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SAC and FOX NEWS
Nemîshâtênemo êhthâkîwiyâni
Phone: 918-968-3526 • 920963 S. Hwy. 99, Bldg. A • Stroud, OK 74079 • Vol. 44 • No. 9 • September 2022
Abney Sworn-in as Principal Chief Following Wood Resignation
by Mike Brown
Don Abney, who was elected
to a four-year term as Second
Chief of the Sac and Fox Nation
in 2019, was sworn into office
as Principal Chief on July 22,
Angela Gasper Appointed to Serve as Second Chief
2022, following the July 1, 2022
resignation of former Principal
Chief Justin F. Wood.
After being appointed to serve
as Principal Chief by the Sac
and Fox Nation Business Com-
mittee, Chief Abney took the
oath of office in the Sac and Fox
Cultural Center during an installation ceremony conducted by
Sac and Fox District Judge Greg
Bigler.
Judge Bigler also conducted
the installation of Sac and Fox
Nation tribal member Angela
Gasper, who was appointed to
serve as Second Chief by the
Business Committee. She had
been serving as Director of Human Services prior to the appointment. She was narrowly
defeated by Abney for the Second Chief post in 2019.
Chief Abney and Chief Gasper will serve in their new positions until the next Sac and Fox
Nation General Election to be
held in August 2023.
Principal Chief Abney’s wife,
Sharon, and Second Chief Gasper’s husband, Patrick, took part
in the July 22 swearing-in ceremonies.
Haskell Univ. Receives $20 Million
Award for Indigenous Hub Project
Don Abney, center, takes the oath of office to serve as Principal Chief of the Sac and Fox
Nation on July 22, 2022 in the Sac and Fox Cultural Center. Administering the ceremony is
District Judge Gregory H. Bigler, and holding the Holy Bible for her husband is Sharon Abney.
(Photos provided)
Angela Gaper, center, takes the oath of office to serve as Second Chief of the Sac and Fox
Nation on July 22, 2022 in the Sac and Fox Cultural Center. Administering the ceremony is
District Judge Gregory H. Bigler, and holding the Holy Bible for his wife is Patrick Gasper.
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Author to Speak at OCU
Oklahoma City University
will host author David Grann
for a public presentation at 7
p.m. on Sept. 13 titled “Killers
of the Flower Moon: The Arc of
Justice.”
The presentation is part of
OCU’s Martha Jean Lemon Distinguished Speaker Series and
will be held in the Freede Wellness Center on NW 27th Street
and Florida Avenue.
Chief
Geoffrey Standing Bear of the
Osage Nation will introduce the
guest speaker.
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
swept the literary world upon
its publication in 2017 as a
shocking, dramatic true story of
murder and injustice against a
Native American tribe in northeastern Oklahoma. In the 1920s,
Osage Nation citizens became
some of the wealthiest people in
the world after oil reserves were
discovered in the territory on
which they were forcefully relocated years before. Subsequent
brutal killings followed, which
became known as the “Reign of
Terror,” as Osage citizens were
murdered to obtain control of
their wealth.
In his lecture, Grann will illuminate how the struggle for
Native American rights extends from the first contact with
whites to the present day with
Standing Rock. Grann highlights the saga of the Osage and
documents how one of the most
sinister crimes in American history connects to Native Americans’ current fight to control
their land and resources.
“Killers of the Flower Moon:
The Osage Murders and the
Birth of the FBI” spent more
than 30 weeks on The New York
Times nonfiction bestseller list,
was a finalist for the National
Book Award, and ranked #1 on
Amazon’s Single Best Books of
the Year. The film adaptation is
now in production with Martin
Scorcese as director and starring
Leonardo DiCaprio.
A writer for the New Yorker
and a bestselling author, Grann
(Continued on Page 8)
Assistant Secretary for Indian
Affairs Bryan Newland on Aug.
3, 2022 announced that Haskell
Indian Nations University, a
Bureau of Indian Education-operated Tribal University in Lawrence, Kansas, is the recipient
of a $20 million award from the
National Science Foundation for
an Indigenous science hub project. Funded under the American
Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the
award is for five years and is
the largest research award ever
granted by the NSF to a Tribal
college or university.
The project will create The
Large Scale CoPe: Rising Voices, Changing Coasts: The National Indigenous and Earth Sciences Convergence Hub, a space
for the convergence of disciplines and epistemologies where
Indigenous knowledge-holders
from diverse coastal regions will
work with university-trained
social, ecosystem and physical
Earth system scientists and students on transformative research
to address coastal hazards in the
contexts of their communities.
“The Rising Voices, Changing Coasts hub to be located at
Haskell Indian Nations University is a tremendous step forward
in supporting Tribal communities as they address challenges
from a rapidly changing climate,” said Assistant Secretary
Newland. “This is an exciting
and much-needed opportunity
for scientists and Indigenous
knowledge keepers to collaborate on how Indigenous people
in coastal areas can build resiliency to the dynamic forces resulting from climate change.”
The Rising Voices, Changing
Coasts hub’s goals are to improve modeling and prediction
of coastal processes to support
decision-making by Indigenous
communities, develop a framework for cross-cultural collaboration that can be adopted in the
future, train the next generation
of Indigenous researchers, and
increase the infrastructure at
Haskell needed to support future
large research projects.
