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Elder’s Activities: Azaleas, Amish Food, Braum’s Ice Cream
Bonnie Jo Griffith, Vice Chair, Elders Committee
Photos by Charles Randall
What a fun, fun Tuesday. The Elders Committee had a field trip on April 29. Thirteen of us ventured to Muskogee where we spent just a bit touring around Muskogee (cemeteries, castles, etc.—a bit of “killing time” activity). Then we stopped at the Amish Country Store and Restaurant and had such a good lunch. My chicken and dressing was so delicious. And, OMG the cooked carrots were to die for. Once we were full, and I mean REALLY full we loaded up in the van again. Driving through Honor Heights Park we saw some gorgeous azaleas bloomed out. Took a brief stop at their “azalea store” to look around. We then headed out of Muskogee and our driver, Charles Randall, decided to take a different route back. My thinking is that he wanted to find some bumpier roads for the comfort of us riding in the back seat of the van. Well, if that was his goal, he was SUCCESSFUL!
Had lots of laughs on the ride back. Driving back through Chouteau, Bonnie Thaxton spotted a Braum’s and we made an unplanned stop. Sundaes, ice cream cones, drinks, it was a very good thing. Once again loaded up the van and headed back, traveling through Claremore, Oologah, and Talala. Mr. Randall again was spot on about the bumpiness of the less traveled roads. Made it back to the Tribal Center about 3:45 this afternoon and the feedback from everyone who went was extremely positive. We didn’t let the really cool, overcast day stop this bunch of seniors. So much thanks to Charles and Mary Randall for organizing our event—job well done. Pat and Walt Donnell joined us with Walt riding shot gun. Mr. and Mrs. Fox and Mr. and Mrs. Fox seemed to have a good time joining in and I am not being redundant. Kay Anderson and Bonnie Thaxton provided laughs along the way. Barbara Wallace and Barbara were great back seat mates with me as we “jostled” down the road. Hope more of the seniors will join in our next adventure.
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Dedication of Veterans Honor Roll, April 28, 2014
Bonnie Jo Griffith, Vice Chair, Elders Committee
Photos by Jim Rementer and Charles Randall
A ceremony to re-dedicate the Veterans Honor Wall was held on April 28 at 11:30 am. The Lenape Color Guard paraded in the flags, followed by the Delaware War Mothers’ Princess and then the Delaware War Mothers. There was a great drum and exemplary singing provided by Dee Ketchum and his troupe of Lenape singers. The music provided just added a sense of peace to this ceremony. Pat Donnell gave a very moving and “from the heart” invocation. All veterans in attendance were presented a small token of appreciation from the Delaware War Mothers. We had many veterans on hand for this dedication and an almost full house in Forsythe Hall for the lunch that followed.
The newly-repositioned Wall of Honor was unveiled by Kenny Brown, Chairman of the Delaware Tribe of Indians Veterans Committee and Tonya Anna, President of the Delaware War Mothers. The unveiling displayed the three rows of pictures along the south wall of Forsythe Hall. These are pictures of Delawares and other military veterans. Pictures range from members of the Cavalry to currently servicing members of our tribe. Not all pictures are of Delaware veterans but includes spouses of Delawares, individuals who themselves (or members of their families) have become a part of our family here at the Tribal Center, and employees. All veterans have given so much and we are extremely happy to honor all of them.
We have approximately 15 new pictures (and expect more) which are not yet on the wall. There was some concern from some individuals that the pictures had been removed and rumors were spreading that they were not going to be put back. For that reason a decision was made to go ahead and return the original display of pictures to the wall and then start working on updating the lettering on them and adding in the new pictures as we do that.
