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SAC and FOX NEWS

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Phone: 918-968-3526 • 920963 S. Hwy. 99, Bldg. A • Stroud, OK 74079 • Vol. 44 • No. 10 • October 2022

Elders Bingo, Flea Market, Food & Fun!

Sac and Fox Nation Activity Committee members Angela Warrior and Carrie LaDeaux are

shown from left preparing prizes at the Elders Bingo and Flea Market event held Sept. 10 in

the Community Building. In addition to the Activity Committee, the event was sponsored by

the Sac and Fox Nation Title VI Program, Black Hawk Health Center, Sac and Fox Community

Health Dept. and Special Diabetes Program for Indians. A noon meal was catered by Five

Star Barbeque and Steak House of Stroud, and an assortment of snacks and refreshments

were also available to those in attendance.

(Photo by Mike Brown)

Governing Council Minutes

Native Languages Summit

Set Oct. 4 in Oklahoma City

The U.S. Departments of the

Interior, Agriculture, Education

and Health and Human Services

have announced that the annual

Native Languages Summit will

be held on Oct. 4 in Oklahoma

City.

The Speaking Sovereignty

Summit, which will be hosted

this year by the Bureau of Indian

Education, supports Indigenous

communities seeking to protect,

revitalize and reclaim Indigenous languages, many of which

were erased or critically endangered through assimilationist

policies, including federal Indian boarding schools.

“The cornerstone of any culture or community is its language, is how oral histories

are passed down, knowledge is

shared, and bonds are formed.

As part of our commitment to

strengthening and supporting

Indigenous communities, the

Biden-Harris administration is

resolute in its efforts to ensuring

Native languages are preserved

and protected,” said Secretary

of the Interior Deb Haaland.

“The Department is proud to

help lead this inter-agency effort

to encourage programs and projects to include instruction in and

use of Native languages.”

Last year, as part of the

2021 White House Tribal Nations Summit, the Departments

launched a new inter-agency

initiative to preserve, protect

and promote the rights and

freedom of Native Americans

to use, practice, and develop

Native languages – including

in signing a memorandum of

agreement (MOA) to further

the Native American Languages

Act of 1990.

Topics to be discussed at the

Native Language Summit include mentoring and developing

teachers, amplifying family and

community engagement, and

honoring Native people for their

contribution to Native languages within Indigenous communities. The summit will include a

space to collectively share best

practices and learned experiences from Native language revitalization in Native communities.

The Summit may be attended

in-person or virtually and is free

to the public. Visit the Native

Language Summit website for

more information.

See The

Washington Post

Book Review

by Aram

Goudsouzian

On Page 9

Of This Edition!

Little Miss Sac and Fox Nation Kaelani Sophia Pacheco and

Junior Miss Sac and Fox Nation Victoria Mi’ee Hamon are

shown from left at the registration desk as they greeted everyone to the Elders Bingo and Flea Market event held Sept.

10 in the Community Building.

(Photo by Mike Brown)

Sac and Fox tribal elder Shirley Wakole is pictured at her

booth during the Elders Bingo and Flea Market event held

Sept. 10 in the Sac and Fox Nation Community Building.

(Photo by Mike Brown)

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Sac and F ox 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 November issue is:

Thursday, October 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.

Managing Editor

Mike Brown

For information:

918-968-3526 x1060

newspaper@sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov

Publisher: Sac and Fox Nation

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Tribal Officers:

918-968-3526 or 800-259-3970

Principal Chief:

Don Abney

Telephone (918) 968-3526

Ext. 1008

chief@sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov

Second Chief:

Angela Gasper

Telephone (918) 968-3526

Ext. 1004

secondchief@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

Obituaries

J essie Lee Walker went to be with the

Lord on August 21, 2022. J essie was

born April 28, 1935 in P awnee, Okla. to

J ames and Hattie (Mason) R oubidoux, a

Patricia M. Dean

Jessie Lee Walker

family of ten children, 3 girls and 7 boys.

J essie attended P awnee Indian School

and graduated from G uymon High

School, then attended P anhandle State

College. J essie married J ohn Louis

Walker in 1956 in Clayton, New Mexico. F rom that marriage came David Louis, Doris K ay, Daryl Wayne, J ohn Alan,

Theresa Ann, Elizabeth G ayle, K imberly

G aye, and Lynda Lee.