The hub will focus on placebased research in four regions:
Alaska (Arctic), Louisiana
(Gulf of Mexico), Hawaii (Pacific Islands), and Puerto Rico
(Caribbean Islands). It will
combine Indigenous knowledge, modeling capabilities, archeological records, geographic
information system techniques,
socio-economic analysis and
hazards research. Together,
these data, transdisciplinary
analysis and convergent findings will enhance fundamental
understanding of the interconnected physical, cultural, social
and economic processes that
result in coastal hazards and climate resilience opportunities,
and increase the accuracy, relevance and usability of model
predictions on multi-decadal
timescales.
The Haskell Foundation, a
501(c)(3) non-profit serving the
university, secured the project’s
funding. “This award is wonderful and critically important
today,” said Haskell Foundation Director Aaron Hove. “It
cements Haskell’s leadership
role in Indigenous Climate
Change research and demonstrates what a small institution
can accomplish when it builds
relationships with internationally known research institutions
like the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Scripps
Research Institute and large research universities.”
“This research hub is a significant part of the growing recognition that traditional ecological
knowledges and Indigenous
knowledges should be a part of
the science that is being done
today regarding global climate
change,” noted Dr. Daniel R.
Wildcat, Haskell faculty member and the hub’s lead investigator. “It is a game changer for
Indigenous peoples. We have
been advocating for years that
we need a seat at the table in
scientific discussions regarding climate. I think the funding
for this hub allows Indigenous
knowledge holders to build their
own table and invite leading academic trained scientists to take
a seat.”
In addition to Haskell Indian
Nations University, as the lead
institution, partners in the hub
are: NCAR and its Rising Voices
Center for Indigenous and Earth
Sciences, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Working
Group, and community partners
in the four targeted regions.
‘Vote Your Values’
Website Offers
Voting Information
In March of this year, ‘Vote
Your Values,’ a coalition of tribal nations and community partners in Oklahoma, launched an
initiative to increase voter education, registration and engagement.
The initiative’s efforts include VoteYourValuesOK.com,
a one-stop Online resource for
connecting Oklahomans with
voter registration resources and
information on upcoming elections.
The web development team
for VoteYourValuesOk.com is
continuing to add more features, including an interactive
map that provides voter resources and stories by county,
along with information on how
to register and vote. An events
page for statewide tribal and
voting-specific events has also
been added.
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Sac and Fox News
The Sac & Fox News is the monthly
publication of the Sac & Fox Nation,
located on SH 99, six miles south of
Stroud, OK.
Mailing address:
Sac and Fox Nation
Administration Building
920963 S Hwy 99 Bldg A
Stroud, OK 74079
Phone: 918-968-3526
Fax: 918-968-4837
The Sac & Fox News is the official
publication of the Sac and Fox
Nation. Our mission is to meet all
tribal members information needs
concerning the Nation.
The Sac & Fox News is mailed free,
one per address, to enrolled Sac and
Fox tribal members. Paid subscriptions
are available for $12.00 annually.
Editorial statements, guest columns,
and letters to the editor published in
this newspaper contain the opinions
of the writers. These opinions do not
necessarily reflect the opinions of
the Sac and Fox News staff or any
elected official or department of tribal
government or administration.
The Sac and Fox News reserves the
right to refuse publication of letters to
the editor. All editorials and letters to
the editor become the property of the
Sac and Fox News.
Submissions for publication must
be signed by the author and include
an address and contact phone number.
They are limited to 300 words. The
staff will not edit editorials or letters
to the editor to fit the 300-word limit.
Deadline for the October issue is:
Tuesday, September 20 at 4:30 p.m.
Reprint permission is granted, with
proper credit to the Sac and Fox News,
unless other copyrights are shown.
Articles and letters may be submitted
to the newspaper either by mail or Fax
to the address provided above, - or by
e-mail:newspaper@sacandfoxnationnsn.gov.
Address corrections and changes are
accepted by the Business Committee
at the address listed below.
Obituaries
Dennis Robert Jennings
Dennis Robert Jennings, Sac and Fox
and Q uapaw, passed away at his home
on Monday, June 20, 2022. He was seventy-six years old. Dennis was born in
Tulsa, Okla. on December 18, 1945, to
Mary Olene Baker Jennings and Edwin
C. Jennings. He was a citizen of the Sac
and Fox Nation and, was also of Q uapaw
heritage through his mother.
Dennis was of the Bear Clan in the Sac
and Fox Nation and his name is Me cli
ak. He had been an active participant in
Sauk ceremonies since returning to Oklahoma.
Dennis was a veteran of the U.S.
Army. He served from August 1963
through July 1966 in “A” Battery, 5t h
Battalion, 81st Artillery, 8th Division,
as part of NATO forces in Germany. He
was proud of having had the opportunity
to parachute out of airplanes through his
service in the airborne artillery and also
proud that during his time in the military he traveled to Germany, Denmark,
France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy,
all before he was 21 years old.
A vocal advocate for Native American
rights, Dennis was an activist throughout his life. As a university student, he
helped start Indian Clubs on each campus that he attended. He later worked
for several organizations that advocated
for indigenous rights, including Oklahomans for Indian Opportunity (OIO), the
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and
the International Indian Treaty Council,
an NGO which produced information
about indigenous peoples for the United
Nations Human Rights Commission and
Committee on Indigenous Populations.
During his time as a social worker, he
focused on serving Indians and was glad
to help secure assistance for their needs.