The hard work of so many went into this project that I hope I don’t miss anyone in my thanks. The Veterans Committee, the Elders Committee and the Delaware War Mothers all contributed to this project and it surely never would have happened without them. Charles and Mary Randall put in many, many hours working on this project taking the pictures down, scanning all of the pictures, cutting new rails and staining and varnishing them, putting the new rails on the wall, decorating the room for the dedication, and helping cover the pictures prior to the unveiling. Janifer Brown assisted in getting the rails attached to the wall properly. Beth and her husband, Pat and Walt Donnell, Barbara Wallace, Tonya Anna and Keith Anna helped me so much getting the pictures sorted and back on the rails. Cy Hughes was extremely helpful in getting Forsythe Hall back to normal after the ceremony. But I also want to thank everyone who: helped decide the new wall color, choosing how the pictures would be displayed, and basically gave much needed moral support to this project. The pictures are hung in alphabetical order so when you have a bit of time, stop by and take a look at this tribute to our heroes.
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Job Posting: Director of Elder Nutrition
Delaware Tribe of Indians
Employment Opportunity
Elder Nutrition Director
General Description: The director of the Elder Nutrition Department provides direction and oversight to the department, and its staff and volunteers in order to best serve the nutritional needs of the elders utilizing the service.
Qualifications: Familiarity with Title VI part C operation and management, Must have a food handler’s license. Must have a basic understanding of special needs diets for the elderly, such as diabetic, high blood pressure and heart patient diets. Must be able to write an annual plan for the department each year, complete with budget and budget justifications. Must be capable of obtaining/creating and providing elders with educational materials. Must have basic grant writing capabilities.
Note: This position has a thirty (30) hour work week.
Please email resumes to mtaylor@delawaretribe.org, fax to 918-337-6591, or mail to 170 NE Barbara Street, Bartlesville OK 74006. Subject line should read “Information Technology Specialist, Application.”
Complete job description can be found on this page. No phone calls please.
Position closes on May 7, 2014.
Delaware Tribal/Native American preference will be observed.
» Director of Elder Nutrition, Job Description
Job Posting: Information Technology Specialist
Delaware Tribe of Indians
Employment Opportunity
Information Technology Specialist
General Description: The Delaware Tribal I.T. Specialist is responsible for maintaining and improving all I.T. functions for the Delaware Tribe of Indians
Qualifications: Required: Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree, ideally in technology-related field. Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related field and/or 2 years experience in I.T. Familiarity with Microsoft Windows platform (Windows 2012 Server R2 and Windows 7). Familiarity with software used by the tribe including Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat. Preferred: Familiarity with Kerio Mail Server, Past Perfect, Progeny ES, Housing Data Systems (HDS), ArcGIS. Preferred: Experience in website design and maintenance.
Note: This position starts at $16 per hour.
Please email resumes to mtaylor@delawaretribe.org, fax to 918-337-6591, or mail to 170 NE Barbara Street, Bartlesville OK 74006. Subject line should read “Information Technology Specialist, Application.”
Complete job description can be found on this page. No phone calls please.
Position closes on May 14, 2014.
Delaware Tribal/Native American preference will be observed.
» Information Technology Specialist, Job Description
Job Posting: Staff Accountant I
Delaware Tribe of Indians
Employment Opportunity
Staff Accountant I (entry level)
Qualifications: Associate’s Degree in Accounting required, Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting preferred. Two years experience in accounting preferred but not required. Proficiency in 10-key preferred but not required. Experience in Sage Fund 100 Accounting preferred but not required. Familiarity of fund accounting preferred. Familiarity with OMB super circular, A-87, A-122, and A-133 preferred
Please email resumes to mtaylor@delawaretribe.org, fax to 918-337-6591, or mail to 170 NE Barbara Street, Bartlesville OK 74006. Subject line should read “Staff Accountant I, Applications.”
Applications and complete job description can be found on this page. No phone calls please
Position closes on May 2, 2014.
Delaware Tribal/Native American preference will be observed.
» Staff Accountant I, Job Description
Lenape Gourd Dance Society
By Bruce Martin
From April 2014 issue of Delaware Indian News
Recently I have been approached by a few tribal members wondering what happened to the Lenape Gourd Dance Society. I have wondered that myself. The past few times that I have seen the Lenape Gourd Dance Society, there were only three or four members dancing. I remember back in the day there were a lot of us.
