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AGENDA

1. Call to order by Chief
2. Prayer
3. Roll Call
4. Welcome Guests
5. Approve the Agenda
6. Approve the Previous Meeting Minutes
7. Unfinished Business
   1. Reports
   2. Tribal Operations Manager Report
   3. Director Reports
   4. Economic Development-Tim Houseberg
   5. Delaware Indian News (DIN)
8. New Business
   1. Resolution 2015-01
   2. Resolution 2015-02
   3. Resolution 2015-03
   4. Resolution 2015-04
   5. Resolution 2015-05
   6. Grand Gateway Board of Directors Vacancy
   7. Other New Business
9. Adjourn

» Agenda and Copies of Resolutions 2015-01 and 2015-02 (PDF)

» Copy of Resolution 2015-03 (PDF)

» Copy of Resolution 2015-04 (PDF)

» Copy of Resolution 2015-05 (PDF)

DELAWARE TRIBE OF INDIANS
TRIBAL COUNCIL AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING

5100 Tuxedo Blvd
Bartlesville, OK 74006
December 1, 2014

1. Call to order
   1. Prayer
   2. Roll Call
   3. Welcome Guests
   4. Approve the Agenda
2. Resolution 2014-44
3. Resolution 2014-45
4. Resolution 2014-46
5. Resolution 2014-47
6. Resolution 2014-48
7. Resolution 2014-49
8. Executive Session
   1. Possible Terminations
9. Adjourned

» Agenda and Text of All Resolutions

Tribal Council Meeting

The Delaware Tribe of Indians Tribal Council will be conducting a special meeting.

TRIBAL COUNCIL AGENDA SPECIAL MEETING
Delaware Community Center 5100 Tuxedo Blvd.
Bartlesville, OK. 74006
November 24, 2014
5:30 PM Forsythe Hall

1. Call to order
   1. Prayer
   2. Roll Call
   3. Approve the Agenda
2. Consideration of Reorganization – DFMS
3. Executive Session
4. Adjourned

Council Member Vacancy

The Delaware Tribe of Indians has an opening on the Tribal Council for a Councilor. Any registered tribal member interested in filling this partial term seat should attend the council meeting on Monday, November 17, 2014 at 5:30 pm. This meeting will be held in Forsythe Hall in Bartlesville. Please come prepared with a written biography. You may also be requested to address the Council as to your interest and commitment to the tribe.

Official certified results of November 1, 2014 election for Chief, Tribal Council, and Tribal Court. Winners are in bold.

Signed Election Tally Sheet (JPG)

ELECTION DAY NEWS

Please take time to vote. Make your voice count! Encourage your friends, family and Delaware neighbors near and far
to vote as well.

– What are the hours for voting on Saturday, November 1st?
From 9am until 1pm at both locations. Polls close promptly at 1:00pm.

– Where can I vote?
Delaware Tribal Community Center
5100 E. Tuxedo Blvd
Bartlesville, Ok 74006

Delaware Tribe Caney Office
601 High St
Caney, KS 67333

– When will ballots be counted and by whom?
All ballots will be counted and certified by the League of Women Voters immediately following the poll closing and the ballot boxes have been delivered to the ballot counting room. The League of Women Voters, Election Board, and Security Guard will be the only persons in the ballot counting room. Hopefully this process will be completed by 3pm – 4pm.

GENERAL COUNCIL

On Saturday, November 8, the Community Center doors open at 10am with lunch being served at noon. Encourage your friends, family and Delaware neighbors to attend this annual meeting. A quorum of 100 adult voting tribal members need to be present to conduct tribal business.

– What are the hours of General Council on Sat, Nov 8th?
1pm to 4pm.

If you have specific questions regarding this day you may contact Curtis Zunigha at 918-337-6590.

Kristi Eaton
10/24/14

Reprinted with permission from story on Indian Country Today Media Network (http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/10/24/oklahoma-based-tribes-looking-expand-service-areas-157499)

The Fort Sill Apache Tribe and Delaware Tribe are among the nearly 40 Native American tribes that call Oklahoma home after forced relocation.

