1. By: Jake Trujillo and Nicholas Charleston
The 4 R’s of Stewardship
By: Jake Trujillo and Nicholas Charleston

2. What is Stewardship? Webster's Dictionary describes a Steward as:
a person responsible for the management of another's property.
someone who protects or is responsible for money or property.

3. What does it mean to be a Steward of The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma?
Money
Land
Webster's Dictionary describes a Steward as:
a person responsible for the management of another's property.
someone who protects or is responsible for money or property.
Culture
Future

4. What are the 4 R’s of Stewardship?
Renewable
Retainable
Re-Usable
Recoverable

5. Renewable

6. Investing in Our Land: Chahta land allotments. Recovery of land
What are we doing with our land?

7. Water Sustains Our People
Mississippi Delta
Water Rights
Water Protection

8. Natural Resources
Establish Business
Protect wildlife
Energy Creation

9. Retainable

10. We invest thousands of dollars in each employee we hire.

11. Our Primary Motivation for Retention: Filial
We are a tribal Native Nation.
People change and mature.
People develop skills over time.

12. Understanding the Natural Rhythms of People
Right job - right person.
Various skills can be interdisciplinary.
Are we creating a good environment?

13. Preparedness for the Future
Innovation.
Challenges.
Employee retention is love.

14. Re-Usable

15. Fixed Assets and Warehouse
Responsibility
Items Available
Re-purposing

16. Going Green.
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle

17. Renewable Energy
Solar
Wind
Water

18. Recoverable

19. Effective ways in which you can learn your Chahta language.
Chahta Singings.
Community classes.
Go to a Chahta church.

20. Stickball Cultural activities and celebrations
that should be experienced.
Stickball
Wild Onion Dinners
Historical Knowledge

21. Pottery
Beadwork
Basketry

22. Tactical methods of incorporation
Trips
It starts in the home.
Go see the elders;
go speak to them.

23. Pim anompa hvsh haklo tuka e hachin yakoke.
We thank you for listening to our presentation.
E hachi pisachike!
We’ll be seein’ y’all again!