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Keeping Our Choctaw Nation Strong Successes Session • Stickball Team Tvshka Homma Sent 80 Chief Batton Talks About Values, Culture, Players to the fi Rst World Series BISKINIKBISKINIKCHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED PRESORT STD P.O. Box 1210 AUTO Durant OK 74702 U.S. POSTAGE PAID CHOCTAW NATION The Offi cial Publication of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma September 2014 Issue Tribal Council holds regular Keeping our Choctaw Nation strong Successes session • Stickball team Tvshka Homma sent 80 Chief Batton talks about values, culture, players to the fi rst World Series. Choctaw Nation Tribal Council • Development of youth stickball league met for its regular session on with 168 active participants. Aug. 9 at Tvshka Homma. and growth in rst State of the Nation Council members voted to ap- By LISA REED • Development of fi rst Council of Wis- prove the following measures: Choctaw Nation dom—Laura Mackey and Alfred Harley. • Tribal historian and counselor Olin • The Choctaw Language A highlight of this year’s Choctaw Nation Williams appointed as employee program welcomed newest Labor Day Festival was the Monday ceremonies instructor, Lincie Battiest and the fi rst State of the Nation delivered by Chaplain. Maye of Broken Bow. Chief Gary Batton. He addressed the crowded • Cultural Services Department held • Approval of disposal of amphitheater on the Capitol grounds, saying more than 400 hands-on classes. surplus equipment. “Our Choctaw Nation is achukma hoke, we are • Choctaw artist registry has tripled. • Approval for the sale of doing extremely well!” • Choctaw Nation received Congressional discontinued medical Chief Batton shared successes from the past Gold Medal in recognition of Native equipment. year, including the opening on Aug. 29 of the American Code Talker contributions. • Approval of grant applica- Bertram Bobb Chapel at the entry of the Tvshka tion for the Vocational • Age change to allow for more seniors to Homma Grounds. The fi rst church services and receive storm shelter assistance. Rehabilitation Services traditional singing were held during the festival. • New market-style food center open in Project for American Indi- The Rev. Bobb was recognized as a true spiritual Durant with two more scheduled for ans with Disabilities. leader of the Nation. • Approval of budget for the Sunday’s services at the Chapel also included Broken Bow and McAlester. Educational Talent Search a tribal member’s trek from Texas to return a • Grand opening of new Wellness program. hymnal that originally belonged to the Bobb Centers. The Choctaw Nation’s Tribal family and was signed in 1929. Chief Gary Batton gives the annual State • Choctaw Career Development helped Council holds its regular session “God is going to lead this great Choctaw Na- of the Nation report during the 2014 La- over 5,000 with additional training and at 10 a.m. on the second Satur- tion of ours. Our culture will keep us unifi ed and bor Day Festival at Tvshka Homma. employment opportunities. day of each month in the Council strong,” Chief Batton said. “It’s our servant lead- Chambers at Tvshka Homma. ership, it’s our values and respect for our elders, Other ways the Nation is preserving culture Future for Choctaw people honor, integrity, and family. That’s what’s going include classes on pottery, beadwork, and bas- • Scheduled opening of new facilities to keep our Choctaw Nation strong.” ketmaking. Summer camps are held on culture including the Stigler Independent Another success is the way the Choctaw lan- and stickball as well as other activities that Center, McAlester Community Center, guage is being taught and kept alive. It is good to are now a part of our culture such as football, McAlester Head Start, McAlester Food Over 18 hear the language being spoken on the grounds, softball, basketball, baseball, and golf. This Distribution, McAlester Wellness Cen- he said, and good to hear it sung in the National summer, 2,015 Choctaw youth participated in ter, Wilburton Wellness Center, Broken years old? Anthem. Many of our original speakers have those camps. Don’t forget to update passed away, but they have left a legacy that Education, training, and job fairs have helped Bow Food Distribution, Poteau Clinic your membership card our second generational speakers are carrying increase skill sets and annual income for many Expansion, Bethel Community Center, on. Chief Batton’s grandfather taught him some Bethel/Battiest Head Start, Durant If you have recently turned 18 Choctaws. “Our Choctaw people are fi rst in Choctaw words and he said his son, David, can or will be turning 18 within the line,” Chief Batton said for jobs. Health Clinic, Tribal Headquarters, and speak twice as much. A challenge was given his next 60 days and have not yet The Choctaw Nation is also reclaiming its Cultural Center. grandchildren—“I want Jeff rey and Kaylynn to obtained your Adult Member- land base. With the purchase of Winding Stair • Choctaw Nation acquisition