Veterans Committee

Our goal is to be a place of service, support and comradery TO ALL VETERANS of the US Military, regardless of discharge status. To be of service to families of Veterans as they lay their loved ones to rest. To safeguard and promote the spirit of the Lenape Warrior.

Veterans Committee

The Veterans Committee is always open to new members including active duty, Veterans, spouses or children of Veterans. Gender is not an issue. Susan Cade served with the US Air Force and is the committee’s Treasurer.

The Delaware Tribe of Indians Veterans Committee was officially formed on Feb 26, 2014. Officers are:

Chair – Kenny Brown
Vice Chair – Kay Anderson
Secretary –
Treasurer –
Lenape Color Guard Unit Leader – Kenny Brown

The Veterans Claims and Benefits

Please visit this page to find a list of various programs and resources that veterans can utilize.

Lenape Veterans Memorial Wall

We are so excited to announce that the Tribal council and Domicile has donated funds to the Veterans Committee for the completion of the Veterans Memorial Wall. We are in the process of updating our bids and hope to break ground soon. We will have brick available to purchase to be placed as the walk way leading up to the memorial wall. More information about purchasing the brick and what information we can place on the brick will be updated as things come along.

Lenape Color Guard

A veteran is a veteran. The color guard is proud to have its first female color guard member Sarah Boyd, who served with the US Army and is our committee Secretary.

The color guard has been active for some time now and has represented the tribe at various pow-wows around the area, usually starting with the Copan Delaware Pow-wow. We have been honored to help with the burial of a couple of our tribal veterans when they made their journey. The Lenape Color Guard is featured at the First Americans Museum or FAM in Oklahoma City. The color guard is looking to expand its members so that we can ultimately have a full burial detail along with the color guard for our tribal veterans that pass on.

Veterans Wall of Honor in Forsythe Hall

The Veterans Wall of Honor was recently unveiled and we are seeking additional pictures. If your picture or the picture of an ancestor isn’t on display, and you would like it to be, bring it to the Delaware War Mothers. They will get a copy made for the wall and get the original back to you. The copy becomes the Tribe’s property for permanent display.

Honorary Veteran and Elder of the Year

The 2021-2022 honorary Veterans are John Thomas and Curtis Zunigha.

Every year the Veterans committee takes nominations for our Veteran and elder of the year. Then in September during Delaware Days, we have a small ceremony where we present a gift, usually a blanket, to each honorarium. This year due to Delaware Days being canceled, we honored two of our veterans during General Council.

The Veterans committee is looking for donations of items for auction as well as monetary donations. Please contact Homer Scott at 918-332-8020 or John Sumpter at 918-766-5592 to make arrangements for any donations. For those out of state wishing to donate money to the committee, please send your donation addressed to John Sumpter or Homer Scott at 5100 Tuxedo Blvd Bartlesville, OK 74006 Attn: Veterans Committee. Checks or money orders should be made out to the Delaware Tribal Veterans Committee.

For more information about updating your contact information, meetings, or anything in general please contact John Sumpter at longwalkerlongwalk@sbcglobal.net or Kenny Brown at Kennybrown27@yahoo.com. The Veterans committee will be gathering information on activities and events of interest to Veterans. We will also catalog organizations and resources that help meet the needs of Veterans. Pray for your Veterans.