Dennis consistently and actively worked
for Indian people his whole life. A person of varied interests and skills, Dennis
worked as a silkscreen printer, an offset
lithographer, a carpenter, and a teacher,
including as an adjunct Professor of Indian Literature Studies. He traveled a lot,
to Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua,
He is survived by his long-time part-
Managing Editor
Mike Brown
Principal Chief:
Don Abney
Telephone (918) 968-3526
Ext. 1008
chief@sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov
Secretary:
Lana Butler
Telephone (918) 968-3526
Ext. 1007
secretary@sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov
Treasurer:
Carla Wallace
Telephone (918) 968-3526
Ext. 1006
treasurer@sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov
Committee Member:
Robert Williamson
Telephone (918) 968-3526
Ext. 1005
cmember@sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov
Executive Assistant:
Pam Patterson
Pamela.patterson@sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov
Executive Assistant:
Kelsey Collins
Kelsey.Collins@sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov
Business Committee
Mailing Address:
Sac and Fox Nation
920963 S Hwy 99 Bldg A
Stroud, OK 74079
Visit us on the webb @
sacandfoxnation.com
John Jacob
Allen
John Jacob Allen was born on November 2, 1941, in Stroud, Okla. to Anderson
and Rose Irene Allen. He departed this
life on July 26 , 2022, in Cushing, Okla.
at the age of 80.
John grew up in Stroud, Okla. and attended Stroud Schools. After school, he
went to work. He was a hard worker and
worked on building boats for a boat manufacturer in Tulsa, Okla.
In his spare time, he enjoyed spending
time with his family, traveling to new
places, reading and making dream catchers. But, he mostly enjoyed gambling
and going to different casinos around the
state.
John is survived by three sisters: Mary
Butler of Cushing, Okla., Sue and husband Steve riffith of ashington State
and Marilyn and husband Elmer Johnson
of Tulsa, Okla. He was preceded in death
by his parents; wife Beverly Rose Allen
(Lewis); three brothers, Francis, Anderson Jr., and Tommy; three sisters, Marcella, Irene, and his twin Lula.
A wake service was held July 28,
2022, at the Butler home place. Burial
followed on July 29, 2022, at the Allen
Family Cemetery.
Business Committee Meeting Minutes
are now accessible on the Website
sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov and Facebook
Dennis R. Jennings
Dennis deeply loved the Sac and Fox and Quapaw traditional ways as
he demonstrated in actively participating in the various ceremonies and
sharing the teachings. He was always willing to help in any way he could,
especially serving as a “ma mi shi” (one who serves) in the Sac and Fox ceremonies. Dennis was 76 and taught by elders of our past, many of whom
were as impatient as he could be. Often though, he was asked for guidance
on how to do things.
In 2010/2011 he was named Sac and Fox Senior Man of the Year. As a
member of the Sac and Fox Veteran organization he was always willing
to help, especially when veterans were being recognized. For many years
he helped put United States flags on Sac and Fox veteran graves at several
cemeteries. He enjoyed carrying in the flags and dancing with Sac and Fox
and Quapaw veterans during grand entries.
Dennis enjoyed Gourd Dancing in his later years. Also, during his later
years Dennis was honored when his Quapaw family started asking him to
conduct funeral services for a loved one.
He will be missed.
Happy September Birthday Elders!
C ar t er- Morris on, J ac kie Shi
John Jacob Allen
and his son. Graveside services were
held June 23, 2022, at Stafford-Shapp
Family Cemetery, Q uapaw, Okla.
Tribute to Dennis Jennings
A bney, D on W ay ne
A l ex ande r, M ax ine R enee
A l l m ond, C l if f ord E ar l
A v ans , G eral d L a nc e Sr .
Bar nes , G ai l E l iz abe t h
Bec k, C ol een
Bem o, J ennie K ay
Bigbe y, P hy l l is A nn
Boone, K im berl y Mic he l l e
Brokes houl de r, St ev en R ay
Brown, Sam
ue l D ean
But l er, A ndr ea A . L .
C ar t er, M ax ine
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Publisher: Sac and Fox Nation
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Tribal Officers:
918-968-3526 or 800-259-3970
Second Chief:
Angela Gasper
Telephone (918) 968-3526
Ext. 1004
secondchief@sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov
ner, wen ilburn dad dgar utler
aunt
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yatt daughter Shawna
Spoon; sisters Melissa Jennings, Rosemary Massey, Stella Nullake, Nancy
Nullake, Marilyn Spoon and Sue Brown;
brothers Bud McClellan, Tomi Calderon
and Anthony Calderon; grandchildren
Jeremy and Madison Johnson; and, along
with several cousins, nephews and nieces.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers Don, Dan and Mike, his
son Alan and daughter Lucinda (Cyndi)
Spoon Johnson. Dennis’ bright spirit
will be fondly remembered by a host of
relatives and friends. He was ceremonially adopted into the following four
Sac and Fox families: Richard Nullake,
Albert Sam Jr., Herman Brown Jr. and
Edward Charles (Chuck) Spoon Jr. Many
called him mesho/ grandpa, uncle, brother or nephew.