J essie was always a hard worker, even

working in the fields from the young age

of 5. Then, at the age of 5, she attended

LP N school at Seminole, became a Licensed P ractical Nurse and worked until

she was 75. She also attended school to

become an EMT.

J essie is survived by her 8 children:

David Louis Walker (J oanna), Doris K ay

Suitor (Lonnie), Daryl Wayne Walker,

J ohn Alan Walker (J ane), Theresa Ann

Walker, Elizabeth G ayle Walker, K imberly G aye Bryant (Larry), and Lynda

Lee F rech (R ick); two brothers, R obert

R oubidoux and Leon R oubidoux; special niece, Tammy; special grandson,

Nevin F ixico; many other grandchildren,

great-grandchildren, numerous nieces

and nephews; stepson, Buddy McElvany

and her special companion, Shorty.

A funeral service was held August 25,

2022 in the Sac & F ox Nation Chapel,

followed by burial in the Sac and F ox

Cemetery.

Jessie Lee Walker

Patricia M. Dean

P atricia (P at) M. Dean, 93, of Exton,

P a. (formerly West Chester, P a), passed

away peacefully at Barclay F riends

Home on August 30, 2022.

Her mother was Odette Miles, and

father was Thomas C. Miles, both deceased. She was a member of the Sac and

F ox Nation. Her dad, Thomas C. Miles,

was 5/ 16 Sac and F ox, and a cousin to

J im Thorpe.

Born in F ar Hills, NJ , her family

moved to West Chester, where she graduated from West Chester High School

and finished her education at Vermont

J unior College. P at was the wife of William H. Dean, J r. (Bill) who passed away

in 2005. Her sister Louise and brother

Thomas also preceded her in death.

Bill and P at shared 5 years of marriage, with 2 children, Timothy (Deborah), and Christopher (Canaan). F ive

grandchildren include Scott Dean (K elly), K evin Dean, Sarah K erner (J ason),

R achel Dean and Eric Dean. She loved

and cherished her 5 grandchildren and 9

great-grandchildren, and connected with

them freque ntly. P at also loved her many

nieces and nephews.

.

She was an active member of the

Church of the Holy Trinity in West Chester since 1937.

They both served in

many ways with their church family, Bill

being on the Vestry, as well as Pat serving on the Altar G uild, Church Library,

and several women’ s ministries. One of

their fond remembrances was seeing the

merger of the Church of the Ascension

into Holy Trinity in 1966.

P at and Bill

always welcomed a very diverse church

membership into Holy Trinity.

P at’ s caring legacy touched so many

people outside her family as well, for

friends and neighbors who came to her

for a listening ear and encouragement,

always making the other person feel accepted and loved. Many friends were

made throughout her working career as

an Assistant Librarian in the West Chester School District.

She also enjoyed being a member of

Valley Garden Club, as well as volunteering at Chester County Library and

Chester County Day. Travel was a favorite pastime for Bill and P at, after Bill’ s

retirement as Editor of the Daily Local

News. They visited many national parks,

along with trips to Europe.

A Celebration of Life Memorial Service was held at Church of the Holy

Trinity on October 1, 2022. Burial was

private.

Pawnee Bill Museum

Quilt Show Opens Oct. 1

P awnee Bill R anch and Museum will

host its Annual Q uilt Show during the

month of October, featuring heirloom

and modern qui lts from across the state.

Cimarron Valley Quilt Guild and Pawnee

Bill Q uilt G uild members are instrumental in putting together this yearly event.

The show opens on Saturday, October

1, and closes on Sunday, October 30.

There is no charge to view the qui lt

show, which is available to visitors during

regular hours of operation. P awnee Bill

R anch and Museum is open Wednesday

through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,

and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. F or more

information about the qui lt show or other

programs, please call 918- 762- 2513 or

email pawneebill@ okhistory.org.

Happy October Birthday Elders!

Abney, Thomas Delorn

Alexander, Marianne Patricia

Anderson, Debra Deann

Bailey, Margaret Ellen

Banister, Carla De`ann

Barlow, Robert L

Bass, Susan Gale

Beagle, Pamela Jeane

Bean, Terry Lynn

Big Eagle, Peggy Ann

Blanchard, Fredith Ann

Bouzis, Martha L

Boyd, Gladys P

Brown, Richard Dean

Butler, Lee Johnson Jr.

