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Week-long O’odham Tas Celebration - Photos

This was the first year an obstacle course competition was offered. Above, Natasha Antone, Darcy Earnhart, and E.J. Francisco move bales of hay and roll a tractor tire as a team. Photos taken by Martha Lee.

Delino Lewis, Kenia Lara and Deron Johnson stack bales of hay as part of the obstacle course. Photo by Vicky Naha.

2nd Place Obstacle Course Winners: Domonic McCoy, Coranda Yazzie and Marc Gonzalez. Photo by Vicky Naha.

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The College would like to express appreciation to Jeffrey Juan, Marlinda Garcia, Julia Conde, and Mariano Francisco of the Health O’odham Promotion Program (HOPP) who helped set up the obstacle course and kept track of the results. The College is also grateful to Loretta Ortega, Polly Osife, and Lori Cruz of the Community Health CHR for their informational booth, in which participants could have their blood pressure and blood sugar levels measured.

Stevin Nelson shows off the pottery

piece he made from participating in the pottery making demonstration.

Photo by Vicky Naha.

It was a beautiful day for a little run … Fun Run Participants off to the races!

Photo by Vicky Naha.

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This Pastel Mural by the Drawing I class was displayed in a Main Campus hallway as part of an art show during O’odham Tas week.

Appreciation goes to faculty members Ronald Geronimo and Phillip Miguel for their presentations, respectively, on “Journal of Father Kino and O’odham Oral Histories” and “White Clay Pottery Project”; to Royce Manuel for “Flute Making”; and to Anthony J. Francisco, Schuk Toak District Legislative Representative, for his guest speech.

Thank you also to Bernard Siquieros, TOCC Board Chairman, who engaged his audience in the talk “Sonora Desert: Flora & Fauna and the Tohono O’odham.” This photo was taken by Theresa Cypriano.

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Here are close-ups of some of the photos that Mr. Siquieros shared.

Ciolim, Staghorn Cholla Ho’ok Wa:o, Night-Blooming Cereus

Cu:wĭ, Jackrabbi

Photos by Bernard G. Siquieros