Dennis wanted to be buried with his
mother, father, two of his three brothers
rl ey
C as t eel , F reddi e A l ex ande r I I
C hi l de rs , C ar ol J
C ol e, C at hy L e J une
C onal l is , L it t l e J oe
C out eau, C hr is t ophe r A l an
C ox , E di e R oc he l l e
D owd, L onnie R ay
D robenai re, M ar il yn Y v onne
D unc an, M ar is a I l ona
D ye, Sar a K
E dm ons on, P et er D ean
E l l is , L eroy V ernon
E x endi ne, Sandr
a M ar ie
F al l s , D uane C
F os t er, H ar ry Mic hae l
G as t ineau, L
aur a M ar ie
G odf rey, Mar y A nn
G oode agl e, Y v onne Mar y
G ras s , R ic har d A l l en
G ut ierrez , M ic he l l e C ar ol
H am il t on, D ianna J une
H ane y, A nnet t e L oui s e
H ane y, R egi nal d J am es
H ar ris W al di ng, J udi t h P aul et t e
H ar ris , M ic hae l Brown
H eus t on, J os et t a Y v onne
H oc h, T rac i J ay d ene
H odge ns , J erom e H I I I
I gnac z , L is a D iann
I v y, J oyc e A nn
J am es , G ar y E
K inc ade , P am el a
K inds v at t er, M ar il yn K ay
L ewis , G regor y L ynn
L im ore, R et a G ay
L ippi , A nge l a C as t eel
L it t l ehe ad, C
l ar is s a J une
L ongs hor e, M ic hae l E uge ne
Mal one, L aw ana L
oui s e
Mas on, F l orenc e A nne
Mas s ey, H enriet t a M
Mc C l el l an, M ic hae l G raham
Mc C l el l and-
W al dr up, J
erri R enee
Mc C oy, D ani el T
Mc C oy, Mic hae l A l l en
Mc K inney, A ar on L ee
Morehe ad, J
el l ene L ue
Morgan, G
ar y L ee J r.
Morris , Z ac k T
N ef f , J ane t G ai l
N oel , L is a J ean
O rt ega, L
ina L ee
O rt iz , P am el a D ee
O wens , B renda J enel l
P el l , J ohn C ur t is
P et it t , P hi l l ip J os eph
P oodr y, N anc ie E s t el l a
P oodr y, R andy E .
R iv as , L ynet t e
R oge rs , E udor a B el l e
R oubi doux , R obert L
R owel l , R andy W ay ne
R unne l s , T eres a E l ai ne
R us s el l , A nna A l m a
She et s , J am es
Si m ps on, L ois K ay
Sm it h, J ohanna
Sm it h, R os em ar y
Snodgr
as s , W ay ne G ordon
Spai
d, K ar en D enis e
Sr ouf e, D a v id E dw ar d
St ev ens , M ar gar et E l iz abe t h
St ev ens on, P enny G ai l
T at e, Sandr
a L ee
T hom as , T erry J ean
T hom ps on, M ar c ianna L
is a
T hor pe , A nit a Mar ie
T ige r, R enat a J o
V l aun, J
une
W al ker, K im berl y Mar ie
W al ker, L el a J ol ene
W eis , H iram S l ay t on
W hi t ebead, Sam
ue l R ay
W il dc at , T hom as ine Bet s y
W il s on, V ic ki S
W yl ie, V ic kie T eres a
Page 3 - Sac and Fox News - September 2022
Families Attend Back-to-School Event
Hosted by Education, Community Health
And Information Technology Departments
Dozens of families with school students attended a back-to-school event held
Aug. 1, 2022 at the Sac and Fox Learning Center. The Education, Community Health and Information Technology Departments distributed student backpacks full of various school supplies, nternet i Fi Hotspot devices, first aid
kits, dental hygiene products and other items during the three-hour event.
Dental and vision screenings and free haircuts were also available. At left,
Education Dept. Director Edwina Butler-Wolfe issues a backpack to an area
school student in attendance. In the above photo, Education Specialist Scott
Marlow is stationed at one of two registration desks that served families in
attendance.
(Photos by Mike Brown)
Thank
You
The family of Dennis Jennings appreciates those who expressed their sympathy
in his recent death. Thank you to those
who were able to visit with Dennis the
days before he passed and to those who
provided meals at the home.
Thank you to the Enrollment and Finance departments for quickly processing the request of $500 from a tribal
program to help with the meals at the
services. The emails, texts, phone calls,
cards, flowers, and condolences to include those who expressed themselves on
the funeral home web site, as well as those
who contributed four memorial trees to
be planted in areas of greatest need for
reforestation in memory of Dennis were
of great comfort.
Thank you to the veterans Curtis Wakolee, Bud McClellan and Ricky Cline;
as well as Anthoni Calderon one of his
brothers and Nic Jennings one of his
nephews who dressed Dennis in his regalia under the guidance of Edgar Butler.
Thank you to the Housing Authority of
the Sac and Fox Nation and to the Nation’s Business Committee for the beautiful flower arrangements.
Thank you to the Business Committee
for allowing us the use of a van to transport Dennis and the flowers to Quapaw.
Thank you to the Maintenance Department for setting up the Community
Building, for unloading him from the
hearse, for building a rough box, delivering it to Quapaw and for loading him into
the van for transporting. Thank you to
Ida Nullake for driving the van to Quapaw and to Robert Johnson for riding
with her in case of an emergency. Your
support was greatly appreciated throughout this time.
Since Dennis passed late in the afternoon, our day 1 of 4 was cut short for
making arrangements and letting others
know he past. We did arrange for Dennis
to lay in state at the Community Building
on the second night and morning of the
3rd day. Thank you to those who showed
their respects by sitting with the family at
the Community Building Tuesday evening or stopping by Wednesday morning
to show your respects for Dennis. He was
taken to Quapaw Wednesday morning
for services that evening and Thursday.
Thank you to those who traveled to Quapaw for the services.
