteran’s their fami- Honors and Color
Tunte Baca and Ruilies, and community
Guard. Vice President doso Middle School
members attended a Gabe Aguilar led the
Princess April DeVeteran’s Day Obser- group in the recitation siderio read heart felt
vance. Master of Cere- of The Pledge of Alle- poems of thanks to
monies President
giance.
the Veterans. Newly
Danny Breuninger
crowned Miss MescaAttendees were
warmly welcomed all graced with the sing- lero Autumn Pilcher
in attendance. USMC ing of a Flag Song by
was also present.
Veteran Sasha Enjady Tommy Spottedbird,
Keynote speaker New
began the program
complimented with
Mexico State Reprewith a prayer, folsongs sung by Sherman sentative Yvette Herlowed by the posting Blake and his group.
rell addressed the

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crowd with encourag- community members
ing words of thanks to lined up to personally
all who served and
thank them for their
who continue to serve service. Younger Vetour country. Elderly
erans mingled with
Center Director,
older Veterans, and
Michaelene Ahidley
all were congratulapresented Representa- tory for our newly
tive Herrell with a
enlisted Veteran,
Pendleton in apprecia- Solomon Kaydahzinne
tion for her work.
USMC Pvt 1st Class,
who just completed
Veterans were honbasic training in Caliored with a gift of
fornia.
commemorative
hoodies, and as they
received their gifts,

Many brought photos
of their military which

were displayed during
the ceremony. The
program concluded
with the playing of
the military branch
songs, a prayer and
blessing of the food
from Hazel Spottedbird. Indian Tacos
with cheese cake for
desert were served up
and the afternoon was
spent sharing stories
and enjoying each
other’s company.

Hawaii Travel
Elderly Center
During the last meet- This package includes Cemetery of the Paing held on November 8 days, 9 cities, and 3 cific in the Punchbowl
1st, the group was pre- islands Oahu, Hawaii, Crater, the Iolani Palsented with a few
and Maui. The packace, the King Kametravel options includ- age includes 7 full
hamea Statue and the
ing travel dates, and breakfasts, 2 dinners, State Capital. It’s not
packages. The group and 2 lunches. It also too late to sign up.
selected the travel
includes a nice selec- Come into the center
date for September 20 tion of tours includfor more information
2018. The group also ing, Pearl Harbor, the or better yet, come to
selected the Hawaiian USS Arizona Memorial, the next meeting.
Explorer Package.
The National Memorial

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MAS 8th grade Leadership Lincoln students
Mescalero Responsible Gaming Program

Top row from left to right: Bret Prins, Shawn Jim, Jessie Sundayman, Kameryn
Chino, Brandon Lee, Noah Ahidley
Bottom row left to right: Jordan Chee, Delma Treas, Siian Poncho, Alyssa
Blake, Terrence Douglass

Twelve Mescalero
Apache School 8th
grade students were
selected by their
teachers and peers to
participate in 8th
grade Leadership Lincoln. Youth Leadership
Lincoln is designed to

identify and motivate community leaders
young, emerging lead- share their experiers, exposing them to ences and ask for their
the realities, chalinsights. One of the
lenges and opportuni- sessions covers comties in the commumunity service. We are
nity. The program en- very proud of these
tails monthly classes, students and their acduring school, in which complishments.

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Hello everyone, my name is Autumn Raine Pilcher and I am 19 years old. I am the
youngest daughter to Dennis and Brenda Pilcher. I also have two older sisters,
Brooke and Stacey Morris followed by two older brothers, Collin and Dustin Pilcher. My paternal grandparents are Lillian Sombero and the late Denny Pilcher Sr.
and my maternal grandparents are the late Nelson and Elsie Morris. I am a descendant of Chief Natzili and Chief Sosa. I am a proud member of the Mescalero
Apache tribe and I am also part Navajo and Oglala Lakota. I am a 2016 Ruidoso
High School graduate and a 2016 ENMU-Ruidoso college graduate. I graduated high
school with honors and was a member of the National Society of High School
Scholars (NSHSS). Named Native American Student of the Year for junior class of
2014-2015. I completed an Associate’s degree in General Studies at ENMURuidoso. I am a student at the University of New Mexico, currently working on a
bachelor’s degree for business management and accounting. I am also studying
pharmacy and I plan to graduate with a degree in 2023. I am currently on the National Honor Society for the University of New Mexico and after I graduate from
UNM with my degree in accounting, I plan to go into the Air Force to become an
officer and once done, go back to school to finish my pharmacy degree. My favorite
hobbies include listening and playing music, being active, singing, drawing and most
importantly, swimming. I am a member of the Calvary Albuquerque
Church and I want to emphasize the importance of Education, Domestic Violence and Mental Health issues such as depression, anxiety and
autism. I wish to inspire people to live a healthier lifestyle and be
more active. Lastly, As Miss Mescalero, I will do my best to be a great
role model for the younger generation but for men and women of all
ages. I want to be an advocate for language
and traditional teachings. I want to be able
to promote a better change for my community and even more positive change in myself.
I was invited to attend the Mescalero Hospital ‘Rock Your
Mocs” event on November 15, 2017. I had the great honor
to say the prayer before we ate thanksgiving lunch. I had

