Pueblo of Isleta website: www.isletapueblo.com (2021)

Volume 16 Issue 7

Isleta Pueblo News

Pueblo of Isleta website: www.isletapueblo.com

July 2021

Governor’s Report

Maguwam, Hello everyone, I hope everyone

is keeping safe and healthy. We want to

encourage everyone to still keep in mind the

Pueblo of Isleta Health Order. As the State

opens up more we want to remind our tribal

members and residents that we are still

requiring wearing masks, social distancing

and good hand hygiene here within the

Pueblo. We thank those individuals and

families that are following the COVID-19

requirement of submitting a safety plan for

your outdoor events.

We also want to encourage those who have

not yet received a COVID-19 Vaccination

to get the vaccination. The following are

benefits of getting the Vaccine. They are

effective and prevent individuals from

getting and spreading the virus. It also

helps individuals from getting seriously ill if

you should happen to get the virus. Getting

the vaccine also protects the people around

you, especially family members who are at

increased risk of illness from COVID-19.

As more and more Tribal members and

residents receive the vaccine, we can begin

opening up more. Please see the COVID-19

At-A-Glance March 2020 – May 2021

graphic for additional information.

*Irrigation Water Update

The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy

District decided to release the District's San

Juan Chama (SJC) allocation for this year,

as opposed to carrying it over for next year.

It's probably enough for about a 2-3 week

supply, depending on weather and how

tight the District is with their deliveries,

it might last 4 weeks. The District will

get another allocation of SJC water from

Reclamation, maybe 3000-5000 ac-ft.,

depending if released on July 1 or the 15th.

The District’s decision to use SJC water

means that instead of a gradual transition

to Prior and Paramount (P&P)-only

operations, the transition will be abrupt.

When the District runs out of SJC water,

the transition to native-only flows will

happen in the space of a day or two, and not

gradual.

The decision to use SJC water means that,

if native flows drop below (P&P) Demand,

some releases for P&P demand will need

to be made, as done in past years, in order

to prevent shortages on P&P lands. The

District releases as much as they need to

supply the entire District demand and if

natural flow is not enough to meet P&P

demand at this time, a small amount of

P&P water will be released to make up the

difference. This will only be the case during

the time SJC releases are being made by

the District. If natural/native flows do

not drop below P&P demand during the

time SJC releases are being made, then no

P&P water will be released, and the P&P

lands will continue receiving their full

supply from the natural flow of the river.

Natural flow at Otowi, which is P&P supply

as shown by the USGS graph continues to

decline. P&P demand has been in the 250+

cfs range lately. So small amounts of P&P

water may needed to be released.

A calendar is out for proposed scheduling/

rotation. Some pueblos would like to begin

transitioning to this schedule prior to P&Ponly operations so as to make adjustments

ahead of time while there is still water

available for adjustments. How strict the

rotation has to be will depend on how much

natural flow is available for P&P. Rotation

is based on a 10 day schedule. Gardens

and orchards can be scheduled at 10 day

intervals. Not all alfalfa and pasture can

irrigate every 10 days; half can irrigate

in one 10-day cycle, the other half can

irrigate in the next 10 day cycle. So alfalfa

and pasture are on a 20-day cycle, except

possibly for new plantings.

How much natural flow is available after

SJC releases ends will also inform decisions

to do a constant P&P release from El Vado,

or to do intermittent "block" releases, or

some combination of the two.

Also, because the Wild Earth Guardians

filed a 60 day notice of intent to sue

regarding water supply management, there

is going to be a lot of attention on how P&P

operations are done. This includes return

flow usage. The Pueblos (and Isleta) need

to show that P&P operations are being as

efficient as possible. But, we also need to

make sure what we do actually works so

that P&P lands are not shorted because of

the potential for being precedent-setting.

We will need good communications this

summer to make this happen. (*Above

information comes from BIA Designated

Engineer, June 16, 2021.)

Unfortunately with the conditions being

faced for irrigation waters supply for

Isleta, this heightens the need for Isleta

to develop its own water plan not only for

times of drought, but to address our long

term strategy in how we use, management,

and protect our water resources before

adjudication is forced upon us. As part of

developing our water plan, long overdue

also is the development and implementation

of a land use plan which determines

how and where development is or is not

allowed. This including limiting homesite

development and the loss of agriculture

land. The more agriculture land we take

out of production, the more we don’t use our

most precious resource of water, because

someone upstream or downstream surely

will.

Public Water Supply

As reported in last month’s newsletter from

Public Works, our eastside water system

and supply is being challenged due to the

Chical Well being taken offline due to the

presence and amount of Nitrate which

violates Safe Drinking Water Act standards

for potable use. We have assembled a team

to address both determining a location and

design for a replacement well. Additionally,

the team is also working on implementing

the Los Padilla’s water project which is at

100% design which includes a new well,

well house, and storage tank. A related

challenge is being able to take advantage

of remaining COVID funding provided by

the BIA before the end of September and

CARES funding by end of December that

can cover the costs of these projects. We

will report more on both these projects as

they go forward.

Due to the water supply situation not

just for the eastside, please refrain from

using our drinking water for outdoor use

especially for gardens, washing vehicles, or

watering down ground to try to control dust.

Our community has been fortunate not to

pay for water service, but we must seriously

look at what the community responsibility

is to help offset costs for operation and

maintenance.

Rangeland Water Supply

We have also experienced some rangeland

water supply issues from both theft and age

of the wells. Since January, Range Units

(RU) 3, 4, and 11 have had solar panel

stolen and one of the wells’ pump jack

motor. Repairs have been made or are in

the works to be completed and hopefully

now tamper proof. Open Space patrol was

adjusted to provide more presence. If you

see any suspicious activity please report.

Livestock water supply problems for Well

10T (RUs 2, 2A, 12) and Well 21T (RU 18)

is being assessed by scoping with camera

to view casing conditions and what may

be cause. Additionally, depth to water,

drawdown, and recharge is being looked at

as part of next steps to address problems.

In RU 7A, the replacement of Well 18RWP

was put on hold to re-assess the location

to benefit wider distribution of supply.

Concern about the location needs to be

assess production concerns. In addressing

all range livestock water problems and

developments going forward, we will be

working with Rangeland and RU permittees

to implement range management plans

which should have been incorporated with

previous improvements afforded with

Mismanagement Settlement funds. We are

open to those RUs that would like to take

the initiative to develop range management

plans to maximize grazing use.

As you all may be aware our Pastor for the St.

Augustine Church, Father Graham Golden,

was tragically killed in an automobile

accident. Fr. Graham was assigned to

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the St. Augustine church in June of 2020

after Fr. George returned home to India.

Fr. Graham was a Norbertine Priest and

was living at the Nobertine Community of

Santa Maria de la Vid Abbey. Fr. Graham

joined our faith community in the midst

of the global pandemic and served our

community to the fullest. Fr. Graham was

born January 8, 1986, Vested on August 28,

2009, took his Solemn Vows on August 28,

2014, was ordained on June 20, 2015 and

Born to eternal life on May 21, 2021. Father

Graham had an impact on many people

young and old, in the community with his

short time me here. Fr. Graham will be

dearly missed. Brother Lorenzo was with

Fr. Graham in the crash and was injured.

Brother Lorenzo is out of the hospital and

healing. We pray for Fr. Graham and his

family and for the recovery of Brother

Lorenzo.

We would like to introduce Father Stephen

who was appointed by the Archdiocese

of Santa Fe to serve as our Pastor for our

Church here at St. Augustine. Fr. Stephen

is also a Nobertine priest and lives at the

Nobertine Community of Santa Maria de la

Vid Abbey. Please welcome Fr. Stephen to

our community.

The Pueblo of Isleta received 24.8 million

dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act

approved by congress for the relief of the

coronavirus. The funding has guidelines

that need to be followed. The general

guidelines are as follows:

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Public Health

Economic Hardship

Essential Workers

Tribal Government Revenues

Water, sewer, and broadband

infrastructures

The guidelines will be further developed for

each section to identify the proper use of

the funding received.

As the weather is warming up, community

members are riding motorcycles, ATV, UTV,

and side-by-sides. The Law is in place for

individuals 18 and younger to wear helmets

while operating or being a passenger of

motorcycles, ATV, UTV, and side-by-sides.

For the Safety of our children and the

community, the Isleta Police Department

will be enforcing the helmet law within the

Pueblo of Isleta. If you have any questions

about the helmet law, please contact the

Isleta Police Department. Additionally,

please do not operate any vehicle in the

bosque, river floodplain, and especially

riverbed. Any leakage of oil or fuel in the

river bed violates the Clean Water Act and

our water quality standards.

As we approach the 4th of July holiday

we are experiencing intense heat,

dry conditions and drought, BIA has

administered a Stage 1 Fire restrictions.

Along with the fire restrictions we will be

implementing restrictions on fireworks

within the Pueblo of Isleta. Fireworks

will be prohibited within the mountains

and rangeland areas on the east and west

side. Please be cognizant of where you park

vehicles or other motorized equipment to

avoid starting a fire on dry vegetation.

Have a safe and wonderful holiday. May

the creator guide, protect, and give you all

a long and healthy life.

Haw-wooh,

Vernon B. Abeita

Governor

Isleta Pueblo News

July 2021

July 2021

Isleta Pueblo News

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

PROBATES

DEADLINE for August Newsletter articles is set for

Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at 4:30 pm. Articles may be

dropped off at the Library or emailed to Nathaniel.Lujan@

isletapueblo.com. Should you email your article, expect a

confirmation email. If you do not receive a confirmation

email, odds are it never made it to me and then it’s time to

panic, so call Nate at 505.869.9808.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

Mary Margaret Schall (DOD: 02/27/21)

People who wish to submit an article or flyer are responsible

for generating their own article or flyer. Should you need

help, please call the Library at 505.869.9808 and set up a

date and time to sit down with a Library staff member who

will help you throughout the process. The Library will NOT

accept notes dropped off at the Library or information over

the phone to generate your article.

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Case No. CV-PR-0049-2021

First Notice

TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with notice requirements, a Petition to Probate the

Estate of Mary Margaret Schall, deceased 02/27/2021, has been filed in the Pueblo

of Isleta Tribal Court. Any person claiming an interest in the Estate is hereby advised

to notify the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court Clerk in writing within thirty (30) days of this

notice being posted. Claims must be filed in writing. A hearing in this matter has been

scheduled for Wednesday, September 08, 2021 at 9:15 a.m. at the Isleta Tribal Court,

located at the Tribal Services Complex, 3950 Hwy. 47 SE, Building A, Albuquerque, NM.

If you have any questions, please contact the Isleta Tribal Court at (505) 869-9699.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

Andrew C. Padilla, Jr. (DOD: 12/26/2005)

Case No. CV-PR-0023-2020

First Notice

PROBATES need to be published in the Newsletter for

two consecutive months. Probates are considered court

documents, therefore, all submitters must provide: 1)

Name of Deceased, 2) Date of Deceased 3) Court Case #

and 4) Date of Court Date. A Probate form can be found on

the Newsletter Archive page at http://www.isletapueblo.

com/newsletters.html .

TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with notice requirements, a Petition to Probate the

Estate of Andrew C. Padilla, Jr., deceased 12/26/2005, has been filed in the Pueblo

of Isleta Tribal Court. Any person claiming an interest in the Estate is hereby advised

to notify the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court Clerk in writing within thirty (30) days of this

notice being posted. Claims must be filed in writing. A hearing in this matter has been

scheduled for Thursday, September 09, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. at the Isleta Tribal Court,

located at the Tribal Services Complex, 3950 Hwy. 47 SE, Building A, Albuquerque, NM.

If you have any questions, please contact the Isleta Tribal Court at (505) 869-9699.

CLASSIFIED ADS: The new administration has requested

that the Newsletter start a Classified Ad section for Tribal

members selling land, houses, mobile homes, vehicles, and

farm equipment. Leasing of houses and mobile homes will

be accepted. Smaller items which can be sold at the local

flea markets or weekly yard sales will NOT be accepted.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

John Edward Keryte (DOD: 12/08/2020)

Currently, this service is FREE to Tribal members. Land,

houses, and mobile homes must be within the reservation

boundaries. Ads must meet the 160 character limit. Ads

that exceed the 160 characters will NOT be submitted into

the Newsletter. A single picture may be submitted with

the ad. Submitters of classified ads are responsible for

generating their own ads as this is a FREE service.

