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Arizona became the (blank #) United State on February 14, 1912.
What is the 48th?
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The prehistoric North American Indians who lived approximately from ad 200 to 1400 in the semiarid region of present-day central and southern Arizona, largely along the Gila and Salt rivers. These farming innovators are responsible for the first water infrastructure irrigation and canal systems. The term is said to be Pima for “those who have vanished.”
Who are the Hohokams?
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This Center of a well known Arizona Educational Institute orchestrated the venue for the first three consecutive annual MATIC Tribal Resources Forums. Its Director received the 2013 Arizona Association for Economic Development EDDE Award as Economic Developer of the Year – Tribal Communities for his broad-reaching economic development efforts, resulting in positive impact to all 22 Indian tribes in Arizona.
What is the Northern Arizona University Center for American Indian Economic Development?
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This valuable tool provides program information, details, contacts and websites for funding, technical assistance, training and much more for tribal entities and partners.
What is the Tribal Resources Infrastructure Matrix?
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This relative newcomer to MATIC graciously agreed to serve as the Mistress of Ceremonies for the 2015 Tribal Resources Forum. Further, her 'bank' along, with JUD Development Services, generously provided food/beverages for the 2011-2013 and 2015 Tribal Resource Forums.
Who is Joselyn Cousins of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco?
200
Of the lower 48 United States, this state has the largest percentage of its land designated as Indian lands. contiguous
What is Arizona?
200
These three well-respected Arizona entities
What are Arizona Commission on Indian Affairs Inter Tribal Council of Arizona and American Indian Chamber of Commerce
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The CEO of this MATIC partner entity has more than 29 years of experience in the public and private civil engineering service industry and is a licensed professional engineer in Arizona, Georgia, Illinois and Indiana. IN addition to his personal accomplishments as an All American athlete, Olympic trials qualifier and Masters National Champion, this partner single-handedly created and maintains the infamous Tribal Resources Matrix.
Who is John Ulibarri of JUD Development Services?
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Created by several MATIC partners as a tool, this form is intended to assist tribal project presenters in summarizing as much information as possible about the project to facilitate discussion and rally the appropriate collaborative resources.
What is the MATIC Tribal Project Synopsis?
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These two amazing non-governmental organizations were instrumental in securing The Heard Museum as the venue for the 2014 and 2015 MATIC Tribal Resources Forum and also developing the MATIC webpage at www.MATICSouthwest.com.
Who are Native Home Capital and the InterTribal Council of Arizona?
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The coldest temperature recorded in Arizona was 40 degrees below zero on January 7, 1971 at this residential lake located on the White Mountain Apache reservation.
What is Hawley Lake?
300
This village, located at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, is the only place in the country where mail is delivered by mule.
What is the Village of Supai.
300
MATIC holds regular meetings on this day of each month.
What is the second Wednesday?
300
This MATIC partner's Native American program services provides funding as well as technical assistance focusing on drinking water, wastewater, solid waste, housing and financial services including the following program services: Environmental Loan Fund Housing Other Direct Services Needs of Tribal Elders In 2014, this entity also won $2 million from the Wells Fargo NEXT Awards for Opportunity Finance, allowing it to continue bringing affordable housing to rural communities.
Who is RCAC (Rural Community Assistance Corporation)
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This Federal Agency is part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and is fortunate to have on staff a Cheyenne River Sioux member and registered professional Engineer who doubles as a photographer and recently adopted a beautiful boy from her husband's native country of Sudan, as well as a North Dakota native and experienced Civil Engineer who coordinates and facilitates meetings of the Tribal Technical Assistance Providers (TTAP) in Arizona and Nevada.
What is Indian Health Service (of IHS)?
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This Arizona gun slinging town, located near the Yavapai Apache reservation, is home to the world's oldest Rodeo.
What is Prescott?
400
This Hopi village, located in Navajo County, dates back to before 1200 A.D and is reputed to be the oldest continuously inhabitated community in America.
What is Oraibi?
400
This entity is an independent agency of the state of Arizona and is authorized to finance the construction, rehabilitation and/or improvement of drinking water, wastewater, wastewater reclamation, and other water quality facilities/projects. Its Vision is to guide resources to communities with the greatest need to maintain and enhance Arizona's quality of life. Its Mission is to maintain and improve water quality in Arizona by providing financial assistance and technical assistance for basic water infrastructure.
What is WIFA (Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona)
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This MATIC partner agency has been instrumental in leading the charge to increase the awareness of Tribal Building Codes and Green Building as well as Wastewater, Solid Waste, Drinking Water, Storm Water issues in tribal communities throughout the southwestern region.
What is the Region XI Environmental Protection Agency?
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According to the flyer, MATIC's agencies and organizations offer these four (4) Available Resources to tribes and tribal organizations to plan, develop, operate and maintain on-reservation infrastructure & affordable housing and community development projects.
What are • Technical assistance, • Training opportunities, • Financial resources, and • Ongoing program guidance
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In 1912, President William Howard Taft was ready to make Arizona a state on Feb. 12, but it was Lincoln's birthday. The next day (13th) was considered bad luck, so Arizona received its official statehood on Feb. 14 giving the state this nickname.
What is "the Valentine State?"
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The Native Indians of the Southwest were tribes of hunter farmers. These Southwest Indians were roughly divided into these four groups.
What are the Yuma tribes, the Pima and Papago, the Pueblo, the Navajo and Apache.
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This federal agency is one of the original MATIC founders. Its MATIC representative has been involved since inception and is a Vietnam Veteran who served our great country in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1964 to 1968. He and his agency were instrumental in the creation and oversight of the WRO’s IRR Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) High Priority Project (HPP) programs and developed the Indian Reservation Roads (IRR) Program Transportation Planning Procedures and Guidelines.
What is the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
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The Director of this Federal Agency's State Office served eight years as an Arizona State Senator, representing an urban/rural district; two terms as Minority Leader and one term as Majority Leader. Under his leadership, this agency has been instrumental in fostering partnerships and providing funding for numerous tribal projects and programs throughout the southwest.
What is United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (AZ)
500
MATIC was formed and held its initial meeting in this month and year.
What is May 2010?