an amazing time with the staff and I want to say thank you to everyone who was congratulating me, thanking me and most of all, I was happy to be a part of your day.
May God continue to bless the Mescalero Hospital staff for keeping our community
healthy and strong.
On November 16, 2017, I was invited by Charlene Bigmouth to attend the Ruidoso
High School pageant. It was great to see the students of Ruidoso High School participating in this pageant to not only represent their school but the Indian club as well. I
not only got to learn more traditional teachings from the contestants but I learned
how important it is to show the youth to be more involved and teach them to become strong leaders. A big congratulations to Angel King, on winning the 2017-2018
RHS Princess. May you have a wonderful reign this upcoming year and make RHS and
your community proud.
Thank you. Ixe’he.

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Male Involvement Activity:“Pumpkin Carving
Contest/Party”
Mescalero Head Start Program
The Head Start has a
great turnout for our
annual “Pumpkin
Carving Contest and
Party”. We are proud
to say that we almost
had 40 men participate in the carving
contest. 1st Place
went to Anthony Coriz
and his daughter for
their “Minion” pumpkin carving, and 2nd
Place went to Mike
Bigmouth and his

granddaughter for
their “Big Foot”
pumpkin carving. Besides the contest, we
also had a variety of
family oriented
games, including face
painting, cotton
candy, and music by
Blazer Production
Company of Mescalero, not to mention a
ton of delicious food.

VOLVEMENT INITIATIVE where we try to
get as many males involved in the life and
education of their
child(ren). We understand that not every
child has a biological
dad currently in the
home, so we also ask
other male family
members to take on
that role.

These activities are a
part of our MALE IN-

Male Involvement Activity:“NFL Pick Ems”
Mescalero Head Start Program
Another way our pro- thus far:
gram encourages our
Week 1: Fred Second
fathers to get involved (Grandpa)
in their child’s educaWeek 2: Brysen Platta
tion is to volunteer. In and Spencer Cojo
turn, they are able to (Fathers)
participate in the
Week 3: Amen Maweekly NFL Pick Em’
goosh (Father)
game. We would also
like to thank E.L.A and Week 4: Gabriel ArtiOld Road Restaurants aga Sr. (Father)
for graciously donating Week 5: Morris Kanseah (Father)
gift certificates to
make this possible.
Week 6:Spencer Cojo
Here are the following (Father)
NFL Pick Em’ winners Week 7: Criss Second

(Uncle)
Week 8: Samuel Klinekole (Father)
Week 9: Michael Diaz
(Father)
Week 10: Gerald Blake
(Father)

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Other Activities
Mescalero Head Start Program
Our Head Start faminic.
lies also went on a
The children also got
field trip to the
to go Trick-or-Treating
“Mesilla Valley Pump- on Halloween at the
kin Patch” in Las Cru- Community Center, at
ces. We all enjoyed a the Inn of the Mounfun-filled day of going tain Gods Resort and
on a “hayride” out to Casino, and at other
the local pumpkin
community departpatch to pick out a
ments.
pumpkin to take home; During “Muffins With
slid down gigantic
Mom” Day; mothers,
slides, and had a pic-

grandmothers, aunts,
and mentors volunteered and enjoyed
breakfast with their
Head Start child. They
also got to make a
craft together to take
home.
The last event we had
before leaving for
Thanksgiving Break
was our annual
“Thanksgiving Lunch”.

Upcoming Events


Big Breakfast and Donuts
With Dad/ Hunt Lodge
Field Trip



Santa Visit and Classroom
Christmas Parties



Christmas Break
(December 20, 2017 January 5, 2018)



School resumes on Monday, January 8, 2018.

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Boys & Girls Club
Recent News

Grand Prize WINNNER!!