As a reminder, Tribal business owners may submit a small

flyer at no charge. Like the classified ads, business owners

are responsible for generating their own flyers as this is a

FREE service.

Classified ads and business flyers will be posted no

more than two consecutive months. In the event where

the Newsletter may exceed the 24-page limit, classified

ads and business flyers will be “bumped” for newsletter

articles. Again, this is a FREE service for Tribal members.

The Isleta Newsletter is owned and operated by the Pueblo

of Isleta. Therefore, the Governor of the Pueblo of Isleta

has the final say of all articles and contents within the

Isleta Newsletter.

For additional questions, you may call the Library and

speak with Nate or Diane at 505.869.9808.

Thank you,

Nathaniel Lujan

Newsletters may be found at the fifteen distribution

locations listed below. Remember, Digital copies of the

Newsletter may be obtained from the Newsletter archive

at http://www.isletapueblo.com/newsletters.html

The fifteen Newsletter distribution locations are:

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4.

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6.

7.

8.

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10.

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12.

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15.

TR 2 & TR 22 - Chical SE of Community Hall

TR 10 - Behind the old 47 Sales

TR 1 & TR 5 – Ranchitos / Bosque Farms

Reservations Line

Ranchitos Park

Post Office - Big Tree

TR 82 & TR 84 - Teller Road

TR 78 & TR 82 - Carlos Trujillo Sr.

TR 90 @ Y - CF Padilla

Mouse Town Park –

Health Center – South end of Health

Center Parking lot

Library Sunlight & Moonlight Intersection

TR 6 - 47 Intersection

TR 12 - 47 & 147 intersection (Old Smoke & Save)

TR 71 & TR 54 @ Y - Holiday Robot / Paved Road /

Railroad Tracks

TR 45 & TR 40 @ Y - Tata Mel (POI Signage)

Case No. CV-PR-0029-2021

First Notice

TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with notice requirements, a Petition to Probate the

Estate of John Edward Keryte, deceased 12/08/2020, has been filed in the Pueblo

of Isleta Tribal Court. Any person claiming an interest in the Estate is hereby advised

to notify the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court Clerk in writing within thirty (30) days of this

notice being posted. Claims must be filed in writing. A hearing in this matter has been

scheduled for Thursday, September 09, 2021 at 11:15 a.m. at the Isleta Tribal Court,

located at the Tribal Services Complex, 3950 Hwy. 47 SE, Building A, Albuquerque, NM.

If you have any questions, please contact the Isleta Tribal Court at (505) 869-9699.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

Christine Ann Abeita (DOD: 12/09/2017)

Case No. CV-PR-0034-2021

First Notice

TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with notice requirements, a Petition to Probate the

Estate of Christine Ann Abeita, deceased 12/09/2017, has been filed in the Pueblo

of Isleta Tribal Court. Any person claiming an interest in the Estate is hereby advised

to notify the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court Clerk in writing within thirty (30) days of this

notice being posted. Claims must be filed in writing. A hearing in this matter has been

scheduled for Thursday, September 30, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. at the Isleta Tribal Court,

located at the Tribal Services Complex, 3950 Hwy. 47 SE, Building A, Albuquerque, NM.

If you have any questions, please contact the Isleta Tribal Court at (505) 869-9699.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

Margaret Erlinda “Linda” Zuni (DOD: 07/04/2019)

Case No. CV-PR-0051-2021

Second Notice

TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with notice requirements, a Petition to Probate the

Estate of Margaret Erlinda “Linda” Zuni, deceased 07/04/2019, has been filed in the

Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court. Any person claiming an interest in the Estate is hereby

advised to notify the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court Clerk in writing within thirty (30) days

of this notice being posted. Claims must be filed in writing. A hearing in this matter

has been scheduled for Monday, June 14, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. at the Isleta Tribal Court,

located at the Tribal Services Complex, 3950 Hwy. 47 SE, Building A, Albuquerque, NM.

If you have any questions, please contact the Isleta Tribal Court at (505) 869-9699.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

Daniel P. Chewiwi (DOD: 10/17/2020)

Case No. CV-PR-0126-2020

Second Notice

TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with notice requirements, a Petition to Probate the

Estate of Daniel P. Chewiwi, deceased 10/17/2020, has been filed in the Pueblo of

Isleta Tribal Court. Any person claiming an interest in the Estate is hereby advised

to notify the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court Clerk in writing within thirty (30) days of this

notice being posted. Claims must be filed in writing. A hearing in this matter has been

scheduled for Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 9:15 a.m. at the Isleta Tribal Court, located

at the Tribal Services Complex, 3950 Hwy. 47 SE, Building A, Albuquerque, NM. If you

have any questions, please contact the Isleta Tribal Court at (505) 869-9699.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

Jose A.R. Jojola (DOD: 11/09/2020)

Case No. CV-PR-0121-2020

& Case No. CV-PR-0123-2020

Second Notice

TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with notice requirements, a Petition to Probate the

Estate of Jose A.R. Jojola, deceased 11/09/2020, has been filed in the Pueblo of Isleta

Tribal Court. Any person claiming an interest in the Estate is hereby advised to notify the

Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court Clerk in writing within thirty (30) days of this notice being

posted. Claims must be filed in writing. A hearing in this matter has been scheduled for

Thursday, August 12, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. at the Isleta Tribal Court, located at the Tribal

Services Complex, 3950 Hwy. 47 SE, Building A, Albuquerque, NM. If you have any

questions, please contact the Isleta Tribal Court at (505) 869-9699.

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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

Ray John R. Lujan (DOD: 12/08/2020)

Case No. CV-PR-0025-2021

Second Notice

TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with notice requirements, a Petition to Probate the Estate of

John R. Lujan, deceased 12/08/2020, has been filed in the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court. Any

person claiming an interest in the Estate is hereby advised to notify the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal

Court Clerk in writing within thirty (30) days of this notice being posted. Claims must be filed

in writing. A hearing in this matter has been scheduled for To Be Determined (TBD) at TBD

at the Isleta Tribal Court, located at the Tribal Services Complex, 3950 Hwy. 47 SE, Building A,

Albuquerque, NM. If you have any questions, please contact the Isleta Tribal Court at (505) 8699699.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

Antonette Clarice Abeita (DOD: 07/22/1999)

Case No. CV-PR-0042-2021

First Notice

TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with notice requirements, a Petition to Probate the Estate of

Antonette Clarice Abeita, deceased 07/22/1999, has been filed in the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal

Court. Any person claiming an interest in the Estate is hereby advised to notify the Pueblo of

Isleta Tribal Court Clerk in writing within thirty (30) days of this notice being posted. Claims must

be filed in writing. A hearing in this matter has been scheduled for To Be Determined (TBD) at

TBD at the Isleta Tribal Court, located at the Tribal Services Complex, 3950 Hwy. 47 SE, Building

A, Albuquerque, NM. If you have any questions, please contact the Isleta Tribal Court at (505)

869-9699.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

Joseph Cruz Abeita (DOD: 01/16/2018)

Case No. CV-PR-0043-2021

First Notice

TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with notice requirements, a Petition to Probate the Estate of

Joseph Cruz Abeita, deceased 01/16/2018, has been filed in the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court.

Any person claiming an interest in the Estate is hereby advised to notify the Pueblo of Isleta

Tribal Court Clerk in writing within thirty (30) days of this notice being posted. Claims must be

filed in writing. A hearing in this matter has been scheduled for To Be Determined (TBD) at

TBD at the Isleta Tribal Court, located at the Tribal Services Complex, 3950 Hwy. 47 SE, Building

A, Albuquerque, NM. If you have any questions, please contact the Isleta Tribal Court at (505)

869-9699.

A WORD FROM ELIJAH SMALL…

Hired: Bosque and Riverine Restoration Manager

We are pleased to announce the recent hiring of Elijah Small as the Bosque and

Riverine Restoration Manager within the Water Resources Department. Originally from

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Elijah holds a Bachelor of Science in Field Biology from

the University of Wisconsin River Falls and a Master’s of Science in Natural Resource

Management from New Mexico Highlands University. Elijah has spent the last ten years

working for Tribal nations, non-profits and the US Fish and Wildlife Service in the fields

of Fisheries, Forestry, Restoration Ecology and community organizing. If you happen

to be at the water resources department or down in the Bosque, please stop by and ask

for an introduction. Elijah would be happy to meet you and learn more about Isleta and

all the great people who live here, as well as talking to you about the Bosque restoration

project.

Elijah Small was brought on to manage the Bosque restoration project that resulted

from a settlement in 2016 with Bureau of Reclamation and the Middle Rio Grande

Conservation District. This project will include creating defensible spaces around the

train track and other high-risk fire areas, removing invasive species, planting native

species, creating new wildlife habitat and reconnecting the Rio Grande to the floodplain.

This project will be implemented over the course of the next 10-15 years and will require

routine maintenance on a yearly basis beyond the implementation phase. For more

information on the restoration project, contact Elijah Small at 505-869-9623.

July 2021

WATER RESOURCES

ATTN: FARMERS

IRRIGATION WATER SUPPLY

Despite an optimistic weather outlook, more extreme

weather conditions than originally forecasted have

resulted in the need to plan for irrigation water

shortages possibly beginning in early July 2021.

The Pueblo of Isleta Water Resources Department

is monitoring the water supply situation daily, and is

working with the MRGCD, BOR, BIA, and other Rio

Grande water operations managers to maximize the

amount of water to be available for Isleta farmers.

With limited water in the system, strict rotations and

irrigation schedules will be necessary. Please abide

by the schedule and please do not take water out

of turn.

Without a significant change in the weather pattern

and monsoon rains, the MRGCD will have to begin

Prior and Paramount (P&P) only irrigation deliveries

in early July. This means that the only farmers

allowed to irrigate will be the six middle Rio Grande

pueblos. The natural flow of the Rio Grande,

return flows from upstream MRGCD drains, and

P&P releases will be rotated and coordinated to

maximize Pueblo irrigation. Water deliveries to

Isleta will be routed as much as possible through

the riverside drains from Angostura Diversion Dam

north of Bernalillo to prevent unauthorized nonIndian irrigation. Irrigation water for the Acequia

Madre farmers will be delivered through the Indian

Lateral # 1 at the north boundary of Isleta. Irrigation

water for the Chical, Ranchitos, and Los Charcos

farmers will be diverted at the Isleta Diversion Dam.

Depending on the irrigation water available at Isleta,

not all of the Pueblo canals will have water in them

every day during the rotation periods. Likewise,

it is possible that under the worst case scenario,

there will not be enough water to irrigate all of

Isleta’s farm land. Isleta majordomos and farmers

may have to decide amongst themselves which

canals will receive irrigation water and on what

days during this time. Isleta farmers will likely have

to make decisions on which fields and crops are

most important to irrigate. It is possible that small

vegetable farms will be able to water in ten-day

rotations and larger pastures will be subjected to

20 day rotations. All farmers should plan on working

closely with their majordomos, MRGCD irrigation

system operators (ISOs), and each other.

Please note that the 2021 irrigation season will likely

exhaust all water stored in upstream reservoirs;

there may be no carryover storage for 2022. Without

substantial monsoon rains and a good snowpack

this winter, irrigation water supply for the 2022

irrigation season will be at significant risk. Farmers

are urged to plan accordingly.

Communication is going to be key during these

times. Please communicate efficiently, respectfully,

and in a timely manner with your majordomos and

the POI Water Resources Dept. to schedule irrigation

or inquire about the dynamic water situation. Keep

in mind that the above described irrigation plans

can change depending on weather and monsoon

rainfall.

Contact the POI Water Resources Dept. at 505869-7566 or your majordomo to understand how

water shortages may affect your irrigation practices.

