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By Latoya Lonelodge of my family members and friends Staff Reporter are in their upper 60’s and 70’s and there’s not a lot of people going back In a small town, an evening full of into this industry, so what we’re do- loud country music, dirty boots and ing is putting on the rodeos, raising bulls snarling through their snouts cattle, buffalo, farming and ranch- could only mean one thing. Rodeo ing,” Mullins said. time. With some of the world’s top pro- On Sept. 8 the Cheyenne and fessional bull riders present at the Arapaho (C&A) tribes Economic Buck Off, onlookers were in for a Development and Lucky Star Casi- sight to see. When timers started and no, along with bucking bulls trainer, gates flew open, the fury of a 1700 lb. Jerry Mullins collaborated on the bucking bull was witnessed by all as first ever Buck Off Rodeo held at the bull riders were thrown off the bulls El Reno Rodeo in El Reno, Okla. one way or another. The stands filled with people ea- “The bulls are scored on ride-abil- Hammon ger to witness the first of many rode- ity, the difficultly of the bull and you os to come within the C&A commu- can’t touch the bull with any one of homicide nity. The Buck-Off featured various your hands, points are deducted for activities, including mutton-busting, if you touch the bull or your hand being junior bull riding, pro bull riders, opens up,” Mullins said. pro stock, world famous one-armed The rodeo, according to Mullins, investigated bandit and buckle presentation with creates opportunities for kids to take $10,000 in added money for the over the next generation of farmers by BIA and FBI (Hammon, OK) On Thurs- event. and ranchers. day, Sept. 7, Linda “Lindy” Zo- “We’re showcasing the C&A “We’re going to start off with In- tigh was murdered in Hammon, Bucking Bull Company, they’re dians first, I’m a tribal member with Okla., according to authorities starting off with five professional the Comanche Nation. I believe that in Roger Mills County. bucking bulls that have been in Pub- the first people should have this op- An ongoing homicide in- lic Bull Riding (PBR). I started seven portunity to be the best in the game vestigation is being conducted years ago working on this idea, a lot Bucking bulls / pg. 13 by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) law enforcement and the Federal Bureauof Investigations Cheyenne & Arapaho Houston Flood Disaster Relief Team (FBI) into the details surround- ing Zotigh’s death. (HOUSTON TX) The Roger Mills County Sheriff Cheyenne & Arapaho Darren Atha stated the crime Tribes Houston Flood Di- occurred in Roger Mills County saster Relief Team arrive on Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal in Houston, Texas on Sept. land and was unable to release 13 to provide assistance to any information. tribal members. Details surrounding the ho- Armed with food cards, micide have not been released gas cards, toiletries, cloth- and efforts to obtain further in- ing and many other do- formation from the BIA and FBI were unsuccessful. nations, the team will be Family and friends held a locating tribal members af- Candlelight Service for Zotigh fected by Hurrican Harvey at the Hammon City Park on to assist them with their Sept. 12. needs. An all night wake service Pictured l-r: William was held Sept. 13 and funer- Whitlow, Basil Pollock, Will al services took place at the Elledge, Kristen Korstjens, Hammon School Auditorium Francine Williams, Nakayla on Sept. 14, followed by an In- Lumpmouth, Wanda Whiteman, terment at the Hammon Indian Erin Shortman and Tashina Cemetery. Zotigh was just shy Kremeier. of her 56th birthday at the time of her death. PAGE 2 Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Tribune Tsistsistas & Hinonoei Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes’ media teams garner awards during EIJ2017 (ANAHEIM, CA) The In Professional Divi- Excellence in Journalism sion II-TV, Darren Brown (EIJ) 2017 annual con- and Adam Youngbear, vention brings together CATV-47 garnered second journalists from across the place for their “CATV47 country to learn from each at Standing Rock,” and other, brainstorm ideas second place for ‘General and to recognize some Excellence. of the best of the best for The Cheyenne & their 2016 work. Arapaho Tribal Tribune, This years convention/ Rosemary Stephens, Edi- media awards was held in tor-in-Chief garnered first Anaheim, Calif. Partner- place in Professional Di- ships include The Soci- vision II Print/Online-Best ety of Professional Jour- Elder Coverage, “Elder’s nalism (SPJ), the Native journey chosen by God,” American Journalists As- the life journey story of sociation (NAJA), Radio, Delbert White Crow Sr., Television, Digital News and also took second place Association (RTDNA) in this category for “The and The National Associ- final journey of a - Chey ation of Hispanic Journal- enne warrior,” the story of ists (NAHJ). Dr. Ralph Dru. Break out sessions of- Stephens also placed fered by NAJA included first for Best Sports Story Charter Schools in In- “Reaching for the Stars,” dian Country, Covering the story of Cydne Fuston, Violence Against Native the first African American Women and Children, professional beach body Reclaiming Native Truth: contender in the Global Dispelling Myths and Bodybuilding Association Overcoming Invisibility. and placed second for Best The highlight of the Health Coverage for the conference comes at the article, “Stem Cell Thera- end with a National Native py: The Future is Now.” Media Awards banquet Other winners within recognizing outstanding Professional Division II work throughout Indian included Osage News, The Country in 2016. NAJA Seminole Tribune, The awarded more than 250 Tribal Tribune (Colville), National Native Media Potawatomi Traveling awards. The annual com- Times, MSU Journalism petition recognizes excel- News, Muscogee Na- lence in reporting across tion News, Confederated the U.S. and Canada, with Umatilla Journal, Indian over 700 entries in this Country Today Media Net- year’s competition. work and Smoke Signals.

