Nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj 7 2022, pawg neeg sawv daws ntawm Vaub kib roob tau txais "The Greyson teg num," ib txoj cai ntxiv organ, qhov muag thiab cov ntaub so ntswg rau pab pawg neeg cov ntaub ntawv. Vaub kib roob qhab ntawm Chippewa yog tus thawj hais tias "yog" rau Self qhov kev xaiv no rau lawv cov tswv cuab.

Kis no yog inspired los ntawm cov advocacy ntawm Joan Azure. Joan yog uas tau tsav los ntawm nws tus kheej thiab kev kawm nrog donation thiab transplantation. Joan muaj ib tug hauj lwm nyob rau hauv cov kev kho mob teb rau ntau xyoo raws li tus thawj coj ntawm kev pab zoo ntawm Quentin Burdick Memorial Healthcare chaw uas nws ensured tias txheej txheem tau raws li tej organ donations. Nws tau ntsib ib xyoos ib zaug nrog cov neeg ua hauj lwm los ntawm Lifesource Tab sis tsis xav txog donation thiab transplant thaum ntawd. Tu siab tag nrho cov kev hloov thaum nws kawm tias nws xya lub hlis qub Grandson, Greyson, yuav tsum tau ib lub plawv transplant.

Thaum Greyson transplant yog vam meej, nws los ua mob rau lub Cuaj hlis xyoo 2019. Nws kis tseg tsocai tom qab nws tsev neeg kawm nws muaj mob ntsws dej. Nws nyuam qhuav muaj 21 lub hlis xwb.

Txawm hais tias Joan thiab nws tsev neeg tau grieving, nws txuas ntxiv mus ntxiv rau donation. Nws thiab nws tus ntxhais Reeanne (Greyson tus niam) hais rau lub neej Donate symposium, yog lub lis piam tom qab Greyson kis tseg. Yog ntawm no tias Joan thiab Reeanne kawm qhov twg sau npe yog siab thiab pom tias lawv lub zej zog thiab ntau lwm reservations muaj ib txhia tus nqi tsawg tshaj plaws.

Joan thiab Reeanne paub tias coob tus neeg nyob hauv lawv lub zej zog yuav sau npe yog hais tias nws yooj yim rau lawv ua thiab Joan xav tias yog hais tias nws yog ib qho kev xaiv rau pab pawg neeg ID, neeg yuav paub cov Pab Pawg Neeg Sawv daws txaus siab nws. Joan mus ua hauj lwm kawm yuav ua li cas ua qhov kev xaiv ntawm Vaub kib roob.

Tom qab ntau tshaj ob xyoos, Joan thiab nws tsev neeg ua lub tswv yim no yog ib txoj kev muaj tiag. Vaub kib roob Tribal Council unanimously kis lub rooj (raws li tus coj ntawm Chairman Jamie Azure) thiab tsim ib txojsia kawg txojsia rau nws grandson.

Lub rooj muaj tau hu ua "The Greyson teg num."

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Pab pawg neeg daim ntawv qhia txog kev pab cuam (ID) card yog tsoom fwv teb chaws cov cai. Muaj 574 tsoom fwv teb chaws pom tau hais tias sovereign Tribal tiag nyob hauv teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas. Tribal identification (ID) daim card tawm los ntawm cov tiag no yog raws li txoj cai. Ib pab pawg neeg ID pub rau ib tug neeg board ib airplane los NTAWM TSA, mus ncig teb chaws thiab sab nraum lub teb chaws thiab mus pov npav. 

Thaum muaj ntau Pab Pawg Neeg Tribes tau noj kauj ruam los ua lawv id tus zoo li lub xeev ID tus – ntxiv expiration hnub, xws li cov qauv ID qauv - nws tseem ceeb heev uas yuav tsum paub tias cov tswv cuab sovereign Tribal Tiag tsis tas yuav tsum tau muaj lub xeev ID tus ID.