July 2021

Isleta Pueblo News

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Pueblo of Isleta Career Opportunities

Position Posting

Office Location

Closing Date

ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN

ACCOUNTING ASSIST 1- REPOSTED

AUTO & DIESEL MECHANIC

BUS DRIVER- PART TIME

CAREGIVER ( 2 positions)

CARPENTER I,II, or III - REPOSTED

COOK I

COURT CLERK - REPOSTED

CUSTODIAN

DISPATCHER

FEDERAL PROJECT MANAGER

GENERAL COUNSEL

HEALTH INFORMATION CLERK

HVAC TECHNICIAN

MOTOR POOL FLEET SUPERVISOR

OPEN SPACE CADET

PAINTER

PARKS & MAINTENANCE WORKER

PERSONAL CARE SERVICE AIDE (2 Positions)

PHYSICIAN- AMENDED

PLUMBER

POLICE OFFICER I CERTIFIED - REPOSTED

REGISTERED NURSE (Part-Time) - REPOSTED

ROADWAY MAINTENANCE WORKER II

SALES ASSOCIATE - REPOSTED

SHIFT LEAD

SHIFT SUPERVISOR

SOLID WASTE OPERATOR

Treasury

Assisted Living Facility

Construction Operations

Head Start

Assisted Living Facility

Housing Authority

Isleta Elementary School

Tribal Court

Within Only

Public Works

Police Department

Housing Authority

Legal Department

Health Services

Public Works

Construction Operations

Police Dept/Open Space Within

Housing Authority

Parks & Recreation

Elder Center

Within Only

Health Center

Isleta Pueblo Housing Authority

Police Department

Assisted Living

Construction Operations

C-Stores

C-Stores

Assisted Living

Solid Waste

06/29/2021

06/30/2021

Open Until Filled

Open Until Filled

Open Until Filled

Open Until Filled

Open Until Filled

07/02/2021

Open Until Filled

Open Until Filled

Open Until Filled

07/09/2021

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OUR LOCATION

Isleta Resort and Casino is located 7 minutes south of downtown Albuquerque at Interstate 25 and Hwy 47, exit 215.

The Human Resources office can be found on the east side of the building through the Employee Entrance doors.

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WHAT IS ADDICTION?

Addiction is a chronic disease when left untreated

causes lasting damage to the person with the

addiction as well as to family and community.

Addiction is also known as chemical dependency.

People can develop an addiction or chemical

dependency to many substances that include

alcohol, methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana,

and opiates such as heroin and pain pills. It

is important to remember that alcohol is also

considered a drug and people can and do become

addicted to alcohol.

Addiction is classified as a brain disease because

abuse of alcohol and/or drugs changes the brain.

Addiction is dependence on something that is

physically or psychologically habit-forming. It is

difficult for the addict to stop using alcohol/drugs

because of the withdrawal that happens when the

use stops. A hangover or withdrawal is a severe

physical and psychological shock.

People with addictions have an intense focus

on using certain substances such as alcohol or

drugs until the addiction takes over their lives.

The changes in the brain cause addicts to have

powerful cravings and make it hard for them to

stop using alcohol and/or drugs, even when they

know continued use causes problems.

The destruction of the disease of addiction is real

and the changes to brain chemistry are frightening.

Sobriety or recovery often seems impossible to the

addict, family, friends, and community. Untreated

addiction is a tragedy that has a devastating ripple

effect on children, parents, communities, and

nations.

Remember there is no shame in having

an addiction –

the shame is in doing nothing about it!

Isleta Behavioral Health 505-869-5475

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Hello everyone,

Here is an update regarding the elevated

radon inside the Church. As a reminder,

during the Pueblo’s 2021 annual radon

testing event, results from the lab indicated

the Church contained elevated levels of radon.

The Church was then closed for everyone’s

safety. The investigation being conducted by

the Environment Department is continuing.

Radon measurements from June 2021 showed

that radon concentrations inside the Church

can quickly be reduced to outdoor levels

simply by opening windows and doors. These

findings have confirmed that with proper

ventilation, radon concentrations can be

lowered. Environment Department continues

to work closely with the Tribal Air Monitoring

Support Center at the Institute for Tribal

Environmental Professionals who are looking

into acquiring a radon monitoring device for

the Pueblo to borrow and utilize. A single

measurement process requires 48 hours or

more of exposure and thorough quality control

procedures for the deployment of radon

measurement kits. Once the source of elevated

radon is located, a mitigation plan will be

developed to vent the radon to the outdoors.

Important Points:

•

Radon is a radioactive gas that cannot

be removed or destroyed, but should be

vented to outdoor air.

•

Long-term continuous exposure to

radon can affect human health. An example

of this would be years of exposure such

as breathing it in every day in your home

which is somewhere you eat, sleep, and

spend most of your time living.

•

Immediate radon mitigation: Increase

air flow in your home by opening windows

and using fans and vents to circulate air.

Seal cracks in floors and walls with plaster,

caulk, or other materials designed for this

purpose.

If you are interested in getting a radon test

kit or would like further information about

radon, contact Environment Department 505869-9814.

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PUEBLO OF ISLETA

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

1000 MOON LIGHT DRIVE

ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87105

(505) 869-2321 505-869-1625

Joe Robledo III, Principal

DearParents/Guardians:

Registration

for

JumpStart

Summer School 2021 is now open

and online. It is a single form to

fill out then submit. Go to: https://

www.isletaelementary.org/onlinergistration download or stop by

the school for a registration form.

Once at the website, you will also see the registration

packet for the upcoming school year 2021-2022. You

can fill it out and send in or you can download and

print and hand deliver.

We are available from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday

through Thursday and 7:00 am to 2:30 on Fridays.

We will continue to fog the entire building on Friday

afternoons.

Please be safe, wear your masks, don't forget to social

distance, and wash your hands!

Respectfully, Mr. Robledo III, Principal

TRUANCY

Summertime is upon us!

We know everyone is ready to get back to “normal”

life, spending time with family, friends, and ready to

spend time outside enjoying this summer weather.

There are many family group activities that can be

Covid-safe and that follow CDC guidelines such

as: The New Mexico Museum of Natural History &

Science, Explora, Albuquerque Zoo, the Aquarium,

Botanic Garden and Tingley Beach.

There are ways to continue with learning and

education through online libraries, online reading

groups and now that businesses are opening back up

(and following CDC guidelines) you can go back to your

local library and check out books. There is also Khan

Academy and various other online learning tools to

help keep your child engaged in learning throughout

the summer.

As always, the Truancy Department is here to support

you and your educational goals and needs not just

during the school year, but year-round.

If you have not filled out a ROI (Release of Information)

form for your school-aged child/ren, please come by the

Truancy Department located at the Tribal Complex

and fill one out. You will automatically be entered

into a raffle to win some great back-to-school prizes!

Have a safe and great Fourth of July everyone!

Continued, Next Page

July 2021

( New Mexico Public Education Continued )

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Health Beat

Why Donate Blood?

Stephanie Barela, 869-4479

www.vitalant.com

Isleta Health Center, Health Educator

While COVID-19 has changed many of our day-to-day

activities, one thing remains the same: Blood is the

most precious gift that anyone can give another person

– the gift of life. We need your help to ensure patients

in our community have the blood they need! June

14th is World Blood Donor Day help us celebrate by

signing up to donate today!

Isleta Health Center’s Annual Blood Drive, Thursday,

June 10, 2021 located at the Isleta Health Training

Center from 8:30am-12pm. Schedule your appointment

at www.vitalant.org, click on Donate in the left hand

corner and then click on Donate Blood and type in

Sponsor Code: IHC. If you need assistance with

registering, please call Stephanie Barela at 869-4479.

1. Patients need your gift of life! Every day

donors must give blood in order to supply all the

people in New Mexico that need it. SAVE A LIFEGIVE BLOOD!

2. It is a great way to learn your blood type;

when you donate, your blood is typed for free.

3. You get a mini-physical; Donors have

their blood pressure, pulse, hematocrit (anemia

screening), temperature checked, and a COVID test.

The entire donation process will take approximately

60 minutes.

4. Volunteer Work; It is a convenient way to do

volunteer work in your community.

5. Celebrate your good health; Donate on your

birthday, anniversary, or other special occasions

with others.

6. It is A Big Morale Booster; one of the few

things you can do to save another person's life.

7. One donation goes a long way; your single

donation may be separated into several blood

products to help treat up to four different patients.

o Red Cells: anemia, kidney dialysis, surgery

o Plasma: burn victims, shock, liver disease

o Platelets: leukemia, cancer, surgery

o Cryoprecipitate: hemophilia

8. Donors help support special blood

programs; Frequent small transfusions of Red Cells

are needed to provide life-sustaining oxygen for the

immature lungs of tiny babies.

o Premature infant care

o Rare donor registry

o Pheresis program

o Plasma for manufacture of blood clotting

factors, immune (“gamma”) globulin, albumin

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July 2021

PUEBLO OF ISLETA

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

JULY 2021 Article

VILLAGE SEWER LINE PROJECT

In April of this year, TLC began working

on the Village Sewer Line Project.

A

total of 45 new sewer service lines with

clean-outs have already been installed at

residences located west of TR 40, with a

few along TR 33 completed as well. There

are approximately 200 sewer service lines

included in this project. Any old clay or cast

iron sewer service line within the project

area will be replaced with a new 4” pvc

sewer service line and clean-outs. Some

homes have more than one sewer service

line and these are also being replaced as

necessary.

with the contractor on a daily basis. They

are also responsible for all line locates

called in to NM 811.

The project continues with 10 hour work

days Monday through Thursday.

If

necessary and permission is given, TLC will

work on Fridays to help stay on schedule.

The project is expected to be completed by

the middle of September, 2021.

Please use extra caution when in the areas

of construction. Obey all traffic signs and

speed limits, you may just save a life!

Thirteen manholes have been rehabilitated

thus far with many more to go.

The

rehabilitation of a manhole includes

cleaning, re-building interior benches,

leak testing and then an application of a

new coating to the interior. All manholes

located within the project boundary will be

raised to proper grade using concrete risers

and/or rings. A total of 8 new manholes are

expected to be installed in various locations.

The sewer main lines throughout the area

will be slip lined. The slip lining process will

be completed from one manhole to the next.

TLC will notify residents when the section

of main line in their area is due to be slip

lined. NO water can enter the sewer main

line during this process or the material will

fail. Please cooperate with the contractor

to ensure the project is a success.

If a main line cannot be slip lined due to

various reasons, such as a sag in the line,

excavation of that section of line will need

to be performed by the contractor. Please

be aware that some of the sewer main lines

are over 20’ deep and extra precautions

need to be taken when excavating to such

a deep depth.

There will also be 17 “E-1” grinder pump

systems installed during the project.

Existing homes currently on a septic tank in

the project area will be upgraded to an E-1

unit. Piping from the E-1 unit will connect

to a sewer main line, allowing the existing

septic system to be properly abandoned.

Pueblo of Isleta staff have been collecting

GIS information and taking photos, to have

a permanent record of new sewer service

lines installed. The crew coordinates closely

Pueblo of Isleta Animal Control

In the June 2021 newsletter, we discussed Section 3. F. of the

Amended and Restated Animal Ordinance which prohibits dogs

from running at large. According to the ordinance ““No animal

is allowed to run at large, roam or create a nuisance on another

person’s property or public areas of the Pueblo. All animals must be

within the control of their owner, confined or physically restrained

in a manner that they cannot escape.” What that means is that a

pet owner cannot allow their dog to leave their property, without

being on a leash that is controlled by a person. It also means that a

pet owner cannot leave their dog outside with the fence gate open.

Even if you believe your dog never leaves the yard, it could still

walk out of the open fence and roam freely.

Also, if you know that your dog(s) is able to leave your yard by

jumping the fence or walking through an opening in the fence and

you’ve taken no action to prevent it, that is the same as leaving

the gate open. When dogs are allowed to roam loose they often

leave poop in other people’s yard and chase cars. In some cases

roaming dogs chase and attack people or attack and kill other

people’s livestock, poultry, dogs and cats. Most pet owners don’t

believe their dog(s) would attack a person or animal; however, the

truth is that sometimes dogs behave very differently away from

their home then they do in the presence of their owner. Allowing

your dog(s) to roam loose and attack people and animals endangers

the public, animals and your dog. It could also lead to costly fines

and other court penalties. You may be asking yourself, “If I have

tried to keep my dog in the yard and it won’t stay in, what do I

do?” If your dog is a “fence jumper” or is kept outside and you

don’t have a fence, build an outdoor kennel for it. You can also put

your dog on a cable line or can leash your dog to the property. For

those of you who chose this option, please make sure your dog’s

leash is at least 8 foot long. Also feel free to call Animal Control

for recommendations on how you can keep your dog confined to

your property. We would much rather meet you for the first time to

assist you in complying with the law, than come out and investigate

you for a violation involving your dog.