I would like this to be a call to all Lenapes who would like to revive the Lenape Gourd Dance Society. I have talked with John Sumpter, who is the Director of this Society, and offered to help him recruit past members to rejoin and to search for new members. I think as a Lenape, when we have been asked to be the Host Gourd Dance group at a dance, it would be nice to bring more than two or three dancers.
Having served on various pow-wow committees, there usually will not be a lot of money thrown at Gourd Dance groups, but we can get organized and try to do our best to represent. We are not in this to make money, but rather to dance, have a good time, and represent our heritage the best that we can.
With modern technology we should be able to communicate with each other, travel to more places and represent the Lenape Gourd Dance Society as it should be, honorably and respectfully. As John Sumpter told me, “The society was formed with the blessings of the Arapahoe Star Hawk Society back in 1995 with the efforts of Don and Betty Wilson. This blessing was given by the leader at the time, Stanly Sleeper, with the understanding that we would follow their guidelines as close as possible, but still be able to mold it to fit our group. If we get enough interest, we can get meetings started every quarter and do our initiations at the Copan dance. Don would like that. Put our beginnings in the article so that people will know that we started in a proper way and did not just get together and call ourselves a gourd dance group. Since the Delawares are not a pow-wow people and these ways are adopted by us, this will be important to know. I, myself, made several trips to El Reno to talk to Stanly and learn more about this way.
I relied on Don a lot but there were times that he said I should go talk to Stanly.” This organization is not sanctioned by the Tribe, but is a separate organization. If anyone would be interested in joining, or rejoining, please contact us with your interest or information.
John Sumpter (918) 766-5592
longwalkerlongwalk@sbcglobal.net
Bruce Martin
Message from the Chief
Wëlikishku! Spring is here! I hope this issue of the DIN finds you well. As we close the second quarter of my fourth year in office I find it hard to believe time goes so fast. I want to get a few things out of the way before I tell you how we’ve been since the last issue. This time, four years ago, I had no thoughts of running for Chief. I heard talk of others running; I talked to two former Chiefs to hear they were not going to run. As I prayed to the Creator to help our Tribe I asked who was supposed to be our next Chief and was quite surprised when He told me—the next Chief was supposed to be me! “Oh no… I said, I’m not doing this alone,” and conceded that I would run if He would stay by my side. (And He has, throughout my administration.) I asked Janifer Brown if she would run with me. The campaign season wasn’t too rough on us. After the votes were counted, Dale Lewis came to me and said, “Congratulations! This is the highest your popularity will ever be.” I made the decision early on—I would not let the inevitable stress get to me. This mindset has worked well for moving forward, though some days don’t go as I hoped, we’ve come a long way!
I am happy to announce that I purchased the center spread of this issue of the DIN to announce my campaign for re-election. I have once again asked Janifer Brown and Jenifer Pechonick to serve with me. (Verna had already told me she planned to run.) I have had a good Council and we have made much progress. We don’t always agree and spend more time by far in workshops and meetings than any other modern-day Council. The complicated relationship of the Trust Board and Tribal Council, compounded with Chet Brooks serving on both the Tribal Council and as Trust Board Chair and Verna Crawford as secretary of both Tribal Council and the Trust Board, creates an atmosphere, at times, which is not conducive to maintaining attention on matters before the Tribal Council.
Just before the holidays, I had to make a hard decision not to continue a contract with two consultants, but I did not feel the contract was in the Tribe’s best interest to continue under the terms. A split vote left the Council somewhat fractionated for quite some time; this was compounded by the extended absence of Nathan Young due to knee surgery just after Christmas. We move forward, nonetheless. Inclement weather and the extended illnesses of several employees, as well as intermittent winter sinus/respiratory issues for each of our Councilwomen, has slowed progress of our second quarter goals of hiring additional support staff, the launch of a comprehensive community-wide survey of Tribal members everywhere, and plans of aggressive efforts to reunite with those tribal members on the missing list.
