Updating the Veterans Wall of Honor

By Bonnie Jo Griffith, Vice-Chair, Elders Committee

At recent Elders Committee meetings, a decision was made to update the Veteran’s Honor Walls in the Community Center Dining Hall. I attended a General Council meeting and presented them with the desire of the Elders Committee to work on this project. The Council was supportive and asked what the plans are.

Here are our plans:

Veterans Pictures: Work to get more Delaware veterans pictures as there are many Delawares who have served our country that we do not have pictures of. Find what pictures we have that are not presently displayed.

Framing: Judge Charles Randall has offered his labor to rework the frames that are presently hanging on the walls. The Elders Committee will pay for all material needed. The names, branch, rank, and length of service will be displayed on each photo in a new format. Plans are to ask for some financial support from the Veterans Committee.

Placement on walls: Curtis Zunigha stated that he would make sure to have Community Hall repainted prior to the replacement of the pictures on the walls.

Deadline: We are working to have all of the pictures in place in the new format by March 31, 2014.

Project Management: I have volunteered to oversee this project. Photos of the new displays will be put in the DIN upon completion.

Contact Information: Bonnie Jo Griffith, 918-331-3805, bjogriffith@aol.com.

How Can You Help?

Should you have pictures of yourself or any relative, please bring or send an 8 x 10-inch photo of the veteran with name, branch of military, dates of service, and rank.

The photos can be brought to the office of Sandi Jamison, Executive Assistant to the Chief, at the Community Center in Bartlesville. You can also mail a photo with the information to

Sandi Jamison
170 NE Barbara
Bartlesville, OK 74006

or email a scanned version to sjamison@delawaretribe.org.

We do not need original photos; if you bring a photo to the Tribal Offices, Sandi will scan it and give you back the original.

If possible please try to bring your photos by March 1, 2014 so that we can meet the March 31 deadline. Wanishi.