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Volume 16 Issue 10

Isleta Pueblo News

Pueblo of Isleta website: www.isletapueblo.com

October 2021

Governor’s Report

Maguwam, Hello to everyone. I hope this

newsletter finds everyone in good health.

We want to thank the numerous people and

families for abiding by the Public Health

Order (PHO). Although we have some

families submitting safety plans for their

events, we have many more individuals

not submitting safety plans. In reference

to the status of Covid-19 we are not out

of the woods yet. We have in the last few

weeks had 5 to 11 cases identified. It has

been a long hard road, and masking and

following safety protocols have become

burdensome. We have to remind the public

that we still have our Public Health Order.

We remind you once again that the State of

New Mexico did lift some restrictions such

as mask mandates, however the Pueblo of

Isleta has not.

Within the Public Health Order any events

which involve gathering that are being

planned must include a Safety Plan. On

the other hand, there are individuals who

circumvent the Public Health Order and

are having events off the reservation. We

encourage those individuals to consider

including safety measures as provided in

the Public Health Order such as getting

the Covid-19 vaccine, physical distancing,

wearing a mask, washing hands often, and

isolating and quarantining when cases and

close contacts are identified.

In August 2021, there were a total of 24

cases identified and monitored by the IHC

COVID-19 Response Team. The median

age of cases for August 2021 was 39 years.

In August 2021, there were 14 males

and 10 females that tested positive for

COVID-19. There was an increase in the

male population for the month of August

compared to females and prior months.

There were no hospitalizations or deaths

related to COVID-19 in August 2021.

We also continue to encourage those

individuals who have not received their

vaccine to get it. Currently the “Booster”

vaccination is being offered by Isleta

Health Clinic to those individuals who

are immunocompromised.

The Covid

Mitigation team is now looking at extending

that to others as well. It is recommended

by the Centers for Disease Control and

the Food and Drug Administration that to

receive the booster it should be given eight

(8) months from the last dose of vaccine. If

you are interested in receiving the booster

vaccine, please call the Covid-19 Hotline at

(505)869-9720.

We have received many questions about the

status of the Church. To date, extensive

radon testing and research by the Pueblo’s

Environment Department indicates that

installation of an air circulation and

ventilation system will make it safe to

reopen St. Augustine Church. While recent

testing could not pinpoint the source

of elevated radon inside the Church,

measurements show that the concentration

of radon inside the Church is relatively

uniform. An important finding is that

radon levels inside the Church can be

reduced to allowable levels by upgrading

the air circulation and ventilation system.

Opening the accessible windows and doors

while running fans can reduce radon below

the action level recommended by U.S.

Environmental Protection in less than half

an hour. To achieve a long-term solution for

the elevated radon while avoiding opening

windows and/or doors with fans on during

mass, several Pueblo departments are

investigating alternatives to improve the

Church’s air exchange system. The Pueblo

will continue to monitor radon inside

St. Augustine Church. If you have any

questions or concerns about radon, please

contact the Environment Department at

505-869-9814.

Tribal Administration would like to

introduce Abel Cardenas as the new

Manager for the C-Stores. We also would

like to welcome Deanna Torres as the

director for the Women’s Infants and

Children Department. Lastly we want to

introduce Sandra Lahi as the interim Chief

Executive Officer for the Health Center.

We welcome them aboard to the Pueblo of

Isleta.

Western Spirit Transmission Line

The Western Spirit Transmission 345kV

transmission line under construction on

the west range is entering its last phase.

Most of the power poles are in place

with the exception of two, which require

completion before stringing the electrical

wire. The stringing of the wiring will be

done by helicopter, similar to the Public

Service Company of NM (PNM), 115kV

project a couple of years ago. The stringing

of the line will be completed late fall that

will connect to the PNM substation being

built simultaneously off and north of the

reservation. Sometime thereafter the line

will be energized.

Tribal

Administration,

Environment,

Range, and UXO/HAZMAT Programs

conducted a site tour of the work done

to date and evaluate impacts to land

surface. Once the Western Spirit project is

completed, land reclamation requirements

will begin and a three (3) year evaluation

will be required to assess if restoration

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prescriptions were met as a condition

of granting Pattern Energy a right of

way (ROW) through the Pueblo. Upon

completion, the ROW and transmission line

is be transferred to PNM.

Re-Districting

You may have seen recently the redistricting news in the media that was

triggered by the 2020 Census. Every 10

years as populations grow, shrink, or move

around, NM Legislature House and Senate

Districts are re-drawn so that each district

contains approximately the same number of

people. NM formed its Citizen Redistricting

Committee to gather information from the

public, then submit recommended district

boundary changes to the NM Legislature by

October 30, 2021. Through the efforts of the

All Pueblo Council of Governors (APCG),

Tribal Administration met and worked with

the APCG Ad Hoc redistricting committee

representatives to provide our input into

this effort.

Over the past decade and at present, we

have been part of House Districts 8 (Los

Charcos area) and 69 (remainder of rez) and

has been beneficial to Isleta. Therefore, we

will remain with those districts without

change. Isleta did notice changes in Senate

District 29, and Tribal Council sided with

the recommendation and approved to move

entirely into Senate District 30. That

would allow consolidation with our sister

Pueblos of Laguna, Acoma, and Zuni. Isleta

does not make this decision lightly, but we

believe such a move allows Isleta along with

its sister Pueblos the possibility of not only

electing a candidate that shares our values,

but a Pueblo Native American to the State

Senate seat in the future.

In terms of Congressional representation,

Isleta supports the reworked Congressional

District 2 map that increases Native

American

voter

participation.

The

reworked

Congressional

District

boundaries increases the ability of Isleta to

elect a candidate of its choice that’s more

knowledgeable of us and better represents

our interests.

The NM Legislature will have the final say,

but we are hopeful with the 2020, U.S. and

NM state elections, the results will continue

to give us a greater voice in and through

our choice of elected representatives. While

these changes may be good, it does not

matter if we do not exercise our right to

vote that was fought for by our fellow Isleta

tribal member, the late Miguel Trujillo.

Irrigation and P&P Availability

There is misunderstanding, but also

questions about the availability and use

of Prior and Paramount (P&P) irrigation

water stored every year for the six middle

Rio Grande Pueblos (6MRGP) including

Isleta. The 6MRGP have a total of 20,798

acres of recognized irrigated land. Of the

amount, 6MRGP P&P lands comprise

8,847 acres. The remaining 11,951 acres

are categorized Newly Reclaimed Lands

(NRL). For Isleta, P&P is 3,349 acres and

NRL is 2,780 acres, for a combined total of

6,249 acres. To be clear, the amount of P&P

storage for the entire 6MRGP is for 8,847

acres and Isleta’s is 3,349 acres. However,

P&P storage when released is not restricted

and can be applied to either P&P or NRL

lands at each Pueblo’s choosing including

Isleta.

There was no methodology used to compute

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the amount P&P storage until the 1981

agreement came into place. There have been

technical updates to the 1981 agreement

over the years so the methodology used to

compute the storage amount has changed,

which determines the amount of storage

generated for a given runoff year. Every

year, P&P stored water is determined

through calculations that begin in March,

and a final storage amount is derived in

May. For 2021, the P&P storage target was

15,428 acre feet.

However, the P&P storage amount

determined each year is available only

when the natural river supply and flow

falls below P&P acreage demands. Part

of the misunderstanding is knowing what

conditions trigger P&P water releases. In

simplest terms, the natural supply and

flow of the river is the determining factor.

If that natural supply is above or equal to

P&P demand, stored P&P water cannot be

released because there is no shortfall. This

year we have come close but with the rains

we had, that provided a cushion that allowed

meeting P&P demand to this point. Last

year, condition were different where natural

flow supply could not meet P&P demand

and stored P&P water (20,095 acre feet) was

released starting in July until September,

with most all being released (20,004). In

addition, last year MRGCD had to use Rio

Grande Compact debit water for emergency

purposes, to prevent catastrophic crop

losses and minimize impact to endangered

species. This emergency use of Compact

debit water helped supply the NRL of the

6MRGP and Isleta.

Historically, no P&P releases have taken

place after September 30th, due to hydrologic

conditions (meaning river supply and flow)

rebounding to meet demands due to lower

temperatures and irrigation demand.

Therefore, any amount remaining in P&P

storage loses that status and transfers via

MRGCD to Elephant Butte Reservoir for

Compact delivery. However, there is no

established requirement or agreement that

prohibits the Pueblos and Isleta from using

P&P storage during October 1st, other

than never being done or P&P supply and

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demand being tracked to ascertain that

release. That question is being asked that

if P&P demand is greater than supply after

October 1st, should we not be able to use the

6MRGP of water and especially for Isleta?

Next year, El Vado Reservoir will be

undergoing planned repairs, which will not

allow P&P water to be stored. Attempts

are being made to transfer P&P storage to

Abiquiu Lake until work is completed, but

such a temporary transfer is opposed by

Texas. Not to be pessimistic, but if natural

river supply is not enough to meet demand,

and no Compact credit water is available,

and P&P water cannot be stored in Abiquiu,

MRGCD will be very limited in its ability to

supply the entirety of the District as well as

meeting the P&P needs of the 6MRGP and

Isleta. That condition would require Isleta

to make hard choices where and who will

receive limited river irrigation water.

On the bright side of this year’s irrigation

supply challenge, Tribal Administration,

Isleta mayordomos, MRGCD Managers and

ISO’s, and BIA have instituted a group text

messaging communication effort to keep

everyone apprised of irrigation supply and

demand and to shift from one irrigation canal

to another as needed or when irrigation is

done. So far this coordination effort seems

to be working and will be utilized to better

manage and distribute irrigation water for

Isleta.

Going forward, we can expect challenges

in not only in meeting our irrigation but

all water needs. With communication,

education, and cooperation, all farmers, the

community, Tribal Administrations and

Tribal Councils must act together to meet

those challenges.

If you have any questions or concerns,

please feel free to contact the Governor’s

office on any of the topics presented or any

that are of importance to you.

May our creator bless each and every one of

you with a long and healthy life, and please

pray for snow and rain for next year.