Holidays are among us, great time and look
Thank you to The Mesand Boys and Girls
forward to spending
calero Tribal store for
Club enjoys celebrat- time with our commu- our refreshments, as
ing every part of it!
nity members in future well as our hardworkWe had fun at our an- community events!
ing staff that made
nual Halloween ConThrough the craziness this all possible.
test at the Community of preparing for our
We are excited for NoCenter and would like Halloween events that vember and are ready
to give a big thanks to took place, The Boys
to enjoy a Thankful Un
all departments that
and Girls Club enjoyed -Thanksgiving Lunchhelped make this eve- a Halloween Party with eon with parents;
ning enjoyable. We
The Boys and Girls
which will include,
would like to give a big Club youth. We had a Spaghetti, Salad and
shout out to Joseph
fun fulfilled evening
Garlic Toast. We also
Blazer, Euphrasia
with different activican’t wait to spend
Platta, Community
ties such Halloween
this time with our
Center Maintenance,
cupcake walk, mitten families. We hope you
and Mescalero Telechallenge, musical
all had a Happy
com Inc. for being a
chairs, pin the nose on Thanksgiving. As Depart of a successful
the pumpkin, and mu- cember comes up we
evening. The Hallow- sic. We were able to
are looking forward to
een event included a
enjoy sandwiches and enjoying field trips to
Grand Prize winner as chips from the Mesca- Christmas on the Pewell as 5 different age lero Tribal Store. We
cos, and The Winter
groups with prizes for ended our evening
Park with our Club
the scariest, funniest, with a costume contest members. We hope
and most original cate- of the funniest, most
you all enjoy your
gories. Through this
original, and scariest
Christmas and a Happy
fun, spooky evening
in 3 different age cate- New year! See you all
we were able to enjoy gories. We would like Next Year!
music, family fun, and to thank every parent
refreshments made by that was
our Boys and Girls Club able to
staff, and The Inn of
have
the Mountain Gods Re- their
sort and Casino. We
child athope everyone had a
tend,

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Mescalero Tribal Court gains new leadership
Recent News
a Journalist, writing
for Indian Country Today Media for over two
decades on Indian Law
and Indian Affairs.
Judge Monteau is the
former Chairman of
the National Indian
Gaming Commission
Mescalero Tribal Court vation in Wyoming. He (NIGC), the Federal
is pleased to present
began his legal career Agency with limited
Chief Judge Harold A. as in-house attorney
regulatory oversight
Monteau, a member of for the Confederated
over 280+ Indian Gamthe Chippewa Cree
Salish and Kootenai
ing facilities. He was
Tribe of Rocky Boy’s
Tribes. He has served nominated by PresiReservation in Monas both in-house and
dent Bill Clinton and
tana. He was born in
contract attorney for
confirmed by the U.S.
Ft. Belknap Indian Hos- his own Tribe, the
Senate. He has been
pital and raised on the Chippewa Cree in
an advocate for Indian
nearby Rocky Boy’s In- Rocky Boy, Montana.
Gaming and an advodian Reservation
He has practiced in the cate for strengthening
where he is enrolled. Indian Law area for 25 Tribal Sovereignty and
Once a teacher, basyears, concentrating
the perpetual exisketball coach, and
on Tribal Government tence of American Inschool administrator, & Jurisdiction, Indian dian Nations. Judge
he is an Attorney (Juris Gaming, Casino FiMonteau owned a law
Doctor University of
nance, Gaming Opera- partnership (MonteauNew Mexico 1986). He tions and Regulation
Gunther) in Gt. Falls,
also holds a Bachelor’s and Tribal Economic
MT before going to DC.
Degree in Education
Development and DiHe then started and
and a Master’s Degree versification. He has
served Indian Country
in Education Adminibeen Visiting Lecturer with a nation-wide pristration. Most recently (Professor) at the Uni- vate practice, Monteau
he served as a Federal versity of New Mexico & Peebles, for 10
Magistrate in the Court Southwest Indian Law years. He still serves
of Indian Offenses on
Clinic (Fall 2011),NM. Indian Country as an
the Wind River Reser- Judge Monteau is also Economic Development

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and Finance ConsultNM. He has two
an attorney in Seattle,
ant, but restricts his
daughters in high
WA.
law practice to his own school at Santa Fe In- The Mescalero Tribal
business endeavors.
dian School and a son Court is honored and
Judge Monteau resides in Rio Rancho Schools. excited to acquire
locally and maintains a His older children Sum- Judge Monteau’s exresidence with his
mer and Quanah live in pertise in Indian Law.
wife, Dr. Elizabeth Top Mandan, ND and one
Sky MD, in Rio Rancho, daughter, Autumn, is

