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June 2011 Tribal Newsletter Single Pages.Indd JUNE 2011 In this issue : 2011 Pow Wow Schedule Chairman’s Corner 2 Pow-Wow Gate Hours: Veteran’s song June 17 – 23, 2011 8:00am to 10:00pm Closing song for the evening Departmental News 3 June 24 – July 11, 2011 Open 24 /7 AFTER HOURS Tornado Response 3 Camper Registration – Conference Room Registration for all stomp dance leaders and shell shakers June 30th and July 1st, 2011 8:00am-4:30pm Stomp dance contest Research Project 4 July 2nd , 2011 at 8:00am SUNDAY- JULY 3RD, 2011 Miami School Event 4 FRIDAY - JULY 1, 2011 7:00 am Pow-Wow ground morning fl ag rising 7:00 am Pow-Wow ground morning fl ag rising At or around 9:00 am Registered Camper Rations. Contact Info 4 2:00 - 5:00 pm Gourd dancing and specials EVENING ACTIVITIES 5:00 - 6:00 pm Break for supper Campaign Letters 5-8 6:30 pm Dancers registration to be opened 7:00 pm Gourd Dance EVENING ACTIVITIES College Countdown 8 8:00 pm Opening Prayers 7:00 pm Gourd dancing and specials 8:15 pm Grand Entry and Registration closed 8:15 pm Grand entry New TAG Hours 9 Flag Song Opening prayer and fl ag song Quapaw Memorial Song Round dancing Business Committee 6-14 Round Dance Introduction of head staff and princess Minutes Welcome by the Tribal Business Inter-tribal Committee Chairman Notice of Candidacy 11 Introduction of Head Staff CONTEST TO BE HELD TONIGHT: Introduction of Tribal Princess Golden age women combined (55 +) Goodeagle Lawsuit 14 Crowning of 2011 Pow-Wow Princess Golden age men combined (55+) Inter-Tribal Dancing Teen jingle 13 – 19 Am I Covered? 14 Teen grass 13 – 19 CONTEST TO BE HELD TONIGHT: Teen traditional 13 – 19 Grand Lake Study 15 Tiny tots contest Women’s jingle 20 – 54 Jr. Boys grass dance 7 - 12 SPECIAL EXHIBITION AND DANCE – CHICKEN DANCE Drop Off Drugs 15 Jr. Girls buckskin 7 - 12 CONTEST Jr. Boys traditional 7 - 12 Blanket dance for all to come and dance Quapaw in Iraq 16 Jr. Fancy shawl 7 - 12 Inter-tribal Jr. Girls jingle 7 - 12 Two step Author at Library 16 Blanket dance for all to come and dance Exhibition dances (all categories) Inter-tribal dancing Veteran’s song Quapaw Graduate 16 Two step Closing song for the evening Exhibition dances (all categories) Calendar of Events 16 Veteran’s song AFTER HOURS Closing song Registration for all 49 contests - 49 CONTESTS IN THE ARENA Auditors Report 17 AFTER HOURS - JUST HAVING FUN STOMP DANCING MONDAY 4TH OF JULY, 2011 2012 Budget 17 7:00 am Pow-Wow ground morning fl ag rising SATURDAY - JULY 2, 2011 2:00 - 5:00 pm Gourd dancing and specials Numbers to Know 17 7:00 am Pow-Wow ground morning fl ag rising 5:00 - 6:00 pm Break for supper At or around 9:00 am Registered Camper Rations. New Website 18 EVENING ACTIVITIES AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES 7:30 pm Gourd dancing and specials Recycling Survey 18 2:00 - 5:00 pm Gourd dancing and specials 8:15pm Grand entry 5:00 - 6:00 pm Break for supper Opening prayer and fl ag song Round dance EVENING ACTIVITIES Introduction of head staff 7:00 pm Gourd Dancing and Specials Inter-tribal dancing and contests to be held tonight: 8:15 pm Grand Entry and Registration closed Women’s cloth (20 – 54) Opening Prayer and Flag Song Women’s buckskin (20 – 54) Round Dancing Women’s jingle (20 – 54) Introduction of Head Staff Men’s straight (20 – 54) Inter-Tribal Dancing Men’s grass (20 – 54) Quapaw Tribe Men’s traditional (20 – 54) PO Box 765 CONTEST TO BE HELD TONIGHT: Men’s fancy (20 – 54) Quapaw, OK 74363 Jr. Boys straight 7 - 12 Blank dance for all to come and dance Jr. Girls cloth 7 - 12 Inter-tribal (918) 542-1853 Jr. Fancy dance 7 - 12 Committee’s song (888) 642-4724 Teen girls cloth 13 - 19 Presentation of awards Teen fancy shawl 13 - 19 Exhibition song for winners Fax: (918) 540-2885 Teen girls buckskin 13 - 19 Closing remarks www.quapawtribe.com Teen boys straight 13 - 19 Veteran’s song Teen fancy dance 13 - 19 Closing song Blanket dance for all to come and dance Closing prayer Snake dance & buff alo dance Inter-trial For up-to-date Pow Wow information check out Two step www.quapawtribe.com/powwow! Exhibition dances (all categories) PERMIT NO. 2146 NO. PERMIT QUAPAW, OK 74363 OK QUAPAW, TULSA, OK TULSA, PAID PO BOX 765 BOX PO US POSTAGE US QUAPAW TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA OF TRIBE QUAPAW NONPROFIT ORG NONPROFIT QUAPAW INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFORMATION