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The Delaware Tribe of Indians wishes to invite all Native artists to its first ever Native Art Market. We have lots of artists who need to showcase their work and the Tribal Headquarters is just the place to do it. This event is free of charge. If interested, please fill out the application form below and we look forward to showing your art on March 19, 2022 from 8:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. Watch our Facebook page and website for further information.

>>>Art Market Vendor Application

The January 2022 issue of the Delaware Indian News is now available online. To view the newspaper, click the link below:

» View January 2022 Delaware Indian News

For other issues of the Delaware Indian News, select Delaware Indian News in the top menu bar.

A 2022 Delaware Calendar has once again been compiled by Jim Rementer, secretary of the Culture Preservation Committee.

Click on the link below to download the file. You may then save and/or print it. To use as a wall calendar, we suggest printing at legal size (8.5″ x 14″).

» Download Calendar

Curtis Zunigha, 68, is a 5th-generation resident of Washington County, OK whose Delaware Indian ancestors arrived in Indian Territory in 1867. He is an enrolled member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians based in Bartlesville. (www.delawaretribe.org) He is currently employed at the Delaware Tribe Cultural Center and is a practitioner of Delaware/Lenape history, culture, language, customs & traditions.

Beginning in 1984 his tribal service has included various roles in managing Operations, Housing, and Social Services. He has also been elected to the Tribal Council (1984-88 and 2004-08). From 1994-1998 Curtis Zunigha was elected and served as the Chief of the Delaware Tribe of Indians. In 1995 Chief Zunigha was appointed by Governor Frank Keating to the Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission where he served two terms.

Mr. Zunigha has a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from North Texas State University (1980) and an Associate Degree in Broadcasting from Rogers State College, Oklahoma (1986). From 1988-1995 he was producer/host of “Drum Beats” a Native American community affairs television program on KXON-TV at Rogers State College in Claremore. Curtis served as the Manager of the American Indian/Alaska Native Population Program for the U.S. Census Bureau in Washington, D.C, during the 2010 Census. He also serves as a Co-Director of the Lenape Center (www.thelenapecenter.com) a non-profit arts & culture organization based in New York City.

Curtis Zunigha is third-generation U.S. military veteran having served in the U.S. Air Force (1972-78). Today he is a member of the Lenape Veterans Color Guard and Lenape Gourd Dance Society.

The Delaware Tribe Princess Committee would like to invite you to attend the Crowning of our 2021-2022 Delaware Tribe of Indians Princess, Morgan Messimore. Crowning will take place on Saturday November 13th. 2021 at Forsythe Hall, during General Council. Lunch will be served at noon, followed by bringing in the Color Guard, then the crowning of our Princess. General Council will start right after the crowning.

Wanishi, hope to see you there to welcome Morgan our new Tribal Princess, and stay for General Council and see what plans are being made for the present and future of our tribe. Your voice can count.

Two new internships are available from the National Forest Service. Please see the listings below for more information.

• This six-month resource assistant (RA) position closes on November 17th. The fellowship involves working with the Forest Service National Heritage Team to develop internal and external communications about the Heritage program and associated cultural resources laws, policies, and programs. The work is remote, and currently the Washington Office is not allowing RAs to travel, but we hope to offer an opportunity for a short-term field assignment when policies change. Successful completion of an RA fellowship provides direct hire eligibility for jobs in the Forest Service and other land managing agencies for two years after completion. Please share with potential candidates who might benefit from this opportunity. Please see the announcement here http://www.manoproject.org/internships?gnk=job&gni=8a78839f75e27c3b017619e013676460

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• In cooperation with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station is excited to announce a post-Masters’ ORISE fellowship opportunity focused on the past, present and future of Tribal Relations with American Chestnut in the Southeast. Application Link: https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/USDA-USFS-2022-0007