BIA—Mescalero Agency
Recent News

Date

During the holiThe staff at BIA Mesca- ity comes from the
day season, our lero Agency wishes you American people’s
offices will be and your loved ones a love of eating the bird
closed on Mon- safe and joyous holifor special occasions
day, December day season.
like Thanksgiving and
25, 2017, and
Christmas.
****
Monday, January
Wild turkeys (Meleagris
PRESCRIBED FIRE
1, 2018. However,
gallopavo) live in the
OPERATIONS
the Social Services
forest, in parts of
Table 1 is a summary
staff will be available
North America, and
of the 2017 Fall prefor emergency services
are the largest game
scribed burns conand can be reached by
ducted on the Mesca- birds found in this part
calling the Office of
of the world. They
lero Apache reservaJustice Services, Police
spend their days foragtions.
Department, at 464ing for food like
*
*
*
*
4479.
acorns, seeds, small
Wild Turkey
insects and wild berLocation
Acres
The turkey is one of
ries. They spend their

10/03/2017

Indian Well

33

10/04/2017

Indian Well

158

10/26/2017

Red Cabin

35

10/30/2017

Red Cabin

35

10/31/2017

Red Cabin

48

11/09/2017

#4 Well

38

TOTAL ACRES

347

Table 1.

the most famous birds nights roosting in low
in North America. In
branches of trees.
fact, Benjamin Frank- Each spring male turlin wanted to make the keys try to befriend as
wild turkey, not the
many females as possiBald Eagle, the nable. Male turkeys, also
tional bird of the
called “Tom Turkeys”
United States.
or “Gobblers” puff up
The turkey’s popular-

their bodies and

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spread their tail feath- head of a turkey can
References:
ers. They grunt, make change color from flat coloringbookfun.com
a “gobble gobble
gray to striking shades www.kidszone.ws/
sound” and strut about of red, white, and blue animals
shaking their feathers. when the bird becomes
****
This fancy turkey trot distressed or excited.
PERSONAL FREE-USE
helps the male attract Have you ever wonWOOD CUTTING
females (also called
dered what Turkey
PERMITS
“hens”) for mating.
(the country in the
As the summer season
After the female turMiddle East) and the
key mates, she preAmerican bird have in comes to an end and
the cold fills the mornpares a nest under a
common? A case of
ing/evening air, many
bush in the forest and mistaken identity relays her tan
sulted in the tribal members will be
requesting wood perand speckled
American
brown eggs.
Turkey being mits. Wood permits
She incunamed after will be issued Monday
bates as
the country. through Friday from 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at
many as 18
When the
eggs at a
Spanish first the BIA Forestry Office
located at the Summit
time. It takes about a found the bird in the
(210 Chatto Drive).
month for the chicks
Americas more than
You will be requested
400 years ago, they
to provide the followbrought it back to
When the chicks
ing information:
Europe. The English
(known as poults)
hatch, they flock with mistakenly thought it 1. Physical Address
(Red Number). The
their mother all year. was a bird they called
a “turkey” so they
address you provide
For the first two
is where the wood
weeks, the poults are gave it the same
name. This other bird
must be hauled to.
unable to fly. The
was actually from Af- 2. Vehicle Informamother roosts on the
ground with them dur- rica, but came to Engtion: Year, Make,
land
by
way
of
Turkey
ing this time.
Model, Color, and
(lots
of
shipping
went
License Plate #.
Wild turkeys are covthrough
Turkey
at
the
ered with dark feathOne Wood Permit
time). The name stuck
ers that help them
per Household
blend in with their for- even when they realwill be issued.
ized the birds were
est homes. The bare
Wood permits are
skin on the throat and different.
valid for 3
to hatch.

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months.

fore services can be
obtained, you must
Non-Tribal Members
are not allowed to use appear in person before the Notary. PerFree-Use Permits.
Must be accompanied sonal appearance
means the signer is in
by permit holder.
the Notary’s physical
****
presence – face to
NOTARY SERVICES is
face in the same
available at the main
room. The signer
BIA Agency located at
must identify one or
590 Sage Avenue. Betwo credible identify-

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ing witnesses under
oath or through reliable identification
documents such as a
government issued
driver’s license/
identification card, or
a Tribal ID. For more
information, contact
the Agency at (575)
464-4423.

