Chokma Puzzle 2024

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Across
  1. 1. Elite group of U.S. Army service members that use parachutes.
  2. 5. The U.S. Department of __ offers grant funding under their Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act.
  3. 7. Meaning of ‘S’ in the acronym NSF.
  4. 9. suit The special attire for Repair Crew 8 to aid in firefighting.
  5. 11. Type of blade used to easily cut fabric.
  6. 14. Number of holes at the Lake Murray State Park Golf Course.
  7. 15. Name of Air Force Base located in Rapid City, South Dakota.
  8. 16. Motion A sewing style requiring concentration and coordination using feet and hands to direct the project.
  9. 17. Type of cheese that is white, sometimes part skim, and often sold as string, a ball, or shredded.
  10. 18. Name of the groundbreaking economic initiative by former President Theodore Roosevelt called “The New __.”
  11. 22. Usually associated with a circumstance, and often social, this discrimination can be detrimental, like discouraging someone from seeking help.
  12. 23. The long, often thin, interior pieces that join different parts of a quilt together.
  13. 24. Acronym for the regulatory agency in charge of flight safety.
  14. 25. Last word in the name of a WWII Naval ship being refit for Task Force 77, “USS Bon Homme __.”
  15. 26. Type of plane landing at sea that is both dangerous and used in emergencies.
  16. 28. New chain of restaurants in OK State Parks named “__ Kitchen.”
  17. 30. Location of collaborating University of Texas linguistics department with the Chickasaw Nation’s Division of Language Preservation.
  18. 31. A professional fluent and well-studied in foreign languages.
  19. 32. Meaning of ‘W’ in the acronym NWS.
  20. 33. Type of sewing method called “stitch in the __.”
  21. 35. A group of machines/drones is called a __.
  22. 37. The height limit for drone flights.
  23. 39. The name for photographic images on film before its development to positive prints.
  24. 40. A lack of this stop in gameplay is one distinction between rugby and football.
Down
  1. 2. Name for a rugby playing field.
  2. 3. Name of the newly developed Chickasaw Nation hotel & casino in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
  3. 4. Family of First American languages originating from the Southeastern United States.
  4. 6. Globally known sports club from Dallas, Texas.
  5. 8. Classification of the Great Lake Murray Meteorite.
  6. 10. Number of mental health first responder therapists working with a program to help Lighthorse employees and families.
  7. 12. Meaning of ‘M’ in the acronym EMDR.
  8. 13. A specialist who records oral narratives and data for preservation and translation purposes.
  9. 19. Type of architecture found in National Parks and some Oklahoma State Parks.
  10. 20. Name of this speckled king snake animal ambassador.
  11. 21. Make a paper one of these, named “Nachi” in Chickasaw, in this issue’s Chokoshkomo activity.
  12. 22. The second word in the position title Victim __ Coordinator.
  13. 27. Catastrophic event of Oklahoma history in the mid-twentieth century named “__ Bowl.”
  14. 28. Name of a technologically advanced and incredibly large sewing machine.
  15. 29. Tingbaꞌ Ona is Chickasaw for “the __ to get there.”
  16. 32. The three cameras on the largest of emergency management’s drone record in thermal, standard, and __.
  17. 34. Meaning of the Chickasaw word “pishokchi' palaska'.”
  18. 36. These Chickasaw citizens possess immense wisdom and are deserving of reverence and respect.
  19. 38. Meaning of the Chickasaw word “Naafokha tobaꞌ”