Review of FY-2018

Quapaw Nation P.O. Box 765 Quapaw, OK 74363 918.542.1853

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General Council Minutes July 4, 2018

Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma General Council Meeting Downstream Casino Resort (Pavilion) July 4, 2018

CALL TO ORDER: 9:50 AM

INVOCATION: Ardina Moore

WELCOME: Chairman Berrey

Chairman Berrey welcomed everyone to the largest General Council meeting the Quapaw Tribe has ever had. This is the 10th year to hold the General Council meeting at Downstream Casino Resort.

. The land is in trust and the new housing construction is to start soon. The Tribe is always looking for land to purchase. . The Quapaw Tribe has been actively purchasing restricted interest in land from individuals who are interested in selling. . Quapaw Services Authority has the only government to government MOU for the EPA Tar Creek Clean Up project in the amount of $52 million. . The Quapaw Casino and Downstream Casino Resort are both doing very well. . Callie Darr and Zack Turley were recognized as the new BC members. . The Quapaw Cattle Company is doing well. The Quapaw Cattle Company has 11 farms, 8 Tribal owned leases, and 7 other farm crops; improvements have been made to enhance the land. All the meat raised is used for the Quapaw Tribe entities and are also sold at the Quapaw Tribe Mercantile. The Quapaw Tribe has donated bison to the Title VI program and meat to the local schools. . The Quapaw Tribe has a history of being friendly and very giving. The Quapaw Tribe has donated to 9 food banks at Christmas time. Tribe members have received donations of approximately $500.00 and above to support their efforts. . The Quapaw Tribe now has the Ogahpah Pride Kennels which has a Quapaw Tribal member certified dog handler; the dog is used for search and rescue operations plus other activities. . The Picher High School and Picher Grade School gyms are used for training centers. . In memory of those who have passed a moment of silence was taken. They recognized Don Rodgers and the list of individuals from the Powwow book. Geoff Buffalo, Pastor said a prayer and spoke on the very moving memorials. . The gravediggers, fire keepers, and cooks were recognized. . JoOuita with the Ogahpah Learning Center is looking for land to build a new building on. . Chairman Berrey reminded everyone to come and visit the new Native American Church. . Chairman Berrey spoke on the litigation and that there would be an informational meeting for the lawsuits after the General Council meeting. . Chairman Berrey discussed how the Quapaw Tribe is better now than it has ever been. That young Tribal members are getting involved with regards to the Tribe.

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READING, CORRECTION & APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes from the July 4, 2017 General Council were presented for approval. Motion by Michaela Martin to approve the minutes of July 4, 2017 General Council meeting as presented. Seconded by Jim Adams. Motion passes.

TREASURER’S REPORT: ANNUAL POWER POINT PRESENTATION: All financials, including tribal and federal funds were submitted in the power point presentation. The presentation was presented prior to the calling to order of the General Council. Motion by Mildred Johnson, to approve the Treasurer’s Reports as submitted and published. Seconded by Ellen Bower. Motion passes by unanimous consent.

ELECTIONS: ELECTION PROCEDURES WERE CONDUCTED BY MEMBERS OF THE ELECTION COMMITTEE. A. TRIBAL PRINCESS (Nominations from the floor). LaCinda Attocknie (Winner - 333 votes) Spring Chalake (77 votes) Cassidy Shafer (34 votes) Lakyn Buffalo (254 votes)

Motion by Brenda Murray to cease nominations. Second by Bonnie Schalk. Motion passes.

Chairman Berry crowned the new 2018-2018 Tribal Princess, LaCinda Attocknie.

B: POW-WOW CHAIRMAN (Nominations from the floor). Mike Shawnee (Winner – 448 votes) Liz Tiger (67 votes) Cricket Rice (283 votes) Jeremy Olsen (Respectfully declined) Motion by Tribal member from the audience to cease nominations. Second by a Tribal member from the audience. Motion passes.

Pow-wow Chairman Accepts Nomination.

C: GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE (Nominations from the floor). Henry Ellick (Winner – 363 votes) Geoff Buffalo (Respectfully declined) Charles Button (272 votes) Laura Kauffman Rawlins (300 votes) Roman Kihega (223 votes) Jesse (Manz) McKibben (Winner – 334 votes) Jean Ann Lambert (184 votes) Abigail Panther Logan (145 votes) Sean Mathews (337 votes) Ben Waters (Respectfully declines) Motion by Tribal member from the audience to cease nominations. Second by Linda Davis.

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NEW BUSINESS: A. Naming the new pottery studio, the Suzy Moore Pottery Studio. Motion by Anna McKibben to name the new pottery studio the Suzy Moore Pottery Studio. Second made by Tribal member in the audience. 444 yes and 320 No votes. Motion passes. Discussion by Betty Gaedtke. Point of order called stating that the discussion is only about the naming of the pottery studio. Candice Byrd acknowledges and thanks everyone.

OLD BUSINESS: A. Barbara Collier speaks regarding the name change to Quapaw Nation. Point of order called. Name change will be on the July election ballot.

CANDIDATES FORUM: A. Rob Weaver (12:48 PM to 12:56 PM) B. John Berrey (12:56 PM to 1:02 PM) C. Solomon Jones (1:02 PM to 1:06 PM) D. Tamara Smiley-Reeves (1:06 PM to 1:10 PM) E. Lloyd Buffalo (1:10 PM to 1:13 PM) F. Ranny McWatters (1:13 PM to 1:16 PM)

OPEN FORUM: A. Michelle Newton spoke regarding the election. B. Judy Bodo spoke regarding the name change of the Tribe to Quapaw Nation. C. Charles Redeagle spoke about changing the percent to be reinstated back into the Tribe from a super majority to a simple majority. The Business Committee will request the Enrollment Committee to revisit the Enrollment Ordinance to reconsider percent for reinstatement because it will be up to the Enrollment Committee. D. Terry Kerns spoke reminding everyone what Chairman Berrey has done for the Tribe and the Quapaw people. E. Malinda McFarland spoke on Business Committee members attending funerals. She made a public apology to Amanda Morton. Spoke regarding the Quapaw people getting back their roots. F. Tony Mize spoke how crucial it is to have leadership and continuity. G. Todd Weaver spoke about the election. H. Rob Weaver spoke about issues relating to the campaign and election. I. John E. Rodgers spoke about issues that had been on Facebook. J. JoKay Dowell spoke on several topics. Motion to adjourn from a Tribal member in the audience. Second was made by a Tribal member in the audience. Motion passes.

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BENEDICTION: Geoff Buffalo

ADJOURNMENT: 2:10 PM

______Tamara Smiley, Sec./Treas.

Minutes Prepared In Accordance with Robert’s Rules of Order [RONR (10th ed.), pg 451, 1. 25-28 By:/s/ Acting BC Clerk Hanan Matthews Business Committee Clerk

CERTIFICATION Approved by a motion and unanimous vote of the General Council of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma on ______

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PowerPoint Presentation The slideshow is shown prior to the beginning of the meeting.

Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 13 CEMETERY COMMITEE

14 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 15 16 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 17 18 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 19 CASH BALANCES

20 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 21 Department Reports Annual reports for FY-2018 October 1, 2017 - September 20, 2018

Administration Donna Mercer, Tribal Administrator

The Quapaw Nation has had another very blessed year. Our greatest asset is the individuals that work for us. The Quapaw Nation’s government portion of the Tribe employs 292 employees. Of these, 90 are Quapaw, 49 are Native American and 153 are non-Indian. The Quapaw Nation’s annual payroll for calendar year 2018 was $12,024,468.00, which includes fringe benefits. The Director of Human Resources has provided a more detailed breakdown of the Quapaw Nation employees listed below.

Employment Demographics as of September 30, 2018 Employment Status

The stability of an organization shows in the longevity of the employees that work for that organization. Each year we have an Employee Appreciation Luncheon for our staff and award pins for years of service. Last year 3 employees received 15-year pins; 25 employees received 10-year pins; 20 employees received 5-year pins; and 15 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 25 employees received 3-year pins. All employees received certificates with their pins, for a total of 63 employees. This is a great accomplishment for the Quapaw Nation’s administration as well as the Quapaw Nation as a whole. We strive to enhance working conditions, fringe benefits and employment stability for our employees. We strongly encourage Quapaw Nation Members to regularly check our website and our Human Resources Department for new employment opportunities.

1 - 3 years of service 139 employees 4 - 5 years of service 30 employees 6 - 10 years of service 87 employees 11-15 years of service 19 employees 16-20 years of service 10 employees 20+ years of service 2 employees

The department directors have submitted annual reports that briefly explain what their departments have been working on this past year. Our directors work very hard at finding new programs and funding to help increase the assistance that we give to our Quapaw Nation Members and to help serve our community. We are always available to answer any questions that you may have regarding any of our programs. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to come to my office or give me a call. I truly appreciate receiving input from our Quapaw Nation Members regarding improvement ideas for our programs and services.

We have completed our 16th year of Self-Governance, which is funded through the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The self-governance program provides partial funding for our Marshals Service, Realty and Trust Services, Probate, and Court System. The Self-Governance program provides funding for our Higher Education, Indian Child Wel- fare, Adult Education, Vo-Ed, General Welfare Assistance, and Direct Employment. All the programs that are funded through Self-Governance have specific guidelines they are required to follow for distribution, as do all our Federal Grants. We are constantly looking for new grants to help provide additional services or to assist with services we are already providing to our Quapaw Nation Members.

We have completed our 2nd year of Self-Governance under the Indian Health Service Compact. This has allowed us to have some flexibility with the funds we receive from Indian Health Service, which are Substance Abuse and the Community Health Representative. We continue to look at areas of funding that can be added and utilized through this compact. These new funding areas can help assist with services that we can provide to our Quapaw Nation Members.

The Quapaw Nation has received and expensed out a total of $11,261,502.00 in federal grant funds in fiscal year 2018. These funds are administered under the Federal regulations that go along with the Quapaw Nation’s funding agreements. The funds that the Quapaw Nation receives from the casinos goes into our General fund for fiscal year 2018 and totals $28,427,378.00. The funds that the Tribe receives from the casinos are distributed as follows:

Government Functions $14,793,069 Education $ 955,745 Supplemental Funding for Grants $ 586,748 O-gah-pah Learning Center $ 407,059 Public Safety Department $ 4,896,313 Social Services $ 2,140,556 Quapaw Nation Member Insurance $ 4,647,888

Due to the hard work and dedication of our departments, we completed our fiscal year 2018 audit with no findings or issues. This is our 19th consecutive clean audit that we have received. To maintain such a continued level of professionalism with the growth that we have endured is a major accomplishment for our staff. 26 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 We continue to pass all our onsite audits that we have over our individual funding agencies.

The Department of Justice, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Environmental Protection Agency have all completed on-site and phone audits this year. We have passed all their audits with no findings. There were a few suggestions on things that we could do differently. Several of the agencies have complimented us on our operations and professionalism.

The Department of Information Technology and our Chief Information Officer has completed several network and datacenter upgrades, in the past year. They have added more security levels in the network for better data protection. Bolt has installed fiber to all our locations which has improved our network speed. The new fiber has increased our access time to information, processing checks, submitting proposals, and submitting grant applications. The IT Department is currently working on updating all the servers that stores all our data.

The Maintenance and Grounds Departments work very hard throughout the year to keep all the Quapaw Na- tion’s facilities, as well as the Powwow grounds, looking good. The merge with the Quapaw Services Author- ity is working out great. They are working together on projects and utilizing their man power more efficiently. They have been able to train employees on HVAC and electric work, to increase their knowledge and skills. The Grounds Committee continues to assist in adding additional canopies each year to help improve the grounds for campers.

The Tribe has added many new projects during the 2018 fiscal year. The Tribe was awarded a 3.9-million-dollar grant to build a new Tribal Center for Alternative Corrections. This new building will house our Court, Fam- ily Services Department, Quapaw Counseling Services, and the Law Marshals Department. We have started the building process at the Tribal Center for Alternative Corrections. The following picture below is the design of the new Tribal Center for Alternative Corrections.

Above, future Tribal Center for Alternative Corrections

Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 27 The building where our QCS currently is, will be the new Law Marshals offices. The expansion of our Court and Family Services Department will allow us to partner up with other Tribes to assist them with programs that we are developing.

The additional Elder Housing units are being built at a quick pace and are coming along nicely. Once the units are completed, they will be filled from the waiting list that the Quapaw Nation Housing Department maintains.

We are constantly working on improving communication with our Quapaw Nation Members. The continued upgrades to the website have improved this effort to get information to our Quapaw Nation Members. We are still working on ways to improve and make the website more efficient. One of the things we are checking into is providing live streaming of the BC meetings.

The Quapaw Nation continues to be very community focused. We continue to open the Safe Rooms to the community during inclement weather. We have also assisted Quapaw Public School with their remodeling of their gym and locker rooms.

The Tribe continues to support through donations the area youth sports teams, educational trips, community functions, school improvements, and food programs. The Quapaw Nation is a leader in our community when it comes to caring and supporting our Quapaw Nation Members, as well as all who reside here in the area.

The Realty/Trust Department handles the Quapaw Nation leasing projects, sales of interest, fee-to-trust acquisitions, and probates.

The Quapaw Nation’s total jurisdictional acreage that is held in trust/restricted status is:

Surface and Mineral Tracts 7838.75 acres m/l Surface Only Tracts 4519.27 acres m/l Mineral Only Tracts 6580.85 acres m/l

The Quapaw Nation’s total jurisdictional acreage that is fee land is: Arkansas 158.457 acres m/l Kansas 398.30 acres m/l Missouri 137.1 acres m/l Oklahoma 1181.77 acres m/l

We constantly try to increase our land base within our jurisdiction by purchasing fee land, restricted land and un- divided interest land. The increase of our land base helps when applying for grant money. We also have our own cattle operation which uses the land for pasture, hay, and growing our own crops.

We continue to work to improve the quality of life for all Quapaw Nation Members. The Quapaw Nation’s ten-year plan is a reminder of what we are continually working towards as a Tribe.

I will be available at the General Council meeting if anyone has any questions or comments regarding our Quapaw Nation’s programs or services. If you are unable to attend the General Council meeting, please feel free to contact me at the Quapaw Nation’s office. Your input is greatly appreciated at any time.

28 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Childcare Development Fund/O-Gah-Pah Learning Center JoOuita Smith, Childcare Programs Director

The O-Gah-Pah Learning Center is owned and operated by the Quapaw Tribe. The center was built in 2002 with Child Care Development Funds. We provide a much-needed service not only to Quapaw but the surrounding areas. We are tribally licensed for 90 children. Downstream Learning Center, our facility and 1 child care home are all the facilities Quapaw must choose from. I am ecstatic to announce that we have been approved to use some of fiscal year 2018 funds for construction of a bigger O-Gah-Pah Learning Center just West of our current center. We will be licensed for 150 children the same as Downstream Learning Center. We have a consistent waiting list for all age groups, so I believe filling the center will not be a problem. We will still be using the existing playground and equipment for the facility. We hope to use the current building for provider trainings and other child care events throughout the year.

The child care providers in our area are very fortunate to have 9 tribes in our area to provide the community with trainings, quality equipment, resources, referrals, and so much more. Below is a list of trainings and other quality activities that the CCDF Program provides either funding, staff, or both. We all put our funds and our staff together to have such beneficial activities for our child care providers and children. We aim to provide quality and educational experiences through each activity. Tribal Halloween Party- October 27th, 2017 The CCDF staff sponsored a Halloween Party for the community. This was held at the Community Building. We had of all kind of games, food, and candy; so, all the kids had a great time. CCDF staff was present with information available regarding our program. We had over 260 children in attendance so were able to inform a lot of people about our services.

Infection Control -November 2nd, 2017: Total Attendance 20 (Providers 18 /CCDF 2) 2 hours formal training This training took place at the Tulsa Tech-Owasso Campus. Joyce Reynolds was our presenter for the evening. Infection control is a high priority in the child care setting. Joyce Reynolds explained the importance and the techniques that we can use to take extra great care of the children in our care. This training is a required by DHS.

OLC Thanksgiving Banquet- November 7th, 2017 CCDF helped sponsor the OLC annual thanksgiving dinner. 105 friends and families were in attendance to this event, bringing togetherness to all the families that belong to the OLC family. CCDF helped by providing the potatoes, rolls and desserts for this event. OLC provided the Turkeys and CCDF was happy to have them smoked and sliced to make this event easier and tastier.

Supervision for Staff and Directors -November 30th, 2017 41 Total (Providers 21/ DHS 3/ CCDF 14) 2 hours formal training. Training took place in Afton at the Vo-Tech building. Joyce Reynolds was the trainer for this session, discussing the importance of proper supervision. She explained the way to prevent accidents from happening by being aware and proper placement of teacher and equipment. There was a total of 103 people in attendance for this training.

Active Supervision- Directors Only -December 8th, 2017 Total of 41 in attendance. The training was held for Directors and Assistant Directors only. The reason for this training for was to follow-up with the Directors on how to properly supervise the staff. Also, to ask what needs their facility might have. Creating an Environment Where People Thrive (Team Building) January 18th, 2018 Total attendance 100 (Providers 97/ CCDF 14) 2 hours formal training. This training was presented by Jerrod Murr discussing the importance of team building in the child care facility. By doing this we can build an environ- Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 29 ment that children and adults can thrive.

Spit Happens- February 8th, 2018 Total in attendance 98 (Providers 94 / CCDF 4) 2 hours of Formal training. Infection control is a high priority in the child care setting in this training Joyce Reynolds explained the importance and the techniques that we can use to take extra great care of the children in our care.

Spit Happens- February 27th, 2018 Total in attendance 29 (Providers 26 / CCDF 3) 2 hours of Formal Training. Infection control is a high priority in the child care setting in this training Joyce Reynolds explained the importance and the techniques that we can use to take extra great care of the children in our care.

Chasing the Rabbit-Derek Volk- March 5th, 2018 Total attendance was 237--Providers- 130, School teachers-42, Community-52, CCDF- 13. 2 hours of formal training. This was presented by Derek Volk and his son Dylan. This comes from a father’s perspective of raising an Autistic child. This training was open to child care facilities, school teachers, and the public as well. This was an informative training reaching into the everyday life of a family as they struggle with a child that has Autism. This training was held at the Coleman theater and each person was given popcorn and drink, and a copy of Derek’s book “Chasing the Rabbit”.

CCDF Provider Banquet -March 29th, 2018 241 Total: Providers 211 /CCDF 20. Quapaw CCDF helped with the other Tribes to put on our Annual Provider Appreciation Banquet. The banquet was held in the Wyandotte Casino Hotels’ large conference room. The theme this year was Disney Extravaganza. Each table was decorated in a different Disney themed movie. Wyandotte’s in- vited Jerod Murr to be the game show host using Disney Trivia. The hotel provided an Italian dinner, of Baked Ziti and Chicken Fettuccini. The table décor and appreciation gift were placed at everyone’s table setting and consisted of two Movie ticket passes, candy and popcorn. The table décor was won by an individual with the most Disney knowledge and gift cards to restaurants were given as well. 1st and 2nd place teams that played the Trivia game on stage won $100.00 a piece for 1st place and $50.00 a piece for 2nd place.

Week of the Young Child -April 23-26, 2018 April 23-24 Jim Gill at the Coleman Theater. 1797 children and adults (teachers, CCDF, ICW). Jim Gill is a child entertainer and musician teaching children about beginning reading techniques and movement through song. The teachers were provided Jim Gills CD’s and books to enjoy in their classrooms.

April 25 Fun Fest at NEO AM College Student Activity Building 157 kids, 74 Teachers, 12 Vo-Tech Students. Inflatables were provided for the children’s entertainment, the NEO nursing students dressed up and played with the children as they waited. After the Fun Fest each facility were given a voucher for a meal of their choice from 3 participating restaurants.

April 26 Petting Zoo at NEO AM College Arena Kids 817 Teachers 232. Children came to the NEO Arena to experience all kinds of animals they could ride ponies and camels, and even fish for trout. The number of smiles on all the children faces, makes all the hard work of this week all worth it.

Emergency Preparedness-Tribal Facilities - May 1st 57 (providers 53 / CCDF 4) 2 hours formal training. This was a training given by Joyce Reynolds, giving us crucial information about keeping children safe when faced with natural disaster or intruders. This is a yearly required training from DHS.

30 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Emergency Preparedness -May 3rd, 2018 Attendance was a total of 68 (Providers 66/ CCDF 2) 2 hours of formal training. This was a training given by Joyce Reynolds, giving us crucial information about keeping children safe when faced with natural disaster or intruders. This is a yearly required training from DHS.

Intertribal Children’s Powwow -June 9th, 2018 900 participants, 97 volunteers, ad 54 vendors. The CCDF donates to this event to teach parents and children about their culture.

Just For Kids Camp-July 9-13, 2018 Totals: Monday -118, Tuesday- 129, Wednesday- 128 Thursday -119, Friday - 99. Monday and Tuesday consisted of planned activities from Junior Chef, OSU Farm-To-You, Dental Screens, Camp Bandage. Wednesday was a fun day full of activities with Jump In Jill. Thursday was a fun day that started with the Bee Movie at the theater in Mi- ami and ended with presentations from a real Bee Keeper and the game Food Fear Factor. Friday ended our week with a Native American Cultural day. The children participated in crafts, games, storytelling and “Three Sisters” Cookery. Sodexo provided the lunch for the children every day, and the location was at NEO A&M college.

Block Party - July 6th, 2018 Quapaw CCDF hosted a “Block Party” in conjunction with the Quapaw Pow-Wow at the Spring River Indian Baptist Church. We had large amusement ride equipment, crafts, snow cones, and free hot dogs provided for all that attended. The church gave out water bottles to the participants and let us use the church to cool off and for bathrooms. We had approximately 80 children in attendance. The changed date and new location showed to be a big part of the lower attendance, but we look for much larger numbers next year.

Native American Youth Camp - 7/19-20/2018 Thursday-57 children; Friday- 64 children. Thursday was spent learning Native American cultural activities. Ac- tivities included corn husk dolls, basket weaving, flintknapping, Atl Atl, storytelling and archery, Friday we traveled by Charter bus to Tulsa where we enjoyed Jenks Aquarium & Incredible Pizza.

Mandatory Reporting -July 30th, 2018 Total 34 (providers10 /CCDF 24). 2 hours of formal training (Margret Tyner and Gayla Carnagey). This was a training for Directors and Assistant Directors only regarding what is mandatory to report and who to report the information to. This meeting went over some legal aspects as well and discussion on how DHS handles this information when they receive it.

Organization 101 - August 23rd, 2018 Total 84 (Providers 79 / CCDF 5). 2 hours of Formal training (Kathie Benson). This was a training on stress control by making your life more organized. Tips were given and how-to ideas to implement the organization techniques that she suggested. Each center received, and organization kit with a file keeper and office supplies.

2018 Regional Conference Dallas Texas - August 28-30th 2018 JoOuita and Laura attended the 2018 Regional Conference in Dallas Texas. This conference discussed the new Final Rule that is to be implemented by October 2019. Due to so many changes the conference was a great way to brain storm with other CCDF programs.

Early Learning Guidelines - September 27-29, 2018 Total 27 (Providers 26 /CCRR 1). 14 hours of Formal training. This training is designed to make sure that the training provides meaningful and educational experiences throughout their day. This will teach them to be able to implement and design a lesson plan for their day.

This concludes my annual report. Please contact me anytime for questions or comments. Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 31 Community Health Program Jami Rodgers, Community Health Representative

Nursing Home Visits 4 Home Visits 101 Hospital Visits 2 Transports 79 (Miami:34, Joplin:36, Talequah:2, Springfield:2, Tulsa:4, Claremore:1) Patient Care 602 (Includes patient care during health screenings) Patient Monitoring 360 Other Patient Services 26 Medicine order/pickup/delivery 154 Case Management 275 Admin 224 Title VI Monthly Health Screening 574 JBFC Monthly Health Screening 83 Annual Health Fair 348 participants 55 vendors Vision Screening 37 (November 2018: 20 June 2018: 17) Flu Shot Clinic 68 (October 2017) Mobile Mammography 12 (October 2017) Court Corissa Berry, Court Clerk Judge A. Diane Hammons Justice Gregory Bigler Judge Jon D. Douthitt Justice Roger Wiley Prosecutor Truman Carter Justice Darrell Dowty

There were 14 tribal court dockets heard from October 2017 to September 2018. Throughout the year 8 criminals and 33 civil cases were filed with the Quapaw Nation Tribal Court. There are now two court dockets per month. Judge Hammons dockets are heard the first Thursday of each month at 10:00am. This docket includes criminal matters and civil cases. Judge Douthitt’s court dockets are scheduled for every third Wednesday of each month at 10:00am. This docket includes civil and confidential cases. Both court dockets are held in the Quapaw Tribal Community building. You can also find a full list of the Court Docket dates on the Quapaw Tribe website under the Government section in the Tribal Court tab under Monthly Dockets.

