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Winnebago Community Development Fund Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. —2008 Honorees— High Honors: Archie Hendricks, Sr. Skilled Nursing Facility and Tohono O’odham Hospice, Tohono O’odham Nation. Muscogee Creek Nation Reintegration Program, Muscogee Creek Nation.
The Yakama Nation bans alcohol on tribal land, including its casino and convenience store, as well as on tribal powwows and other ceremonies. [21] In 2000, the tribal council voted to extend its alcohol ban to the entirety of the 1.2-million-acre reservation, including private land owned by the estimated 20,000 non-tribal members who lived on ...
The Yakama Nation and CTUIR both depend on their casinos to fund important tribal government services and employ members. Both built the complexes within their reservation boundaries.
The OCC administers the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF), to "subsidize the child care expenses of working families with children under age 13", in addition to coordinating with state, territory, and tribal governments on matters relating to child care, supporting child care licensing, and providing guidance and technical assistance.
Nov. 2—Daisy Mae Heath is remembered in Yakama Nation and across Washington for her love of the forest, the land and the spirit of the salmon. The youngest of nine siblings, Heath grew up in the ...
Sep. 6—The Yakama Nation received a $1 million grant to fight gang and cartel crime, the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Washington announced Friday. The U.S ...
Yakama people today are enrolled in the federally recognized tribe, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. Their Yakama Indian Reservation, along the Yakima River, covers an area of approximately 1.2 million acres (5,260 km 2). Today the nation is governed by the Yakama Tribal Council, which consists of representatives of 14 ...
Outside of her educational work, Whitefoot has served on the Yakama Nation Tribal Council, and also has been the Yakama Nation’s Department of Human Services Interim Director as well. [4] She also served as a past President of the National Indian Education Association and the President of the Washington State Indian Education Association. [6]