To have an animal control officer survey your property and make

recommendations to you, please call Isleta Police dispatch at 8693030. Together we can make the Pueblo a safe place for people

and animals.

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Faron Candelaria Jr

Faron Candelaria Jr., captured the

year-end team roping title

in the New Mexico High School Rodeo

Association (NMHSRA).

He is pictured here with the NMHSRA

Queen Magdalena Lujan.

Faron Candelaria, Jr. will have the honor of

representing the state of New Mexico and

his hometown of Isleta Pueblo at this year’s

National High School Finals Rodeo (NHSFR).

The event takes place in Lincoln, NE beginning

July 18th and runs through July 24th.

Faron Jr is the son of Faron Sr and Amoretta

Candelaria. Through much hard work, he

has earned a spot as a Competitive Team

Roper with the New Mexico High School

Rodeo Association. Faron Jr, along with his

partner, Calvin Taylor, recently won the State

Championship during the State Finals held in

Lovington, NM. This qualified them for the

event in Lincoln in July.

Faron Jr, his parents, and family would like to

take this opportunity to show our appreciation

and say thank you to his extended Isleta

family, friends, and the community for all the

continued support.

Faron Jr, would like to express a positive quote

to all the young kids to “Never give up on what

you really want to do, follow your dreams and

believe in yourself.”

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July 2021

Dear Governor Abeita and Members of

the Isleta Pueblo Community,

Hello! I am honored and humbled to have

been asked by Archbishop Wester and Abbot

Joel Garner to serve as your Pastor of St.

Augustine parish here at Isleta. Admittedly,

the circumstance surrounding my coming to be

among you is sad; the sudden, tragic death of my

Norbertine confrere and classmate Fr. Graham

Golden has traumatized all of us deeply. That

said, it is my fervent hope that, while I cannot

replace Fr. Graham (or Fr. George, for that

matter), I can serve you effectively as a minister

and spiritual companion at your parish. To that

end, by the Grace of God I will do my level best

to respond to and meet your pastoral needs, and

I sincerely look forward to getting to know all of

you better over the coming weeks and months.

Indeed, we are faced with a number of challenges

at present. In addition to the devastating loss of

Fr. Graham, as a parish community we continue

to struggle with a radon problem in the church

building itself, an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

and the never-ending fallout from the Archdiocese’s

financial issues, amongst other difficulties…but

where there are challenges, I believe God also

offers opportunities. Thus, I am fully confident

that, together and with the Holy Spirit’s guidance

and aid, we can meet and overcome these obstacles

in creative, life-giving ways. As equal members of

this parish and the mystical Body of Christ, we

each have a part to play in the stewardship of our

local Church community, and every parishioner

has talents and ideas to offer. Therefore, what I

am asking for is your help: as I am fond of saying,

the Catholic Church is everyone’s responsibility.

Let us then labor together as “coworkers in the

vineyard” to make St. Augustine the sort of joyful

and vibrant Christian community that we—and

others—would want to be a part of!

As I am sure that some of you are curious about

me, a relative newcomer to your community,

permit me to furnish a few details about myself.

My family is of Bavarian and Polish ancestry, and

mostly live in the Upper Midwest. I am originally

from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and I attended

St. Norbert College, Michigan State University

(Go Green!) and Catholic Theological Union for

my higher education. I joined the Norbertines of

New Mexico in 2009, and was ordained in 2016.

Since ordination, I have served as Associate

Pastor at Holy Rosary Parish, as Prior at Santa

María de la Vid Abbey and as Instructor of

English, humanities and religion at CNM. In

my free time I enjoy watching sports (especially

college football, basketball and hockey), going to

the movies and reading books and magazines at

Starbucks. I like both Old and New Mexican food,

but Italian food is my favorite. I’m a big fan of

rock music, especially classic rock from the ‘60s

and ’70s. And one last detail…I really love hats.

Finally, I do want to thank personally Governor

Abeita, Shirley Zuni and all the parishioners,

volunteers and staff of St. Augustine for making

me feel so welcome, especially during this difficult

time; I very much appreciate your kindness and

generosity.

May God bless you, and I hope to see all of you

around the parish soon!

Sincerely yours in Sts. Norbert, Augustine, Kateri

Tekewitha and Santa María de la Vid,

Rev. Stephen A. Gaertner, O.Praem.

July 2021

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ISLETA FIRE DEPARTMENT

3950 Hwy 47

Albuquerque, NM 87105

505 - 869-9724

The purpose and vision of the

Pueblo of Isleta Volunteer Fire

Department is to provide to the

community and its members and

the general public who visit the

Pueblo the highest level of Care

and Respect in a time of need

and to maintain a well-organized relationship with

the community in fire prevention, minimize fire loss

and damage to the community and its members.

The mission of the Pueblo of Isleta Fire Department

is to serve the community by providing efficient and

effective protection of life and property from the

adverse effects of fire, medical emergencies, and other

hazardous situations.

The members of the Pueblo of Isleta volunteer Fire

Department are a diverse group joined together in a

common cause, providing a valued and outstanding

service to the Pueblo of Isleta.

Currently the fire department consists of 7 Volunteer

members and 1 paid Fire chief. All members are

fire fighters in both structural and wildland. We

currently have 1 EMT-Basic and 1 EMT-Paramedic.

The activities of the Fire Department consist of:

Protecting the life, property and natural resources

of the Pueblo of Isleta by responding to emergencies.

The members of the fire department come to the

station to maintain the apparatus and assure the

equipment is fully operational and ready to respond

to a call for service. Training is ongoing in all areas

pertaining to the job. Members come into the station

for station coverage which decreases the amount of

time to respond to a call for service.

We conduct fire extinguisher training to the

community and employees of the Pueblo and

work with Head, Elementary and Department of

Education conducting fire drills/ fire extinguisher

inspection and training. We conduct trainings with

Isleta Casino and are working with Pueblo buildings

for Occupancy loads and establishment of an ongoing

Fire Evacuation plans.

The fire department will be receiving a new

2000-gallon water tender early July. We are

currently updating all fire apparatus with required

equipment. The department is continuously

recruiting for membership. Our primary source of

membership is to come from the Pueblo. We will be

reaching out to the public outside of the Community.

The members that may come onto the Department

from outside the Pueblo will be Station Coverage

members, meaning they will be required to cover

station duty on an hourly and daily basis. If you

would like to join a growing department within the

Pueblo please feel free to contact 505-869-9724 or

505-974-5385.

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July 2021

Pueblo of Isleta Public Library

We hope you all are enjoying the summer heat, hopefully, with a nice dip in the pool or

staying fresh inside with the air conditioning on. Also to pass the time, don’t forget to check

out a good book, movie or download an e-book from our online catalog. Keep reading this

month’s article to learn more about our FREE services we have to offer here at the library.

Have a safe and fun summer! Make memories and enjoy the little things in life.

News

In observance of the Fourth of July the

Library will be closed on Monday, July 5th.

Library media checked out on Thursday,

July 1st and Friday, July 2nd will be due

on Tuesday, July 6th. If you need to renew

library material, please remember that you

can renew using our Librista Mobile App.

Have a safe and fun Fourth of July! Notices

and reminders will be posted in the Library

and on our Social Media outlets.

There will be NO Summer Reading Program

(SRP) from June 28th – July 5th. Enjoy

your Fourth of July week. We will resume

SRP on Tuesday, July 6th.

In the past, snakes have been spotted around

the Library/Education Complex. Please,

watch where you step, have lunch and sit

down. Please report any snake sightings

to the Library staff or the Department

of Education staff. We ask that you DO

NOT try to handle the situation on your

own due to reports of venomous snakes.

Remember that little snakes are the most

venomous, so please keep that in mind. We

will have Isleta Animal Control handle the

situation that have the proper equipment

and strategies to properly handle snakes.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation

with this matter. We want everyone to be

safe.

As a reminder while visiting the Library,

please do not leave children, elderly, or pets

in a hot vehicle. Sometimes a quick trip to

print out papers, make copies or fax may

take longer than expected due to unforeseen

circumstances. Please do not take the

chance. Thank you for understanding.

Our Family Virtual Story time will be

taking a break this June and July. Story

time will begin in August with story times

every Wednesday starting at 10:30am and

activities such as crafts will follow. We

hope by this time we can have in-person

story time once again. We will continue to

keep you updated as the time comes closer.

If you have any questions about our story

times give the library a call and speak

with Cheyenne at 505-869-9808 or email at

Cheyenne.Castillo@isletapueblo.com.

Get a Library card with the Pueblo of Isleta

Public Library and take advantage of our

FREE services. We are a PUBLIC library

and everyone is welcomed to use our

services.

The Library is offering a

contactless curbside service

as well as computer use

by appointment only for

essential

use.

Curbside

services will be MondayThursday from 10am to 5pm and Friday

10am to 4pm. To check out material please

download our mobile app Librista.

To make a computer appointment please

call the library to set up a time, as space

is limited. Appointments will be based

on 30-minute increments so please come

prepared. When visiting the library please

remember to wear a mask at all times,

patrons’ temperature will be taken before

entering the library. Sanitation stations

have been set up throughout the library, and

computer workstations must be disinfected

before and after use. Patrons will enter at

the front entrance of the library and will

exit on the north side of the library. We

greatly appreciate your patience at this

time as we are adjusting to a new normal.

If you have any questions or concerns feel

free to contact the library at 505-869-9808.

To drop off any library materials please

use our drop off box, which is located in the

front of the library. Drop off material will

be quarantined for three days, disinfected

and then checked in.

With things changing daily library staff

is closely monitoring the COVID-19

situation and as a result library programs

and services are being impacted. We will

continue to keep you updated and informed

about upcoming programs and services as

more information comes along. Below is a

list of our new hours of operation.

Library Temporary COVID-19

Hours of Operation

Monday –Thursday: 8am to 6:30pm

Friday:

8am to 4:30pm

Saturday: CLOSED

Curbside Hours

Elderly: 10am-11am

General: 11am-5pm

breaking news, multimedia, reviews &

opinions on Washington, business, sports,

movies, travel and so much more. New

York Times will be available on library

computers, library Wi-Fi or if you are at

home you can access through the library

website and click on the icon located on the

general library section.

The library now has LinkedIn Learning

formally known as Lynda.com, which is

FREE online training on various computer

software and programs. The LinkedIn

Learning Online Training Library is a

massive online training resource. Using

their thousands of videos, members are able

to learn – self-paced and on-demand – topics

ranging from Google, Zoom and so much

more. Members must have a Library card in

order to utilize the LinkedInLearning.com

site. The link to LinkedinLearning.com may

be found on our Library website at http://

isletapueblo.com/library.html. Just click on

the “Start Learning Click Here” button to

start your digital continuing education.

Download the mobile app Libby to start

borrowing and reading eBooks and

audiobooks for FREE. Put your library in

your pocket with Libby. To access this app

you will need your library barcode and

password.

Library staff members are on site to answer

any questions or address any concerns you

may have and we are always open to any

suggestions you might have to helps us

better serve the community. Please don’t

hesitate to give us a call at 505-869-9808.

Library Access from Home

During this time we encourage the use

of our digital services. If you ever have

questions or need help accessing our online

services. Please call us at the library at

869-9808 during regular business hours or

message us on social media (FB, Snapchat,

& Instagram).

The Library’s digital services give

cardholders 24/7 free access to eBooks,

audiobooks,

music,

magazines

and

periodicals (NY Times), so you can maximize

your reading, and listening experience at

home. We’ve got you covered.

Youth Program starting off the week with

a little friendly competition!

The library online services will ask you to

enter your library barcode number which is

located on the back of your library card and

a 4 digit pin or password. If you do not have

a 4 digit pin or password set up with us, you

can call the library during business hours

and a staff member can help you set that up

over the phone.

Below is a list of the digital services the

library has to offer.

To search our library collection and view

your account you can download the Librista

app on your iPhone, Android and Kindle

devices. This feature will let you see what

library material is available, let you search

our library collection and view your account.