In August of 2018, was the start of the bi-monthly court dockets heard by 2 different Judges. The tribal court has continued to have 2 court dockets per months since that time. Also, during this time 3 Supreme Court Justices were appointed to serve on the Quapaw Nation Supreme Court. Their first hearing was held on November 14th, 2018.

The MODOC tribe’s child support enforcement office is still providing services to the Quapaw Nation Tribal Court. The tribal courts are also continuing working with CASA as they provide their services as need in court. The Quapaw Nation Tribal Court Bar Association is still accepting application from new attorney’s that wish to be a part of our Bar Association. Several former attorneys within the Quapaw Nation Tribal Bar have renewed their applications for another year.

There are now forms available online and in the Court Clerks office for: Petition for Name Change, Protective 32 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Orders, Small Claims, Notice of Filing Foreign Judgment, Garnishments (Continuing and Non-Continuing), and Summons. Also, all codes and resolutions that pertain to the Tribal Court are available on-line to view. An active Bench warrant list is also available to access on-line.

I would like to thank you for your continued support of the Quapaw Nation Tribal Court. I am honored to have this opportunity to be the Court Clerk for the Quapaw Nation and work with such a great staff. Downstream Casino Resort Jani Cummings, General Manager Kent Jones, Chief Financial Officer The Downstream Development Authority, management of Downstream Casino Resort and all of our team members wish to welcome Quapaw Tribal Members to the 2019 Annual General Council meeting and Pow Wow. We sincerely hope you enjoy all of the amenities and hospitality that we have to offer.

Mission Statement Downstream Casino Resort and the Quapaw Tribe strive to provide sustainable and far-reaching economic opportunities to enhance the lives of our Tribal members, team members, associates, guests, and all citizens of our neighboring communities. Our goal is to advance our cultural heritage; lift up and care for our constituents who are most in need; and serve in every way as a good corporate citizen of the four state region and of Indian Country. We are committed to supporting and strengthening regional charities and community organizations. We believe in families, human development, diversity, education, the arts and the environment.

Downstream’s team continued to raise the bar for guest service excellence, exceptional guest experiences, maintaining the premier casino resort destination in the area and providing for our team members. One of the areas identified as a potential cost savings center, was the concept of recreating a more welcoming environment for our Employee Dining Room so we created the Team Member Marketplace. The Marketplace was envisioned as a comfortable, inviting restaurant and break area featuring fresh daily specials, fresh grab & go items such as salads, sandwiches, yogurt parfaits, salad bar, action station and coolers & microwaves for “bring your own lunches.” We estimated savings across the board due to portion control, minimal waste, fair pricing on grab & go items and a “pay for what you take” concept to come in around $100,000 per month. The Marketplace opened in February 2018 and exceeded expectations both in a superior product offering, as well as providing the comfortable atmo- sphere we were looking for and is truly a success story with first year savings of over $1 million.

Economic Opportunities & Diversification Efforts Canine Program – In its third year of operation, the canine program refined operations to include scheduled rounds of handler & canine teams throughout Downstream properties; concert grounds, elevator & hotel sweeps, back of house sweeps, and are on call for suspicious packages and/or odors on property. The Canine Program employs three full-time team members and was moved under the direction of the Fire Life Safety Program/Qua- paw Marshalls. Extensive training is conducted weekly and has recently been extended to other Law Enforcement groups.

Ogapah Coffee – The intention of instituting Ogapah coffee was to provide a fresh product, blended and roasted specifically for use within all Downstream food & beverage outlets, on the casino floor, in the Team member marketplace, etc., as well as packaging for retail sale. Marketability for select, crafted coffees is excellent, especially with an exceptional blend and roast that is ground daily.

During Fiscal Year 2018, we roasted 23,565 pounds of coffee beans, more than doubling the 11,000 pounds of coffee beans roasted the prior fiscal year. About 17,000 pounds of roasted coffee was served at DCR which is an increase of 6,000 pounds year over year. The other 6,000 pounds was sold to other Tribal organizations – again, al- Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 33 most quadrupling last year’s number. Approximately 650,500 cups of Ogapah coffee was served at DCR vs. 367,200 cups prior year. We bring raw coffee beans in from Columbia, Brazil, Peru, Guatemala, Papua New Guinea, Ethio- pia, Rwanda, Honduras.

We now roast and serve 5 blends--Downstream Blend, MaKoSha Espresso Blend, Tribal Soul Blend, Spring Blend, and Holiday Blend. Our cost to roast, blend, serve our own coffee comes in about $1.50 per pound cheaper than buying it from outside sources.

Quapaw Cattle Company – Downstream usage – During FY2018 we purchased over $528,450.00 goods & services for Downstream Casino Resort from Quapaw Cattle Company. Outlets currently serving our beef are Red Oak, Spring River Buffet, Wa-Na-Bee-Dea, Legends, Buffalo Grille, Banquets and the Team Member Marketplace. Red Oak Steakhouse is renowned for the superb cut and quality of their Quapaw Cattle Company steaks.

Currently the Downstream Greenhouse provides landscaping & other services to the entire property, plus our own spring and fall harvested honey. The greenhouse along is a prime example of our successful farm to table commit- ment. A variety of herbs and spices are used within our F&B outlets as well as in the Nee’ Spa.

Honey harvest yielded about 100 gallons of honey in 2018. There are 8 oz. and 1.5 oz. jars retail in MaKoSha, Heckaton, and Q Store. Our honey is used in the F&B kitchens, in DCBC brewery, Nee’ Spa and Quapaw Coffee Company. We will also be providing 200 1.5 oz. sample jars to the Tribal Elders to be presented at their yearly banquet this year. We have increased our number of beehives in order to expand our honey yield. Over 2,000 visitors have been accommodated with guided greenhouse tours. We also created a sign in sheet for our guests in the tours so we can capture data such as how many guests, what party/business/school they are with or representing and date and time of tour.

DCR Horticulture also produces a variety of fresh produce, herbs, flowers, for use at Downstream restaurants spa, hotel arrangements, banquet arrangements and some charitable arrangements. Our floral department also provides services for our team members such as requests for birthdays, holidays, funerals and special occasions. As a cost savings to the Tribe, we are able to provide flowers and plants in house for Tribal events, funerals and DDA requests.

During the holidays, our floral department provides fresh flower arrangements for retail sale in the Heckaton gift shop and to team members upon request.

Horticulture maintains approximately 30 acres including Quapaw Coffee Company, Q Store, RV park, Down- stream Learning Center, Quapaw Community park, all Downstream Casino Resort property, including Eagle Creek Golf Course, as well as the five greenhouses and raised garden beds.

We have begun our foray into hydroponics in one of the 5 greenhouses in addition to all the produce and herbs already offered. We have 9 raised beds and through a grant accomplished by QCC, we now have one new greenhouse with another coming in a few weeks which will provide a total of 7 greenhouses.

Fiscal 2018 General Conditions

We continued to be creative in our staffing as the tri state area is buying the workforce by offering higher base pay and little to no benefits. That makes it difficult for us to find strong team members who understand and value benefits and realize it’s not just the base pay that’s important. Downstream takes great pride in providing our onsite clinic, annual health fair screenings, 401K, convenient MarketPlace, Thanksgiving turkeys, Easter hams, team member holiday gift, annual holiday sale and more! We are conscious of right-sizing our work force, cross training our teams, adjusting hours where prudent, and trimming excess and unnecessary spend within our operating 34 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 budgets. Our team member count has remained well under 1100 and we continued labor cost efficiency efforts utilizing Downstream team members to assist with necessary business operations, as requested, at Quapaw Casino and at the Tribal Government Offices. Shared services within I.T., Slots/EGM Department, Facilities, Finance, Greenhouse and occasionally H.R. provide bench strength and cost savings benefiting both casino operations and the Tribe. The expansion of Legends Sports Bar provided the opportunity to incorporate the Downstream Crafted Brew Company (DCBC) brew tanks behind the glass in Legends to showcase our hand crafted brews which currently represent approximately 16% of all draft beer sales in house. DCBC beer sold 22,247 drafts and other draft beer sales of 121,943 pints represented the bulk. Currently we offer four brews: Gentleman IPA, Honey Brown Bomber, Craft House Kolsch, Flat Rock Red and we are continuing to work on new seasonal flavors. We currently have our DCBC quarter kegs priced at $40.00 each and get 62 pints out of each keg. This brings the cost of each pint to approximately $.62 and we sell the pint for $4.00. We have distributed the equivalent of 1,000 beers at two beer festivals in Fayetteville, Arkansas and in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We plan for even more opportunity to showcase our “brew” at several more beer festivals due to the great response we received. This is wonderful exposure for our beer but more importantly for the casino and Quapaw Nation. The crafted beer along with our enhanced Legends menu, has found a new following with foodies and ale aficionados in the four state area.

Much time and effort were spent preparing for the new table games “super pit” which was an entirely new configu- ration of the gaming pits from three into one. This was a coordinated effort utilizing slots, table games, surveil- lance, facilities, I.T., TGA, and security, requiring floor cuts, data and cable installation, wiring, camera moves, game placement and included the addition of the newly approved craps and roulette games in Oklahoma. We opened with two craps and one roulette table in November, after training initial dealers, and have introduced new guests and a new revenue stream to our property due to this gaming addition. While being more labor intensive, these two new games have made a significant contribution to increase table games revenue and popularity.

As any property ages, repair, maintenance and technical upkeep is critical. During FY 2018, our Capital Expendi- tures included the following highlights:

Notable Capital Projects

BV Replacement $ 380,828 New games $ 865,461 Data Center Storage $ 51,940 Supplemental Cameras $ 43,030 Video Expert Upgrade $ 147,675 Data Center Servers $ 78,313 EDR Remodel to Marketplace $ 420,179 Booster System $ 54,000 Liebert UPS $ 68,592 Count Equipment $ 427,010 Venue Outdoor Power $ 104,431 E-Mail Upgrade $ 54,467 Dice & Roulette Tables $ 57,265 New Marketing/Players Club Kiosks $ 236,835 Casino Audio $ 201,372 Super Pit & Related $ 148,909 Beverage Stations $ 59,542

Operating performance - Slot coin in held steady with an EBITDA margin (as a percentage of net revenue) of 32%. Actual EBITDA performance remained stable. This is indicative of a strong operating margin in the gaming in- Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 35 dustry with the number of local competitive properties within our drive market. Thriving in a saturated gaming market requires continuous monitoring of all competition within the tri-state area. Kansas Crossing completed their first full year of operation and started year two with a strong competitive battle with Indigo Sky for the mid to lower end market strata. This engagement created a “buyers’ war” which did have an initial effect on Downstream but we rallied quickly and effectively. Additional smart promotional and advertising spend helped combat the of- fensive volley from our competitors.

All debt service remains timely and we continue to meet our obligation to the Quapaw Tribe in the form of a $10 million annual distribution.

Downstream completed the installation of two self-service beverages stations on the casino floor which was the most requested addition/improvement from our guest comment cards. New products and services were added to our Nee’ Spa menu and hours of operation were extended to provide additional appointments for both hotel guests and transient guests.

Food and Beverage continued to introduce new menu items at all outlets and offered exceptional holiday brunches and dinners at Spring River Buffet. The popularity of our Summer concert series was the impetus behind our Pre- Concert Parties in Buffalo Grille. The other food & beverage outlets were already operating at capacity and this provided the opportunity to direct pre-concert guests to a new venue at a reasonable price. We also introduced food trucks to the Venue for some of our outdoor concerts which allowed us to focus our staff on our indoor outlets.

Conferences, conventions, trade shows, charitable fundraising events, corporate functions and society functions garnered new business in the Pavilion and casino banquet rooms. This also increased hotel room blocks and food/ beverage packages for clients with our Sales Department upselling décor, floral, linen packages, etc. Bussing also stepped up and brought in new guests on a variety of new bus lines throughout Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri.

Key Statistics, Numbers and Other Facts

• 70,000 + square feet of gaming space • 2,000 electronic gaming machines • 32 table games • 14 poker tables • 374 hotel rooms and suites • 5 restaurants • 3 bars and lounges • 2 pools (one indoor and one outdoor) • Nee Spa/Salon • 1 coffee and pastry shop • Approximately 33,000 sq. ft. of meeting, banquet and indoor entertainment space • Annual guest visitation – 1,810,091 • 1020 full and/or part time team members • Annual DCR salaries, wages - $32,099,340 • Total tips/tokes earned - $10,394,505 • Fiscal 2018 gaming fees & taxes paid to State of Oklahoma - $4,941,935 • Fiscal 2018 purchases of goods, services & materials -$74,386,595 • Average gallons of gas sold monthly at Q Store – 252,292 • Q Store total sales - $11,764,121 36 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 • Total sales tax collected on behalf of the Tribe - $1,300,043 • Fiscal 2018 charitable donations - $656,041

We are all committed to continuing the success of Downstream Casino Resort and are proud of all that has been accomplished since its inception. Downstream has an excellent reputation in not only the 4 state area but in all of Indian Country as well. Even with the additional gaming competition in Kansas and Oklahoma, the Downstream Development Authority and casino management team along with all of our team members continue to strive to maintain our position as the premier gaming destination in the area. Downstream Learning Center Rachele Brown-Kerby, Daycare Manager October was a fun month! We have had a couple of fun events for the kids and parents this month. We took our two and three-year-old kids to Annabelle’s Fun Farm on a field trip. It was so much fun! When asking the kids their favorite part of the trip most said the train ride. For Halloween we had a building wide parade where the kids all dressed in their costumes and went trick-or-treating. We took infants through five years old to the EMT building, Wardrobe Building and the back hall of the casino. We had a lot of help from Parents and Casino Staff. The kids had so much fun showing off their costumes and getting tons of candy.

We have had a great November at the DLC. The children finished us the “Light and Dark” curriculum and began the “Traveling” curriculum. We did a lot of fun activities with the kids this month which included, a lot of holiday crafts, having parades in the hallway for our curriculum, and making placemats for Thanksgiving. We were able to purchase new cleaning supplies due to a grant from the Peoria Tribe. With this grant we purchased a carpet shampooer and a new vacuum. With the remaining money we purchased germ fighting chemicals, such as Purell and Clorox Anywhere Spray. These items will help to ensure our ability to stop the spread of common illnesses during this time of year.

We have had a fantastic December at the DLC. The children finished up the “Traveling” curriculum and began the “What Happens When” curriculum. This set included activities that included the children being able to soak up water with different materials and then wring it out to see which materials were more absorbent, drawing on different types of materials to discover which ones worked the best, and domino activities that taught children chain of effect. The children have really seemed to enjoy this curriculum set so far.

We have had a busy January at the DLC. We have officially been contracted with both Oklahoma and Kansas to receive state subsidy as a form of payment. We are very excited with the ability to expand our enrollment to parents who receive state subsidy to pay for child care expenses. Now that we have state subsidy, we will begin phasing out our DCR subsidy program and transferring parents to the state subsidy programs. We are still working on getting Missouri approved.

We have had a great February at the DLC. We are now contracted with both Oklahoma and Kansas to receive state subsidy as a form of payment. We are very excited with the ability to expand our enrollment to parents who receive state subsidy to assist with child care expenses. Now that we have state subsidy, we have been phasing out our DCR subsidy program and transferring parents to the state subsidy programs. We are fully phased out for Oklahoma and Kansas parents and they will now be required to go through their own state for income-based assistance. The children did the “Let’s Pretend” curriculum set this month. This set was full of fun activities that were dramatic play based. These activities included acting as community helpers, getting to be the “teacher,” pretending to be on the bus, and playing charades.

We have had a wonderful March at the DLC. The children did the “Up in the Sky” curriculum set this month. This set was full of fun activities that included animals, aircrafts, and weather. We are still working to get Missouri the Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 37 Subsidy and hope to have this going by the end of April.

We have had an amazing April at the DLC. We have hired several new team members; we are very excited to welcome our newest team members! The children did the “What Happens When” curriculum set this month. This set was full of fun activities that included making lemon volcanos, using color changing UV beads to make necklaces, and trying out different science experiments. Our 4 & 5-year-old children went on three field trips during the week of the young child. They were able to go to the children’s concert, the Fun Fest and the Petting Zoo. They had a ton of fun! We have had a great May at the DLC. The children did the “Digging in the Dirt” curriculum set this month. This set was full of fun activities that included playing with earth worms in soil, going to the green house on a field trip, and using sticks to draw and write in the dirt.

We have had a great June at the DLC. Our teachers have worked very hard to create a fun and exciting curriculum that will gear the learning toward a preschool setting. The new curriculum focuses on kindergarten preparedness and social awareness. On June 25th, we had our first parent teacher social event. We had a pretty good turn out from our parents and families. We are excited host several of these events each year.

We have had an awesome July at the DLC. We celebrated the 4th of July by caring for the Quapaw Tribal children during the general council meeting. We went on several field trips through July including the bowling alley, the splash pad, the Oklahoma Aquarium, the movies, the children’s farmer’s market, Roller city, and the Tulsa Zoo.

We have had a fun filled August at the DLC. Our children have taken fun filled trips to the Amazium and the Tulsa Aquarium this month. We have just started painting our classrooms, the infant and one-year old rooms will be the color Pastel Day, the two and three-year-old classrooms will be the color Spunmoni, the four-year-old and older classrooms will be the color Sunny Day, and all classrooms will have an accent wall painted Foggy Day. We have new blankets color coordinated for each room and sheets for our naptime cots.

We have had a spectacular September at the DLC. We are in the process of arranging one of classrooms for a gym with several fine and gross motor activities for the children. This room will be utilized daily during the school year. Our kids took trips to a petting zoo, the children loved seeing the animals and had an amazing time. Our 4 and 5-year-old class is learning about everyday heroes and took doughnuts to the Quapaw Firefighters next door, the firefighters took them on a tour of the facility and let the kids spray a firehose into the street. The 4 and 5 children are also doing a food drive for a local food pantry. Our 1-year old class is preparing a board to honor Breast Cancer Survivors and Memorial. Meet Our Team The Downstream Learning Center has a total of 33 team members with 26 teachers, 13 that are qualified as Master Teachers. We also have team members that hold various certifications and degrees. Certifications & Degrees Held Samantha Baird – Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education with emphasis in Special Education Rachale Brown Kerby – Certificate of Mastery in Early Childhood Education & Associate of Science (MLT) Jennifer Burwell – Certificate of Mastery in Early Childhood Education Elisha Carr – Bachelor of Science in Business Management & Associate of Science in Business Administration Cyndee Evans – Associate of Arts in Early Child Care Sarah Hiatt – Associate of Arts in Early Childhood Education Meghan Jordan –Associate of Arts in Early Childhood Education Heather Lesmeister – Child Development Associate Credential (CDA) Chelsea Mathews – Certificate of Mastery in Early Childhood Education Rebecca Miner – Batchelor of Arts in Christian Ministry for Childcare Administration Stephanie Phillips – Associate of General Studies Lora Roberson – Certificate of Mastery in Early Childhood Education 38 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Lauren Vaughan – Batchelor of in commercial Graphics Kathy Weaver – Associate of Arts in Childhood Development & Certificate of Mastery in Early Childhood Educa- tion Eddie Webber II – Batchelor of Science in Sociology with a miner in Psychology and Criminal Justice Ashley Wright – Associate of Arts in Early Childhood Education & PD Specialist with CDA Council All team members complete 20 or more hours of continued training annually. All are certified for CPR & First Aid and have completed ELCCT training, Safe Sleep Training, Food Handlers training, and annual Infection Control training. All cooks are Servsafe Certified. Curriculum – How We Teach! At the DLC our curriculum is built for each age group based on specific needs and developmental levels of each group. Primary focus for infants through two is social and emotional. Primary focus of three through five is kindergarten preparedness. Six years and older work in a variety of areas. Examples of curriculum activities are included below along with some descriptions. Infants

Title of Activity Description and Objective of Activity Developmental Domain Materials

Play peek-a-boo with the babies. Cognitive *no materials needed Development Peek-a-Boo (Discovering the world around me)

Sit with baby in front of unbreakable mirror Language *unbreakable mirror Name Time Development ASL: eat (Communicating with each preparing to give them their bottle/food. other)

Let the babies know that you will be right back Social *no materials needed when you leave the room. Development

(The people around me)

Emotional Development

(All about me)

Lay the children on the mat on their tummies. Motor Skill *toys, mirror hexagon Give them toys to play with, or let them look at

Tummy Time their reflections in the Development (Look at what my body can mirror. do)

Reading Time Baby Animals

Music and Movement Auld Lang Syne hold a baby and move to the beat of the song

Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 39 Creative Expression

Sensory Confetti bottles Fill a clear, empty bottle with confetti and let the babies

(Discovering my five senses) shake it and watch the confetti move.

Infants

Title of Activity Description and Objective of Activity Developmental Domain Materials

Play peek-a-boo with the babies. Cognitive *no materials needed Development Peek-a-Boo (Discovering the world around me)

Sit with baby in front of unbreakable mirror Language *unbreakable mirror Name Time Development ASL: eat (Communicating with each preparing to give them their bottle/food. other)

Let the babies know that you will be right back Social *no materials needed when you leave the room. Development

(The people around me)

Emotional Development

(All about me)

Lay the children on the mat on their tummies. Motor Skill *toys, mirror hexagon Give them toys to play with, or let them look at

Tummy Time their reflections in the Development (Look at what my body can mirror. do)

Reading Time Baby Animals

Music and Movement Auld Lang Syne hold a baby and move to the beat of the song

Creative Expression

Sensory Confetti bottles Fill a clear, empty bottle with confetti and let the babies

(Discovering my five senses) shake it and watch the confetti move.

