Redding Rancheria July 2021 Newsletter

July 2021

YOUTH LEADERSHIP KICK-OFF Redding Rancheria

The Redding Rancheria‘s Education Department held its first Youth Leadership Kick-off for the year. It was a day of getting together to learn Tribal Civics, basket making, tie-dying and canvas painting. This is the first of a variety of activities our future leaders take part in.

NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING ASSOCIATION’S CONFERENCE Redding Rancheria

Our CEO, Tracy Edwards and COO, Stacey Carman were interviewed by the new national journalist for Indian Country Today, Aliyah Chavez at the 2021 National Indian Gaming Conference in Las Vegas. They discussed what they experienced at the conference and what it was like to be back in person at the annual event.

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POW WOW 2021

Honored Elders’ Dinner 2021 Stillwater Pow Wow Honored Elders Are:

William Keluchie JoAnn Turmel Julia Martinez Frances Slaughter Helene Sisk September 30, 2021 Doors open at 5:30 pm Dinner served at 6:00 pm Win-River Resort & Casino Event Center

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2021 - 2023 Royalty Interviews and Dance Demonstrations will be held during this event.

Elder Dinner tickets are $10.00 per ticket. Reserve your tickets through the Cultural Department.

Jack E. Potter Jr., Lillie Lucero, and Louise Davis @ 530-242-4511

www.stillwaterpowwow.com

Host Drum: TBA Guest Drum: TBA Friday Saturday Dinner Break Sunday

7pm Grand Entry 12pm Grand Entry 5pm - 6pm 7pm Grand Entry 12pm Grand Entry

FREE ADMISSION Located @ Shasta District Fairgrounds 1890 Briggs St, Anderson, CA 96007

Head Staff: Master of Ceremonies: TBA Arena Director: TBA Head Man: TBA Head Woman: TBA Head Teen Boy: TBA Head Teen Girl: TBA

Open to the public. No drugs or alcohol allowed.

Limited camping spaces available.

Limited rooms at Win-River Resort & Casino.

www.stillwaterpowwow.com

Rob Krikorian Vendor Information 530-227-1059

Louise Davis Information 530-440-9137

Pat Lilya Information 530-242-4558

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EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH

Molina Ofiana

We would like to

for any task she is assigned.

congratulate Molina

She truly cares about the

Ofiana, Human Resources

success of the department.

Administrative Assistant,

When an HR Specialist left a

as the July 2021 Employee

while back Molina took on the

of the Month. Molina

extra responsibilities of FML/

Ofiana is receiving this

PML and the fingerprinting-

award for the following

background process. Not

reasons: Molina is timely,

only did she take on these

consistent and constantly

responsibilities but she went

looking out for the good

in and cleaned up the process

of the department. She

making it more efficient.

is always organized and prepared for any event.

She is there to lend a hand or help out in any situation

Congratulations Molina!!!

and is always prepared

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www.reddingrancheria-nsn.gov

NURSING SKILLS FAIR

Redding Rancheria Tribal Health Systems We are excited to announce our nursing skills fair sessions are back!! Postponed for over a year due to COVID we are now getting back to the much needed educational and skills training for our healthcare staff, which includes all four healthcare sites. These training sessions help to ensure our staff are kept up to date on their skills and educational needs. We look forward to our next training sessions which are held every fourth Wednesday of every month.

Instructors include staff from various departments including, nursing, informatics, RRTHS providers, operations, I.T. and community health to name a few.

Working together as a team, our well trained instructors are committed to providing all staff with the skills and educational needs to provide exceptional patient care.