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Chaticks si Chaticks -April 2010-
Message from the President
Dear Pawnee Tribal Members:
The priority for the Pawnee Nation is the health of our people. We can have all the necessities of
life, but without our health. We cannot enjoy an acceptable quality of life that our people deserve.
Someone with bad knees, for example, is not a priority health issue in the life threatening priority
list. Take a look at this person’s quality of life. The individual with the bad knees is confined to the
home, because it is too painful to get around. Traditional family gatherings or being in attendance to
help an ailing family member or friend are activities one cannot do because of the knee condition.
Where is the functional quality of life for the incapacitated person? Health and mobility are necessary and basic functions in a person’s daily life!
I have been involved in Indian Health Service mental health programs and in procuring IHS physical care for Indians in many tribes across the country for over 20 years. I believe that IHS is the
one agency that can help us, help our people health wise. It is not an easy task, however, we have to
work closely with the IHS, plan with them, strategize with them, negotiate with them, form a relationship with them, and help them keep abreast of our basic health needs, There are many receptive
people in the IHS who want to provide the best service they can.
I would like to give you some information on one of the Indian Health Service Committees I serve on. In 2007,
I was appointed by the IHS Area Director to represent the Oklahoma City Area on the National Direct Service
Tribes Advisory Committee (DSTAC). This is the Committee that advises and advocates to IHS for the tribes
in the country to which it provides direct health services. We pursue additional and adequate funding for IHS;
it is now funded at 58.5% of what is needed.
Presently, I am serving a second term as Chairman on the National Advisory Committee being reelected
(2008-09; 2009-10). These are dedicated individuals from ten different direct service IHS areas. We all have a
concerned interest in advocating the best health care for our peoples.
The DSTAS id represented by 10 of the 12 IHS areas in the country. Only Alaska and California areas do not
have direct service tribes. DSTAC was a major proponent in advocating for a Director of Office of Direct
Service/Contracting Tribes to serve directly under the IHS Director. The announcement of the formalization
of the position was made at the DSTAC conference in Oklahoma City, OK (8-09) by IHS Director Dr. Yvette
Roubideaux. In February 2010, several of us on DSTAC interviewed highly qualified applicants for the position, in DC. The selection has not yet been announced. This director is the direct service tribes’ line to the
Director if IHS.
On the local IHS level, I have worked with Mr. Travis Scott, CEO for the Pawnee Service Unit, on a program
which Mr. Scott outlined to get contract health service funds to address “Back to Work” funding for patients
of the Pawnee Service Unit. I am convinced this program needs to be adopted throughout IHS. I will pursue
this at the next DSTAC conference (8-2010). It addresses the suffering patients endure if their non-priority
conditions are not acted upon. Non-attention to their aliment negatively affects the quality of their lives. PBC
members represented on the Pawnee Service Unit Health Board are Mrs. Elizabeth Blackowl and Mr. Marshall
Gover.
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April & May
Education
Free GED Classes- Roam Chief
Building. Classes are every
Tuesday and Thursday from 5 p.m.
to 8 p.m. Contact Chris Hill, Youth
Services Coordinator at 918-7623227.
Health
May 7– Suzy Snell, Health Nations
Coordinator, will be hosting an After
School Program, will be held at the
Berry building. For more information
contact Suzy at 918-762-2153.
April-May- Suzy Snell, will be
hosting Co-ed Soft Ball, for ages 13
and up, male or female. For more
information about applications,
exact dates and costs, contact
Suzy at 918-762-2153.
April 4- Tom Kelly, will be teaching
Karate Classes, for all ages, for
more information contact 918-7622153.
April 19- The Pawnee Nation
Violence Against Women Program
will host the “Clothesline Project” at
the Berry Building from 12-1 pm and
5-7 pm. The Clothesline Project is
a visual display that bears witness
to the violence against women
where abuse victims design a shirt
to reflect their personal experience.
April 20- The Pawnee Nation
Violence Against Women Program
is having “Denim Day.”
April 21The “Clothesline
Project” will be hung at the Pawnee
County courthouse gazebo at 8
pm, then a candlelight vigil around
the courthouse square will follow.
April 23- Walk & Wear Teal.
This is to commemorate survivors
and victims of sexual assault.
The Walk will start at 2 pm, at the
Pawnee Nation Roundhouse. For
more information, contact Crystal
Underwood, Diabetes Coordinator
at 918-762-4045.
April 23- Is the deadline to
register, as a volunteer to help
with the Violence against Women
Prevention and Resource Program.
For more information call 918-7623621 EX-32. Ask for Connie
April 30- The Pawnee Nation
Violence
Against
Women
Prevention and Resource Program
is holding its first community wide
training on Friday, April 30th, from
2 PM to 4:30 PM, in the Pawnee
Nation Multipurpose Building, at
808 Morris Road. The Multipurpose
Building is located inside, on the
North end of the Pawnee Nation
Gymnasium. Sign-in starts at 1:30
PM and light refreshments will be
available.
General
Volunteer classes for Pawnee
Nation Fire Department will be held
on Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. at The
Pawnee Tribal Police department.
You will be able to fill out an
application anytime at Pawnee
Tribal Police department.
April
25Joint
County
Communications Contest, will
be held at Ridgeview Towers in
Tecumseh and begin at 3:00 p.m.
The Speech Contest is for ages
5-18. For this contest you can write
your own speech or read a poem or
present a PSA on a cassette tape
or CD. The Presentations Contest
is for ages 8-18 and is designed
for individuals or teams. Guidelines
can be found on the Speech
Contest Registration Form (PDF, 1
pg, 92 KB) and the Presentations
Contest Registration Form (PDF,
1 pg, 94 KB). These forms must
be turned into the Pawnee County
Extension Office by Friday, April
16th. For more information you can
call the Extension Office at 918852-2970
April 30- OSTA Steam and
Gas Engine Show, in Pawnee,
Oklahoma. This is a festival
of fun, food, arts and crafts,
antiques, flea markets, parades,
and entertainment. For more
information call 918-762-6788.
Chaticks si Chaticks Publication Schedule
Submission Deadline
Next Issue Date
May 21
July 16
June 7
August 3
*** To meet issue dates, submission deadlines will be strictly enforced ***
May 24 – Memorial Day Ceremony
at Veteran’s Memorial, located
downtown of Pawnee, Oklahoma.
This ceremony is to honor the
veteran’s. For more information call
918-762-2667.
May 31- Pawnee Bathhouse &
Pool will be open Memorial Day
weekend through Labor Day
weekend. It is located at Pawnee
Lake and is available year-round
for reunions, weddings and parties.
For more information call 918-7622110.
May-June 2010 - “Remembering
the Past; Voices from Pawnee
Elders.” Hear Pawnee elders speak
of the “old days,” not only what
they remember but stories from
their elders. These elders are the
last Pawnees to grow up speaking
their own language.
Pawnee
Indian Museum 480 Pawnee Trail
Republic, KS 66964. For more
information, contact Richard Gould
at 785-361-2255.
July 1-4 - Pawnee Indian Veterans
Homecoming & Pow Wow.
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE,
TAX & ENROLLMENT
SERVICES ARE LOCATED
IN B UILDING #1, THE
OLD A GENCY B UILDING .
490 AGENCY RD
918-762-3624
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NEWS FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
By Dawna Hare,
Executive Director
We are undergoing change at Pawnee Nation. We currently have
three Indian Community Development Block Grants and five sources of Stimulus funding providing
funding to renovate our buildings
and provide services.
The Cultural Learning Center
and RoamChief Renovation Project is bringing about substantial
change. The Pawnee Business
Council purchased a building in
downtown Pawnee that will serve
as the Cultural Learning Center.
Older people may remember it as
Piggly Wigglys and may also remember the family that operated
it, and how Mr. Kline spoke Pawnee when tribal members went in
to shop there. The Education and
Training Division has moved into
Building and currently located on
the first floor. When all renovation is completed, the Repatriation
and Tribal Historic Preservation
Department will move in on the
mezzanine in the near future. The
First Floor will serve as a museum
that will display items that have
been repatriated from various museums across the nation. Education and Training, along with the
Language Program, will move to
the third floor. With these moves
made, renovation can begin at the
RoamChief Building.
The only program that will remain
in RoamChief is the Food Distribution Program. Their offices and
warehouse will be expanded with
Stimulus funding received from
the USDA. The vacated space
(where Education and Health Department were located) will be
renovated to provide an additional
event center. There will be a large
open area that can be used for
family reunions, birthdays, community dinners, fundraisers, and
during time of bereavement for
families to use. Additionally, there
will be a smaller room renovated
for similar use.
The Old Indian Health Service
Hospital that has been acquired
by the Pawnee Nation has been
renovated in compliance with historic preservation standards. This
month our Health and Community
Services Division Programs will
be moving to the first floor and
our Tribal Development Corporation will be moving temporarily
moving to the second floor. When
TDC establishes permanent offices, we should have more health
and community service programs
occupying the second floor.
The last of our tribal projects
funded is the expansion of the
Child Development Center. HUD
funded this expansion project in
the 2009 funding cycle. This expansion will give our Child Development Center the space needed
for the growth we have experienced and in the classrooms will
be in close proximity. Currently
our Child Development Center is
located in three different buildings.
Our Divisions have actively pursued Stimulus funding and have
been successful in attaining in
excess of $1.4 million. Roads,
Childcare, Elderly Meals, and
Law Enforcement, and Education
& Training (E&T) have received
stimulus funds. Our Transportation Dept is preparing for the next
round of stimulus funding for
sorely needed overlay road projects in the Pawnee area.
Like so many in our country and
world today, the Pawnee Nation is
also concerned about the economy. Although we have faired well
with stimulus funding, we are
concerned with our tribal operating and indirect cost funds and the
Budget Committee will be monitoring these funds closely. We will
provide you with more information concerning our finances in
our June edition.
Thank you for your patience during this time, you’ll enjoy the benefits of these changes when the
work is completed. The next ICDBG cycle is rapidly approaching.
If you have any suggestions for
the next project, attend the public
meeting when it is announced or
submit your suggestions to us.
A new project we have embarked
upon is the Continuity of Government project funded by the Administration of Native Americans.
This will provide a mechanism for
maintaining tribal operations in
the event of a disaster.
Yes, we are undergoing change at
Pawnee Nation and it is good.
PAWNEE NATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
The Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma is accepting employment applications for the full-time, regular status positions of , Heavy Equipment Operator, Infant through PreK Lead Teacher,
and Infant through PreK Substitute Teacher.
For complete job descriptions, application deadlines, and the employment application form,
please visit our website at www.pawneenation.org.
Pawnee
Business
Council
Members
President:
George E. Howell
Vice President:
Charles “Buddy” Lone Chief
Secretary:
Linda Jestes
Treasurer:
Roy Taylor
Council Seat 1:
John Only A Chief
Council Seat 2:
Elizabeth Blackowl
Council Seat 3:
Jimmy Fields
Council Seat 4:
Marshall Gover
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In the Courts of the Conqueror: The Ten
Worst Indian Law Cases Ever Decided
by American courts. While most
people think that the goal of our legal system is to achieve a universal
measure of truth and justice, such
has not been the case with respect to
Native Americans. In this groundbreaking and provocative book,
noted Native American attorney
and activist Walter R. Echo-Hawk
reveals the dark underbelly of the
American legal system and shows
how it has rendered legal the destruction of Native Americans and
their culture.
