Washoe Tribe

Happy Tuesday, Carson City. Parks and Rec’s Easy Walk is a special trip to Spooner Lake where you’ll get to enjoy the crisp autumn morning in a beautiful setting. Listen to the voices of the past as members of the Washoe Tribe recount stories of their people in their native tongue at the Carson Valley Cultural Center and Museum in Minden. J's Bistro in Dayton hosts a spaghetti feed fundraiser for the Remote Area Medical program. A special lecture on the Sutro Tunnel takes place in Virginia City this evening.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called at 8:19 p.m. Friday night to an accident involving a pedestrian struck by a vehicle in the 500 block of Washoe Street on tribal land, near Curry Street.

UPDATE: A adult male was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds Friday morning in south Carson City on tribal land, said Washoe Tribe Police Chief David Blackeye. The case is being investigated as a homicide.

Members of the Leisure Hour Club will share in the gem and jewelry creation expertise of Tobin Rupert at their dinner meeting on Wednesday, March 16. Tobin, a member of the Washoe tribe, is a longtime resident of Carson City having grown up in Northern Nevada and receiving a Business Management degree from UNR. His gem and jewelry design business is located at 2800 S. Curry Street.

East Fork Fire Protection District, serving as Douglas County Emergency Management, provided orientation to 98 individuals from around the county during flood response guide workshops held earlier this month.

Aug. 26, 1960 - Jan. 2, 2016Harvey Mitchell, Jr., member of the Washoe Tribe, was born ...

Here are the 2015 Nevada Day Parade award winners courtesy of NV Day Parade Director Bernie Allen. The following won first or second place in their respective category:

Writers, readers and performers from all around the country will appear at South Lake Tahoe this weekend for WordWave, a three-day festival held on the grounds of Valhalla at the Tallac Historic Site.

This literary mash-up features oral storytelling, theater performances and free readings, panels on craft, yoga, and a novel writing camp for kids.

The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California has been awarded two grants totaling $1.37 million.The tribe will receive $1 million for a corrections program and $372,123 for a tribal youth program. Both programs are focus...

Spend a few minutes talking to Herman Fillmore and you quickly learn how deeply he cares about the Washoe people, language and culture. As a young adult living at the Dresslerville Colony of the Washoe Indians in Gardnerville, Fillmore has taken enormous steps to establish the revival of his native Wašiw language.

As part of its cultural commitment to living sustainably with the environment, The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California is boosting its clean-energy capacity with the construction of seven new solar arrays built by Reno nonprofit Black Rock Solar. In addition to the 113 kW of power BRS built for them in 2011, BRS is currently building seven new Carson City area arrays for the tribe.

First things first. Saturday afternoon could be expecting some wet weather, so be prepared. I can’t predict what events may be affected by it, or if the rain will even show up. No worries for you wine walkers, though, downtown will be hopping: rain, shine, or blizzard. Head over to Artsy Fartsy Art Gallery and wish them a happy fourth anniversary, Jeffery will be serving up one of his signature Sangrias. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church won best wine walk stop last month and will have live music. Don’t forget to spend some time inside Westside Pour House: ARTistically INKlined pop-up gallery returns and proves that tattoo artists are first, and foremost, artists.

SATURDAY:

• Street Vibrations Spring Rally: Downtown Reno
• Reno Tahoe International Film Festival – go to www.RTIFF.org for schedule and locations
• Sierra Lutheran High School's 13th Annual Golf Classic at the Silver Oaks Golf Course (7am Check-in, Shotgun start at 8am; $125 for a single player or $400 for a team of four)

Writers, readers and performers from all around the country will appear at South Lake Tahoe Oct. 9-11, 2015 for WordWave, a three-day festival held on the grounds of Valhalla at the Tallac Historic Site. This literary mash-up will feature oral storytelling, theater performances and free readings, panels on craft, yoga, and a novel writing camp for kids. Highlights include a one-act playwriting contest, a Maker’s Station demo with bookbinding, letterpress, drum making, and found poetry and art. Ticketed events include a steampunk ball, workshops, and even a hike.

JOIN, Inc. has opened its new Carson City location at 716 N. Carson Street, Suite 108 where staff members are eager to serve residents seeking career training for in-demand occupations.

Denise Castle, Regional Branch Manager, is excited that JOIN is extending its outreach beyond Carson City to Dayton, Gardnerville, Incline Village, Minden, Silver Springs, South Lake Tahoe, Stateline, Virginia City, The Washoe Tribe, Wellington, Yerington and Zephyr Cove in order to enroll more individuals who have been without work and need re-employment skills through JOIN’s training programs.

The Washoe Valley Alliance will play host to a full day of festivities on Saturday, May 16, 2015 during the second annual Celebrate Washoe Valley event at Washoe Lake State Park.