Haw-wuh,

Vernon B. Abeita Governor

2021 REGULAR LOCAL ELECTION

VOTER REGISTRATION CLOSES:

October 05, 2021

5:00pm

ABSENTEE MAILING STARTS:

ABSENTEE MAILING ENDS:

October 05, 2021

October 27, 2021

8:00am

5:00pm

ABSENTEE IN PERSON STARTS:

ABSENTEE IN PERSON ENDS:

(Bernalillo County Clerk’s Annex)

October 5, 2021

October 15, 2021

8:00am

5:00pm

EARLY VOTING STARTS:

EARLY VOTING ENDS:

October 16, 2021

October 30, 2021

10:00am

7:00pm

EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS:

20 Early Voting Sites Monday thru Saturday

10:00am to 7:00pm

Reservation Early Voting Site:

TOHAJIILEE Desiderio Center

October 20, 2021 thru October 29, 2021

(Mon thru Fri) (Time - 9am to 5:00pm)

ISLETA Pueblo Governor’s Office (NO EV Site Available) Absentee Ballot Drop

Off Only (Time - 8am to 4:00pm )

ELECTION DAY – Voting @ ISLETA ELDERLY CENTER

ELECTION DAY:

November 02, 2021 (Tuesday) 7:00am to 7:00pm

ELECTION DAY SITES: 72 Election Day Sites

BALLOT INFORMATION:

SCHOOL QUESTION BOND

SCHOOL QUESTION -TAX QUESTION

Any questions please call Bernalillo County, Bureau of Election

office 505-468-1291 or www.bernco.gov

October 2021

Isleta Pueblo News

PROBATES

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

Isidor Carpio (DOD: 12/15/2013)

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Case No. CV-PR-0156-2021

First Notice

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

the Estate of Isidor Carpio, deceased 12/15/2013, 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, October 14, 2021 at 10:30 am 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:

Rufina Carpio Montoya (DOD: 08/29/1995)

Case No. CV-PR-0118-2021

First Notice

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

the Estate of Rufina Carpio Montoya, deceased 08/29/1995, 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, November 01, 2021 at 03:00 pm 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:

Melvin Isidore Anzara (DOD: 07/17/2010)

Case No. CV-PR-0111-2021

First Notice

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

Estate of Melvin Isidore Anzara, deceased 07/17/2010, 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, November 18, 2021 at 09:15 am 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:

Marie Daisy Zuni (DOD: 01/15/2021)

Case No. CV-PR-0123-2021

First Notice

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

Estate of Marie Daisy Zuni, deceased 01/15/2021, 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 Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 10:30 am 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:

Carlos Zuni (DOD: 11/18/2020)

Case No. CV-PR-0126-2021

First Notice

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

Estate of Carlos Zuni, deceased 11/18/2020, 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 Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 09:30 am 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:

Lonnie A. Trujillo (DOD: 06/20/2021)

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Case No. CV-PR-0128-2021

First Notice

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

Estate of Lonnie A. Trujillo, deceased 06/20/2021, 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 Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 10:30 am 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.

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DEADLINE for November newsletter articles is set

for Wednesday, October 20, 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.

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.

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 .

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.

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:

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

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)

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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

Juan Felipe Lucero (DOD: 05/15/2020)

Isleta Pueblo News

Case No. CV-PR-0116-2021

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

Estate of Juan Felipe Lucero, deceased 05/15/2020, 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, December 02, 2021 at 09:15 am 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.

Case No. CV-PR-0005-2021

First Notice

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

Estate of Martha M. Lucero, deceased 01/01/2021, 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

Monday, December 06, 2021 at 03:00 pm 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-0005-2021

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, October 18, 2021 at 1:30 pm 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 L. Juancho (DOD: 04/25/2021)

Case No. CV-PR-0084-2021

Second Notice

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

Estate of Joseph L. Juancho, deceased 04/25/2021, 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 Monday, November 01, 2021 at 3:00 pm 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:

Rafina Montoya (DOD: 08/29/1995)

Case No. CV-PR-0118-2021

Second Notice

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

Estate of Rafina Montoya, deceased 08/29/1995, 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

Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 9:30 am 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.

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:

► ICAP Moccasin Making Class on Tuesday

evenings

► Isleta Diabetes Prevention Exercise

Classes (EagleHIIT) held Mondays and

Wednesdays

►

WATER RESOURCES

ATTN: Pueblo Irrigators

First Notice

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

Martha M. Lucero (DOD: 01/01/2021)

October 2021

Isleta Diabetes Weight Training held

Tuesdays and Thursdays

(Wellness Center available by appointments only)

Water Supply Shortage

Now, moving forward, Pueblo irrigators will be the

only farmers receiving any water from MRGCD. Water

deliveries will be tight and if you are scheduled to receive

water, please do not miss your opportunity as it may be

a week or more until you get another opportunity.

The amount of irrigation water in the system is changing

daily, and is dependent on rainfall and temperature

which no one can accurately predict; therefore, no one

can say with 100% certainty how irrigation deliveries

will be effected. One thing that we can say with certainty

is that the 6 Middle Rio Grande Pueblos will stay on a

strict rotation with water supply.

Farmers must keep in close contact with their

mayordomos and communicate their irrigation and

maintenance needs to their mayordomos so they

can inform proper personnel with MRGCD or the

Pueblo. Additionally, efficient use of irrigation water

and careful consideration for all Pueblo farmers is

imperative. Irrigation water will need to be taken when

it is available, and that may mean at night as well as

during the day. The Pueblo’s mayordomos and MRGCD

ISOs can inform farmers of how water operations will

be carried out. Feel free to also contact the POI Water

Resource Department at 505-869-7566 for further

information.

Please note that the 2021 irrigation season will has

exhausted all irrigation water stored in upstream

reservoirs; unfortunately there will be no carryover

storage for 2022. In addition, El Vado reservoir, the

reservoir used to store P&P water, will be under

construction next year and likely 2023, and will not

be available to store P&P water. An attempt is being

made to use Abiquiu Lake as an alternative for P&P

storage, but that is likely not to occur, unless Rio

Grande compact commissioners from Colorado, New

Mexico, and Texas unanimously agree on P&P storage

in Abiquiu Lake. At this point, it seems unlikely that

Texas will agree, putting the longevity of next year’s

irrigation season at further risk. Irrigation water for

2022 will be at significant risk due to the supply being

totally dependent on a good snowpack this winter and

rain throughout next year. Farmers are urged to plan

accordingly.

ADULTS CATS & KITTENS

LOOKING FOR NEW HOMES

I have two (2) adult

female cats looking

for new homes. One

is 4 years old and the

other is 1. If adult

cats are not what

you are looking for,

I also have eight (8)

kittens about 8-10

weeks old. They are

very sweet, loving,

beautiful pets but

we cannot care for

all of them.

Should you be interested, please call

Cliff at (505) 908-7331.

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Job Postings

Visit us online at

http://www.isleta.com/career-opportunities.aspx

Fax: 505-244-8232

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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Pueblo of Isleta Career Opportunities

Position Posting

ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN - REPOSTED

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT I

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT II

APPOINTMENT CLERK

AUTO & DIESEL MECHANIC

ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER

ANIMAL CRUELTY INVESTIGATOR

BACKGROUND SPECIALIST/ADJUDICATOR

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MANAGER

BREASTFEEDING EDUCATOR

BUS DRIVER- (PART TIME)

BUSINESS MANAGER

CAREGIVER ( 2 positions)

CARPENTER I,II, or III

COMPUTER IT SPECIALIST

COVID CUSTODIAN (2 Positions)

CUSTODIAN

DIRECTOR,IPHA

DISPATCHER

EDUCATION ASSISTANT

EMT INTERMEDIATE

FACILITIES WORKER

FAMILY INTERVENTIONIST

FEDERAL PROJECT MANAGER

FILE CLERK

FITNESS INSTRUCTOR

GENERAL COUNSEL

HEAD START STAFF ASSISTANT

HOME CARE ATTENDANT

HOME OWNERSHIP COUNSELOR

HVAC TECHNICIAN

ICWA COORDINATOR

INSTRUCTIONAL COORDINATOR

INTERNAL AUDITOR

LANGUAGE TEACHER

LIBRARY AIDE I

LIFE GUARD

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

PAINTER

PARKS & MAINTENANCE WORKER

PERSONAL CARE SERVICE AIDE (2 Positions)

PHYSICIAN- AMENDED

PLUMBER

POLICE CADET

POLICE CADET - OPEN SPACE

POLICE OFFICER I - CERTIFIED

RECREATION LEAD

REGISTERED NURSE (Part-Time)

ROADWAY MAINTENANCE WORKER I

SALES ASSOCIATE

SCHOOL COUNSELOR SHIFT LEAD

SOLID WASTE OPERATOR

TUTOR I

TUTOR II

UTILITY WORKER

VAN DRIVER

WATER RESOURCES PROTECTION SPECIALIST

Office Location

Treasury

Tribal Administration

Health Services

Construction Operations

Police Department-Open Spaces

Human Resources

Human Services

WIC

Head Start

Isleta Elementary School

Assisted Living Facility

Housing Authority

Department of Education

Public Works

Housing Authority

Police Department

Department of Education

Within Only

Health Services

Head Start

Social Services

Housing Authority

Census

Recreation Center

Legal Department

Head Start

Elder Center

Housing Authority

Public Works

Social Services

Department of Education

Within Only

Gaming Regulatory

Department of Education

Within Only

Library

Parks and Recreation

Public Works

Housing Authority

Parks & Recreation

Elder Center

Within Only

Health Center

Housing Authority

Police Department

Within Only

Police Department - Open Space Within Only

Police Department

Police Department - Open Space Within Only

Parks & Recreation

Assisted Living Facility

Construction Operations

C-Stores

Isleta Elementary School

Solid Waste

Department of Education

Public Works

Health Services

Elder Center

Water Resources

Closing Date

Open Until Filled

09/24/2021

10/01/2021

Open Until Filled

09/24/2021

10/01/2021

Open Until Filled

10/05/2021

Open Until Filled

09/27/2021

09/24/2021

Open Until Filled

09/30/2021

Open Until Filled

10/01/2021

Open Until Filled

10/04/2021

Open Until Filled

09/30/2021

Open Until Filled

10/01/2021

Open Until Filled

10/01/2021

Open Until Filled

09/24/2021

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DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AND

HISTORIC PRESERVATION

Ma k’u wam and wishes for a bountiful and beautiful

fall season from the Department of Cultural and

Historic Preservation and the Yonan An Cultural

Center!

Tuesday Coffee: Beginning October 6, Tribal Archivist

Cassandra Smith extends an open invitation to Isleta

tribal members to drop by the Yonan An Cultural

Center for Tuesday Coffee! A weekly community

coffee meeting on (you guessed it!) Tuesday mornings

from 9:30 to 10:30, Tuesday Coffee is a brand new

program for POI community members to learn from

one another, familiarize themselves with the Tribal

Archive, and enjoy each other’s company (as well as

coffee and donuts!). Tuesday Coffee is an ongoing

program, and each week we will share and discuss a

select number of photographs from the Digital Photo

Archive. The Digital Photo Archive is an expansive

and growing collection of photographs taken in and

around Isleta and depicting individuals from Isleta

from the 19th century through today. Folks who are

interested are more than welcome to bring additional

photos to share as well! The Yonan An Cultural Center

is located at 70 Tribal Road 40 (the old elementary

school). Please enter through the main entrance at

the northeast corner of the building (across from the

Elder Center). Hope to see you there! Dates and

times for the month of October are as follows:

October 6

October 13

October 20

October 27

9:30-10:30 a.m.

Isleta Heritage Garden Planning: The Isleta Heritage

Garden Planning Group will meet at the YACC on

Saturday, October 2, at 10:00 a.m. to discuss plans

for a community-wide composting project and other

preparations for readying the garden for spring. If

you are knowledgeable about composting—or would

just like to learn more—please plan to attend. And

anybody else with special farming skills, tools,

interest, or knowledge—we hope to see you there, too!