A book by Walter R. Echo-Hawk,
foreword by Patty Limerick, afterword by Charles Wilkinson
For over 200 years, the fate of Native Americans has been dependent
in large part upon the recognition
and enforcement of their legal, political, property, and cultural rights
Rich in historical detail, and showing how the echoes of court decisions over the years continue to
resonate and shape Indian Country,
In the Courts of the Conqueror provides a vital understanding of our
current society. More than mere history, the book challenges readers to
reexamine our country through a
different lens and, in so doing, issues a clarion call for change. Ac-
cording to Echo-Hawk, the reader
“will close this book with a thirst for
justice and an eagerness to confront
the many challenges that lie ahead
as we stride toward a more just society in the postcolonial world.” Like
other great eyeopening books
on Native American culture and
history, such as
Bury My Heart at
Wounded Knee
and Custer Died
for Your Sins,
In the Courts of
the Conqueror is
provocative and
fresh writing at
its best.
Walter
EchoHawk, a Pawnee
tribal member,
is of counsel to
the Crowe &
Dunlevy law firm of Oklahoma.
As a staff attorney for the Native
American Rights Fund for thirtyfive years, he represented tribes and
Native Americans on significant
legal issues during the modern era
of federal Indian
law. In addition
to litigation, he
worked on major legislation,
such as the Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and
federal religious
freedom legislation. He is a
prolific
writer
whose books include the award
winning Battlefields and Burial
Grounds.
Pawnee Nation Planning & Development Update
By Ted Moore, Tribal Planner
The Planning Office has implemented a community and tribal economic
development assessment survey.
We need your help in answering the
questions to these assessment surveys. With your input and after we
have several hundred surveys completed, the Planning office will be
able to compile data statistics and demographics into a variety of spreadsheet reports which will enable us to
review and prioritize future projects
and grants. The survey may be completed by hard copy or electronically
via internet. It should not take more
than 15 to 20 minutes to complete.
If anyone desires to complete a survey on hard copy, please call me at
918-762-3621 x11 and I will mail
you a survey or you may come by
the office to pick one up at Building
64, office 102. These surveys are
also available at the housing office
and the Pawnee Nation College. If
anyone desires to complete a survey
electronically, please call me and I
will provide you with the pass code
and timeframe to do that. You must
have internet access.
Recently, we submitted a grant proposal for funding for a consultation
and documentation project under the
Native American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
on March 3, 2010. We will be notified if we are funded in July, 2010.
If funded, the grant will provide the
Pawnee Nation the funding to research, document, and consult with
museums around the nation to reclaim, transfer or repatriate Pawnee
ancestral remains or artifacts in accordance to NAGPRA. The Pawnee
Nation has managed the NAGPRA
program in previous years.
The Pawnee Nation was recently
awarded an Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG)
to renovate and expand the Early
Childhood Development Center. A
second part to this grant was for the
renovation of the wellness center,
which was not funded. There were
33 ICDBG applications with 37
projects submitted and we were one
of the eighteen tribes funded.
Often many tribes depend solely on
funding from grant approved proposals, which support various services and projects for your community
and tribe. If the grant is funded for
your tribe, it is also a good management tool to execute your program
from start to completion. I currently
teach the Grants /Fundraising class
through the Pawnee Nation College.
The class will now begin it second
half of semester. The assignments
in this class are intended to develop
the individual skills of the students
through research, planning, development, writing, creativity, management, and organization of the grant
proposal. I try to express to the
students the importance of a well
planned grant proposal will improve
the chances of it being funded, resulting in an opportunity for your
community or tribe to benefit. Grant
writing skills are good to have in any
type of work. I once heard someone
mention to another person that grants
were easy to get funded. I wish that
was so. They take a lot of planning
and working with others. Just some
insight about grants and something
of what we do here in the planning
offices.
Congratulations to all of the Pawnee High School athletes for their
accomplishments at the recent state
basketball playoffs. You have something that no one can take from you.
I am proud of all of you.
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News from The Pawnee Nation’s
Tribal Historic Preservation
resources are important to Pawnee
heritage and understanding our ancient ties to the land.
The THPO office is currently working with consultant Walter EchoHawk in investigating the impacts
of the Keystone XL Pipeline Project
on Pawnee sites in Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
left to right: Jerry Carlson, Nancy Carlson, Patrick Leading Fox,
Walter Echo Hawk, Micheal Smith, Gayle Carson, and Morgan
Littlesun.
By Alice Alexander, Pawnee Nation’s
Tribal Historic Preservation
Have you ever visited the Pawnee
homeland in Nebraska? It is a beautiful and vast region. Pawnee country consists of village sites, burial
grounds, sacred animal lodges, buffalo hunting grounds, and battle
sites located along the Platte, Loup,
Republican, and Big Blue Rivers.
Much of our colorful tribal history
is tied to the land, animals, plants,
and waters of Nebraska where our
people were created and our culture
arose.
The Pawnee Nation’s Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO)
works to protect those historic, cultural, religious, and archeological
sites. These cultural and historical
CHR and Diabetes
Programs ARE MOVING!
The Pawnee Nation CHR and Diabetes Programs will be moving
from the RoamChief Building to the Health & Community Services
Center (formerly old Indian Health Service Center). From April 12-14,
2010, the phone lines will be transferred, and as a result, the CHR and
Diabetes Programs can only be reached at (918) 762-2541 ext. 27 and
ext. 22 respectively. After the move, the main number for the Health &
Community Service Center will be (918) 762-3873. The following will
be the new direct phone numbers and address for the CHR and Diabetes
Programs:
Community Health Representatives
(CHR)
400 Agency Road
(918) 762-4641
(918) 762-6451 fax
Diabetes Program
400 Agency Road
(918) 762-4045
(918) 762-6452 fax
The pipeline is proposed to begin
in Canada and go 1800 miles all
the way to Houston, Texas, crossing Pawnee aboriginal land in Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma. It is
a controversial pipeline project that
has been opposed by affected Indian
Tribes in South Dakota and, possibly, Canada. The pipeline would
cross through the heart of Pawnee
Country in Nebraska through villages and cemetery areas on the
Loup and Platte Rivers.
To study the impacts of the pipeline upon Pawnee sites and develop
mitigation proposals for tribal leaders, the THPO office went on a field
trip to Nebraska and Kansas during
the week of March 8. The team consisted of Alice Alexander (THPO),
Pat Leading Fox (Head Chief of
the Pawnee Nation), Morgan Little
Sun (Kitkahaki Chief), and Walter
Echo-Hawk, consultant.
The group toured the Pawnee homeland, including the impacted areas,
with the Nebraska State Historical Society officials Michael Smith
(Executive Director), Gayle Carlson (State Archeologist), and Trisha
Nelson (Archeological Collections
Manager), as well as a local Genoa
archeologist, Nance Carlson and her
husband, Jerry.
It was a very meaningful and powerful trip to visit the sacred animal
lodges, village sites, and burial
grounds. Much information was
gathered about pipeline impacts and
mitigation reports are currently being developed so that the Pawnee
Nation may enter into meaningful
consultation negotiations with the
action agency, US State Department, to protect the sites which are
important to Pawnee heritage.
For more information regarding
Tribal Historic Preservation, contact Alice at 918-762-3624, ext 14.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
ANNOUNCES NEW LOCATION
The Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma’s Finance Department recently
moved upstairs in Building 64, which is located at 881Little Dee
Dr. in Pawnee. To reach the Finance office by phone, please call
(918) 762-3621.
The new extensions are as follows:
Bo Lewis, Finance Director- 21
Laura Melton, Accountant- 44
Janet Mulder, Accounts Payable Clerk- 43
Lozana Eppler, Payroll Clerk- 22
Floyd Williams, Accountant- 30
Iris Gooden, Accounts Payable Assistant- 30
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THE PaWNEE aNNUITY STaTE OF EMERgENCY FOR THE SIOUX TRIBE
By Carrie Peters,
Enrollment Manager
Throughout this past year I have
received many calls from Pawnee
tribal members regarding our annuity check we receive each year
in December. Many want to know
why it is only $9.47 or many want
to know why the amount is not more
since we have the casinos now. So
I would like to take this time to explain a little about the history of
our annuity payment. The annuity
payments we receive come from the
“Treaty with the Pawnee, 1857” or
also know as the “Table Creek Treaty” made on September 24, 1857.
The treaty begins:
“Articles of agreement and convention made this twenty-fourth
day of September, A.D. 1857, at
Table Creek, Nebraska Territory,
between James W. Denver, commissioner on behalf of the United
states, and the chiefs and headmen of the four confederate bands
of Pawnee Indians, viz: Grand
Pawnees, Pawnee Loups, Pawnee
Republicans, and Pawnee Tappahs, and generally known as the
Pawnee Tribe.”
There are twelve articles in this treaty and in Article 2. It states:
“In consideration of the foregoing
cession, the United States agree to
pay to the Pawnees the sum of forty
thousand dollars per annum, for
five years, commencing on the first
day January, A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty-eight; and, after the
end of five years, thirty thousand
dollars per annum, as a perpetual
annuity, at least one-half of which
annual payments shall be made in
goods, and such articles as may be
deemed necessary for them.”
This is what our $9.47 for the 2009
annuity is from, a treaty that gives
enrolled members of the Pawnee Nation $30,000 which is equally divid-
ed among tribal members for ceding
our lands in what is now Nebraska.
We currently have 3,228 enrolled
members of the Pawnee Nation so
as enrollment goes up our annuity
payment for each enrolled member
is less. This treaty also gave us the
Pawnee boarding school to establish
a manual labor school plus it gave
other provisions in other articles of
this treaty. So our annuity does not
come from any gaming or from the
casinos but from an agreement of a
treaty that was established in 1857.
It might be of some interest to some
the names of those Pawnee individuals that signed the treaty. The
information below is listed as it appears in the treaty:
grand Pawnees:
Pe-ta-na-sharo, or the Man and the
Chief
Sa-ra-cherish, the Cross Chief,
Te-ra-ta-puts, he who Steals Horses,
Le-ra-kuts-a-nasharo, the Grey Eagle
Chief
Pawnee loups:
La-le-ta-ra-nasharo, the Comanche
Chief
Te-ste-de-da-we-tel, the Man who
Distributes the Goods
Le-ta-kuts-nasharo, the Grey Eagle
Chief
A-sa-na-sharo, the Horse Chief
Pawnee Republicans:
Na-sharo-se-de-ta-ra-ko, the one the
Great Spirit smiles on
Na-sharo-cha-hicko, a Man, but a
Chief
Da-lo-le-kit-ta-to-kah, the Man the
Enemy steals from
Da-lo-de-na-sharo, the Chief like an
Eagle
Pawnee Tappahs:
Ke-we-ko-na-sharo, the Buffalo Bull
Chief
Na-sharo-la-da-hoo, the Big Chief
Na-sharo, the Chief
Da-ka-to-wa-kuts-o-ra-na-sharo, the
Hawk Chief
By Alba Wade, Communications
Assistant
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
with 15,000 members, Sioux
Falls and around areas in South
Dakota has suffered greatly from
the horrible ice storm in Dakota
the weekend of Jan. 22, 2010.
People have died; many more are
at the risk of freezing to death.
The past weekend’s ice storms
have brought down 2,000 to
3,000 utility poles. Crews are
working very diligent and hard,
but electricity may be out in
some areas up to 30 days. With
no electricity, no heat, no running
water, it makes thinks more difficult. Thousands have already
been without electricity for about
five days, with a wind chill hitting
them well below zero.
“Making matters worse” said Joe
Brings Plenty, Tribal chairman,
“the loss of electricity has also
knocked out the Reservation’s
aging water system. We have no
running water on the entire Reservation, it is also affecting off
Reservation communities, whose
water supplied from pipes running through the Reservation.”
