Stimulus Funds Allow Cherokee Nation to Reconstruct Tahlequah Community Road

[CountAllVotes]

>>Cherokee Nation begins full reconstruction on ARRA funded road project on Rice and Woodward roads just north of Tahlequah near the Cherokee Nation Hill Top housing addition and Grandview Public Schools.

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The two roads under construction are Rice and Woodward roads. Rice road is approximately one mile long and Woodward road is 1.5 miles long. Once the project is complete, citizens will be able to safely access three existing paved roads, State Highway 82, Jones Road and Jarvis Road to travel to and from work and to school.

“Citizens living in the area will notice a tremendous improvement to both their health and safety as well as less wear and tear on their vehicles,” said Michael Lynn, director of the Cherokee Nation Roads Program.

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This is but one example that most fail to hear about that prove that YES our stimulus money is hard at work.

I'm sure the Cherokee in Tahlequah are very happy about this I've noted here:

"The tribe’s Roads Program will act as project administrator overseeing the project, and construction contractor, throughout the duration of this new $2.6 million development. The construction is expected to be completed near October of 2010, weather permitting.

“I’m excited about our new road,” said Suzanne Crow, Cherokee Nation Hill Top housing addition resident. “It will be nice to not have to worry anymore about flooding problems, or any other obstacles on our road for that matter.”

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Note: editing to add the link to this story.

http://www.cherokee.org/news.aspx?id=3124

[WhiteTara]

1. thanks for the post

it's good to hear about positive effects of the stimulus. We had a lot of necessary road work done in our little town from the stimulus funds too. Building our infrastructure and helping communities! Here's to more of that!

[CountAllVotes]

3. no one and I mean no one needs the help more

than my fellow Indian brothers and sisters.

They have so very little and say nothing about it. I know the Cherokee Nation supported Pres. Obama during the election and I am glad to know that their efforts to get him elected are bearing fruit for them in Tahlequah and many other places in the Indian Nation.

:D

[WhiteTara]

4. I hope someone gets help to the people on the res in

the Dakotas! That is one of the greatest tragedies of our time.
:cry:

[CountAllVotes]

5. damn!

You are right!

Tribal Stimulus? South Dakota Sioux Left In The Cold

http://www.nativelegalupdate.com/2010/01/articles/tribal-stimulus-south-dakota-sioux-left-in-the-cold/

>>“They're out there melting snow and keeping a look out for any water they can use.”

“Schools have been out of session for a week and will likely be unable to open their doors for at least another week.”

“These events are showing just how painfully inadequate our emergency response capabilities are.”

In the midst of one of the worst winter storms in memory, the members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe are struggling for survival. Located roughly 200 miles northeast of Rapid City, South Dakota, the Cheyenne River Reservation is home to 10,000 residents who have been without electricity and potable water for days. Worse still, the storms have critically damaged what little energy infrastructure the Tribe did have, making restoration of power and heat even more difficult. Freezing rain and wind have snapped off wooden power poles carrying the transmission wires. “Because of one ice storm, we had over 3,000 downed electrical lines and mass power outages," said Tracey Fischer, chief executive and president of First Nations Oweesta Corporation, a national nonprofit working on economic development in Native communities.

The problems from a lack of power in winter are compounded by the lack of running water. Although much has been said regarding the federal stimulus package and its components designed to assist Tribes with needed infrastructure, the Cheyenne River Tribe has for years asked Congress for funds to restore its ancient water system, which is decades overdue for an upgrade. The total cost would be about $65 million, but so far no allocation of federal funds has been made for the project.

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:grr: :mad: :grr: :mad:

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So much for helping out the most needy tribes! Dare I utter the word GENOCIDE?

Help the Lakota before dishing out more Wall Street bail-out monies to ANYONE!!

:kick:

[WhiteTara]

6. they need a good lobbyist!

crap that is such a small amount. I don't understand how we can allow our first citizens to be so neglected.

[RoyGBiv]

2. I see it at work everywhere ...

Much to my surprise, I noticed the main access road near my mother's housing addition was being rebuilt -- not repaved but rebuilt -- when I visited at Christmas. It needed it, badly. It was horrible. The foundation was mislaid initially, and you had the wash-board effect whenever you drove down it. It was crumbling, riddled with potholes, and had become a street people avoided, thus killing all the businesses on it.

This will improve things in the area well after the stimulus money itself is spent.