Nevertheless, spring is here! I look forward to the nicer weather bringing abundant health to officials and employees as well as tribal members and foster a productive spirit. Don’t get me wrong—we are still moving mountains!!
Here are some of the highlights since the last DIN. We have been working with the Department of Commerce in Kansas on development of the acreage near Lawrence and economic development. We went to the annual BIA budget meeting in Muskogee, OK to make sure the Tribe is included on future budgets. We have been working closely with the BIA and the Cherokee Nation to smoothly separate our monies. We have been meeting regularly with Cherokee Nation Secretary of State Chuck Hoskin, Jr. to discuss any concerns and resolve any issues.
One success of these meetings is that our Housing money was released in February for FY2014, and in the future our HUD money no longer pass through the Cherokee Nation.
We started language classes on Sunday afternoons and traditional clothing class Tuesday evenings at the Tribal Center. All are welcome. I attended a program to honor a tribal member, artist and professor Ruthe Blalock Jones, in Tulsa. We continue to work on a 638 program jurisdiction in Kansas. We are working with federal offices in Washington, DC for jurisdiction of other programs in Kansas. We visited with United States Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas when he visited Caney March 18. I spoke at the American Indian Chamber of Commerce in Tulsa to continue efforts for the Tribe to be better known. We continue to keep the web site updated and find ways to keep tribal members informed.
I hope to see you at the powwow Memorial Day weekend. In the very near future you will receive a comprehensive needs survey to assist us in putting together a Tribal strategic plan. When you receive it, please take some time to fill it out and return this survey. You will be able to return by mail or complete online.
Please keep letting us know how the Tribe can better serve you and your family. Together we can build a better future.
Wanishi,
Chief Pechonick
Delaware Nation Wants Your Input for Language Programs
Delaware Nation would like to provide a Lenape Language program that best suits Delaware Nation citizens and descendants as well as the Delaware Tribe of Indians. Delaware Nation will use your feedback for a grant application and for the development of future programs.
The survey, which can be downloaded below, can be completed and mailed to the Delaware Nation Complex, scanned and returned to nickykaymichael@gmail.com, or called in to Nicky Michael, Language Manager or Lauryn French Language Assistant at 405-247-2448 ext 1406. Because the grant application is due on April 11, they would prefer a call-in or email.
Delaware Tribe Scholarship Recipients, Spring 2014
Congratulations to the recipients of scholarships for the spring 2014 semester. We are proud of you!
| Name | From | School | Major/Specialization |
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| Michael Adair | Tulsa, OK | Tulsa Community College | Molecular Biology |
| Erianne Adams | Wellington, KS | Cowley College | Dental Hygiene |
| Zachary Anderson | Edmond, OK | University of Oklahoma | Pre-Med |
| Morgan Atkins | Stillwater, OK | Oklahoma State University | Undergraduate/Music |
| Cody Barber | Gillette, WY | Laramie County | College Phys Ed |
| Andrea Barker | 29 Palms, CA | Ashford University | Environmental Studies/Park Ranger |
| Natalie Bohr | Coffeyville, KS | University of Phoenix | Health Care Administration |
| Shane Brooks | Shawnee, OK | Seminole State College of Florida | Business Administration |
| Sabrina Brown | Collinsville, OK | Rogers State University | Psychology |
| Allison Brundage | Salina, OK | Rogers State University | Sonography |
| Dustin Christy | Fenton, MO | Missouri State University | Computer Science |
| Sarah Cornett | Webb City, MO | Crowder College | General Studies |
| Elyse Coulter | New London, MO | Drury University | Architecture |