The South Dakota National
Guard, the State’s Department of
Public Safety as well as the Army
Corps of Engineers have come
to the reservation and supplied
some emergency generators. The
Wal-Mart has supplied emergency food and supplies, and the
Navajo Nation foe is sending up a
tribal utility crew to help with the
downed electrical lines.
The flood has caused headaches in
the Sioux tribe. Many of the roads
are being closed because of the
increase in flooding; it is causing
some headaches for motorists are
in the southeast of South Dakota.
For example a 10 mile trip takes
them to a 23 mile detour. They
are very concerned about future
delays for fire and ambulance
crews in an emergency. Flooding
also has forced a few people from
their homes. But now since the
community and government have
put high efforts in helping them
the problem has shrunk.
UPDATE ON THE WATER
MATTER- 1,000 people in southeast SD get water back Bridgewater, S.D. Water has been fully
restored to about 1,000 people in
southeast South Dakota who lost
service when a water main burst.
To explain the need for water infrastructure, since the late 1950's
the tribe was forced to move from
their original Tribal Head Quarters, known as the Old Agency
on Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.
The Tribal leaders during that
time, built schools, hospitals and
our own police department with
tribal dollars, all of that effort
their tribe put into their lands are
now all under water. With out water, they cannot build new homes,
cannot build on any new development, it is keeping their nation
helpless. With this support, they
are confident that the goal will be
achieved.
FINANCIAL DONATIONS: The
Tribe has depleted its emergency
budget with the two blizzards
that already hit the reservation
since December. It needs funds
to help buy food and supplies for
the community and volunteers, to
pay for gas and overtime for the
workers, to replace the motor at
the water pump station that was
destroyed, etc. Any financial donations are much appreciated.
The Tribe is also trying to set up
on-line donations but that may
take some time.
For more information, contact
CHEYNNNE RIVER SIOUX
TRIBAL CHAIRMAN, JOE
BRINGS PLENTY AT (605) 3656548 OR ROBIN LE BEAU,
CHAIRMAN ASSISTANT AT
(610) 568-2101.
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PAWNEE BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETING NOTES
January 27, 2010 – PBC Meeting
The December 28, 2009 PBC Meeting minutes and the January 13, 2010
meeting PBC minutes were approved.
Council members and the Executive
Director provided reports on their activities since the previous PBC meeting.
Under Old Business:
Revisions to the Pawnee Nation Tax
Code eliminating the daily event fee for
tribal members was approved.
A request from the Pawnee Nation College to purchase a copier was approved.
A Request to accept the 2009 ICDBG
funding for the Child Care Center Project was approved.
A request for the Tribal Development
Corporation to rent the 2nd floor of the
Old Clinic temporarily was approved.
The Communications/Technology Policy concerning cell phone and internet
usage was tabled.
Under New Business:
Resolution #10-03 for the Gaming
Commission HR policies was tabled.
Resolution #10-04 – Request Court to
Determine Conflict of Interest Issue –
no action taken.
There were five resolutions for Enrollment. One for applications for enrollment and documenting deceased
members and four conditional relinquishments. All were approved.
February 6, 2010- Quarterly PBC
Meeting:
Division Directors provided Program
reports to Council. No business was
conducted.
February 10, 2010 PBC Meeting:
The minutes of the January 27, 2010
PBC meeting were approved. Council members and the Executive Director provided reports on their activities
since the previous PBC meeting.
Under Old Business:
The Communications/Technology Policy concerning cell phone and internet
usage was revised and added to the HR
policy and approved by Council.
Under New Business:
A contract for Walter Echohawk to
work with the Keystone Pipeline XL
project regarding historical sites was
approved.
February 25, 2010 PBC Meeting
The minutes of the February 6, 2010
Quarterly meeting and the February 10,
2010 PBC meeting were approved.
All Council members and the Executive Director provided a report on their
activities since the previous meeting.
There was no Old Business.
Under New Business:
Connie Brazee and Christi Schultz provided an overview of a new program for
the Office of Violence Against Women
the Pawnee Nation has received a grant
for and implemented. This was informational only and no action was taken.
The Healthy Nations Program requested Council approve their donation and
participation in the After-Prom Party.
The funds for this donation were written into the grant proposal. Approved.
A bid for the cabling project at the old
clinic was presented and the Rim Rock
Company proposal was selected and
approved.
A request to amend the TERO ordinance was tabled.
The new lessee for agriculture lease at
the Chilocco land introduced himself to
the Council and provided an overview
of the work he plans to do at Chilocco.
Resolution #10-10 for the Submission
of the NAGPRA grant was approved.
The Council Committee provided their
preliminary work on the Attorney General Contract. The Committee will
bring back additional recommendations at the next meeting.
The Attorney General contract was extended for 60 days to allow for further
work on the job description, contract
and advertising.
The Pawnee Nation has received solicitation from several companies to recover funds due to the Pawnee Nation.
This was assigned to Executive Director, Dawna Hare.
Executive Session:
The Council recommended that
Granthum Stevens be reinstated as
Gaming Director as a new employee.
Resolution #10-04 that pertained to a
conflict of interest determination was
dismissed. Information received did
not support continuing with this request.
PAWNEE BUSINESS COUNCIL
1st QUARTER 2010 RESOLUTIONS
#10-01 – Table Creek Treaty Disbursement – For the drawdown of the 2010
Annuity was approved by a vote of 6
for, and 2 not voting. January 13, 2010.
#10-02 – Agriculture Lease – Chilocco
– Mark Liegerot was approved as the
new lessee by a vote of 7 for and 1 not
voting (President Howell). January 13,
2010
#10-03 – Gaming Commission HR
Policies and Procedures – Withdrawn.
#10-04 - A resolution to request the
Pawnee Nation Court to Determine a
Conflict of Interest about the Housing
Director and Council position was dis-
missed by a vote of 7 for, none against,
1 (President Howell) not voting. February 25, 2010.
#10-05 –A resolution for Enrollment
– Applicants for enrollment and documenting deceased – approved by a vote
of 7 for, none against, 1 (President
Howell) not voting. January 27, 2010.
#10-06 –A resolution for a Conditional
Relinquishment – approved by a vote
of 7 for, none against, 1 (President
Howell) not voting. January 27, 2010.
#10-07 –A resolution for a Conditional
Relinquishment – approved by a vote
of 7 for, none against, 1 (President
Howell) not voting. January 27, 2010.
#10-08 –A resolution for a Conditional
Relinquishment – approved by a vote
of 7 for, none against, 1 (President
Howell) not voting. January 27, 2010.
#10-09 –A resolution for a Conditional
Relinquishment – approved by a vote
of 7 for, none against, 1 (President
Howell) not voting. January 27, 2010.
#10-10 –A resolution for The submission of the NAGPRA grant – approved
by a vote of 6 for, none against, 2 not
voting. March 25, 2010.
#10-11 –A resolution to appoint a
Gaming Commissioner – tabled by a
vote of 7 for, none against, 1 (President
Howell) not voting. March 25, 2010.
#10-12 –A resolution to create Economic Subdivisions at TDC – failed by
a vote of 7 for, none against, 1 (President Howell) not voting. March 10,
2010.
#10-13 –A resolution to approve the
submission of a grant for a Sex Offender Registry – approved by a vote of 7
for, none against, 1 (President Howell)
not voting. January 27, 2010.
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Paper Recycling for the
Pawnee Nation and Community
By Phillip Cravatt, Pawnee Nation
Environmental Specialist
The Pawnee Nation’s Department
of Environmental Conservation and
Safety has organized a communitybased paper recycling program for
the Pawnee Nation and the City of
Pawnee. Paper Retriever dumpsters
will be placed at three locations on
the tribal complex and one at the elementary, middle and high schools.
This is an excellent opportunity to
reduce our Ecological Footprint and
raise money from the amount of paper recycled.
Why Recycle Paper?
• Paper and paperboard products
make up the largest part of the
trash deposed of in the United
States. Paper and paperboard
products account for about 77
million tons (or 31 %) of all
trash in the municipal wastes.
The US does recycle more than
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half of the paper that Americans
use (USEPA, 2009).
Reduces energy and water consumption.
Reduces greenhouse gas emissions that can contribute to climate change.
Conserves natural resources
Decreases the need for disposal (i.e., landfill or incineration
which decreases the amount of
CO2 produced).
When trees are harvested for paper making, carbon is released,
generally in the form of carbon
dioxide. When the rate of carbon absorption exceeds the rate
of release, carbon is said to be
"sequestered." This carbon sequestration reduces greenhouse
gas concentrations by removing
carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
How is it going to work?
• The Oklahoma Recycling Asso-
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ciation is offering free 22 gallon
bins for recycling programs.
Paper Retriever has agreed to
place the paper dumpsters and
collect the paper.
The Pawnee Nation and surrounding community place paper wastes in dumpsters or recycle bins.
Pawnee Nation’s Property and
Maintenance has agreed transport paper within the tribal complex to the dumpsters.
What would we recycle in our
paper recycle bins?
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Office Papers
• Catalogs
Benefits
• Fund Raiser- 0 to 4 tons $5.00;
4 to 8 tons $15.00; over 8 tons
$20.00, for each collection.
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Preserve our natural resources
for future generations.
Recycling would benefit the
community and educate our
children to take care of our environment.
This is a great opportunity for the
Pawnee Nation, City of Pawnee
and surrounding community to take
pride in knowing they are a vital
part of start and success of the paper recycling program. This is the
beginning of a recycling program
that the Pawnee Nation will expand
to other areas in the future. Furthermore, the Pawnee Nation is striving to become self sustainable and
preserve our natural resources for
future generations. So save your paper and place in recycle bins!
*After you read this paper, place in
recycle bin*
Skedee Bridge project update
but was delayed by the unusual winter weather conditions.
By Jim McCormick, Transportation
After two months of weather delays,
there is some sign that the construction work is beginning to get underway on the Pawnee Nation – Skedee
Bridge project.
This project is being funded by the
Pawnee Nation – through an allocation from the FHWA/ARRA Bridge
Fund program. The Contract was
awarded to Plains Bridge/Treas
Const. in December 2009, and was
scheduled to begin in early January,
We are now beginning to see some
progress in the first stage of Earthwork, which the pictures will show
dirt and broken rock removal and
placement into the East Fill area.
The Bridge is being constructed
without detouring existing traffic, which would have been a real
hardship for those living in the
Skedee—Blackburn area. The road
will not be closed to through traffic;
however there may be some need
for patients while trucks and equipment may be turning, and slowing
travel from time to time.
With continued progress on the Dirt
Work, the actual Bridge work will
soon begin, with final completion
expected by late summer. Upon
completion, the new Roadway and
Bridge will allow travel through the
area without load or width restrictions over the Bridge, while the new
Roadway alignment will be back on
the original Right of Way , without
a curve to enter and exit the Bridge,
as the existing alignment requires.
This will allow much safer travel
between the two communities, for
school and mail routes, as well as
ALL public travel.
The Pawnee County Dist. 2 Commissioner, Dale Vance was responsible for completion of the first stage
of work which was the Clearing and
Grubbing of exist timber and debris
to enable the dirt work to begin as
scheduled
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Lightning victim joins rescuers
Lance Wishkeno, is a
firefighter and EMT. For
nine years, Lance Wishkeno has worked at the
Potawatomi Band Fire
Department and was a
medic in the U.S. Army
for eight years before
that.
