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The Work Session Agenda for Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 10:00 am in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
January 14, 2025
Councilmen Jonathan Koteen and Zion White of the Quechan Tribal Council proudly represented the Quechan Indian Tribe at the White House on Tuesday, January 14, to celebrate the Biden-Harris Administration's historic conservation achievements. The event highlighted the administration's unwavering commitment to environmental protection, climate resilience, and the preservation of lands and waters of cultural, ecological, and historical significance.
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A few periods of light showers through Wednesday. Overall impacts will be minimal with light precipitation amounts.
Light snow possible above 4000 feet across JTNP today with amounts generally an inch or less.
Light snow generally above 4500 feet across AZ high terrain Tuesday night - Wednesday night.
Below normal temperatures through mid-week with highs from the upper 50s to the mid 60s across the lower deserts. Turning much warmer next weekend.
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The new Quechan Police Department Dispatch phone number is (760) 919-3626.
The (760) 572-2933 phone number will no longer be in service as of February 1, 2025.
The new phone number (760) 919-3626 is for contacting the Quechan Police dispatch center and for emergencies.
You may also dial 911 for emergencies.
The Vocational Training Deadline is Friday, January 31, 2025 at 5:00 pm.
Applications will not be accepted or processed if they are submitted after the deadline.
The Work Session Agenda for Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 10:00 am in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
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Below normal temperatures persisting through tomorrow before warming to above normal late this week.
Freeze Warnings across the lower deserts through mid-week, with the coldest morning on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON, DC (January 15, 2025) – The Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe (FYQIT) today announced that it entered into co-stewardship of the Quechan Ancestral Landscapes with the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management California Desert District Office (BLM). This agreement is intended to establish and memorialize processes between FYQIT and BLM on how each party will plan, resource, share expertise, services, not otherwise available during the resource management and land management planning of areas located within the traditional Tribal territory of the Quechan people.
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Freeze Warnings are in effect this morning and tonight/Tuesday morning across portions of South-Central and Southwest AZ.
Warming temperatures during the middle of the week reaching slightly above normal before cooling again starting Friday.
Slight precipitation chances (10-20%) primarily focused over the South-Central AZ high terrain late this week.
The REVISED Special Meeting Agenda for Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 2:30pm in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
The REVISED Work Session Agenda for Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 2:00 pm in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
The Agenda for the Regular Meeting on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 7:00 pm in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
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No weather impacts today with dry weather continuing and above normal temperatures with highs in the low 70s across the lower deserts.
A stronger weather system will likely bring breezy to locally windy conditions Tuesday and Wednesday along with some precipitation chances, especially across the AZ high terrain.
Temperatures cool down to near to slightly below normal levels by mid week and continue through the weekend, with low temperatures in some of the colder rural areas dipping down to near to below freezing.
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The Quechan Tribal Council has been notified by Wal Mart that there is a problem with the Gift Cards that were mailed out to the Quechan Minors.
Wal Mart is working on getting the problem resolved quickly as possible for the gift cards to be fully charged.
Wal Mart apologizes for the inconvenience this may have caused.
The REVISED Special Meeting Agenda for Friday, January 3, 2025 at 11:30 am in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
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“The protection of the Chuckwalla National Monument brings the Quechan people an overwhelming sense of peace and joy. Tribes being reunited as stewards of this landscape is only the beginning of much-needed healing and restoration, and we are eager to fully rebuild our relationship to this place. This action is part of a greater movement around the country to reconnect Tribes to their ancestral homelands whilst ensuring they have the authority to guide management decisions with federal and state agencies.
The REVISED Work Session Agenda for Friday, January 3, 2025 at 11:00 am in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
The REVISED Special Meeting Agenda for Monday, December 30, 2024 at 2:00 pm in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
The REVISED Work Session Agenda for Monday, December 30, 2024 at 10:00 am in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
Join us for a day of celebration on Friday, December 27, 2024.
From 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Pipa Event Center in the Quechan Casino Resort.
Lunch will be served at 11:00 am.
Posting of colors will be at 12:00 pm.
Presentation from Tribal Leadership, Management, and invited dignitaries.
From 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm at the Paradise Event Center.
Free food, entertainment, and games for the whole family.
Bird Singing and Dance Competition.
Comedian Vaughn Eagle Bear from 6:00 pm to 6:45 pm.
Gertie and The T.O. Boyz Chicken Scratch Band 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Join us for this historic milestone.