Ones

Friendship Literacy Science and Creative Social and Physical

and Math Expression Emotional Development Language Development

Monday Just me Friendship Roll the jar Letters to Two by Two and my song back and Friends SS1a friend forth CS1b SES1a AL1c SES1a

Tuesday Friends Friendship The more we Roll the ball tree get together back and forth AL1c LS5a LS5a LS5c PD3a

Wednesday The Line- Take it Class Our friends Duck, Duck, up game apart, put Friendship names Goose it together quilt PD3g MS3d SS1a PS2b MS1b

Thursday I can Mixing Friendship Give a hug Kick the ball share Colors day SE1c Pd3a coloring AL1c AL1d page

PD2g

Friday Emotions Friendship Friendship Greeting Two by Two Flashcards song tree Friends SS1a CS1b LS5a LS1c

Saturday Friends Class Letters to Roll the ball Friendship Friends back and forth AL1c LS5a quilt SES1a PD3a MS1b 40 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Sunday The Line- Take it Friendship The more we Duck, Duck, up game apart, put day get together Goose it together coloring PD3g LS5c SS1a page PS2b

PD2g

Friendship Lesson Plan Description

Books/Literacy: *Just me and my friend, Friends, and I can share – read the book and talk about what is happening. Talk about how to be a friend. *The line-up game, help the children to line up cars or animals in a row. Have them take turns. *I can share – As the children are playing show them how to share the toys with each other. *Emotions flashcards – Show the children the emotions flashcards and talk about each one. Try to make the face that matches the emotions and encourage the children to do the same. Math/Sensory: *Friendship song – Sit on the floor with the children and sing the friendship song. *Friend #’s – Use the premade cutouts of different children that have numbers on them, help the children to count and recog- nize the number. *Take it apart, put it together – Help the children to put together and take apart Lego’s or other connecting toys. *Mixing colors – Give the children two different colors of paint and some paper and let them mix the colors to make a new one. Be sure to talk about the separate colors and the new color they are mixing. Creative/Art: *Roll the jar back and forth – Put a piece of paper and some paint in a plastic jar and have the children sit on the floor and roll the jar back and forth. Show them how it is mixing the paint and making design. *Friendship tree – Draw a tree on a piece of paper and dip the children’s hands in paint to press on the paper to make leaves. *Class friendship quilt – Give the children pieces of paper to draw, paint, or glue things on. When finished connect them to make a quilt. *Friendship day coloring page – Print out a color page for the children to color. Social/Emotional: *Letters to Friends – Have the children color a premade card and take them to deliver to Play- land. *The more we get together – Sing the song and encourage the children to sing with you. *Our friend’s names – On one side of a heart put a picture of one on the children, on the other side put their name. *Give a hug – Show the children how to give a hug to another child. *Greeting friends – encourage the children to say Good morning to their friends as they arrive for the day. Physical: *Two by two – Encourage the children to roll a ball, toss a ball, or beanbags ect. back and forth to each other. *Duck, duck, goose – Play the game of duck, duck, goose with the children. (If they will sit for it) *Kick the ball – Show the children how to kick a ball and encourage them to do it. Twos

Safari Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Theme: Spring

Daily Basics Colors, Colors, Colors, shapes, Colors, Colors, Colors, Colors, Circle Time shapes, shapes, letters, shapes, shapes, shapes, shapes, letters, letters, numbers, letters, letters, letters, letters, numbers, numbers, calendar, days numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers, calendar, calendar, of the week calendar, calendar, calendar, calendar, days of the days of the days of the days of the days of the days of the week week week week week week Language/ Read a Read a Read a spring Read a Read a Read a Read a Emergent spring book spring book book spring book spring spring book spring book Literacy 3 S3 pg21 3 S3 pg21 3 S3 p g21 book 3 S3 pg21 3 S3 pg21 3 S3 pg21 3 S3 pg21 Science/Math Duck Race Flash Cards Spring Sensory Flash Cards Sink or Duck Race Flash Cards 7 S2 pg55 7 S3 pg56 Bin float 7 S2 pg55 7 S3 pg56 7 S2 pg55 7 S3 pg56 experimen t 7 S2 pg55 Creative Easy Paper plate Sun catcher Raindrop/ Sponge Easy Paper plate Expression Rainbow Umbrella Butterfly Umbrella painted Rainbow Umbrella craft 3 S5 pg25 3 S5 pg25 craft Butterfly craft 3 S5 pg25 3 S5 pg25 3 S5 pg25 3 S5 pg25 3 S5 pg25 Physical Shape Puddle Animal Moves Waddle like Bean Bag Shape Puddle health/ Jumping Jumping 5 S1 pg36 ducks toss Jumping Jumping Development 5 S1 pg36 5 S1 pg36 5 S1 pg36 5 S1 pg36 5 S1 pg36 5 S1 pg36

Social - Spring Quapaw SpringNation GeneralSpring songs Council MeetingSpring | Spring July 4, 2019Spring songs Spring songs 41 Emotional- songs songs 2 pg13 songs songs 2 pg13 2 pg13 2 pg13 2 pg13 3 S2 pg 19 2 pg13 2 pg13 3 S2 pg 19 3 S2 pg 19 Music 3 S2 pg 19 3 S2 pg 19 3 S2 pg 19 3 S2 pg 19

Language- Read a spring book everyday Social emotional/Music- Sing a spring song everyday

Monday Put fake ducks in water and blow them through the water with a straw

Duck Race

Easy Rainbow Craft Refer to picture

Shape Jumping Put shapes on the floor and have the kids jump from shape to shape

Tuesday Do flashcards with the kids

Flash Cards

Paper Plate Umbrella Refer to picture

Puddle Jumping Make fake puddles to put on the floor to jump on

Wednesday Put different spring stuff in a sensory bucket for the kids to play in

Spring Sensory Bin

Sun catcher butterfly Refer to picture

Animal Moves Have the kids move like different animals

Thursday Do flash cards with the kids

Flash Cards Twos

Safari Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Theme: Spring

Social- Spring Spring Spring songs Spring Spring Spring songs Spring songs Emotional- songs songs 2 pg13 songs songs 2 pg13 2 pg13 2 pg13 2 pg13 3 S2 pg 19 2 pg13 2 pg13 3 S2 pg 19 3 S2 pg 19 Music 3 S2 pg 19 3 S2 pg 19 3 S2 pg 19 3 S2 pg 19

Language- Read a spring book everyday Social emotional/Music- Sing a spring song everyday

Monday Put fake ducks in water and blow them through the water with a straw

Duck Race

Easy Rainbow Craft Refer to picture

Shape Jumping Put shapes on the floor and have the kids jump from shape to shape

Tuesday Do flashcards with the kids

Flash Cards

Paper Plate Umbrella Refer to picture

Puddle Jumping Make fake puddles to put on the floor to jump on

Wednesday Put different spring stuff in a sensory bucket for the kids to play in

Spring Sensory Bin

Sun catcher butterfly Refer to picture

Animal Moves Have the kids move like different animals

Thursday Do flash cards with the kids

Raindrop/UmbrellaFlash Cards craft Refer to picture Waddle like ducks Have the kids waddle like ducks around the classroom

Friday Find different things that sink or float and ask the kids what they think will happen then show them Sink or Float experiment

Sponge painted butterfly Refer to picture

Bean bag toss Have the kids toss beanbags into a basket or bucket

Saturday Refer to Monday

Refer to Monday

Sunday Refer to Tuesday

Refer to Tuesday

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Discovery Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Theme: Spring Animals and Bugs Morning Welcome: Free play 6:00-8:15 Diapers/Potty/Wash DS3:b DS3:b DS3:b DS3:b DS3:b 8:15-8:30 Breakfast DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c 8:30-9:00 Diapers/Potty/Wash/ DS3:b DS3:b DS3:b DS3:b DS3:b brushing teeth 9:00-9:15

Centers

9:15-9:45

Circle Time Colors, Colors, numbers, Colors, numbers, Colors, numbers, Colors, numbers, numbers, shapes, letters, shapes, letters, shapes, letters, 10:00-10:30 names: shapes, letters, LS2:a,b,c,d,e LS2:a,b,c,d,e LS2:a,b,c,d,e LS2:a,b,c,d,e LS8:d,f LS8:d,f LS8:d,f LS8:d,f LS2:a,b,c,d,e MS3:a MS3:a MS3:a MS3:a MS4:d MS4:d MS4:d MS4:d LS8:d,f PS2:a PS2:a PS2:a PS2:a MS3:a MS4:d PS2:a Art Color spring Rainbow popsicle Coffee filter butterflies Paper plate Foot Print 9:30-10:00 stick birdhouse DS2:a,b caterpillar Grasshopper animals DS2:a,b DS2:a,b DS2:a,b DS2:a,b Diapers/Potty/Wash Read Bugs! Read Wake Up Read Caterpillar Read Everything Read the Little Duck Reading/Storytime LS:a LS3:b Spring Spring LS:a LS3:b 10:30-10:45 Bugs! Bugs! LS:a LS3:b LS:a LS3:b LS:a LS3:b

Raindrop/Umbrella craft Refer to picture

Waddle like ducks Have the kids waddle like ducks around the classroom

Friday Find different things that sink or float and ask the kids what they think will happen then show them Sink or Float experiment

Sponge painted butterfly Refer to picture

Bean bag toss Have the kids toss beanbags into a basket or bucket

Saturday Refer to Monday

Refer to Monday

Sunday Refer to Tuesday

Refer to Tuesday

Threes

Centers

9:15-9:45

Science/Math Caterpillar/butt Bug snacks with Build a sun snack Sink or float bugs Create a worm farm erfly life cycle carrots and blue 10:45-11:10 berries Music/Movement Pretend to be Spider web balance Play leap frogs Run like cheetahs Pretend to stomp like CS: a,f,g CS: a,f,g CS: a,f,g 11:10-11:25 crabs and elephants crabwalk CS: a,f,g CS: a,f,g Clean Classroom/ DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c Washing hands for lunch 11:25-11:35 Lunch DS3:b DS3:b DS3:b DS3:b DS3:b 11:35-12:00 Diapers/Potty/Wash DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c 12:00-12:20 Nap DS3:b DS3:b DS3:b DS3:b DS3:b 12:20-2:00

Wake-Up DS3:c,d DS3:c,d DS3:c,d DS3:c,d DS3:c,d Potty/Wash Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 43 2:00-2:30 Snack DS3:b DS3:b DS3:b DS3:b DS3:b 2:30-2:45

Afternoon circle Colors, Colors, numbers, Colors, numbers, Colors, numbers, Colors, numbers, numbers, shapes, letters, shapes, letters, shapes, letters, Time names: 2:45-3:15 shapes, letters, LS2:a,b,c,d,e LS2:a,b,c,d,e LS2:a,b,c,d,e LS2:a,b,c,d,e LS8:d,f LS8:d,f LS8:d,f LS8:d,f LS2:a,b,c,d,e MS3:a MS3:a MS3:a MS3:a MS4:d MS4:d MS4:d MS4:d LS8:d,f PS2:a PS2:a PS2:a PS2:a MS3:a MS4:d PS2:a Diapers/Potty/Wash DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c Centers 3:15-4:00 Writing Trace Animals Trace Bugs Trace Shapes Trace Names Trace Numbers 4:00-4:15 LS9:b,c LS9:b,c LS9:b,c LS9:b,c LS9:b,c Outside (weather DS1:a-f DS1:a-f DS1:a-f DS1:a-f DS1:a-f

Permitting)/ Centers

4:15-5:00 Diapers/Potty/Wash DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c 5:00-5:30

Dinner DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c 5:30-6:00 Diapers/Potty/Wash DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c 6:00-6:20

Closing/Goodbye

*If classroom is open on Saturday and/or Sunday please repeat Monday and/or Tuesday lessons*

Wake-Up DS3:c,d DS3:c,d DS3:c,d DS3:c,d DS3:c,d Potty/Wash 2:00-2:30 Snack DS3:b DS3:b DS3:b DS3:b DS3:b 2:30-2:45

Permitting)/ Centers

4:15-5:00 Diapers/Potty/Wash DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c 5:00-5:30

Dinner DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c 5:30-6:00 Diapers/Potty/Wash DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c DS3:c 6:00-6:20

Closing/Goodbye

*If classroom is open on Saturday and/or Sunday please repeat Monday and/or Tuesday lessons*

Fours & Fives

FANTASYLAND Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Insects that Fly Bumble Bee Butterfly Flys Ladybugs Dragon Flys

WEEK 1 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

April 1st -7th

Daily Basics Colors in English AND Colors in English Colors in English Colors in English Colors in English Spanish. Number AND Spanish. AND Spanish. AND Spanish. AND Spanish. Circle Time recognition, 1-10 in Number recognition, Number recognition, Number Number Spanish. shapes, letters 1-10 in Spanish. 1-10 in Spanish. recognition, 1-10 in recognition, 1-10 in and letter sounds, shapes, letters and shapes, letters and Spanish. shapes, Spanish. shapes, birthdays, letter sounds, letter sounds, letters and letter letters and letter days of the week, birthdays, birthdays, sounds, children sounds, calendar, days of the week, days of the week, birthdays, days of birthdays, days of calendar, calendar, the week, calendar, the week, calendar,

Language/ LSa LS3b LSa LS3b LSa LS3b LSa LS3b LSa LS3b

Emergent Literacy Bumble Bee Name Sticker letter Match Flyswatter Abc The groucy lady Color by letter swat bug book Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 44 Math MS1-b DS2a DS2a DS2a DS2a

Bumble Bee # frame Scissor practice Flyswatter # swat Ladybug # spots Biggest to butterfly smallest

Science MS1:a SS1:a MS1:a SS1:a MS1:a SS1:a MS1:a SS1:a MS1:a SS1:a

Static electric Exploding Baggies Bug Hunt Water absobancy

Creative DS2a DS2a DS2a DS2a DS2a Expression Marshmallow Color Matching Flyswatter Art Paper plate Tissue paper Stamp Butterfly ladybug dragonfly

Physical health/ DS1-abc DS1-abc DS1-abc DS1-abc Development Bee Pollen Transfer Parachute Fun Abc & # swat Ladybug yarn DS1-abc race

Social emotional/ Designated Music Designated Music Designated Music Designated Music Designated Music Music Time Time Time Time Time

MS1-A MS1-A MS1-A MS1-A MS1-A

Kindergarten Alphabet Uppercase/Lowerc Alphabet Uppercase/Lower Uppercase/Lower Readiness ase Match case MAtch case Match MS1a DS2a DS2b MS1a MS1a

Afternoon Alphabet journal Number journal Alphabet journal Shape journal Number journal Creative DS2-A DS2-A DS2-A DS2-A DS2-A expression AND Language combined

Fours & Fives

FANTASYLAND Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Insects that Fly Bumble Bee Butterfly Flys Ladybugs Dragon Flys

WEEK 1 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

April 1st -7th

Language/ LSa LS3b LSa LS3b LSa LS3b LSa LS3b LSa LS3b

Emergent Literacy Bumble Bee Name Sticker letter Match Flyswatter Abc The groucy lady Color by letter swat bug book

Math MS1-b DS2a DS2a DS2a DS2a

Bumble Bee # frame Scissor practice Flyswatter # swat Ladybug # spots Biggest to butterfly smallest

Science MS1:a SS1:a MS1:a SS1:a MS1:a SS1:a MS1:a SS1:a MS1:a SS1:a

Static electric Exploding Baggies Bug Hunt Water absobancy

Creative DS2a DS2a DS2a DS2a DS2a Expression Marshmallow Color Matching Flyswatter Art Paper plate Tissue paper Stamp Butterfly ladybug dragonfly

Physical health/ DS1-abc DS1-abc DS1-abc DS1-abc Development Bee Pollen Transfer Parachute Fun Abc & # swat Ladybug yarn DS1-abc race

Social emotional/ Designated Music Designated Music Designated Music Designated Music Designated Music Music Time Time Time Time Time

MS1-A MS1-A MS1-A MS1-A MS1-A

Kindergarten Alphabet Uppercase/Lowerc Alphabet Uppercase/Lower Uppercase/Lower Readiness ase Match case MAtch case Match MS1a DS2a DS2b MS1a MS1a

Afternoon Alphabet journal Number journal Alphabet journal Shape journal Number journal Creative DS2-A DS2-A DS2-A DS2-A DS2-A expression AND Language combined

Six Plus

All about Weather MONDAY: What is Weather? - Read “Wonderful Weather” by Shar Levine - What is Hot/Cold? (Introduce Temperatures) o Watch Chocolate/Ice Melt in Sun o Save Ice Cubes Experiment o Snow Cones

TUESDAY: Temperatures & Tracking - Read “Kids book of Weather Forecasting” by Mark Breen - Create Weather Tracking Journals - Make Classroom Thermometer (Track temp all summer in journals) - What’s the Temp Worksheets

WEDNESDAY: Extreme Weather - Read “Extreme Weather” by Thomas Kostigen - Read “Tornado Alert” by Wendy Scavuzzo - Create own Tornado

Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 45 THURSDAY: All about those Clouds - Read “Little Cloud” by Eric Carle - Read “Clouds” by Erin Edison - Make Happy Clouds - Sensory Clouds - Cloud Worksheets - Shape Search Outside

FRIDAY: Being a Meteorologist - Guest Speaker Jeffery Smith o 10:30am-11:15am o Real-time Weather Tracking and the Basics of Tracking

Age Appropriate Field Trips

We were fortunate enough to be able to take the children on many field trips this past year. This provided them so many different experiences and made attending the DLC even more enjoyable.

DLC Field Trips from 10-1-17 through 09-30-18

October 25th, 2017: Annabelle’s Fun Farm – 2-3yr olds October 27th, 2017: Annabelle’s Fun Farm – 4-5yr olds April 23rd, 2018: National Week of the Young Child – A Concert of Music and Play with Jim Gill – 4-5yr olds April 25th, 2018: National Week of the Young Child – Funfest – 4-5yr olds April 26th, 2018: National Week of the Young Child – Petting Zoo – 4-5yr olds May 1st, 2018: Downstream Green House – 4-5yr olds June 13th, 2018: Heritage Acres Splash Pad – 6yrs and up June 14th, 2018: Heritage Acres Splash Pad – 4-5yr olds June 18th, 2018: Joplin Regional Airport & All Aboard Ice Cream / Whistlers Burgers – 6yrs and up June 26th, 2018: Wildcat Glades Conservation & McDonald’s – 6yrs and up June 27th, 2018: Heritage Acres Splash Pad – 2yr olds June 28th, 2018: Jumping Joey’s Funhouse – 3yr olds June 29th, 2018: McClelland Park & Lunch at All Aboard Ice Cream / Whistlers Burgers – 4-5yr olds July 2nd, 2018: Candy House & Lunch at Braum’s – 6yrs and up July 9th, 2018: Heritage Acres Splash Pad – 2yr olds July 10th, 2018: Heritage Acres Splash Pad – 3yr olds July 12th, 2018: Heritage Acres Splash Pad – 6yrs and up July 13th, 2018: Oklahoma Aquarium & Lunch at Chick-Fil-A– 4-5yr olds July 16th, 2018: Tulsa Zoo – 4-5yr olds July 18th, 2018: Regal Movie Theatre & Lunch at Cici’s Pizza – 6yrs and up July 19th, 2018: Soar Trampoline Park & Lunch at Sonic – 6yrs and up July 20th, 2018: Carl Richard’s Bowling – 4-5yr olds July 21st, 2018: Children’s Farmers Market & Lunch at Braum’s – 6yrs and up July 24th, 2018: Jumping Joey’s Funhouse – 2yr olds July 26th, 2018: Roller City Skate and Play & Lunch at Cici’s Pizza – 4-5yr olds July 31st, 2018: Tulsa Zoo – 6yrs and up August 3rd, 2018: Oklahoma Aquarium & Lunch at Chick-Fil-A – 6yrs and up August 13, 2018: Scott’s Family Amazeum – 4-5yr olds August 20th, 2018: Scott’s Family Amazeum – 3yr olds September 4th, 2018: Steal Your Heart Exotics and Petting Zoo – 2yr olds 46 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 September 11th, 2018: Steal Your Heart Exotics and Petting Zoo & Lunch at Parr Hill Park– 4-5yr olds September 18th, 2018: Steal Your Heart Exotics and Petting Zoo – 3yr olds

Changes Subsidy changes At the beginning of 2018 the DLC began phasing our DCR Subsidy and switching to state and tribal subsidy programs. Effective April 2018, we were fully phased away from DCR Subsidy.

Staff Changes

March 2018 Elisha Carr accepted the position of Interim Manager at the DLC. More staff were hired to provide better supervision of children. May 2018 Rachale Brown Kerby accepted the position of Manager at the DLC.

Menu Change

We did a complete revision of the menu effective April 2018. We gave the children healthier options, more fresh fruit (as a replacement for juice); less boxed food and provided a wider variety of meals. The kids, parents and staff have very much enjoyed the change. Below are a few of the items that we have added to our menu that the kids really enjoy.

Breakfast: Ham, Egg, Cheese Muffin with Avocado and Milk Lunch: Chicken Tacos, Flour Tortilla, Refried Beans, Mandarins and Milk Snack: Cucumbers with Ranch, Crackers, and Water Dinner: Chicken Fried Rice, Egg Roll, Strawberries and Bananas, Milk

Breakfast: Biscuits w/Jelly, Blueberries, Milk Lunch: Pulled Pork on a Bun, Potato Salad, Pineapple, Milk Snack: Baked Crab Rangoon, Fresh Melon, Water Dinner: Beef Smokehouse Flatbread Pizza, Broccoli, Applesauce, Milk

Thank You Grants Received

In June of 2018, we received a grant for $1,500.00 from the Ottawa Tribe for summer activities, which gave us the opportunity to provide the children in our care so many different field trip experiences. In August of 2018, we received another grant for $5,000.00 also from the Ottawa Tribe, which gave us the opportunity to order new toys and supplies for the center. We would like to thank the Ottawa Tribe for their generosity in providing $6,500.00 in grants to our center.

Subsidy Information

The Downstream Learning Center currently contracts with the Quapaw Tribe, Miami Tribe, Peoria Tribe, Shaw- nee Tribe, Eastern Shawnee Tribe, Wyandotte Tribe, and Ottawa Tribe. We also hold contracts with the states of Oklahoma, Kansans and Missouri.

Quapaw – 23 Miami – 2 Peoria – 18 Shawnee – 2 Eastern Shawnee – 4 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 47 Wyandotte – 4 Ottawa – 10 Oklahoma – 0 Kansas – 6 Missouri – 7

Let’s Look at the Numbers October 2017 Highest attendance 63 Average attendance 38 November 2017 Highest attendance 58 Average attendance 38 December 2017 Highest attendance 54 Average attendance 36 January 2018 Highest attendance 54 Average attendance 36 February 2018 Highest attendance 62 Average attendance 40 March 2018 Highest attendance 65 Average attendance 40 April 2018 Highest attendance 65 Average attendance 43 May 2018 Highest attendance 76 Average attendance 49 June 2018 Highest attendance 73 Average attendance 51 July 2018 Highest attendance 75 Average attendance 52 August 2018 Highest attendance 87 Average attendance 54 September 2018 Highest attendance 65 Average attendance 46

Looking Ahead

We have set a few goals for the next year that we are very excited to share. Goal # 1 We would like to see an increase in revenue. We plan to do this with an increase in attendance and cost of tuition. We have a projected date of no later than March 2019. 48 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Goal # 2 Make Active Shooter Training mandatory for all team members and have a more secure building. We will be requesting a tribal grant to help with any associated costs.

Goal # 3 Develop a system for helping low income parents get financial assistance providing childcare for their children through a tribal or state subsidy program.

Goal # 4 Incorporating a stronger focus on Kindergarten preparedness for 3 through 5-year olds.

Goal # 5 Develop a plan and system for monitoring individual team member growth and development.

Thank you for reading the Downstream Learning Center Annual report. We hope that you enjoyed learning about our center and what we do.

Department of Public Safety Jeff Reeves, Director

As always, education remains at the forefront of the Department of Public Safety priorities. Each year the EMT’s are required to obtain a minimum of 40 hours of continuing education while the paramedics must acquire 60 hours annually. This year we had 20 EMT’s and 14 paramedics recertified their national licensure. The Marshals are required to maintain CLEET certification which requires them to obtain a minimum of 24 hours of CLEET approved training along with 2 hours of mental health training. The Marshal service participated in and/or conducted over 55 training programs throughout this period to meet this requirement. Together, the marshal’s ac- cumulated a combined 1731 hours of training for this year! They also offered this training to area agencies to help them meet their CLEET training hours as well.

The Fire Marshal and his K-9 partner must maintain an annual certification which requires a minimum of 40 hours of training on-site with a nationally certified handler/trainer. They also complete a minimum of 12 hours a month on accelerant detection and 8 hours a month on tracking. Monthly and annual safety inspections are conducted regularly on all tribal owned buildings. All buildings are now up to safety standards for the most part. Some of the older buildings lack sprinkler and other safety mechanisms to complete code compliance. However, many of the same buildings are grandfathered in to pass code.

The Fire and EMS division not only provides continuing education for our staff, but also offers this training to area departments as well. Representatives from Integris EMS in Miami, Miami Fire Department and many volunteer Fire Departments in Ottawa County have attended our training programs.

This year marked the 5th anniversary of our Guardians of the Heart Conference held at Downstream Casino & Re- sort. This is an annual conference hosted, in conjunction with area EMS agencies, that focuses on cardiac, stroke, trauma and pediatric medical training. This year we had over 600 attendees for the three-day conference with representatives from all four of the surround states.

Our EMS division also provides CPR training for every department within the tribal organization at a minimal cost, compared to having to outsource the training. We also continue to offer this service to our surrounding com- Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 49 munities. In addition to the training already discussed, the EMS division continues to offer an annual EMT course to our citizens and our local communities. This year, the EMS division held an Advanced EMT course (AEMT) that saw 13 students complete the program. After completing the classroom hours, the students must then complete a minimum of 36 hours of field internship and successfully pass a nationally administered exam.

The Quapaw Nation Department of Public Safety has been called upon to help with numerous disasters, not just within our state but with national disasters as well. Through dealing with these disasters, the Quapaw Nation and the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management have developed a second to none working relationship.

The Quapaw Nation Department of Public Safety responded to a request to assist with a wildfire in Western Okla- homa. The Ottawa-Delaware County wildland task force deployed with eleven (11) firefighters to the Woodward Oklahoma area to assist with the Rhea Fire and the 34 Complex fire. These two fires burned over 300,00 acres between Apr. 12th and Apr. 27th, 2017. This taskforce was developed at the request of the Oklahoma Emergency Management to help fire departments throughout the state who are being threatened by out of control wildfires. Once the task force is deployed all costs become reimbursable through the Oklahoma Emergency Management. Off duty firefighters are called in and led by an officer of our department, usually the Chief or Deputy Chief.

The Department of Public Safety also responded to Hurricane Florence by sending twelve (12)department members to North Carolina. The rescue teams deployed with two (2) boat crews; that included four (4) water rescue personnel in each boat, two (2) Marshal’s and two (2) command staff.

There was a total of 2628 Fire & EMS responses during this reporting period. That is an increase of 120 calls over last year’s data. Station 1 averaged 95 responses per month (down from 97 last year), station 2 responded to 38 calls on average per month (down from 48 last year) and station 3 accounted for an average of 86 calls per month; an increase of an average of 23 calls per month over last year. FIRE – 353 (297) EMS – 2275 (2211) Structure Fire 105 (77) Medical Emergencies 1852 (1781) Grass Fire 140 (122) Motor Vehicle Accident 206 (247) Vehicle Fire 34 (27) Standby 46 (37) False Alarm 74 (91) Transfers 171 (146)

The numbers in brackets indicate last year’s values

The Fire Marshal and his K-9 partner (Ron) responded to a total of twenty (20) call-outs for the time-period of this report. Sixteen (16) of the call-outs were for fire investigations and four (4) were for tracking requests. Our fire marshal assisted the Oklahoma State Fire Marshal’s office with fire investigations along with conducting fire investigations for the Quapaw Nation Fire and EMS and several area fire departments.

The Marshal Service responded to a total of 496 calls for this year; up from the previous year’s 481calls. Of those, 394 originated from the Downstream Casino and Resort. Last year 363 originated from the Casino and Resort.

Thank you for all you do and your support of the Quapaw Nation Department of Public Safety.