For more information, visit the “Heritage Garden

Project” tab on the Pueblo of Isleta website: https://

www.isletapueblo.com/tribal-programs/deptof-cultural-historic-preservation/dchp-projects/

heritage-garden-project/

Kheurkem!

Isleta Pueblo News

Editor:

Nathaniel Lujan

Asst. Editor:

Diane Abeita

Published By:

Valencia Express

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DEPARTMENT OF

EDUCATION

“Education is the most powerful weapon

which you can use to change the world.”

― Nelson Mandela

Do you enjoy working with children or young

adults? Do you want to make a positive

impact on hundreds of lives? Are you looking

to strengthen your skills and inspire others?

Would you like to develop meaningful

teaching lessons that are culturally relevant

to the Native American population? If you

have answered yes to anyone one of these

questions, we need you to consider the teaching

profession.

The Pueblo of Isleta would like to support

you in your pathway to becoming a teacher.

Currently, there are hundreds of vacancies in

the Los Lunas and Albuquerque Public School

Districts for teachers. In addition, the Pueblo

of Isleta Elementary School and the Isleta

Head Start have additional opportunities. The

need to grow teachers from our community is

urgent.

If you are interested in learning more about

the pathway to becoming a teacher, please

contact our office at 505-869-9790 or email:

poischolarships@isletapueblo.com for more

information. Our deadline to apply for Spring

2022 funding is November 1, 2021. Please visit

our website for more information.

Isleta Head Start

and Early Head Start

Program Policy

Council is looking

for a Community

Representative.

The Policy Council, together with

the Director and Tribal Council is

responsible for shaping the program.

The Policy Council Members have a say

in;

Activities for parent involvement/

engagement

Head Start program personnel

policies

Funding applications/amendments

Reviewing Curriculum

Program Recruitment, Selection and

enrollment priorities

Annual, monthly and periodic

reports

Communicating with parents in the

program

If you are interested in becoming the

Head Start and Early Head Start Policy

Council Community Representative,

please show interest by calling Andrea

Pesina at 505-869-9796.

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ISLETA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

We would like to welcome all our new employees and thank ALL our employees and School Board members for their

hard work.

Reminder our Fall Break is quickly approaching from October 8th – October 11th, there will be no school these days.

Also report cards/progress reports will be getting sent home before Fall Break. We appreciate all your support and as

always, GO EAGLES!

KINDERGARTEN

The Children in Kindergarten are already

showing a lot of progress in problem

solving, social skills, and completing work

at a faster pace. The children are enjoying

their work and are getting a sense of pride

and accomplishment. My assistant and I

are very proud of how far students have

progressed already. We continue working

on learning the names of letters and

their sounds, writing letters, recognizing

numbers to 30 and writing numbers to 10.

Our class winner for 100% attendance is

Faith Otero. Congratulations, Faith!

I would like to thank all of the parents/

guardians for your support in helping

your child read nightly! This models the

importance of reading at a young age.

Fun Fridays have included cowboy/cowgirl

boot day, M&M graphing, show and tell,

and football jersey day.

Our reading logs are getting full, as are our

notebooks! Fall learning is all around!

Rosana Sanchez

FOURTH GRADE

In science 4th grade is doing a hands on

activity by making a pinhole camera. This

comes after having read The Science Behind

Sight in their reading textbooks. In math

they have been learning all about perimeter

and area. How to use both formulas to find

area and perimeter of a rectangle. Social

Studies is reading about the different U.S.

Landscapes (landforms, bodies of water,

and climates of the United States.

We are excited to see our students learn

and grow this school year!

Ms. Ortiz

Sincerely,

Ms. Melendrez

The Sixth Grade is currently working in

collaborative groups studying about earth’s

FIRST GRADE

We are moving along this year, and I

have to give credit to these students for

doing a great job with these Covid in class

procedures because it is tough to keep the

mask on all day and distanced but they

are doing it! Washing our hands regularly

and learning about personal boundaries

is something we have mastered, and I am

very proud of their efforts in doing so. It has

been an awesome year so far, and we are

going to keep pushing these young Eagles

to the finish line. Right now we are working

on learning how to interpret data on graphs,

and how to tell time as well as addition. We

are also working on long and short vowels,

and building our vocabulary as we make

strides in reading. Another thing we are

investigating is the seasons changes, and

the phases of the moon as well as the life

cycle of a sunflower. We have also been

practicing on laptops, getting familiar with

the mouse and how to navigate on websites

so they are familiar with using them. These

students are bright and always come ready

to learn and get the work done. It has been

my pleasure to work with them, and I look

forward to the progress we will make this

year. Go EAGLES!!!

Michael Bellamy

SECOND GRADE

This month we have based our learning

around the theme of exploration. Stories

included – The Great Fuzz Frenzy, The

Puddle Puzzle, and What’s the Matter?

These stories were all centered around

matter and were a great segue to our science

experiments on the three primary states of

matter.

Ms. Edaakie and Mr. Zuni were guests in

our classroom this month. We ate fresh

apples, baked apple pies, and learned about

toys from long ago. If any other parents

or community members would like to be

guests in our classroom please contact me.

SIXTH GRADE

resources, green homes, and solar power.

Each of the groups are creating small units,

including important vocabulary, facts, and

hands on activities to teach their peers

about their given topic. In math we are

continuing to work on positive and negative

integers including fractions and decimal

numbers. In reading we are interpreting

a play, “Upside-Down and Backward,” a

children’s spin off of William Shakespeare’s

“‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

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TRUANCY

Greetings from the Isleta Truancy Department,

With school being back to in-person learning,

there is a rise in bullying. Bullying can have many

life lasting effects on children. Bullying can affect

everyone including those who are bullied, those

who bully, and those who witness the bullying.

Bullying is linked to many negative outcomes,

including impacts on mental health, substance use

and suicide. It is important to talk to your kids about

the effects of bullying.

Children who are bullied can experience physical,

social, emotional, academic, and mental health

issues; these issues may continue into adulthood.

Those who are bullied are more likely to experience

depression and anxiety, changes in sleep and

eating patterns, and loss of interest in activities

they used to enjoy. Students are more likely to

miss, skip, or drop out of school for no reason.

Students deserve to feel safe at school. When they

experience bullying, the effects can be long lasting.

Some of the effects include: depression, low selfesteem, poor grades, and suicidal thoughts. Not

only does bullying affect those that are bullied but

the observer as well. The observer may feel unsafe

in the environment they are in and may experience

feelings of fear, powerlessness to act upon and

guilty for not being able to prevent an incident.

Please be aware of these signs and be sure to talk

to your children about this negative act. Encourage

them to report this to a teacher, a counselor at their

school or a trusted adult.

During the JOM/school supply distribution at the

beginning of August, the Truancy Department

encouraged parents to sign a Release of

Information for their students who attend Los

Lunas Public School, Albuquerque Public Schools,

and charter/private schools our students attend. All

students were entered into drawings for incentives.

Below is a list of winners.

Prize Tablet

Kindergarten-6th

7th – 9th

10th- 12th

ROI’s Already on file

Private/Charter Sch

D. Jiron

Z. Lujan

J. Zuni

N. Abeita

D. Zambrano

Prize $15 Gift card

Kindergraten-6th

B. Lente

B. Lucero

7th – 9th

M. Martin

X. Chiwewe

10th- 12th

M. Storms

S. Archibeque

ROI’s Already on file D. Jiron

D. Lucero

Thank you to all the parents who have signed a

Release of Information for our files, so that we can

offer various support services to our students. Also

included in this drawing were students of Isleta

Elementary School at each grade level. Each

student picked, received a backpack and a gift

card.

Kindergarten F. Otero

1st Grade

C. Padilla

2nd Grade

K. Lente

3rd Grade

U. Ramos

4th Grade

D. Zuni

5th Grade

T. Abeita

6th Grade

R. Jojola

Please remember to continue supporting your

student in attending school daily. Should you need

assistance or have any questions, please do not

hesitate to contact our office at 505-869-3870.

Thank you,

Truancy Department Staff

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October 2021

ISLETA POLICE DEPARTMENT

OCTOBER – 2021

We are now entering the last quarter of 2021 and though we have had challenges for the past year and a half,

Isleta Pueblo stays strong! With Halloween around the corner we will have to wait and see what the COVID-19

restrictions will be as that nears. There is a Halloween Carnival tentatively scheduled for October for the

children and the Isleta Police Department will be participating so we hope to see you there.

NATIONAL STOP BULLYING DAY IS

OCTOBER 13, 2021

As taken from the National Today website

article:

Bullying Prevention Center, launched by

the group PACER in 2006, and the STOMP

Program in 2005, which is dedicated to

eradicating cyberbullying, racism, and

homophobia. Started by two college women

in 2009, The Kind Campaign aims to stop

bullying between girls. Today, bullying is

a nationally-recognized issue, and there

are many resources for parents, teachers,

victims of bullying, and bystanders to help

stomp out the problem.

NATIONAL STOP BULLYING DAY

TIMELINE

1970

First Bullying Research

The first systematic bullying research was

conducted by Dr Olweus in 1970.

National Stop Bullying Day, which falls

on the second Wednesday in October,

schoolchildren, their teachers and their

parents spend time learning about bullying

and recognizing how they can prevent it.

It calls on schools and organizations to

bring together children, educators, and

parents for the sake of preventing bullying

situations. Bullying can come in many

forms, and victims can feel helpless or

unsure of how to stop the situation. While

bystander intervention is an effective way

to stop bullying in real-time, understanding

how it can be prevented can be even more

important.

Though there have always been bullies,

it wasn’t until the 1970s that the issue

began to be researched. Dr. Dan Olweus,

a Norweigan psychologist, spearheaded

efforts to better understand and prevent

bullying. In 1983, in response to the tragic

suicide of three boys who were being bullied,

Dr. Olweus developed a bullying prevention

program that helped to inform American

anti-bullying efforts in the 1990s.

In 1999, after the school shooting at

Columbine, anti-bullying programs sprung

up in and around schools. The tragic event

seemed to give way to the movement, which

focused on fixing the environment around

victims – no longer putting the weight

of the burden on the victim. To combat

bullying, anti-bullying laws and policies

were introduced, and teachers focused

on empowering bystanders, policing

classrooms and hallways, and punishing

and reforming the bullies.

Georgia and California were two of the

states that were quickest to adopt antibullying legislation. For California, this

came in 2008 and focused specifically

on eliminating the emerging threat of

cyberbullying. This followed the Federal

law that stated it was illegal to abuse and

harass others online – while not explicitly

naming cyberbullying, it went a long way

towards prevention of the act.

In addition to legislation, organizations

and foundations to prevent and eradicate

bullying have significantly helped combat

the issue. Examples include the National

2005

STOMP Program Created

Created in 2005, the STOMP program is

dedicated to eradicating cyberbullying.

It also raises awareness of homophobia,

racism, and more.

2006

Federal Guidance on Harassment

While not explicitly a cyberbullying law,

the federal law passed in 2006 made it a

crime to abuse or harass someone online.