New York Times online is now available

to our library patrons for FREE. Find

Junior Program enjoying lunch out on

the patio!

July 2021

Free Music! Take advantage of our Freegal

Music service. Log on with your library

card number and pin to start downloading

and streaming music. Library patrons

receive 3 free downloads each week and

UNLIMITED streaming of music with NO

AD interruptions. Log on to freegalmusic.

com or download the Freegal Music app. If

you have any questions about this service

or would like to set up a password please

give the library a call at 505-869-9808.

For additional help and information library

staff members have made YouTube videos

featuring the library’s digital services and

how to utilize them. Check them out by

visiting the library’s YouTube page at www.

youtube.com/user/poilibrary.

Isleta Pueblo News

reading groups. This year with our reading

groups students are different ages so we

have included an audio book to follow along

with since students are at different reading

levels. This way they can listen to the audio

book and follow along. This also introduces

them to different methods of reading a

book. Each day student’s read 45 minutes

of their book and after have 15 minutes of

discussion. This year we had 4 curriculums

for students to choose from during

registration: Science, Building & Creating,

Monster Movie Makeup and Mythology &

Astrology. All groups got to attend a mini

field trip for the month of June. Mini field

trips were based on the curriculum for each

group and what they have been learning.

Upcoming

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Junior Program exploring the California

Ocean and making a tropical reef!

Our After School Program registration

for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year

will be in August. Transportation to the

Library will be available for Bosque Farms

Elementary ONLY as the other students

have bus stops near the Library. Stay

tuned for more information to come as we

approach the new school year. If you have

any questions regarding our After School

Program give us a call at 505-869-9808.

Soon the Library will be working on

programs for the community starting in

August. The Library staff has discussed

many program ideas, but we like to hear

from you! If you have any suggestions or

ideas please feel free to share with a library

staff member, we are always on the look out

for new program ideas. Some of the programs

we have done in the past include computer

classes, book clubs, for adults, teens, and

tweens, painting, beading, sewing, Do-ItYourself crafts, food programs and much

more. We appreciate your suggestions and

feedback.

Youth Program playing Janga as an

icebreaker to get to know one another!

Junior Program broke the ice by

playing a game of Janga!

Recap

The library is now a month into our

Summer Reading Program and things are

off to a great start. Students were welcomed

back the first week and didn’t skip a beat

as both our Junior and Youth programs

are very independent and were excited to

see old friends and make new friends for

the summer. The Library staff presented

the rules and to get to know each other.

We played a variety of icebreakers that

included a life size Janga, a Saran Wrap

Mystery Ball, and Minute to Win It games.

The Junior Program 3 to 6 year olds have

been busy learning about the U.S.A., for

the month of June students have learned

about New Mexico, California, Texas and

Louisiana. Each week we go over the state

symbols and landmarks followed with story

time and a craft. Week one we explored New

Mexico by making a Hot Air Balloon and

an Adobe Ginger Bread House. Week two

was all about California with a DIY light

up Tropical Reef, a personal Hollywood star

and a yummy California Candy Sushi Roll.

Finishing up the month was Texas and

Louisiana with crafts such as a Cowboy

Boot, Cowboy Hat Cake Pop, and Mardi

Gras Mask and Sherbet Floats. Students

also got to cool off with a Water Day at

the Park where they played with water

balloons, a splash pad and water laser tag.

Our Junior Group is looking forward to

many more activities and their final major

field trip to Urban Air and Dion’s on July

19th and 20th.

Our Youth Program for ages 7-14 have been

working in their group curriculums and

Youth Program playing Minute to Win It

for an icebreaker.

Youth Program Mythology & Astrology

Group!

Youth Program Science Group!

Story time and a nature walk to learn

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Youth Program Building & Creating

Group!

Below are updates from each group.

Building & Creating: Students have

been working on creating a city, making an

epoxy mold, designing a maze and putting

together a bristle bot. Building & Creating

students went to Art Attack to create a

ceramic art piece and also learned about a

pottery kiln and the firing process.

Monster Movie Makeup: Students

received a Special Effects Makeup kit and

went over what was inside the kit as well

as an introduction to shading. Students

then got to apply their newly learned skills

to face shading skulls and dolls, and at the

end of the month students learned how to

Comic Book Face Paint and used makeup

to create an optical illusion. Monster

Movie Makeup students enjoyed a movie

and got to see what goes into doing a scene

when using makeup and how it shapes the

characters.

Science: Students began the month

making a lava lamp, creating a invisible

message, learned about edible chemistry,

did a egg drop and built a bridge. Science

students went to the Escape room as they

have been learning about Forensic Science.

Mythology & Astrology:

Students

have been learning about Olympic gods,

Constellations, Heroes, Monsters, the

Norse gods and also making a Viking

Helmet, Viking Ship and Viking Shields.

Mythology & Astrology students took a

trip to the museum to learn more about the

stars and planets.

Our Youth Group is looking forward to

many more activities and their final major

field trip to Top Golf on July 24th.

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ST. AUGUSTINE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM

Students from the St. Augustine Religious Education Program received the Sacrament of First Communion on Saturday, May 29, 2021.

Pictured are several students of the 23 communicants who were enrolled in our program this year. I would like to take the time to

thank all students for your commitment in attending in-person classes. Also, thank you to all parents, guardians and grandparents who

made every effort to make sure they came to class each week. We hope to see all the children return for classes in the fall to continue

their faith journey. We also had nineteen students receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. We pray that our Heavenly Father will

guide them to continue to grow strong in their faith as compassionate and responsible adults. Thank you to our teachers and aides who

volunteered their time and talent to help the children prepare for the reception of these sacraments. They enjoy teaching the Catholic

Faith to the children of our community. Every child touches our hearts with joy. May you all have a fun and safe summer,

Margaret Zuni (Director of Religious Education)

Stephanie Ortiz

Ambrozette Benvides

Sophia Padilla

Jayden Lucero

Matteo Torres

Cameron Lucero

Luterio Jojola

Anthony Flores

Mariah Lucero and Grace Abeita

Timothy Panteah

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ISLETA POLICE DEPARTMENT

JULY – 2021

Half of 2021 is gone! The weather is definitely HOT and we are in a drought situation, so please

ensure you are aware of fire and fireworks restrictions for the Pueblo. One careless act can result in

unwanted tragedies.

WELCOME NEW EMPLOYEES:

Torch Run. Six members of Isleta Pueblo and

K-9 Officer Bradley Killough from Bosque Farms

Police Department braved the scorching sun and

ran from Chical Haystack to the interstate overpass

on Highway 45.

This month we have several new members

to the Department to introduce:

Jazmine Olivas recently joined the

Department in the Communications

Division. Jazmine was born and raised in

Albuquerque NM. During the past year she

worked with security dispatch. She states

she is grateful to begin her law enforcement

career with the Isleta Police Department.

Jazmine just purchased her first home

on her own in Albuquerque. She enjoys

spending her spare time working on her

home, spending time with her family and

boyfriend. Jazmine enjoys outdoor activities

such as backpacking and camping.

A new member to the Police Department, Patrol

Division is Anthony Castro. Anthony is originally

from Fullerton, California but has resided in Isleta

approximately sixteen years and is of Tribal

descent. Anthony is 21 years old and is a 2018

graduate of Valencia High School. Anthony states

he is thankful for the opportunity to become a part

of the Police Department and is looking forward

to protecting and serving the people and Pueblo

of Isleta.

Ofcr K. Martin carrying the torch

We also welcome Tanika Grant to the

Communications Division.

Tanika is

originally from Albuquerque but has

resided in Rio Rancho since 2001. She

is married with three children and

David Roybal is no stranger to many as he was

introduced as he was employed approximately

two and a half years ago. At that time he joined

the Isleta Police Department’s Security Division.

He is now transitioning to the Department as a

police cadet and like Anthony, will be attending

the academy soon. David is 21 years old, born

and raised in the Pueblo of Isleta. He is excited

to serve the community in a new capacity as a

police officer. David says, “I greatly appreciate

this opportunity!”

three grandchildren. She has worked in

Corrections/Law Enforcement since 2004

and is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s

degree in psychology specializing in dual

diagnosis. She plans eventually to assist

at risk communities with mental health

and substance abuse disorders and bring

awareness through education. She states

she is grateful to be able to serve this

wonderful community and appreciates all

the warm welcomes thus far.

L-R: Ofcr J. Janis, K9 Ofcr B, Killough (BFPD),

K9 Ofcr L. Lujan (IPD), Ofcr K. Martin (IPD),

Sgt. M. Martin (IPD), O. Trujillo (Isleta Pueblo),

and B. Tower (IPD Dispatch)

INDIAN HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM

First group in Second group

catching up

The IHSP Traffic Division continues in its

endeavors to ensure the roadways in the Pueblo

and the thoroughfares for commuters remain safe

for traveling motorists. They are ever vigilant for

drivers who are speeding, failing to observe traffic

signs and signals. Erratic and aggressive drivers

are also on their radar as are those who are driving

under the influence.

Speeding, distracted driving and driving under the

influence are key factors leading to crashes. The

interstate was deadly last month for drivers with

investigations into fatal crashes. Please watch

your speeds, do not text and drive and, most

importantly, do not drink and drive.

TORCH RUN

We congratulate and appreciate the individuals

who ran in sizzling heat for Isleta’s “leg” of the

YAY! WE MADE IT!!

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NEXT LEG OF THE RUN: Members of Juvenile Probation, Bernalillo County Fire

Department and APD Traffic taking the last leg for the Southwest Region.

Their destination is Civic Plaza.

be held at the Recreation Center from 5:00

pm to 8:00 pm. PLEASE NOTE: At this

time COVID-19 precautions are planned

and will be in place for the event.

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Sadly, we still hear of incidents where

children and pets are left unattended

in vehicles. There have been a couple of

incidents in Isleta. There can be criminal

charges filed if a child or animal is left in a

vehicle on a hot day. This was discussed in

a previous newsletter but a reminder with

the heat being experienced is necessary.

The following were taken from Twitter and

ktvz.com

If you are interested in helping with this

event, have a booth (first come/first serve

basis), or donate, please contact:

The Isleta Police Department together with

various departments are in the planning

stages for the Second Annual National

Night event to be held August 3, 2021. As

we were given a green light to plan for the

event, we are in crunch mode and need

any and all who can help out with this

community event.

National Night Out is an annual

community-building

campaign

that

promotes police-community partnerships

and neighborhood camaraderie. The Isleta

Police Department has included the many

departments who assist in finding resources

to assist those in need.

Businesses/organizations and individuals

who like to donate/contribute to the cause

are welcome and much appreciated. Items

for raffle prizes, door prizes, food, and

money contributions are welcome. Our

First Annual National Night Out was

held in August of 2019 and, of course, due

to COVID restrictions, we were unable to

hold the event last year. We feel 2019 was

successful and want to continue with the

event this year. There will food, games and

information booths for all. The event will

Officer Sharon K. Mitamura

Sharon.mitamura@isletapueblo.com

(505) 382-3459 or leave a message at the

Police Department

You may also contact members of the

Donation Committee if you have donations:

Charlotte Smiley –

Victim Services – 869-9838

Chief Lester Gary –

Isleta Fire Department – 869-9724

We are looking forward to making this

a success and hope to see our community

members there. More information will be

posted throughout the Pueblo.

HEAT PRECAUTIONS

With temperatures soaring in the 90s and

100s, we caution all to be sure to take all

the necessary precautions. As taken from

the weather.gov/heat website, here are

some tips:

WHAT IS GRIEF?

Grief is the natural reaction to loss. While everyone experiences some

form of grief and loss, it is also an intensely personal experience. It is

the emotional suffering we feel when we lose something or someone

we love. The pain of the loss can feel overwhelming and we may

suddenly experience unexpected emotions from shock or anger to

disbelief, guilt, and deep sadness. The pain of grief is not limited to

our emotional suffering but our physical health can also suffer, making

it difficult to sleep, eat, or even think straight. These are common

reactions to loss—and the more significant the loss, the more intense

our grief will be.

Many are enduring losses during this challenging time of the Pandemic.