50 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Eagle Creek Golf Club Larry Ramsey, Director The 2018 season was one that brought changes, challenges and new ideas forth. There were many positives to take away from 2018. With changing of the golf shop manager at the start of tournament season, it proved just how good our staff was and how willing they were to go the extra mile to make season great. We had 9 big tournaments and 6 big outings from the casino that operated smoothly and gave all guests an enjoyable experience. We received a new fleet of golf carts for 2018 which are very nice and allow our guests to have a more enjoyable experience. In addition to the new golf carts, we also got all 6 of our e-z-go golf carts used as spares in top working condition.

We made apparel changes that were popular, and sold more merchandise than years past. Having tournaments and big outings from the casino really helped us with turning our inventory in a timely manner allowing us to always have fresh items displayed. We had a successful “Demonstration Day,” selling 52 pieces of equipment. “Demo Day” is something we always look forward to and it helps promote our golf club for those who travel to attend.

We also have made upgrades to our range picker making it easier and more efficient for staff to pick balls from the driving range. For busy weekends we have purchased 1800 white and 1800 yellow range balls allowing us to meet the need for them when applicable.

We received a new spray machine that has GPS to insure that we are spraying without skips or overlaps. A new rock retaining wall around #6 green was finished. This project gave the hole more character and a very attractive view for guests’ lining up their approach shots. Elder Housing Tom Stelle, Director We have three duplexes which consist of six, one-bedroom units. All units are currently occupied. Each unit is sprayed and inspected quarterly. Service calls and requests are handled as they come in. All applicants from the original lottery drawing that remain on the waiting list have requested two-bedroom units. During the period of 10/1/17 – 9/30/18, we received one application and that applicant was placed on the waiting list. We have three applicants on the waiting list for a one-bedroom unit. Enrollment Karrie Sisson, Director The Enrollment Department determines the eligibility of enrollment for each application. It is then taken before the Enrollment Committee where an approved applicant is given a roll number and their Quapaw Blood is determined. The Enrollment Committee makes all decisions regarding the approval or denial of all potential applicants. The Enrollment Department also assists with registering eligible voters for tribal elections.

Fiscal year 2018 the Enrollment Committee consists of five Quapaw Tribal Members: Grace Goodeagle, Charlene Button, Lloyd Buffalo, JR Mathews and Debbie Wray. The Enrollment Department consists of Hanan Matthews, Enrollment Secretary and Kari Sisson, Enrollment Assistant.

During the past fiscal year, the Enrollment Department has enrolled 190 new tribal members. These members are from all walks of life. During that same time, we experienced losses as well. 34 tribal members passed away. We currently have 5262 enrolled tribal members.

Also, if you haven’t already come in to the Enrollment Office and received a new Enrollment/CDIB card feel free to do so. If you are registered to vote the new card will also say Registered Voter at the bottom. The Enrollment Department would like to WELCOME you to this year’s General Council! Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 51 Environmental Department Tim Kent, Director

Major Issues of the Program

Tar Creek Superfund Site Issues–Cleanup of Tar Creek Operable Unit 4:

Successful and cooperative cleanup of Operable Unit 4 (chat, mill pond waste, and smelter waste) at the Tar Creek Superfund site is continuously being performed by the Environmental Office in partnership with Quapaw Services Authority Construction Division. The Environmental Department, along with Quapaw Services Au- thority, the Realty Department, and the Nation’s Historic Preservation Officer, continues to provide input into the cleanup plans for restricted properties.

The Nation also continues to work with the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality on unrestricted lands across the Tar Creek Superfund Site, including Beaver Creek and Elm Creek Unrestricted properties, which are located east and west of Quapaw, respectively. Since it is private property, the State of Oklahoma is responsible for managing the project and providing some of the cleanup funds. The Nation and the State of Oklahoma re-negotiated their cooperative agreement (signed by the Governor, on behalf of the State and Chairman Berrey, on behalf of the Nation) to continue the partnership between the two entities as we initiate joint projects in the future at Tar Creek. This work represents approximately $5 million of work to be performed by QSA this fiscal year. During the reporting period, the Quapaw Nation had hauled off approximately 225,000 tons of unmarketable source material to the Central Mill Tailing Pond Repository.

In late 2017, The Tar Creek Superfund Site made the EPA’s list of Superfund Sites Targeted for Immediate and Intense Action, this list totaled 21 sites across the site. These listed sites will require timely resolution of specific issues to expedite cleanup and redevelopment efforts. As of the time of this report to General Council, Tar Creek was taken off this list because of great work from the Quapaw Nation and Environmental Protection Agency on coming together and addressing the issues that have stalled cleanup activities at the Site.

Back in 2013, the Quapaw Nation was the first tribe in the nation to take the lead on the cleanup of Superfund Site at the Catholic 40 (Distal 8). This project has led to subsequent projects, and now the Nation is the primary remedial action entity for cleanup of the Tar Creek Superfund Site. There have been indications that the Envi- ronmental Office, through both EPA and ODEQ funding, is likely to receive approximately $15 Million per year to administer and implement cleanup projects at Tar Creek over the next 5 years. During the reporting period, the Quapaw Nation had hauled off approximately 315,000 tons of unmarketable source material to Central Mill Tailing Pond Repository.

Cleanup of sites within the “Quapaw Strip” in Kansas

The Nation has signed a Programmatic Agreement (PA) with EPA Region 7, regarding EPA’s cleanup activity in the Treece, Kansas area. This is due to the fact that the Treece area is part of what is known historically the “Quapaw Strip”. The Environmental Department, and the Nation’s Historic Preservation Officer, Everett Bandy, are coordinating with EPA to conduct a “Tribal Heritage Study” of the Quapaw Strip to identify areas within the Quapaw Strip that may be historically and/or culturally significant. This will allow EPA to protect these areas when conducting cleanup activity. The Environmental Department has been coordinating with EPA Region 7 project managers to keep the Nation involved in the cleanup of sites within the Quapaw Strip in Kansas, par- ticularly a cleanup project involving the remediation of the upper reaches of Tar Creek just north of Treece, KS scheduled to begin in 2017.

52 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 The Environmental Office continues to discuss remediation strategy and prioritization of work in addressing the Tar Creek areas in the Cherokee County Superfund Site. The Region 7 EPA Office proposed the following changes: addressing the non-perennial portion of Tar Creek, also known as the NW Tributary of Tar Creek, under Operable Unit (OU) 04-Treece subsite, as well as a Record of Decision Amendment for OU-04 Treece subsite to address sediment as a media, select risk-based cleanup numbers for sediments in non-perennial streams, and address tribal use scenarios for soils, the ROD Amendment will be referred to as the Treece Phase III remedial action, the remaining perennial portion of Tar Creek will be addressed under a new OU, which will be referred to as OU-09 Tar Creek Watershed, and a human health risk assessment for sediments that includes related tribal- use scenarios will be initiated in support of the remedy decision at OU-09 Tar Creek Watershed and at Cherokee County’s OU-02 Spring River Basin. The Environmental Department will be monitoring all of this work closely on behalf of the Nation.

Federal Buyout of Picher/Cardin

As a result of the 2005 US Army Corps of Engineers’ report on the subsidence potential of undermined areas in, and in the vicinity of, Picher and Cardin, the State of Oklahoma announced a plan to purchase residential and commercial properties in the areas that are undermined (starting with the properties most at risk). The Lead Impacted Communities Relocation Act (LICRA) was formed through an act of the Oklahoma legislature in 2008 and the purchase of residential and commercial properties commenced, followed by the relocation of most of the residents of the towns. As a result of agreements between the Nation and the towns of Picher and Cardin, the property owned by the towns was transferred to the Nation in exchange for the taking over the sewer and drink- ing water systems and continuing to provide water and sewer services to the remaining residents. The Nation continues to operate the water systems of Picher and Cardin and has closed most of the former residential streets to mitigate illegal dumping and other illegal activities occurring on abandoned residential lots. The Nation is now working with federal and state agencies to finalize the transfer of the land to the Nation, obtained by the “Lead Impacted Communities Relocation Act Trust” (LICRAT) as a part of the federal buy-out.

Land/Chat Owner Relations

It is the desire of the Environmental Office to build and foster a strong relationship with the land/chat owners in order to better allocate their needs to the federal environmental agencies. We would like to help facilitate cooperation between the tribal government and the individual land/chat owners to bring the owners’ issues to the forefront of the activities at the Tar Creek Site. The Environmental Department continues to work with the Nation’s Realty Office to help facilitate chat sales.

Water Quality Program:

During this reporting year, the Quapaw Nation Environmental Office again prepared an EPA grant proposal to monitor surface water quality in Quapaw Indian Country. The Nation’s proposal was selected for funding in the amount of $108,000. These funds were utilized to continue the Nation’s robust monthly monitoring program at two locations on four water bodies: Tar Creek, Beaver Creek, Elm Creek and Spring River. A total of 16 different water quality parameters were monitored at these eight locations. Some of these parameters include temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, iron, zinc, and E coli bacteria. More than 1,500 data points were generated and uploaded to EPA’s water quality database (WQX). The data was collected and handled in accordance with strict quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) measures laid out in the Nation’s EPA-approved water monitoring Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP). The data confirms that water quality is impaired in Spring River by nutrients and bacteria and in Tar Creek and Beaver Creek by heavy metals. This data will also be useful for monitoring long-term water quality trends in Quapaw Indian County as remediation of mine waste slowly continues across the Tar Creek Superfund Site.

Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 53 The continuous water quality sonde on Beaver Creek in the Pow-wow Grounds, along with the USGS gauging station collects continuous water quality and flow measurement data, respectively. The Beaver Creek Gauging Station is capable of generating over 60,000 data points per year, when fully operational, utilizing cutting-edge technologies. This is another method by which the Nation is demonstrating its increasing capacity to manage its own water resources.

Environmental Office staff attended local Spring River watershed protection meetings. Staff members also attended various statewide and regional water quality conferences in order to stay informed on the latest EPA regulatory rulemakings and policies concerning water quality.

Bacteria Levels of Streams

Our monitoring activities have identified extremely high levels of E. Coli and fecal coliform in the waters of Spring River, Beaver Springs/Rock Creek and Tar Creek during high flows times, which usually follow significant rainfall amounts. Due to these high bacteria levels, these waters are unsafe during high flow times. Based on our recent sampling of Beaver Creek, which has previously detected extremely high levels of fecal coliform and E. Coli, the Environmental Office would like to recommend that the stream not be used for body contact/recreational activities. The use of the stream for these purposes during the upcoming Pow-Wow could pose potential health risks to our tribal members.

Air Quality Program

During this reporting year the Quapaw Nation Environmental Office again prepared an EPA grant proposal to monitor ambient air quality in Quapaw Indian Country. The Nation’s proposal was selected for funding in the amount of $193,000. These funds were utilized to continue the Nation’s extensive ambient air monitoring program at three locations within Quapaw Indian Country: 1) The Quapaw Nation Industrial Park and 2) Picher, OK. Environmental Office staff operated and monitored a total of 14 different air parameters at these three sites which generated more than 90,000 data points. Some of the air quality pollutants monitored included Lead in Total Suspended Particles (TSP), PM2.5 (particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns), PM10 (particulate matter smaller than 10 microns), and Ozone. These 90,000+ data points were uploaded to EPA’s air quality database (AQS). Portions of this data were also submitted in near-real time to EPA’s AirNOW website where the data is utilized to generate publicly available air quality forecasts for residents of northeast Oklahoma. The data was collected and handled in accordance with strict quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) measures laid out in the Nation’s EPA-approved air monitoring QAPP. The data shows that Ozone levels in northeast Oklahoma can exceed EPA’s National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) of 70 ppb on hot summer days. The data also shows that lead in TSP levels at Picher, OK can approach EPA’s NAAQS of 0.15 ug/m3 (micrograms per cubic meter) on extremely windy days. This data will be useful for issuing air quality alerts on the Nation’s website and for monitoring long-term air quality trends in Quapaw Indian County.

Environmental Office staff attended regional and national tribal air quality conferences in order to stay informed on the latest EPA regulatory rulemakings and policies concerning tribal air quality. The Environmental Office continues to participate in the Four States Clean Air Alliance that meets monthly in Joplin, MO to raise awareness of ground-level ozone in the four states region.

Environmental Presence on the State, Regional and National Levels

Tribal Environmental Coalition in Oklahoma (TECO)

The Environmental Office assisted in the formation of a coalition of the environmental staff from the tribes in Oklahoma. This group, TECO, meets every other month in an effort to share experiences and information 54 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 related to the tribal environmental field. The TECO goals are to: (1) increase tribal knowledge and understanding of environmental issues through information sharing; (2) foster and encourage working relationships among tribes to improve environmental protection in Indian Country; (3) maintain/facilitate open dialogue among tribes, encouraging exchange of knowledge and information; (4) provide a mechanism for tribes to communicate their issues and concerns to the Regional Tribal Operations Committee (RTOC), and to aid in dissemination of information from RTOC to tribes.

Regional Tribal Operations Committee (RTOC)

The Quapaw Nation serves as a member of EPA Region 6’s Regional Tribal Operations Committee. The goals of this committee is to: (1) emphasize the importance of protecting public health and the environment in Indian country; (2) develop regional environmental strategies on issues of importance to the tribes; (3) review and make recommendations to EPA on the development of regional tribal strategies; (4) identify processes for assessing the environmental problems and needs of the tribes; (5) maintain open dialogue among TECO members, RTOC members, and all tribes on relevant Region 6 environmental issues; (6) assist EPA Region 6 in meeting its trust responsibility to tribes; (7) enhance EPA Region 6's responsiveness to tribal needs; and (8) increase tribal access to EPA programs, funding, technical assistance, training, and information. The Quapaw Nation was re-elected by the tribes in Region 6 to also serve as the primary representative to the National Tribal Air Association.

Environmental Assessments and Environmental Reviews

The Environmental Office has performed Environmental Assessments and Environmental Reviews for the Na- tion on properties proposed for purchase, on tribal properties to be renovated, and on tribal properties where changes in use are proposed. These Environmental Assessments/Reviews and resulting reports are required by HUD and the BIA for tribal housing, new construction of all types, and for land proposed for placement into trust.

Recycling Program

The Environmental Office has a large recycling program that is supported with funds from our EPA General Assistance Program (GAP) grant. The Environmental Office has (4) Recycling Trailers in this program that are utilized by tribal members and the community collecting cardboard, paper of all types, #1 and #2 plastic bottles, and glass. The recycling trailers are located at two (2) within the City of Quapaw, and two (2) at the Quapaw C- Store near Quapaw Casino. During this reporting fiscal year, the recycling trailers have been emptied 105 times averaging 1,000 pounds of recyclables per trailer. This has resulted in the removal of approximately 105,000 pounds from the waste stream that would have been deposited in landfills. The Environmental Office has also collected approximately 107 ink and toner cartridges from the tribal complex offices. Additionally, through roadside cleanup projects 628 tires have been collected from illegal dump sites. Dumpsters have been placed in Picher to deter the public from illegal dumping.

Solid Waste Program

In actively deterring illegal dumping, the Nation has implemented a dumpster site for the community to dispose of their solid waste properly. From October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018, the Quapaw Nation, utilizing funds both internally and through EPA grant monies, properly disposed of approximately 500 tons of solid waste. This is great story, one the Environmental Office plans to continue well into the future. Additionally, one (1) electronic waste trailer-load was recycled.

Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 55 Public Outreach

The Environmental Office has reached over 3,000 people during this reporting year. Public outreach activities included the annual health fair held each summer during Pow-Wow, the 20th National Tar Creek Conference held in September 2018, the health fair held in April 2018 at the Downstream Casino Resort, the health fair in June 2018 held at Buffalo Run Casino Resort. The Environmental Office was visited by students from North- west Arkansas Community College, University of Kansas, Pittsburg State University, University of Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State University and provided a tour of the Tar Creek area. The Environmental Office also did a public outreach with the Quapaw Elementary school and provided them with recycling collection boxes. Addi- tionally, the Environmental Office staff has been available at the Quapaw Nation Environmental Office to answer numerous questions regarding environmental issues from tribal members and the surrounding community members.

Staff of the Environmental Office

Director – Tim Kent, PG Environmental Engineer – Craig Kreman, PE Environmental Grants Manager – Tammy Arnold Environmental Scientist – Summer King Environmental Specialist II – Susie Attocknie Environmental Specialist I – Cathy Sloan Environmental/Agricultural Specialist – Michelle Bowden Environmental Technician – Ally Rickey

Facilities Dale Lasiter, Director The past year has been an active one for the Quapaw Nation Maintenance Department. This report summarizes all the projects that we have participated in. Included in this report you will also see that we have strived to become more efficient and organized with new inter departmental policies that have been implemented over the last year.

Our department provides maintenance based and monitoring services to tribally owned buildings, land, vehicles and equipment. We have also participated in emergency situations for tribal members that have needed help with maintenance and mowing problems.

In addition to the services we provide, our department has been busy in the last year with efforts to strengthen communication and participation within departments. Please feel free to contact me in the case of clarification or queries about this report.

Mission The Facilities Maintenance Department strives to provide a safe, clean, orderly and cost-effective environment that supports and contributes to the tribe’s mission of the safety, education and wellbeing of tribal elders, children, tribal members and employees. We work hand in hand to complete projects, improve daily operations and to reach a common goal of unity within all departments. The department also provides highly maintained facilities to support the needs of the Tribal Administration and their entities.

HVAC – ELECTRICAL With licensed personnel in these skilled positions it has become necessary to expand to two employees in each of these areas. We have implemented a more thorough preventative building maintenance procedure, especially the older ones that will be needing new HVAC units and electrical updates. Quarterly inspections are being done on 56 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 all buildings to extend the life of a HVAC unit. Thoroughly cleaning the interior and exterior of a unit, removing dirt and debris from fans and vents and replacing worn or damaged parts. Screws and belts are tightened, filters are replaced, and electrical wires are examined. In addition, staff will record equipment deterioration, so they know to repair or replace worn parts before they cause system failure.

TRAINING The Maintenance Department started cross training employees with licensed and or experienced personnel early fall of 2018. As they progress in these job-related areas, it is the Maintenance Director’s intention to further their training in a classroom setting where they can obtain their certifications that will benefit the tribe.

PROCESSING PLANT We had a minor role in the construction of the processing plant. We installed temporary lighting, restroom amenities, installation of employee lockers and anything that was asked to help with to get the plant finished on schedule. Since the opening we have been on site daily with repairs of machinery, equipment, HVAC, refrigeration, electrical, water and drainage issues.

SUZY MOORE POTTERY STUDIO The Pottery Studio renovation was started at the beginning of February 2018. All new installation of electrical wiring, new lighting and duct work for the HVAC unit was our starting point. Next was the installation of new siding then the interior walls were put in place and painted. Plumbing for the toilet, shower, hot water tank, restroom sink, tub sink and septic tank hook up were installed. At this point we discovered a problem with the septic tank that was hooked up to the modular adjoining the pottery studio property. It turned out to be a 55-gallon drum that was being used for a septic tank that was installed years earlier when the modular had been set in. We took the privacy fence down, dug out a hole, installed a new septic tank and re-plumbed with new pipes and fittings. We then finished up the interior remodel, set up the kiln with ventilation in the kiln room. We were also involved in the installation of wi-fi, a projector and setting up the lay out of the studio which was requested by the Cultural Preservation Committee. During the 2018 General Council that was held on 07/04/18 it was brought to a vote on what to name the Pottery Studio. The majority choice was to name the building, The Suzy Moore Pottery Studio. Exterior window awnings and a building sign were then installed.

MAINTENANCE MOWING We are currently mowing approximately 220 acres weekly that include removing debris, trash, weed trimming, spraying of vegetation and trees. We start our week with the furthest mowing destination and work our way back finishing up our mowing schedule closer to Tribal offices and grounds. There is a total of eight cemeteries that our department mows and trims weekly. Tribal properties in Quapaw are bush hogged at least twice yearly.

POW WOW PROJECTS 2017 - 2018 1. Electrical updates throughout the POW WOW GROUNDS and Announcer booth.

Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 57 2. Repair window covering at the Announcer booth. 3. 416.94 tons of rock used to build roads on the south hill. 4. 485.89 tons of rock for water lines, road work, culvert installations, electric installations & misc. 5. Trees, drift wood/logs and foliage removed throughout the grounds. 6. Water monitoring system installation by the bridge. 7. Water line installation on the south side. 8. Water shut off valves at the bridge. 9. Installed new water lines across the bridge to tie in with the water lines on the south hill. 10. Safety railing installation on the south hill. 11. Turf fertilizer spread on the south hill camping areas. 12. Framed window on the announcer booth. 13. Repaired water lines and installed new water hydrant at the old long house. 14. Repaired water lines at the concession stand. 15. Installed two new gates. 16. Painted the bleachers and metal fence at the dancing arena. 17. Installed new steps and hand railing for the bleachers at the dancing arena. 18. Installed 14 tons of sand to the dancing arena. 19. Installed box fans in the announcer booth. 20. Fertilized the dancing arena. 21. Replaced the air conditioner in the concession stand. 22. Replaced the toilet in the old long house. 23. Installed concrete pad for the ice trailer. 24. Replaced the ceiling fan on the handicapped canopy. 25. Replaced blower fan in the west bath house. 26. Repainted the announcer booth. 27. Replaced shower heads in all the bath houses. 28. Replaced the sink in the bath house by the dancing arena. 29. Replaced the exhaust fan in the bath house by the dancing arena. 30. Repaired vendor receptacles by the dancing arena.

WORK ORDERS The focus of the maintenance department is preventive maintenance. Currently our department provides maintenance services to fourteen buildings and shared maintenance to five buildings in Picher. Since 10-01-17 through 09-30-18, the maintenance department had closed out two thousand four hundred and eighty-six work orders.

58 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Family Services Mandy Dement, Director

CHILD WELFARE

During the above-mentioned time, the Indian Child Welfare case load ranged from 46-59 cases. Investigations ranged from 1-4 per month with these being both state investigations as well as Quapaw Nation investigations. The difference between the two is the domicile of the family. If the family’s domicile is on state land, the state has the jurisdiction of this case. If the family’s domicile is on trust land, Quapaw Nation has jurisdiction over the investigation. The range for court cases attended on a monthly basis during this time was between 2-9 per month. I licensed 3 foster homes during this time. All of which are currently full and/or in the process of adopting the children placed in their home. Our department has connected with Day Springs, Cole Creek and Sandi Boulware for counseling services. I also attended the monthly Child Protection Team meetings during this time. In December of 2017 we were awarded a STOP grant. In September of 2018 we were rewarded a three-year OVW grant. Cur- rently grants that Child Welfare works from are Title IV-B 1 and Title IV-B 2 and CTGP which is funding from the BIA.

Duties that pertained to Child Welfare during this time consisted but not limited to the following:

• Parenting Skills Assessments • Criteria Staffing that are held with the State • Intakes for counseling and transportation to counseling for custody children • Attend court hearings both in person and via phone • Supervised sibling visitations • Provide court testimony/attend court/ prepare court documents • Prepare request for admittance on state court cases • Staff with attorneys and case workers on court cases • Attend Family Team Meeting held by the State • License foster parents • Work joint investigations with the state • License foster parents as adoptive parents and complete adoption paperwork for the state • Locate/recommend services • Investigations • Prevention Cases • Home assessments/ walk throughs /home visits/home studies • Give expert witness testimony • Complete adoption process for children in Quapaw Nation tribal custody.

Trainings that were attended during this time frame for Indian Child Welfare goes as follows:

• ICW training • Back to Basics training • Mandatory OVW training in San Diego • Annual Title IV-B procedure training

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT

During this mentioned time, Jessica Hinderliter was hired as our sexual assault advocate in April 2018. Her case load ranged from 16-17 cases and her court hearings she attended monthly ranged from 2-4. Linda Davis serves Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 59 as are domestic violence advocate. Her case ranged during this time averaged between 10-28. Court she attended on a monthly basis ranged from 4-9. Funding that these programs work from are OVW, STOP, FVP.

Duties that pertained to the Domestic Violence Department and Sexual Assault Program during this time consisted but not limited to the following:

• Assess all applications that come in and determine if they meet the criteria to be assisted. • Advocate for victims in court and life matters. • Attend outreach projects and community awareness events. • Help link clients to services such as counseling and other needs. • Conducted home visits when necessary. • Help relocate individuals and find them safe housing. • Help victims to enroll their children in a relocated school. • Obtain vital records that have been lost. • Help victims to find employment. • Transportation • Helped clients seek medical care. • Help them to obtain necessities. • Assist clients with obtaining protective orders. • Help provide legal assistance to victims. • Attend and plan community outreach events • Attend monthly CCRT/SART meetings

Trainings that were attended during this time frame for Indian Child Welfare goes as follows:

• End Violence Against Women training • Expert Witness Interviewing training • Coercive Control • Advocate 101 • Human Trafficking

Community outreach events attended:

• OLC Block Party • Health Fairs • Man-Up event • National Night Out • NAAV tribal summit • Walk a mile in her shoes event • Medicare Part-D event

DIRECT EMPLOYMENT, GENERAL ASSISTANCE & BURIAL ASSISTANCE

Susan Hollon assists with these programs as well as assists with some Child Welfare duties. Her direct employment cases during this time have ranged from 1-3. Her general assistance cases have ranged from 3-5. She also had 1 burial assistance applicant she served.