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Religion
Mescalero Reformed Church
Like a Baby Content in its Mothers Arms
During this Holiday
fruitful in my personal have no business or
season, many families relationship with God, fantasized grandiose
have various tradiand hearing the
plans. I’ve kept my
tions. Some of these prayers of the church feet on the ground,
traditions may have
as we anticipate the
I’ve cultivated a quiet
been passed down
coming of the Christ- heart. Like a baby
from generation to
child brings a special content in its
generation; perhaps
meaning to their
mother’s arms, my
it’s singing “Silent
words. With that be- soul is a baby content.
Night” with your clos- ing said, I want to
Wait, Israel, for God.
est family members on share with you a
Wait with hope. Hope
Christmas Eve, sitting Psalm from a transla- now; hope always!
in front of an evening tion of the Bible that I I haven’t fantasized
fire and listening to
personally enjoy
grandiose plans … I’ve
“Twas The Night Becalled the Mescultivated a quiet
fore Christmas”, or
sage. The Message is heart … wait with
maybe even watching a Bible translation
hope. The Psalmist
“Home Alone” or
done by biblical
reminds us in these
“Christmas Vacation” scholar, professor,
powerful words to
and laughing at all the and pastor Eugene Pe- faithfully and quietly
scenes you’ve already terson. In his transla- wait with hope. Of
watched a dozen
tion, Peterson puts
course, this is so much
times before. In any the words of scripture easier said than
case, the rhythm of
in a more contempo- done. Waiting is a
traditions can be very rary format leading to difficult task for many
meaningful to indithe common phrase
of us; it might seem
viduals and families
“the laymen’s transla- even more difficult
during this Advent
tion.” Here is Psalm
because the time in
season.
131 from the Message: between Christ’s
One of the traditions God, I’m not trying to birth, life, death, resI’ve begun in my own rule the roost, I don’t urrection, and his
life is reading through want to be the king of eventual return seems
the book of
the mountain. I have- too long for us to wait
Psalms. This has been n’t meddled where I
with hope. Because in

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this in-between time
worship God and exviolence runs wild in
perience His mercy at
our country, poverty
Mescalero Reformed
spreads without disChurch, as our arms
crimination, sicknesses (and our doors) are
continue to evolve and open to you if you are
multiply, bitterness
looking for a church
and loneliness seem to home or just want to
sink deeper in our
come visit. We espesouls, and division con- cially hope that you
tinues to stretch out
will be with us Christits’ arms creating a
mas eve to celebrate
bigger chasm between the birth of Jesus with
us all.
our children and you
But if we can wait with Christmas program.

Mescalero Reformed
Church
336 Wardlaw Dr.
P.O. Box 188
Mescalero, NM
(575) 464-4471

Visit (and Like) our
Mescalero Reformed
Church Facebook
page!
Email us at mescalerorc@gmail.com

hope, we fill find our- Grace & Peace,
selves just like the
Pastor Mark
Psalmist…like a baby
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content in its mother’s
Sunday Services
arms. When we faithfully and quietly wait 9:30 – Sunday School
in hope we will find all for Children and Adults
our needs met in the
10:40 – Worship
providing arms of
Christ. So, I’d encour- Opportunities for Fellowship and Encourage you to wait with us
agement
at First Reformed
Men’s Bible Study –
Church. Join us for
worship during this Ad- first and third Thursday’s of each month at
vent season and sur6:00 pm in the church
round yourself with a basement.
body of believers to
Women’s Bible Study
wait with…because
– first and third Tueswhen we do, we’ll find
day’s of each month at
ourselves like a baby
6:00 pm in the sanctucontent in its mother’s ary.
arms.
Women’s Gathering –
Please know that you every Wednesday at
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basement.
Youth Group for Middle and High School –
Wednesday at 6:00 pm
in the church basement.
Kids’ Club after-school
program for 1st-5th
grade students meet
every Thursday at 3:30
pm in the church basement. Come for a fun
time of playing, praying, singing, and
crafts.