The other reason is her
run-in with lightning
in 2008. After a spring
Falicity Wishkeno is an Explorer Scout with Shaw- thunderstorm, she was
nee County Fire District No. 4. When she finishes showering when the
high school, she wants to become a volunteer fire- house was struck by
fighter with Fire District No. 4, which covers Do- a lightning bolt, causver, Willard and the Valenciacommunity. In 2008,
Wishkeno was struck by lightning while in the ing her to have trouble
shower, and she said the experience motivated her breathing and sufferto become a firefighter.
ing pain throughout her
body. In minutes, first
responders from No. 4
By Steve Fry,
station
were
aiding her.
Topeka Capital-Journal
Other than her family, the first people Falicity Wishkeno, then 15, saw
after a bolt of lightning jolted her
on May 10, 2008, were firefighters
from the station about a mile from
her Valencia home.
Wishkeno said the lightning bolt
struck a tree, traveled through its
roots, entered the house through the
plumbing, shot into the bathroom
where she was standing in a metal
tub and jolted her.
As an Explorer Scout, Wishkeno,
now 17, is one of them.
"Ever since the lightning incident,
it's just motivated me more to be
one," Wishkeno said.
When she turns 18 in June, she
wants to become a volunteer firefighter at Shawnee County Fire District No. 4, which covers the areas
of Dover, Willard and the Valencia
community.
Falicity joined the fire Explorers
Post for two reasons. She wants to
be a firefighter because her father,
Other than apprehension about
nighttime thunderstorms, Wishkeno
has recovered from the lightning
strike.
She joined the Explorer Post in August 2009. Explorer posts are attached to agencies, including fire
and police departments. Explorers,
who are 15 to 20 years old, learn career skills.
to extricate someone from a vehicle
and retrieving medical gear.
"The hope is that once they get the
bug and get older, they'll be able to
respond to calls and just roll into being volunteers," said Bill Ossmann,
fire chief of Shawnee County Fire
District No. 4. "It's revitalizing to
have young people around."
But when it comes to fire calls and
medical emergencies, Wishkeno
and the other Explorers have limits,
Kilian said.
"I'm closer with everyone now,"
Wishkeno said of the firefighters.
"We joke around about (the lightning incident) now. We're closer
now than we were before the incident."
Kilian said Explorers can't enter a
burning building, drive a fire truck
or treat a patient.
Wishkeno is enthusiastic, is a fastlearner, asks questions and doesn't
forget, anticipates what is coming
and gets ready, and isn't afraid of
anything, Kilian said.
So far, each time she has been on an
emergency call, the victim has fallen or suffered a medical attack, or
it has been a false fire alarm, Wishkeno said.
In February, firefighters and other
Explorers voted to present her with
the Explorer of the Year Award.
"I like to go on the fire and medical
calls," she said. "I like helping people and making sure they are OK."
She wants to make the fire service
her career, either as an emergency
medical technician or a firefighter.
Wishkeno, a senior at Rossville
High School, plans to attend Haskell
Indian Nations University in Lawrence to complete some academic
requirements, then go to Highland
Community College to complete
courses to teach her medical training.
Wishkeno and other Explorers do
the same training as the regular
firefighters, such as extricating an
injured motorist from a car, placing
someone on a "spine board" to keep
them immobilized, taking the pulse
and blood pressure of a patient, and
instructing the patient to move a finger to test the extent of injury.
Deputy Chief Bill Kilian said the
Explorers provide a lot of support,
including getting gear off the fire
truck, helping firefighters put on the
air packs, laying out the hoses, laying out the tools firefighters will use
"Everybody in general could see her
potential," Kilian said.
"The fact she wants to be a firefighter says a lot right there," Kilian said.
Falicity is the daughter of Lance
Keesis Wishkeno and Autumn
Dawn Wishkeno. Her descendant's
are Robert P. Rice great grandfather
and Grandfather Dennis Rice.
VENDOR FOOD SALES INFORMATION EDUCATION & TRAINING MOVES DOWNTOWN
Individuals that sale food on
the Pawnee Nation tribal reserve are exempt from the daily sales permit fee if they sale
less than three times per week.
A yearly permit for food sales
is required for sales over this
amount. Any food vendors
that sale need to notify the Tax
office prior to the sales at the
Tax office located in building
one at 490 Agency Road. Notify Lyle E. Fields, Tax Manager in person or at his office
at 918-762-3624 or cell phone
918-399-3312 the day of the
sale.
The Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma’s
Education and Training department
has moved their offices from the Roam
Chief Building on the Tribal reserve, to
the former Berry Building in Downtown
Pawnee located at 657 Harrison Street
(formerly Piggly Wiggly’s).
If any questions, please contact
the tax manager.
The former Berry Building is being converted into a Cultural Learning Center.
The Roam Chief building is being remodeled into an event center, while retaining and expanding the existing food
distribution facility.
To reach the Education & Training Department by phone, please call (918)
762-3227.
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NARF Development
Director
Receives “Forty Under 40” Award
Native American Rights Fund
(NARF) Development Director
Carly Hare was honored by the
Boulder County Business Report’s “Forty Under 40.” This
award recognizes young entrepreneurs at local clean-energy
companies to up-and-coming
leaders in the nonprofit sector,
from banking executives to real
estate professionals. These individuals are the rising stars of the
Boulder Valley.
Carly represents a new generation
of leadership. She has already
demonstrated her ability to organize numerous projects while she
was the program director for the
Community Foundation and the
driving force behind the foundation’s Expanding Leadership Initiative, with a mission of increasing the representation of people
of color on the boards and the
staff of nonprofit organizations.
Now in her new role at the Native American Rights Fund, she
has the potential to impact the
national scene as well.
Carly serves on the board of Native Americans in Philanthropy,
the Chinook Fund and the Denver
Foundation's Inclusiveness Project. She has also been a mentor in
the "I Have a Dream" program,
and helped establish N-Vision,
an organization for young Native
American professionals.
Carly, a member of the Riding In
family, is enrolled Pawnee and
is also of Yankton descent. She
is a 1997 graduate of Pawnee
High School and a graduate of
Mesa State College, Grand Junction CO. She also worked for
the Council of Energy Resource
Tribes in Denver.
CONGRATULATIONS
CARLY!
POLICE DEPARTMENT Receives RELAY FOR LIFE
10th Annual Relay for Life event for
Pawnee County’s Relay will be 12 hours
NEW VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT The
Pawnee County will be held this year at
in length beginning June 18th at 7 pm
the Pawnee Memorial Field on June 18,
2010. Relay for Life is the American
Cancer Society’s signature fund-raising
activity. The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based
voluntary health organization dedicated
to eliminating cancer as a major health
problem by preventing cancer, saving
lives and diminishing suffering from
cancer through research, education, advocacy and service.
By David Kanuho, Police Chief
In August 2009, the Pawnee Nation
Police Department was awarded a
two year COPS Tribal Resources
Grant for purchasing equipment addressing the departments’ most serious law enforcement needs. Funding
provided for the purchasing of three
new 2010 Chevrolet Tahoes, in-car
camera systems, laptop computers
and new portable police radios.
The patrol units endure several miles
during routine patrol routes and this
is a lot of wear and tear on these
vehicles requiring constant maintenance. These new vehicles were
equipped with new radios and emergency lighting equipment and were
put into service during the second
week of March 2010.
*Note from the Editor- The patrol
car striping was designed by David
Kanuho, which he drew by hand. “I
wanted something contemporary,
plus something that reflected our
tribal heritage,” said Chief Kanuho.
The design was entered in a national
contest, though it did not win, it still
placed.
This unique event offers the Pawnee
community an opportunity to participate
in the fight against cancer and also allows
the opportunity to celebrate the lives of
those who are fortunate to be with us today, and to remember and give honor to
those we have lost to cancer.
Relay for Life started in 1985, when Dr.
Gordy Klatt, a colorectal surgeon in Tacoma, Washington, circled a track for 24
hours to raise money for the American
Cancer Society. The program has grown
from one man’s passion into the world’s
largest non-profit fund-raising special
event and community movement to end
cancer, with one in every 100 Americans
participating.
and ending June 19th at 7am. Teams of
8-15 people will camp out and take turns
walking, jogging, or running around the
track. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event.
The Pawnee Nation Fitness Center is
sponsoring a group of fitness center members, and their team name is “Fitness Nation”. The group consists of Pawnee Nation, TDC, and IHS employees as well as
community members. Barbara Attocknie
is the Team Captain for the group. Team
“Fitness Nation” will be holding fundraising events to raise money so keep
your eyes and ears for upcoming events.
Also, if anybody would like to donate
money or buy a luminaria, please contact
Barbara at (918) 762-2153.
Relay for Life teams share a common
purpose, and that is supporting the American Cancer Society’s hope that those
lost to cancer will never be forgotten,
that those who face cancer will be supported, and that one day, cancer will be
eliminated.
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Health & Wellness
IT’S ALLERGY SEASON, AGAIN!
This time of the year everyone is
enjoying the nice weather, cool
breeze, and just being outdoors.
While some may not be affected
by the change in weather, there are
those that end up dealing with, you
guessed it…….ALLERGIES.
As if itchy-watery eyes, a runny nose, and a sore throat aren’t
enough, some have additional challenges. Some individuals deal with
the challenge of having diabetes or
its complications such as cardiovascular disease or high blood pressure.
These issues can lead to a major
concern when it comes to choosing
an over-the-counter medicine.
People with diabetes have to be
careful when choosing over-thecounter medications for cold/ allergies symptoms. Because there is
a wide variety to choose from, the
most important information diabetics must look for is the active and
inactive ingredients on the labels.
Although the inactive ingredients
hold no medical value, the active
ingredients do. They are the actual
drugs that treat the symptoms.
Over-the-counter liquid antihistamines and decongestants can affect
an individual’s blood sugar levels.
A decongestant, in particular, that
may affect diabetics is nasal sprays.
They focus on drying out secretions
in the nasal passages, but it is possible that nasal sprays could decrease
the full effect of insulin or other
diabetic medications. Not all antihistamines have a direct impact on
diabetes; it can take a combination
of ingredients to cause a change in
blood sugar and should be used
with caution. The pill form of antihistamines and decongestants don’t
generally contain enough sugar to
impair an individual, but it is important to always check the labels
before purchasing medications.
Also, people with diabetes need to
make sure that sugar and/or alcohol
are not 1 of the top 3 ingredients.
There are many cold/allergy medicines that contain alcohol, which
can be toxic to one’s liver and kidneys. Diabetics, who have kidney
complications, should check with
their doctors before taking these
medications.
When buying over-the-counter
medications, a pharmacist should
be available in stores if you have
any questions and/or concerns.
They can also recommend a sugarfree product. Be sure to self-monitor
your blood sugar levels and consult
your doctor of any changes.
(American Academy of Family Physicians)
NEWS FROM THE CHR’S
By Tiffany Frietze, CHR Director
In regards to assistance, we are not
accepting any more Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) applications at this time. We have depleted
our funds and will not be receiving
new monies until October or November 2010. On the other hand,
we are still accepting Low Income
Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP) applications. LIHEAP
provides assistance to low-income
Native American households in
meeting their immediate home energy needs. LIHEAP monies can be
used to pay for electricity, gas, or
propane bills. The maximum amount
of assistance is $100.00 in a calendar
year.
Clients must reside in Pawnee County, but do not have to be a member
of the Pawnee Nation. LIHEAP applications can be mailed, faxed, or
picked up at the CHR/EMS/HE office during regular office hours,
8:00am to 5:00pm., Monday through
Friday.
