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49th Annual Delaware Powwow, May 24-26, 2013
The 49th annual Delaware Powwow was held May 24-26, 2013 at the Falleaf Powwow Grounds near Copan, OK. We hope you all had a good time and will return next year for the historic 50th Annual Powwow!
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| Top row, l-r: Orange Fancy Dance featuring Jake Lawhead; tribal member Anna Pechonick; tribal member Bear Thompkins; tribal member Bucky Buck; Delaware War Mothers Princess Hayden Griffith. Bottom row, l-r: Delaware Color Guard; Kara House and Vincent Jackson leading the two-step; Grand Entry with Bruce Martin, Chief Pechonick, Jimmie Johnson. |
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| 2013 Powwow Princess Dava Daylight. |
Dena Marie Wayne Graduates
Greenville, NC
Graduated May 13,2013 from Nursing Program at Pitt Community College in Winterville, NC with and Associates Degree in Nursing with an Academic Status of Honor Roll. She has also passed her NCLEX making her a Nationally Certified RN. Dena is the granddaughter of Virginia Infield Johnson of Midwest City, OK, the great granddaughter of the late Ida Sarcoxie Infield of Bartlesville, OK and the great-great-granddaughter of the late Little John Sarcoxie.
Five Generations of the Ketchum Family
- Five generations of the Ketchum family. Lewis Ketchum (99 years old), Dee Ketchum, Kala Ketchum, Coleton Thomas, and Eli Thomas.
Back row, left to right: Carena Barsch (fiancee of Clay Sears), Hannah Sears, Annette Ketchum, Kala Ketchum, Coleton Thomas, Jake Sears, and DeAnn Ketchum; front row, left to right: Whitney Thomas, Dee Ketchum, Lewis Ketchum, holding Eli Thomas, and Clay Sears.
Hunter Perrier
- Hunter Perrier had the Grand Champion Heifer, Reserve Grand Champion Heifer, and Junior Showmanship at the 2013 Washington County Spring Livestock Show. Third grader at Bartlesville Public Schools and a member of the 4-H Beef Club. Son of Keven and Shannon Perrier, grandson of Delaware members Judy and Rick Forth, great-grandson of Janet and John Clanton, and great-great grandson of the late “Jack” Ketchum Hayes. Photo Dawn Baxstrom Photography.
Powwow Committee Needs Help!
A fund-rasier is being planned for the 50th Delaware Pow-wow, which is coming up in May 2014. The fund-raiser will be held October 19, 2013 at the Fred Fall-leaf Memorial Pow-wow Grounds, Copan, OK. There will be an auction, raffles, a hog fry, Halloween party, and a hayride. Starting at 3:00.
The Pow-wow Committee is looking for items to be used in the auction, hog fry and Halloween party. If you would like to help or have items to donate please call Lu Ann Hainline at 918-338-9907. We are hoping to have a great time and raise some money for the 50th Delaware Pow-wow. See you there!
NEO Student Crowned 2013 Miss Indian Oklahoma
Miami, Okla. – Monday, May 13, 2013 – Robynn Rulo, sophomore at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (NEO) was crowned 2013 Miss Indian Oklahoma after winning Miss Indian NEO.
Miss Indian NEO, Robynn Rulo, was crowned 2013 Miss Indian Oklahoma on May 4 at the First Council Event Center in Newkirk, Okla.
Rulo is a sophomore at NEO from Pawhuska, Okla. Rulo plans on completing an additional year at NEO to earn a degree in Native Studies.
“I am so pleased with the way Robynn Rulo has represented Northeastern A&M College and the American Indian Center for Excellence as Miss Indian NEO,” said Claudia Little Axe, AICE cultural specialist. “She exemplifies how to be successful in the Native American world, in mainstream society, and in the educational setting. Ms. Rulo will do great things in the future, and I am so proud that I have gotten to work so closely with her.”
Rulo is a member of the Osage, Delaware, Quapaw and Shawnee tribes. She made the Deans’ Honor Roll and is a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. Rulo serves as president of the AICE Advisory Club, treasurer of NASA, and she also served on a student panel for the Native American Student Transfer National Symposium in October.
“I’m humbled and honored to be representing my tribes as well as all other tribes within Oklahoma, as well as the Oklahoma Federation of Indian Women,” Rulo said.
