ADVISORY/PHOTO ALERT: San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Donates $1 Million to White Mountain Apache Tribe to Help Recover from Arizona Fires.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Friday, Aug. 9 WHITERIVER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2002 Chairman Deron Marquez of the San Manuel San Manuel may refer to the following places:
Known as the Rodeo-Chediski, the fire has damaged 468,638 acres of the Fort Apache reservation and the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest is a 2 million acre (8000 km²) National forest which runs along the Mogollon Rim and the White Mountains in east-central Arizona and extending into New Mexico, USA. , destroying 20 percent of the Apache reservation. In response to a press release issued by the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA NIGA National Indian Gaming Association NIGA Neutron-Induced Gamma Activity NIGA Nuclear Indirect Gamma Activity ) urging Native American Tribes to help the White Mountain Apache Tribe, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians immediately recognized the importance of helping another Tribe and felt compelled to make this generous donation. The lost pine forests Pine forest may refer to:
The Tribe was forced to close its lumber lumber, term for timber that has been cut into boards for use as a building material. The major steps in producing lumber involve logging (the felling and preparation of timber for shipment to sawmills), sawing the logs into boards, grading the boards according to mills and casino for a time, depriving the Tribe of crucial revenues used to fund vital government functions and programs. The $1 million donation made by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians will be utilized to refurbish re·fur·bish tr.v. re·fur·bished, re·fur·bish·ing, re·fur·bish·es To make clean, bright, or fresh again; renovate. re·fur the White Mountain Apache reservation and rebuild the Tribe's economy and way of life.
WHO: Chairman Deron Marquez, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians and
Chairman Dallas Massey Sr., White Mountain Apache Tribe
WHAT: $1 Million Check Presentation and Tour of Damaged Area
An Associated Press photographer will be on site and will post
photos to the wire immediately following the tour.
WHEN: Friday, Aug. 9, 2002
10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Check Presentation
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Tour of Damaged Area
WHERE: Cibecue Fire Station
145 S. Cooley Rd.
Cibecue, AZ
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