Dennis wanted to buried in Quapaw,
OK at his mother’s family cemetery with
her, his father, 2 of his 3 brothers and
his son. Therefore, it was determined it
would be best to follow the Quapaw way
for Dennis’ services. Also, the Bear Clan
could not reclaim Dennis’ Indian name
because another living bear clan member
had the same name as Dennis.
A special thank you goes to Edgar Butler, Dennis’ Dad and Chief of the Bear
Clan, Dennis’ clan, for providing guidance throughout the funeral arrangements. Thank you to Sharon Blaylock,
Dennis’ cousin, for coordinating the
meals. Thank you to the cooks for the
traditional meals in Quapaw.
Thank you to the fire keepers and
grave diggers in Quapaw, as well as all
those who helped at the cemetery. Lastly,
a special thank you goes to Mike Shawnee, a cousin of Dennis, for conducting
the Quapaw services.
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Sac and Fox Nation Education Department News
The Education Department has
wrapped up the Higher Education funding for the Fall semester 2022. All Higher
Education Applications had to be turned
in by June 30, 2022 to be funded for 2022
Fall semester.
The RAP Clothing/ School Supply Assistance started on July 1, we were able to
help 380 Sac and Fox Pre-K through 12th
grade students and 4 2 students that was
not eligible due to no clothing receipts
not turned in for school year 2021-2022.
We had 22 applications that we received
without tribal cards that was eligible for
clothing and school supplies. It is the
responsibility of the parent/ guardian to
send in tribal membership card (s) for
their children when receiving assistance.
We will no longer be calling for missing
documents.
On a good note, parent/ guardian will
no longer have to send in clothing/ school
supply receipts and a W-9 is no long
require, since now we are using VISA
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ards. This was our first school year
to mail out the VISA Cards there were
some glitches, but not many. Seems Ross
Clothing Store was the only store to have
had an issue of running the VISA cards
through as credit. These VISA cards
ARE NOT debit cards and not reloadable, when you deplete the funds, please
cut-up the card and throw away.
The Sac and Fox Nation Education
Department sponsored a Tribal Education Round Table discussion on tribal education issues that we face with our Native American students that attend public
school. The Absentee Shawnee Tribe
Education Department hosted the event.
Dr. April Grace was at the round table to
answer our questions. She is running for
lahoma State Superintendent ffice,
Grace is currently the superintendent at
Shawnee Public Schools.
On August 23, 2022, April will be on
the ballot along with Ryan Walters, for
the Republican Party. Ryan Walters was
unable to attend. The winner will face
Jena Nelson, Democrat, in the November
election. Everyone attending the round
table discussion had the opportunity ask
questions and participate in the meaningful dialogue. We had 30 participates that
attend that represented tribes, nations,
and public schools and tribal organizations.
On August 1, 2022 the Education Department and Community Health hosted
a back-to-school night. We handed out
backpacks with supplies and we launched
distribution of the Hot Spots to student
Pre-K through 12 grade. There were a total of 120 elementary backpacks handed
out and, for high school there were 65
bags. We have ran out of school supply
backpacks for the elementary. We also
handed out 86 Hot Spots that same evening.
We want to thank Leveta Ashley and
Alex Hernandez, both are Sac and Fox
Nation tribal members, for donating their
time to give free haircuts to our students
on August 1st!
Last September, the Sac and Fox Nation and Education Department entered
into a contract with Tribal Education
Departments National Assembly (TEDNA). Scott Marlow was hired to work
with high school Native American students at North Rock Creek Public School
and Stillwater Public School. His role is
to meet with students individually and
by Edwina Butler-Wolfe
group settings for discussions on career
planning and life skills.
is first year, he enrolled 3 Stillwater
students and 56 students at North Rock
Creek School. We are happy to announce
that Scott will be adding Cushing School
to his list of schools. He will be working
with high school Native American students.
We met with the Cushing Administration on August 17, 2022. Scott and Kim
Steward, TEDNA Specialist Coordinator
and myself met for discussion to implement the TEDNA Program with Cushing
Public School. The contract and letter
will soon be approve and, Scott will be
able to start working with the high school
Native American Students at Cushing
High School.
If you have any questions please let us
know.
Edwina Butler-Wolfe
405 328- 0402
Laveta Ashley is shown giving a free haircut to an area Sac and Fox school
student during the Back-to-School event held Aug. 1 at the Sac and Fox Nation Learning Center.
(Photo courtesy of Boyd Cummings)
Alex Hernandez is shown giving a free haircut to an area Sac and Fox school
student during the Back-to-School event held Aug. 1 at the Sac and Fox Nation Learning Center.
(Photo courtesy of Boyd Cummings)
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Sac and Fox Nation Princesses
Attend Meskwaki Powwow
The Sac and Fox tribal princesses recently attended the 106th Annual Meskwaki Powwow in Tama, IA. Pictured L to R: Nykita Talton, Victoria Hamon and
Kaelani Pacheco.
(Photo Provided)
Kids and Grandkids
Are G-R-E-A-T!!
NOTICE
A W-9 form is not needed for Per
Capita Payments unless you have a
name change, new address, you are
a newly-enrolled tribal member or, if
required, for RAP applications.
