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<div><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">And TY for cleaning up my mess in Nigeria when the malaria in Ijede put an end to my traveling. I do get a lot of mileage from the Nigerian at the Shenyang Aerospace U when they find out I knew where Kano, Abeokuta, and Lagos was. Regards to Marilyn.</font></font></div>
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<div><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">But for now, it is Jess. May his tribe flourish and multiply!</font></font></div>
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<div><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Jaime Vergara<br>
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<div style="font-size: 18px;"><i>yesterday, appreciate; tomorrow, anticipate; today, participate! in all, celebrate!<br>
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1. Celebrating the Life of Jess Sixkiller<br>
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2. Re: Celebrating the Life of Jess Sixkiller<br>
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From: Marilyn Oyler via Dialogue <<a href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>><br>
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On Sept 25th Jess Sixkiller was murdered in his home in west<br>
Phoenix at the age of 78 by an intruder. Police have apparently not made<br>
progress investigating.<br>
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Jess was of the Cherokee community in Oklahoma and lived most of<br>
his life in AZ with his wife,Tammy, and family. His contributions within<br>
Indian Country and beyond were immense, including with ICA. In his early<br>
career he was the first Native American police officer and,subsequently,<br>
detective in the Chicago P.D. I came to know him as the director of<br>
Action for AZ. Jess first came into contact with ICA through an advocate<br>
of the Cannonball Human Development Project in N.Dakota. He gradually became a<br>
staunch supporter of the Pisinemo HDP in<br>
So Arizona and, through Action, enlisted auxiliary staff there in Vista, thus<br>
enabling the sustenance and credibility of the project. He was a valued<br>
colleague, advocate and adviser in AZ and nationally, for example with the<br>
IERD. I paid many visits to his office in the old federal building<br>
downtown (and actually still remember its telephone #) and was fortunate to<br>
have co-facilitated and co-trained with him, as well as making several road<br>
trips to different tribal headquarters.<br>
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I cannot claim to know of even a fraction of his contributions<br>
outside of ICA, but judging by the presence of several hundred people at his<br>
burial service in the remote Blackwater district of the Gila River Community<br>
and the testimonies I heard there, he must have touched thousands of<br>
lives. For myself, it occurred to me that Jess was a mentor to me more<br>
than any other human being, from navigating Indian Country to being a slightly<br>
less stupid white man to swinging a golf club a little better. He once<br>
gave me a sand wedge with the remark, "It's a Ping, but you still have to<br>
hit the ball." This became a guidance for me<br>
professionally--you can have the best methods in the world, but you still have<br>
to connect with the group.<br>
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Jess deserves to be remembered by all of us who<br>
knew him and knew of him.<br>
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John OylerPartners in Participation602-468-0605 or 602-460-8843 (cell)<a href="http://www.partnersinparticipation.com" target="_blank">www.partnersinparticipation.com</a><br>
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