[WSMDiscuss] Fwd: A Tribute to Charles "Chaz" Tsyaktati Wheelock on his journey home

[Brenda Jo McManama]

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The Indigenous Environmental Network is saddened to announce one of our
co-founders Charles "Chaz" Tsyaktati Wheelock is making his final journey
to be with his Oneida relatives who have gone before. Chaz was one of IEN’s
founders in 1990  and was still working with us on our Save Our Roots: No
GE Trees on Native Lands campaign; curriculum planning with our Indigenous
Just Transition initiative; and networking on building constructive
dialogue between labor and our frontline communities.

Chaz was a friend and relative to many in the Indigenous movement of deep
thinkers, strategists, planners and organizers. Everyone who knew Chaz,
loved him for all his sincerity, honesty, and thoughtful reflection on a
universe full of ideas, and especially his questions.  His insights,
teachings, and challenges to address the long list of his
*ponderings-of-the-imponderables* and will stay with us for generations.

The absence of Chaz’s humor will undoubtedly leave a silence in our regular
IEN calls and the reality of never sharing a meal with him where he offered
his kind and sincere counsel, is something none of us were prepared for.

The impact of Chaz’s life and love for his people will continue to echo
through this world with his work on the Iroquois Farms, a tribal organic
agriculture venture, which established a management structure reflecting
the Oneida worldview of cooperation and sharing – and which drew upon
another model, the Mondragon cooperative in Spain.

Throughout his career, Chaz was actively engaged and contributed his time
and talents to many organizations that included the United South and
Eastern Tribes, National Congress of American Indians, Midwest Alliance of
Sovereign Tribes, International Indian Treaty Council, Midwest Treaty
Network, and the Rural Coalition.

We are forever grateful for the mark Chaz made on not just IEN but those of
us who worked beside him. Prayers up for our brother and those he loved,
until we meet again.
Giddy up.


Condolences can be sent to
Family of Chaz Wheelock
Via Oneida Nation
P.O. Box 71
Oneida, WI  54155



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