Cancel, Michael Wayne

Charboneau, Cathy May

Christie, Betty Lou

Clark, Susan Marie

Cobb, Roy Dean

Croley, George Dan

Easley, Charlotte Kay

Ellefson, Billie Mae

Ellis, Celena Marie

Erickson, Kristin Alecia

Estes, Jimmy Dean Sr.

Fields, Judith Ellen

Foster, Gloria Ann

Foster, Jeannette

Franklin, Harry G

Franklin, Steven David

Fuller, Glenda Charlotte

Gatlin, Anita Kay

Geionety, Dorothy Jeanne

Geisleman, Lucille Helen

George, Kenneth Lynn

Gibbs, Charley

Grant, Amelia Ruth

Harjo, Gail Ruth

Harris, Ronald George

Harwell, Richard Allen

Haskins, Raymond Lee

Haupt, Shelley Magdalene

Hodge, Glenda G

Hunter, Warren Cleve

Johnson, David Gene

Jones, Clay Woodward

Jones, Harold Vernon

Kahbeah, Kenneth Keith

Kaskuske, Mary Dora

Kishketon, Rowe Alan

Kolpin, Joyce Marie

Larney, Teresa Marie

Little, Michael Boyd

Longshore, Dennis Ray

May, Rosemary B

McClellan, Benjamin Charles Sr.

McMahan, Tammy Rene

Meek, Harold Allen

Miles, Marion E.

Morris, Pamela Marie

Morris, Timothy E

Muhareb, Georgina

Murphy, Michael Edward

Nave, Allison H

Onco, Shawna Elaine

Papst, Lenore Marie

Pennock, Laura Jean

Perez, April Michelle

Petitt, Earnestine Mae

Pipkins, Julie Ann

Poitras, David Joel

Powell, Teresa Ann

Raya, Norma Rene`

Riley, Virginia Mary

Rogers, Richard Eugene

Seely, Dagmar

Shackelford, Troy Gene

Southern, Jacquelyn Sue

Taber, James Ervin

Tall Bear, Alvin Jr.

Trammell, Stanley Glenn

Wakolee, Thomas Mose

Walker, Cecil Thomas

Walker, John Alan

Ward, Shannon Chase

Warlick, Tammy Sue

Wesmore, Shawn Mark

West, Terry Lynn

Whistler, Joe York

Belated September Birthday

Wishes to Clarita Kay Yost

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Activity Committee, Departments Host Elders Bingo and Flea Market

$50 Million in Grant Funding Available to

Clean-Up Orphaned Oil, Gas Well Sites

Informed by ongoing tribal consultations, the U. S. Department of the Interior

on Aug. 31, 2022, released draft guidance

to tribes on how to a ly for the first

million in grant funding available this

year under P resident Biden’ s Bipartisan

Infrastructure Law to clean up orphaned

oil and gas well sites on Tribal lands.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides a total of

billion to address orphaned wells across the country, including

million for ribal communities

Several thousand orphaned oil and gas

wells remain on tribal lands, jeopardizing

public health and safety by contaminating groundwater, seeping toxic chemicals, emitting harmful pollutants including methane and harming wildlife. Some

of these wells are underwater, which

creates an especially high risk of adverse

impacts.

“The Department of the Interior is

committed to helping tribal communities

address legacy pollution and long-standing environmental injustices. Through

P resident Biden’ s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we are making historic investments to reclaim orphaned oil and gas

wells on Tribal lands and restore habitats

and ecosystems in the degraded areas,”

said Secretary Deb Haaland. “We have

engaged in nation-to-nation consultations since the inception of this program

and are eager to hear from tribal leaders

as we work to finali e this guidance

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

makes a historic

billion investment in

Tribal communities—t he largest investment in Tribal infrastructure ever. This

includes funding to repair wastewater

and sanitation systems, clean up legacy

pollution, and invest in climate resilience

such as funding community-driven relocation planning and adaption for Tribes

impacted by rising seas, coastal erosion

and storm surges.

