NOW HIRING:  

Cultural Director and 

Child Care Provider I

Natural Disaster Funds

Was your home damaged by the storms over the New Years weekend?  Tribal council established a Natural Disaster fund that will pay up to $500 directly to the contractor who repairs your home.  These funds are limited and available on a first come first serve basis and are only available to Tribal member households residing within Counties declared a State of Emergency by the Governor of California.  For information contact (707) 733-5055      

     The Community Health and Wellness Department at UIHS can provide UIHS clients with transportation to and from medical, dental, and CFS appointments.  You will need to make the appointment on a Monday or Friday from 10-11, and call Virginia with at the very least one days notice.  I recommend in order to secure a ride you give as much notice as possible.

LIHEAP FUNDS AVAILABLE

This funding is to provide assistance to low-income households in meeting their home energy costs, particularly those with the lowest incomes and highest energy needs.  Highest priority will go to tribal member elders, disabled, and families with young children.  Please remember LIHEAP can not assist with utilities that have already been disconnected.  If you are interested in receiving LIHEAP contact Elsie (707) 733-5055 or stop and ask for the forms.  Funding is limited!    

 Happy Birthday

Zyris Zacha  

David Tompkins

Denise Kravel

Mathilde Atwell

Jerome Bartow

Lucius Angell

Dylan Brown

Summer Cook

Jonathan Miller

Elmer Rossig

Linda Johnson

Richard Britt Madison

Tyler Duncan

Vernon Tompkins

April Starr Veazie

Denice Woodhurst

Brent Robblee

Vernon Crummett

Arlene Fry

Hermann Tompkins

Randy Nicholson

Serena Nicholson

Julianna Ann Atwell

Dennis Black

Carol Lynn Goodson

Johnny Woodhurst

Joycelyn Teague

Eve Kathman

Sonja Anderson

Michach Benitez

Michael Atwell

Franklin Evenson

Your local County Veterans Services Office, the California Department of Veterans Affairs District Offices and many Veterans Service Organizations are standing ready to personally assist you and your family in determining your eligibility, learning about, and applying for:

USDVA Education, Disability, Pension, and other federal benefits;

California benefits such as College Fee Waivers for certain dependents & survivors, Property Tax Exemptions, Waiver of DMV Registration Fees, Veteran Preference in Civil Service Exams, and many other benefits;

Veterans programs such as Veteran Specialty License Plates and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) opportunities.

Veterans can learn more about our programs by calling 1-800-952-5626 or by going to our website at www.cdva.ca.gov/moreinfo.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers other important benefits for our veterans as well.  VA will provide recently discharged veterans with two years of free health care for any health problem that is related to service in a designated area of military conflict.  VA may also pay compensation for service-connected disabilities and provide other benefits like home loan guarantees and educational assistance.  Veterans can contact them at 1-800-827-1000 or www.va.gov for more details.

Upcoming Scholarships For Students

               With just one application form, Humboldt County and Del Norte County students can apply for up to 50 different scholarships ranging from $250 to $7,500.  Scholarships are available in a wide variety of types ranging from re-entry students, nursing, business majors, and people with a history of financial need.  For more information or to request and application contact Humboldt Area Foundation at 442-2993 or visit the website www.hafoundation.org and click the scholarship link.  This year HAF has five new scholarships are available in 2006.  Cooperative Community Fund Scholarship for Humboldt and Del Norte students interested in cooperatives.  Follow your Heart Fund Scholarship for woman re-entry students over 35 attending HSU.   T.J. Harris Scholarship for graduates of a continuation high school in Humboldt or del Norte County that has financial need.  Joyce Lewis Nelson Memoral Scholarship for South Fork high school graduates who have been out of high school for at least one year and are planning to attend HSU.  The Perrett Family Scholarship is for graduates of high school in Humboldt, Del Norte or Trinity counties who are planning or studying abroad. 

