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Susan G. Komen Designates Sycuan Casino Employees Honorary Survivors
usan G. Komen San Diego’s Race for the Cure always holds a special “Sycuan Casino is incredibly proud, honored and inspired to partner with Susan place in the hearts of Rochelle Bradley and Fran Robinson, both long- G. Komen throughout the year and especially as we align to support Breast Cancer term Sycuan Casino employees. Both lived through the nightmare of Awareness month,” said Lauren Morrow, Community Development Manager at
battling breast cancer, and Robinson is still ghting the disease. But what made the event so special to them this year was that they were designated Susan G. Komen San Diego’s Race for the Cure Honorary Survivors to coincide with October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Both Bradley and Robinson have participated in the Race as a part of Team Sycuan in the past. e two were introduced to the charity’s San Diego team at a commercial shoot for Sycuan Casino that included a reenactment of Race for the Cure, showing the casino’s huge involvement and support of their cause.
Sycuan Casino. “ is year Team Sycuan will once again be hundreds strong as we walk with an even greater purpose to nd a cure. Fran and Rochelle, we are behind you.”
e casino is largely involved with the organization and has had the largest team in the organization’s event history for the past several years. Bradley and Robinson both participated in this year’s race again, which was held on Sunday, November 8th, at Balboa Park in San Diego. For additional information visit SycuanCasino.com.
Beaumont City Council Commemorates Morongo Band of Mission IOndians’ Thanksgiving Outreach Program
n November 3rd, Morongo Tribal Council Member Brian Lugo accepted a resolution from the Beaumont City Council commemorating this
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year’s 30 anniversary of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians’ annual
Thanksgiving Outreach Program. Read aloud by Mayor Brenda Knight, the city’s resolution stated in part, that “Morongo’s anksgiving program is part of a fabric of generosity that extends throughout the Tribe’s history,” and that the Tribe’s
“unwavering commitment to helping the community has improved lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in the City of Beaumont and the San Gorgonio Pass.”
e program delivers thousands of turkeys to charities and nonpro t groups in the Inland area and Southern California around the anksgiving holiday. To commemorate three decades of giving, about 130 volunteers spent November 16th and 17th packaging 13,000 turkeys for more than 100 Inland groups. Many organizations that receive the turkeys will cook them for community meals around
anksgiving Day. Some go to needy families.
e Coachella Valley Rescue Mission received 450 turkeys this year to serve about
40,000 meals between anksgiving and Christmas, according to Development Manager Scott Wolf.“You just would not believe the smiles on people’s faces when we announced that we’re going to do this every year,” Wolf said. “ ey pretty much depend on us and we can’t do this without the Tribe’s help.”
Turkey was the main course at the Immanuel House at the November 23rd anksgiving luncheon, Executive Director Liz Reid said. e Moreno Valley-
based group hosted 300 to 400 people at the Riverside County Parole Office for pie, mashed potatoes and other popular side dishes. Before the Immanuel House
TNwenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians Hosts Winter Pow Wow
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Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians from December 11th to 13th, at Spotlight 29 Casino. Admission is free. e Winter Gathering Pow Wow begins on Friday, December 11th, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; continues on Saturday, December 12th, from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.; and ends on Sunday, December 13th, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Native Americans from across the United States and Canada attend the gathering for a spectacular display of traditional handmade dresses, dancing, songs, arts,
Native American tradition.
e Winter Gathering Pow Wow brings multiple
tribes together to compete in various dance and drum contests. Guests will see dancers in the Junior Girls and Junior Boys group (7 to 12 years), up to the Golden Age groups, which will feature both men and women ages 65 and up. Cash prizes are awarded to the top performers in every category. Special performances include the Iron Man Fancy, as well as the Men and Women’s Team Dance.
times are Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m.
Guests can also enjoy delicious food with authentic recipes including Native American Fry Bread and Indian Tacos. A variety of vendors will be on hand selling Native American jewelry, art, apparel, Navajo pottery and traditional dream catchers. For more information, call 866-377-6829 or visit Spotlight29.com.
began working with the Tribe, it staged a much smaller anksgiving celebration, Reid said.
“I don’t know what we would do, actually, without the Tribe’s help because nobody does it on that magnitude,” Reid said.
e program began decades ago, when tribal members noticed that their neighbors neededa anksgivingmeal. ee ortgreweachyear,andthe anksgivingOutreach Program became o cial in 1985.
ative American culture will come alive crafts and food. e Winter Gathering Pow Wow A highlight of the Winter Gathering Pow Wow is with song and dance at the festive Winter provides a great opportunity for people of all ages to the Grand Entry, where all of the tribal dancers enter Gathering Pow Wow presented by the participate in a memorable cultural event lled with the Spotlight Showroom in a procession. Grand Entry
December 2015 Tribes in the News (Continued)