QUAPAW PAGE 2 JUNE 2011 Chairman’s Corner Ha-Way O-Gah-Pah, are too diffi cult to describe. I am proud of how our employees and members have stepped up to help. We have been able to make a huge I hope everyone is doing well. impact on those who have suff ered, and at the same time we have We had a very short spring become closer with local Joplin community. We have fed thousands of and suddenly it is summer meals to fi rst responders, search and rescue, and others participating and time to prepare for the in the tornado response. O-Gah-Pah Pow-Wow. We have also had hundreds of responders staying on rollaway beds What a year we have had, in the meeting rooms at Downstream Casino Resort and we have 20 tremendous growth in our rooms set aside for the American Red Cross. tribe and with our businesses. We have had insurance for On June 5th we had a community wide event at the Downstream every member that has saved Casino Venue a benefi t concert with all the proceeds going directly thousands of dollars and it has to those who have suff ered. I am absolutely amazed with our Tribal truly helped our people. It is members, employees, and friends; they have truly stepped up to help. so gratifying to know that we have come so far in the last It is always sad and exciting this time of year as we prepare for the Pow- ten years. It has really been a Wow. We refl ect back and we think about all of the members who have great run and I am so excited about the next ten years. passed. It is very hard because those people we have lost are so much a part of who we are. When the memorial song is sung at the Pow-Wow Our “elder housing” is going full speed; we are building eleven very we have the chance to stop and remember all those great people who nice duplexes. Th ey will have a tornado safe room in each, and the are missing. Th e bright side is we have many young children who are rent will be based on a person’s income so we can provide a safe and new to our family and the future we are building will begin to satisfy clean home for the people we love so much. Th e duplexes will be right the prayers of those who have passed and will give the new generations next door to our title six and museum buildings that will create a great something that will give them a little bit more. complex of Quapaw history. Th e future is very bright for the Quapaw and I am very proud of being We have experienced a very diffi cult late spring with the devastating part of the team that is building this great future. We have tribal wide Joplin tornado that has aff ected so many of our tribal members, insurance, we have senior housing being developed and we have a new employees, and friends. Th e damage is unbelievable and the hardships scholarship program we are working on that will help benefi t the many young Quapaw who are getting college or trade school educations. Finally I am very excited that we have decided to pursue a refi nance of the debt at Downstream Casino Resort. Over the next few weeks we are going to Wall Street to see if we can reduce our interest rate and save the Tribe Millions of dollars and change the Tribal payment from $6 Million a year to $10 million a year. Th e Downstream Development Authority (DDA) is working hard to increase revenues and protect the Tribes Sovereignty. Th e importance of the DDA is that if there are ever any problems with Downstream, we of course do not expect any; the Tribe is protected because it is the DDA that liable for any recourse. So it is full speed ahead and I look forward to seeing many of you on the 4th of July and with your trust and support our dedicated Business Committee will continue to do its very best. JUNE 2011 PAGE 3 Departmental News Tribe Responds to Tornado Disaster Th e day to day business of the Quapaw Tribe is handled by a number of On Sunday, May departments that each specialize in handling diff erent aspects of tribal 22, 2011 the lives business. In this column we will spot-light diff erent departments to help of many of our to explain to the members of the Quapaw Tribe who each department friends, neighbors works. Our fi rst department is: and employees were turned upside down Th e Quapaw Tribal Housing Department when an E5 tornado slammed into Joplin Th e Quapaw Tribe Housing MO. Th ough the Department runs two programs that tornado produced are funded through IHBG Grants massive destruction, from HUD.
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