| Kyle Davis | Hermitage, TN | University of Tennessee | Accounting |
| Crystal Dombrowski | Claremore, OK | Rogers State University | Registered Nursing |
| Hunter Durham | Nixa, MO | Palm Beach Atlantic | Marketing/Sales |
| Alex Felton | Broken Arrow, OK | University of Central Oklahoma | Business Administration |
| Luke Felton | Broken Arrow, OK | University of Arkansas | Pre-Med |
| John Franke | Nowata, OK | Oklahoma State University | Mechanical Engineering |
| Kasie Garman | Catoosa, OK | Tulsa Community College | Medical Billing |
| Carolyne Garrison | Tulsa, OK | Oklahoma State University | Business Administration |
| Kristina Gray | Nampa, ID | Boise State University | Art History/Museum Studies |
| Candice Guy | Davis, CA | University of California, Davis | Science & AG Ed PhD |
| Madeline Haff | San Diego, CA | University of California, San Diego | Human Development |
| Connor Harris | Edmond, OK | University of Central Oklahoma | Mass Communication/Pre-Law |
| Lori Ann Hasselman | Abilene, KS | Haskell University | Higher Ed/American Indian |
| Stephen Hatfield | Wilson, OK | Southeastern Oklahoma State U | Exercise Science/Coaching |
| Sara J. Hayes | Bartlesville, OK | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | MBA/Project Management |
| Applelonia Hoard | Tahlequah, OK | Northeastern State University | Physical Therapy |
| Rebecca Jackson | Ramona, OK | Oral Roberts University | Elementary Ed |
| Allison Jenkins | Albuquerque, NM | New Mexico State University | Animal Science |
| Sidney Ketchum | Jones, OK | Southern Nazarene University | Reg Nursing/Medical Missionary |
| Keathen Kingfisher | Salina, OK | Northeastern State University | Criminal Justice |
| Wade Kreibel | Coffeyville, KS | Coffeyville Community College | Business Administration |
| Charles Lewis | Okmulgee, OK | Oklahoma State U Inst of Technology | Natural Gas Tech |
| Taylor McKinney | Bartlesville, OK | Rogers State University | Social Science |
| James Monck III | Lexington, KY | University of Louisville | Music/Classical Guitar |
| Alexandra Perry | St. Louis, MO | Saint Xavier University | International Business |
| Meagan Perry | St. Louis, MO | Indiana University | Speech Pathology |
| Cole Ready | Montrose, CO | Colorado State University | Marketing/International Studies |
| Lindsey Roberts | Overland Park, KS | University of Kansas | Nursing |
| Erick Scott | Ochelata, OK | University of Central Oklahoma | Music/Production |
| Jacob Seely | McPherson, KS | Pittsburg State University | Mechanical Engineering |
| Katherine R. Seigel | Columbia, MO | University of Missouri | Education |
| Laura Seigel | Leavenworth, KS | University of Kansas | Architectural Engineering |
| Michael Soares | Pleasanton, CA | Cal State Poly Tech | Music/Audio Engineering |
| Michael Stacy | San Diego, CA | Cuyamaca College | Wastewater Management |
| Hannah Stalnaker | Edmond, OK | Oklahoma State U, Oklahoma City | Cardio/Sonographer |
| Shaunda Stanley | Bartlesville, OK | ITT Tech | Assoc of Nursing/Reg Nursing |
| Cory Bear Tompkins | Copan, OK | Haskell University | American Indian Studies |
| Keri Tucker | Augusta, KS | Butler County Community College | Court Reporter/Victims |
| Heather Turner | Peoria, AZ | Northern Arizona University | H&R Management |
| Kyra Williams | Pueblo West, CO | Colorado State Pueblo | Liberal Arts/Ministry |
Tribal Foster and Adoptive Family Recruitment Fair, May 3, 2014
Ever thought about being a foster parent? Didn’t know where to start?
Come to the 2014 Tribal Foster & Adoptive Family Recruitment Fair on May 3, 2014 between 9:30 am and 2:00 pm.
It will be held at the Delaware Community Center, 170 NE Barbara, Bartlesville, OK.
The Fair is co-sponsored by the Delaware Tribe of Indians and Osage Nation.
Guest Speaker: Daryle Conquering Bear. Door prizes and children’s activities. Lunch is provided. Click on the flyer below for details.
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