Now, though, the two tribes are looking to return to their ancestral lands.

The Fort Sill Apache Tribe is composed of Chiricahua Apache who settled in southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico and northern portions of Mexico. Hundreds of tribal members were held as prisoners of war in Florida and Alabama before they were relocated to what is now Oklahoma.

“There has been a desire to return since we were removed,” said Fort Sill Apache Tribal Chairman Jeff Haozous of the tribe’s efforts to expand into New Mexico. Haozous is the nephew of well-known artist Allan Houser, whose artwork is seen throughout Oklahoma, including at the state capitol.

The tribe acquired a parcel of land in New Mexico in 1999 to operate a casino, and the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that the state must recognize the tribe.

The expansion would mean the tribe is in three states – similar to the Navajo Nation, which spans four states in the southwest United States. The only difference, Haozous said, is that the Fort Sill Apache Tribe’s land would not be continuous.

“I think Oklahoma is home to so many of our tribal members, so we’re not turning our back on Oklahoma,” he said, noting that Oklahoma is where many people live but Arizona and New Mexico is where much of the tribe’s history remains.

About half of the tribe’s 720 tribal members live outside Oklahoma and another three-quarters live outside of the tribe’s headquarters in Apache, Oklahoma. But the expansion is not an overnight endeavor. Haozous has said he envisions tribal members returning to New Mexico over many years and possibly generations.

Meanwhile, 225 miles to the northeast, the Delaware Tribe of Indians is also trying to expand its service area into another state. The Delaware Tribe, which is headquartered in Bartlesville, has an agreement with the Cherokee Nation that the tribe will not try to take land into trust in the Cherokee Nation’s 14- county jurisdiction in northeast Oklahoma, said Paula Pechonick, chief of the Delaware Tribe of Indians.

“We’re just not a fully recognized tribe,” Pechonick said. “If we move to Kansas we’re hoping to get these things back.”

The tribe, which already has a Kansas headquarters in Caney, Kansas, about 20 miles from Bartlesville, has been holding regular tribal council meetings in Kansas and working with county and local leaders as it looks to expand its service area to 36 counties in the state.

By expanding, the tribe, which has more than 10,000 members, would be able to provide a range of support services to Native American elders, children and families.

The tribe bought property north of Lawrence, Kansas, and has been meeting with officials about potential partnerships, specifically in agriculture because the property’s soil is excellent.

“It’s important to note that our goal is to serving that jurisdiction area and serve all Native Americans with the programs we are able to. Rather than applying to just serve Delawares. We think we need to take care of all of the Native Americans,” said tribal council member Jenifer Pechonick.

NOTE: Videos now online at: https://www.youtube.com/user/DelawareTribe.

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Candidates for Chief

Candidates for Tribal Council

Candidates for Tribal Court

When: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014
FRONT DOORS OPEN @ 12:30 PM

Where: DELAWARE COMMUNITY CENTER
5100 TUXEDO BLVD.
BARTLESVILLE, OK

1:00 PM — CANDIDATES for CHIEF
2:30 PM — CANDIDATES for COUNCIL
4:00 PM — CANDIDATES for ASSOCIATE JUDGE

The Forum will be conducted by the Bartlesville League of Women Voters.

Hosted by the Delaware Election Board and the Delaware Elders Committee.

For more info contact:
electionboard@delawaretribe.org
or
elders@delawaretribe.org

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Chief Paula Pechonick (seated in center) with Oklahoma tribal leaders and Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin (standing at center) at summit meeting June 30 in Miami, OK.

In late July the U.S. Attorney’s office-Northern District of Oklahoma asked to have a get acquainted meeting to speak with Chief Pechonick and the tribal council members about available federal resources and how the U.S. Attorney’s office can be of assistance to the tribe’s needs.