She is a member of the Social Work Club and assisted with training of the female basketball team last year. Rulo is a student member of the Internal Evaluation Team for NEO’s Title III grant.
“It was an honor to watch Miss Robynn Rulo compete and win the title of Miss Indian Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Federation of Indian Women chose the theme for the pageant to be “Women Gathering Strength.” I believe Robynn is a perfect example of a woman who gathers strength, through her close relationship with her family, her dedication to her education, and her leadership skills demonstrate a woman who is dedicated to strengthening the preservation of her culture.”
The Miss Indian Oklahoma pageant is sponsored by The Oklahoma Federation of Indian Women. According to the website, the organization was founded under a state charter on April 17, 1972. A constitution was written with the stated purpose: “The advancement of the economic and social welfare of the American Indian; the development of education and cultural programs; preservation of Indian culture and traditions; and to portray the true image of the American Indian.”
Reprinted from press release from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, May 13, 2013.
Note: Robynn is the daughter of Dana Daylight of Pawhuska, OK. She is of Delaware, Osage, Shawnee, Quapaw decent. She currently attends NEO A& M College in Miami, OK, where she is a sophomore. Her hobbies and interests include: zumba, beading, sewing, concerts, Osage Ceremonial dances, Green Corn, stomp dances, powwows, Native American Church, sweats, and any cultural social gatherings. Robynn is on the Deans Honor Roll, a member of Phi Theta Kappa, and currently holds the highest GPA for Native American students at NEO.■
Tribal Member Presents Art Show
Jacque Lynn Moody-McDonald presented her Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Show, at Missouri Southern State University, Spiva Gallery. This exhibition “Abuse and Neglect” consists of life-sized ceramic sculptures of children. The show opened on May 6th, with the closing reception on May 10th from 5:30 to 8:00 in the Missouri Southern State University Campus, Spiva Gallery. It is located in the Fine Arts Complex at the corner of Newman and Duquesne, Joplin Missouri.
Mrs. McDonald grew up in Joplin, Missouri, married, and left the area for 40 years, relocating to pursue a career at the University of Miami Medical School in Coral Gables, Florida, as an International Meeting planner and administrator over the residency program in surgery. She and her husband returned to southwest Missouri after retirement and Mrs. McDonald decided to complete her degree in Art at Missouri Southern State University four years ago. Initially wanting to study drawing and painting she soon found three-dimensional art was more her calling and therefore, sought Ceramic Sculpture for her medium.
Some of her recent achievements include being a participant and core artist with the Spiva Art Center on the upcoming project “Artworkers: Creativity across America,” funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. She also participated in “The Phoenix Rising,” Phoenix Fired Arts Mural on 16th and Main; The Joplin Mural on 15th and Main; and the Jupiter Florida Lighthouse Mural in Jupiter, Florida.
Mrs. McDonald is recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a Native American Artist of the Delaware Tribe. She also has had the privilege to work with some of the most notable artist in the area as well as in Florida. Her accomplishments and interests are varied but she is actively pursuing children’s issues with her thesis exhibition “Abuse and Neglect.”
Editor’s note: Chief Pechonick and Councilwoman Ketchum attended the exhibit on May 6.
From the Desk of Verna Crawford, Tribal Council Secretary
The Tribe will be moving some of the Tribal operations to Kansas. Why? As long as the Tribe limits the Tribal jurisdiction to Oklahoma and the Cherokee Nation, it cannot provide more and better services to the Delaware people. Presently the Tribe cannot apply for grants or services unless the Cherokee Nation approves.
Having a jurisdictional area in Kansas will allow the Delaware Tribe to provide services such as housing, health, education, economic development, jobs and more.
The Tribe is currently preparing a grant application for planning to develop a charter school. The school would be located in Kansas to avoid conflict with or oversight by the Cherokee Nation. The school will combine academic with cultural instruction and K thru 12th grade. The grant is for three years to do the planning.
Some of the information needed for the grant application inlcude: the interest of students in attending the school, and whether qualified Delaware teachers in Kansas are interested in teaching there. Let us know your thoughts.
We Want Your Feedback: Possible Charter School
The Delaware Tribe is considering starting a Charter School in Kansas. The curriculum would include grades K thru 12 and academic and cultural instruction.