The draft guidance provides draft instructions to Tribes on how to apply for

orphaned well grants, as well as guidance

on how Tribes can ensure activities funded under the program are putting people

to work, protecting the environment, and

safeguarding taxpayer money in a transparent and responsible manner.

F unding through the program may be

utilized to plug, remediate or reclaim orphaned wells on Tribal land, restore soil

and habitat in the degraded area, decommission or remove associated infrastructure, identify and characterize additional

undocumented wells on Tribal land and

set up well-plugging capacity where not

already established. In lieu of grants and

consistent with the Department’ s trust responsibilities, Tribes may also choose for

the agency to administer and carry out

plugging, remediation and reclamation

activities on the Tribe’ s behalf.

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Activity Committee member Ashley Pacheco had little helpers while making

popcorn for the Elders Bingo and Flea Market event held Sept. 10 in the Sac

and Fox Community Building. In the photo at left, Sandy Harris is accompanied by her husband, Michael Harris, as she provided informative materials at

the Community Health Dept. booth during the Elders Bingo and Flea Market

event.

(Photos by Mike Brown)

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Sac and Fox Nation Education Department News

G reetings!

The Education Department has been

very busy with school year 2022-2023,

We had the opportunity to set up J OM

sign-up booths at the Cushing P ublic

Schools event, ‘ Student Meet the Teacher Night.’

We were able to have someone at each

site for parents to sign-up their children

for the Sac and F ox Nation J OM P rogram. The event was August 9, 2022.

On August 30, 2022, we set up a J OM

sign-up booth at the Shawnee High

School, student and parent meet on the

teacher night. We were able to sign up

additional students that night as well.

The Education Department is planning to take part in more college fairs

at our surrounding areas. J ustin Morris,

Education Specialist, was able to go to

the Citizen P otawatomi College F air on

September 7t h at the F irelake Arena. He

was able to network with numerous tribal

education departments and also was able

to inform our Sac and F ox students of the

current services that we offer.

The Title VI Director G raham

P rimeaux invited area tribal education de-

Sac and Fox Princesses Take Part in

Citizen Potawatomi Nation College Fair

On September 8, 2022 members of SFN tribal royalty, Little Miss Sac and Fox

Nation Kaelani Pacheco and Jr. Miss Sac and Fox Nation Victoria Hamon),

who are also students of the Shawnee Public Schools dance troupe, performed at the 7th Annual Citizen Potawatomi Nation College Fair. Also in attendance was Sac and Fox Nation Educational Specialist Justin Morris.

(Photo Provided)

Emilee Pineda a Member of

Yukon Lady Millers Wrestling Team

Sac and Fox tribal member Emilee Pineda, shown front row, third from left, is

a member of the 2022-2023 Yukon High School Lady Millers wrestling team.

She maintains above a 3.0 grade point average, and is a great-granddaughter

of the the late Sac and Fox tribal member, Lee Bass Jr. To support the Lady

Miller team, contact: YukonGirlsWrestling@gmail.com.

(Photo Provided)

partments to the Shawnee P ublic School

for an Indian Education Staff Meeting on

September 7, 2022. J ustin Morris and I

attended, along with J uaqui n Hamilton,

Historical R esearcher. He spoke on the

history of the Sac and F ox Nation and

informed that he would be available if

needed in the school.

J ustin Morris spoke on all the services

that the Sac and F ox Nation Education provides for our students: J ohnson

O’ Malley (J OM), DOI, Higher Education, R AP Incentives, Clothing/ School

Supply, Driver Education, G ED, Concurrent Class fees, graduation assistance,

Vo-Tech, AVT (Adult Vocational Training) Tribes that attended training for

their Indian Education Department were:

Sac and F ox Nation, Absentee Shawnee Tribe, Citizen P otawatomie Nation,

and K ickapoo Tribe. The purpose of the

training was for Indian Education staff to

inform school staff of all the services that

each Nation and Tribe provides for their

students.

The R AP Clothing/ School Supply program was able to fund 380 Sac and F ox

P re-K through 12th G rade Students for

school year of 2022-2023, compared to

111 students for 2021-2022 school year.

his was our first attem t for the V

Cards, and I am sorry to report that there

are some parents/ guardians misusing the

VISA cards. These cards are only for

your child/ children clothing and school

supplies. Y ou cannot try to get cash off

these cards. There will be some children

that will not be eligible for next school

year.

