Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - Where do people in your community gather or socialize?
  - How and where does your community access services (healthcare, transportation, educational services, etc.)?

Examples of activities and services: Shopping areas, schools and universities, libraries, parks, lakes, rivers, places of worship, healthcare services, public transport, local nonprofit organizations, etc.

Your response: Come together at the school and tribal gym. The gym has community events, funerals, sporting activities, recreational. Smokeshop and community center. Schurz elementary school to make friends and hangout. In the desert playing with the dirt. Only elementary school here. Travel to Fallon for shopping on a weekly basis. Pool and Boys & Girls club.

Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - What are the cultural bonds in your community?
  - If your community has a shared history, what is it?

Examples of cultural or historical interests: Religious groups, ethnic groups, languages, age groups, immigration status, historic or arts districts, etc.

Your response: Elders and children bring everyone together. Friendship brings everyone together too. Growing up on reservation there isn't a lot of access to many things. Culture and history took a loss and there is a lot of Elders passing. Language loss. No access to the lake or Mt. Grant. No fish in lake, huge impact to who we are. Pinenut festival is a shared history.

Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - Where are residents employed?
  - If there are environmental concerns in your community, what are they?

Examples of economic or environmental interests: Tourism industry, agricultural workers, mining town, manufacturing center, polluted natural resource, unemployment problem, etc.

Your response: Residents are employed through the tribe, but more so in school districts, Yerington, Fallon, Hawthorne base. Working 100+ miles away. Limited water.

Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - What should politicians and/or map drawers know about your community?
  - What are the needs of your community?
  - Is there anything else you want to tell us about your community?

Examples of needs or concerns: Keep community in the same district or separate into multiple districts, shared policy concerns, need for a social service, relationship to other nearby communities, issues with current district lines

Your response: High school students have to travel 30+ miles to get to school. Adults have to travel 30+ miles too for work and education. No full time hospital, have to drive about 40 miles to access emergency healthcare. Pinenut festival and traditional foods threatened due to cutting down of trees and climate change. Politicians need to listen on how to take care of the earth. Not everything is for sale or profit. Limited housing because water system does not support more houses. Community events and access to resources. More support for schools and more funding needed. Policies need to be in place for the funding to be used. Education and housing are an issue. Healthcare is an issue too.