W-9 FORM MUST BE CUT ON DOTTED LINE BEFORE MAILING
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Business Committee Meeting Minutes
are now accessible on the Website
sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov and Facebook
Sac and Fox
Nation Telephone
Extensions
Main Number:
918-968-3526
• Chief - 1004
• Second Chief - 1008
• Treasurer - 1006
• Secretary - 1007
• Committee Member - 1005
• BC Front Desk - 1009
• Tax - 1043-1045
• Accounting - 1030-1036
• Property and Procurement 1020-1039-1022
• Maintenance - 2062
• BHHC - 918-968-9531
• ICW - 1711
• Court - 2039
• Library - 2020-2021
• Language - 1075
• JUVI - 4000
• USDA - 2077 (WIC 2079)-20802081-2082
(Warehouse USDA 2089)
• Education - 2046
• IT - 2041
• Police - 2033
• Self-Governance - 1080
• Capitol Security - 1090
• Realty - 1052
• Enrollment - 1040-1041
• RAP - 2000 - 2001
• Social Services - 2010-2011
• OES - 2091-2092-2094
• Veterans - 1065
• Newspaper - 1060
• Tribal Administrator - 1010
• NAGPRA/Historic
Preservation - 1070
• ARPA - 1819
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We want to feature the scholastic, academic and
athletic awards or achievements of your child or
grandchild of the Sac and Fox Nation!
Send all pertinent information, such as name of
student, town, school and grade attending,
explanation of award or achievement, and names of
parents and/or grandparents, along with a current
photo of the student to:
newspaper@sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov
or: Sac and Fox News, 920963 S. Hwy. 99
Stroud, OK 74079
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Patrol Division fficer raie Phillips, right, receives a certificate of promotion
from Sac and Fox Chief of Police A. . Selfridge.
(Photo Provided)
Traie Phillips Promoted to Corporal With
Sac and Fox Police Dept. Patrol Division
by A .M . Se l f ridge , C hi ef of P ol ic e
Sac and Fox Police fficer Traie Phillips, the senior patrol officer with the Sac
and Fox Nation Police epartment, was
promoted to orporal with the patrol division of the SFNP on Tuesday, ug.
2, 2022.
orporal Phillips has been with SFNP three years in uly. In addition to
completing his full-time peace officer
academy, he has also obtained his basic
S T and sniper certifications as well.
orporal Phillips is a highly motivated officer who is slated to be attending
T basic instructor school this
month and will be designated as a field
training officer for the department.
e are very proud of orporal Phillips
and are fortunate to have his talents on
our team. ongratulations
IT Dept. Distributes Internet
Wi-Fi Hotspots to Tribal Members
Sac and Fox Nation nformation echnology staff member aychelle Dickey,
right, issues a free nternet i Fi Hotspot device to a tribal member in the
earning Center. he devices are offered on a first come, first serve basis to
any enrolled member of the Sac and Fox Nation
years and older. he de
vices are provided by eri on ireless, and will be active from Aug. , 2022
through July 202 . ooking on is Director Boyd Cummings.
(Photo by ike Brown)
Tribes Can Now Apply to Access National Crime Information Database
The . S. epartment of ustice on
une 30, announced the opening of the
application period for federally recogni ed Tribes and inter-tribal consortia to
participate in the Tribal ccess Program
(T P) for National rime Information,
which provides federally recogni ed
Tribes the ability to access and exchange
data with national crime information databases for authori ed criminal ustice
and non-criminal ustice purposes.
The Tribal ccess Program (T P) is
a proven and powerful tool for Tribal police officers, government and court officials to investigate crimes, eep children
safe and hold domestic violence offenders accountable, among other important
uses, said eputy ttorney eneral
isa onaco. s T P continues to expand, more Tribes will be able to protect
their communities by participating in this
successful program.
The program provides training as well
as software and biometric biographic ios wor stations to process fingerprints,
ta e mugshots and submit information
to F I riminal ustice Information Services ( IS) systems. There are currently
10 federally recogni ed Tribes participating in T P. The department will ac-
cept T P applications from uly 1
ug.
31. Tribes selected to participate will be
notified in September.
The Tribal ccess Program has allowed our Tribe to more effectively serve
and protect its citi ens by being able to
prevent individuals from illegally purchasing firearms, and ensuring its personal protection orders are entered into
federal databases, ma ing their existence
nown, not only in Indian country, but
across the nation, said ourt dministrator agistrate Traci . Swan of
the Sault Ste. arie Tribe of hippewa
Indians.
btaining fingerprint-based
chec s has allowed our Tribe to expedite placement of our children in safe
foster care homes.
sing T P, Tribes have shared information about missing persons entered
domestic violence orders of protection
for nationwide enforcement registered
convicted sex offenders run criminal
histories arrested fugitives entered
boo ings and convictions and completed fingerprint-based record chec s for
non-criminal ustice purposes such as
screening employees or volunteers who
wor with children.
Prior to receiving the system our
community had no direct access to the
services the T P program provides,
said hief of Police ruce R. anes for
The etla atla Indian ommunity. eing the only reservation in las a and a
remote community on an island the T P
program has provided independence for
our community and Police epartment
giving us the ability to be self-sufficient with the vast programs available
with T P.
The department offers T P services
through one of the following two methods:
T P- I T Provides software that
enables full access (both uery and entry capabilities) to national crime information databases including the National
rime Information enter (N I ), the
Interstate Identification Index (III), and
the International ustice and Public Safety Networ (Nlets) for criminal ustice
purposes.
T P-F
In addition to the basic
access capabilities of T P- I T, provides a ios wor station that enables
the ability to submit and uery fingerprint-based transactions via F I’s Next
eneration Identification (N I) system
for both criminal ustice and non-criminal ustice purposes.
ecause of the program’s funding
sources, eligible Tribes must have, and
agree to use T P, for at least one of the
following
Tribal sex offender registry authori ed by the dam alsh hild Protection and Safety ct
Tribal law enforcement agency that
has arrest powers
Tribal court that issues orders of
protection or
Tribal government agency that
screens individuals for foster care placement or that investigates allegations of
child abuse neglect.
