International – Official Opata Nation website https://opatanation.org Sat, 08 Aug 2020 21:34:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://opatanation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/favicon-opata.ico International – Official Opata Nation website https://opatanation.org 32 32 141933134 Update 2 status of the delivery of the Opata Care packages https://opatanation.org/update-2-status-of-the-delivery-of-the-opata-care-packages https://opatanation.org/update-2-status-of-the-delivery-of-the-opata-care-packages#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2020 00:36:55 +0000 https://opatanation.org/?p=1324

Thanks to the monetary contributions of 5 people via the gofundme page, an Opata via Paypal and to the family of Cristina Murrieta, in the last week, to be more exact on May 25th, 7 tailored care packages “despensas” were integrated and collected again by the Commander of Public Security of Opodepe, Official Ricardo Sánchez, with the help of César Edgardo López, loaded all the product into the Police pickup truck.

Again, this has been possible thanks to the agreement with the mayor of Opodepe to allow the Police officer to utilize the car for this cause.

Also, this time the weather was not on our side, since Cristina, Cesar, and the officer had difficulties loading the bags into the car because the bags were ripping off due to the heat:

And once again the packages were delivered later that day in coordination with our contact point in the region, Professor Hilda Contreras, who is the official Chronicler of the municipality of Opodepe and a member of ACROS:

We hope to maintain the good “streak” to fulfill the support of the other remaining Opatas of the Opodepe town (same name as the municipality) and Querobabi of the Opodepe municipality.

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Thanks to the monetary contributions of 18 people, almost a week ago, we managed to complete the purchase of the necessary food for some of the Opata families. The first beneficiaries live in the towns of Tuape and Meresichic (8 Opata families with 33 people overall).

On the morning of May 5th, the 8 packages of provisions were delivered by Cristina Murrieta, a member of the Opata Traditional Government Council in Hermosillo, Sonora, to the Commander of Public Security of Opodepe, Official Ricardo Sánchez, to be delivered later that day to the above-mentioned Opata families:

The Commander, in coordination with our contact point in the region, Professor Hilda Contreras, who is the official Chronicler of the municipality of Opodepe and a member of ACROS, delivered the packages the same evening/night of May 5th:

Our Opata relatives who first received this support of the Care Packages are deeply grateful. In the photographs, there is Professor Hilda Contreras, who helped coordinate reaching an agreement with the mayor of Opodepe in Opodepe (Municipality) so that Commander Ricardo Sánchez and Narvel officer could support us by collecting the Care Packages from the capital of the state and later take them to towns of Tuape and Meresichic for the delivery to each of the 8 Opata families.

Historical landmarks:
-Entrance to Tuape.

-Entrance to Meresichic.

-Tuape Primary School.

-Plaza from Tuape.

-Church of San Miguel de Tuape built by the Jesuits José Ma. Salvatierra and José de Aguilar, visitors of Padre Kino in 1687, rebuilt.

-The old window of the old church; Windows are double adobe.

-The saints inside the church are the original ones.

-There is a Chino Christ that dates back to 1626.

What we have completed so far has been thanks to donations in the campaign via gofundme platform, to the efforts, and to the contributions made by Cristina Murrieta, the Opata Traditional Government Council, Claudia Nolasco, César E. López, Carlos Valenzuela, Lourdes Bojórquez, Beda Domínguez, and Edgar García Madrid.

We hope to maintain the good “streak” to fulfill the support of the other Opatas of the Opodepe town (same name as the municipality), Querobabi, and Pueblo Nuevo of the Opodepe municipality.

For monetary donations:

Current Campaigns

Or visit directly:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/covid19-emergency-care-package-for-opatas

For in-kind donations in Hermosillo, Sonora:
Cristina Murrieta
+52 1 662 142 1895
email: donaciones@opatanation.org

#VaXHermosillo y #VaXSonora

Diôs e’mêe’na (Thank you)

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The 17th Annual Native American Basketball Invitational (NABI) was held during the last week of June, were Native American basketball players (featured 128 teams) in boys and girl’s tournaments from across Canada, the United States, two teams from New Zealand and for the first time, Mexico converged on the Arizona Valley for one of the largest amateur sporting events of its kind.

Early-round games were played in Maricopa and Bapchule (teams were seeded in Gold or Silver, 32-team brackets for single-elimination competition toward a national championship) on June 24-26 and the National-title games were held at Talking Stick Resort Arena, home of the Phoenix Suns, in downtown Phoenix on Saturday, June 29.

During this event, some the Hoi-ra-ua (Opatas) participated alongside our brothers Tohono O’odham,Yoreme (Mayos), Yoeme (Yaquis) y Comcaac (Seris) under the same flag, the team “Indigenous Peoples of Sonora Mexico” where to their surprise they were very well received with great affection and respect for the teams representing the other indigenous nations and organizers.

This participation would not have been achieved without the previous efforts of many people who worked and supported so that our teams would be present, and thanks to one of the councilors of Nogales, Sonora Edna Soto Gracia and her husband, who were kind enough to travel from Nogales in representation of these young people, great thanks to Isabel Valadez Arias and her team Víctor and Ahmed of the Consulate General of Mexico in Nogales, AZ, who supported the boys incredibly so that many of them will visit the United States of America for the first time, the honorable Verlon Jose whose was the Vice President of the Tohono O’odham Nation until May 2019 for his support for this participation to become a reality, because it should be noted that their support was incredible, and Nike7, Fry’s and the city of Maricopa in Arizona for their sponsorship.

The NABI Foundation is a national foundation committed to supporting Native American youth by implementing programs that encourage higher education, sports, health & wellness, and community building.

For more information about the schedule of events, game schedules, locations, admission fees, and how to donate and/or become a sponsor visit www.nabifoundation.org

NABI sponsors on 2019:
Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Mercury, Talking Stick Resort Arena, City of Maricopa, Steward Health Care, Bank of American, Native Health, Arizona Diamondbacks, Universal Insurance Programs, Tohono O’odham Nation, Yavapai Prescott Indian Tribe, National Indian Gaming Association, Seneca Nation of Indians, Fry’s Food Stores, DEA, Waste Management/Phoenix Open, Rosette LLP, Pascua Yaqui Tribe, KONE Elevators, A.R. Mays Construction, Adventurous Antelope Canyon Photo Tours, Gun Lake Tribe, Helios Education Foundation and APS.

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