Friday, October 15, 2010
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
Cherokee Fun Facts for Kids!!
How do you pronounce the word "Cherokee"? What does it mean?It's pronounced "CHAIR-uh-kee." It comes from a Muskogee word meaning 'speakers of another language.' Cherokee Indians originally called themselves Aniyunwiya, "the principal people," but today they accept the name Cherokee, which is spelled and pronounced Tsalagi in their own language
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
CHEROKEE NATIONAL HOLIDAY ~ TALEQUAH, OK
Osiyo,
The event we’ve all been eagerly awaiting, the 58th
Annual Cherokee National Holiday, is now less than a week away. This coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday, over 100,000 people from across the country will come to Tahlequah, Oklahoma, to celebrate! Dozens of activities are scheduled over three days including a parade through downtown Tahlequah on Saturday morning, a classic car show, live music, cultural games and competitions, softball tournaments, a powwow, food, refreshment and more. The Cherokee National Holiday is good, wholesome fun for the entire family and you can get all the details by visiting http://holiday.cherokee.org/ The theme of this year’s holiday is “Happy, Healthy People” and what a perfect opportunity that makes for you to begin living a more active and healthy lifestyle. http://cherokeechallenge.cherokee.org/ to see how you can participate in several different runs and other healthy competitions. This year is also the 10th anniversary of the Cherokee National Youth Choir. Acting as ambassadors for the Cherokee Nation, the youth choir has traveled across the country while promoting Cherokee culture, music and the preservation of the Cherokee language. A new CD, entitled “Then & Now”, commemorates the growth of the choir over the past decade and is now available. Details are online at http://choir.cherokee.org/
Wado! (Thank you)
Cherokee Nation
P.O.Box 948
Tahlequah, OK 74465
The event we’ve all been eagerly awaiting, the 58th
Annual Cherokee National Holiday, is now less than a week away. This coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday, over 100,000 people from across the country will come to Tahlequah, Oklahoma, to celebrate! Dozens of activities are scheduled over three days including a parade through downtown Tahlequah on Saturday morning, a classic car show, live music, cultural games and competitions, softball tournaments, a powwow, food, refreshment and more. The Cherokee National Holiday is good, wholesome fun for the entire family and you can get all the details by visiting http://holiday.cherokee.org/ The theme of this year’s holiday is “Happy, Healthy People” and what a perfect opportunity that makes for you to begin living a more active and healthy lifestyle. http://cherokeechallenge.cherokee.org/ to see how you can participate in several different runs and other healthy competitions. This year is also the 10th anniversary of the Cherokee National Youth Choir. Acting as ambassadors for the Cherokee Nation, the youth choir has traveled across the country while promoting Cherokee culture, music and the preservation of the Cherokee language. A new CD, entitled “Then & Now”, commemorates the growth of the choir over the past decade and is now available. Details are online at http://choir.cherokee.org/
Wado! (Thank you)
Cherokee Nation
P.O.Box 948
Tahlequah, OK 74465
Saturday, August 28, 2010
NATIVE AMERICAN ZUNI EFFIE CALAVAZA CORAL BRACELET!
Mediterranean coral stones set in a sterling silver setting with Effie's traditional snake design. Snake symbolizes life, death, rebirth, defiance and wisdom. 5 stones. Handcrafted by famous Zuni Indian artist Effie Calavaza. 3/4 inch wide. Fits small to medium womans wrist or small mans wrist. Can be adjusted slightly to fit. ONLY $325.00! RETAIL: $825.00!
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Friday, August 27, 2010
BONANZLE BLOWOUT ~ COOKIEGRANDMA 40% OFF SATURDAY 7/28 @ 10 AM PST ~ http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/CookieGrandma60
I’m having my biggest Bonanza ever! Saturday, Aug. 28th @ 10:00 am PST. Everything in my booth will be 40% off. Even my gold jewelry! Stop by and take a look! Rare Michael Jackson memorabilia, gold, Topaz & diamond rings (2), everything in my booth is 40% off!
I hope you’ll stop by!!
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I hope you’ll stop by!!
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WHY SHARKS CIRCLE YOU!
Two great white sharks were swimming in the ocean and spied survivors of a sinking ship.
"Follow me son" the father shark said to the son shark and they swam to the mass of people.
The wise old Father told his Son,
"First we swim around them a few times with just the tip of our fins showing."
And they did. "Well done, son!
Now we swim around them a few times with all of our fins showing."
And they did. "Now we eat everybody."
And they did.
When they were both gorged, the son asked,
"Dad, why didn't we just eat them all at first?
Why did we swim around and around them?"
His wise father replied,
"Because they taste better without the shit inside!"
"Follow me son" the father shark said to the son shark and they swam to the mass of people.
The wise old Father told his Son,
"First we swim around them a few times with just the tip of our fins showing."
And they did. "Well done, son!
Now we swim around them a few times with all of our fins showing."
And they did. "Now we eat everybody."
And they did.
