Founders of B.O.E.
The idea of BOE / Bii’ohii came to Redcorn Gary Maloney in a vision while serving a prison sentence. He had a vision for helping his native people with depression, poverty, addiction, trauma and domestic violence. He found that Balance in life brings empowerment. This simple recipe and the ideals of B.O.E. can be incorporated into recovery
His prison sentence was a direct result of untreated alcoholism. In his words, "The cards I held won me a prison sentence. The prison sentence became my reward because my education is a tribute to my incarceration. Upon investigating my Peoples history, the intuitive instinct of what the Indigenous Americans identity was resurfaced. The dying ember of my cultural identity ignited with a ravenous hunger. The warriorship and resilience my ancestors displayed inspired me to direct my story towards restoration for my People. Purpose, passion and pride fuel my devotion towards sobriety. I choose to rise above the predicted set of circumstances to enhance the next generations opportunities." He read thousands of books in prison and began writing and sharing his ideas about improving and healing the lives of his people. Upon release he attended New Freedom, a prison re-entry program in Phoenix, AZ where he became a certified peer support specialist. After leaving New Freedom he was employed as a Peer Support and he taught IOP-"Intensive Outpatient Curriculum to other natives. Prior to his passing on October 2, 2021 Redcorn had been hired to teach and lead a special program back at New Freedom for indigenous re-entering the community. His start date was to be October 4th, 2021.
Redcorn chose to partner with John Flanagan, a therapist, and Carmen Gustin. We incorporated BOE May 2021. At the time of his passing, we were working on tightening up our curriculum which "Combined Esoteric teachings with modern recovery and psychology." We had just received our AHCCS/AIHP billing information and were making great strides in creating a recovery curriculum that incorporated native culture. Some of our goals were: creating facilities on the reservation that used our B.O.E. curriculum, creating jobs for the native community, healing generational trauma, and mainly "creating agents of change by igniting the INNER warrior." At this time this goal is on hold. In the meantime we hold 2 recovery support groups each week.
Those who met Redcorn recall a special energy, confidence and light. We are so happy and blessed that Redcorns' family is actively involved in BOE. They often Zoom or Call in to our weekly meetings. I believe our that our meetings are helping us all to grieve, grow and have joy. Redcorn is survived by his parents Eddie and Marie, 2 children Grayson and Maegan, 3 brothers Rick, Dustin and Lyric. His sister Delana and brother Leland have also passed.