While we usually associate grief with the death of a loved one, any

loss can cause grief, including:

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Divorce or relationship breakup

Loss of health

Loss of a job

Loss of financial stability

A miscarriage

Retirement

Death of a pet

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Loss of a cherished dream

Serious illness of a loved one

Loss of a friendship

Loss of safety after a trauma

Selling or moving away from the family home

Whatever the cause of the grief, there are healthy ways to cope with

the pain that, in time, can ease our sadness and help us come to

terms with our loss, find new meaning, and eventually move on with

our lives.

Seek help if you:

1. Feel like life isn’t worth living

2 Wish you had died with your loved one

3. Blame yourself for the loss or for failing to prevent it

4. Feel numb and disconnected from others for more than a few

weeks

5. Are having difficulty trusting others since your loss

6. Are unable to perform your regular daily activities

Call Isleta Behavioral Health Clinic at 869-5475

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Isleta Historical Society

Protect the Land • Preserve the Culture • Honor the Ancestors

This continues a monthly series of articles about historic Isletans and significant happenings at Isleta.

The Isleta Historical Society is an independent, inclusive group looking to broaden understanding through

vigorous research, interviews, visits to museums and other historical sites etc. We are interested in your

reaction to these stories and encourage you to contact us with ideas for future publications. Visit us on

Facebook and Instagram @isletahistoricalsociety or email us at isletahistoricalsociety@gmail.com. We

will not use any information without your permission. Thank you!

Members: Randy Jiron, Kateri Jojola, Malcolm Ebright, Valentino Jaramillo, Rick Hendricks, and Ted Jojola

The Quest for the Crest:

The Patenting and Use of the Isleta

Mountain Tract – Part One

When the former Isleta governor Ambrosio

Abeita appeared before the New Mexico

Surveyor General to describe the boundaries

of Isleta’s land grant, he was careful to

delineate with precision Isleta’s eastern

boundary: the espinaza (spine or crest) of

the Manzano Mountains. However, when

Deputy Surveyor John Garretson surveyed

the grant in the mid 1850s, he placed the

eastern boundary in the foothills, not the

crest, depriving Isleta of about 21,000 acres

of mountain land. It took over two decades

of bureaucratic wrangling beginning in

the 1900s to correct the error, but in the

meantime pueblo members continued

using the mountain. Some, like Domingo

Jojola, built cabins on the mountain. Many

grazed sheep and gathered resources like

herbs and wood for firewood, fence posts,

and vigas. Most importantly, the pueblo

continued holding ceremonies and dances

that depend on the mountain. In this twopart series we will tell the story of how

Isleta was able to regain the mountain tract

and how Isletans have used the mountain

over the years. In this month’s article we

discuss the surveying rules and practice for

surveying a mountain as a boundary and

examine the experience of Sandia Pueblo,

which also had a mountain for an eastern

boundary, but was not able to get title to

Sandia Peak.

Surveying the Mountain

It was common practice for Hispanic land

grant petitions to cite a mountain as a

boundary because the uplands were where

the common lands with its resources,

including grazing land, were located. While

it was not as prevalent for pueblo grants

of four-square leagues (17,400 acres) to be

bounded by a mountain, both Isleta and

Sandia grants were bounded on the east

by the mountains. In Sandia’s case, the

eastern boundary was the Sierra de Sandia,

or Sandia Mountain. In other cases, like

tracts within the Tierra Amarilla grant,

the peak was the cuchilla, or knife (edge).

Using terms like espinaza (spine) and

cuchilla (knife [edge]), indicates a clear

intent by the grant petitioners that the

peak or crest of the mountain be surveyed

as the boundary, not the foothills. Hispanic

surveying practice prior to the US invasion

was always to survey to the crest, peak, or

highest point when a mountain or hill was

called for as a boundary. Viewed from the

perspective of the times, it would be absurd

to survey to the foothills and deprive the

settlers of the resources of the mountain.

That was why Isleta leaders like Pablo

Abeita were so adamant and determined to

have the Isleta survey redone and to have a

patent issued for the mountain tract.

A good example of Hispanic surveying

practice in regard to a mountain is the

Elena Gallegos grant which adjoins the

Sandia grant on the south and also had the

Sandia Mountains as an eastern boundary.

The Elena Gallegos grant was a community

grant with the crest of Sandia Peak always

considered to be its eastern boundary, both

in Hispanic practice and as surveyed by

the Surveyor General. As historian Marc

Simmons noted, “the eastern limit of the

[Elena Gallegos] grant was identified only

as the Sandia Mountains, by which the

colonial settlers understood, the summit of

the range.”

Several smaller grants in the Santa Fe

area also referred to mountains and hills

as boundaries (sierras and lomas or cerros).

In every case it was the highest point or

peak that was called for. Early New Mexico

settlers intended that the hill or mountain

be included in the grant because they needed

the woodland resources on the mountain

and besides, without the mountain or hill

there would be very little left of the grant.

This was true for Hispanic grants as well as

grants to Pueblos.

Red Hills with Pedernal

Another approach for understanding early

surveying practice in New Mexico is to

look at cases where a mountain was the

boundary between two grants. In 1766

the Piedra Lumbre grant in Rio Arriba

County was made to Pedro Martín Serrano

with the Cerro Pedernal as a southern

boundary. This is the flat-topped mountain

that appears in many of Georgia O’Keeffe’s

paintings. It was intended that the top of

the Pedernal be the boundary, for when

the Juan Bautista Valdez grant was made

to the south, it simply referred to the

boundary of the Martín’s as the northern

boundary. Thus, the boundary at the top

of the Pedernal would give each grant the

mountainside it needed for its resources.

If the Piedra Lumbre grant placed the

boundary at the foothills then the Valdez

grant would include then entire Cerro

Pedernal, depriving the Piedra Lumbre

grant of the mountain.

The concept of public domain or government

land was radically different in eighteenth

and nineteenth-century New Mexico. Now

we have the Forest Service and the Bureau

of Land Management (BLM) managing the

public domain for the use of the general

public, charging fees for some uses and

prohibiting others. In contrast, the Spanish

and Mexican governments of New Mexico

wanted to privatize through land grants

as much of the public domain as possible

to establish settlements that would act as

buffer zones to protect against Plains Indian

attacks. This applied to both Hispanic and

Pueblo grants. Empty public domain was a

liability, providing an avenue of attack on

Spanish settlements and on the pueblos.

Thus, it is clear that in Spanish-colonial and

Mexican-period New Mexico, when a hill or

mountain was specified for a boundary, it

was always the summit or crest that was

considered the actual boundary, unless the

boundary call specifically referred to the

foothills, as in el pie de la cuchilla (the foot

of the ridge) or la falda de la sierra (the

skirt of the mountain). This is also the rule

or guideline that surveyors follow today.

The Sandia grant, whose eastern boundary

was also the mountain, is a good example

of a Pueblo grant made by the Spanish

government to settle unoccupied land and

protect nearby settlements from attack.

The Sandia and Isleta Grants’ Eastern

Boundary

Since Sandia, also a Tiwa-speaking pueblo,

was subject to a similar mistaken survey

as Isleta was, it is interesting to compare

the history of the two pueblos to determine

why Sandia had such a different outcome.

The Pueblo of Sandia had a long history

of occupation of its homelands prior to the

Pueblo Revolt and the subsequent return

to New Mexico by Diego de Vargas. Many

Sandia people left the pueblo and moved

to Hopi (along with some Isletans) and

constructed a pueblo called Payupki on

Second Mesa. In 1748, several Franciscan

priests traveled to Hopi to bring back the

Sandias and resettle them in their old

pueblo.

Making the Sandia Pueblo Grant

Drawing by Glen Strock

New Mexico governor Codallos y Rabal

made a new grant to about 350 Sandia

Indians in 1748 at the site of their old pueblo

and ordered Lieutenant Governor Bernardo

Bustamante to establish the boundaries.

Bustamante made the eastern boundary

the Sierra Madre called Sandia. At the

time it seemed clear that the lieutenant

governor meant the crest or peak of the

Sandias, because he noted that the grant

would include “the pastures, woods, waters,

and watering places,” which — especially

the woods — were found only on the

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mountain. However, when Deputy Surveyor

Ruben Clements performed a hasty survey

of the grant in 1859, he did not place the

eastern boundary at the crest, but simply

drew a line from the northern boundary

to the southern boundary. It appears the

eastern boundary was little more than a

line drawn on paper, not a survey on the

ground. But the result was the same as with

the Isleta mountain tract: although both

pueblos continued to use their mountain

tracts, they did not own it. The land had

not been patented to them. However, the

difference between each pueblo’s approach

to remedying this injustice is startling.

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error and requesting a new survey as early

as 1899, while Sandia waited until 1983 to

make its claim. In the meantime, Sandia

Mountain remained public domain and

became dotted with 600 acres of inholdings

as non-Indians filed small-holding claims,

building homes on land that rightfully

belonged to Sandia Pueblo. These inholders

— including many powerful people such

as the governor of New Mexico — were an

important lobby against Sandia’s claim of

ownership, arguing in the press that the

pueblo was planning to evict them or cut

off their access easements. Isleta, on the

other hand, began pursuing its claim to the

mountain in 1899, and kept the pressure on

for over two decades, largely through the

efforts of Pablo Abeita, Bautista Zuni, and

the lawyer Richard Hanna.

More on Isleta’s quest for the crest in next

month’s article.

Sandia Pueblo Grant

Map by Molly O’Halloran

Both Sandia and Isleta were surveyed at the

same time, but Isleta began pointing out the

Again, we want to thank everyone who

has been reading these articles. We invest

a great deal of time and energy into these

articles, and we do so because we are

interested and passionate about the topics

we cover. We believe that by sharing

these stories with the community it may

instill a sense of confidence in who we are

as Isletans. We are grateful for all of our

readers and have been receiving feedback

from the community. Some of you have

even reached out with ideas about what

topics to cover next or areas of interest for

the Historical Society to dig deeper into.

Juan Bautista Zuni, Pablo Abeita,

and Marcelino Abeita, 1918,

Delancy W. Gill, photographer,

courtesy of

National Anthropological Archive,

neg. no NAA GN 02004

We thank you for your interest in the stories

we are telling about the Pueblo and the

people and encourage you to reach out to us

with any information, ideas, or comments

that you feel would be helpful to us. We

will soon be publishing on our social media

platforms so be on the lookout for that

content. Again, any information is greatly

appreciated and will not be used without

your permission.

Thank you!

Counseling Can Help

The Behavioral Health Clinic is open for direct patient

contact with careful adherence to protocols as

established by the Isleta Health Center to include:

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Patients must wear a face mask at all times

when in the facility and when in your vehicle checking

in for your appointment

•

All patients must check in at the front of the

Isleta Health Center where your temperature will

be taken and you will receive a wristband and

instructions how to proceed

•

Please arrive 15 minutes ahead of your

appointment time

•

Patients and staff maintain social distancing at

all times

•

Lobby and offices are sanitized before and after

each patient visit

Talking to others is always helpful and talking with

a professional therapist can really help – especially

during this difficult time.

Call 869-5475- Make an appointment to meet with a

therapist - see if counseling can help.

Sometimes you can’t wait - If you or someone you

know is having a mental health crisis, call 1-800-2738255 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

You can also text HOME to 741-741 for free, 24-hour

support from the Crisis Text Line.

Give time and attention to all your health needs –

physical, emotional, and mental.

Isleta Pueblo News

Editor:

Nathaniel Lujan

Asst. Editor:

Diane Abeita

Published By:

Valencia Express

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ISLETA PARKS AND RECREATION

July 2021

The July 4th Holiday is almost here as a reminder to everyone it’s still very dry out so please be responsible with any fireworks you may

be using. Remember fireworks can cause fires and we all know the problems fires can cause to our land and our air quality. Please be

safe and responsible with your fireworks if we are allowed to use them this year.

Things are continuing to get better every day here in the Pueblo and around the country, hopefully all of us have received or will be

getting our covid vaccinations. If we all continue to do our part (vaccinations, mask wearing, social distancing, small gatherings only)

we will continue to beat this thing.

We here in the Parks & Recreation Department are doing all we can to make sure all our participants are safe when they come to utilize

our facilities. We are still following the mandated mask wearing directive and we are also keeping any group use numbers low, this

includes the numbers for our youth program this summer.