When they were both gorged, the son asked,
"Dad, why didn't we just eat them all at first?
Why did we swim around and around them?"
His wise father replied,
"Because they taste better without the shit inside!"
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Wish I could go!!!!!!!!!!!!!
58th Cherokee National Holiday Downtown Events Expand
The Cherokee Nation is rolling out the red carpet Sept. 3-5 to welcome visitors old and new to Tahlequah for the 58th Cherokee National Holiday. Although exciting activities will take place non-stop throughout the three days, festival goers may want to be especially sure they grab a spot downtown early on Saturday to be on hand for some of the biggest events. Returning visitors will find some new events to enjoy this year.
http://www.cherokee.org/
The Cherokee Nation is rolling out the red carpet Sept. 3-5 to welcome visitors old and new to Tahlequah for the 58th Cherokee National Holiday. Although exciting activities will take place non-stop throughout the three days, festival goers may want to be especially sure they grab a spot downtown early on Saturday to be on hand for some of the biggest events. Returning visitors will find some new events to enjoy this year.
http://www.cherokee.org/
2 Moons on 27/Aug/2010 and next time will be in year 2287
27th Aug the Whole World is waiting for.............
Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. It will look
as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will culminate on Aug. 27 when
Mars comes within 34.65M miles off earth. Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27
12:30 am. It will look like the earth has 2 moons.
The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.
Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again.
Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. It will look
as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will culminate on Aug. 27 when
Mars comes within 34.65M miles off earth. Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27
12:30 am. It will look like the earth has 2 moons.
The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.
Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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Great items at great prices! Check out the trainman on the link above! Very nice seller with excellent communication!!!
cherokeephoenix.org ~ Oklahoma tribes pay $118M in gaming fees
THE NATIVE AMERICAN NATIONS HAVE PAID ENOUGH!! THERE ARE LOTS OF NATIVE AMERICANS WHO LIVE WAY BELOW POVERTY LEVEL IN THE UNITED STATES. MY PERSONAL VIEW IS THAT THE MONEY THESE CASINOS ARE TAKING IN SHOULD BE TURNED BACK AROUND TO THE TRIBES. TO HELP FEED, CLOTHE, AND EDUCATE THEIR FAMILIES. THERE ARE SO MANY WHO DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOOD OR A SOURCE OF HEAT IN THE WINTER. THE ELDERS AND CHILDREN IN THESE COMMUNITIES ARE SUFFERING AND THE STATES ARE TAKING WAY TOO MUCH FROM THEM.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Indian tribes paid $118.2 million in gaming fees to the state, helping to ease budget cuts at some state agencies, state records show.
Oklahoma received $33.3 million from the Chickasaw Nation; $22.7 million from the Choctaw Nation and $12.2 million from the Cherokee Nation, according to Office of State Finance records. Twenty-seven other tribes paid the state about $50 million.
Together, the 30 tribes are responsible for boosting state revenues from Indian gaming 5,000 percent in six years as tribes have expanded their casino operations and shifted to more Las Vegas-style games.
Indian gaming has become a huge industry in Oklahoma, with tribes generating about $2.9 billion in 2008, according to the 2009-2010 edition of Casino City's Indian Gaming Industry Report, authored by California economist Alan Meister.
The success of tribal gaming operations and the resulting windfall to the state could not have come at a better time, said state Treasurer Scott Meacham.
With the state experiencing major drops in revenues from many of its traditional funding sources, state officials used Indian gaming money to stave off some cuts, Meacham said.
Education was the primary beneficiary, since 88 percent of Indian gaming revenue is earmarked for common education funding, Meacham said.
The remaining 12 percent goes to the state's general fund.
The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services gets $250,000 a year of gaming revenues for treatment and educational programs related to compulsive gambling disorders.
Several factors have contributed to the state's growth in Indian gaming revenues, but Meacham said the biggest has been a major shift from Class II to Class III gaming machines in Indian casinos.
Class II games are defined as bingo and electronic devices in aid of bingo, Meacham said. The state doesn't collect any money off those games.
Class III games include electronic games that are similar to Las Vegas-style slot machines, networked games that are linked with games in other locations to produce large progressive jackpots, and skill games like video poker. These games are preferred by most gamblers, experts say.
Tribes are required to enter into state compacts to offer Class III games. The state collects 4 to 6 percent from these electronic games and 10 percent off card games, Meacham said.
The poor economy has hit Indian casino operations nationally, with revenues dropping 1 percent from about $26.7 billion in fiscal year 2008 to $26.5 billion in fiscal year 2009, according to the National Indian Gaming Commission.
Oklahoma Indian casinos have defied that trend, however.
The $2.9 billion generated in Oklahoma trailed only California, where Indian gaming produced $7.3 billion, Meister reported.
The success of Oklahoma Indian gaming operations is perhaps surprising, since state lottery revenues have essentially been flat — hovering around $69 million for the last five fiscal years.