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Business Committee Meeting Minutes
Business Committee Meeting Minutes
Business Committee Meeting Minutes
Dental and Vision Screenings Offered
Black Hawk Health Center Community Health Dept. staff member Angel Martinez-Thornton and others offered dental and vision screenings, dental hygiene products and first aid kits to those attending the Aug. Back to School
event held at the Sac and Fox earning Center.
(Photo by ike Brown)
Kids and Grandkids
Are G-R-E-A-T!!
We want to feature the scholastic, academic and
athletic awards or achievements of your child or
grandchild of the Sac and Fox Nation!
Send all pertinent information, such as name of
student, town, school and grade attending,
explanation of award or achievement, and names of
parents and/or grandparents, along with a current
photo of the student to:
newspaper@sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov
or: Sac and Fox News, 920963 S. Hwy. 99
Stroud, OK 74079
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Author to Speak Sept. 13 at OCU
(Continued from Page 1)
is known for his compelling and irresistible stories. Whether crossing the ocean
on a skiff or trekking for months through
the Amazon, he immerses himself in his
reporting to add pace and intensity to his
stories. Grann has been called “the man
Hollywood can’t stop reading” by Entertainment Weekly, with four of his New
Yorker articles adapted for the screen.
“The Lost City of Z ” became a NYT
bestseller and was adapted into a film
in 2017. One of his New Yorker stories, “Trial by Fire,” won a George Polk
award for outstanding journalism and a
Silver Gavel award for fostering the public’s understanding of the justice system.
Business Committee Meeting Minutes
are now accessible on the Website
sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov and Facebook
September 2022
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Cherokee
ation Makes Histor
by L aur en G reen
G ay l ord N ews
The Biden administration took another step to improve relations with the nation’s nearly 575 Native American tribes
by signing an agreement giving the Cherokee Nation greater control over road improvements within its reservation. The
Tribal Transportation Self-Governance
compact allows the tribe to plan and
oversee its own transportation projects
without seeking federal authorization.
aving oversight for the first time
to plan, lead and oversee the finance of
our own road projects will only mean
more and better investments in terms of
travel and infrastructure in the Cherokee
Nation to the benefit of thousands of citizens,” said Cherokee Nation Principal
Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Polly Trottenberg, recently visited
Oklahoma to sign this compact.
This is the first agreement of its ind
between a tribal nation and the U.S. government and we certainly hope in the
Biden-Harris administration that this is
the first of many to come, said Trottenberg. “Thanks to the Cherokee Nation’s
leadership, every tribe in the country
now has a model that it can pursue in its
own self-governance agreements.”
This agreement reaffirms the herokee nation’s right to determination and
self-governance through control over
how federal transportation dollars will be
spent. According to the U.S. Department
of Transportation, this compact has come
from many months of dialogue between
USDOT and the Cherokee Nation.
e are firmly committed to honoring
tribal sovereignty, upholding our solemn
trust in treaty responsibilities, and empowering tribal self-governance through
agreements like this one,” Trottenberg
said.
Tribal fficials said the hero ee Nation Transportation and Infrastructure
Department invested $12.1 million and
improved
miles of roadway in the fiscal year 2020, $19.2 million invested and
miles of roadway improved in the fiscal year 2021 and $10.3 million invested
and 50 miles of roadway improved so far
in the fiscal year 2022.
“The Cherokee Nation will continue
ith US O
to receive about $18 million per year for
infrastructure investments, which is the
standard annual amount it had received,
but will now be forward-funded,” said
Michael Lynn, Cherokee Nation’s executive director of transportation and infrastructure.
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ransportation Compact
“For transportation projects across the
Cherokee Nation Reservation that the
tribe deems a priority, the Cherokee Nation enters into cooperative agreements
with counties and the state to construct.
“The Cherokee Nation performs project planning, survey, design, right-of-
way acquisition, utility relocation coordination, construction contract letting,
construction management and oversight
and materials testing,” said Lynn.
(G ay l ord N ews is a repor t ing pr oj ec t of t he
U niv ers it y of O kl ahom
a G ay l ord C ol l ege of
J our nal is m and M as s C om m uni c at ion.)
‘ esting’
A painting by Sac and Fox Tribal Member and Artist Mary Forget
his is the moose painting, esting, that have been working on, and had framed for my oldest son. he meaning
behind this painting is that as far back as can remember, my son has always loved moose, including moose meat,
especially after our car accident in
.
e love nature and this was a way for me to bring a slight touch of nature
into his living room, said ary Forget, artist and Sac and Fox Nation tribal member residing in Sault Ste. arie, ntario, Canada.
RAP Department Application Form
SACAND FOX NATION
REVENUE ALLOCATION
PLAN GUIDELINES
EMERGENCY APPLIANCE
PROGRAM
PROGRAMFUNCTIONS:
To provide for the safe and healthy
daily living needs of eligible Sac
and Fox Nation tribal members with
emergency appliance replacement.
Emergency Appliance Assistance is
established for EMERGENCY purposes ONLY. The program is open
to all tribal members 18 or older on
a first come basis regardless of their
location of residency.
GUIDELINES:
1. Applicant must be an enrolled
member of the Sac and Fox Nation,
residing anywhere.
2. Applicant must express a need
for services based on an emergency
situation. An EMERGENCY is any
situation beyond the applicants control causing a hardship on the applicant and family.
