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DELAWARE TRIBAL SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

All children need a loving touch, kind words, safety, security, and a family. These aren’t optional in a child’s life. These are things that are needed for healthy development of children. These things make the difference between a life of success and a life of struggle.

That’s what you can do as a Foster/Adoptive Parent for Delaware children who, by no fault of their own, are in out-of-home placements. Did you ever wonder why somebody didn’t do something about that? Then you realized that you are that somebody! You can make the difference in the lives of Delaware children. The Delaware Tribal Social Services Department is recruiting foster parents for placement of Delaware children who have been removed from their parents, family member or caregiver for any number of reasons. Examples of these are substance abuse, abuse and neglect, domestic violence and a parent’s inability to handle the stressors of being a parent.

Contact our Social Services Manager, Lacey Harris, for more information on how you can make a positive difference in the lives of Delaware children (918-337-6590, or lharris@delawaretribe.org).

Our mission at Delaware Tribal Social Services is to protect children from abuse and neglect while strengthening and preserving families. However, without the help of people like you, Delaware Tribal members, and other Native Americans, these children often end up in the homes of complete strangers, leaving behind relatives, culture, and heritage.

Mark your calendars for the 26th Annual Oklahoma Indian Summer Festival, northeast Oklahoma’s premier intertribal Native American festival, scheduled Thursday-Saturday, September 12-15, 2013 at the Bartlesville Community Center at the corner of Cherokee Ave. and Adams Blvd. in Bartlesville, OK. All events are free and open to the public.

The Festival’s website is www.okindiansummer.org and is updated through the year with details of this multicultural exchange.

The juried art show features Native American and Western artists who exhibit and sell Friday through Sunday. Enjoy many activities scheduled throughout the festival including arts and crafts vendors, food vendors and an intertribal pow wow.

Northeast Oklahoma teachers: please begin preparing for the Youth Art Show! Items crafted by students in Green Country (northeast Oklahoma) from 4th to 12th grade will be on display throughout the festival. Green Country students in 9th-12th grade are eligible to participate in a $1000 scholarship for “Best of Show” for the school of their choice.

Interested teachers, artists, concessionaires and vendors should contact Jenifer Pechonick, festival director at jeniferp917@aol.com or 918-331-0934 for additional information.

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• Tribal Council members Verna Crawford, Jenifer Pechonick, Chief Paula Pechonick, Assistant Chief Chet Brooks, and Annette Ketchum meet with Kansas Governor Sam Brownback in his office in Topeka on August 23, 2013.

Delaware Days will be held on September 27 and 28, 2013, at the Fred Falleaf Powwow Grounds near Copan. So mark your calendars. Volunteers will be needed. This will be a great time to get involved with some tribal activities and just get out and have a great time.

Help is always appreciated. In 2012 Bruce Martin was appointed head of the Delaware Days Committee; he can be reached at 918-337-6571 or by email at bmartin@delawaretribe.org.

Tentative Schedule

Please note: Events are subject to change.

A pot luck dinner will be held Friday night at 6:00, bring a covered dish.

Lenapeowsi will be organizing youth activities Saturday afternoon September 28th, around 1:00:

• Archery
• Storytelling
• Shell Shaking Classes for young girls
• Language Games
• Other activities

Saturday night another pot luck dinner will be held. The Tribe’s Culture Preservation Committee will provide smoked brisket and pork.

Saturday before the Pot Luck the Culture Preservation Committee will honor Tribal Elder and Veteran of the Year.

Social dancing and stomp dancing will follow after the meals each evening. Everyone is invited to attend and participate.

The History of Delaware Days (by Jim Rementer, secretary of the Culture Preservation Committee)

Delaware Days actually began as Delaware Day, an annual event sponsored by the Culture Preservation Committee. The first one was held in 1993 on September 5 at the Fall-Leaf Dance Ground where the annual powwow is held. About 300 people attended that year. The Culture Preservation Committee formed a subcommittee to be in charge of Delaware Day (in 1993 the committee was headed by Mary Watters and Rosetta Coffey, with Annette Ketchum in charge of publicity).

It became an annual event after that and for the first two years it was held early in September, but that often conflicted with Labor Day. In 1995 Delaware Day was moved to September 30. The following year, 1996, had probably the largest attendance ever for Delaware Days. This was the first year that it became a two-day event and many people attended.

In 1996 the Culture Preservation Committee began to honor a tribal elder at Delaware Days, with the first honoree being Lucy Blalock. In 2000 the Committee also began to honor a veteran.

Since 1996 Delaware Days has been a two-day event, and the dates for the event have almost always been the last Friday and Saturday in September. Under the leadership of several dedicated volunteers, it has become better and better, and is now one of the Tribe’s most significant cultural events.

A younger Mike Pace thanks Fred Fall-Leaf for use of the Dance Grounds, around 1998.	Duck Dance 1998.
Sara Boyd is honored as Veteran of the Year, 2012.	Dee and Annette Ketchum are honored as Elders of the Year, 2012.

Trust Board Chairman Chet Brooks hereby calls for the election for three Trust Board members.

The election will be held on Saturday November 2, 2013. There are three seats up for election.

Tribal members interested in running for a Trust Board seat must file an Application for Candidacy by September 14, 2013. Candidate forms may be obtained by clicking on the link below or may be obtained in printed form at the Delaware Tribal Offices, 170 NE Barbara, Bartlesville, OK 74006.

Please mail completed forms to:

Delaware Election Committee
P.O. Box 1198
Bartlesville, OK 74005.

Forms must be received at the Post Office by 4 p.m. September 14, 2013.

Campaign information will be printed in the October 2013 Delaware Indian News. Candidates are allowed one typewritten letter-size page, single spaced, size 12 Times New Roman font, in Word or RTF format. Send this information to the Delaware Indian News at din@delawaretribe.org or mail or deliver it to the Delaware Tribal Offices, 170 NE Barbara, Bartlesville, OK 74006.

Note that information sent to the Election Committee WILL NOT be forwarded to the DIN.

Paid advertising space is also available in the Delaware Indian News as regular advertiser’s rates. Rates are given in the link below.

» Candidate Application Form

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Ottawa Powwow Golden Anniversary Celebration
Aug. 30, 31 and Sept. 1, 2013
Adawe Park, 5 mi east and 1 mi south of Miami, OK

Where the Championship Dancers Come —– to Play

Head Singer: John David Ballard
Head Man Dancer: Jeff (Dude) Blalock
Head Lady Dancer: Mollie B. King
Arena Director: Walter Dye
Powwow Princess: Mary Beth (Bootsie Skye) Kihega
Master of Ceremonies: Steve Kinder

Friday Aug. 30
6 p.m. Gourd Dance
9 p.m. Stomp Dance & Social Dances
(Stomp Dance Activities Sponsored by Jack and Margaret Blalock Family;
Cash and major prize drawings for leaders and shell shakers, ages 16 and up)

Saturday Aug. 31
A.M. Turkey Dance, Noon Camp Feast
Afternoon games, 6 p.m. Gourd Dance
(Feast in honor of Gabe Nichols sponsored by Greg Case, Joe Martin, Mariah Tyner, Dixie Rich)
8 p.m. Inter-tribal War Dance followed by Stomp Dance

Sunday Sept. 1
9 a.m. Indian Junior Olympics (Q-12 years old)
6 p.m. Gourd Dance
8 p.m. Inter-tribal War Dance followed by Stomp Dance

No Contests, Just Plenty of Good Dancing and Singing

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