We have advised we can and will continue to monitor the card activity and

misuse of funds will not be tolerated.

P arents and guardians should be aware

that failure to comply with grant requi rements and/ or abuse of an award for one

child places future funding for all their

ualified children at risk

P lease keep in mind when sending

in your next year R AP Clothing/ School

Supply Applications you must send in

your child/ children Sac and F ox Enrollment Card (CDIB). We had 25 applications that were sent in this year with no

tribal card attached to the application.

Incomplete applications with failure to

supply CDIB will not receive funding,

no exceptions as previously stated.

As per most/ all Sac and F ox Nation

applications requi red by Sac and F ox Education Department must have a copy of

enrollment card to process ALL applications. We will no longer need a W-9 for

R AP Clothing/ School Supply Application.

We had 52 Sac and F ox students that

were not eligible due to lack of receipts

being turned in by April 1, 2022, for

school year 2021- 2022. With the VISA

cards in place now, you will no longer

have to turn in receipts. We are able to

check the transactions that are being

made on the VISA Cards.

October 5- 7, National Indian Education Association will hold their 53r d

Annual Convention and Trade Show in

Oklahoma City. J ustin and I will be out

by Edwina Butler-Wolfe

of the office during that time, so that we

can attend. We will have an update on

this event in the next newsletter.

Senior High School Students we will

now be receiving the BLACK HAWK

LEADER SHIP AWAR D AND THE J IM

THOR P E ATHELTIC AWAR D applications starting December 1, 2022, until F ebruary 1, 2023. There will be one

male and female selected for each of the

two awards. The awards will pay winner $2,000.00 to the university or college winner selects to attend for the year

2023- 2024.

If you have any que stions, please contact the Education Department.

918 9683526, e

xt. 2046

Edwina Butler-Wolfe

Director of Education

Miles Simpson

Simpson Earns

Business Degree

From SNHU

Sac and F ox tribal member Miles

Simpson, who lives near Dallas, Texas

and, is the son of Mike and K imberly

Simpson, recently graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with a

Bachelors of Science in Business Administration.

During his studies, he excelled and

graduated with a 3.79 G P A. He is currently enrolled in a program to obtain a

Masters in Business Administration degree with an emphasis in P roject Management.

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Stroud

F

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.

Special Governing

Council Requested

Sept. 19, 2022

Letter to Editor:

A reque st for a Special G overning

Council Meeting has been hand delivered to P rincipal Chief Don Abney. A

co y will also be delivered via certified

mail. Stay tuned for the Special G overning Council meeting date.

W-9 FORM MUST BE CUT ON DOTTED LINE BEFORE MAILING

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Thank you very much,

Cathy R . Lauderdale

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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SAUK LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT

PHILOSOPHY

I ndians are born speaking our languages. For some of us,

they lie dormant within our bodies. They are looking for a

way out. God gave us these beautiful languages. All of us

hold them in a sacred manner within. There is no such thing

as an I ndian person who cannot speak I ndian.

Our language programs find these languages within our

bodies. They bring them out through our mouths and deliver

them to their rightful resting places within our hearts.

October Comic

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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.

October Word Search

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October 2022

SAC AND FOX NATION

FOOD DISTRIBUTION

PROGRAM

STROUD WAREHOUSE

918-968-3030 • 1-800-256-3398

SHAWNEE OFFICE

405-395-0063 • 1-886-622-2310

ALL FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS

ARE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY! THANK YOU!!

Bu s i n e s s Co m m i t t e e Me e t i n g Mi n u t e s

a r e n o w a c c e s s i b l e o n t h e We b s i t e a n d Fa c e b o o k

s a c a n d f o x n a t i o n -n s n .g o v

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

If at least 1 in your household

has a CDIB, you reside within

our 5 tribe Service Area, & you

meet USDA Income Guidelines…

YOU MAY QUALIFY!!!

CALL TODAY!!! 1-800-256-3398

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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‘Path Lit By Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe’ by David Maraniss

(Editor’ s Note: Following is a review

of the recently released book by New

York Times bestselling author and associate editor at the Washington Post, David Maraniss. The review is written by

Aram Goudsouzian for The Washington

Post. Goudsouzian is the Bizot family

professor of history at the U niversity of

Memphis. His books include “ King of the

Court: Bill Russell and the Basketball

Revolution.” The review is republished

here with permission from the Washington Post.)