RECREATION PROGRAM SECTION –

(From LeeAnn Zuni, Activities Coordinator)

It’s really nice to have the Summer Recreation

Program back this year and its feels good to be

providing recreational activities to the youth

of the Pueblo once again. Unfortunately, this

year’s program has been scaled back in numbers

for safety reason. We have met our scaled back

number of 50 participants and we also have a

waiting list as well. This summer program is

different than previous years with no fieldtrips

being offered at this time for the children due

to Covid-19 safety precautions, we continue to

monitor this daily and if things progress it may be

possible that some field trips will be allowed next

month. We will keep parents posted if we are

able to take field trips. Our Summer Recreation

Youth Leaders have modified their activities to

be centralized using all areas of the recreation

center. Each of the five age groups follow a

daily rotation of activities outdoors and indoors

every day. The daily activities consist of croquet,

badminton, kickball, Frisbee golf, nature walks,

batting cages, swimming, arts & crafts, snack

making, movies and much more. We would like

to say Thank-you to the Department of Education

for having Explora come out and do some stem

activities every Friday. Here are some of the

highlights of daily activities:

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SPORTS SECTION – (From Coach cool and available for all your fitness needs.

George Waquie, Sports Coordinator)

We are off to a good start this summer here

at the rec center. The first thing we have

coming up is a Department challenge run/

walk, each participant is responsible for

30 miles. Each team has to complete 300

total miles on the Nike run club app. We

are very excited that we received 10 teams

which will include Health Clinic, Parks &

Recreation, Head Start, Police, Rangeland,

Water Resources, Department of Education,

Census, Governor’s Office, Tribal Council,

Truancy, Treasury, Human Resources and

Public Works. Some of these departments

are being combined to make sure that they

have a 10 members team. This event is

running from June 21st to July 21st, good

luck to everyone. The Corn Hole Challenge

had a very good turnout (Approximately

30 Participants) for a first time event, that

event took place in late June. Sign-ups for

our Mini Triathlon are still going on until

July 30, 2021. To sign-up for this event

please come to the recreation center. This

is the first time we have this type of event, if

the turnout is good we will consider making

this an annual event. All parts (swimming,

biking, running) of this event will take

place here at the recreation center and for

safety purposes it will need to be scheduled.

We encourage all of you to come out and see

your fitness level. Remember, this is a mini

triathlon and there is no pressure except to

get a good workout. Come to the center and

start training with our staff to help you get

prepared for this event, our staff is always

available to help you out. Stay safe and

healthy!

AQUATICS CENTER – (From Josh

Roybal, Aquatics Coordinator/Manager)

Greetings everyone! We are still doing

lane swimming by appointment and would

like to encourage anyone interested to

call the Rec Center at 505-869-9777 to

reserve your lane!

Appointments are

available in 1hr increments from 6:30am to

5:30pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays. We are

proud to partner with the Summer Youth

Recreation Program and we have the youth

participants utilizing the pool in different

sessions from 9:00am-3:00pm Mondays,

Wednesdays, and Fridays until the end of

July. This means lanes are unavailable

to book between 9:00am and 3:00pm on

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays so

we can accommodate the youth in our

recreation program. We are still taking

applications for lifeguards and are looking

for staff for the upcoming fall season. For

anyone interested in applying or for any

questions about the Lifeguard certification

or for information about swim lessons and

other aquatic programming, please call

505-869-9783.

FITNESS SECTION – (From Mike

Trujillo, Fitness Manager and Thomas

Zuni, Fitness Coordinator)

Summer is here folks and it’s a hot one!

This is a reminder to stay hydrated and

if you are planning on doing any type of

outdoor exercises or activities, try to get

things done in the morning time. When it is

somewhat cool and if you are unable to do

your activities in the morning, please visit

the recreation center and/or our Fitness

West Facility (Old Rec). Both facilities are

available for your use and with this heat

it’s probably better that you go indoors to

do your workouts. Both facilities are clean,

Some food for thought… Approximately

400 people die in the United States every

year due to heat stroke. So please listen to

your body and take your health seriously.

Remember that our staff is trained to help

and answer any questions that you may

have. Now that things are getting better

we will be starting up classes again, so keep

your eyes and ears open and sign up for the

future classes we will be offering. See you

very soon and stay safe.

PARKS

MAINTENANCE – (From

Donald Lucero, Parks Superintendent)

First of all, I want to thank the tribal

members that have been calling in to

compliment the Parks crew on the great

job that they are doing with the parks,

that’s an obvious testament to the great

job that the staff is doing daily, we really

appreciate the compliments! The Parks are

looking great once again! It’s nice to see our

tribal members out there using the parks

with their families. After last year this is a

welcomed site. We have sprayed down the

playground equipment, play areas, benches

and tables and will continue to spray them

down for safety reasons, of course. As

mentioned our staff is doing a wonderful

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job and the Weed and Litter Crew has been

a great help as well. The young men that

work the weed and litter crew have been

busting their butts every day during the

summer to keep the weed population down

to a minimum and to help keep our parks

and grounds looking good. Once again, I

want to thank all of our staff that is working

with the Parks Maintenance Division.

I can’t stress enough how wonderful it is

to see everyone out and about throughout

the Pueblo once again. It’s also good to

see people back in our facilities working

out using the gym, swimming etc. It’s

a great feeling to see many of you back

again. Having the children here for our

summer program is the ultimate, seeing

their smiling faces here in the facility,

watching them playing games and hearing

them say hi to us (staff) whenever they pass

us in the halls of the facility brings us all

so much joy. It’s wonderful to see things

getting a little more back to normal. Please

continue to be safe and also follow all covid

safe practices so that we can all get back to

normal. Thank you for your support!

Arnold Sena

Parks & Recreation Department Director

869-9777

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July 2021

Health Beat

SUMMER WEATHER EYE CARE

Dr. Mitchel Anderson, OD, Optometrist

Phone: 505-869-4080

As the seasons change and the weather heats up, many of us

spend time outdoors working in our fields, gardens and tending

to our animals as well as other fun outdoor activities such as

camping, hiking, sports and recreational activities. During this

time, it is important to remember our eye health, in the heat of

the summer; it is especially important to wear UV protection,

the sun emits UV rays that can be damaging to our eyes over

our lifetimes. The more we protect our eyes with sunglasses, the

better eye health we will have.

It is more common for our eyes to get itchy and

drier during this time.

If your eyes are feeling dry, there are many types of eye

drops you can use. As an optometrist, I always recommend using

“Artificial Tears” or “Lubricant Eye drops”. You can use these

types of eye drops 4 times per day to help your eyes feel more

comfortable. If you feel the need to use these eye drops more than

4 times you will need to look for preservative-free eye drops that

come in small vials instead of the typical bottle.

If your eyes are feeling itchy, I recommend the following over

the counter eye drops: Ketotifen, Zaditor, Alaway, or Opcon-A.

These drops usually work the best, but feel free to try Visine or

ClearEyes as well. Just be careful using drops that say, “Get the

red out” as sometimes this can cause a rebound effect where

your eyes get even more red when you stop using them.

Following these tips can help you to fully enjoy your summer this

year while also promoting healthy eyes and comfortable vision.

“July is UV Safety Awareness Month”

Have a Healthy and

Happy UV Safety Awareness Month

Remember to WEAR YOUR SUNGLASSES!

July 2021

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Anxiety

Worry, fear, and apprehension are an everyday part of life. In

fact, anxiety in certain situations is useful as it makes us more

aware and careful of our surroundings so that potential danger

can be avoided. Who has not been anxious or worried when faced

with the unknown such as a job interview, walking down a dark

alley, going to the dentist, or maybe even being pulled over by

the police for speeding? Then when the situation or incident is

over, the anxiety or fear generally goes away. However, for some

people, the anxiety does not go away and sometimes gets worse

over time. Some people get chest pains, have nightmares, or may

even be afraid to leave home.

People with excessive anxiety tend to worry too much about a

number of things such as personal health, work, social interactions,

and everyday routine life circumstances. Some of the symptoms

for excessive anxiety include:

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Feeling restless, wound-up, or on-edge

Fatigue

Concentration problems; mind going blank

Irritable or cranky much of the time

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Muscle tension and/or excessive sweating

Constant worry about the future or regrets about the past

Difficulty falling or staying asleep

Some people with severe anxiety experience panic attacks and

have these symptoms, too:

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Heart palpitations, a pounding heartbeat,

or a faster than usual heart rate

Excessive sweating

Trembling or shaking

Sensations of shortness of breath, smothering,

or choking

Feelings of impending doom

Feelings of being out of control

When anxiety persists, call us

– we are here to serve.

Isleta Health Center

Behavioral Health: 505-869-5475

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July 2021

POI VETERANS ASSOCIATION

Hello to all! We have not had a meeting since

March of 2020, however, our first meeting

of the year was held on June 17, 2021 at

6pm at the Veterans Center in Los Charcos.

Hopefully, the pandemic will continue to settle

down.

One of the frequent questions asked is what

the difference is between Memorial Day and

Veterans Day. Memorial Day is celebrated the

last day in May and is the holiday set aside to

pay tribute to those who died serving in the

military. Veterans Day falls on November 11

and is designated as a day to honor all who

have served in the military. As of this date,

we have 283 deceased and 265 veterans

surviving. Our records indicate the following

were Killed in Action (K.I.A.) while serving in

the military:

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Jose Chewiwi, Army, WWII,

KIA Europe

Robert David, Army, KIA Vietnam

Jose Raphel Lucero, USMC, WWI,

KIA Saipan

Jose B. Valdez, Army, WWII, KIA

On Memorial Day, we hosted a funeral detail

and presented flags to the families of the

following veterans below who passed away

during the pandemic:

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John Keryte

Robert Frank Jojola

Michael Anzara

Carlos Zuni

We will provide interment flags to the

remaining families at a later date. Also, on

Memorial Day, we replaced stick flags at the

cemetery by the headstones of all veterans

who passed away. This is a yearly event.

June 12, 2021 was Women Veteran’s Day. We

proudly commemorate all 29 tribal members

who have served and some still serving in the

military to defend our country. They are as

follows:

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Bernice Abeita, Army

Jessica Abeita, Air Force

Cassandra Baca, Air Force

Elizabeth Blanchard, Navy

Shirley Blanchard, Navy

Carleen Cherino, Navy

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Sharon Lucero English, Marine Corps

Paulette Valdez Friend, Army

Julia Grosenbach, Navy

Miquela F. Hista, Army

Catherine Renee Jojola, Coast Guard

Christina Jojola, Army

Jennifer Marie Jojola, Coast Guard

Jessica Besa Jojola, Army

Magelita Jojola, Army

Sonya R. Juancho, Army

Delores Abeita Kline, Marine Corps

Karen Lujan, Navy

April Padilla, Army

Mary Conception Padilla, Army

Joanna Evelyn Sarracino, Army

Maria Felicita Schroeder, Navy

Cecelia Anaya Smith, Air Force

Lisa Abeita Smith, Navy

Verna Tabet, Navy

Cherydine M. Valencia, Coast Guard

Kimberly Yaska, Navy

Elaine Zuni, Army

Theresa Zuni, Army

If we have missed someone, please let us

know.

We currently have 3 projects ongoing.

We are remodeling the modular

building the pueblo gave us. We are

hoping the contractor will complete

the project in about 3 weeks. We plan

to utilize the building as a conference

room on a rental basis. As soon as this

project is completed, we will start the

maintenance/storage facility to house

the newly purchased tractor along with

farming implements. The building will

be 40 ft. by 60 ft. Both projects are

being built with funding from the State

of New Mexico. The third project is a

USDA grant to realign the irrigation system and to vegetate the 4 acres of farm land.

We usually host a symposium on Veterans Day, November 11th, but again this year,

we will have to postpone until next year.

FLAG ETIQUETTE: Honoring the Flag

Code

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The flag should not be displayed on

days when the weather is inclement.

On June 22, 1942, Congress passed a joint

resolution, later amended on December 22,

1942 that encompassed what has come to be

known as the U.S. Flag Code.

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The flag should never touch anything

beneath it, such as the ground, the floor,

water, or merchandise.

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Members of the armed services and

veterans are asked to stand attention and

salute when their flag is passing in a parade

or being hoisted or lowered, civilians should

place their right hand over their heart.

