SPOKESPERSON MESSAGE: January 2023 Newsletter
Osiyo nigad! (hello, everyone!)
Ulihelisdi itse adetiyisgvi (Happy New Year)! I hope everyone has kicked off 2023 with friends and family. CNCV is busy planning for a packed year to come.
Our first event of the year will be an in-person meeting and potluck on February 25 from 12:00-3:00p at Valhalla Mobile Estates in West Sacramento. Please see our newsletter and our events page for more details.
During our last membership meeting, we welcomed 3 new council members — Jackie Robbins, Jewell Warren, and Sheila Zangrilli. We are thrilled to have them on the council. Don’t forget to check out their profiles in the newsletter.
Our at-large tribal councilor Julia Coates notified us that the Cherokee Nation has finalized a program for a storm relief payment in the amount of $500 for Cherokee Nation citizens impacted by recent California storms. You can apply for the relief payment via Gadugi Portal. See our newsletter for more information.
Oh, and before I forget, if you’re an avid gardener like me, mark your calendar for February 24. That’s when the Cherokee Nation Seed Bank begins accepting ᏧᎦᏔ tsugata (seed) requests for the coming year. You can request seeds also via Gadugi Portal.
We also recently received word from the Cherokee Nation Community & Cultural Outreach office that this year’s annual visit and Chief’s Picnic will be taking place on April 23. Cherokee Nation Registration will be traveling with the Chief this year to process applications for photo IDs. I know many of you asked about that last year, and I’m pleased that Registration is back for this year’s picnic! Stay tuned for more details soon.
In this month’s newsletter, you won’t want to miss another installment by Mike Webb. He and his wife Liz collaborated with Mary Buzzard and Myra Bush Robertson from our sister community, Marble City Activity Organization, to design their logo and signage. They look absolutely amazing! I love when Cherokee communities work together. As Mike puts it, “Gadugi continues on.”
Also in case you missed it, you can view photos from the All Nations Native Craft Fair that we hosted with Twin Rivers Unified School District last month. Our community all worked together to put on the event, but special thanks goes out to Jessica Hilderbrand for all her hard work. WADO!
That’s it for now. We hope to see everyone at our meeting next month!
—Jonathan Radocay