2008

California’s Law Against Cyberbullying

In 2008, California passed the nation’s

first law against the emerging threat of

cyberbullying.

Sadly, this is still an ongoing problem among

youth today. Bullying is not restricted to

occurring in just schools but can carry over

to school buses, neighborhood gathering

places, i.e. basketball courts, baseball

fields or at the mall, a local restaurant, etc.

Online/social media bullying is also a major

problem. Parents, teachers, adults and law

enforcement need to be involved and work

together to hopefully bring an end to this

type of behavior that can lead to serious

and tragic results.

WHY NATIONAL

STOP BULLYING DAY

IS IMPORTANT

It saves lives

The

humiliation,

anger,

sadness,

hopelessness, and a plethora of other

feelings that bullying causes can feel

insurmountable. Besides, bullying itself

can be violent and dangerous. Stomping

out bullying is imperative to improving

and saving lives.

It raises awareness of all forms

of bullying

We may think of one specific form of bullying

when the word comes to minds, but it exists

in a myriad of ways. Forms of bullying

include cyberbullying, physical bullying,

verbal bullying, and social bullying. Some

types of bullying can also fall under the

term “harassment.”

It encourages bravery

Whether you’re the victim of bullying or

you’re a bystander, it takes guts to open

up about the situation or report it to an

authority. Many fear for their safety,

well-being, or social status. National Stop

Bullying Day can give those affected by

bullying the extra push to speak out and

correct their situation - and others’.

ISLETA POLICE COMMUNICATIONS

5 IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT

BULLYING

1 in 5 students have been bullied

Of school children between 12 and

18, 1 in 5 reported being bullied in

school.

It heavily affects 6th graders

The grade in which children more

commonly report bullying is 6th

grade - 31%

Bullying is less likely to be reported

in high school

Less than 40% of high schoolers

told an adult about incidences of

bullying at any time.

It has caused kids to skip school

According to one shocking statistic,

around 160,000 teens have skipped

school due to bullying.

Bystanders absolutely can end

bullying

When a peer bystander intervenes,

the bullying situation ends in over

half of the cases.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BRIANA

TOWER!!

Briana recently completed her training to

become a certified communications operator

graduating from the three-week academy

on September 3, 2021.

Briana was employed in March of this year

and has been a quick learner. We are proud

of her accomplishments and are confident

she will continue to be a valued asset in

this division.

Celebrating her graduation are (from left

to right) Communications Supervisor Chris

Padilla, Briana, Chief Robbin Burge and

Captain Tim Zuni.

October 2021

CONGRATULATIONS TO OFFICER

ALISSA PAQUIN (AKA) PAIGERS

Officer Paquin was bestowed an award

Saturday, September 18, 2021 for effecting

the most DWI arrests for the Department

in 2020. Officer Paquin had a total of 11 for

the year with six non-Tribal and five Tribal

arrests. Quite an accomplishment for this

young lady who will be completing three

years with the department.

She is pictured here with Chief Robbin

Burge and Captain Tim Zuni who celebrated

her achievement.

The Department is very proud of you

Officer Paquin and we thank you for your

dedication in detecting and combatting

DWI on the Pueblo.

REMEMBER COVID-19

SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE STILL

IN EFFECT FOR THE PUEBLO

Wear your masks, maintain social

distancing, sanitize and most

importantly report if you are

experiencing symptoms!

Please observe the curfew restrictions

which are still in effect as well.

Non-tribal individuals are not allowed

on the Pueblo at this time so please

help us keep everyone safe!

ISLETA STRONG TOGETHER!

ISLETA DENTAL CLINIC

CLOSED

OCTOBER 13TH

&14TH

FOR STAFF TRAINING

The dental clinic will be operational on

10/12 to provide limited services. If you

have an appointment scheduled on 10/12

please be aware you may be receiving a call

to be rescheduled, we will get the calls out

as soon as possible for those patients.

• No walk ins on either day, however we

will be answering calls if there are any

emergencies, to triage over the phone

• We will be able to provide dental advice

over the phone or provide referrals/

prescriptions as necessary

Thank you for your Cooperation!!

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October 2021

Pueblo of Isleta Public Library

Fall is officially here and the last quarter of the year will pass very quickly. October will be filled with Fall

activities, programs and of course Halloween. Remember, kids of all ages love to go out on that special night

so please be cautious during that time. Make sure and stop by the library to checkout a spooky movie or two.

We also have a variety of mystery and true crime books if you’re looking for a little scare, and don’t forget our

cooking and craft books that will help you make that special Halloween/Fall costume or treat.

News

The library had its October staff meeting

the last week of September to go over

upcoming programs and address any

questions or concerns. We’re also in the

process of planning for the holiday months

so keep a look out for family programs, arts

and crafts and much more.

The Library is now open to all Tribal

Members, Tribal Employees and Pueblo

of Isleta Residents starting on Monday,

August 16th. All Tribal Members are free

to come in and browse our collection! We

are no longer requiring appointments for

computer usage. Masks must be worn at

all times in the library. A screening will

take place before you enter the library.

We are asking that patrons disinfect

their hands before browsing through our

collection. Disinfectant stations will be

set up throughout the library. Curbside

and library material online will still be

available to those who are not comfortable

with coming into the library just yet. To

enter the library, please call 505-869-9808,

our phone number will also be posted at the

front entrance of the library. The library

will continue to adhere to all Tribal Policies

and procedures. If you have any questions

or concerns, please give the library a call

and speak with a library staff member, we

will be happy to answer any questions you

may have.

Join the library team, we are currently hiring

for two Library Aide I Part time positions.

Applications can be found at isletapueblo.

com or you can pick up an application at

the library. Applications must be submitted

to Isleta Human Resources located at the

Tribal complex. The closing date for the

position is Thursday, September 30th.

If you have any questions regarding this

position, please give us a call at 505-8699808 and talk to a staff member.

Come join us for weekly Family Story Time

here at the library. Family Story Time is a

fun opportunity for parents, grandparents,

and caregivers to introduce their children

to reading and language. Open for ages 16

months to 5 years old, but please keep in

mind that it is open for the whole family to

come. For the month of October following

story time we will be doing crafts that

include a Tissue Paper Fall Wreath, Light

Up Jack-O-Lantern, a Black Cat and a Salt

Painting Spider Web. Story time will be

every Wednesday at 10:30am. 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.

Upcoming

For the month of October come in and check

out any library movie and book from our

Halloween collection and receive a Spooky

Snack Pack filled with popcorn, candy and

drinks to enjoy over the weekend. There

will be a limit of 5 Snack Packs given out

every Friday and it will be one snack pack

per family. But don’t worry, you have plenty

of time to come in and get a Spooky Snack

Pack. Remember Spooky Snack Packs will

be given out every Friday. Dates include

October 8th, October15th, October 22nd

and October 29th. Families can come to

the library starting at 2:30pm to 4:30pm to

receive a Spooky Snack Pack.

The library will be hosting a three day movie

event for anyone that is a Descendants

movie fan. This event will be filled with

food, games, and crafts! Come dressed

in your best descendants outfit and be

prepared for some wicked fun. There will

be 10 spots available to Tribal Members

so don’t delay call today to sign up. This

program will run through October 7th, 8th

and 11th from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. If you

would like to sign up or have any questions

about this program, please call the library

at 505-869-9808.

Library staff member reading to one of

our After School Program Students.

Fall Furry Friend Treats participants!

Participants getting their hands messy

and making some yummy treats for their

fur friends.

October 2021

The Library will be having a Family

Pumpkin Carving Night on Thursday,

October 14th at 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Come

and join us and carve a pumpkin with

your family or plus one. All supplies will

be provided along with a variety of carving

templates to choose from. This program

is open up to 4 families with a limit of 5

family members or until we fill up with

20 participants. This program will take

place inside the library and will be open

to Pueblo of Isleta Residents only at this

time. For more information or to sign up

for this program, please call the library

and speak with a library staff member at

505-869-9808.

Isleta Pueblo News

Participants got to make a variety of treats

for their pets using animal cookie cutters

and molds.

Join us here at the library in making

Haunted Gingerbread houses with the

whole family on Wednesday, October 20th

from 5:00pm to 6:30pm. This program

is open up to 4 families of 5 members

per family or until all 20 spots are filled.

All supplies will be provided along with

Gingerbread house kits for each family.

This event will take place inside the

library and will be open to Pueblo of Isleta

Residents only. For more information or

to sign up, please contact Cheyenne at

505-869-9809 or by email at Cheyenne.

Castillo@isletapueblo.com.

Recap

To start off the fall season, library staff

member Shaypof hosted a Fall Furry

Friend Treats program. Participants or

should I say Pet Lovers came in and made

delicious fall treats for there fur babies.

As we transition from summer weather to

fall weather, participants got to make two

different treats, frozen and baked pumpkin

treats. We would like to thank everyone

Fall Furry Friend Treats in the making

using all natural ingredients

that are great for pets!

that participated and we hope to have

more Pet programs in the near future.

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The After School Program is now in the

third month of school and things are going

great. We currently have students from

Isleta, Sundance and Bosque Elementary.

Students are enjoying being back at school

and participating in sports once again.

Here at the library we have been busy

doing reading, homework and crafts. For

the month of September students made

crushed Oreos dipped in chocolate and

chilled for an afternoon treat. They also

enjoyed a movie day watching Cruella on

the library’s big screen, and on the creative

side students made a stepping-stone using

plaster of Paris. We have lots of activities

and crafts planned for the month of October

such as pumpkin carving, button making,

and a rice crispy mold. For the end of the

month the library has planned a Halloween

party as a incentive to the students for

doing such a great job in school so far. We

give out goody bags and had Chick-fil-a for

students to enjoy.

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October 2021

PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT

DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM

The Recreation Center continues with

the remote distance learning program for

students during school closures due to

Covid cases. We served over 15 students

from August to September from various

schools. Students received internet service

to connect with their schooling and are

provided breakfast and lunch every day.

Students also participate in craft activities

such as painting, key chain making, dream

catchers and played some basketball,

badminton and volleyball during their

breaks. The program is still available if

students are in need of internet during the

time a school is closed due to Covid.

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM

For this month, the After School students are

making projects with recyclable items such

as old newspapers, water bottles, popsicle

sticks, milk cartons and pool noodles.

Students built their own volcanoes with

Paper Mache and painted their volcanoes to

look more realistic, and used a baking soda/

vinegar solution to have their volcanoes

erupt. Some volcanoes erupted very high

out into the air and some erupted very slow.

Students will be making bird feeders, water

bottle fishes, and Hot Air Balloons for their

next projects. For recreational activities,

students have swimming twice a week and

enjoy their time in the pool doing cannon

balls, looking for rings or competing with

each other swimming across the pool.

Once again the After School Program

provides craft activities and recreational

activities to all Isleta school age children

from K-12th grades.

Hours are from

3:00pm to 5:30pm every day. Program

offers 15 minutes of homework time then

into a group activity. At this time, we do

not provide transportation to the program

due to the Covid guidelines from the Isleta

Health Center. For more information,

please call the recreation center at 505-8699777.