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When flown at half-staff, the flag

should be first hoisted to the peak for an

instant, and then lowered to half-staff. It

should again be raised to the peak before it

is lowered for the day. Half-staff is one half

the distance between the top and bottom of

the staff.

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In the United States, no other flag

should be placed above the American Flag.

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The American Flag should be at the

center and the highest point when displayed

with a group of state flags.

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The flag is a symbol of respect, honor,

and patriotism. It may be displayed on any

day of the year. The custom is to display

the flag only from sunrise to sunset, but it

may be displayed at night- if illuminated.

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On a platform, the flag should be

above and behind the speaker, with the

union uppermost and to the observer’s left.

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When displayed from a staff in a

church or auditorium, the flag should

occupy the position of honor and be placed

at the speaker’s right as he or she faces the

audience.

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On Flag Day, June 14, to retire old

or worn flags, you may contact the POI

Veteran’s Association to retire your flag.

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The flag should be displayed on all

days, especially on:

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New Year’s Day, January 1

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Inauguration Day, January 20

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday,

third Monday in January

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Lincoln’s Birthday, February 12

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President’s Day, third Monday in

February

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Easter Sunday, variable

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Mother’s Day, second Sunday in May

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Armed Forces Day, third Saturday

in May

Memorial Day, (half-staff until noon),

the last Monday in May

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Flag Day, June 14

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Father’s Day, third Sunday in June

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Independence Day, July 4

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Labor Day, first Monday in September

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Constitution Day, September 17

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Columbus Day, second Monday in

October

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Navy Day, October 27

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Veterans Day, November 11

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Thanksgiving Day, fourth Thursday

in November

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Christmas Day, December 25

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And such other days as may be

proclaimed by the President of the United

States and on state holidays.

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These are just a few standards of respect.

There are many more.

We would like to recruit some more veterans

to join our Pueblo of Isleta Veteran’s

Association, especially to take part in our

color guard functions. For more information,

please contact Commander Fred R. Lujan

at 505-573-3733 or Vice Commander Mike

Lucero at 505-288-8421.

Thank you!

We hope you all have a safe and happy 4th

of July!

July 2021

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NM Poison Control

During the Pandemic, we should be cleaning and

disinfecting more often. It is important that you

do not inject or ingest these chemicals into your

body. Please remember to keep ALL chemicals out

of children’s reach. If any cleaning or disinfectant

solution is swallowed or injected, please contact the

NM Poison Control immediately.

1-800-222-1222

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Know Your Numbers, You Are Important, You Are Worth It

CHOLESTEROL

Stephanie Barela, Health Educator

Phone: 505-869-4479

“Know Your Numbers, You’re Worth It” Positive Promotions Booklet 4/19; www.heart.

High Cholesterol is one major controllable

risk factor for Coronary Heart Disease, Heart

Attack and Stroke. If you have other risk

factors, such as smoking, high blood pressure

or diabetes, your risk increases even more.

The Isleta Health Center wants to remind

you that we care about you, your family

and the health of the community. We will

be focusing the next few months on a new

campaign called “Know Your Numbers Health

Campaign” that is geared towards educating

the community on what risk factors you need

to control to improve your health. Important

key markers of health are cholesterol, blood

pressure, blood sugar, body mass index

(BMI), hormones and waste circumference.

Knowing your numbers and understanding

what they mean can greatly improve your

health and reduce the risk of disease. There

are resources made available to help you

understand what these numbers mean and

how to stay healthy. You can come by the

Isleta Health Center to pick up a “Know your

Numbers” booklet, read articles placed in the

monthly newsletter, and watch for educational

signage posted throughout the community.

One key health marker is cholesterol, a waxy

substance that comes from two sources,

which is your liver and foods such as meat,

poultry and dairy products. Your body needs

cholesterol to build cells, make vitamins and

other hormones, as well as, help circulate

the blood, so some cholesterol is good, but

too much can be a problem. Foods that are

high in Saturated and Trans Fats can cause

your liver to produce more cholesterol than

normal, which then may cause a healthy

cholesterol level to become one that is

unhealthy. When the amount of cholesterol in

your blood increases, so does the risk to your

health, high cholesterol can cause a higher

risk of cardiovascular disease, such as heart

disease and stroke. That is why is it important

to have your cholesterol tested, so you know

your cholesterol levels.

There are two types of cholesterol, LDL

cholesterol, which is bad, and HDL, which is

good, a simple way to remember this is:

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LDL – Looser (low-density lipoprotein)

HDL – Happy (High-density lipoprotein)

Too much LDL and not enough HDL can

lead to a slow buildup of cholesterol in the

arteries that feed the heart and brain. This

buildup can form a thick, hard deposit on the

inside of the arteries, which causes them to

narrow and become less flexible, known as

atherosclerosis. This makes it harder for

blood to get to the heart and other parts of

your body; it can also increase the chance

of a blood clot, which can block one of these

narrowed arteries that can lead to a heart

attack or a stroke.

LDL (Bad) Cholesterol:

Lower than 100mg/dL - BEST

100-129 mg/dL - Near or above optimal

130-159mg/dL - Borderline High

160-189 mg/dL - HIGH

HDL (Good) Cholesterol:

Less than 40mg/dL increases a man’s

risk for heart disease

Less than 50mg/dL increases a

woman’s risk for heart disease

Triglycerides (Type of fat (lipid)

found in your blood)

Less than 150mg/dL Normal

150-199 mg/dL Borderline High

200-499 mg/dL High

500mg/dL and over Very High

Total Blood Cholesterol:

Less than 200 mg/dL Desireable

200-239 mg/dL Borderline High

240 mg/dL and over High Blood Cholesterol

Isleta Health Center Program

Postponements

The Isleta Health Center (IHC) is doing

our part to encourage social distancing,

by continuing to postpone the following

programs until further notice:

The IHC Programs below are

postponed:

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ICAP Sewing Class on Thursday

evenings

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ICAP Moccasin Making Class on

Tuesday evenings

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Isleta Diabetes Prevention

Exercise Classes (Eagle

HIIT) held Mondays and

Wednesdays

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Isleta Diabetes Weight Training

held Tuesdays and Thursdays

(Wellness Center available by

appointments only)

It is important to:

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Check your cholesterol levels. It’s key

to know your numbers and assess your

risk.

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Change your diet and lifestyle to help

improve your levels.

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Control your cholesterol, with help

from your doctor if needed.

According to the Know Your Numbers Booklet,

the recommended Screening Schedule for

those 20yrs and older is every 4-6 years or

more frequently as directed by your healthcare

professional or if you’re at increased risk for

heart disease and stroke.

Call the Isleta Health Center (869-3200)

today to see if you are due for a cholesterol

check.

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2021 Meeting Schedule

Isleta Health Support Group

Isleta Health Center

(Day time sessions, receive Temperature Check from Under Tent,

Before entering to the Front Doors and let registration desk know you are here for the Group.

Nighttime sessions, receive Temperature Check Before entering the

Isleta Health Training Center)

10:30am-noon or 5:00pm-6:30pm (Alternating Months)

*Meetings usually change every other time from 10:30am-12:00pm to 5pm-6:30pm at the Isleta Health Center

*See all dates/times in schedule below.

DATE

TOPIC

SPEAKER

LOCATION

1st Tuesday of

the Month

EVENING SESSION

Grief Presentation

Lisa Cherino

Presented at

Isleta Health Center Training Center

Or On-line at home

8/10/2021

10:30am –

Noon

Meditation/Depression

Lisa Cherino

Presented at

Isleta Health Center Training Center

Or On-line at home

9/14/2021

5pm –

6:30pm

EVENING SESSION

End of life

issues/Hospice

Cindy Brown

Home Instead

Presented at

Isleta Health Center Training Center

Or On-line at home

10:30am-12

Basic Diabetes

Education

Andrea Wilson

Fitness Instructor

Isleta Diabetes Prevention

Program

Presented at

Isleta Health Center Training Center

Or On-line at home

11/9/2021

5pm-6:30

Risk from Potential/Actual

Releases of Pollutants into

the Environment

12/14/21

10:30-noon

Kidney Disease

Topics &

Location are

Subject to

Change

EVERYONE

WELCOME.

Contact Stephanie Barela to sign up and learn

more!

MASKS REQUIRED!

Due to Limited Space in order to Social Distance,

SEATS MUST BE RESERVED AHEAD OF

TIME, Please Call in Advance.

7/6/2021

5pm-6:30pm

10/12/2021

Isleta Environmental Department

Cindy Brown

Home Instead

Isleta Health Center (IHC)

Presented at IHC Training Center

or

On-line at home

Isleta Health Center

To Be Determined

Phone: 869-4479 | Email:

sbarela@islclinic.net

OR attend On-line/over phone

https://puebloofisleta.my.webex

.com/join/mis

Join by Phone at 415-655-0001

Access Code 126 401 5131

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MONDAY

SAT/SUN

DPP=Diabetes Prevention Program:

869-4595

BHS=Behavioral Health Services :

869-5475

TUESDAY

Youth Wellness Summer Program

WEDNESDAY

ISLETA HEALTH SUPPORT GROUP

Grief Presentation

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Isleta Health Training Center

RSVP by July 6th

July 1st - July 23rd

Monday - Thursday - 9:30am - 2:30pm

Friday - 9:30am 12:00pm

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In observance of

Independence Day

Isleta Health Center

will be closed

Monday July, 5th 2021

10/11

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Podiatry Clinic - 8:00 - 12:00

The Ripple Effect : 9:00 - 12:00pm

For more information please call:

869-5475

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The Ripple Effect : 9:00 - 12:00pm

For more information please call:

869-5475

Wellbriety Group: 11:00 -12:00pm

For more Information please call:

869-5475

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The Ripple Effect : 9:00 - 12:00pm .

For more information please call:

869-5475

Wellbriety Group: 11:00 -12:00pm >

For more Information please call:

869-5475

CLINIC OPENS AT 9:50am

Podiatry Clinic - 8:00 - 4:30

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CLINIC OPENS AT 9:50am

Podiatry Clinic - 8:00 - 4:30

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CLINIC OPENS AT 9:50am

Podiatry Clinic - 8:00 - 4:30

Afterschool Peacemaking

CLINIC OPENS AT 9:50am

Collaborative Program: 3:30-5pm

For more information please call:

869-5475

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The Ripple Effect : 9:00 - 12:00pm For

more information please call:

8695475

Wellbriety Group: 11:00 -12:00pm

For Information please call: 869-5475

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The Ripple Effect : 9:00 - 12:00pm

For more information please call:

869-5475

Afterschool Peacemaking

Collaborative Program: 3:30-5pm

For more information please call:

869-5475

The Ripple Effect : 9:00 - 12:00pm For

more information please call:

8695475

Wellbriety Group: 11:00 -12:00pm

For Information please call: 869-5475

Podiatry Clinic - 8:00 - 12:00

FRIDAY

2

Afterschool Peacemaking

Collaborative Program: 3:30-5pm

CLINIC OPENS AT 9:50am

For more information please call:

869-5475

The Ripple Effect : 9:00 12:00pm For more information

please call: 869-5475

The Ripple Effect : 9:00 12:00pm For more information

please call: 869-5475

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Afterschool Peacemaking

Collaborative Program: 3:30-5pm

For more information please call:

869-5475

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The Ripple Effect : 9:00 - 12:00pm

For more information please call:

869-5475

Afterschool Peacemaking

Collaborative Program: 3:30-5pm

For more information please call:

869-5475

Podiatry Clinic - 8:00 - 12:00

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Afterschool Peacemaking

Collaborative Program: 3:30-5pm

For more information please call:

869-5475

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The Ripple Effect : 9:00 12:00pm For more information

please call: 869-5475

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The Ripple Effect : 9:00 - 12:00pm

For more information please call:

869-5475

THURSDAY

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Contact Stephanie Barela CLINIC OPENS AT 9:50am

869-4479

sbarela@islclinic.net

For more information please call:

869-5475

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CLINIC OPENS AT 9:50am

Podiatry Clinic - 8:00 - 4:30

Afterschool Peacemaking

Collaborative Program: 3:30-5pm

For more information please call: CLINIC OPENS AT 9:50am

869-5475

Afterschool Peacemaking

Collaborative Program: 3:30-5pm

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869-5475

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