Duties pertaining to Susan Hollon are as follows:

60 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 • Verify enrollment for child welfare investigations and cases • Transportation of child welfare clients • Home visits for both child welfare and DE and GA clients • Develop case plans and case goals for DE and GA clients • Help CW, DE and GA obtain items necessary for their cases. • Home assessments

Trainings Susan Hollon has attended: • General assistance training in Tulsa Ok. Grants Kim Messer, Director Overview

This year, the Grants Department has had a very productive and lucrative year in obtaining funding to further assist the Quapaw Tribe in its mission to “maintain and exercise self-governance that is continuously working toward economic self-sufficiency, to protect its land and resources, to improve the health and welfare of its members through quality programs while maintaining cultural heritage, and to develop economic opportunities for the tribe and its members.”

In 2017, the department expanded and added another Grant Writer, Brian Ross, to the team. Since Brian began, the increased manpower and his unique skill set has allowed the department to apply for nearly twice the grants, and to expand into the areas that were not previously considered or pursued.

Since the Grants Department was established in 2011, it has secured nearly $22 million in discretionary federal funds. During this fiscal year, the Grants Department submitted a total of 35 applications, of which 23 were funded during the specified time period, 8 were funded after the specified timeframe, and an unprecedentedly low 4 have been denied.

The 23 grant awards this year totaled $3,501,487 in discretionary grant funds being obligated to the Tribe.

Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 61 Projects Funded

BIA, Car Seat: The Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded the Tribe $4,230 to purchase car seats for distribution to tribal member.

BIA, Court Grant: The Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded the Tribe $102,182 to purchase office furnishings (clerk, judge and prosecutor), update codes/forms, hire new personnel (bailiff, guardian ad litem, public defender, special judge, and special prosecutor), and purchase equipment to update security and technology for the Quapaw Tribal Courts.

OK DAC, Sexual Assault Services Program: The Oklahoma District Attorney’s Council awarded the Tribe $75,530 to hire a second Victim Advocate in the Domestic Violence portion of the Family Services Department in order to raise awareness of domestic violence and to help women and children break away from violent situations.

FHLBDM, Affordable Housing Program: Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines awarded the Tribe $750,000 to use in conjunction with USDA funds to construct 20 elder multi-family housing units.

OCAITHB GHW: The Oklahoma Area Inter Tribal Health Board awarded the Tribe $14,996 to purchase promotional materials for the CHR as an incentive for people to participate in monthly health screenings, and to host a fitness challenge.

HHS, Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded the Tribe $45,379 to assist in paying the salary and operating expenses of the Domestic Violence portion of the Family Services Department in order to raise awareness of domestic violence and to help women and children break away from violent situations.

HHS CSGB: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded the Tribe $5,713 to allow the Tribe to provide “community services” in the form of utility assistance to low-income tribal members.

BIA, Court Grant II: The Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded the Tribe $10,565 to send the Quapaw Tribal Court Clerk, Assistant Clerk, and Judge to training to further their knowledge and ability to perform their duties.

HHS LIHEAP: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded the Tribe $23,955 to allow the Tribe to provide utility assistance to low-income tribal members.

NPS THPO: The National Park Service awarded the Tribe $58,464 to pay the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer’s salary and operating expenses in order to preserve the Tribe’s historic properties and cultural traditions.

MICA Group, CRF 3 - Preserving Places: The Cultural Resource Fund awarded the Tribe $10,000 to develop a cultural heritage study outlining historic sites in our jurisdictional area

MICA Group, CRF 3 – Language: The Cultural Resource Fund awarded the Tribe $49,853 to further language preservation efforts by hosing language classes and finalizing orthography.

MICA Group, CRF 3 – Pilot: The Cultural Resource Fund designated the Tribe to participate in a pilot project where they will provide technical assistance in developing a Language Restoration Comprehensive Plan. They then provided $10,000 to help implement the plan.

IMLS Enhancement: The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Tribe $149,601 to purchase new 62 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 materials for the library, offer an after-school program, and offer youth pottery classes.

FEMA THSGP: The US Department of Homeland Security awarded the tribe $264,670 to purchase to purchase 2 throw phones, 1 through-wall imaging system, 2 rappel packages, 2 cardiac defibrillators, and 3 ventilators to increase the capacity of the Department of Public Safety to effectively protect the Quapaw population

IMLS Basic: The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Tribe $10,000 to purchase new materials for the collection at the Library.

SAMHSA, TBH: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration awarded the Tribe a five-year grant totaling $1,175,256 – of which $213,315 was for this fiscal year. The funds will be used to continue offering the Family Unity program for Substance Abuse Dept.

BIA, Resiliency - Category 1: The Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded the Tribe $119,655 to host regional Hazard Mitigation trainings.

BIA Resiliency - Category 3: The Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded the Tribe $14,506 to send staff from the Envi- ronmental Department to various trainings and conferences related to climate change.

CTAS, PA 5: The Office of Violence Against Women awarded the Tribe a three-year grant in the amount of $894,660 to continue funding the Family Service’s Domestic Violence program.

CTAS PA 8: The Office of Juvenile and Justice Delinquency Prevention awarded the Tribe a three-year grant in the amount of $348,711 to begin a youth healing to wellness court.

SAMHSA, Tribal Opioid Response: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration awarded the Tribe $295,989 to assist Quapaw Counseling Services to further assist clients by allowing them to offer scholar- ships for treatment and to purchase/distribute Naloxone overdose kits.

HHS, Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded the Tribe $38,188 to assist in paying the salary and operating expenses of the Domestic Violence portion of the Family Services Department in order to raise awareness of domestic violence and to help women and children break away from violent situations.

Conclusion

With federal funding continuing to be cut by drastic amounts on an annual basis, grants will be harder to obtain in the upcoming years. I can assure you however, that our department will continue to put forth as much time and effort as necessary to obtain as much federal and non-federal funding as possible to serve the Quapaw Tribe and tribal members.

Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 63 Higher Education Krista Pierce, Director

Quapaw Nation Higher Education awarded a total of $894,057.29 in higher education monies for Spring 2018, Summer 2018, and Fall 2018 academic semesters.

In addition, QNHE assisted students with ACT and SAT funding and other types of tests, trainings, licensing, and certifications on a case-by-case basis. Quapaw Nation Members also received assistance through the Adult Voca- tional Training (AVT) program as well as Adult Education (GED) assistance. This brought the total monies for higher education programs to $958,604.10.

Quapaw Nation Higher Education (QNHE) always strives to help students and parents with questions, college admissions applications, FAFSA, and other items. We also try to stay updated on important issues in national education, state education, and always, Indian education. QNHE puts on events each year that are beneficial for high school, college, and tech students. We also participate in events focused on these areas and attend workshops and conferences on these topics.

We are happy to meet with students and parents or correspond via email or phone. Please feel free to stop by and see us in the Quapaw Nation Higher Education office at the pow wow grounds.

Here are a few highlights from the 2017-2018 year in Quapaw Nation Higher Education:

OCT. 2017: Assisted students with FSA IDs and FAFSA. Attended JOM Meeting at Quapaw Public Schools. Attended QN BC Meeting and gave report. Prepared Spring 2018 QNHE Funding application for November.

NOV. 2017: Attended ACT College & Career Readiness Workshop. Prepared for QNHE Annual STEM FAIR, Held QNHE Annual STEM FAIR for area high school and middle school students. Processed Spring 2018 applications.

DEC. 2017: Attended OCIE (Oklahoma Council on Indian Education) Conference. Processed Spring 2018 applications.

JAN. 2018: Participated in Northeast Technology Center’s Career Fair. Participated in NEO A&M College’s Tribal Scholarship Workshop. Processed Spring 2018 applications.

FEB. 2018: Processed Spring 2018 applications.

MAR. 2018: Participated in Poverty Simulation. Attended Oklahoma JOM Conference. Finished Final Awards Report for Spring 2018 Funding.

APR. 2018: Prepared Summer 2018 Funding application for May. Attended National JOM Conference.

MAY 2018: Met with Franklin Technology Center representative. 64 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Began planning Fall 2018 events. Processed Summer 2018 applications. JUNE 2018: Attended QN BC Meeting and gave monthly report. Met with representative from WATCO Industries. Met with N2N Director. Participated in QN Annual Health Fair. Prepared Fall 2018 Funding application for July. Processed Summer 2018 applications.

JULY 2018: Helped with General Council. Processed Summer 2018 and Fall 2018 applications.

AUG. 2018: Completed Final Awards Report for Summer 2018 Funding. Participated in POCI’s (Partners for Ottawa County, Inc.) Back-to-School Information Event. Assisted with N2N’s graduation luncheon and program. Participated in conference call for National College Application Week. Processed Fall 2018 applications.

SEP. 2018: Met with Quapaw High School counselor. Welcomed NEO A&M College Top Ten student-candidate for information about QNHE. Hosted College Application Week, with College Application Day at QN Library. Held Fin Aid Workshops. Attended OSHRE Student Preparation Workshop. Attended NARCAN Training. Processed Fall 2018 applications.

SPRING 2018 FINAL AWARDS REPORT

Total Students: 207 States: 25 Colleges & Vocational Schools: 98 Online Schools: 12 Overseas Schools: 1 Bachelor’s Degrees: Graduate Degrees: Technical & Vocational: 13 Freshmen: 45 Masters: 10 Sophomores: 60 E.D.S.: 1 Juniors: 35 J.D.: 1 Seniors: 38 J.D. & M.D.: 1 Ph.D.: 1 Psy.D.: 1 Total Credit Hours: 2,542.50

SUMMER 2018 FINAL AWARDS REPORT

Total Students: 99 States: 18 Colleges & Vocational Schools: 65 Online Schools: 5 Overseas Schools: 0 Bachelor’s Degrees: Graduate Degrees: Technical & Vocational: 8 Freshmen: 17 Masters: 6 Sophomores: 24 E.D.S.: 1 Juniors: 16 J.D.: 1 Seniors: 23 Ph.D.: 1 Psy.D.: 1 P.T.D.: 1 Total Credit Hours: 504.00

Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 65 FALL 2018 FINAL AWARDS REPORT

Total Students: 224 States: 26 Colleges & Vocational Schools: 111 Online Schools: 5 Overseas Schools: 0 Bachelor’s Degrees: Graduate Degrees: Technical & Vocational: 18 Freshmen: 59 Masters: 12 Sophomores: 51 J.D.: 2 Juniors: 42 Ph.D.: 2 Seniors: 36 Psy.D.: 1

Total Credit Hours: 2,914.50

ACT & SAT FUNDING October 1, 2017-September 30, 2018 ACT Exams: 17 ACT with Writing Exams: 3 SAT Exams: 0 SAT with Essay Exams: 0 Total Number of Exams Fund: 19

Other Funding (Licensing, Certifications, Training, Exams) October 1, 2017-September 30, 2018

Licensing/Certifications: 6 Trainings: 20 Exams: 16

CTGP Funds: Adult Education (GED Testing) October 1, 2017-September 30, 2018.

GED Applications: 1

CTGP Funds: Adult Vocational Program (AVT) October 1, 2017- September 30, 2018.

Students Assisted: 4

66 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Information Technology Micheal Richardson, Director

The Information Technology Department has had a busy and successful year. We completed a bunch of projects which has allowed us to expand on the new technology infrastructure we put in last year. We also replaced forty (40) some PCs and Laptops last year. The projects we did this year were datacenter upgrade, website redesign, BC Meeting Video, Policy Changes and Software upgrades.

Datacenter Upgrades

The Datacenter upgrades were done because of performance issues with the servers. The old server where five (5) years old which in IT age is very old. The standard is to refresh equipment every three (3) to four (4) years because the hardware that runs servers changes yearly. The new servers are three (3) to four (4) times more powerful then the old servers. This will allow us to increase the response times of the software that runs on them. This also allows us to consolidate servers and have a true Datacenter. As of this report we have most of the old servers consolidated except for some branch servers at outside locations.

Website Redesign

We started the website redesign project back at the end of December. It’s a very important project because we feel that our job is to make it easier to navigate so you as a Tribal Member can find the information you are looking for. We are currently in the design phase of the project. Unfortunately, we will not have it ready by General Council, but the expected release date of the new website will be July 15, 2019.

BC Meeting Video

Our BC Meetings are now being uploaded to our YouTube channel Quapaw Nation. We will film all BC Meet- ings and upload the video after we convert it to YouTubes format. You now will be able to watch the BC Meeting online after the meeting whenever you want to. There is a process for us to go through after the meeting, but most meetings will be posted online the following Monday after a BC Meeting. I think this is a good project because it will allow the Tribal Members to watch the BC Meetings and stay informed and up to date on current events happening at Quapaw Nation.

Policy Changes

The purpose of policy changes is to set guidelines for users of the Quapaw Nation computers. The new policy is designed to balance the trust and responsibility of all users with the complexity and inter-relational aspects of the Quapaw Nation computers. The second policy is the Password Policy. The purpose of the Password policy is to establish a standard for creation of strong/complex passwords, the protection of those passwords, and the fre- quency of change. Passwords are an important aspect of computer security. A poorly chosen password may result in unauthorized access and/or exploitation of Quapaw Nation's resources. All users, including contractors and vendors with access to Quapaw Nation systems, are responsible for taking the appropriate steps, as outlined in the policy, to select and secure their passwords.

Software Upgrades

We have several software changes and upgrades in the works for this year. With all the changes that we made to the IT infrastructure this allows us to start to identify areas in which we can be more efficient in. We did a lot of

Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 67 upgrading old software packages to their newest version which would not have been possible without the hardware upgrades we did last year.

We setup all our freezers on a computerized temperature system. This system will notify the department and maintenance if there is a problem with the freezers 24/7. That way our maintenance department can fix the problem before we have major freezers issues.

We are currently working to setup a reporting system for our Marshals to use in investigations and report taking. We will move from paper system to a computerized database system. This software will allow our Marshals service to be more efficient in investigations and reports. John L. Berrey Fitness Center Sherrie Nida, Director

This is our fifth year of operation for the John L. Berrey Fitness center. The Staff consist: of Sherrie Nida, Direc- tor. Robert Whitebird, Fitness Coordinator. Carrie Cox Front desk attendant and ITC staff Michael Horn. Hours of Operation: M-F 6am to 8pm Sat. 8am to 2pm

Our motto is Getting Fit and Having Fun and our Goal is to make every person feel welcome here to work out. Our clients range from 7years old to in their 80’s. We are very community based and our rates are very economi- cal for this area. Tribal members are free and we give many discounts to tribal spouses, Tribal employees, Educa- tors, Fire Fighters, Police, Military and Senior.

We hold a variety of classes on Tuesday and Thursday from 10 am to 11:30 from walking class to Video classes. Mondays from 6 pm to 7 pm is Zumba. All the classes are free except for Zumba. Robert personally trained 7 individuals this year and set up programs with a variety of workouts for 4 individuals.

The Center was involved with many activities throughout the year.

• 1-mile Zombie walk for Breast Cancer • Mother Road Marathon Hydration station – Twelve-one Race Group • STEM Fair • Vocational /Tech Fair • Quapaw Fit Weight loss challenge • OKAN Outlaws traveling Basketball team • Quapaw High School Prom • Health Fair at Downstream and Annual Tribal Health Fair • Hosted a nutritional class with NETHS • Easter Egg Hunt for Title 6 • Words in Motion Missionary group

We have added to the kettle bells, dumb bells, also added an air bike, speed bike and a Boflex to have a variety of equipment.

The Basketball court was rented out for Birthday parties, Basketball practices. On hot summer days or winter months the OLC would utilize the court for play time. We also have many who use the walking area for a brisk walk. We are getting bigger and better, come by and see us and get fit!

68 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Yearly Statistics for the John L. Berrey Fitness Center

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total Members 538 424 307 301 247 Total Tribal, Elders, Employees 294 142 214 186 72 Open Enrollment 244 282 183 115 175 Deposits: (yearly) $9,710.63 $15,355.81 $18,151.00 $17,402.70 $15,206.81 Visits for the year 4,708 6,781 8,417 9,794 8,652 Day passes 0 31 45 56 115 Children ages 7- 11 0 0 176 326 175 Library Pattie Billings, Director

Mission

The mission of the Quapaw Tribal Library is to provide the Tribal community and others with access to information about American Indian history and culture; to support citizens of the community in their efforts to achieve self-sufficiency; and to assist Tribal programs in providing service to the community. The library keeps people plugged into all forms of information. For some residents, the Library is the only place to access the Internet. The 1,212 Library Internet users for the year averages out to 101 people per month. In addition, the library checked out a total of 7,351 physical materials during the year, with an additional 1,485 online resources being checked out to tribal members all over the country. The library is becoming more visible in the community, with new patrons being added each month. A total of 29 patrons were added last year, bringing the total number of library patrons to 919. Of this number there are approximately 134 online users who utilize our resources without ever coming into the library. Our online resources allow tribal members, no matter where they live, to access our resources. The Quapaw Tribal Library is an essential community information service that provides materials and programs in support of lifelong learning, recreational and educational interests of a diverse and ever-changing community. The library is committed to promoting a bright future that respects traditions, history, and education by providing materials on the Quapaw Indians, other Indian Tribes, and Native American law that is high in quality and timeliness while promoting the joy of reading, research, literacy, and access to information for people of all ages.

In May 2018 we held an open house to celebrate a very special collection of resource materials donated to the library, compiled by Risa Proctor. This collection includes early history, genealogy records, census records and photos, all related to the Quapaw Tribe.

Also, in May the Suzy Moore Pottery Studio was officially completed, and pottery classes were scheduled with Betty Gaedtke as the instructor. All classes taught stressed making pottery the traditional way and style as early Quapaw Pottery. A total of ten pottery classes were held from May 2018 to September 2018, with the average attendance running approx. 12 each session. Because the demand is so high, we plan to host monthly pottery classes.

Statistics at a Glance

• 29 library patrons added for the year (Total of 919 patrons) • Total Circulation of 9,572 materials for the year • Received IMLS Basic Grant - $7,000 • Received IMLS Enhancement Grant - $147,000 (2 Year Period Grant) • 886 new materials added (Donations – 37/$784.70) (Purchased 849/$22,742.46) Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 69 • 36 Story hours with QLC children (1 session per week w/avg. attendance of 21 per week) • Hosted 10 Pottery Classes, with an average attendance of 12 per class • Hosted 12 STEM classes for youth during the summer (Average attendance – 32) • Hosted 8 additional STEM classes w/OLC during the school year • Hosted 2 Zoo-To-You programs for OLC children (complete w/animals) • Added additional free eBooks, audiobooks & music downloads to allow remote access to the library o Total Online checkouts for the year – 1,322, average of 110 per month • Computer usage increased by 10% during the year o Average of 90 Internet session per month; 1,083 for the year

Services Offered at the Library

• Diverse collection of Materials o 9,136 in-house materials (including reference, rare books, & videos) o Online Resources (access to database of over 100,000 materials o Usable Rare Book collection o Online Database Collection from QIS • Four Public Internet workstations • Online access to place holds, renew & review materials by patrons • Personal computer access available • Traditional/Crafting classes and programs for all ages • Weekly Storytime for children • Online access to subscription databases in the Library and remotely • Electronic books, audio and music/video available remotely • Literacy-based computer and tablets available for children

Grants and Funding

As noted above, the library was the recipient of several grants last year. The bulk of our funding, however, comes from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, out of Washington, D.C. This is a federal funded agency dedicated to providing funding and support to libraries of all types across the United States. We received $7,000.00 from IMLS, which was used to purchase books, videos, processing supplies and audio books for the library. We also received an enhancement grant in the amount of $147,000 (which includes both direct and indirect funding), which provided funding for a full-time library assistant, as well as new materials, supplies and traditional classes hosted by the library. Funding also enables us to continue our participation in the Overdrive consortium, which consists of 64 libraries within the state of Oklahoma, thereby offering online eBooks, audiobooks, music and streaming video to tribal members no matter where they live. Grant funding also allow the director to attend library conferences and workshops, which are extremely beneficial in helping her to stay abreast of library news, trends, enhancements and products, especially in the area of technology. Libraries have had a long and venerable history, and are often highly regarded by users. From the first collection of clay tablets to today's mobile devices, technology has played a key role in how libraries and librarians have been able to preserve and provide access to information for users. How users access information is changing, as is the image of library as "space." However, even as libraries look to new technologies and services and reconfigure spaces for current and future users, some things remain constant -- reading is a pleasurable activity, not just a means for learning.

Training Attended

ATALM (Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries Museum) Conference -- Prior Lake, MN -- October 2017 OLA (Oklahoma Library Association) Conference, Tulsa, OK -- April 2018 ALA (American Library Association) Conference, New Orleans, LA -- June 2018 70 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 *All expenses paid through grant funding

Looking Forward

Libraries exist to meet the ever-growing information needs of its patrons. As we close one year out and begin a new year, the mission of the Quapaw Tribal Library remains the same – to provide the Tribal community and others with access to information about American Indian history and culture; to support citizens of the community in their efforts to achieve self-sufficiency; and to assist Tribal programs in providing service to the community. Our goal is to provide resources and services for lifelong learning, and to promote the joy of reading. Library usage is expanding and new services are being added in order to stay current with research and technology, and best serve the needs of both tribal members and the community. Although the above statistics are im- pressive, our main goal is the people behind the statistics. The goal of the library to is provide enrichment and a welcoming smile to the lives of everyone entering the doors of the library or participating in one of the programs or services of the library.

I am thrilled to have overseen the growth of the library and its services, and so lucky to have had the cooperation of the wonderful and dedicated people on the Business Committee and Tribal Administration within the Quapaw Tribe, for without these people none of this would have been possible.

Thank you for reviewing this report. If you haven’t been to the library lately, I invite you to come by and see what the library has to offer. Please contact me with any questions or comments.

Museum Karen Hildreth, Director

This is the annual report for the Quapaw Tribal Museum. We are going into our 10th year operation here in Qua- paw. Our mission is to keep Quapaw culture alive by having the mind set to preserve our traditions, language, and history.

TRAVEL/WORKSHOPS

I attended two different workshops and training sessions this year. I attended the ATALM Conference in Albu- querque New Mexico during October 2017. This conference provides valuable information for museum professionals. I also attended a workshop in Broken Arrow, Ok in March of 2018.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Throughout the year the Cultural Committee holds various events at the Museum. We have the annual Open House during Pow-wow, host a Veteran’s Day Brunch and Christmas Open House. Refreshments and programs go along with these events.

CULTURAL CLASSES

The Suzy Moore Pottery Studio opened in memory for Suzy Moore who was a true Quapaw Potter. She was a very talented artist. On June 6th and 7th we held a pottery class taught by renowned artist Jane Osti of the Cherokee Nation. Besides Pottery the building will be used for other various cultural classes. Language classes are held each spring and fall at the Museum classroom. They are for 8 weeks on Tuesday evenings. Anyone 12 and older that has interest in learning the O-gah-pah language is encouraged to attend. Ardina Moore Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 71 teaches the class. During her classes she also gives lessons on history and storytelling.

DONATION/LOANS

It is always an honor to receive gifts and loans here at the museum. We offer a safe and secure place for artifacts to be displayed and stored. During this reporting period we were gifted a pounder and stick from tribal member Nancy Tuthill of Sunland, Ca, in memory of Alice Marie Crawfish, a full length headdress from Lavonne Go- manche, of St. Louis, Mo., a rifle that had once belonged to Louis Angel aka Tall Chief, paintings by artist Kugee Supernaw, and a yearbook from Haskell were donated by the DDA.

MUSEUM GIFT SHOP

The Museum gift shop offers items such as Pendleton blankets, purses, wallets, towels, tote bags, coffee cups and various other gift items such as Native American jewelry. We offer discounts to tribal members and to tribal employees. During special events we offer extra percentage off.

UPDATES ON EXHIBITS

Each year we attempt to show new exhibits during Pow-wow. Last July 5th we honored the Supernaw family by having a 1 day showing of artifacts from several different family members. We had over 100 people attend this event. The most popular items displayed were the collection of peace medals and Tall Chief’s rifle.

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) Tom Stelle, Director

The NAHASDA Rehabilitation/Replacement Program received seven (7) applications from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. Two applicants were determined ineligible and two applicants did not complete the documentation required. Three applicants were determined eligible and placed on the waiting list. As of September 30, 2018, there were sixteen (16) applicants on the waiting list to be served. Nine (9) of the applicants are enrolled Quapaws, one (1) applicant is Quapaw by descent, and six (6) applicants are other Indians. All projects completed to date were for enrolled Quapaw tribal members.

For the period of October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018, we completed one (1) rehab project and two (2) new homes at a cost of $221,530.47.