of Durant learn to speak it better than David.” ship card please complete a Ranch this year, 44,382 acres were added and 11 clinic Oct. 1. and Poteau Clinic expansion. Preservation of our culture includes the game new Tribal Membership appli- Choctaws employed, with more jobs becoming • Choctaw Nation car tags available of stickball, or “little brother of war.” The team, cation and return to the Choc- available. Tvshka Homma, was formed in 2011 and the beginning Jan. 1, 2015. taw Nation Tribal Membership The growth of the Nation includes planning Choctaw Nation started its fi rst youth league • New Independent Living Community Department. The application for the future—investing in businesses, health, with approximately 168 kids participating. scheduled to open in Stigler. can be found online at www. and saving for our children. • Plan of 20 percent funding to prepare choctawnation.com or by The annual Labor Day Stickball Tournament “To me, the most important part is about our contacting the Tribal Member- was won by the Mississippi Choctaw (MBCI) culture, our history, and our pride of being the for future foundation for children and ship offi ce at (800) 522-6170 this year. Tvshka Homma came in second and great Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.” grandchildren. or (580) 924-8280. Beaver Dam won third. Chief Batton described the championship game as a game of honor, a game of integrity. “At the very end we all got in the center of the See special 2014 ◆ What’s inside fi eld and said a prayer for everybody. I am so Labor Day Festival proud to see our tribal members playing the and Pow Wow Columns .............................................2 game of stickball again.” section pages 17-20! Nursery News .....................................6 Choctaw artists have been recognized more Food Distribution ................................6 this year as a way to preserve our culture. The People You Know ...............................7 artistry is a way they can keep a job for them- Notes to the Nation .............................8 selves and do the things they love to do. There Education ............................................9 are 293 on the artist registry and it continues Obituaries ......................................... 11 to grow. Iti Fabvssa ........................................14 The annual art show was held in the Capitol Museum during the festival with exemplary works entered in several categories. Best of Show went to J. Dylan Cavin’s “For Some the The Mission Music Comes Easy.” of the Choctaw A life-size statue was dedicated to Tribal Nation of Oklahoma Councilwoman Charlotte Jackson. It was un- veiled by her children, Kevin Jackson and Pat To enhance the lives of all members Jones. Women attending the unveiling received through opportunities designed to a commemorative button celebrating the life and develop healthy, successful and contributions of a strong Choctaw female leader. productive lifestyles. After the unveiling, family members and friends of Jackson’s agreed that the statue represented the true spirit of her giving ways to her culture A ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the grand opening of the Bertram Bobb Cha- and her communities. pel on Aug. 29. ◆ Get your digital copy! Scan this code with your smart- phone to go online for this issue and archive copies of the BISKINIK! http://www.choctawnation.com/news- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 2014-15 Royalty room/biskinik-newspaper-archive/ Kyra, 11, is a Summer, 13, was The 17-year-old Choctaw STAR Little Miss Choctaw new Miss Choctaw student and is on for 2011-12 as well Nation has placed the Principal’s honor as State of Okla- fi rst at the Oklahoma roll. She has com- homa Youth Leader Native American pleted the Chahta of Tomorrow for Youth Language Anumpa Aiikhvna 2011-12. Fair for the past two and the OSU Nutri- years. tion Program. Little Miss Choctaw Nation Junior Miss Choctaw Nation Miss Choctaw Nation Kyra Wilson, Dist. 9 Summer Moffi tt, Dist. 8 Nikki Amos, Dist. 2 2 BISKINIK | September 2014 FAITH, FAMILY AND CULTURE Fellowship in The Old Ways Choctaw Day of Prayer This year’s Labor Day Festival was great and I was glad to see The Choctaw Nation is strong because it is built on so many sharing the time with their family and friends. faith. As Chief Batton said during his Labor Day State of I often think of the term “old ways,” especially with the the Nation, God is going to lead our great Nation. events during the weekend, beginning the fi rst night with the When I was a lot younger, I attended Bertram Bobb’s princess pageant. Bible Camp. One of the highlights of the weekend for me The young ladies said Yakoke to their mothers, their grand- was watching Brother Bobb as we unveiled the sign in mothers or their aunts for their support or for making their dress front of the new chapel at Tvshka Homma. He loves God or jewelry. It reminded me of the theme chosen for the festival – and he loves the Choctaw Nation.
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