Triathlon Spenser

Triathlon Audrey

SPORTS SECTION

Giving you an update on the upcoming

events taking place at the recreation

center. Starting off we finished up with the

Triathlon event, which went really good.

We had a total of 10 participants and we

have been asked when we will be having

another Triathlon, it’s awesome to see the

excitement in this event. The following list

shows all the individuals that participated

in this event and their times in the triathlon.

Triathlon Ramona

Names

Time

Brandyn Abeita

30 Min. 24 Sec.

Spenser Waquie

30 Min. 53 Sec.

Andrea Schollander 32 Min. 2 Sec.

Audrey Abeita

32 Min. 45 Sec.

Connie Olguin

37 Min. 41 Sec.

Michael Griffin

41 Min. 32 Sec.

Marie Valdez

44 Min. 54 Sec.

Shirley Jojola

48 Min. 35 Sec.

Jose Griffin

49 Min. 59 Sec.

Ramona Montoya

54 Min. 53 Sec.

Triathlon Shirley

Thank you all for participating in the event,

we will hold another one soon. We are still

taking registration for Volleyball league

and the 3-point challenge, so call or come

by the Rec center and sign-up. To celebrate

the unique heritage, of our culture and to

thank Mother Earth for the Harvest she

gave us. We will also be having a Pueblo

Harvest Challenge, which will be a 50 mile

RUN/WALK for our community. It will

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be a virtual event and we will do it on the Nike

Run club app. Sign-ups start Oct 1st Deadline Oct

15th and will start on Oct 18th. Let us all come

together to celebrate.

FITNESS SECTION

Would like to thank all the Boot Camp participants

who have worked so hard, we are very happy to

assist you on your fitness journey. Boot Camp is

held outdoors on the Northside of the recreation

center on Wednesdays at 5:30pm. There is no sign

up requirement to join us. The only requirement is

to be present. Masks are optional during outdoor

exercises and 6-foot distancing remains in effect.

Also the recreation center has added a new piece

of equipment that is very multifunctional and is

able to do an entire full body workout on one piece

of equipment.

Come and see what all the fuss is about. If you

have any questions regarding fitness, come talk

to our trainers (Cubathee Montoya, Matthew

Jaramillo and Thomas Zuni). Come in and get

tips and pointers to help reach your fitness goals.

We look forward to your visit. Thank you

AQUATICS SECTION

Greetings everyone! The aquatics department

is proud to have participated in the Recreation

first mini triathlon and would like to thank all

participants for a great turnout! We are looking

to do more swimming events this fall and winter.

We are also happy to discuss our partnerships

with Isleta Recreation’s after school program

that utilizes the pool on Wednesdays and Fridays

from 4pm-5pm. We are proud to partner with

Behavioral Health’s after school program for swim

workshops every other Thursday from 4:30pm6:00pm. Outside of our after school groups reserved

times, lanes are available by appointment for lap

swim from 6:30am to 6:30pm, Monday through

Thursday and 6:30am-5:30pm on Fridays. We

would like to encourage anyone interested to call

the Rec Center at 505-869-9777 to reserve your

lane! We are currently taking registration forms

for the 3rd fall swim lesson session that will begin

in mid-October. Registration forms are available

at the front desk at the Rec Center. Swim lesson

registration is on a first come first served basis,

so get your forms in as soon as possible to reserve

your child’s spot. Adult swim lessons are also

available for those interested. We are also taking

applications for lifeguards and are looking for staff

for the fall. For anyone interested in applying or

for any questions about the Lifeguard certification

or for information about child or adult swim

lessons and other aquatic programming, please

call 505-869-9783.

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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

Indian Boarding Schools

and Gravesites

by Ted Jojola

Headlines have recently awakened the

unfettered truth of burials at Indian boarding

schools. The usage of advanced technologies

that penetrate the earth are uncovering

evidence of remains of unmarked gravesites.

It’s akin to peeling off the scabs of wounds,

many of which have long festered in the

memories of grieving communities. In some

instances, parents were notified that their

child had passed away. For others, they never

knew what happened.

The legacy of the Indian boarding schools

is complex and varied. In acknowledgement

of the many children who died and were

buried far away from their communities, US

Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland will initiate a

comprehensive review of the troubled legacy

of the federal boarding school policies. It will

detail the intergenerational trauma created

by the impacts of this system and, more

importantly, engage in consultation in how to

protect burial sites and afford respect to those

families and communities who lost children.

Some background is necessary to understand

the staging of incidents that resulted in

children being buried at school grounds

over the decades. In some instances,

school environments became the breeding

ground for epidemics or communicable

diseases and in other situations, children

were subjected to abuses including mental

duress, malnourishment, and physical

exploitation. Both situations resulted in

untimely deaths and left their indelible mark

on communities. Burials were not uncommon

to the Indian boarding school experience.

However, very little is known about the

tragedies surrounding these deaths. The

boarding school system was intended to be

a life-evolving and transformative experience.

Almost from adolescence to young adulthood,

boys and girls were removed from their

home communities and immersed in a grand

Americanizing social experiment.

As the American frontier expanded and native

people were subdued, removed, or confined

to reservations, it was the Indian Agents who

were given the responsibility to domesticate

their wards in a manner that was consistent

with patriotic and Christian values. This era

was roughly between 1775 and 1849. The

Bureau of Indian Affairs had been established

in 1824, but its authority was soon transferred

in 1849 to the newly created US Department

of Interior. In 1854, the Pueblo Indian Agency

was established.

One of the principal responsibilities of the

Pueblo Indian Agency was to oversee the

education of its Pueblo wards, and by the

1870s it supported day schools in most

villages. In many instances, the agency

entered into contracts with various Catholic

and Presbyterian denominations which

made the education of children more akin to

catechism.

Photo in front of AIS hospital with staff and Isleta leaders in front row

This effort was seen as strategic not only

for assimilating Pueblo children into the

mainstream, but the schools provided places

for medical assistance. Many teachers

became surrogate physicians, dispensing

medications and caring for ailing children.

An example of this effort occurred at Isleta

Pueblo in 1898 when an epidemic of smallpox

besieged the village. Probably transmitted

through outside contact along the railroad,

a teacher reported that 387 cases occurred,

85 of whom died. Many were small children.

Isleta’s population was only 1,200 and two

years later had declined to 1,043.

By the late 1870s, administrators and civilians

alike became disenchanted with the lack of

progress in Indian reservation schooling and

looked toward Indian boarding schools as a

more reliable way to educate them. Allowing

them to continue staying with their families

was deemed as unproductive and negative.

Weaning them from their culture through

physical isolation for most of the year was

also seen as a way of impressing others on

the positive effects that school had on the

children when and if they returned home.

At the beginning of the 1880s, the Pueblo

Indian Agency quickly fell in lockstep with this

policy. It chose to recruit and send children

to the Carlisle Indian School. Established

in Pennsylvania in 1879, Presbyterian

benefactors who had undue influence over

Pueblo families, sponsored children to attend

Carlisle. Among the earliest recruits were

children taken from Laguna, San Felipe, and

Zuni.

Between 1881 and 1898, at least nine

children from Isleta attended Carlisle with

varying degrees of success. The earliest

child on record was Domingo Jiron (aka

Henry Kendall) who was admitted in 1881 at

age nine. At age twelve, he was discharged

for a period, was subsequently readmitted

in 1884, but released again for ill health in

1886. Eventually, he returned and completed

schooling in 1888 at age seventeen enrolling

for college at Rutgers College in Brunswick,

NJ. When Kendall returned to New Mexico

around 1890, he became a confidant to the

itinerant journalist, Charles Fletcher Lummis,

who lived in the village from 1888 to 1892.

Lummis called him one of the most intelligent

youths around although Kendall’s reputation

in the village spoke about him as a braggart

and “know-it-all.” Because he returned with

a conviction to reform “the superstitious

Indians,” he was ultimately shunned and

ousted. According to one local oral account,

he was killed at an early age in a barroom

brawl.

Two other Isleta children with notable

reputations also attended Carlisle. They are

Paul Shattuck, Sr. and Marie Chiwiwi. Marie

Chiwiwi became among the most reputable

and talented potters in the village. Upon her

return to New Mexico, she was a mainstay

at the quixotic Indian Village, located in

downtown Albuquerque next to the Alvarado

train station. Later, she established a curio

store on the southeast corner of the Isleta

Plaza where visitors from around the country

came to buy her pottery. Probably because she

never signed her pottery, she did not achieve

the singular fame of her contemporaries. She

attended the Carlisle Indian School beginning

at age ten from 1882 to 1884. When she was

discharged, however, the school cited her

as an example of a student “[whose] ways

of civilization have no charm for her.” In a

subsequent survey issued by the school, she

lamented that she had been betrothed in an

arranged marriage when she was only a child

and only after she became widowed, took up

pottery making to “feed my little children.” In

spite of the admonitions, she had received

from the school, she credited her schooling in

teaching her practical and beneficial ways to

make a living.

Paul Shattuck, Sr. was ten when he entered

the school in 1886; he stayed until he

graduated in 1896. He was enrolled in the

school under his Laguna name, Zauitzela.

After he returned to New Mexico, he married

a young woman from Isleta, Beatrice, whose

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patron and benefactor was the prominent

August G. Seiz family. Although August

Seiz was an immigrant from Germany, his

family moved to the village and established

a general store and post office in 1903. Paul

became the patriarch of the Isleta Shattuck

family, whose children all went to the

Albuquerque Indian School. Many of them

became educators. The most prominent,

Agnes Shattuck Dill, credited her father and

the discipline he learned while at Carlisle for

their success. Agnes attributed the following

quote to her father’s Indian boarding school

convictions, “Be not like dumb, driven cattle!

Be a hero in the strife!” from the Psalm of Life

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Isleta Pueblo News

influence of the Presbyterians. In 1879, for

instance, Laguna traditionalists had fled the

persecution of local Presbyterian authorities

and relocated on lands provided by Isleta

leaders in an area called Oraibi (now in

the vicinity of the Isleta Rec Center). Such

incidents further inflamed the situation and

AIS quickly found itself embroiled in a tug-ofwar to keep such influences at bay. The Isleta

Mission church attempted to compete with

AIS, but they could not sustain enrollment

beyond the third grade.

Marie Chewiwi on far left

Cobb photo, c. 1890

Paul Shattuck Sr.

Carlisle Indian School 1886

The Albuquerque Indian School

Displacing Pueblo children from their families

had mixed results. Preparations instead were

being made to establish the Albuquerque

Indian School and the Santa Fe Indian School

as industrial trade and vocational schools.

The Albuquerque Indian School (AIS) was

founded in 1881 when New Mexico was still

an American territory. The last New Mexico

Indian campaign against the Comanches

occurred in 1874 and the railroad finally

reached Albuquerque in 1880. The school,

among others in NM were borne on the winds

of change.

The Presbyterian Board of Home Missions,

under contract by the US Department of

Interior, located the school in a rented adobe

hacienda at the small village of Duranes. The

enrollment was forty and, in an auspicious

way, the first enrolled student entry in the

logbook was none other than Isleta’s own

luminary denizen, Pablo Abeita.