72 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Public Relations Anna McKibben, Director

The Public Relations Department is responsible for publishing the quarterly tribal newsletter, writing website updates, issuing O-Gah-Pah Facebook updates, and working with the Business Committee and tribal casinos for public announcements and press releases, when needed. The Public Relations Director also assists other departments with cultural activities, creating flyers for events, and scheduling interviews from news media when events are taking place at the tribe. An added duty in for fiscal year 2018 was facilitating a language grant and working to establish a language department for future language preservation activities.

Newsletter—The newsletter was published in October, March (delayed press time for a special Business Com- mittee election for the position of Vice Chairman), June, and September; they were mailed to tribal households. In October, efforts were made to update addresses based on returned newsletters. Because the PR Department doesn’t have access to tribal members’ addresses, returned newsletters are given to the Enrollment Department for updates.

Website—Each month, various news events are shared, calendar updates are done for various events, such as pottery classes, powwow, etc. Several departments such as tribal court dockets and warrants and the Title VI meal menu are updated monthly. Additionally, meeting locations, dates and times are also shared on the tribe’s website. When there is an employment opportunity, it is published on the website, too. September: The Quapaw Counseling Center received a grant to promote youth becoming involved in cultural activities; announcements were made to recruit participants. Announced the Phase II of a road project meeting. Higher education hosted College Application Week and a free financial aid workshop—press releases were also written to promote the event. Several official documents were changed, e.g., employment application, letterhead, envelopes, due to the official name changing to Quapaw Nation.

Facebook—The tribe’s official page on Facebook is O-Gah-Pah. To stay updated on events, the page should be “liked.” With the exception of page updates, most of the events that are on the website will be updated on the Facebook page, as well.

Language Grant—A grant was received for language preservation and to establish a Language Preservation De- partment. The long-term goal of establishing the department is to eventually have a language immersion school where only the Quapaw language is spoken. To do this takes many years of preparation, including years of language classes to instruct future teachers to speak Quapaw and, eventually, teach the language to immersion school students. Countless hours of planning have been done to prepare to teach language classes and have them published online for people who cannot attend class. The grant also allows childcare for students who couldn’t attend class because of the lack of evening childcare.

One of the most noteworthy news stories that were covered during the year was the Quapaw Marshals aiding hurricane relief in Florida and Puerto Rico. Photos of the rescue crew were seen nationwide.

The PR Department produces the annual General Council book, Quapaw PowWow program, slideshow for Gen- eral Council, Dhegiha Language Conference book and shirt, and powwow event coordination. For a complete list of all activities that were done during the year, contact Anna McKibben at 918.542.1853.

Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 73 Quapaw Cattle Company Chris Roper, Director The Quapaw Cattle Company is now in our 6th year of operation. Quapaw Cattle Company has 6 full time and 5 part time employees. Quapaw Cattle Company and Quapaw Food Services Authority continues to work together to provide high quality beef and bison to Quapaw Public Schools, Quapaw Daycares, Quapaw Nation’s Title VI nutritional programs and served to the public in the employee dining facility and all restaurants in the Downstream Casino and Quapaw Casino, as well as fresh, frozen, and smoked products being sold in the Quapaw Mercantile, and several local convenient stores. Quapaw Cattle Company is proud to promote Native Raised, Hormone free, and Ethical & Humane Managed Angus Cattle.

Quapaw Food Services Authority currently has 17 full time employees and is now in our 2nd year of operation. We are a federally inspected meat processor by USDA with regular 3rd party audits and testing that include Good Management Practices, Food Safety, Product Safety, Animal Welfare, Safe Quality Foods Certification, Sanitation Monitors, and Microbial Testing for Water Activity, PH and Shelf Stability. All products are vacuum packed fresh or frozen with our commercial sealer or roll stock machine with custom label capabilities to maximize customer service.

Quapaw Feeding Facility has a capacity of around 2000 head of customer cattle that can be fed on grass or in pens. Preconditioning programs, Marketing, Ultrasound Data and various feed rations are all available with customer preference. AI Breeding operations are available to fit any producer’s beef cattle operation. Verification programs such as SAV -Source Age Verified and NHTC – Non-hormone Treated Cattle certification can be obtained to add value to customer cattle operations as well as our own. The Quapaw Feeding Facility’s goal is to provide quality and affordable services to local producers and provide high grading, high quality, hormone free beef and bison to the Quapaw Nation.

Quapaw Nation has entered into Share-Crop Agreements with 5 local farmers over the last 3 years to provide corn silage and conventional corn to the Feeding Facility for feed rations and Soybeans, Canola and Hard Red Winter Wheat for soil health studies and revenue for Quapaw Cattle Company programs.

New this year is Quapaw Nation’s Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition that manages all the Quapaw Nation’s agriculture related programs. We are currently working on enacting the Quapaw Conservation District to work side by side with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency, National Resource Conservation Service and US Fish and Wildlife Service.

74 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Quapaw Counseling Services Tina Woods, Director

Our Census has remained over 100 and stays constant at 100 – 105. We have decreased below this year a few times but did not remain there for long during the year of 2018.

Billing of Medicaid patients continues as with an increase in billing specifics starting when onsite personnel began to bill weekly. We are having no real issues at this time. When the government shut down we had to wait for payment however it was not denied. Billing always fluctuates according to time of year. We have been trying to compensate for those times. And I believe we are doing well at this endeavor. We have many worries and rumors about cutting our funding but so far we have maintained minimal shifting.

We have continued to improve the facility as we needed. We work with the construction company to facilitate whatever they need for new construction of the new building While still maintaining services to our patient’s.

Outside the area is being maintained such as flowering beds, and parking lot. We have had the signs replaced in the front on both the Outpatient Substance Abuse and the Medicated Assisted Sides of the facility. Everything is being well maintained by tribal maintenance.

We consolidated the Outpatient Substance Abuse, DUI schools, and Medicated Assisted portions of treatment into one facility in May of 2018. We physically changed the inside of the building opening it to maintain one building. Which after a DEA audit in June of 2018, had to be replaced back to what the original was according to the DEA. We have added more security to the whole inside and out of the facility. The staff is working well together to provide a full spectrum of outpatient services.

We have provided training for our Clinical Supervisor and one other Counselor to be DUI Assessors and Facilita- tors. We now have two DUI Assessors and two DUI Facilitator for our 10- and 24-hour DUI school needs. We have one substance abuse assessor as well.

We continue to monitor the needs of the patients and strive to meet those as they present. We are going to attend opiate treatment conferences at Disney world in Orlando Florida, in October of 2019. We hope to learn better and more proactive treatment options for our specific patient population.

We have become an active participant of the Oklahoma Chapter of AATOD (American Associate for the Treat- ment of Opioid Dependency). I am a member of the board of OKATOD. And help out whenever possible. We have been attending the annual Oklahoma Conference for 5 years now. The Quapaw Nation is in the brochure as one of the Sponsors.

We have had no instances of increment weather this year that caused a closing of the clinic. Any weather issues that have presented we have dealt with these in a positive manner for staff and patients. There were no voiced issues at the time of the weather incidents.

We continue to educate the public about the positive aspects of what we do. The education emphasis is on medical personnel and criminal justice personnel. This includes what we have termed Lunch and Learns for medical doc- tors and their staff at their offices. We are striving to reach judges and law enforcement personnel. Referrals are being made from Medical and Dental Offices and contacts have been positive.

We continue to provide overdose kits for the patients at the clinic, law enforcement and the public in general. We find that education is a stepping stone for support and understanding of Medicated Assisted Recovery and all as- Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 75 pects of Substance Abuse Treatment.

New laws have been passed on a state and in some instances federal level that will benefit meeting patient’s needs. Including but not limited to drug court participants and incarcerated persons. We hope to be in on this with a co- occurring working arrangement.

Our staff continues to be well informed and educated on the newest and best techniques available to treat our patient population. We have been able to set up trainings that are specific to Opioid Dependency and will continue to do so and share these trainings with Tribal Employees across the board as we can.

76 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Census has stayed relatively stable throughout the year at 100 – 110. This means more people are stabilizing and making positive progress in treatment and being retained longer.

CONTACTS - MAT

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80 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Quapaw Mercantile Chris Roper, Director

Quapaw Mercantile is a wholly owned entity of the Quapaw Nation of Oklahoma. Quapaw Mercantile was started in September 2016.

Quapaw Mercantile is open to the public Monday through Friday from 8am-4pm, (Closed on Holidays) located at 304 Main in Quapaw, Ok. All Quapaw Tribal Members and Quapaw Tribal Employees receive 15% discount with proof of their tribal enrollment card or employee badge, off all purchases. We have a selection of beef steaks, beef & bison roasts, beef & bison stew meat, ground beef, ground bison, beef bacon, beef bratwursts, Quapaw coffee, Quapaw honey, smoked products, pork sausage, pork chops, pork bacon, and pork bratwursts.

Quapaw Mercantile is proud to sell Native Raised, Hormone free, Natural, Humanely treated Angus beef and bison that have a wonderful flavor. Quapaw Nation Gaming Agency Barbara Collier, Director ADMINISTRATION

The Administration of the Quapaw Nation Gaming Agency (QNGA) feels proud and honored to have served our Quapaw people throughout this past year. The QNGA continues to stay informed and updated with the most current of legislation, regulations, consultations, and changes proposed, as it is always our goal to provide maximum efforts toward ensuring our nation is informed and exemplary in regulatory issues, and to maintain the respect of honest integrity throughout the gaming regulatory industry. The QNGA serves both Quapaw Casino and Down- stream Casino Resort (DCR) gaming properties, and is committed to protecting all assets of our gaming facilities.

The Quapaw Nation Gaming Agency has continued to remain as members in good standing in the following regulatory organizations: National Tribal Gaming Commissioners/Regulators; Oklahoma Tribal Gaming Regulators Association; National Indian Gaming Association; and the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association. Our participation with these organizations provides an information network for a wide range of gaming issues. The Quapaw Nation has always been a strong advocate for the Oklahoma Tribal Gaming Regulators Association, from the QNGA Director receiving the Regulator of the Year Award last year, to this year, the DCR Compliance Supervisor is elected and serving as Vice-Chairperson for the Oklahoma Tribal Gaming Regulators Association, which enables our Nation to continue our leading role as one of the outstanding regulatory agencies in Oklahoma, not only locally but on the national level as well. Such services can be serving as leaders of roundtable topics, be instructors, serve on panels, providing specific, meaningful topics and ideas, and sharing our expertise, upon request.

COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT

The task of the Quapaw Nation Gaming Agency Compliance Department is always to maintain excellent procedural oversight at both Quapaw Casino and Downstream Casino Resort. Significant regulation changes have taken place during this past year. The National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) issued its Final Rule, affect- ing how tribes must comply with the minimum technical standards for Class II gaming systems and equipment, and also no longer features a Sunset Provision, regarding 2008 Gaming Systems, and tribes no longer have to meet the NIGC deadline. The amended regulation is effective January 26, 2018. Under the new regulation, 2008 Sys- tems are instead subject to annual review requirements and auditing. On August 14, 2018 NIGC announced the approval of non-binding guidance on Class III Minimum Internal Control Standards (MICS). The updated guid- Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 81 ance instead of regulations will allow the NIGC to quickly adapt the MICS to changing technology and provide up-to-date training and technical assistance.

Another significant addition to Indian gaming is the Oklahoma State Bill HR 3375 signed by the Governor on April 10, 2018. This law amends the State Tribal Gaming Compacts to include non-house banked games, com- monly referred to as ball and dice (craps and roulette). The DCR Compliance Department had to write and revise the Tribal Internal Control Systems (TICS) for the ball and dice games. During September 2018 the completed REVISED TICS were submitted and approved by the Business Committee. Comprehensive training from qualified sources was scheduled. DCR opened these games on October 26, 2018.

The QNGA facilitates all compliance processing and review at both casinos for Minimum Internal Control Stan- dards (MICS), Tribal Internal Control Standards (TICS), the State of Oklahoma compact, and the QNGA Or- dinance, in addition to the approved policies and procedures of each facility. Both Compliance Departments maintain compliance at both casinos. At this time 2,000 electronic gaming machines, 32 table games and 14 poker tables are at Downstream Casino and 483 electronic gaming machines at Quapaw Casino. The QNGA also receives and tests software for machine installation, conversions and updates, and keeping up to date information and current technology throughout all compliance issues, ensuring the regulations concerning the state compact are met.

LICENSING DEPARTMENT

The Licensing Agents are responsible for conducting comprehensive background investigations on vendors and employees for both Quapaw Casino and Downstream Casino Resort. Licensing Agents work to process and assist casino employees and vendors on a daily basis. The Agents also issue the gaming license to the employees after background investigations are completed. The Agents prepare and maintain all employee files for State and Federal audits. The department strives to ensure overall compliance with the licensing regulations of the Gaming Ordinance, State Compact, minimum internal control standards and the tribal internal control standards. The licensing process is continual daily, due to new hires, new vendors, and renewals of existing employees.

The current status of employees and vendors at the respective casinos is as follows:

Quapaw Casino Downstream Casino Resort Employees 121 1,258 Native Americans 34 174 Quapaw Members 21 48

A total of registered vendors, classified as gaming, gaming related, non-gaming, exempt, entertainment, or construction for both facilities is 487.

IT DEPARTMENT

The new fiber has greatly improved the computerization of all of the equipment and systems of the QNGA. Such improvement incorporates the operational systems, to enable a more positive connection of technology for both facilities. We continue ongoing computer maintenance security protocols on all network devices at all times, and maintain training, enabling us to do proper IT audits and evaluations, as per the MICS. The IT Department serves the staff, located at both facilities with user needs, as required, and also provides trouble shooting at all times.

AUDIT DEPARTMENT

The Audit Department consists of three operational sections. The Internal Auditor and Financial Auditor per- 82 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 form standard audits throughout the year on the minimum internal controls and the financial internal controls and assist with updating required policies and procedures for both Downstream Casino Resort and Quapaw Ca- sino. Both NGA Auditors are training to learn the addition of ball and dice gaming, to ensure compliance of the MICS and TICS at all times. The Investigative Auditor assists with licensure reviews, and works on multiple investigative audits inclusive of various violations such as patron disputes, procedural policies, and any other reported compliance issues, inclusive of MICS/TICS reports and accidental incident reports within both casinos.

For comment submission or QNGA assistance please contact the Quapaw Nation Gaming Agency, P. O. Box 405, Quapaw, Oklahoma 74363, or telephone 918-919-6020, fax number 918-919-6029.

Quapaw Services Authority Chris Roper, Director

Quapaw Services Authority is a wholly owned entity of the Quapaw Nation of Oklahoma. QSA was started in June of 2012 and has been performing construction and managing construction projects for the Quapaw Tribe since its inception. In the summer of 2013 QSA started branching out and performing work for independent property owners. QSA has been able to do multiple remedial cleanup projects around the Tar Creek area since that time.

Some of the projects managed by Quapaw Services Authority include the following:

• Beaver Creek North Property Remediation • Quapaw Roadside Park • Distal 13 Remediation • Distal 10B Remediation • CB199 Remediation • Beaver Creek Tier 1 Remediation • Distal 10 Remediation • Distal 12 Remediation • Elm Creek Tier 1 Remediation • Elder Housing Addition • Justice Center • 680 Road • Parking Lot Maintenance & Repairs for the following: o O-Gah-Pah Learning Center o Quapaw Nation Administrative building o Quapaw Casino o Quapaw Counseling Services building

Quapaw Services Authority currently has 59 employees with 31 of those being Native American. Maintenance/ Utilities/Fencing currently has 22 employees, 14 of which are Native American.

In fiscal year 2018 the Annual Revenue was 9.2 Million Dollars.

We are proud to have the opportunity to build the projects for the Quapaw Nation and our other customers and look forward to additional growth and employment opportunities.

Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 83 Realty Department Trenton Stand, Director

The Realty/Trust Services Department (Realty) of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma officially opened on March 9, 2009. The staff consists of the following: Realty Specialist—Leslie Rennie, Realty Specialist—Samantha Sharp, Realty Specialist—Misty Scott, Lease Compliance Specialist—Stacia Forbis, Realty Assistant—Brittany DeSilva and Director of Realty/Trust Services Trenton Stand.

The mission of the Trust program for Realty is to provide services to the members of the Quapaw Tribe in helping to manage their trust property, if needed, and acquire the best use and income for their property through leasing (farming and grazing, business sites and/or residential and permitting). Our services will also include permitting for EPA site remediations, inspections for trespassing and lease compliance, boundary line disputes, submitting information needed to conduct probates to the Office of Hearings and Appeals, managing the fencing contract through the Division of Environmental, Safety and Cultural Resources Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Eastern Oklahoma Region; also, determining ownership for leasing, sales, conveyances, gift deeds, any action on trust land that needs a listing of the restricted owners and that will require approval. In addition, our office will provide services to the Tribe in processing fee to trust acquisitions, leasing tribal lands and assisting in checking land sales for encumbrances if tribe is to build on said lands.

Personnel Changes

Samantha Sharp took a new position as a Realty Specialist over this reporting year, mainly covering fee to trust and probate. Probate was formerly handled by Ms. Feathers the former Court Clerk, this is a relatively new task for our office; however, this ultimately should have been under our umbrella originally as we maintain the land records. Stacia Forbis is a new hire and she is the new Lease Compliance Specialist and she handles our agriculture and business site leases. Brittany DeSilva, also a new hire, took the position of Realty Assistant along with assisting myself and our office she handles the residential leases. I cannot be happier with the direction the Realty Depart- ment is heading.

EPA Work

This topic is forever ongoing. Distal 12 and 13 work neared completion within this reporting year. The EPA al- located funding to remove marketable material in advance of clean up, two piles of which we can facilitate the sales. This project has been the toughest to obtain landowners input of all EPA projects. However, there are lessons learned that will be implemented going forward our landowners’ consent form is having changes made to it. Also, we are no longer able to do take and pay chat sales; they will all be upfront purchases which will require a little more work from the purchasers prior to purchase but this will better benefit the chat owners. I understand that upfront purchase is the chat owners preferred process. However up to this point we did not have that type of contract, we only had the take and pay format and that is how we were getting chat owners paid that otherwise would not have received compensation.

There is a weigh scale that has been an ongoing issue we have sent more than three letters and still do not have the required consent needed to submit the permit for approval.

Assistance was provided to EPA and Jacobs, EPA’s contractor, in obtaining property access consent up and down Tar and Lytle Creeks.

A meeting was held at the Solicitor’s Office in Tulsa to discuss the implementation of institutional controls on restricted property at EPA remediation sites. This meeting seemed to go well, and the BIA was open to the idea 84 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 of using conservation easements as a means to enforce the proper controls on the property. In the outside world ODEQ, upon completion of a remediation of a site that needs restrictions, would go to county and file a deed restriction on that specific tract and that will show up on title if the property changes hand. Basically, it is there to notify owners and future owners where filled shafts and subsidence features are and capped areas. It further describes nonacceptable actions within those described areas such as to not drill a well in a former shaft or build a home over a subsidence feature etc.

Remediation permits, we completed two new remediation permits this year and submitted to the BIA for record- ing, neither site had marketable material.

Surveys

A request with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) was initiated to certify the legal descriptions on tracts along Whitebird Street that were affected by the cadastral survey. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over the course of completing the cadastral survey changed the description of the lots in the allotments. However, BLM did not notify the BIA that they adjusted property descriptions which is the reason we requested tract certifications, so we can move forward with the proper legal descriptions on projects on these allotments.

A letter was sent to a landowner requesting consent to survey to start the right of way (ROW) process. This was on a tract that was affected by the cadastral survey. The cadastral survey changed the lot number which we had to wait until this was updated in TAAMS to move forward.

Two surveys were completed and reviewed. One was for a fence that a lessee is building as part of his lease requirement and this was to ensure that the fence is on our property. This was good to have had this survey completed as the fence would have been off significantly on the south line of the property had it not been for the survey. The other survey was for a farmer where three allotments meet in a crop field to determine the boundaries.

Sales of Interest

This was a very productive year for sales of interest. We went from only 15 in 2016 due to BIA inaction, 26 in 2017 after appraisals expired, and this year a booming 96. There is interest still from landowners; however, this year took care of most of the individuals that have been patiently waiting while we worked out the issues with the BIA.

Exchange/Partition

We are still moving our first exchange of interest along though landowners’ responses had been slow it is progress- ing and will be interesting to see the BIA’s stance. This is not just an exchange of equal value interests in property or properties additional compensation is required to make the exchange of interest a “like value” exchange. This has advanced to the finance stage at the banking institution.

Compliance

Received a complaint on QSA on a tract they lease where the fence was removed and has not been put back. Land- owner says there are people trespassing in the evenings and weekends and can now just drive in. An inspection took place and all evidence shows that anyone that was on the property without permission that she was referring to came in through a down fence on an adjacent property. Regardless QSA is cleaning up and leasing that property as well and was contacted to restrict access were the gate was down.

A complaint was received on the chat processor on the Pioneer chat pile regarding weighing of chat leaving the site. The complaint was valid, and a call took place with the BIA to be brought up to speed on any action taken Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 85 by them. The BIA acknowledged issues in compliance with the weigh station and said that they have notified the lessee. Upon request the BIA provided me with the documents they provided the lessee. This issue is still ongoing.

We took a new approach in attempting to collect rent from a town lot lessee that has been giving us a hard time in collecting rent. Since the last time we spoke she was informed the next visit could come from the Marshals to evict her. After this talk she made a partial payment then missed requirements again, so we provided the Marshals with a copy of the violation notice and had them provide it to her and she still failed to pay. This along with a few others initiated our first hand full of lessees to be taken to Tribal Court. The lessee mentioned above, this fact is outside of this report rage but is pertinent information, was our first garnishment and to date we have received our first installment from her employer. We completed one eviction through the courts from a holdover lessee after his lease was canceled and a few others paid their rent to stay out of court. However, as stated in other reports the town lots management is a fulltime job and where we have most of our lease violations. These are mostly from late payments or allowing yards to get trashy.

At a minimum the agriculture leases receive quarterly inspections and anytime we receive a call of any issue. Pic- tures are taken each time quarterly inspections are completed, and any other time where is warranted and each time a site visit is completed the file is noted.

Other Access Requests

A resolution was drafted, and phone polled that gave Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) consent to access a parcel of ITC property to conduct an environmental survey as ODOT is attempting to do some shoul- der work on S 580 Rd.

NRCS

As mentioned in the last annual report the NRCS Office has hired an individual that works strictly with Tribe’s; however, he serves the entire east half of Oklahoma. We have stayed in touch and he is nearing completion of all of our conservation plans that are needed.

Gift Deeds

Gift deed slowed down during this reporting year; we only have one gift deed to report as completed.

Appraisals

The following is a breakdown of the appraisals that were requested and completed during the reporting year. Agriculture Appraisals - 21 Advertising Sign - 1 Sale of Interest – 20 Residential Lease – 3 (Two appraisals cover 40 Town Lot Leases)

There was a change in the appraisal system recently without input or notifying anyone that routed appraisal requests to Office of Mineral Evaluation (OME) between our request and OST sending our statement of work back to us on our request. This supplied additional data to the appraiser which was incorporated into her report in turn causing questions by OST upon review; however, the portion being questioned was provided with the statement of work by OST in the first place. It was quite the mess that is now resolved.

86 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Fee Property Work

We are steadily receiving offers or requests from fee owners wishing to sale their interest to the tribe. This information is turned over each time we receive them to the Business Committee for action. Landownership information was provided and discussed with QSA for a fencing project by and around the school in Picher.

We reviewed several books at the Ottawa County Courthouse and researched the history or chain of title for well #6 and forwarded this information to the appropriate requesting officials. A tax issue with a fee property in Cherokee County was brought to our attention from 2014; this has been resolved by a check hand delivered to the courthouse.

Agriculture Leases

During the reporting year there were 23 agriculture leases submitted to the BIA for approval and 9 permits.

Town Lot/Residential Leases

During the reporting year there were 32 approved town lot leases and we canceled 5 for lease violations. We completed our first lease assignment during the reporting year. There are people that move from our town lots, in some cases frequently, if they are in good standing and there is no lease changes an assignment is simpler process that canceling and reissuing a new lease and does not cause payment delays for landowners.

As mentioned above in the compliance section, the Realty Department utilized our court system for the first time after the small claims portion of the court was established.

Mandatory meetings were set up with lessees to discuss the future of a few town lot lessees who have fallen behind on rental payments, most of these are now up to date as to avoid court and cancelation.

Sign Leases

One billboard sign lease was updated and submitted to the BIA for approval.

Probate

Assistance was provided to a tribal member over a probate issue. A family members probate was conducted and only a copy of the Will was provided to the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA). The tribal member was present at the hearing and was not informed that the Will provided was not going to be acceptable. The tribal member contacted our office once the decision letter was sent out by OHA, our office is assisting the tribal member. A probate has been initiated by the son of a decedent, this will be our first that we handle directly as Carol Feathers was handling these in the past. On a related note, new landowners have called to better understand our process after the recent approval of a probate from their mother.