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Mescalero Taekwondo leader travels across the
world

Hello to all, my name appreciation.
the UITF World Chamis Matthew W. BanMy parents are Theresa pionship in London,
croft. I am currently a Nasitima and Wayland England. During my
senior at Central High Bancroft. My maternal competition I won 2
School here in Phoenix grandparents are Alsilver medals in Team
Arizona. I am a part of bert and Laverne Nasi- Sparring and Team
the Central High
tima of Mescalero. My Board Breaking. In AuSchool Varsity Baseball Paternal grandparents gust 2017 I attended
team and Varsity Foot- are Wayne Bancroft
the same competition
ball team. I am also an (deceased) and Katie
in Corrientes, Argenactive member of the Ray of the Navajo Na- tina where I won four
"Future Inspired Native tion Tuba City, Arimedals, silver in IndiAmerican Leaders"
vidual Patterns and
zona.
group within the Phoe- I would like to take
three bronze medals in
nix Indian Center. Re- this time to thank the Individual Sparring,
cently, I have been se- Mescalero Apache
Team Patterns, and
lected as the Student Tribe for your contin- Team Specialty Breakof the Month for the
ing.
ued support in my
month of December by Taekwondo experiBeing able to compete
the Youth Council. As ences for which I
on an International
you can see I have
level has been truly
would not have been
been extremely busy
able to experience the amazing and a huge
with my school and ex- excitement of reprepersonal accomplishtracurricular activities senting TEAM USA.
ment. I have met so
so I apologize for the
In July 2015 I had the many different people
delay of my letter of
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two countries, while
taste the difference.
they represented their From these past two
own.
experiences, I have
In London, England I
come to learn and apwas able to see Big
preciate my country
Ben, The London Eye, more, not only by repPalace of Westminster, resenting TEAM USA
and St. Paul's Cathebut also representing
dral among other
my Native American
sights. In Corrientes,
culture and being a
Argentina we were
member of the Mescaable to see many dif- lero Apache Tribe.
ferent monuments and I would like to thank
we also noticed that
the following for
many foods were diftheir sponsorship:
ferent in taste and
Inn of the Mountain
texture. In Argentina, Gods (2015 & 2017),
they grew their own
Mescalero Apache
fruits and vegetables
Telecom Inc. (2015)
and we could really
Congratulations to the Mescalero
Arrow Head Shooter’s!
They are 3rd in the Pool 8 Ball
League in Alamogordo. The
Shooter’s play every week, one day
a week. Team members include
Gabriel Shendo, Ruta Shendo, Addis
Choneska, Jr. who is the number
one shooter in the entire league,
Francis Rocha, and Eddie Chalapa.
The team also travels to surrounding towns like El Paso and Las Cruces to compete in tournaments.
Keep up the good work Mescalero
Arrow Head Shooter’s, good luck
and God bless you all!
From: Elaine Choneska

and the Mescalero
Apache Tribe for their
monetary donations.
To my grandmother
Alma Morgan and my
auntie Ellereen Sago, I
will always be grateful
for all your support.
Ixehe,
Matthew W. Bancroft

Dear Friends in Mescalero,
I would like to give sincere thanks to all those
who participated and helped in any way during
my recent blessing feast. I give thanks to all the
dancers, the singers, those who donated or worked
during the two days of the feast or the days of
preparation. I was very deeply moved by the blessing and the generosity of so many people who
gave willingly and joyfully of their time.
During my 35 years here in Mescalero, I have met
many wonderful people. There have been times of
great joy and time of sadness. I consider it all to
be a blessing and I am very thankful to have the
opportunity to live here, with all of you. Thank
you again for all that you have given to me.
~Sr. Robert Ann

Although JR didn't finish in the championships, he would like to
extend a big thank you to his fans and sponsors, Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, Mescalero Apache Tribe and Ruidoso
Ford for their much appreciative support.
“I will be back next year!” -JR Chino

December 7th
Happy Birthday Jennifer
Chimal From: Bev, Dave
and Chase
December 14th
December 4th
In memory of Myrtle
Johnson She’ll always be
in our hearts; never be
forgotten. We love
and miss you From:
Bev, Dave, Chas,
Leandra, Kelra
and Harold

Happy Birthday and many
more, we love you! Harold
Chimal
From: Andra, Kelra, Bliss
and family

Mescalero Apache Tribe
Apache Scout
P.O. Box 227
108 Central Avenue
Mescalero, NM 88340
Phone: 575-464-4494
Fax: 575-464-9220
E-mail: egvia@mescaleroapachetribe.com

Checkout the tribe’s official website!
MescaleroApacheTribe.com

Bulk Rate
Non-Profit Organization
Permit #1
Mescalero, NM
88340

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/tribal%3Amescalero_apache%3Ac531b70c793c1cc4. Public record. Not legal advice.