In 1882, the citizens of Albuquerque raised

$4,300 to purchase sixty-six acres for an

Indian training school and in 1884 a new

school building for 158 pupils was completed.

By 1886, the US government took over AIS

with Presbyterian staff and teachers in charge.

The school was seen as a central point for

enlisting the Pueblos and surrounding tribes

as wards of the US government. But almost at

its inception, Pueblo children were detained

only for nine months and sent back home

during the summer. This accommodation was

hastily reached because of the inter-religious

rivalry between the Presbyterians and the

Spanish Catholic ministries.

It was not uncommon that the Catholic priests

railed their congregations during Sunday

sermons to keep their children from the

In 1890, the population of Albuquerque was

only 5,518. In 1892, AIS had an enrollment

of 314. Although the establishment of the

Indian industrial school site was touted as a

potential economic windfall for Albuquerque,

the lands were far from habitable. At that

time, the Rio Grande was still a wild river

and flooded annually creating long swaths of

bosque (wooded swampland). Early school

reports talked about infestations of mosquitos

and chronic bouts of typhoid and malaria.

Confined to closed boarding room quarters,

Indian children walked into such infestations

with little resilience, and many became ill.

Sickly Pueblo children were usually sent

back to their villages. Unfortunately, other

children who came from more remote places

were not as fortunate. As early as 1882, AIS

administrators had to contract with the town’s

Fairview Cemetery (now the Historic Fairview

Cemetery, HFC) to provide a plot for “Indians,”

which was located adjacent to a section

designated for “Coloreds”. It detailed seventythree plots, but it is unclear how many were

actually used.

A few extant records of those who were

buried there show that the majority were from

isolated tribes like the Utes, Pimas, Apache,

and other unspecified tribes from Arizona.

Among the causes given for their deaths

included typhoid, pneumonia, inflammation of

the lung, uremia, tuberculosis, and bronchitis.

Other Native people, not connected directly to

AIS, were also buried in that plot. An example

was the wife (Navajo, age twenty-seven) of

the Sioux singer, George Wilson, who was

one of the last to be interred in 1933.

Housed in open quarters, children were

exposed and came down with contagious

diseases such as scarlet fever, measles,

and mumps. Influenza sometimes debilitated

as much as half of the entire student body.

Because of this, AIS was forced to open

its own hospital adjacent to the campus in

1890. By the early 1900s, New Mexico’s

sunshine, dry air, high altitude, and warm

climate attracted health seekers, particularly

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tuberculosis patients who were “chasing the

cure.” By 1909, tuberculosis had become the

nation’s leading cause of death. Many Pueblo

people were also infected and in 1934, the

Albuquerque Indian Sanatorium was built

to take care of the overflow. The situation

prompted AIS administrators to construct

“sleeping porches” alongside the adjoining

boys’ and girls’ dormitories.

The contract to locate Indian burials at the

HFC expired around 1933. However, records

are unclear as to when burials were moved to

a site on the north edge of the campus and

under what circumstances individuals were

buried there, instead of being taken back to

their home communities. The only existing

record of notice is an interview conducted

with Ed Tsyitee, age seventy-five, who was

the last caretaker until his retirement in

1964. Much like the legacy of the HFC, the

burials were for children who died around the

1930s. They were from remote places where

circumstances kept them from being taken

back. Thirty to forty graves are purported to

be there, mostly of children from the Apache,

Hopi, Navajo, and Ute tribes.

What is clear is that on April 25, 1960, the

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) conveyed a

seven-acre parcel of land that encompassed

the cemetery to Bernalillo County. The county

built an office to house the NMSU County

Extension office and leased part of the

property to establish a 4-H center and rodeo

grounds. This arrangement also resulted in

the creation of a new diagonal street, Menaul

Extension, which bounded a 2.95-acre

triangular plot. This became the 4-H public

park.

The exact location and dimensions of

the cemetery are documented in a city

survey map done in April 1962. The Indian

School cemetery is on the eastern point

of the 4-H park. In the early 1970s, the AIS

Superintendent agreed to provide fencing

and security for the gravesite. There is little

evidence that this was accomplished. Instead,

the area was desecrated by curiosity hunters

when the graves were exposed during park

excavations. The only lasting remnant of that

era is a small plaque denoting the “Site of the

Indian Cemetery.”

Overlay of burial site in 4H park.

Outline of site in upper right corner of

park triangle.

In Solidarity

There is no deeper sense of grief than

when parents lose a child. I can attest to

this. In 2000, our only son, Manoa, passed

away a few months short of his high school

graduation. The loss still evokes despair

even after all these years.

We at Isleta have been fortunate. For

generations, our forebears have partaken of

the Indian boarding school system, staging

through the generations ways to make these

experiences better and safer. But as far as I

am aware, all our children returned home.

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Today, many of Pueblo children are enrolled

at the Santa Fe Indian School and the Native

American Community Academy. Our people

continue to contribute to the growth and vitality

of these schools as well as the surrounding

areas. But we, among many other Native

people, have largely gone unnoticed in that

role. The potential to commemorate the Indian

school cemeteries at the both the HFC and

former AIS grounds gives us the opening

to grieve those who are buried there. But,

equally important, it opens up the possibility

of remembering those who are still living.

Albuquerque—a city that was built on the

backs of our labors and culture— still has no

central place that celebrates that legacy.

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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

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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. 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

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be on the lookout for that content. Again, any

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be used without your permission. Thank you!

ISLETA FIRE DEPARTMENT

New Mexico State Fair 2021

Isleta Fire Department was honored to be a part

of this year’s Firefighter Day at the New Mexico

State Fair. The majority of the membership

participated in this year’s event that concluded

with a 911 Memorial on Saturday September

11. This year marked 20 years since the fateful

event of 911.

October 3 thru 9th is Fire Prevention Week and

the entire month of October is Fire Prevention

Month.

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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WATER RESOURCES

Bosque Restoration

Greetings from the Bosque Restoration Crew,

As you drive or walk around the river you may have

noticed the sound of chainsaws and the murmur of folks

hard at work. The sound of chainsaws cutting through

a Russian olive or Salt cedar represents the first steps

of a multiyear program to make the Bosque a safer,

healthier, fire-safe, and more ecologically sound place.

The Bosque Restoration Program is a part of the Water

Resources Department headed up by Derek Jarner

and was started in May of 2021 when the Pueblo hired

Elijah Small to manage the program. Over the next

ten years, this project will include creating defensible

spaces around the train tracks and other high fire areas,

removing invasive species, planting native species,

creating new wildlife habitat, and reconnecting the Rio

Grande to its floodplain.

The Rio Grande that you see today is a vastly different

river than the Rio Grande that we would have seen if

you were standing on the banks of the Rio one hundred

years ago. Starting in 1914 the Bureau of Reclamation

began building large dams and installing jetty jacks up

and down the river to channelize the river, control floods,

and supply water for irrigation. While these measures

were very successful in their stated goals the "taming

of the Rio" had several unintended consequences. The

Dams prevented the large yearly floods that would

sweep through the Middle Rio Grande. The floods

recut the river every year and would lay down nutrientrich sediment creating sandbars and backwaters that

cottonwood, willow, and salt grass would colonize.

Without the floods, these backwaters and sandbars

started to disappear, and with them the habitat for

fish, waterfowl, and large game species.

The cessation of the floods reduced the sediments

flowing down the Rio Grande and the jetty jacks

stabilized the banks creating a habitat that is more

conducive to non-native species than the flood-adapted

species, like Cottonwood and Black willow that have

been growing along the river since time immemorial.

With the large floods gone Russian olive, Salt Cedar,

and Tree of Heaven began to move in and under the

Cottonwoods often out-competing and displacing the

native vegetation and increasing the likelihood of large

fires, and changing how animals utilized the Bosque.

Over the next ten years, the Bosque crew will be

following a restoration plan that was written and

designed to protect the Bosque, increase wildlife

numbers, decrease invasive species while honoring

and respecting the cultural importance of the river

to the People of Isleta. Our crew is currently at work

reducing the number of non-native trees in the Bosque,

this will both decrease the potential for catastrophic

fires and also increase the amount of water flowing in

the main channel of the Rio Grande. The goal isn’t to

eliminate all invasive trees in the Bosque, rather it is

to clear out the forest for the next phase of restoration.

Starting in 2023 the Bosque crew will begin phase two

of the restoration plan by planting native trees, herbs,

grasses, and wildflowers.

While it would be impossible to reintroduce the large

floods that were so common in the past, the crew will

begin creating much of the lost habitat that was created

by floods with a little help from heavy equipment,

chainsaw, and shovels. While the details are not yet

worked out, the crew will be recreating backwater and

wet meadow habitat along the Rio to reconnect the

floodplain to the river as well as create new space for

waterfowl, spawning areas for fish and places for native

vegetation to thrive.

The scope of the Bosque Restoration Project is too large

to cover in this article, we will however be keeping the

People of Isleta informed through articles in the paper.

Additionally, if you have any questions about what we

are doing, how we are doing it, or just want to chat

about chainsaws, please stop on by the Water Resources

Department or give Elijah a call at 869-9623.

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Isleta Health

Center Optometry

Digital Eye Strain

Dr. Mitchel Anderson, OD, Optometrist

Phone: 505-869-4080

We are using screens

now more than ever

before. Many of us use

our computer screens

at work and spend

much of our spare

time on our TVs,

phones or tablets. This can be a wonderful

thing, but there are also potential side effects.

One of the effects of increased screen time is

that it can bother our eyes, a recent term has

been coined for this: “Digital Eye Strain”. Our

eyes feel strained due to the background light

from the devices, and due to small muscles

inside our eyes that are working hard to keep

us focused on the devices in front of us.

The Optometry Times and many eye-care

professionals have recently created a simple

rule to help combat this Digital Eye Strain.

They call it the 20-20-20 Rule; this means that

for every 20 minutes you spend on a digital

screen, you should take a 20-second break

to look at something at least 20 feet away.

Oftentimes, our eyes feel most relaxed when

we let them rest for a moment and just look

into the distance. If you can actively remember

to take short breaks from staring at screens

throughout your day, your eyes will thank

you. Especially if you are feeling eyestrain or

fatigue at the end of the day, this is something

you should implement into your daily routine.

Vision is such an important part of our lives,

let’s remember to take care of our eyes so they

can take care of us for many more years to

come.

Isleta Health Center

Optometry Department

October 2021

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TRULY MISSED!

The Isleta Health Center community wants to

acknowledge the loss of two amazing, former staff

members, Ms. Bernadette Gaisthia and Ms. Frances

Anchondo. Bernadette was the previous Custodial

Supervisor and was with IHC for 13 years. Frances

was the previous CHR Coordinator who served the

Isleta Community for 29 years. Both of these women

were known for their strong work ethic, kindness, fierce

personalities and continued dedication.

Our hearts go out to their families and all that were able

to witness just how beautiful these people truly were.

They both will be missed very dearly.