3. Emergency Appliance Assistance is to replace unusable and unsafe appliances only. It does not cover
duplicate or outdated appliances.
4. Funding for this program is limited and each application will be processed in the order in which it was
received. This program will fund as
many tribal member’s requests as
funding will permit.
5. Applicant may receive up to
$750 for an appliance that includes
(refrigerator, stove, washer, dryer, hot
water heater or air conditioner) every
2 years per household.
6. Applicants should submit three
(3) quotes for the appliance they are
re uesting however the final selection
of appliance and vendor will be at the
discretion of the RAP Department.
Approved by Sac and Fox Nation
Business Committee, Regular Business Committee Meeting October 19,
2021.
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RAP Department Application Form
The W-9 FORM CAN BE FOUND IN THIS EDITION ON PAGE 5
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Additional documentation required for Tribal Emergency
Water Repair (TEWR) program:
1.) Copy of utility bill or notarized statement of residency
2.) Copy of tribal ID
3.) Three (3) estimates for requested repair(s). Contractors
must be insured.
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Sec. Haaland Announces Members of Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names
On August. 9, 2022, the International
Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples,
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the members of the ‘Advisory
Committee on Reconciliation in Place
Names,’ a federal advisory group to help
identify and recommend changes to derogatory terms still in use for places
throughout the country.
In November 2021, Secretary Haaland
issued Secretary’s Order 3405,
which
proposed a new Federal Advisory Com-
mittee tasked to broadly solicit, review
and recommend changes to derogatory geographic and federal land unit
names. Committee tasks will include developing a process to solicit and assist
with proposals to the Secretary to identi-
fy and change derogatory names and will
engage with Tribes, the Native Hawaiian
Community, state and local governments,
and the public.
A separate federal task force (the Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force)
was established by Secretary’s Order
3404
to focus exclusively on the sqword, a derogatory term in use more than
650 instances within federal land units
alone.
“Our nation’s lands and waters should
be places to celebrate the outdoors and
our shared cultural heritage – not to perpetuate the legacies of oppression,” said
Secretary Haaland. “The Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names
will accelerate an important process to
reconcile derogatory place names. I look
forward to listening and learning from
this esteemed group.”
As directed by the Secretary’s Order,
the Committee is composed of individuals who represent Tribes and Tribal
organizations, Native Hawaiian organizations, the general public, or have expertise in fields including civil rights,
history, geography and anthropology. The Committee also includes four
ex officio members representing the epartments of the Interior, Agriculture,
Defense and Commerce.
The Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names is composed
of up to 17 members appointed by the
Secretary who represent Tribes and Tribal organizations, Native Hawaiian organizations, the general public, or have
expertise in fields including civil rights,
history, geography, and anthropology:
ere
lderman Professor of eography, University of Tennessee;
ngelo aca
ssistant Professor,
Department of History, Philosophy, and
the Social Sciences, Rhode Island School
of Design (Diné / Hopi);
iana arlson
. . candidate,
Mitchell Hamline School of Law (Ahtna ohtaene, Taltsiine Native illage of
Cantwell, Alaska);
ulie ye
oard ember, liminating Racism & Creating/ Celebrating
uity (Po agon and of Potawatomi
Indians);
ichael atches nemy
Tribal
Archaeologist, Oglala Sioux Tribe Fifth
ember’s ffice ( glala Sioux)
onald ee Fixico Professor of
History and Indian Studies, Arizona
State University (Sac & Fox, Shawnee,
Mvskoke, Seminole);
hristine arpchu - ohnson
ecturer, Departments of Anthropology and
Geography, University of Nevada Reno
Niniau apeali i awaihae Special ssistant, Department of Hawaiian Home
Lands;
ason ac annell Special ssistant to the Director, California Department of Parks and Recreation;
amana olana ills
Senior Supervising Project Manager, Sustainable
Industry
evelopment,
amehameha
Schools, Hawaii;
auren onroe r. Secretary, lac feet Tribal usiness ouncil ( lac feet
Nation, Pikuni);
Federico os ueda
oordinator of
the Arapaho Language and Culture Program (Arapaho);
Rachel Pereira
ice President of
uity and Inclusion at St. ohn’s niversity;
imberly Probolus- edroni
istorian, Washington D.C.;
oward ale alandra
ember,
Tribal and nterprise oard of irectors (Rosebud Sioux Tribe);
imee illarreal
ssistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Texas
State University; and,
lva Yane
Senior dvisor for
Par s, and se, and the uilt nvironment at the Prevention Institute.
The Committee also includes four ex
officio members from the federal government. An all-of-government approach
will be invaluable as this work is undertaken:
harles owery, xecutive irector,
U.S. Army Center of Military History,
Department of Defense;
eryl arrell, eputy nder Secretary for Natural Resources and nvironment, U.S. Department of Agriculture;
li abeth ( i ) lein, Senior ounselor to the Secretary, Department of the
Interior; and,
etise aFeir, Senior dvisor, ffice
of the Under Secretary of Commerce for
Oceans and Atmosphere, Department of
Commerce.
embers will meet for the first time
in the coming months, and approximately two to four times per year, to identify
geographic names and federal land unit
names that are considered derogatory and solicit proposals on replacement
names. Committee meetings will be open
to the public and announced in the Federal Register at least 15 da ys in advance.
This is a copy of a public record, reproduced as it was published. It is not legal advice, and it may not be the version a court would rely on. Check the official source before you cite it.