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Pattea was born on the reservation. He attended Phoenix Indian School. His first college degree was from Phoenix College. His second degree came from the University of Northern Arizona.
While at NAU, Pattea met Rosiebelle, now his wife. After they were married, they moved to the Fort McDowell reservation.
Thereafter, Pattea worked for the next 15 years for the Bank of Arizona in its finance department. He also became involved in tribal leadership, and has spent the past 45 years working for tribal concerns.
In 2000 the Yavapai Nation adopted a new constitution making the presidency a four-year term. Dr. Pattea has won that election three out of the past four times.
Old traditions relate to time before the Orme Dam fiasco. New traditions center on life today in the neighboring community.
Confer has been with the museum for more than seven years. She graduated from the University of Illinois College of Liberal Arts and Science. For many years she worked as an interior designer.
After friends encouraged her to move to the Valley of the Sun, she realized it was fated that she settle close to the Yavapai Nation because Carlos Montezuma, a Yavapai doctor and recognized tribal hero, also went to the University of Illinois in the 1860's.
The meeting is open to the public.
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We started our lecture series in NOVEMBER this year.
Meetings will be the first Thursday's of the month, from November through March, and our annual Pot Luck in April.
Please call Jane if you have any questions, or would like more information.
Please consider becoming a member of our non profit organization. There is a $15.00 yearly charge for membership or a $3.00 charge per meeting for non-members. Meetings are held the first Thursday of every month, November through April, at 7 p.m., at the Community Center, 13001 N. La Montana Dr., Fountain Hills, AZ. If you are interested in Native American cultures, archaeology, anthropology, or traveling in the Southwest, please join us. For more information, stop at the Sunset Gallery on Avenue of the Fountains, or call Jane at: (480) 694-5876.
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