Including the probate mentioned above we initiated 5 probates during the reporting year and 2 were closed or completed by OHA.

Land Information Request

The Marshals were provided a title document validating that the C-Store is on trust/restricted land. The same information was provided to validate the land status of the Downstream parking lot and other areas where the Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 87 Marshals need to ensure status of property to file court paperwork correctly.

Terri Birch the Roads Manager for the Tribe has requested information to update the information for her program. This information contains land data, cemetery locations, and information about the Realty Department. Since the Tribe received the LICRA land from the State for the buyout properties there is some research that needs to be completed to determine an approximant acreage that the Tribe received.

Assisted Josh Lewis by supplying him with a TSR for the Downstream parking lot to aid in a determination of trust boundaries.

Land Acquisitions/Fee to Trust Acquisitions

Survey work needed was initiated with our surveyor for the fee-to-trust acquisition of the former Vanpool property consisting of 100 acres. Upon review of the survey by BLM they had changes that they requested the surveyor make before the would approve the land description review (LDR).

Information was requested from the surveyor used to survey the former Seely property to provide a legal description for the County road that runs the West side of the property. This is needed for the fee to trust on the property as there is not record of any ROW on the title and the road does reside on our property. I had to attend a County Commissioners meeting to obtain a ROW for this road before we could move forward with the fee to trust process. After explaining that Ottawa County does not have a ROW for the road they were willing to sign the ROW and it was file in the court house. This allowed our office to initiate the land description review (LDR) which is needed for the fee to trust process and is done by the BLM official at Eastern Oklahoma Regional Office.

Information was provided to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) regarding the Former Penn/Welch property fee to trust (FTT) acquisition this is in Kansas. The Elderly Housing FTT was completed and approved by the BIA.

ROW/Service Line Agreement

Empire Electric provided the additional information needed to send the consent form out to landowners to survey. This survey consent letter was drafted and sent to landowners and is the first step in obtaining a valid ROW which the electric line never had; and this will also set a precedence once the ROW is approved on what the BIA is going to require when they receive ROW packages that are for ROWs that are in trespass. A call was had with the Miami Agency and the EOR to ensure that all parties agree and understand how we will handle the ROW packets that are on projects that are in trespass. Specifically, the environmental and archeological requirements. Given all the above prep work, ROWs have hit a snag in processing the issue is the ROWs that are in trespass and the issue lies with appraising damages for trespass since some go back many years. We are currently trying to work out a process with OST that is acceptable and achievable in determining the trespass dollar amount owed to landowners.

Fencing Program Information

The fencing crew is funded by the Division of Environmental, Safety and Cultural Resources Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Eastern Oklahoma Region. This project is funded for public safety and to restrict access to sites that have subsidence or other features that may be hazardous to the public. This covers most of the restricted/trust property in the Picher Cardin area.

The BIA currently has two 4wheel all-terrain vehicles that were available, the fencing department was interested in obtaining these and a letter was drafted and submitted to the BIA. This letter requested the excess property like we did with the sprayer the fencing department. However, the BIA replied stating that since the fencing program is a 88 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 short-term contract that we are not eligible to apply for excess equipment and we should have never been allowed to receive the sprayer.

Litigation Our office spent a large amount of time assisting in providing information to Tribal attorneys to assist with the court case. As a result of the pending settlement this has spured individuals to inquire about their land holdings, therefore, we have seen an increase from landowners for their Individual Tribal Interest Reports (ITI). When we provide this to landowners most of the time we send aerial photographs that are numbered, and color coded to help relate the information more thoroughly to landowners. Also, depending on the request, landowners are at time provided with lease information that is incorporated into the above data.

TAAMS

This has been a long road to obtain access to the BIA’s Trust Asset Account Management System (TAAMS). Even once we were given our computers and “access” we were still so restricted we couldn’t do much, however, that was worked out over time. Initially, two of my staff was sent to training that was a requirement before we could get in the system one quit shortly thereafter. This left Leslie handling all payments and request by herself as the BIA was having issues validating my credentials, so I could access the system after I received my training. Periodically there are required tests for the BIA on the Department of the Interior (DOI) website for Cybersecu- rity/FISSA, Rules of Behavior (ROB) and Warning Banner (IMT). This must be completed by all with access or that will have access in the future. Currently we have three employees including myself with access and a fourth once she receives her training. Regardless of the issues we had we are more efficient than having to wait on the BIA for each and every request in our daily work.

Other Information

Word has made to Alaska of the success we have had drafting inaction letters and filling Section 2 appeals on the BIA. I was contacted by a Tommy Andrews asking for assistance where the BIA is setting on some gift deeds. He is emailed me the particulars and I responded with some advice and sample documents.

Documents were compiled and submitted to the BIA to assist in resolving a taxing issue with Ottawa County; the County shows the property as fee and is taxing owners and the BIA has the tract as trust/restricted. This will require a tract certification by LTRO and if the interest is trust/restricted then a document will have to be filed at County to remove the property from the tax roll.

There was a Joe Buffalo allotment that has been identified as fee since this office was established and identified as fee in TAAMS. It was identified by a local attorney that was doing title work on the property that there could be restricted interest still in this 40-acre tract. After review this was indeed the case and the documents were submitted to the BIA which required a probate case to be reopened to distribute property correctly. There are two interests still in said tract one must have probates re-opened to convey restricted interest to individual. The other interest is held in restricted status by an individual who initially wanted to sale interest to a fee owner but has since changed his mind.

I have also been in contact with the district attorney’s office regarding two missing persons and working with Craig county to assist anyway possible.

Training

Leslie Rennie and I attended two Rights of Way (ROW) trainings in December in Seattle, Washington the first class was titled “Rights of Way on Federal Indian Lands” this course covered the statues and regulations that are Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 89 for ROW. This course also covered the actions needed to satisfy these requirements and additional actions needed to protect the landowners’ interest in the best possible way. The second training “Rights of Way Contracts” was exactly that, discussion of the different types of ROWs and the additional contractual language that should be added to protect landowners and their interests. The past BIA form was a two-page document that had barely any teeth and did not adequately protect the landowners. This course also covered how to research companies to better understand who you are dealing with and any past issues that you may need to be aware of prepared to protect yourself from.

Leslie and I also attended FTT, ROW, and Leasing training at Muskogee, BIA.

I attended a training in Muskogee over the Net Deed Plotter system. This system will tell you if the land description that you are using is sufficient or not. The use of this system is now required for basically all projects that use a land description were in the past it was only used on FTT projects.

I attended a three-day training in Dallas, TX for TAAMS so that we may have more than one person with access to this system within our department.

Samantha attended the following training Travel Training in OKC, Legal Land Descriptions & Basic Math in Tuk- wila, WA, FTT training at ITC, FTT, ROW, and Leasing training at Muskogee, BIA

Misty attended the following training Travel Training in OKC, HazWoper Training with QSA

Stacia attended the following training FTT, ROW, and Leasing training at Muskogee, BIA, HazWoper Training with QSA

Brittany attended the following training FTT, ROW, and Leasing training at Muskogee, BIA

Landowner Requests

Landowners’ requests ranged from property ownership inquiries, sales inquiries, leasing consents, probate inquiries, lease inquiries and enforcement, requests to partition, locate ancestor’s allotment, verification of restricted/ trust land status for taxes, effects of receiving money from leases on social security and Medicaid, gift deed request, chat sales inquiries, property location requests, update Will assistance, life estate inquiries, EPA remediation questions, chat ownership inquiries, and lessee inquiries.

An explanation was provided to a landowner after research was completed to identify the location of her access road. The question from the landowner was did Ottawa County have the responsibility to maintain her road? Upon investigation the road was not listed in Ottawa County’s road inventory and County said it does not maintain private drives. The road is located on the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority’s property. The landowner was provided this information and was thankful for our research.

In addition to the usual landowners’ requests a landowner came in my office after receiving the letter notifying them that the Tribe is willing to acquire landowners’ interest in a certain tract and questioned the interested owned as reflected in TAAMS and requested that we check to ensure their interest is correct. This is on what I believe is are most highly fractionated tract so it is taking some time to pull each probate and create our own tract history to compare against the TAAMS system. Two transcripts of ownership were completed and reviewed with the request- er so that she could get a greater understanding of her land interest and how it was passed down through the years.

I spoke to a landowner’s attorney to confirm that a proposed DOT project was not on her restricted property and is on her fee property and provided him a map and a parcel number. 90 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Tribal member requested information about whether they have an IIM account or own interest in tracks. This was researched and discussed with the individual as to why his dad had interest and an IIM account and he did not.

Tribal members are requesting information about whether they have an IIM account or own interest in tracks on a monthly basis, along with probate questions.

This concludes my Annual Report for October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Rental Housing Tom Stelle, Director The Quapaw Tribe Rental Housing Program is the rental of our five FEMA trailers to tribal members. This program began on January 17, 2016. The units are no longer considered emergency housing. The units are leased out to tribal members who qualify. These units are NOT handicapped accessible.

The Housing office has handed out 58 applications for the Rental Housing Program since its beginning.

From October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018, we have given out 9 applications and have received two (2) applications back in the office. One of these applicants was determined eligible and was placed in a vacant unit and the other applicant declined the unit after applying. We keep one of the trailers for use by the NAHASDA applicants when we are working on a demo/replacement project. All four of the other units are currently occupied. Rent for these units is at 30% of applicant’s income with a maximum amount of $400.00 per month and the tenants pay the utilities.

Most units are equipped with a refrigerator, stove, microwave and washer/dryer. As these items become inoper- able, they will not be replaced.

These units are inspected and sprayed monthly. Requests and repairs to the trailer and its operating systems only (electric, heat/ac, plumbing, etc.) are handled as they come in. Social Services Department Patti Rice, Director

The Quapaw Nation Social Service department offers a variety benefits for our enrolled Quapaw Nation members. These benefits include; utility assistance, veterans assistance, unmet needs and school clothing, burial assistance and we are now administrators for the “End of Life” benefits.

All our services are offered as long as funding is available. Our guidelines are set by the social services committee and are approved by the business committee each year.

Below you will find the breakdown for our line items for the 2018 fiscal year.

•Utility Assistance—$1,439,126.18 •Unmet Needs / School Clothing—$380,636.30 •Veterans’ Assistance—$151,427.00 •Burial Assistance—$3,367.16 •TOTAL—$2,054,556.64

Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 91 Tax Commission Debbie Wray, Director

It is necessary to strengthen the government of the Quapaw of Oklahoma by exercising the specific grant of authority contained in the Governing Resolution as adopted on August 19, 1956, by the General Council of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma. The purpose of the Quapaw Tribal Tax Commission Ordinance Number 4-135-A, is to levy and collect taxes, to license and regulate certain conduct within jurisdiction of the Quapaw Tribe of Okla- homa, to provide financing for the current expense of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma government, and to provide expansion of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma government operations and services in order for the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma efficiently and effectively exercise its confirmed inherent sovereignty and government responsibilities within the jurisdiction of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma.

The Quapaw Tribal Tax Commission consists of the duly elected members of the Quapaw Tribal Business Com- mittee of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma. The members of the Business Committee serve in their capacities as members of the Quapaw Tribal Tax Commission for their respective offices as held as members of the Business Committee. The Tribal Tax Administrator is an employee of the Quapaw Tribe. The Tribal Tax Administrator provides administrative support and policy making input to the Tribal Tax Commission and may be required to carry out the tax laws of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma. The Tribal Tax Administrator is responsible for creating reporting forms, license and invoicing, etc.

The Quapaw Tribal Business Committee/Quapaw Tribal Tax Commission duly adopted by motion to increase the tribal tax rate to 7%, effective June 1, 2015. The tax rate increase is only applicable to Downstream Casino and Quapaw Casino sales tax.

The following licenses have been issued in accordance with the Quapaw Tribal Tax Commission Ordinance 4-135- A:

Quapaw Casino Authority RETAILER TOBACCO dba Quapaw Casino and RV Resort BEER AND LIQUOR

Quapaw Casino Authority RETAILER TOBACCO dba Quapaw C-Store BEER AND LIQUOR

Downstream Development Authority RETAILER TOBACCO dba Downstream Casino Resort BEER AND LIQUOR

The following taxes are being collected and paid to the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma:

Downstream Development Authority HOTEL TAX 10% dba Downstream Casino Resort TOBACCO TAX .01 PER PACK LIQUOR/BEER 1% SALES TAX 7%

Quapaw Casino Authority TOBACCO TAX .01 PER PACK dba Quapaw Casino an RV Resort LIQUOR/BEER 1% SALES TAX 7%

Quapaw Casino Authority TOBACCO TAX .05 PER PACK 92 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 dba Quapaw C-Store TOBACCO TAX .50 PER CRTN. SALES TAX 5%

On March 18, 2017 the Quapaw Tribal Business Committee approved Policy and Procedures for Check Accep- tance and Returned Checks on Quapaw Tribal Tax Commission Motor Vehicle Division Transactions. Since the implementation of the policy and procedures a total of $171 has been successfully collected without prosecution in tribal court.

The National Intertribal Tax Alliance (NITA), 20th Annual Tax Conference was held August 27-30, 2018 at North- ern Quest Resort & Casino, Spokane, WA (hosted by the Kalispel Tribe of Indians). The NITA conference began on with pre-conference activities on Monday, August 27th and with a full agenda of moderators, and guest speakers on Tuesday, August 28th. General Session 1: Taxation As An Expression of Tribal Sovereignty: Washington Tribal Leaders Panel; General Session 2: Litigation Updates; General Session 3: IRS Updates; Session 4: Tribal Treasury Advisory Committee (TTAC) Update, were the main topics of the morning session. Two “Breakout Sessions” were offered in afternoon, I selected the Tax and Economic Development Opportunities for Tribes.

On day two, the main topics were Session 5: Tax Administration Fundamentals and Lessons Learned; General Session 6: Federal Legislative, Tax Reform & NCAI Update; Session 7: Wayfair Litigation and Strategies for Tribal Sales Tax Exemptions and Revenues; General Session 8: Tribal Tax Commissioner Perspectives of State -Tribal Tax Issues. Three “Breakout Sessions” were offered. I selected TERO for Tax Commissioners. On day three, the main topics were Session 9: Tax Credits and Incentives for Economic Development in Indian Country, Session 10: Alcohol Tax Litigation and Legislative Updates. The 2019 NITA conference will be held in Santa Fe, NM at the Hilton Santa Fe Buffalo Thunder; hosted by the Pueblo of Pojoaque Tribe.

All financial information for the Quapaw Tribal Tax Commission is included in the Annual Financials provided in the 2019 General Council booklet.

This concludes the narrative report for fiscal year October 1, 2017 thru September 30, 2018. Please do not hesitate to contact me for additional information regarding the Quapaw Tribal Tax Commission. Title VI Department / Caregiver Program Rhonda Weaver, Director

Grant Amount Awarded Title VI Program $148.970 Caregiver Program $ 59,580 NSIP $ 22,827 TOTAL $ 231,377

The Quapaw Nation Title VI Program provides meals to any member of a federally recognized tribe, who is 55 years of age or older, and their spouse. The goals of the program are to provide nutritious meals, supportive services, transportation, and recreation to our elders. Title VI program seeks to assist the elders in staying physically and mentally healthy, so they may remain in their own homes longer. Congregate meals are served at the Quapaw Nation Elders Center and homebound meals are delivered to the medically disabled three days per week, exclud- ing holidays, funerals, and weather permitting. Approximately 184 congregate/homebound meals are served per weekday. In addition, a traditional lunch is served once per month.

Homebound meals require a physician’s statement and/or Quapaw Nation Community Health Nurse recommen- dation to receive meals. Homebound participants receive hot meals on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. In addi- Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 93 tion, to the hot meals participants receive a frozen dinner for Tuesday and Thursday. The delivery route includes Commerce, Quapaw, and Peoria. While delivering the meals the driver conducts a quick check on the elder’s physical and mental state. The driver also helps the elder if they need something done; such as the trash emptied, a letter mailed, or just someone to talk with for a few minutes.

During the past year, forty- two (42) new clients were enrolled in the meal program and the congregate numbers have continued to increase. Menus are printed and distributed each month on the route, at the meal site, and are available online at the Quapaw Nation’s website. A monthly birthday celebration is held at the end of the month with cake being served and with games including bingo. Other activities include arts and crafts, Elders’ Olympics, trips to neighboring events, holiday parties, health fairs/screenings, senior banquet, etc. We have fifty-four (54) elders signed up and taking advantage of the wellness center.

The Quapaw Nation Crafty Elders designated Arts and Crafts day as Thursday. The Quapaw Nation Crafty Elders setup booths at Downstream Health Fairs and Quapaw Nation Health Fairs. In addition, items made by the Qua- paw Nation Crafty Elders are on sale in a display case at the Quapaw Nation Elders Center.

Congregate Meals: 19,551 Home Deliver Meals: 15,557 Volunteers: 2,100 Walk-ins: 464 Total: 37,672

The Caregiver program is designed to provide respite care to people who are full-time caregivers for their loved ones. The Caregiver or recipient must be at least fifty-five (55) years of age and have a valid CDIB card. Respite providers come in to relieve the caregiver so they can get out of the house for a little while. Respite providers must be at least eighteen (18) years of age. The Caregiver program was able to serve six (6) participates during this funding year.

In addition, support group meetings are held once a month at the Quapaw Nation Elder Center. The Caregiver program coordinates and refers participants to other caregiver programs including, other tribal caregiver programs, Good Shepherd Hospice, Grand Gateways, Oasis, care & rehab. facilities, etc.

Caregiver Numbers Support group meeting held: 12 Caregiver Recipients/Respite Providers: 8 Caregiver Training: 5 Lending Closet: 50 Referrals to other agencies: 30

Conferences/Training attended and Title VI Activities:

Elders Attended Health Fair during the Quapaw Pow-Wow Elders Attended Picnic in Park Twin Bridges Attended Employee Health Fair at Downstream. Attended N4A Conference in Chicago Attended Ottawa County Seniors Day at Buffalo Run Attended Oklahoma Indian Council Meetings Attended National Title VI Training inWashington DC Attended Medicare Part D Health Screening Event at Miami First Christian Church Attended Health Fair at Northeastern Tribal Health System in Miami OK. 94 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Attended Food Show in Springfield MO. Attended 22nd NICOA Conference on Aging at Temecula CA Attended Grand Gateways Advisory Council Meeting Attended Northeastern Caregiver Coalition Meeting Attended Caregiver Pamper Day Attended Caregiver Conference at Miami First Christian Church Attended Medicare Part D Health Screening Event at Wyandotte Nation

Thank you for your time and consideration. Tribal Historic Preservation Department Everett Bandy, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer

The Quapaw Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) was established in 2010 and continues to receive funding through grants awarded to the Quapaw Nation by the National Park Service (NPS). In accordance with the Section 101(d) of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the THPO designation authorizes the Quapaw Nation to assume much of the responsibilities on tribal land that would otherwise be performed by the Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO).

These responsibilities are:

1. (SHPO Function § 101(b)(3)(D)) (Administer Federal Assistance)

The THPO coordinates with the Quapaw Tribal Administer and Quapaw Nation Accounting Department to administer funding. Our office applies for our annual grant and submits grant reports and close-outs annually.

2. (SHPO Function § 101(b)(3)(C)), & (SHPO Function § 101(b)(3)(A)) (Inventory & Survey, Preservation Planning)

The primary goal of a THPO is “historic preservation” which is the preservation of important sites, which are referred to by the legal term of “Historic Properties”. Historic properties include culturally or historically important buildings, places, and archeological sites. For example, this would include cemeteries, mounds and sacred sites.

The THPO office works with the Quapaw Nation Business Committee, tribal elders, archeologists, historians, historical records and any other available source to identify historic properties and information about them throughout the Quapaw Nation’s jurisdiction and ancestral territories. This information is then used to work for the preservation of these properties. In FY 18 the THPO office continued to periodically perform site visits, gather site information, and monitor significant projects throughout the year.

3. (SHPO Function § 101(b)(3)(D)), (SHPO Function § 101(b)(3)(F)), & (SHPO Function § 101(b)(3)(I)) (Consultation), (Cooperation) (Review and Compliance) or working with federal agencies, primarily to review federal projects for their potential to impact sites which are important to the Quapaw Nation.

The THPO is tasked with advising and assisting federal, state and local governments in their historic preservation responsibilities, cooperating with these entities to ensure historic properties are taken into consideration during planning and development, and consulting with federal agencies in accordance with Section 106 of the NHPA. This means that if an “undertaking” (or project) has a “federal nexus” (i.e. the project is federally mandated, permitted, funded etc.) and the project occurs within the Quapaw Nation’s jurisdiction or ancestral territory, the government agency will submit the project to the THPO office for review.

Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 95 Some projects are relatively simple and have no or low likelihood of impacting a historic property. Other projects may be more complex for various reasons and may warrant more in-depth consultation with the appropriate agency. This means that federal agencies that are performing government mandated work may meet with tribal officials to discuss a project and our concerns. Also, some projects include creating an agreement document together to address how these concerns will be handled.

Daily work for the THPO office centers on reviewing federal projects. During FY 18 this office reviewed a total of 3,293 pieces of Section 106 correspondence (letters, packages, emails, etc.). This would include information on new federal projects, or updated information about a project, for example when we receive a requested archeological report. During FY 18 the THPO office averaged 274 project reviews a month. 2,670 of these were federal projects not on trust land, 3 were federally funded projects on tribal trust land and 620 were non-federal consultations (these include city, county, state, other tribes or third-party contractors).

In addition to the daily review requests, the THPO office continued to enjoy a productive working relationship with several consultation partners. Listed below are significant examples of consultation work that occurred during FY 18:

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Three Rivers Project, is located near the confluence of the White and Mississippi Rivers. This location is also near the confluence of the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers; which is why the project is called the “Three Rivers Project”. This general area is of religious and cultural significance to the Quapaw Nation, and was the center of our nation for many years prior to removal. It is also known to have a very high preponderance of archeological sites. A segment of the river was rerouted by the USACE in years past and due to this action has continued to suffer from erosion issues along some portions and sediment build- up in other locations. To remedy this USACE has proposed to return the river to a more natural alignment. Due to significance of this area, a PA was developed for the project and the completion of cultural resource surveys. During FY 18 our office consulted with USACE regarding this document and reached a finalized PA. Survey work is ongoing.

The Memphis District USACE has proposed the Saint Francis River Basin (SFRB) Ten Mile Bayou Project, which is a project to channel additional flood water away from Memphis, TN. This project will involve the enlargement of a channel which is not currently large enough to adequately perform, and therefore the project is considered necessary for public safety. Due to topography there are two archeological sites which are unavoidable and the USACE is proposing full Phase III archeological mitigation of these sites which is legal due to the public safety aspect of the project. Consultation for has continued over several years due to consultation issues, contractual delays and inconsistent federal funding. During FY 18 an agreement documented was circulated and completed between the USACE, The Quapaw Nation, the Arkansas SHPO (AHPP), and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). Currently, funding has been issued for this project, and the USACE is working to begin the geophysical investigation work, however easement agreements are still being sought and work on location has not yet been performed.

Despite requests at the time from both the SHPO and the Quapaw THPO to conduct additional research before issuing funding, NRCS had an internal communication failure and issued funded for a deep tilling project on the Bradley Site in Crittenden County, Arkansas. During FY 18 we participated in multiple consultations seeking to mitigate the adverse effect to this site and work to prevent similar occurrences in the future. A MOA to address mitigation work has been drafted and is continuing to be circulated among the consulting parties.

The Sherman Mound is a significant site in Mississippi County, AR which was adversely impacted during the installation of a PTC pole by BNSF. The Arkansas SHPO (AHPP) and the Quapaw Nation negotiated an agreement document to mitigate the damage to the site which included the completion of archeological studies, and the installation of a barrier between the railroad and the mound. Due to contractual delays, the document had to be 96 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 re-circulated in October of 2017. During the fiscal year we were also able to successfully review the archeological report for this project, amd consult over the design of the barrier. During FY 19 the barrier was installed, and our office sent a monitor to observe installation of the barrier.

There was another previous adverse effect at Sherman Mound, involving the Big River Steel Mill (BRS). BRS performed work which was supposed to be monitored, however no monitor was present during the work and the AHPP issued an adverse effect finding. Mitigation of this adverse effect has been slow moving, in part because of slow response time from BRS and because of the unique nature of the mitigation effort. Signage describing the history and importance of the Sherman Mound has been agreed upon to mitigate the adverse effect, and during FY 18 discussions regarding the content and design of this sign were held. The installation of the sign has not been completed as we are still waiting for easement paper work to be completed.