Celebrate Washoe Valley is a special event created to help educate, inform and engage the community about the importance to maintain the natural beauty and preservation of the Washoe Valley.

This is a reminder to pick up a widely-distributed and widely-read, outdoor publication known as “Fishing The California Alps.”
That annual newspaper is your personal guide to the fishing, camping, sightseeing and vacationing world in this part of the West, and it has many pages of detailed, in-depth information provided by experts in their specific areas of knowledge and experience.

The Washoe Valley Alliance will play host to a full day of festivities on Saturday, May 16, 2015 during the second annual Celebrate Washoe Valley event at Washoe Lake State Park.

Celebrate Washoe Valley is a special event created to help educate, inform and engage the community about the importance to maintain the natural beauty and preservation of the Washoe Valley. Admission is free to attendees courtesy of Washoe Lake State Park and guests will enjoy live music and complimentary food provided by the Boy Scouts.

USDA Rural Development State Director Sarah Adler has announced that USDA is taking applications for Fiscal Year 2015 Community Connect Program grants. The program provides grants to establish essential broadband services in rural communities where it is currently not available.

“Many rural communities in Nevada do not have access to broadband,” said Adler. “USDA’s Community Connect Grant Program ensures that rural residents have the ability to run businesses, get the most from their education, and benefit from the infinite services that fast, reliable broadband provides.”

Melody Harkreader has been named to the Nevada Rural Housing Authority Board of Commissioners as its rental housing representative. She was jointly appointed earlier this month by the Nevada Association of Counties and Nevada League of Cities.

“What NRHA offers is wonderful. It has blessed and helped so many families,” Harkreader said. “The Home at Last program is fantastic for first-time homebuyers, by giving families the opportunity to have their own home. And I'm very excited about the work they do with the homeless.”

Washoe County Commissioners approved Wednesday a Federal Lands Access Program Memorandum of Agreement providing $12.5 million in federal funding for the design and construction of improvements along the state Route 28 corridor from Incline Village to the U.S. Highway 50 junction.

And so we begin week five of this year at Carson High School. The time passes so quickly. All sports teams are on a roll, and activities and clubs are full speed ahead as well.

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The Wa She Shu It Deh Native American Arts Festival returns to Valhalla at the Tallac Historic site this weekend, July 26-27. The festival celebrates the Washoe's ancient lifeways and their Lake Tahoe homeland.

The festival features traditional American Indian dancers and drum performers, basket weaving displays, art, and great food. Sponsored by the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, this event is free to attend, and open to the public. The festival runs 10 a.m. am to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on Valhalla’s Grand Lawn.

The Board of Supervisors meet today beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center, 851 East William Street. Go here for the agenda and here to watch the meeting live.

Items up for discussion and possible action include:

Many events are scheduled throughout the Silver State in the month of June. These Nevada 150 events help celebrate all things Nevada and bring awareness to the state’s 150th Anniversary of Statehood. The following are events held June 3 through June 15.

It’s that time of the year again for a widely-distributed and widely-read, outdoor publication known as “Fishing The California Alps.”

That annual newspaper is your personal guide to the fishing, camping, sightseeing and vacationing world in this part of the west, and it has many pages of detailed, in-depth information provided by experts in their specific areas of knowledge and experience.

The Boys and Girls Club of Western Nevada and the Washoe Tribe Head Start Office in Carson City are among the sponsoring agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Child and Adult Care Food Program, Nevada Department of Agriculture announced Friday.

We were relieved to read that not all tribal members are supporting the proposed motocross track on the Washoe Tribe’s land. It gave us hope that the Washoe people really do believe in their statement that “the Washoe Tribe have long considered themselves stewards of our land and continue to maintain that position, never to compromise or sacrifice our environmental and archeologically sensitive lands.”

In our opinion the development of a motocross track in the proposed location would be a complete contradiction to this statement.

It has been 17 years since President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore stood on the shores of Lake Tahoe and issued a challenge. They urged the frequently fractious perspectives in the region to come together in support of the restoration of Lake Tahoe.

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is marking this year’s Lake Tahoe Summit by highlighting the Environmental Improvement Program’s 15 years of achievement restoring and protecting Lake Tahoe’s fragile ecosystem.

Launched at the 1997 Presidential Forum at Lake Tahoe by then President Bill Clinton, and Vice President Al Gore, the Environmental Improvement Program (EIP) is a partnership of more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies, private interests, and the Washoe Tribe.

The Washoe Tribe Head Start Program is recruiting for Children 3 to 5 years old. Children must be 3 years old before September 30, 2013. The Program is offered in Gardnerville and in Carson City.
Head Start is a comprehensive child development program with the goal of increasing school readiness.
Please contact the Head Start Program at 775-265-1074 to request an application.