St. Augustine Parish

Isleta Pueblo

Ministry of Consolation

MISSION STATEMENT

We are a ministry of consolation at St. Augustine

Parish to offer spiritual comfort and support to

families who have experienced the loss of a loved

one. We will continue to honor and respect our

traditional teachings.

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Isleta Pueblo News

October 2021

ISLETA HEALTH CENTER

Know Your Numbers, You Are

Important, You Are Worth It

Weight, BMI, and Waist

Circumference

Andrea Wilson, Fitness Instructor

Phone: 505-869-4595

References: cdc.gov nhlbi.nih.gov

uofmhealth.org

Weight, waist measurement, and/or BMI are

different measurements used to measure the

health of an individual. Being overweight or obese

increases your risk for developing health diseases

such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high

blood cholesterol, and many others. If you are

overweight and/or obese, losing a small amount

of weight (between 5-10% of your current weight)

will help you lower your risk for developing these

health diseases. The best way to lose weight is

by eating a healthy and balanced diet, and by

exercising at least 150 minutes per week.

Weight

The ideal weight for males and females can differ.

It also depends on factors such as: age, height,

fat and muscle composition, frame size, etc. It is

important to know how much we weigh, that way

we know our risk for developing health diseases.

If you are overweight and/or obese, you are at a

higher risk for developing health diseases such as

diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and some types

of cancer. You can maintain a healthy weight by

exercising regularly, and eating a healthy and

balanced diet. One way to determine a healthy

weight is calculating your BMI.

BMI

BMI is known as Body Mass Index. BMI is a

measurement of body fat based on an individual's

height and weight. It is important to note that

BMI does not consider muscle mass, and for

this reason individuals with a high muscle mass

may have a high BMI. In this specific case, the

individual would have a high BMI, but have a

healthy-looking physique. There are different

BMI categories, which include: Underweight=

<18.5, Normal weight= 18.5-24.9, Overweight=

25-29.9, and Obesity= BMI of 30 or greater. For

example, if you are 5'5" and you weigh 170 pounds,

your BMI would be 28. A BMI of 28 would place

you in the overweight category. In order to move

into the normal weight BMI category, you would

have to lose about 30 lbs. Let's say you lost 30

lbs. and you now weigh 140 lbs. Your BMI would

be 23, which is considered a normal weight. You

can calculate your BMI through various websites,

InBody, handheld body fat analyzers, body fat

scales, bod pods, and skinfold calipers. You can

decrease your BMI by exercising and eating a

healthy and balanced diet in order to lose weight.

A decrease in weight results in a decreased BMI.

Waist Circumference

Your waist size is also another way in which

you can measure your health. A large waist

circumference is associated with an increased

risk for type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, high

blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease. You

can measure your waist circumference by placing

a tape measure at the top of your hip bone, then

bringing the tape measure all the way around

your body, level with your belly button. A healthy

waist measurement for males is less than 40

inches, and a healthy waist measurement for

females is less than 35 inches. You can decrease

inches from your waist measurement through

calorie deficit and exercising often.

October 2021

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Isleta Behavioral Health Clinic

Addiction Recovery

ACES, Health Outcomes and Hope

In recognition of Substance Addiction Recovery

Awareness, the following is information provided to

community to help understand what ACES (Adverse

Childhood Experiences) are, how they affect us, and

potential solutions to address illnesses such as Addiction.

Adverse childhood experiences are lived experiences,

that may be or have been traumatic in childhood, and

adolescent years, from the ages of 0 – 17 years of age.

Such experiences or toxic stressors can be filtered

into three main areas: Abuse, Neglect and Household

Dysfunction.

Abuse – experiencing physical, emotional or

physical abuse.

Neglect – physical or emotional neglect.

Household Dysfunction – experience to

Domestic Violence (sometimes community/

neighborhood violence), divorce,

family living with mental or substance

use disorder, incarceration or family suicidal

ideations (attempts, or death by suicide).

The examples above are not meant to be a complete

list of adverse experiences; many other factors may be

considered traumatic experiences that could affect health

and overall wellbeing.

Scientific studies show ACE’s have a direct correlation

to and are closely linked to chronic health issues,

mental health disorders, and substance use disorders in

adulthood. ACEs also negatively influence employmentjob opportunities, job sustainability, education-high

school, secondary or trade school. The science of

stress and impacts it has on us. Not all stress is bad.

Some types of stress is healthy and positive because

it prepares us to respond to temporary challenges in

our lives. Things such as running a race, starting new

employment, birth of a new child, starting a new school.

Our stress response activates and then quickly returns

to baseline. More intense situations or longer lasting

stressors can be tolerable only if we have support

systems in our lives to help us cope. If we do not have

support, severe or frequent exposure to certain types of

stress can have a ‘toxic’ effect on the body and brain.

Common brain science tells us these areas of the brain

are impacted, hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, amygdala

and brain connections. The effects on hippocampus

leads to depression/anxiety, impairment in learning and

memory. Effects on prefrontal cortex and amygdala are

lead to irregularities in emotional processing and selfregulation.

The impacts of ACEs can be negative to one’s life,

including the family. Behavioral changes happen,

which includes Substance abuse and misuse, mental

health disorders, chronic health diseases (heart, lungs),

diabetes or cancer. There is hope! Hope that we can

lead healthy and fulfilling lives, for ourselves, families,

communities—and generations to come. We have the

ability to be resilient, as it relates to brain functionality.

Our brains are malleable (ability to change through

experience) and resilience is the ability to thrive, adapt

and cope despite tough and stressful times, and is

an ideal counterbalance to ACEs. Also, to be able to

provide a nurturing, safe and stable environment, help

children learn to cope with adversity, reduce a child’s

ACE exposure, and build everlasting coping skills. ACEs

work through experience, not only just exposure.

Recovery from addiction is reliant on one’s ability to

accept the substance use as an issue. But also to the

extent of how or if maybe adverse childhood experiences

are responsible—at least in part—for substance use

disorder (or that of a loved one). By getting help through

treatments, ACEs from the past can be addressed and

help you chart a new course toward the future.

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October 2021

ELDERS

Hello Isleta Pueblo,

As many of you know the POI Elder Center had a 3 Month Essay and Poem Challenge. Essays were submitted and 3 winners were

chosen. Congratulations to:

1st Place winner was Frieda Apodaca Received a FIT BIT Watch

2nd Place Anonymous Tribal Member Received a FIT BIT Watch

3rd Place winner Evelyn Ankerpont Received a MINI EXERCISE BIKE

Attached are the essays that were submitted. Each essay had brought back many memories we had during the feast days or when the

days were much simpler. Take Care and Be Safe, the Pueblo of Isleta Elder Center.

Memories of St. Augustine Feast Days

By : Frieda Apodaca

What wonderful memories I have

of our St. Augustine feast days

August 28th and September 4th, as

a child growing up in Isleta Pueblo,

and more specifically, in Chical, I

am so fortunate to have had such

wonderful parents and my Cheeee Rosalia and Ta-aa Whib-oo,

who instilled the importance of our

traditional way of life to include our

feast days. In preparation for the

upcoming feast days, I helped my

Mom and Chee-ee prepare foods we

were to serve at our village house across the water tank. My task,

along with other tasks, was to clean a gunny sack of dry red chili

pods to make the red chili. My aunts were also very busy baking

bread, pies and cookies to serve. My Dad and uncles butchered

steers for meat to be used to cook the many traditional foods:

posole, red and green chili, to name a few. One memory I don't

like to think of is when I had to help clean the tripe and stomach

of the butchered steers. Ta aa had wooden cleaning sticks ready

for our use (pew). Needless to say, this is not a pleasant memory,

but yet a memory. Everyone helped and though at the time I felt

it was hard work, as I grew up, I have learned to appreciate how

precious it was, and is, to be part of a big family with extended

family members of aunts, uncles and cousins. And, as is in my

case, my relatives from Sandia Pueblo.

All these early years were when we had no electricity. No crock

pots, no microwaves, etc. No electric nothing, but we did what we

had to do with what we had at the time. My cousin Benjie and I

helped my Ta-a and Meme Lepe chop wood for cooking and heat

for our family homes. We piled the chopped wood on a wheel barrel

and little red wagon and hauled it up the hill from the corral. Cheeee made it worthwhile, as she always had food ready for us to eat.

After all the preparations were completed, it was time to enjoy

ourselves starting with vespers. Going to church was a festive

event. I remember the procession with so many people taking part

to escort St. Augustine, our patron Saint, to his place of honor under

the arbor in front of the court house. My Mom and Dad, Carmel

and Fred Zuni, served as mayordomos twice representing Chical

for our September 4th feast day. This was a big responsibility and

they felt honored to have served as mayordomos. As our traditional

dances were held, I remember the women in our family preparing

gifts for relatives who were participating in the dances. How grown

up I felt walking onto the plaza wearing my shawl, with family

members led by my Ta-aa, to present the gifts to relatives.

I remember the first time I was asked to dance by then Meme Al

Sangre when I was about 8 or 9 years old. My Chee-ee and Mom

dressed me. Chee-ee was so particular, she had to make sure my

leggings were just right. She had me put on a pair of her turquoise/

coral dangly earrings, which I proudly wore. I received lots of

goodies and money, which I can say were well earned for a long

and hot day.

I remember all of us children got new "fiesta" clothes to wear and I

can't forget my shiny patent leather shoes, which didn't stay shiny

for very long. I fondly remember my Chee-ee beautifully dressed

in her traditional monta with new dress shirts; Ta-aa was also

dressed in his new red and white shirt, his red and black woven

sash, and new Levi's. Everyone looked so beautiful.

Let's not forget the night dances that were held in the plaza with

local bands playing at the courthouse, sweat house (and that it

was), and the "carpa" with the wood flooring (10 cents a dance)

located in the middle of the plaza, surrounded by the carnival rides

and the booths with games to play. And many of us will remember

we would have a dancing partner as long as Meme Sam (Montoya)

was there. And we can't forget Placido, with his colorful vest full

of many decorative pins. And if it rained, and there were puddles

of water and mud, we didn't care, we still had fun! And of course,

we can't forget Rosie's hamburgers - a legend in itself! And our

Governor at the time would have us excused from school to spend

time with family and friends to celebrate our feast days.

I affectionally reflect on those happy times and memories made

with my family our pueblo people and with people from nearby

pueblos and communities. Everyone who came from near and far

were welcome and fed. Although times have changed, and we are

not able to celebrate our feast days as we are accustomed to, I pray

as I was taught in our native way and my Catholic upbringing, that

we will one day, celebrate our traditions and customs as a Pueblo.

I hold onto my faith to be considerate, helpful and respectful to

others. Thank you for letting me share some of my fond memories

of my childhood and long-ago St. Augustine feast days.

Childhood Days

By: Anonymous Tribal Member

Past: Growing up was hard; being the third child of the family.

We all had our ups and downs, but we made it through one way or

another. Going to school, ringing the big bell, gathering with our

friends, if you had any. Eating lunch, sitting all in a row, some

would have nice lunches and some would have whatever your

parents could afford and call "it our" brown bag special at that

time. Cleaning the erasers for the teachers, but how many of us

remember standing in line to get our shots or to see the dentist!!