Alongside Toltec Mound Archeological State Park there is a lake called “Mound Lake” which has been artificially raised by a private group for recreational use. Mound Lake was raised beyond the permitted level, which has caused problems at Toltec Park such as the big mound experiencing erosion resulting from increasing flooding of the site. The THPO has been working with Toltec Mounds Archeological Park staff and Little ROCK USACE for some time to work to attempt to address this issue. Due to the USACE Little Rock District experiencing several personnel changes during this period and a lack of motivation from the USACE to enforce a penalty for non-compliance with their permit no progress was being achieved. The USACE Little Rock District acknowledged their lack of action in a letter and committed to address this important issue. During FY 18 the THPO worked with tribal leadership to send letters to the USACE requesting consultation and informed the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) of this ongoing issue. Our office is continuing to pursue a resolution to this situation which is impacting a National Historic Landmark.

The Federal Highway Administration has proposed to widen I-30/I-40 in North Little Rock and has drafted a PA to govern monitoring and archeological work in the area. The area has numerous historical districts and buildings as well as three potential archeological sites. Our office worked with tribal leadership and legal counsel to review this document and provide comments. We anticipate continued work toward the completion of this document in FY 19.

The Pensacola Hydroelectric Dam Relicensing Project is to renew the license to operate the GRDA Pensacola Dam by FERC. This project has been considered controversial due to the new license providing for a higher operation level which could potential inundate historic properties. The THPO office participated in numerous consultations and meeting regarding this project and wrote multiple review letters regarding their proposed study plan. Our office had numerous objections regarding specifics of this plan, however we continue to work with FERC regarding this important undertaking.

In FY 18 the National Park Service (NPS) at the Arkansas Post submitted several projects around Osotouy, which is a significant archeological site owned by NPS where there was once a Quapaw village. These included vegetation removal and mound stabilization, the removal of feral hogs, and the construction of a fence and “no trespassing” signs to better prevent unauthorized climbing on the mound. This office worked closely with Arkansas Post NPS to review and provide comment for these projects.

FCC NPRM & NOI WT 17-79 and WT 15-180 was a concerning proposed exemption for numerous FCC permitted projects. During FY 18 our office continued to pay close attention to this issue, and we drafted multiple letters in coordination with tribal leadership as this developed. Following the passage by the FCC of the Second Report and Order on 3/22, the THPO met with local congressional representatives, and Chairman Berrey also met with FCC Commissioners and local congressional representatives to express our concerns.

The FRA/FTA Fast Act Section 106 Review Exemption was a proposed exemption for Section 106 reviews within Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 97 Railroad right of ways. Our office drafted a response letter to the proposed exemption which was signed by tribal leadership and sent on 10/6/2017.

4. (SHPO Function § 101(b)(3)(B)) (National Register Nomination) or nominating important sites to the national register.

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is a list maintained by the federal government of historic properties which have been deemed worthy of preservation. Historic properties are considered worthy of protection if they are on the list, or considered eligible for the list. SHPOs and THPOs may nominate a historic property for the register. A successful nomination provides preservation benefits and responsibilities. A nomination is evaluated against four criteria, and it must meet at least one of these criterions.

A nomination is a significant process which is not often undertaken, and during FY 18 the THPO office did not plan or conduct any nominations to the National Register.

5. (SHPO Function § 101(b)(3)(G)) (Preservation Education) or providing information about historic preservation.

“Preservation Education” is essentially out reach about Historic Preservation. This includes providing or obtaining public information, education, training and technical assistance that relates to Historic Preservation.

Below are some significant examples of activities the THPO office completed in FY 18 which fall under this duty:

The THPO office reports monthly about department activities to the Quapaw Nation Business Committee and provided additional updates on departmental activities to the Business Committee as needed.

During FY 18 the THPO office provided a report of activities at Business Committee meetings on a quarterly basis.

The THPO provides an annual written report for Quapaw tribal members which is provided in the packet which is given out annually during General Council on July 4th.

The THPO gave a presentation about tribal history, and the function of the THPO office to the Quapaw Marshals in February of 2018.

Gavin McCarty-Glass, THPO Specialist, traveled to Seattle, WA to attend a THPO monitoring certification course during May of 2018, and successfully completed the course.

In September of 2018 the Little Rock Air Force Base requested the THPO, THPO Specialist and the BC Secretary/ Treasurer to travel to participate in their American Indian Cultural Communications and Consultation Course. We provided a detailed presentation discussing the history of the Quapaw Nation into modern day and discussed the consultation preferences of the Quapaw Nation and described how we conduct section 106 reviews.

Other work completed in FY 18:

The Quapaw THPO (Everett Bandy) is a board member of the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO). NATHPO is an organization of preservation officials and professionals, (primarily THPOs) which supports tribal preservation work. As a board member the THPO assists with planning the annual conference, and other duties throughout the year, such as meeting with federal agencies, and participating in working groups which tackle complex preservation issues. 98 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Jean Ann Lambert of the Historic Preservation Department is also a member of the Cultural Committee and works with both entities to coordinate projects, as frequently cultural preservation and historic preservation projects will overlap.

The THPO office assisted with some preparation for the Dhegiha Language Conference. The THPO assisted with the organization of a hand game at their request. Jean Ann Lambert also helped extensively with preparation for this conference.

The Quapaw THPO worked with the Grants Writer to implement Phase II funding from the Cultural Resources Fund. This was funding related to a settlement from the FCC through the Positive Train Control project. Numer- ous FCC undertakings were completed without Section 106 review, and a class action lawsuit resulted. To receive our portion of this settlement our office had to apply with a cultural project. Our project involved work with the Quapaw Native American Church Chapter to research and fund constructing facilities for the chapter During Phase II of the grant. These activities were successfully completed in March of 2018, and the grant report was submitted and approved.

Additionally, the Cultural Resources Fund awarded the Quapaw Nation with funding to create a comprehensive long-term language restoration program; Jean Ann Lambert is working with Anna McKibben and Billy Proctor to establish the language program. Tribal Tag Department Melissa Morris, Director

The Quapaw Tribal Tag Department handles all transactions in relation to motor vehicle titles and registrations. This includes automobiles, recreational vehicles, and motorcycles. The program will tag and title commercial vehicles and farm vehicles, with the proper paperwork provided. Personalized plates and Vanity plates are also available. The Quapaw Tribal Tag program has been in operation since 1985. Senior citizens at 65 years of age and Veterans receive a discount. During the past fiscal year, the Quapaw Tribal Tag program has generated a total of $95992.00.

In order to receive a Tribal Tag from the Quapaw Tribal Tag Department, you must have the original title signed over to you and notarized when applicable, Oklahoma insurance verification, a copy of your enrollment card and Oklahoma driver’s license. You must live in the state of Oklahoma.

You must meet the following criteria for a renewal of a tribal member’s vehicle.

• A copy of your member id. • Send proof of Oklahoma insurance verification, or the Black Tag Affidavit form must be completed and notarized. This is an affidavit of nonuse in lieu of liability insurance. You will not receive decals, until you have insurance. You will still need to renew your vehicle yearly. • Submit a copy of your current Oklahoma Drivers’ License. If you are submitting for a new tag or renewal, all documentation must be complete. Many of the Tag program forms are now available on the website, www.quapawtribe.com.

CARSEAT/BOOSTER SEAT PROGRAM

Enrolled Quapaw Tribal Members are eligible for car seats through the Quapaw Tribal Tag Department. Infant, toddler, and booster seats are available. Car seats will be available to all Quapaw children. Until the child reaches 4’9” in height (from birth to 8 years +). If the tribal member is a minor child, who is living with a guardian other Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 99 than their biological parents, proper verification is required. The enrolled Quapaw parent may apply for an infant seat prior to the birth of a child. Your physician must provide documentation.

With the help of a tribal marshal and the tribal tag department, both certified in CPS (Child Passenger Safety).

Held a total of 2 CPS stations. The tribe received a grant that allowed us to purchase some car seats. Those car seats

Date

OCT/2017 (22)

NOV/2017 (19)

DEC/2017 (19)

JAN/2018 (19)

FEB/2018 (18)

MAR/2018 (22)

APR/2018 (20)

MAY/2018 (22)

JUN/2018 (21)

JUL/2018 (21)

AUG/2018 (23)

SEP/2018 (18)

Grd Total Grd 244item(s)

Between 10/02/2017 and09/29/2018

were all dispersed.

Date

OCT/2017 (22)

NOV/2017 (19)

DEC/2017 (19)

JAN/2018 (19)

FEB/2018 (18)

MAR/2018 (22)

APR/2018 (20)

MAY/2018 (22)

JUN/2018 (21)

JUL/2018 (21)

AUG/2018 (23)

SEP/2018 (18)

Grd Total Grd 244item(s)

Between 10/02/2017 and09/29/2018

- -

Excise

0.00

Tax

- -

Registration

Excise

75,150.00

0.00

5,788.00 Tax

5,988.00

4,488.00

6,920.00

6,097.00

8,406.00

5,432.00

5,438.00

7,396.00

6,016.00

7,781.00

5,400.00

Registration

75,150.00

5,788.00

5,988.00

4,488.00

6,920.00

6,097.00

8,406.00

5,432.00

5,438.00

7,396.00

6,016.00

7,781.00

5,400.00

1,155.00

Fee Title

8,892.00

667.00

690.00

540.00

600.00

635.00

900.00

560.00

750.00

745.00

965.00

685.00

1,155.00

Fee Title

8,892.00

Notary/Processing

667.00

690.00

540.00

600.00

635.00

900.00

560.00

750.00

745.00

965.00

685.00

Notary/Processing

2,025.00

154.00

150.00

117.00

162.00

161.00

232.00

180.00

150.00

192.00

178.00

190.00

159.00

2,025.00

154.00

150.00

117.00

162.00

161.00

232.00

180.00

150.00

192.00

178.00

190.00

4,003.50 159.00

Penalty

362.00

122.00

258.75

417.50

196.50

501.25

346.00

370.50

247.25

375.75

430.75

375.25

4,003.50

Penalty

362.00

122.00

258.75

417.50

196.50

501.25

346.00

370.50

247.25

375.75

430.75

1,550.50 375.25

125.50

110.00

135.00

185.00

135.00

210.00

115.00

85.00

80.00

90.00

95.00

Lien

1,550.50

Repo

125.50

110.00

135.00

185.00

135.00

210.00

115.00

5.00

0.00

5.00

85.00

80.00

90.00

95.00

Lien

718.00

40.00

63.00

54.00

66.00

64.00

83.00

71.00

52.00

63.00

47.00

67.00

48.00

Repo

5.00

0.00

0.00 Mail

0.00

5.00

DupTitle

718.00

40.00

63.00

54.00

66.00

64.00

83.00

71.00

52.00

63.00

47.00

67.00

48.00

361.00

30.00

25.00

15.00

10.00

31.00

50.00

Mail 20.00

20.00

50.00

60.00

25.00

DupTitle

LstReg

361.00

30.00

25.00

15.00

10.00

31.00

50.00

20.00

50.00

60.00

25.00

0.00

LstTag

LstReg

10.00

20.00

10.00

20.00

10.00

80.00

0.00

LstDecal

LstTag

10.00

20.00

10.00

20.00

10.00

80.00

0.00

10.00

0.00

20.00

10.00

60.00

0.00

LstDecal

Card

0.00

10.00

20.00

10.00

60.00

0.00

Personal

2,370.00

210.00

150.00

255.00

195.00

225.00

210.00

135.00

180.00

210.00

300.00

Card

0.00

90.00

Personal

2,370.00

210.00

150.00

255.00

195.00

225.00

210.00

135.00

180.00

210.00

192.00 300.00

38.00

Other

17.00

90.00

52.75

15.00

29.25

39.25

0.00

0.25

0.50

0.00

330.00

210.00

585.00

192.00

30.00

38.00

Other

17.00

52.75

15.00

29.25

Sales 39.25

0.00

0.00 0.00

0.00

0.00 0.25

0.00

0.00 0.50

0.00 0.00

330.00

10,867.25

210.00

95,992.00

585.00

7,409.00

7,323.50 30.00

6,049.75

8,565.50

7,512.25

7,384.00

7,045.75 15.00

9,072.50

7,737.25

9,878.75

7,146.50

Sales

0.00

Total

10,867.25

95,992.00

7,409.00

7,323.50

6,049.75

8,565.50

7,512.25

7,384.00

7,045.75

9,072.50

7,737.25

9,878.75

7,146.50

Total 100 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019

Tribal Transportation Program Terri Birch, Manager

The Quapaw Nation’s Roads Division expended $206,101.09 of Tribal Transportation Program Funds (TTP) during the reporting period from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. Of that, $98,162.44 was paid out on Project South 680 Road (Phase II), Route 0121 Section 010. During this period, planning activities and administrative expenses totaled $45,384.25. In 2018 the Nation used TTP funds for the first time on internal road maintenance activities totaling $65,554.40. These activities included crack sealing, asphalt sealing, and restriping of the Admin- istration, Quapaw Casino, O-Gah-Pah Learning Center, and Substance Abuse and Family Services parking lots. The remainder of the funds received in 2018 were placed in the Roads account for future work. The final course and striping on South 680 was delayed due to inclement weather and will be completed during Spring 2019. Terri Birch, the Quapaw Nation’s Roads Manager, is the Point of Contact for any questions and concerns regarding Roads. She can be reached at 918-238-3129 (office line).

Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 101 Legal Report Steve Ward, Partner, Conner & Winters, LLP

Annual Report of the General Counsel of the Quapaw Nation June 1, 2018, to May 31, 2019

This annual report prepared by Conner & Winters, LLP, provides the Quapaw Nation Business Committee with a summary of the legal affairs of tribe during the past year. In view of the importance of maintaining the attorney-client privilege, some information about the Nation’s legal matters must remain confidential and cannot be disclosed in public documents. However, this report identifies the major legal initiatives and litigation in which the Nation has been involved in the last year.

Overview Significant legal activities and tribal projects and initiatives in the last year have included:

 Development of the Saracen Casino Resort in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, including support for the ballot campaign, licensing, financing, and development  Ongoing settlement discussions in the tribal members’ breach-of-trust litigation, Goodeagle v. United States and Bear v. United States  Tar Creek remediation projects, including acquisition of land at the request of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and development of conservation easements for remediated Indian lands  Support for general tribal government operations and enterprises

Development of the Saracen Casino Resort In 2018, the Quapaw Nation successfully sponsored a ballot initiative to amend the Arkansas constitution to permit casino gaming. The Downstream Development Authority has applied for a casino license, and it is in the advanced stages of planning a premier destination gaming resort—the Saracen Casino Resort—to be located in Pine Bluff. A casino license is expected to be issued in June. The Downstream Authority has tentative commitments for the financing, and hopes to be in a position to open the new resort in early 2020.

Quapaw Breach-of-Trust Litigation In the spring of 2018, various remaining issues were resolved with respect to the proposed Goodeagle settlement, and the Nation’s legal team was cleared to issue settlement offers beginning in late June. The settlement involves well over 600 individuals, who hold almost 700 claims for themselves and for estates in which they are legal heirs. The level of participation has been high, and by early 2019 the individuals holding some 97% of the eligible claims had elected to participate. The settlement process has been delayed while the judge

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presiding in the case addresses and resolves the objections by a group of eligible plaintiffs to their settlement allocations.

The litigation involves three cases—Goodeagle v. United States, Bear v. United States, and Quapaw Tribe v. United States—pending in the United States Court of Federal Claims. The cases involve different types of claims. The Goodeagle case involves breach-of-trust claims for which the statute of limitations has not run, and includes individuals who own or recently held interests in trust assets. The Bear case is intended to provide a remedy for all Quapaw—not just those who still own federally managed trust assets—and involves equitable claims. The Bear case was made possible through legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives obtained through the efforts of Chairman Berrey in 2012. The Bear portion of the proposed settlement will require a congressional appropriation.

Tar Creek Remediation and Projects The Quapaw Nation continues to be an Indian country leader in environmental projects conducted in conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Nation is the first tribe to which the EPA has provided grant funding to permit it to do remediation work within its reservation. In the past year, the Nation has continued to conduct extensive remediation projects within the Tar Creek Superfund Site. The Nation has also assisted the EPA with the acquisition of land subject to remediation. Additionally, the Nation assisted in the implementation of a program of establishing conservation easements on remediated Indian lands, which permit land uses except for the immediate areas of unsafe or hazardous conditions.

Other Tribal Initiatives Tribal counsel provides ongoing support for many initiatives and projects of the Quapaw Nation. In the last year, counsel has assisted with key matters including:

 Support for the Nation’s agricultural initiatives and programs, including in the establishment of a Department of Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition, the adoption of an agriculture code, and in the creation of a conservation district; and  Assistance with contracting and other matters to support the operations of Tribal enterprises, including those engaged in environmental remediation, construction, and agriculture.

About Tribal Counsel Conner & Winters, LLP, has had the privilege of serving the Quapaw Tribe since 2002, and since 2004 has served as its General Counsel. Conner & Winters was founded in Tulsa more than 80 years ago, and today is among the largest full-service laws firms in Oklahoma and in the south central United States. Conner & Winters has a broad-based Indian law and Indian country business practice. Steve Ward serves as the senior member of the Tribe’s legal team, and is assisted in Quapaw matters by Daniel Gomez, Daniel Carter, and Austin Birnie.

106 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Financial Reports Eric Bohn, Chief Finance Officer

Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 109 110 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 111 ASARCO Funds - IBC Bank September 30, 2018

BALANCE AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 $ 1,275,718

DEPOSITS - Proceeds from sale of Bulls 57,959

DEPOSITS - Pasture Lease Revenue 192,931

INTEREST EARNED 2,071

BALANCE AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 $ 1,528,679

Business Committee Fiscal Year ending 09/30/2018 Budget Current Year Total Budget Variance

Revenue DDA Revenue $ 9,999,999.96 $ 10,000,000.00 $ (0.04) Quapaw Casino Revenue 1,500,000.00 1,500,000.00 - Downstream Lease Revenue 1,812,930.60 1,800,000.00 12,930.60 Cell Tower Revenue 13,787.82 12,200.00 1,587.82 Tribal Promotions Revenue 7,756.25 7,500.00 256.25 Miscellaneous Income 60,482.40 - 60,482.40 Total Revenue $ 13,394,957.03 $ 13,319,700.00 $ 75,257.03

Expenses Personnel $ 95,830.44 $ 108,500.00 $ 12,669.56 Stipend Expense 36,000.00 37,800.00 1,800.00 Employee Bonuses 149,635.19 165,000.00 15,364.81 Quapaw Employee Bonuses 98,200.00 115,000.00 16,800.00 Fringe Benefits (16,501.55) 12,000.00 28,501.55 401K Matching Expense 259.62 - (259.62) Training/Travel Expense 9,199.56 5,000.00 (4,199.56) Tribal Member Claims Expense 4,254,572.07 4,400,000.00 145,427.93 Tribal Member Admin 393,315.69 400,000.00 6,684.31 EmployeeExpense Benefits Expense 6,842.16 10,200.00 3,357.84 Advertising/Community 15,914.90 20,000.00 4,085.10 OfficeSupport Supplies 4,949.08 4,000.00 (949.08) Program Supplies 14,644.77 8,000.00 (6,644.77) Postage/Printing Expense 6,730.52 2,500.00 (4,230.52) Attorney Cost - General 2,002,354.04 1,500,000.00 (502,354.04) Consultants/Contractors 3,100,611.80 - (3,100,611.80) InsuranceExpense Expense 149,592.20 120,000.00 (29,592.20) Local Travel - Mileage Expense 549.78 1,000.00 450.22 Dues/Subscriptions Expense 1,204.99 1,500.00 295.01 Building Maint/Improvement 1,921.62 - (1,921.62) Indirect Expense for Tribal 265,751.80 320,000.00 54,248.20 Communications Expense 12,320.76 12,000.00 (320.76) Telephone Expense 1,508.17 1,500.00 (8.17) Trash Expense 29,544.95 26,000.00 (3,544.95) Real Estate Tax Expense 30,254.79 32,000.00 1,745.21 Credit Card Fees 967.92 1,000.00 32.08 Bank Fees 26.59 30.00 3.41 Miscellaneous Expense 6,007.30 10,000.00 3,992.70 Groceries Expense 19.27 - (19.27) Donations 17,041.77 15,000.00 (2,041.77) Elder Trip 88,866.98 - (88,866.98) All Tribes Education Donation 1,000.00 - (1,000.00) Haskell Indian Scholarship 1,000.00 - (1,000.00) Elder Christmas 26,700.00 28,000.00 1,300.00 Childrens Christmas 19,686.65 20,000.00 313.35 Tribal Princess 4,037.88 4,000.00 (37.88) Matching Funds Expense 200,995.86 - (200,995.86) Loan Payment 472,243.18 500,000.00 27,756.82 Land Purchases 345,975.52 - (345,975.52) Geneology Project 77,890.03 78,000.00 109.97 Total Expenses $ 11,927,666.30 $ 7,958,030.00 $ (3,969,636.30)

Transfers in from Indirect $ 208,000.00 $ 180,000.00 $ 28,000.00 Transfers in 3,296,245.00 3,075,000.00 221,245.00 Credit Card Reimbursement 24.99 - 24.99 Interest Income 4,101.74 3,000.00 1,101.74 Transfers Out (7,527.62) - (7,527.62) $ 3,500,844.11 $ 3,258,000.00 $ 242,844.11

Net Difference $ 4,968,134.84 $ 8,619,670.00 $ 4,287,737.44

Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 113 Higher Education Fiscal Year Ending 09/30/2018 Budget Current Year Total Budget Variance

Expenses Personnel $ 42,758.40 $ 42,000.00 $ (758.40) Fringe Benefits 3,052.06 3,200.00 147.94 Training/Travel Expense 3,056.98 5,000.00 1,943.02 Employee Benefits Expense 10,265.28 10,200.00 (65.28) Office Supplies 4,263.66 5,000.00 736.34 Local Travel - Mileage Expense 21.26 - (21.26) Communications Expense 1,447.88 1,400.00 (47.88) Tuition Expense - Spring 341,844.75 440,000.00 98,155.25 TuitionSemester Expense - Summer 76,482.54 77,000.00 517.46 Tuition Expense - Fall 440,730.00 475,000.00 34,270.00 ACT/SATSemester Testing 31,686.24 50,000.00 18,313.76 Adult Education 136.00 - (136.00) Total Expenses $ 955,745.05 $ 1,108,800.00 $ 153,054.95

Social Services Fiscal Year ending 09/30/2018 g Current Year Total Budget Variance

Expenses Personnel $ 59,780.17 $ 60,000.00 $ 219.83 Fringe Benefits 4,873.93 4,900.00 26.07 401K Matching Expense 2,022.83 2,250.00 227.17 Training/Travel Expense 2,383.77 2,500.00 116.23 Employee Benefits Expense 15,305.28 15,300.00 (5.28) Office Supplies 130.15 - (130.15) Local Travel - Mileage Expense 430.55 500.00 69.45 Equipment Expense 395.16 400.00 4.84 Communications Expense 677.28 750.00 72.72 Burial Assistance 83,367.16 80,000.00 (3,367.16) Unmet Needs-Birth to 12th 380,636.30 375,000.00 (5,636.30) Utility Assistance 1,439,126.18 1,450,000.00 10,873.82 Veteran's Assistance 151,427.00 160,000.00 8,573.00 Total Expenses $ 2,140,555.76 $ 2,151,600.00 $ 11,044.24

114 Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 Tax Commission Fiscal Year ending 09/30/2018

Current Year Total Budget Variance

Revenue Motor Fuel Tax Revenue $ 84,407.39 $ 85,000.00 $ (592.61) Beer & Liquor Tax Revenue 39,102.53 35,000.00 4,102.53 Tobacco Tax Revenue 8,553.80 8,000.00 553.80 Hotel Tax Revenue 346,644.94 320,000.00 26,644.94 Store Tax Revenue 1,032,113.69 1,000,000.00 32,113.69 Licenses and Fees Revenue 45.00 - 45.00 CID Tax Revenue 27,878.11 27,500.00 378.11 Tobacco Compact Revenue 275,015.44 240,000.00 35,015.44 Total Revenue $ 1,813,760.90 $ 1,715,500.00 $ 98,260.90

Expenses Personnel 62,813.09 61,000.00 (1,813.09) Fringe Benefits 4,343.92 4,500.00 156.08 401K Matching Expense 1,760.04 1,750.00 (10.04) Training/Travel Expense 2,818.99 3,000.00 181.01 Employee Benefits Expense 10,389.96 10,200.00 (189.96) Office Supplies 289.12 - (289.12) Local Travel - Mileage Expense 601.75 650.00 48.25 Communications Expense 1,395.88 1,550.00 154.12 Total Expenses $ 84,412.75 $ 82,650.00 $ (1,762.75)

Net Difference $ 1,729,348.15 $ 1,632,850.00 $ 100,023.65

Tribal Member Insurance Expenses Fiscal Year ending 09/30/2018 Claims and Fees paid by month:

October 345,347 June 355,911 November 436,818 July 293,739 December 320,932 August 422,725 January 405,356 September 341,252 February 439,095 March 505,663 Total $4,647,888 April 387,526 May 393,524

Quapaw Nation General Council Meeting | July 4, 2019 115 ogahpah strong