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Op-Ed: Will the Biden administration stop the cultural and environmental atrocity at Oak Flat?

admin4terry2021-06-11T09:58:41+00:00

Activists protest on Capitol Hill in July 2015 against the land swap that will turn over Oak Flat, an area in Arizona sacred to the San Carlos Apache Tribe, to a foreign copper mining company. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images) An hour’s drive east of Phoenix, the Sonoran Desert landscape collides with a spectacular bedrock escarpment jutting up to an elevation of 4,700 feet called Apache Leap. This place is where my ancestor warriors engaged in a pitched battle during the height of a concerted campaign in the 1870s to exterminate American Indians from our ancestral lands. U.S. Highway 60 then [...]

Op-Ed: Will the Biden administration stop the cultural and environmental atrocity at Oak Flat?admin4terry2021-06-11T09:58:41+00:00

Mescal Fire Declared State of Emergency

admin4terry2021-06-09T13:17:05+00:00

Be it resolved by the Council of the San Carlos Apache Tribe that: The Tribe declares a disaster and state of emergency as a result of the Mescal FireThe Tribe requests disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.The Governor of Arizona is hereby informed of the disaster and state of emergency.The Tribe demands that the BLM investigate the cause of the fire and prosecute anyone responsible to the fullest extent of the law. Read the full Tribal resolution in this PDF: mescal-resolution-JN-21-082Download Here are PDF copies of letters sent to AZ Governor Ducey and US President Biden requesting emergency assistance: [...]

Mescal Fire Declared State of Emergencyadmin4terry2021-06-09T13:17:05+00:00

Tribe To Receive First Federal ARPA Payment

admin4terry2021-05-29T10:27:00+00:00

The San Carlos Apache Tribe announces that it had received notice on Friday May 28, 2021 from the U.S. Department of Treasury that it had calculated and processed the Tribe’s allocation for the first phase payment to be made from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (CSLFRF) pursuant to the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The allocation totals $79,720,217.40. Chairman Terry Rambler said, “With this first payment our Tribe can continue its journey toward health and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.” Prior to receiving monies from the ARPA-CSLFRF, the San Carlos Council, the Tribe’s governing body, passed [...]

Tribe To Receive First Federal ARPA Paymentadmin4terry2021-05-29T10:27:00+00:00

Izee Baa Gowah Strategic Capital Planning Meeting

admin4terry2021-05-22T10:32:00+00:00

Chairman Rambler attended the Izee Baa Gowah strategic capital planning meeting on Friday May 21, 2021 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Izee Baa Gowah Board of Directors and management presented a four-year capital spending plan in the amount of $160 million dollars to maintain and expand health care services to the San Carlos Apaches. The Board provided Chairman Rambler an opportunity to provide welcome remarks. Chairman Rambler stated, “I want to thank our Health Care Corporation for the healthcare services you provided for our people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you for your leadership. When I was elected to the Council in [...]

Izee Baa Gowah Strategic Capital Planning Meetingadmin4terry2021-05-22T10:32:00+00:00

Tribe to receive American Rescue Plan Funds

admin4terry2021-05-13T21:13:52+00:00

On May 10, 2021, the U.S. Department of Treasury announced the launch of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act. The initiative provides $350 billion in emergency funding for eligible State, Tribal and local governments to help turn the tide on the COVID-19 pandemic, address the economic fallout, and lay the foundation for a strong and equitable recovery. Chairman Rambler stated, “It’s important we read and understand the allowable uses of the funds we will be receiving. The Council has invested much in fixing its financial management system. We get audited annually. [...]

Tribe to receive American Rescue Plan Fundsadmin4terry2021-05-13T21:13:52+00:00

Letter Requesting Governor Ducey Veto SB1003, SB1485, SB1713

admin4terry2021-05-04T22:11:00+00:00

Letter issued by Inter Tribal Association of Arizona (ITAA): Dear Governor Ducey: On behalf of the Inter Tribal Association of Arizona, a consortium of 21 federally recognized Indian Tribes in Arizona, I write today to ask that you veto SB1003 ( early voting; signature requirement; notice). I also ask, if they are passed in the legislature and sent to your desk, that you veto SB1485 ( early voting list; eligibility) and SB1713 ( early ballots; identification; mailing). These bills, all related to the conduct of elections, will unnecessarily create obstacles for tribal members to vote and make it more difficult for [...]