Champagne Brunch, Raffle and

Silent Auction

   Two Feathers Native American Family Services is celebrating their tenth year of working with Native American children, women and families in Humboldt County by hosting a second annual benefit champagne brunch. 

              The proceeds from the champagne brunch will be used to provide children’s Culture Group activites during the coming year.  The Culture Groups meet year round for 10 weeks at a time and focuses on different aspects of traditional Native American culture such as drumming, art, song, beading, regalia making and storytelling.  All services provided by the agency are free of charge.  In addition to the cost of presenting the Culture Group, all children are provided transportation to and from the group and a nutritious meal. 

Two Feathers also provides support and services to Native American women who have experienced domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking.  

The benefit champagne brunch, sponsored by Cher-Ae-Heights Casino, will be held on Saturday February 11, 2006, 11 am to 2 pm at the Sunset Resturaunt, Cher-Ae-Heights Casino, 27 Scenic Drive, Trinidad, CA.  There will be a silent auction and a raffle. 

The cost for the champagne brunch and a chance to win the raffle is $25.  Tickets are available for purchase at Two Feathers Native American Family Services, 2355 Central Avenue, Suite C, McKinleyville.  For more information or to reserve a ticket, please call 839-1933. 

LCPL Darrell Sherman Update

 —Submitted by Geraldine Rubira (Grandmother)

              Just before Thanksgiving LCPL Darrell Sherman was in a quad accident.  Mr. Sherman broke two ribs and cracked two ribs and punctured his lungs.  He had to be airlifted to the hospital where he had to stay for three days.  Once released he was restricted to light duty for several weeks.  The doctors just released him to fly and say his is recuperating well.  He was home for the holidays to spend time with his family and friends.  Sherman is in the US Marine Corps. 

Tax Clinic at Table Bluff Community Center

CILS Tax Clinic

February 22nd, 2005

TBR Community Center

12 pm

  California Indian Legal Services will offer free tax return help if you qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit!  Eligible Families may get a refund for as much as $4,400 with the Earned Income Tax Credit.  What is the Earned Income Tax Credit?  EIC is a special federal tax credit for low-income workers.  Who is eligible to qualify for the EIC?  The most important factor is meeting the eligible income level: 

 O children single $11,750, married $13,750.  1 child single $31,030, married $33,030.  2 or more children $35,263 single, married $37,263. 

Other factors may also apply.  CILS can help you find out if you qualify.  If you qualify, we may be able to complete your tax returns for you using the I-CAN! TM EIC module. 

CILS will hold a Tax preparation workshop on February 22nd, at the Table Bluff Reservation Community center.  Bring all of the information needed to complete your return. 

For assistance please call (866) 573-7058. 

Sacred Land Film Project

 The Sacred Lands Film Project began in the early 1990’s with the intention to profile indigenous cultures around the world struggling to protect their special places, to show the universality of the problem, and the fact that sacred sites are common to people all around the world. 

     Out of this project sprung films such as, “The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area? And In the Light of Reverence.  The project has recently seen success, as the Mohave Power Plant was shut down on December 31st.  The plant near Laughlin, Nevada has burned coal from Black Mesa since 1970.  The Black Mesa strip mine has consumed 50 billion gallons of groundwater from the aquifer beneath Hopi and Navajo land.  The closure of the power plant and shutdown of the slurry line will hopefully allow Hopi village and ceremonial springs to recover.  In March, five bay area screenings of In the Light of Reverence and Winnemem War Dance at Shasta Dam helped build support for the Winnemem campaign to regain federal recognition. 

     The Sacred Land Film Project is asking for your help.  By sending a tax deductible contribution to the Sacred Land Film Project you can help them to use the documentary In the Light of Reverence to help win protection for lands sacred to indigenous people around the world, and to help support research and development of their new film Losing Sacred Ground.  If you would like to send a donation make checks payable to Earth Island Institute/SLFP, PO Box C-151, La Honda, CA 94020.