Oh my talk about bringing back memories. Now I can say what a

flashback... OUCH. But I can laugh at it now. Then come home and

do our chores, bringing in water from the comer water well, brother

chopping wood, my sister and I bringing in wood, gathering chips

to make fire to keep us warm and fire to make food, mom cooking

a warm meal, dad coming home from work. We would all sit down,

eat quietly and sit in front of one black and white TV, no remote

with rabbit antenna with maybe a foil on top of it. One by one

gently going to bed and heading for another day.

Today: Oh how it is much easier, faster and more convenient than

before for all of us. We, including myself are spoiled with today's

technologies and what is out there in this world. We didn't have

that growing up. We can flick a switch to warm or cool our homes

in no time; pick up a remote to lock our house or turn on/off our TV

or even our cars from inside our homes!! Phones that can do most

anything. Unfortunately, with all these good things we have today

we have lost so many good ways of teaching our children, young/

old of our up bringing's, this includes me, I not saying I am not

one who is perfect in teaching my children or upbringings of our

traditional ways of our lives. It just makes it harder to teach them.

We just have to do our best of what we can with what we have.

Keep talking to them in our native tongue and keep teaching them

of what we know and how it is done. Keep our tradition alive and

keep passing it down, keep trying is all we can do.

Tomorrow is never known or what is in store for anyone, not me

nor for you. It just hurts to see our community fall at times and

our elders trying so hard to teach us of what use "to be". I give a

lot of praise to our elders who are still among us who take time,

and have patience to teach use what we need to know. Each day

I pray that our creator gives them another day to be with us, to

share with us their wisdom, their guidance, their words, stories;

because someday they will leave us, we won't have anyone to teach

us. We all need to listen, have patience, take time, most of all ask

questions; if you don't understand, don't be afraid to ask, whether

it be right, wrong or indifferent…you will never know until you

"ask".

October 2021

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Summers

by: Evelyn Ankerpont

Summer was always a good time for my friends. For our family we never had vacations nor did we

get to go to Disney Land or any place else.

We would have to help my mom with white washing our entire house. I was the youngest in the

family so I had to grind the white mud and take it to my mom and sister to clean the rooms.

After white washing our home, we would then have to go help with white washing at the kiva.

Although my summers where filled with hard work I learned some good work ethics, thanks to my

family.

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Isleta Elder Home Delivered Meals 2021

Monday

Tuesday

IMPORTANT REMINDERS!!

Wednesday

Thursday

Green Chicken Enchilada

Thank you.

10/4/2021

10/5/2021

Ham & Cheese Sandwich

Roast beef 3oz

Mashed Potatoes 1/4c

Gravy 1oz

Broccoli 1/2c

Sliced Bread 1 serving

Fruit

10/11/2021

Sliced Ham 3oz

Green leaf & Tomato 2oz

Pickle Spear

Macaroni Salad 2oz

Fruit

Pork Chops

Cheeseburger

Pork Chops 4oz

Stuffing 1/4c

Green Beans 1/2c

Applesauce 1/2c

10/18/2021

Corn Chowder Soup

Diced Chicken 3oz

Corn 2oz

Potatoes 1/4c

Crackers

Pumpkin Fluff 1/4c

10/12/2021

Hamburger patty 3oz

Sliced Cheese 1oz

Sweet Potato Fries 1/2c

Fresh Fruit

10/19/2021

Beef Quesadilla

Beef 3oz

Cheese 1oz

Tortilla

Rice Pilaf 1/4c

Country Vegetable 1/2c

10/6/2021

Minestrone Soup

Kidney Beans 1/2c

Macaroni 1/4c

Stewed tomato 1/4c

Mixed Vegetable 1/2c

Crackers

Fruit cup

10/13/2021

Chicken Chow Mein

Chicken Thigh 3oz

Chow Mein noodles 2oz

Stir Fry Vegetable 1/2c

Fortune cookie

10/20/2021

Tuna Salad Sandwich

Tuna 4oz

Fresh Broccoli & Cauliflower

Ranch 2oz

Baked Chips

Fruit

10/7/2021

Chicken Parmesan

Chicken 3oz

Spaghetti 1oz

Marinara Sauce 1/4c

Italiana Vegetable 1/2c

Breadstick

10/14/2021

Lasgana

10/15/2021

Pot Roast

Chicken Cordon Bleu 3oz

Pinon sauce 2oz

Mashed Potato 1/4c

Carrots 1/2c

Rib Patty 3oz

Chuckwagon 1/2c

Potato Salad 1/4c

Hamburger Bun

BBQ Sauce 1oz

Peach Cobbler 1/2c

10/29/2021

Chicken Cordon Bleu

10/26/2021

10/27/2021

10/28/2021

Blackened Tilapia

Hearty Beef Stew

Chicken Adovada Burrito

Beef Stew Meat 3oz

Potatoes 1/4c

Carrots & Celery 1/2c

Dinner roll

Fruit

Cod Filet

Cod 3oz

Rosemary Potatoes 1/4c

Carrots 1/2c

Tatar Sauce 1oz

Fruit cup

Pot Roast 4oz

Mashed Potatoes 1/2c

Roasted Veggies 1/2c

Gravy 1oz

Dinner roll

10/22/2021

10/25/2021

Tilapia 4oz

Steamed Rice 1/4c

California Vegetable 1/2c

Tartar Sauce 1 pkt

Diced Chicken 3oz

Green chile sauce 2oz

Cheese 1oz

Beans 1/4c

Chuckwagon 1/2c

Rice Pudding 1/4c

10/8/2021

Ground Beef 3oz

Pasta 1oz

Marinara Sauce 2oz

Mozzarella Cheese 1oz

Italian Blend 1/2c

10/21/2021

Chicken Salad Sandwich

Diced Chicken 4oz

Spring mix 1oz

Slice Tomato 1oz

Fresh Veggies 1/2c

Ranch 2oz

Friday

10/1/2021

Please call by 9 AM

to cancel Home Delivered Meals.

Open Face Roast Beef

October 2021

Chicken Adovada 3oz

Shredded Cheese 1oz

Calabacitas 1/2c

Pinto Beans 1/2c

Tortilla

Fresh Fruit

****Menus are subject to change without notice, based on the availability of products.****

BBQ Rib Sandwich

Mummy Dogs

Hot Dog 3oz

Croissant 1oz

Seasoned Fries 1/4c

Peas & Carrots 1/2c

Jello cup 1/2c

October 2021

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ISLETA HEALTH CENTER

New Patient

Application Process

The Isleta Health Center is federally funded and

provides health services to eligible American Indians

living within the Pueblo of Isleta and surrounding

communities as defined by the Pueblo of Isleta.

Patients seeking to establish their health care at

the Isleta Health Center can do so through the new

patient application process. Applications can be

obtained from the Patient Registration desks located

in the main clinic or the Behavioral Health clinic.

The following documents must be submitted with

each new patient application in order to properly

identify a person and their eligibility for care at the

Isleta Health Center.

•

Valid Driver’s license, or other government-

issued photo identification

•

Birth Certificate

•

Social Security Card

•

Certificate of Indian Blood (CIB), valid Tribal

ID, or other Tribal enrollment letter

•

Proof of residency (Utility bill, rental

agreement, etc.)

Non-Isleta tribal members residing on

the Isleta Pueblo must submit a “Permission

to Reside on Pueblo Letter”

For enrolled Isleta members not living

within the designated service area, a letter

stating their “Community Ties”

Acceptance of new patients is based on clinic

availability as each new patient is scheduled an

initial appointment for a comprehensive visit with one

of our physicians. A letter of acceptance along with

the patient’s first appointment letter will be mailed

once their eligibility is determined. It is important that

this appointment be kept, as the patient will not be

considered an established patient until the first visit is

completed. Once a patient has established their care,

they will be eligible for walk-in services and sameday appointments.

Special consideration is made for newborn children

within 60-days of birth, whose completed applications

are expedited immediately. Eligibility for newborn

children is determined through the new patient

application process and includes the receipt of the

following documents.

•

Proof of Birth

•

Hospital discharge forms

•

Insurance cards

•

Mother’s valid Driver’s license, or other

government-issued photo identification

•

Mother’s valid Tribal Identification card,

enrollment letter, or CIB

•

Father’s valid Driver’s license, or other

government-issued photo identification

•

Father’s valid Tribal Identification care,

enrollment letter, or CIB

•

For Unwed parents, a notarized “Declaration

of Paternity”

Furthermore, newborn children can be considered

eligible for services under their parent’s tribal

enrollment document. However, please be aware

that once a child reaches the age of nineteen (19),

they must be prepared to provide their own evidence

of American Indian status to continue their health

care services through adulthood.

For more information on the new patient application

process, please contact the Patient Registration desk

at (505) 869-3200.

Isleta Pueblo News

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MONDAY

SAT/SUN

TUESDAY

October 2021

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

ISLETA HEALTH SUPPORT GROUP

DPP=Diabetes Prevention Program:

869-4595

Basic Diabetes Education

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Isleta Health Center Kitchen

RSVP by October 11th

BHS=Behavioral Health Services :

869-5475

CLINIC OPENS AT 9:50am

Contact Stephanie Barela

869-4479

sbarela@islclinic.net

2/3

The Ripple Effect : 9:00

- 12:00pm For more

information please call:

869-5475

9/10

The Ripple Effect : 9:00

- 12:00pm For more

information please call:

869-5475

16/17

The Ripple Effect : 9:00

- 12:00pm For more

information please call:

869-5475

23/24

The Ripple Effect : 9:00

- 12:00pm For more

information please call:

869-5475

30/31

FRIDAY

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:

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:

869-5475

Wellbriety Group: 11:00 -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:

869-5475

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

For more Information please call:

869-5475

Afterschool Peacemaking

Collaborative Program: 3:30-5pm

For more information please call:

869-5475

CLINIC OPENS AT 9:50am

ICAP Sewing Class - 5:007:00pm @IHC

Training Center. For more

information please call: 869CLINIC OPENS AT 9:50am

5475

CLINIC OPENS AT 9:50am

I CAP Sewing Class - 5:007:00pm @IHC

Training Center. For more

CLINIC OPENS

9:50am

information

pleaseAT

call:

8695475

Afterschool Peacemaking

Collaborative Program: 3:30-5pm

For more information please call:

869-5475

7:00pm @IHC

Training Center. For more

information please call: 869CLINIC OPENS AT 9:50am

5475

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:

869-5475

Wellbriety Group: 11:00 -12:00pm

For Information please call: 869-5475

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:

869CLINIC OPENS AT 9:50am

5475

Wellbriety Group: 11:00 -12:00pm

ICAP Sewing Class - 5:00For Information please call: 869-5475

Afterschool Peacemaking

Collaborative Program: 3:30-5pm

For more information please call:

869-5475

CLINIC OPENS AT 9:50am

ICAP Sewing Class - 5:007:00pm @IHC

Training Center. For more

information please call: 8695475

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