Meacham expects the state's share from Indian casinos to continue increasing for a few years, but said the rate of increase should decline and eventually level out.
"I don't think we'll see the kind of growth we've seen in the past because a lot of games have already moved under the compact," Meacham said. "I think the market will reach saturation at some point."
Competition from outside Oklahoma also has grown as cash-desperate states have increasingly turned to casinos.
The Associated Press recently reported the race to open new casinos has been particularly frenzied in the Northeast, which has 41 casinos and 20 more planned. But it's happening in the Midwest, too.
Just this past week, competing casino developers pitched plans for a $225 million casino-hotel complex in southern Kansas, between Wichita and the Oklahoma border, which likely would draw gamblers from Kansas and northern Oklahoma who might otherwise patronize Oklahoma casinos.
"Our leadership team is continuously searching for opportunities to develop new businesses and expand existing operations," said Bill Anoatubby, governor of the Chickasaw Nation.
Anoatubby credits the Chickasaw Nation's success so far to having "very talented leadership and hardworking, dedicated employees."
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Indian tribes paid $118.2 million in gaming fees to the state, helping to ease budget cuts at some state agencies, state records show.
Oklahoma received $33.3 million from the Chickasaw Nation; $22.7 million from the Choctaw Nation and $12.2 million from the Cherokee Nation, according to Office of State Finance records. Twenty-seven other tribes paid the state about $50 million.
Together, the 30 tribes are responsible for boosting state revenues from Indian gaming 5,000 percent in six years as tribes have expanded their casino operations and shifted to more Las Vegas-style games.
Indian gaming has become a huge industry in Oklahoma, with tribes generating about $2.9 billion in 2008, according to the 2009-2010 edition of Casino City's Indian Gaming Industry Report, authored by California economist Alan Meister.
The success of tribal gaming operations and the resulting windfall to the state could not have come at a better time, said state Treasurer Scott Meacham.
With the state experiencing major drops in revenues from many of its traditional funding sources, state officials used Indian gaming money to stave off some cuts, Meacham said.
Education was the primary beneficiary, since 88 percent of Indian gaming revenue is earmarked for common education funding, Meacham said.
The remaining 12 percent goes to the state's general fund.
The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services gets $250,000 a year of gaming revenues for treatment and educational programs related to compulsive gambling disorders.
Several factors have contributed to the state's growth in Indian gaming revenues, but Meacham said the biggest has been a major shift from Class II to Class III gaming machines in Indian casinos.
Class II games are defined as bingo and electronic devices in aid of bingo, Meacham said. The state doesn't collect any money off those games.
Class III games include electronic games that are similar to Las Vegas-style slot machines, networked games that are linked with games in other locations to produce large progressive jackpots, and skill games like video poker. These games are preferred by most gamblers, experts say.
Tribes are required to enter into state compacts to offer Class III games. The state collects 4 to 6 percent from these electronic games and 10 percent off card games, Meacham said.
The poor economy has hit Indian casino operations nationally, with revenues dropping 1 percent from about $26.7 billion in fiscal year 2008 to $26.5 billion in fiscal year 2009, according to the National Indian Gaming Commission.
Oklahoma Indian casinos have defied that trend, however.
The $2.9 billion generated in Oklahoma trailed only California, where Indian gaming produced $7.3 billion, Meister reported.
The success of Oklahoma Indian gaming operations is perhaps surprising, since state lottery revenues have essentially been flat — hovering around $69 million for the last five fiscal years.
Meacham expects the state's share from Indian casinos to continue increasing for a few years, but said the rate of increase should decline and eventually level out.
"I don't think we'll see the kind of growth we've seen in the past because a lot of games have already moved under the compact," Meacham said. "I think the market will reach saturation at some point."
Competition from outside Oklahoma also has grown as cash-desperate states have increasingly turned to casinos.
The Associated Press recently reported the race to open new casinos has been particularly frenzied in the Northeast, which has 41 casinos and 20 more planned. But it's happening in the Midwest, too.
Just this past week, competing casino developers pitched plans for a $225 million casino-hotel complex in southern Kansas, between Wichita and the Oklahoma border, which likely would draw gamblers from Kansas and northern Oklahoma who might otherwise patronize Oklahoma casinos.
"Our leadership team is continuously searching for opportunities to develop new businesses and expand existing operations," said Bill Anoatubby, governor of the Chickasaw Nation.
Anoatubby credits the Chickasaw Nation's success so far to having "very talented leadership and hardworking, dedicated employees."
Little Miss and Mister Cherokee Ambassadors Represent Tribe
GREAT STORY @ CHEROKEE NATION
http://www.cherokee.org/NewsRoom/FullStory/3325/Page/Default.aspx
http://www.cherokee.org/NewsRoom/FullStory/3325/Page/Default.aspx
NEVER FORGET! THIS IS A MUST SEE HAND PICKED LIST ON BONANZLE!
http://www.bonanzle.com/hand_picked_lists/54488
Monday, August 23, 2010
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