The CHR/EMS/HE Office will be
moving from the Roamchief Build-
Violence Against Women
Prevention & Resource Program
By Connie Brazee, Violence Against
Women Program Advocate
The Family and Community Services Division of Pawnee Nation
are very excited about the new Violence Against Women Prevention &
Resource Program. The program is
off to a running start, with two community awareness events already on
their agenda. Plans are being made
for some special events during April,
as we participate in National Sexual
Assault Awareness Month. Friday,
March 26th, the program will sponsor a booth at the Pawnee Community Middle and High School Health
Fair. In support of this new program, Stillwater Domestic Violence
Services will be sending a guest
speaker to the Health Fair to talk
about Dating Violence.
Stillwater Domestic Violence Services will also provide intensive
services to Pawnee residents who
have experienced Domestic or Dating Violence, or Sexual Assault. The
Pawnee Nation Violence Against
Women Program will provide transportation for these services; and Kim
Bear, of the Stillwater Wal-Mart, on
Perkins Road generously arranged
for donated infant and toddler car
seats, to assist our efforts to safely
transport program participants and
their children.
Domestic Violence Services of
North central Oklahoma have also
agreed to serve the needs of our
program participants. Through a
cooperative effort with these and
other agencies, we will be able to
offer comprehensive services, such
ing to the Old Indian Health Service
(IHS) Clinic. Moving dates are tentative, but we should be in our new
offices by May 2010. In addition, we
will be having limited transportation
as well as minimal office coverage
from April 19-April 30, 2010 as the
CHR Generalists will be attending
training. The CHR/EMS/HE Of-
as Safety Sheltering, Sexual Assault
Response, Individual and Group
Counseling, Legal Assistance and
Batterer’s Intervention Services.
The program’s Advocate is trained
in Crisis Intervention and Safety
Planning for those who have experienced dating or domestic violence, as
well as sexual assault. Program staff
has met with the Tribal and Pawnee
Police and Sheriff departments to
discuss plans for a coordinated response to these issues. Professional
training has been scheduled for area
Law Enforcement to ensure that
their level of awareness about these
complicated issues stays current and
relative to the needs of our community.
Pawnee Nation Violence Against
Women Prevention and Resource
Program is now taking applications
for anyone who might be interested
in becoming a Volunteer Advocate.
The program is offering professional training for those who are considering joining the effort to assist victims. The training is free and is also
available to any area professional
who deals with this issue, in their
service to the general public. The
training is scheduled for April 30th,
from 2:00-4:30 PM. Although the
training is free, if you wish to attend,
you must register with the Program
Advocate, no later than April 23rd.
For more information on the training, or on how to become a Volunteer Advocate, call Connie or Christi, during regular business hours, at:
918-762-3621.
fice will continue to keep everybody
posted on any changes that may occur in our department.
Planning for the annual health fair
will starting soon! Save the date as
it is scheduled for Thursday, July 1,
2010. There will be a fun run/walk,
health screenings, health information, prizes, and food.
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Health & Wellness
The Reality of Meth Addiction TITLE VI SENIOR PROGRAM
By Barbara Attocknie, Substance Abuse
Program Coordinator
This was written by a young Indian
girl while she was in jail for drug
charges, and was addicted to meth.
As you will soon read, she fully
grasped the horrors of the drug, as
she tells in this simple, yet profound
poem. She was released from jail,
but, true to her story, the drug owned
her. They found her not long after,
with the needle still in her arm.
Please keep praying for our Native
People to understand. This thing is
worse than any of us realize...
My Name: "Is Meth"
I destroy homes, I tear families apart,
take your children, and that's just the
start.
I'm more costly than diamonds, more
precious than gold,
The sorrow I bring is a sight to
behold.
If you need me, remember I'm easily
found,
I live all aroundyou - in schools and
in town
I live with the rich, I live with the
poor,
I live down the street, and maybe
next door.
I'm made in a lab, but not you think,
I can be made under the kitchen sink.
In your child's closet, and even in the
woods,
If this scares you to death, well it
certainly should.
I have many names, but there's one
you know best,
I'm sure you've heard of me, my
name is crystal meth.
My power is awesome, try me you'll
see,
But if you do, you may never break
free.
Just try me once and I might let you
go,
But try me twicce, and I'll own your
soul.
You do what you have to--just to get
high.
The crimes you'll commit for my
narcotic charms
Will be worth the pleasure you'll feel
in your arms.
You'll lie to your mother, you'll steal
from your dad,
When you ssee their tears, you
should feel sad.
But you'll forget your morals and
how you were raised,
I'll be your conscience, I'll teach you
my ways.
I take kids from parents, and parents
from kids,
I turn people from god, and separate
friends.
I'll take everthing from you, your
looks and your pride,
I'll be with you always--right by your
side.
You'll take and take, till you have
nothing more to give,
When I'm finished with you, you'll be
lucky to live.
If you try me be warned-this is no
game,
If given the chance, I'll drive you
insane.
I'll ravish your body, I'll control your
mind,
I'll own you completely, your soul
will be mine.
The sweats, the shakes, the visions
you'll see,
I want you to know, these are all gifts
from me.
But then it's too late, and you'll know
in your heart,
That you are mine, and we shall not
part.
You'll regret that you tried me, they
always do,
But you came to me, not I to you.
You knew this would happen, many
times you were told,
But you challenged my power, and
chose to be bold.
You could have said no, and just
walked away,
If you could live that day over, now
what would you say?
I'll be your master, you will be my
slave,
I'll even go with you, when you go to
your grave.
Now that you have met me, what will
you do?
Will you try me or not? It's all up to
you.
I can bring you more misery than
words can tell. Come take my hand,
Let me lead you to hell. If you care
enough, please forward this
profound poem and share the deadly
outcome of this drug that is
killing our Native People.
Author Unknown
To all my community people we need
your help to keep this drug out of our
community.
"If You know of any drug activity going on in our community
Please call the Anonymous tip line at
1-877-318-8488
Soon it will be that time of the season again for the weather to change
and as an Elder and/or Caregiver;
its never to late to be prepared for
those unexpected emergencies that
disrupt our normal living. Just in
case an emergency happens; here
are a few steps and pointers that will
help you, your family and caregiver
get prepared.
Step 1: Know the Basics.
Try to get to know more about the
community you live in and what
risks does the community face; do
things like turning off your electricity when not in use or know how to
turn off your gas or electricity when
an emergency strikes. Get to know
your neighbors.
Questions you might want to ask
yourself or a service provider:
-What is the recommended evacuation route from where you live?
-If you don’t drive, what are your
transportation options?
-Where is the nearest emergency
shelter?
-Where are the shut-off valves for
your household utilities (gas, electricity, water)?
-Do you know how to use them?
-If the valves take a special tool, is it
kept nearby and ready to use?
-Do you have someone designated
as an out-of-area emergency contact
just in case the phone lines are down
and there is no service through your
cell phone.
Step 2: Have your emergency
supplies ready.
Somewhere in the home an emergency checklist should be posted
that includes items that you will
need to survive in your home, just
in case an emergency happens and
you are waiting for help to arrive. A
personal evacuation bag should be
partially packed and ready to go as
well.
Surviving at home supplies (when
you’re waiting on help):
-Water (enough to last 3 to 6 days,
recommended quantity: one gallon
per person per day.)
-Food (enough to last 3 to 6 days,
that won’t spoil and don’t require
cooking.
-Flashlight
-Portable radio
-Spare Batteries
-First Aid kit
-Hand operated can opener
-waterproof matches
-Medications (3 to 6 day supply of
your prescription medications with
an up to date list on hand.
-Emergency contact list
-cash or traveler’s checks
-Cell phone (if available)
Evacuation bag supplies:
-Basic personal hygiene items (toilet paper, alcohol wipes, gel hand
sanitizer)
-Extra pair of prescription glasses
(if needed)
-Compact rain slicker
-Change of clothing
-Blanket or sleeping bag
-Good pair of walking shoes
-Bottle or two of water, breakfast
bars, and some hard candy
-Medication list and emergency
contact list.
-Car-keep your gas tank at least half
or even three-quarters full
-If you own a pet, make sure to include pet food for them as well.
Step 3: Make a personal plan.
For many elders, they have special needs relating to medications,
medical equipment, mobility, and
support services and making a personal emergency readiness plan increases the likelihood that essential
needs will still be met, even during
an emergency. Here are a few things
to keep in mind while planning for
your personal needs:
-Limited mobility or disabled? Register with your local fire department
or office of Emergency services for
special assistance. If you use an
electrical wheelchair or scooter, its
best to keep your old model around
for emergency situations.
-Receiving home health care services at home? Ask your home health
provider about emergency procedures.
-If you depend on electrical power
for dialysis or infusion you might
want to know your options for temporary emergency power or discuss
having a back-up drip system for
infusions.
In making sure that you’re safe, it
is worth the effort in being prepared
for an emergency.
If you would like more information and assistance in preparing for
an emergency a complete checklist
and references are available at the
Title VI Senior Nutritional Meals &
Caregiver Services Program. Our
office ours are Monday through Friday; 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Contact
information is (918) 762-4042.
Community Highlights
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Chaticks si Chaticks -April 2010-
Congratulations to Jacey Joy-Mae Crawford
She was selected as the Pre-K Student of the Month for The character trait
"Initiative" at Sunnybrook Christian School in Stillwater, OK. Jacey is the
granddaughter of tribal members Patricia Mae Hawkins and Lorenzo Beard
Sr., and the great granddaughter of Darlene Joy Carson Hawkins and Mable
Leadingfox Beard. Jacey loves to draw, color, watch Princess movies, and
play t-ball. Her favorite thing about school is P.E. Her favorite colors are Red,
Blue, Pink, and OSU-Orange! She wants to be a Princess when she grows up
and to live Happily Ever After!
Jacey is the grand daughter of tribal members Patricia Mae Hawkins and
Lorenzo Beard Sr., and the great grand daughter of Darlene Joy Carson
Hawkins and Mable Leadingfox Beard.
We are so proud of you princess!
Love, Mommy, Daddy, and Lucas
Happy 4th Birthday
Happy 2nd Birthday
Happy 6th Birthday
Ericka Jai
Westy
Quannah
Love Mom, Dad, Rena,
Love Mama, Grandma
Love Mom, Dad,
& Family
Nipawset & Grandma
X & Baby Jarvis
Chaticks si Chaticks -April 2010-
Food Distribution
By Florissa Kanuho, Food
Distribution Supervisor
The Food Distribution Program
staff will be attending our National Conference in Las Vegas,
during the week of April 26
through April 30.
Due to the construction work
that is being done at the Roam
Chief Building expansion project, the program will be closed
during that week.
The last day to pick up your
commodities for April, will be
Friday, April 23. We are sorry
for any inconvenience this may
cause
If you have any questions, or
concerns, you can call the Food
Distribution Program at 918762-2541, ext. 21 or 26.
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News from the Office of Human Resources
The Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
would like to welcome and/or
congratulate the following staff
members on their recent hires,
transfers, or promotions:
Barbara Attocknie has been
promoted from the position of
Acting Substance Abuse Program
Coordinator to the position
of Substance Abuse Program
Coordinator. Ms. Attocknie began
her new position on February 8,
2010.
Constance “Connie” Brazee has
been selected for the position of
Program Advocate for the Violence
Against Women Program. Ms.
Brazee began her new position on
February 8, 2010.
Shelby Exum has been selected for
the position of Human Resources
Specialist for the Office of Human
Resources. Mrs. Exum began her
new position on March 8, 2010.
Marilyn Feathers has been selected
for the position of Childcare Program
Congratulation 2010
Graduates! Graduation
is coming nervously
fast, and we would
like to celebrate your
great accomplishment.