We want feedback about the level of interest:
1. Would you send your students to a Delaware Charter School?
2. Delaware or Native American teachers: would you consider working at a Delaware Charter School?
3. Teachers: do you have Kansas accreditation or would you acquire it?
We Want Your Feedback: Service Needs of Kansas Tribal Members
As discussed over the last year or more, the Delaware Tribe is working to serve the needs of tribal members in Kansas.
If you live in the proposed Kansas service area, we want your input:
1. Do you need housing assistance?
2. Do you need medical assistance?
3. Do you need education assistance?
4. What are you job/professional skills?
Please send feedback to Verna Crawford, Delaware Tribal Council Secretary, at vcrawford@delawaretribe.org or 170 NE Barbara, Bartlesville, OK 74006.
A Counterpoint
The Trust Board members have been working on a revision of the obsolete Trust Document. My concern is that it still needs revisions to take out any articles that are already in the Constitution. It is not necessary to have a pseudo-Constitution, which in my opinion, causes confusion.
Now that the Tribe has had its Federal Recognition restored, the only purpose of the Trust Document is to oversee the Distribution Plan for the social services programs in the plan. Additional, redundant, unnecessary, and confusing information will lead to the document being turned down at the polls.
Since the tribal staff and accounting department are quite adequate in carrying out the function of the Distribution Plan and since the annual budget is also prepared by the accounting department, the only job of the Trust Board members is to be an oversight committee, although the Tribe has built in checks and balances for oversight. Actually, if we continue with a Trust Board (since the Arvest Management is the actual trustee), I think we may be delaying dissolving both the Trust Document and Trust Board out of sentimentality. Both are of no further use to the operations of the Tribe.
The reasons it is no longer needed:
1. We have our Federal Recognition.
2. The Board is not the Trustee of the judgment funds.
3. The staff and accounting department do the work of the Board.
4. The Delaware Citizens serve on the programs’ committees and can chair those program committees.
Another glaring problem that exists with the Trust Board is that only three members who are currently serving are elected. Four are appointments
So, be sure to attend the Town Hall meetings this month. I would like to hear good reasons for keeping the Trust Board, since I don’t believe there are sound, long term reasons for keeping it.
Annette Ketchum
Delaware Tribe of Indians
Councilwoman
918-337-6590
aketchum@delawaretribe.org
Trust Board Proposed Changes
My name is John W. Sumpter, Delaware Tribe of Indians Trust Board Member, Vice Chair Cultural Committee, Chair Reinvestment Committee, and Chair Veterans Committee.
Let me first explain that the Trust Board has nothing to do with the governing of our Tribe whatsoever!
One of the most important duties of the Trust Board is to protect Tribal monies. Reinvesting 10% of the interest back to the principal allowing our Tribal monies to grow; administering the rest of the interest monies among the various programs and committees as stated in the Trust Document and Master Plan. Tribal Operations, Cultural Preservation, Community Services, and Education are just a few of those programs.
Here are a few of the proposed changes:
(1) Increasing Tribal Operations from 10 to 15%.
(2) Doing away with Land Management and Economic Development since those duties were taken over by the Tribal Council and the Delaware Enterprise Authority (DEA).
(3) Revising the budget to include new line items for the Elders Committee and the Veteran’s Committee. The line items will fund both committee programs. We need to recognize the valuable knowledge and contributions that our Elders and Veterans have contributed to the Delaware Tribe.
(4) Another proposed change is to have Trust Board elections coincide with Tribal Council elections to save money on election costs, but in order to do that, the Trust Board would have to hold off the Trust Board election this year and have it with the Tribal Council election next year.
These are but a few of the changes that are necessary to bring our Trust Document and Master Plan up to date
I urge you to study the changes carefully; they will be posted on the Delaware Tribe website (www.delawaretribe.org). Attend the town hall meetings and let us know your thoughts.
Workshops and Town Hall Meetings
The Trust Board workshops have been extensive and the proposed changes have been well thought out, but we still need outside input. To get this input from the tribal members, the Trust Board has scheduled three town hall meetings (Chelsea July 13th, Nowata July 20th and Bartlesville July 27th).
Please know this, the people’s vote created the Trust Board, Trust Document, Master Plan and only the people’s vote can do away with them.
John W. Sumpter
PO Box 45
Copan, OK 74022
(918) 532-4938
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