In 1950, the Associated P ress named

J im Thorpe “The G reatest Athlete of the

Half-Century.” Nearly 400 sportswriters

and broadcasters ranked Thorpe above

such stars as Babe R uth, J ack Dempsey

and J oe Louis.

No one else sculpted so many contours

of American sports history. Thorpe had

won two gold medals in track and field

at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, twice

earned All-America honors as a do-everything college football star, played six

seasons of major league baseball and

helped establish the National F ootball

League. He even barnstormed on the early pro basketball circuit.

Y et Thorpe’ s story evokes a sense of

loss. As David Maraniss artfully demonstrates in the biography “P ath Lit by

Lightning,” Thorpe was both puffed and

pilloried. The press crafted his image as

both a noble Indian and a simple savage. Sports administrators stripped him

of his gold medals for violating the dubious tenets of amateurism, and despite

his status as a transcendent athlete and

Native American hero, he struggled to

find consistent, lucrative work araniss

states that he was a victim of the harmful

myth “that the G reat White F ather knows

best.” (2)

A member of the Sac and F ox Nation,

Thorpe grew up in the Indian Territory

of central Oklahoma and earned fame

at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, a

P ennsylvania institution that sought to

“civilize” Native Americans through regimentation, manual labor and cultural assimilation. Like many of his classmates,

Thorpe both resented and appreciated

Carlisle. Like other aspects of American

policy in the P rogressive Era, it sought

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to uplift Indians, even as it treated them

with racist contempt.

Thorpe vaulted to fame as the star of

Carlisle’ s football team, playing running

back, defensive back, kicker and punter.

In 1911, his squa d raised the school’ s

rofile by beating to college rograms

and winning the national championship. In 1912, Thorpe led a symbolically charged victory over Army (a team

that included second-year cadet Dwight

Eisenhower). In the words of Maraniss,

Thorpe displayed “the uncommon multiplicity of his running skills—hi s change

of pace, stop-and-go, swivel hip swing,

straight-arm, and burning speed, all with

the power of a wild horse pounding the

Oklahoma prairie.” (193)

Between these legendary seasons on

the gridiron, Thorpe won both the decathlon and pentathlon at the Olympic

G ames in Stockholm, a feat so remarkable that K ing G ustav V of Sweden purportedly greeted him, “Y ou, sir, are the

most wonderful athlete in the world.”

While some press reports treated him as

the Indian stereotype of a feral creature,

Thorpe also was hailed as an exemplar of

American achievement—a n irony, con-

sidering that the US government failed to

recognize Native Americans as citizens.

When the Amateur Athletic Union

stripped Thorpe of his gold medals in

1913, it ran along these historic patterns

of condescension and exploitation. In

his era, the lines between professional

and amateur were fuzzy. Carlisle football coach P op Warner, for instance,

dispensed cash to his athletes, including

Thorpe. But when the press started reporting that Thorpe had spent two summers in North Carolina playing minor

league baseball—a common practice for

college athletes—i t was treated like a

scandal. Warner, along with Carlisle superintendent Moses F riedman, disingenuously cast Thorpe as a simple, ignorant

Indian boy who turned professional without their knowledge.

Maraniss is much more sympathetic to

Thorpe. Throughout a book marked by

deep research and expert context-setting,

he sifts through the myths about Thorpe and Native Americans, depicting his

subject as a proud, complicated man who

sought to shape his own destiny, yet was

bedeviled by larger forces of racism and

hypocrisy.

An associate editor at the Washington

P ost, Maraniss owns a well-deserved

reputation for crafting meticulous,

sweeping narrative histories of American

politics and culture, including works on

sports. His book on football coach Vince

Lombardi, “When P ride Still Mattered,”

might be the best sports biography ever

written.

If “P ath Lit by Lightning” cannot reach

that impossible standard, it is largely because Thorpe kept his thoughts and emotions to himself. His stoic personality

lent him a shield from the pressures and

prejudices that accompanied his unique

celebrity, but he also played some role

in his own struggles e let his first two

marriages fail. He had distant relationships with his eight children. He struggled with alcohol abuse. Maraniss pulls

out the few shreds of evidence that reveal

hor e s unfiltered ersonality, but it is

often difficult to see the man behind the

mask.