Send in your senior
announcements and
a picture, so we can
highlight this achievement
in the Chaticks si Chaticks.
Mail: Pawnee Nation
Communications
P.O. Box 470
Pawnee, OK 74058
E-mail:
aworley@pawneenation.org
Coordinator for the Pawnee Nation
Learning Center. Ms. Feathers
began her new position on March 1,
2010.
Genna Gaskey has been selected
for the position of Healthy Nations
Assistant/Fitness Specialist for
the Healthy Nations Project. Ms.
Gaskey began her new position on
February 8, 2010.
Ron James has been promoted from
the position of Infant thru Pre-K
Assistant Teacher to the position
of Infant thru Pre-K Lead Teacher
for the Pa<ee Pakoo<oo Center. Mr.
James began his new position on
March 8, 2010.
Suzanne Kanuho has been selected
for the position of Court Clerk to the
Pawnee Nation Tribal Court. Mrs.
Kanuho began her new position on
March 8, 2010.
Bernice “Bo” Lewis has been
selected for the position of Division
Director for the Division of Finance.
Ms. Lewis began her new position
on January 4, 2010.
Jim McCormick has been selected
for the position of Transportation
Project Manager for the Division
of Natural Resources & Safety. Mr.
McCormick began his new position
on January 25, 2010.
Tammy Tubbs has been selected
for the position of Infant thru Pre-K
Assistant Teacher for the Pawnee
Nation Learning Center. Mrs. Tubbs
began her new position on March 8,
2010.
Crystal Underwood has been
promoted from the position of
Diabetes Assistant to the position
of Diabetes Program Coordinator.
Mrs. Underwood began her new
position on March 8, 2010.
Gerald
Woommavovah
has
been selected for the position of
Emergency Services Coordinator for
the Division of Natural Resources
& Safety. Mr. Woommavovah
began his new position on January
25, 2010.
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Chaticks si Chaticks -April 2010-
The Skeletons In My Closet
By, Theda GoodFox Kresge
Alcoholics! I love 'em. I married
three of them. The fourth, well he
was something else . . .
So how did a little old Pawnee woman end up with almost as many marriages as Elizabeth Taylor?
I could not have told you years ago
why I ended up in marriages where
alcohol was a partner. Today I will
tell you how come I married “alkies”.
This is my story, what I witnessed,
experienced and learned about alcoholics and alcoholism.
My grandmother's words, “Oh, he
sure could drink”, were shocking.
She was talking about my beloved
grandfather who suffered an untimely death from a ruptured gallbladder. I loved her stories about our
tribe or deceased family members.
Her words floated in the air, “I sure
hated it when he was drinking. When
we were going in the wagon, we had
to stop many times because he would
climb down and throw up by the side
of the wagon. It was hard digesting
her words.
Her last statement had a sense of
pride, “When prohibition came,
Grandpa stopped drinking. He never
drank anymore and he wouldn't let
anyone drink or smoke at home.”
The 18th Amendment prohibiting
the sale of alcoholic beverages took
effect in 1920 but was repealed in
1933.
My mother and I lived with her parents following my father's sudden
death in 1934, I was two. My grandparents became my surrogate parents
with their strength, nurturing and
love.
My grandfather's strictness against
alcohol or smoking in his household
was followed by all with one exception. My uncles, who lived there
loved teasing, joking and laughing.
They never flaunted Grandpa's rule.
One uncle laughingly told of a young
tribal woman asking him about a
wedding date, asking her if he was
drinking when he proposed, she replied “yes”. He told her to forget it.
Tribal elders had a phrase best describing my mother's behavior at the
time, she was “running around”. My
mother was the exception, with her
alcohol abuse.
She once stumbled into the house under the influence. My grandfather's
anger was terrifying. The chaotic
sounds of screams and yells were
frightful for he hit her.
Major changes followed Grandpa's
sudden death in the late 1930s. My
mother was remarried; having a second family. She put me in the government boarding school where I
spent seven years.
I, then, attended the public highschool. I never asked girlfriends
to stay overnight. Once I did ask a
cousin, perhaps sensing she would
not pass judgment on any abnormality. When we walked into the kitchen, any happiness I felt about having
company was swamped with horror
and shame. My mother sat soused.
She didn't drink constantly, but when
she did it was not good. There was
no predictability about it. Grandpa's
abstinence law was long gone.
My cousin quietly said, “I know Theda, sometimes my parents do too.”
My mother wanted to be driven to
the country store four miles from
our farmhouse to buy beer. The car
stalled and she had us push as she
tried starting it. We ended in the
pasture. She finally gave up, falling
asleep.
When I came home the next day, my
mother asked what the car was doing in the pasture. Hearing what had
happened, she said, “I don't even remember.”
A blackout. She remembered nothing. I never told anyone about my
mother's blackout.
Viewing my relationship with my
late mother; she was like Schopenhauer's porcupine. Any effort to get
close to her resulted in getting a
prick from her needles. No matter
how I tried to reach her and I tried
many times, I was driven off by her
prickly disposition. I got along best
with her by keeping at a distance.
I left home at 16 beginning college,
marrying at 18 in my Junior year of
college. A rocky relationship, it was
cut short with my husband's tragic
death when he was killed by a speeding driver.
It was then I began my roller coaster
rides with the “familiar alkies”. You
may wonder how a woman reputedly in her right mind would saddle
herself with husbands who
were
alcoholics. This story best describes;
“A man walking in the woods came
upon a poisonous snake, frozen stiff.
Knowing it was poisonous, he felt
sorry for the frozen thing taking it
home. Placing it before the fireplace
to thaw and knowing it would be
hungry, he warmed a bowl of milk.
As he put the bowl down, the snake
uncoiled biting him. As the man was
dying, he cried out, “Why did you
bite me? I found you frozen and pitiful and brought you home to thaw. I
warmed milk so you could eat. Why
bite me?” As the man was fading
into death, he heard the snake, “Stop
whining. You knew I was a poisonous snake when you picked me up
and brought me to your house. What
did you expect me to do, kiss you?”
My second husband “Bailey” was
like whipped créme piled atop a
cup of hot chocolate, sweet, light,
airy and frothy. There was nothing
healthy about our relationship; it
ended.
The third husband was like coffee
without cream or sugar, acid and
bitter. He had as much baggage as
I did. Two “sickies” do not make a
“wellie”.
I vowed “never again” after my
second divorce. Three marriages
are nothing to be proud about. My
thought has been, “I must have been
insane; doing the same thing over
and over and expecting the fairy tale
ending, the one where “they lived
happily ever after”.
One day at work, I was an official
in a state mental health department,
it was like an invisible wall around
me was falling apart. I needed help.
Making a phone call, I scheduled an
appointment.
An
assessment
was
done.
Diagnosis:“Co-Dependence”. Options were presented, I chose outpatient.
Treatment was grinding and gritty in
the month-long program. I attended each evening after work. Being
honest with my self was one of the
hardest things I've ever faced. There
were many secrets, incidents about
growing up. Like outdated newspapers and magazines, they were
crammed and stuffed into my closet
of memories. I had to begin clearing
and cleaning out the closet; making
changes if I wanted to heal.
One lesson learned in childhood was
alcohol brought fun, laughter and
permissiveness intertwined with violence. Grandma was never at home
when the adults began their drinking. We “kids” knew it was “freedom
time” and fun as long as we stayed
out of their way. Then it started.
Loud voices and harsh words, chairs
scraping the wooden kitchen floor,
hastily pushed aside or knocked
over. Ominous threats. Shouts. A
fight was brewing. Tears and pleading, the situation eased. Soon all
huddled together, drinking, talking
and laughing again.
We kids never talked about it. Our silent looks with each other as we stay
hidden outside or in another room
said it all. Our bond was fearing
them, wanting their love; yet hating
them and their alcohol abuse.
One after-effect remained with me.
Sudden sounds of a chair scraping or being dragged across a floor
brought a swift reaction, my insides
tightened like a spring coil with old
hidden fears swiftly opening, but
quickly zipped shut.
In treatment, we heard, “Treatment is
only 10% of recovery; the other 90%
is after discharge – and takes time.”
In support meetings afterward, sometimes I was the only Indian woman –
it didn't matter, we were all hurting
individuals wanting to get “well”.
I never wanted to be like my mother;
whether she was an alcoholic is problematic but when she drank what it
did to her and those in the family cir-
Chaticks si Chaticks -April 2010-
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Skeletons In My Closet Cont. PBC Vice-President Lone Chief’s
cle was devastating. What I had been
doing wasn't much different.
Instead of picking up a bottle, I
picked up mates and dumped them
when the “feel goods” weren't there
anymore.
One day, I realized the fear I had
harbored for years was gone; a
chair scraping on the floor no longer
meant anything; the fear never returned. In a support meeting, writing a letter to God came up. Those
who knew shook their heads knowingly, “Weren't we told to “ask and
you shall receive”?
I decided to write a God Letter, telling no one;
“Dear God, I would like a man. But
not just any man. I would like a man
who has a sense of humor; is gentle
and kind, will love me, well really
God, I would be happy if he adored
me. And God, no children. Oh yes,
God, sobriety, he must have that.
And please God, I would like him to
be my friend. And God, help me to
be ready. Prepare me as I wait. Thank
you God.
Love, Your child, Theda.
One afternoon, the phone rang; it was
a friend who was on the east coast,
“Theda, I'm calling to ask if you
would be interested in coming out
here to work?”
A 100-bed psychiatric hospital was
being built near the New Jersey
shore. Staff was being hired. Maryn,
unit administrator, was responsible
for the alcohol/drug and dual disorders 40-bed unit.
“Theda, I know your work. I know
you can do it. Are you interested?”
An occasional day-dream was of
working on the east coast; sudden realization, who else was going to call
and ask me?
“Yes, I'm interested”.
After a phone interview with the
CEO, I was hired as clinical coordinator of the unit.
Leasing a condo half-a-block from
the ocean, I remained three years.
Maryn asked me to schedule 12-step
meetings every evening and one on
Sunday. I asked our consultant Bernie for names. Quickly jotting down
two names and phone numbers, she
said,
painting featured on cover of
Indian gaming Magazine
tions, and to not be a 'copy
cat.'" Fuhri had singled out
Lone Chief's work as being
completely original. "I have
tried to keep that thought in
mind, to be unique.
“Either one of these fellows will be
good. I know Jim and Grant. Give
them a call.”
Calling the first number, there was
no answer. On the second, Grant
answered. He listened then, “Why
don't I come out this afternoon,
check out the place and we can talk
more about what you need.”
He did then said he could set up three
meetings immediately and we'd
go from there. Relieved, I asked,
“When?”
Without hesitation, he replied, “This
evening.”
He followed through; we soon had
regular meetings and an outside Saturday night meeting. I began receiving a daily phone call from Grant,
however, my credo was “Never
more”.
One night, hurrying past the group
room where Grant held his Monday
night meeting; his words floated out
the door. If my head could have swiveled in a 90º turn it would have. His
words reverberated, “. . . and today,
I feel comfortable in my own skin.”
I had never heard that phrase before.
The words piqued my interest. I'd
never met any male who could honestly make that claim. One Saturday
evening, six months after arriving
there, I remembered Grant's standing invitation. Driving to the church
where the meeting was held. Grant's
blue eyes sparkled at my arrival. Afterward, we sat over cups of tea, talking.
Grant introduced me to the east coast
and the Atlantic Ocean. He became
my friend. I learned he was a lung
cancer survivor as well as then having nine years of vibrant sobriety.
We married seven years from the
day, October 12, 1992, when Grant
walked into my office.
