Unci’s Prairie Sweets

08/29/2026

Please be watching out for this little guy! Bring him home safe!

08/29/2026

WTF?! 🥺

08/29/2026

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08/28/2026

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🚨⚡️ BREAKING: TRIBAL COUNCIL REP RENAMES BOUNDARY LIVESTOCK POND TO ‘LAKE DELBERT’ IN ESCALATING TUPPERWARE TRADE WAR

THE REZ: In a stunning escalation of the ongoing border dispute between District 3 and District 4, Acting Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Natural Resources and Bingo Operations, Delbert Yellowhair, signed a unilateral executive directive this morning officially renaming the shared Route 9 Livestock Catchment Pond to "Lake Delbert." The sweeping geographical overhaul comes just 48 hours before District 4’s controversial 25% tariff on all incoming Tupperware and Avon deliveries takes effect at the highway cattle guard.

"For too long, District 4 has exploited our maritime borders while financially devastating our aunties’ essential food-storage logistics," stated Yellowhair, standing before a Sharpied piece of plywood zip-tied to a T-post. "As of midnight Friday, any District 4 horse caught drinking from Lake Delbert will be legally classified as a hostile foreign import and impounded under tribal sovereignty."

The geopolitical standoff hit an immediate procedural bottleneck when the Department of Public Works refused to install the official $450 reflective highway signage, citing a 1998 Tribal environmental survey that legally classifies the body of water as an oversized seasonal pothole.

"I don’t care if he calls it Lake Delbert, Lake America, or the Pacific Ocean, it’s still just a knee-deep mud puddle with a 2004 Nissan transmission at the bottom of it," fired back Charlene Begay, Vice-Secretary of the District 4 Bake Sale and Grievance Commission. "He can flex his naval authority all he wants, but his cousin still owes me $42 for a deviled egg carrier from last October."

As of press time, a pack of stray rez dogs had successfully breached the newly established international waters, prompting an emergency deployment of the Chapter House maintenance guy to secure the coastline.

08/25/2026

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Only 23 days left till the annual Wacipi!!

Join us in celebrating our community on September 12th and 13th!

Drum Split and Dancer payouts on Sunday evening ✨
Vendors and Food Trucks 🛻
Lacrosse clinics and game 🥍

08/20/2026

SEE YOU THERE! PULL UP!

Only 23 days left till the annual Wacipi!!

Join us in celebrating our community on September 12th and 13th!

Drum Split and Dancer payouts on Sunday evening ✨
Vendors and Food Trucks 🛻
Lacrosse clinics and game 🥍

08/19/2026

SEE YOU SOON, WAKPA WASTE OYATE!
(fair is only a few days away🤩)

08/15/2026

Please,

STOP BRINGING ((NON-NATIVES)) PEOPLE that will use our culture/traditions/ceremonies to cosplay and please, educate your Relatives if they have not been there before and do not understand protocol.

I shared this post from Mr Swan, however, the above comments are from me.
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The Sundance tree should NEVER be photographed! Period! Where I sun danced since 2010 non-natives were not permitted to dance (as it should be)

Sundance Protocol-
what not to do at a sundance, for many do not know this, here's some basic rules to follow if you're a supporter:

1. Stay away from the Sundancers rest area.

2. Do not make contact with a sundancer during the sundance days.

3. Do not wave at the sundancer, do not make eye to eye contact or communicate with the sundancer while in the hocokan.

4. Do not bring water, food or toys under the arbor have respect for the sundancers as they sacrifice without food and water.

5. Do not walk away if you are chosen to accept the canunpa.

6. Do not cross the east gate what so ever and teach your children about the subject as well as your guests.

7. Do not enter the circle what so ever unless you are appointed by the sundance leaders to come in for some purpose, if you do, go in do so through the designated gate entrance. If you go in take your shoes off.

8. No smoking under the arbor.

9. No gossiping or making fun of anyone under the arbor.

10. You are there to pray nothing else.

11. Women have some special rules check with an elder woman on what those are {example: women on their moon time should not be on the Sundance grounds at all (stay home)}.

12. No cell phones, cameras or recording devices.

13. You are there to pray for healing or you are there to help.

14. Respect yourself at all times and respect the leaders.

15. Do not bring anyone to a sundance if you do not know yourself about the sundance.

16. If possible do not take your children and leave them, but if you have to, do control them, do not let them play around or run around everyone should be in prayer even the children.

17. Do not touch the Sundancers.

These are just some basic rules each sundance has their own rules if you cannot follow them do not go there.

I post this because believe me when I say people really do not know these things and have to be told, someone will violate one of these.

08/12/2026

The Tohono O’odham Nation has warned that federal border-wall contractors may attempt to enter its reservation without authorization, prompting “No Trespassing” signs across Nation lands and putting Tribal police on alert.

The dispute is rooted in a border drawn through an existing Indigenous homeland.

The international boundary cuts through a wider O’odham homeland spanning present-day Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. Distinct O’odham peoples, including Tohono O’odham and Hia-Ced O’odham, have longstanding ties to lands across this region, and O’odham communities continue to live on both sides of the border today.

In its federal lawsuit, the Nation says the border has long divided O’odham communities and families. It also says an agreement with Border Patrol allows Tribal members from either side to cross through three traditional gates, with additional crossings coordinated for ceremonies, gathering and other cultural purposes.

Vice Chairwoman Carla Johnson said a permanent wall would “separate our families, desecrate our sacred sites and waters and harm our natural environment.”

The Nation is not opposed to border enforcement. It has worked with federal agencies for decades on vehicle barriers, patrol roads, surveillance technology and Border Patrol facilities. The Shadow Wolves, a Native tactical unit based on the Nation, use traditional tracking and modern technology to interdict drug and human smuggling.

Earlier this year, CBP acknowledged that a contractor damaged part of Las Playas Intaglio, an approximately 1,000-year-old O’odham cultural site.

The Nation sued DHS in June, arguing construction would unlawfully take reservation land and authorize trespass. DHS has said it values its relationship with the Nation and is focused on “open communication and minimizing impacts.”

CBP told KJZZ on Aug. 11 that it is aware of the Nation’s trespass warning but declined to comment on the claim because of ongoing litigation.

“We have been left with no other choice but to file suit to protect our land, our culture, and our rights,” Chairman Verlon Jose said.

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Sources: Tohono O’odham Nation; federal court filings; DHS/ICE; KJZZ

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