Thorpe’ s story reaches its dramatic

climax during his glory years at Carlisle

and in the Olympics, so the later chapters

of his biography chronicle an ever-rambling life on sports teams of diminishing

prestige, unsatisfying stints as a one-line

actor or e tra in ollywood films, and

short-lived gigs as a public speaker, traveling entertainer or saloon owner.

Y et by highlighting Thorpe’ s perseverance, Maraniss paints a portrait with both

heroic and tragic shadows. He writes:

“R arely demonstrative, more introvert

than showman, lonelier than he ever

showed the public, he endured nonetheless as the itinerant entertainer, the athlete, the Olympian, the Indian in constant

motion, moving from one city to the next

across America, fueled by a combination

of will ower and often des erate financial need, searching for ways to adjust

and survive.” (265)

At the end, Maraniss tells the tale of

Thorpe’ s bones. They now lie under a

shrine in the old coal country of the P oconos Mountains. The small memorial park

is in a town called J im Thorpe, P ennsylvania. Despite his decades of constant

travel with countless sports teams, the

actual, living Thorpe never set foot there.

Thorpe had asked to be buried near his

Oklahoma birthplace, in the lands of his

ancestors is widow instead rofited by

arranging for two municipalities to merge

and rename themselves after the famous

athlete. In return, the town received

Thorpe’ s remains, along with unrealized

promises of economic development.

In death as in life, then, J im Thorpe

was a celebrated hero, but one commodified beyond his control and stri ed of

his authentic identity. “P ath Lit by Lightning” describes his story with skill and

integrity.

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 F ox Nation tribal members with

emergency appliance replacement.

Emergency Appliance Assistance is

established for EMER G ENCY purposes ONLY . The program is open

to all tribal members 18 or older on

a first come basis regardless of their

location of residency.

G UIDELINES:

1. Applicant must be an enrolled

member of the Sac and F ox Nation,

residing anywhere.

2. Applicant must express a need

for services based on an emergency

situation. An EMER G ENCY 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. F unding 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 reque sts 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) quot es for the appliance they are

re uesting however the final selection

of appliance and vendor will be at the

discretion of the R AP Department.

Approved by Sac and F ox Nation

Business Committee, R egular Business Committee Meeting October 19,

2021.

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Pres. Biden is Asked to Expand Tribal

Co-Management of Public Lands, Waters

U. S. R epresentative R aul G rijalva

(D-AZ ) recently sent a letter to P resident

J oe Biden, co-signed by 42 members of

Congress, asking him to expand tribal

co-management of U.S. public lands, waters, and resources.

The statement below is from J udith

LeBlanc (Caddo), who serves as executive director of Native Organizers Alliance:

“Nobody knows our nation’ s lands,

waters, and resources better than the

Tribal Nations and Indigenous peoples

who have lived here since time began.

ur eo le have always fished these waters, harvested our medicines and foods,

and cared for our ancestral lands. The

traditional knowledge our people have

about our ecosystems is invaluable.

“Tribes should be equa l partners in

the management of these sacred places.

We are grateful that R ep. G rijalva and

his colleagues in Congress recognize the

need for the U.S. to further examine the

way our federal agencies engage Tribes

and Native peoples in the management of

our sacred sites and resources.

“The climate crisis, development, and

fossil fuel extraction has created a dire

situation that has put our most sacred

sites at risk. The time couldn’ t be better

to expand Tribal co-management of public lands, waters, and natural resources to

ensure they are healthy and thriving for

future generations.”

Business Committee Meeting

Minutes are now

accessible on the Website

sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov

and Facebook

SAC AND FOX TAX COMMISSION

REVENUE

January 2022

Beer and Liquor...................................................................$506.21

State Tobacco Rebate...................................................$341,912.63

Motor Vehicle...................................................................$5,793.10

Sales Tax........................................................................$18,151.64

Treasury.............................................................................$2,525.00

Oil and Gas.............................................................................$0.00

Gaming..........................................................................$240,869.41

TOTAL..............$609,757.99

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