I believe my God letter was answered.
Charles Lone Chief was born in
1937 on the Pawnee Nation Reservation, the son of Charles and Mae
Lone Chief. After graduating from
Pawnee High School in 1955, he attended Charles Lone Chief the University of Tulsa on a track/crosscountry scholarship, then served in
the U.S. Army. He later attended the
Kansas City Art Institute.
"I have never received a fine arts
degree," he said. "However, the
highlight of my attendance of a fine
arts school was at the Kansas City
Art Institute." A noted Pawnee artist, Brummett EchoHawk, contacted the school to request that Lone
Chief be admitted to the program.
"It was an opportunity of a lifetime." Lone Chief studied several
fine elements and techniques while
at the institute. "Perhaps one of the
most important things I learned was
from a professor named Fuhri," he
recalled. "In his final critique, he
encouraged me to keep expressing my own feelings and percep-
“Lone Chief credits his talent to what several artists
have taught him through the
years.” Ben Konis, a noted
pastel artist I studied with,
fascinated me with his use
of color and the impact that
colors could make if used
wisely," he said. "Mary Ann
Frazier taught me much of
what I know about charcoal
pencil drawing. She was
very demanding, insisting on
extreme concentration and
fine detail." He also credits
"trial and error," which he
called an important part of
the learning process.
"In doing a drawing or painting of
a subject, I try to capture that moment in time, capture the expression
or demeanor," he said. "Strength
of character, happiness, boldness,
gentleness. Hopefully it will spark
an interest in the viewer and invoke
a pleasing response.
“Lone Chief, who currently serves
as Vice President of the Pawnee
Business Council, views his artwork as a hobby, though, and hasn't
pursued it professionally.” I do artwork because I love it, but I like to
do it at my own calling," he said.
"Perhaps if I ever retire from serving the tribe, I will concentrate more
on my artwork."
For more information about Charles
Lone Chief's artwork, call (918)
633-2921 or email skidilonechief@
peoplepc.com.
***Article courtesy of Indian Gaming Magazine.
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Chaticks si Chaticks -February 2010MYRON DUANE “HOBE” ECHO HAWK
September 8, 1931 - January 29, 2010
On January 29, 2010, Hobe, as they say cashed in his chips, kicked the bucket, went the way of the
buffalo, left his earthly home and hit the trail that leads to the happy hunting grounds. He prayed that
he would be with the great spirit and all his family and acquaintances who have made this trip before.
He was an enrolled tribal member of the Kit-Ka-Haki Band of the Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
and a fourth generation Oklahoman and he was a very fortunate man during his stay on earth.
He married, came from a great family, has a great family of his own, made a decent living and
would say “It’s been quite a party!” so he would want you to sing no sad songs for him. He lived a
productive and energetic life pursuing his greatest interests: work, hunting, fishing, and raising his
family. His most cherished and honored position and activities, however, were those as a son, brother,
uncle,father,Uppit, and Great Uppit.
He never sought the spotlight personally or professionally and while he was a man of few words,
they were all important words to those who loved him and worked with him. He was a man who
has many acquaintances, but few true friendships, a man of simple tastes and many appreciations.
He was born the 3rd son of George and Lucille(Shunatona) EchoHawk on September 8th, 1931
at the old Pawnee Indian Hospital in Pawnee, Oklahoma. Because of the Godly influence of his
mother and grandma, he always believed in God. He grew up on the family farm 3 miles west of
Pawnee. He attended his first two years of grade school in Albuquerque, NM and started his 3rd
grade in Pawnee at the grade school “Castle” (present site of the grade school) From the 4th grade to
the 8th grade he attended the one room school of Olive Hill. He rode a horse to school during this
time. He attended 4 years of high school in Pawnee and was a senior in the Class of 1949.
When the Korean ‘police action: started in June 1950, Hobe volunteered for the military service
with the United States Marine Corps, continuing a long tradition of EchoHawk men serving in the
military, including 6 volunteers into active combat and two brothers who were serving in the US
Navy and the US Air Force. After arriving in Kansas City, KS to be sworn into the Marines, he was
sold after his physical that he was five pounds under weight. A Marine Sergeant asked him if he really
wanted to go to war, to which he replied, “Yes.” The sergeant gave him a five dollar bill and told him
to buy five dollar worth of bananas and drink lots of water all night and then report back that next
morning. Hobe ate bananas and drunk lots of water all night and the next morning reported in and
passed the physical, still a pound short, but a Marine. Hobe was 18-years old, weighed 124 ponds and
was in his way to war, smiling all the way.
Hobe graduated from boot camp in San Diego, CA and went to Tent Camp #1, Close Combat at
Campen Tank School in Del Mar, CA. He shipped out for Korea aboard the USNS Gen M.C. Meigs
on August 15, 1951 and arrived in Pusan, Korea on August 31, 1951 as a member of the 12th Marine
Draft. He went into combat with the 1st Marine Division, 1st Tank Battalion as a tank machine
gunner. During his 13 months, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant and tank commander and
was honorably discharged on, December 7, 1953. Hobe was a permanently disabled Purple Heart
veteran due to wounds he received during his combat four of duty.
After his military services, he returned to Pawnee and worked on survey crews with an older brother
in CO, UT, AZ and NM. He then returned to OK and went to work with an oil company that
worked in the states of OK, KS, TX, and CO. Later he went to the West Coast and worked with
engineering firms in CA, OK, WA, and ID. One day he decided to go to school and thought about
college, but since he didn’t graduate from high school, he figured he was too dumb for that. He
started looking for a good trade school that had surveying courses and found one at the Okmulgee
Technical School in Okmulgee, OK. Using the GI Bill, he enrolled in the Engineering Surveying
Aide and Map Drafting program. It was here that he met his future wife, Marie Joyce Tonemah,
a 5’6 graduate of Pawnee High School. Their children are David Duane, Gerri Marie and George
Thomas.
They made their home in Okmulgee until he graduated as a Map Draftsman and Engineering Aide.
He surveyed for the next 26+ years in OK, AR ,MO ,NE ,SD ,KS ,TX ,WY ,MT ,UT ,ID ,CO
,NV ,CA ,OR ,AZ ,WA ,and AK. He was employed with oil companies, engineering firms, Indian
tribes and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He always said that his favorite projects were on the survey
crews that located dam sites on the Columbia River in WA state, a dam site in Hell’s Canyon on the
OR-ID border, a ski lift on Mt. Hood in OR, laying brass caps in Monument Valley on the AZ-UT
border, living in camps in the Four Corner area locating sites for wild cat oil wells and surveying and
constructing new roads on all the Indian reservations in MT and WY.
At the age of 45 and already an Uppit, he started his second career by enrolling as a freshman at the
University of New Mexico. While pursuing this new career, he also attended Fort Lewis and Central
WY Colleges, and he graduated from the University of Wyoming with a Bachelor’s of Social Work.
He received his Master’s of Social Work from the University of Oklahoma. While in school, he was
on the Dean’s Honor Roll and a member of Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Marie, his parents George and Lucille; brothers Alvin, Walters
and Francis and sisters Marilyn and Irma. He is survived by his sister Geogette and son David and
his wife Angela, daughter Gerri Marie and her husband Bob Horn and son George, all of Pawnee.
Also, grandchildren, Derek, Ian, Dylan and Devin EchoHawk and Dustin Eaves; Davi Anne Ferris,
Marie Morning Stat Eppler, Thomasine Eppler and Lori, Shane and Kyle Horn and two greatgrandchildren. He also leaves many nieces and nephews to whom he was a surrogate father and who
will miss him greatly.
While the things he enjoyed night have been considered sins in the eyes of some, and he was poor in
worldly goods, his life was lived in such a way that he was rich in experience and we can honestly say,”
Dad, Brother, Uppit, Uncle, we were blessed to have traveled with you on your journey through life.”
HENRY “Hank” CUMMINGS
October 27, 1916 – March 7, 2010
Henry Ford “Hank” Cummings was born to Harry D. Cummings and Eva N. Duncan
Eaglechief Cummings on October 27, 1916, in Jennings, Oklahoma. He passed away on
Sunday, March 7,2010, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 83 years, 4 months, and 8 days.
He was a member of the Belview Baptist Church of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Hank attended public schools in Pawnee, Prosperity Rural School, Pawnee High School,
Haskell Indian College.
Hank married Martha Ray Cummings in Tulsa, Oklahoma on January 31, 1954.
A United States Navy Veteran, Febuary 2, 1943-November 21, 1945, Hank was the first
Pawnee Indian Naval pilot during World War II and served IN THE American theatre
in 1945, He attended Naval aviation training in Corpus Christi, Texas. He served aboard
the carriers, USS Solomans and USS Commencement Bay.
His subsequent career employed his flyer skills up to the longevity limit allowed as a
licensed pilot. His career included being employed as a test pilot by Piper Aircraft Co.,
on t he Piper PA-25 which when developed revolutionized the agriculture industry in
crop development such as seeding and pest contril throught spraying in a world wide
arena. After completion, the aircraft was named Pawnee Piper in recognition of Hank’s
contributions in its development.
Hank was also owner-operator of Crop Sprayers, Inc., of Tulsa, Oklahoma and serviced
a five state area around Oklahoma. Hank was well known by many farmer and ranchers
in the area who marveled at his flying skills in crop dusting.
Hank is survived by sons Mike and Matt of Tulsa, Oklahoma; daughters Vicki and her
husband Paul Richardville, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Evalee and her husband Terry Rogge, Los
Angeles, California; grandchildren Carmen and Cristi Richardville, Tulsa,Oklahoma, plus
a number of other relatives in the Ray family and the Cummings brothers and sisters
spouses and children.
He was proceded in death by his parents and all his brothers and sisters, Ted Eaglechief,
Raymond Cummings, Adeline Gardipe Matlock, Lowell Cummings, Ester Gentry
Heskett, Hazel Shunatona, Wallace Cummings, and Lloyd Cummings.
Services were held Thursday, March11, in the Pawnee Nation Multi-Purpose building
and burial was at the South Indian Cemetery, Paul Richardville, officiating.
CAROL WILLIAMS-NAJAFIAN
April 3, 1956-Fubuary 4, 2010
Carol Fern Williams-Najafian was born on April 3,1956 in Pawnee, Oklahoma to Fred
Williams and Vivena Pratt Williams. She passed from this life on Thursday, February
4,2010 in Detroit, Michigan having reached the age of 53 years, 10 months, and 1 day.
She married Asghar Najaffian on June 10, 1988 in the Full Gospel Assembly in Fairfax,
Oklahoma, and they moved from Pawnee in January 1995 to live in Detroit Michigan.
She was affiliated with the Detroit Word Outreach and the Pawnee Family Worship
Center. She was faithful despite her sickness and pain, and she was generous in sharing
her faith and blessings. She never knew a stranger.
Carol is survived by her husband, Asghar Najafian, Detroit, Michigan; three brothers,
Floyd Williams, Pawnee, Oklahoma; Micheal Williams, Pawnee, Oklahoma; John
Williams, Wichita, Kansas; four sisters, Launita Stewart, Norman, Oklahoma; Kathleen
Araujo, Pawnee, Oklahoma; Melissa Razavi, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Mary Williams, Tulsa,
Oklahoma; plus one niece, numerous nephews, other relatives, and many friends.
Carol was preceded in death by her parents, Fred Williams and Vivena Pratt Williams;
two brothers, Damiel Williams and Freddie Williams, and her sister, Alberta Battiste.