Letter Requesting Governor Ducey Veto SB1003, SB1485, SB1713admin4terry2021-05-04T22:11:00+00:00

SCAT Praises House Committee Action in Favor of Save Oak Flat Act

admin4terry2021-04-28T13:27:00+00:00

San Carlos Apache Tribal Chairman Terry Rambler said today’s passage of the Save Oak Flat Act by the House Natural Resources Committee marks a major milestone in the tribe’s sevenyear effort to preserve Western Apache sacred grounds at Chí’chil Biłdagoteel. “We now call on the entire U.S. House of Representatives to quickly pass this bill and urge Arizona Senators Krysten Sinema and Mark Kelly to rally behind the legislation that will protect our most sacred lands at Chí’chil Biłdagoteel from destruction by the proposed Resolution copper mine,” Chairman Rambler said. Rambler said Native American communities across the country and the world [...]

SCAT Praises House Committee Action in Favor of Save Oak Flat Actadmin4terry2021-04-28T13:27:00+00:00

Letter to Mayors and County Supervisors

admin4terry2021-04-28T08:52:00+00:00

A letter issued by Chairman Rambler to the following Mayors and County Supervisors: The Honorable Mila Besich, Mayor – Town of SuperiorThe Honorable Mayor Jamie Ramsey, Mayor – Town of KearnyThe Honorable Sammy Gonzales, Mayor – Town of MiamiThe Honorable Dean Hetrick, Mayor – Town of WinklemanThe Honorable Kevin Cavanaugh, Supervisor – Pinal CountyThe Honorable Woody Cline, Supervisor – Gila CountyThe Honorable Jeff Serdy, Supervisor – Pinal CountyThe Honorable Luis C. Bracomonte, Mayor – Town of Hayden Dear Mayors and County Supervisors: On behalf of the nearly 17,000 members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe (“Tribe”), I provide our response to [...]

Letter to Mayors and County Supervisorsadmin4terry2021-04-28T08:52:00+00:00

Sports Complex to Start with Construction of Skate Park

admin4terry2021-04-26T14:33:52+00:00

In early March of 2019, Chairman Terry Rambler held the first Skate Park Project Committee meeting. This meeting was the start of a community effort for a better and healthier community for the San Carlos Apaches. At the beginning, this project focused on the local skateboarders in our community. Having a new skate park would push the youth to get involved in this growing community and as well highlight the local skateboarders. The Committee chose the BIA Building #86 (the former police, jail and court facility) location for the new Skate Park. Chairman Rambler shed light on one of the reasons [...]

Sports Complex to Start with Construction of Skate Parkadmin4terry2021-04-26T14:33:52+00:00

Letter to Arizona State Legislature opposing SB1485, SB1713, SB1003

admin4terry2021-04-22T09:17:00+00:00

Honorable Karen FannPresident, Arizona Senate [email protected] Honorable Russell “Rusty” BowersSpeaker, Arizona House of Representatives [email protected] Arizona State Legislature1700 West Washington StreetPhoenix, Arizona 85007 Re: SB 1485, Early voting list; eligibilitySB 1713, Early ballots; identification; mailing,and SB 1003, Early voting; signature required; notice Dear Senator Fann and Representative Bowers: On behalf of the nearly 17,000 members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe (“Tribe”), I oppose SB1485, SB1713 and SB1003. These bills and countless others have been put forward on the basis of a lie to Arizona that the last election was a fraud. Truth matters, but apparently not for the sponsors of [...]

Letter to Arizona State Legislature opposing SB1485, SB1713, SB1003admin4terry2021-04-22T09:17:00+00:00

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