# Nemîshâtênemo êhthâkîwiyâni (2022)

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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. 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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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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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/tribal%3Asac_fox_oklahoma%3Ac81e58439f5cbf2e. Public record. Not legal advice.