Services were held Thursday, February 11, 2010 at the Pawnee Nation Multi-Purpose,
Pawnee, Oklahoma. Interment was at the North Indian Cemetery, Pawnee, Oklahoma,
under the direction of Poteet Funeral Home, Pawnee, Oklahoma.
Chaticks si Chaticks -February 2010HENRIETTA IMOGENE PRATT
October 29,1942 - February 01,2010
She was born in Pawnee, on October 29,1942, to Lawrence Goodfox, Sr.,and Flora (Lewis) Goodfox. She was a full blood member of the Pawnee Tribe and attended school in
Lela and Pawnee. She completed her GED in Shawnee and attended Oklahoma Baptist
University.
Henrietta married Duana Pratt in a civil ceremony on July 27,1959. They renewed their
vows on their 40th anniversary and celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2009. They made
their homes in Enid, Shawnee, Kingfisher, and Pawnee, and also lived in Arizona, California and Florida.
She was employed principally as a bookkeeper and program manager. In her latter years,
she worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the Pawnee Agency and with the Pawnee
and Otoe –Missouria tribes.
Her greatest calling was as a pastor’s wife. She was able to impact and touch many lives
through her resourceful Bible teaching and counsel. She faithfully helped her husband
Duana in several churches reaching many different tribes.
She was a member of the Pawnee Indian Baptist Church.
Surviving are her husband, Duana Pratt and three sons, Bruce Pratt, of Big Cypress, FL,
Warren, Jr. and Wesley Pratt of Pawnee and one daughter, Sharon Pratt, also of Pawnee,
plus thirteen grandchildren, Kacie Spears, Tony Pratt-Miller, Elisha Pratt, Ashtin Tiger,
Caleb Tiger, Taylor Pratt, Stepfanie Miller, Christina Pratt, Anna Pratt, Ryanne Pratt,
Evanne Pratt, Cora Pratt and Adam Pratt, and two great grandchildren, Melanie-PrattMiller and Quinnlen Spears.
She is also survived by three sisters, Elvina Wilson of Tulsa, Florence Goodfox and Wanda Kanuho all of Pawnee, plus number of other relatives.
Proceeding her in death were her parents and on brother, Lawrence Goodfox,Jr. and two
sisters, Rena Rice and Betty Garcia and one daughter, Melanie Pratt Miller, and two grandsons, Walter Peters, Jr. and John Ryan Pratt.
Burial was held at the North Indian Cemetery under the direction of the Poteet Funeral
Home.
Services were held Friday, February 5, 2010 at 10:00A.M. At the Pawnee Multi-Purpose
Complex, Pawnee, OK, with the Rev. Ernest Best officiating.
Prentiss “Joe” Rice Sr.
October 4,1951 - March 15, 2010
Prentiss “Joe” Rice Sr., 58 of Topeka, passed away Monday, March 15, 2010 at his home.
Joe was born October 4, 1951 to the late Charles and Freda “Lida” Riding In Rice in
Pawnee Oklahoma. Joe was married to Irene “Renee” Chavez on January 6, 1974. They
had 1 son.
Joe was a member of the Central Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. He was baptized
on December 29, 1974. Joe took seriously the commission that Christ Jesus gave his followers to preach about God’s Kingdom. His faith assisted him to become a faithful husband, a good father, and loving brother.
Survivors include his wife Renee, son Prentiss Jr and wife Manda of Topeka, 3 brothers;
Norman and Ron Rice of Oklahoma, Merle Rice of Nevada, 1 sister; Charlene Horsechief
of Topeka and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his Mother, Father, brothers; Don, Melvin, and Mitchell, and niece, Crystal A Horsechief.
Memorial services were held at the Kingdom Hall, 4230 SW Gage Blvd at 4 pm on March
27, 2010. Flowers may be sent to 4230 SW Gage Blvd after 2 pm on the day of the service.
Memorial contributions may be sent to the Central Congregation, 2701 SE Croco Rd.
Christopher “Chris” Reed Wabaunsee
December 15, 1956 - February 4, 2010
Funeral service for Chris Wabaunsee, 53, of Mescalero will be Wednesday, February 10,
2010, at 10:00 AM in the Mescalero Community Center Gym. Burial will follow at the
Mescalero Cemetery.
Chris passed away Thursday, February 4, 2010, at his home. He was born December 15,
1956 at Mescalero and had lived there all of his life. He was a Big Fan of the “Rolling
Stones”.
He is survived by his sisters, Nettie Frasier, Earldina Botella, Darwina Castillo, Ruby Morgan, and Bernadette Wabaunsee. He was preceded in death by his parents William and
Mary Louise Bayhylle Waunbusee, a brother, Berch Tortilla and a sister, Kateri Wabaunsee.
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Verlas Jean Nelson Champagne
May3, 1928 - March 14, 2010
Verlas was born on May, 3 1928 in Osage County, Oklahoma to John Nelson and Goldie Carrion
Nelson. She passed from this life on Sunday, March 14, 2010 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
having reached the age of 81 years, 10 months, and 11 days. She married Richard Champagne
on December 31,1966 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and he preceded her in death on March 7,
1995. She was a longtime resident of Oklahoma City and was affiliated with the Catholic Church.
She owned and operated her own beauty supply store for 20 years, and loved to garden and
walk. Jean is survived by: her children, Heathe Champagne, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Lana
Tomlin, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Joseph Moore, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, her sisters; Billie
Bickford, Ardmore, Oklahoma, Connie Coburn, Ardmore, Oklahoma, Niece; Pamela Jean Taber,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Plus a number of other relatives, and many friends.
Beside her husband, Richard, she was preceded in death by her parents, John and Golden Nelson;
sister, Twyla Ray; her son, Jim Garrett.
Graveside serviced were held on March 19, 2010 at 2:00p.m. at Highland Cemetery, Pawnee,
Oklahoma with Rev, Jim Wininger officiating, under the direction of Poteet Funeral Home,
Pawnee, Oklahoma.
FREE GED CLASSES
The Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma Education Division has
partnered with the State of Oklahoma to offer GED classes
that are free to the public. Our class meets every Tuesday and
Thursday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome, regardless
of race or age. We have classes averaging from 10 to 15 people
a night. If you are interested or know someone that would like
to attend, please come by the Berry Building and ask for Chris
Hill.
ACT and SAT prep course
The Pawnee Nation Education Division is developing an ACT
and SAT prep course for the Native Youth. We need volunteers
to help with this program. If you are interested in receiving
these services please contact our offices at (918)762-3227; or if
you would like to assist please give us a call.
NOTICE FROM TAX
It is the policy of the Pawnee Nation Tax department to add a
returned check fee of $25.00 on checks that have non-sufficient
funds. Our office will send a written notice for the insufficient funds
checks. Any debt caused by a returned check must be paid by
cashier’s check or generally accepted money order. After 30 days,
the returned check will be referred to the Pawnee Nation Attorney
General for prosecution. If any questions, please contact Lyle E.
Fields, Tax Manager at (918) 762-3624.
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Scholarship Opportunities
Six Flags Friends Scholarships (Deadline: April 30)
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Young Native Writer's
Essay Contest
DoSomething.org has teamed up with Six Flags Friends to award college scholarships to young leaders who are taking action to make their community a better
place. Scholarships will be awarded based on past, current and planned action in the
community as well as the applicant’s passion, commitment and proven leadership
skills. Six winners will receive a $1,500 college scholarships. www.dosomething.
org/grants/sixflags/scholarships
The National Museum of the American Indian (in partnership with the
Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation) is pleased to announce a call
for entries for the annual Young Native Writer’s Essay Contest.
Do Something Battle of the Bands (Deadline: April
16)
This year’s writing prompt is: "Describe a crucial issue confronting
your tribal community today. Explain how you hope to help your
tribal community respond to this
challenge and improve its future."
Five selected essayists, and the
teachers that inspired their par-
March is Music In Our Schools month. DoSomething.org and the VH1 Save The
Music Foundation want YOU to lead the fight to keep music education in schools.
School budgets are being slashed nationwide, and music and arts programs are often
the first to go. Starting March 1st, upload a video showing us your musical talent
and tell us why music education matters to you. 5 Winners will get $1000 for their
school music program, concert tickets, Fender guitars, and Rock Band video games.
DoSomething.org and The VH1 Save the Music Foundation will present top videos
to members of congress, urging them to increase support for music education. Make
sure your video is registered by April 16th for a chance to win! For full contest rules
and to get started visit www.dosomething.org/bands
ING Unsung Heroes (Deadline: April 30)
The ING Unsung Heroes awards program recognizes innovative and progressive
thinking in education through monetary awards. Are you an educator with a class
project that is short on funding but long on potential? Do you know a teacher looking for grant dollars? ING Unsung Heroes® could help you turn great ideas into
reality for students. Each year, 100 educators are selected to receive $2,000 to help
fund their innovative class projects. Three of those are chosen to receive the top
awards of an additional $5,000, $10,000 and $25,000. Eligibility: full-time educators, teachers, principals, paraprofessionals, or classified staff members with effective projects that improve student learning at an accredited K-12 public or private
school. www.ing.com/us/unsungheroes
National Native American Youth Initiative
Scholarship (Deadline: April 16)
High School Students-National Native American Youth Initiative, George
Washington University - Washington, D.C.
The Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP) is now accepting
applications from American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) high school
students ages 16-18 who have an interest in the health field and/or biomedical
research for the 13th Annual Patty Iron Cloud National Native American
Youth Initiative (NNAYI). The George Washington University campus in
Washington, D.C. will be the site for NNAYI from June 19-27, 2010.
Selected high school students will receive a scholarship that covers airfare,
lodging and most meals during the NNAYI program.
Student Application Deadline Date :
April 16, 2010
Student Notification of Selection Results: May 10, 2010
NNAYI’s curriculum is strategically designed to prepare high school students
for admission to college and professional schools, as well as for careers in
health and biomedical research. Feel free to share this information with other
interested parties. For more information and to ccess the on-line applications,
visit the AAIP student website.
ticipation, will win an all-expenses
paid trip to Washington, D.C. in
July 2010 and a $2,500 scholarship.
The deadline is May 10, 2010, so
please share the attached press release with anyone who might be
interested in applying. This writing
competition is a valuable opportunity for Native high school students,
so we hope you help us spread the
good word!
Learn more at: www.nativewriters.
hklaw.com/index.asp
Water Resource
Technician Training
The United States Department
of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office is now accepting applications for candidates for
the Bureau of Indian Affairs Water
Resource Technician Training Program.
This program will start on June
6, through July 2, 2010, at New
Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Selected candidates will be attending four week
of training and may receive a one
year voucher for full-time temporary employment with their tribal
government as an entry level Water
Resources Technician.
The dead line for all these applications is April 23, 2010. Below is information telling you were to send
the applications and who to contact
to get additional information regarding applications and qualifications.
For more information call:
Mo Baloch (202) 208-6042,
Toni Village Center at (202) 2083956, Or (202) 208-4004.
Please Send All Applications to:
Mr. Mo Baloch, BIA,
Br. Of Water Resources,
Mail Stop- 4655, 1849 C St.,
NW, Washington, DC, 20240
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PAWNEE NATION OF OKLAHOMA
ENROLLMENT DEPARTMENT
CHANGE OF ADDRESS AUTHORIZATION
Date: __________
Date of Birth: ________________
Name: _________________________________________
Current Address:
_______________________________________________
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Mail to: P.O. Box 470, Pawnee, OK 74058
PAWNEE NATION COLLEGE
ENROLL FOR FALL CLASSES TODAY
918-762-3343
www.pawneenationcollege.org
“INDIGENIZING HIGHER
EDUCATION”
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