Paid advertising VOTE OCT. 3 PRIMARY CHEYENNE DISTRICT 4 Legislator IDA HOFFMAN

My name is Ida E. Hoffman, I have filed to run & Lizzie, Original Allotments. At the age of 6, I as a Legislative Candidate from Cheyenne District was fortunate to attend a one room country school 4, which comprises the areas of Hammon and Elk called Herring where there were only three first City, Okla. graders. We later were transferred to the Hammon I have three children, Kimberly, Amelia and Public School System. Amos Beaver III. Six grandchildren Elijah, Mi- I have always been proud to be from the Ham- chael, Joshua, Amariah and Prince Beaver. One mon-Redmoon District and have fought many po- great-granddaughter Winter Faith Beaver and one litical battles on behalf of Cheyenne District 4. blessing on the way. I am the daughter of the late The new 2006 Constitution has changed the du- Fred and Kathryn Hoffman and the granddaughter ties of a representative. A Legislator is now respon- of the late Albert and Vinnie Hoffman and the late sible for the enactment of laws and resolutions that Dora and John Tyler Youngbull. will impact not only the District they represent, but I have worked within diffferent levels of our the Tribes as a whole. A Legislator has the available Tribal Government for the past 30 years. Some of avenue to have an input into the enactment of the the positions I have held include the following: Annual Budget for the Tribes and their Districts. Financial Clerk-IHS Creation of Executive Boards and Regulatory Com- Housing Authority Secretary missions are just some of the powers of a Legisla- Housing Authority Accountant tor. The strong input of one Legislator could change Housting Authority Counselor the course of the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes for Housing Authority Deputy Director the betterment of all Tribal Members. Housing Authority Executive Director As a small community we have, in the past, been Business Manager a force to be reckoned with politically. I am aware Cheyenne District 4 Legislator that we have a lot of candidates running for this First Legislative Speaker under the new 2006 position and this is a good thing. We are all related Constitution and in some way and I respect that. We don’t have to Chief of Staff for the Cheyenne & Arapaho follow the course of other Districts and bad mouth Tribes. each other just because we have chosen to run for It has been an honor and privilege to have served this office. To each candidate I wish you the very in these positions and has given me the opportunity best and whoever wins the election as our new to have worked with my own tribe and relations. Cheyenne District 4 Legislator, I intend to support I grew up in the Hammon Redmoon District. We that person 100 percent. Thank you and may peace lived in a rural district known as the original Path me with you. Tsistsistas & Hinonoei Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Tribune PAGE 3 2017 Cheyenne & Arapaho Election Oct. 3 Primary Election / Nov. 7 General Election The 2017 Candidates List: Governor/Lt. Governor: Bonita Cruz Eddie Hamilton/Nicolas Barton Diane Willis Reggie Wassana/Gilbert Miles Kenny Williams Adrian S. Prairie Chief/Don R. Nowlin Scotty Sankey Roberta Hamilton/Debra Woolworth Arapaho District 2 Henrietta Mann/Alden Whiteman Christine Morton Funston Whiteman/Christopher Derenzo Mike Martin Hershel Gorham/Teresa Dorsett Michael J. Kodaseet Jeanine Seger/Darrell Flyingman Kendricks Sleeper Michael Bell POLLS OPEN 7 AM - 7 PM Election Commission: Michael Whitecloud Cheyenne District 1 Cheyenne District 2 Sandra Hinshaw Alan Fletcher Frederick Blackbear George Woods Cheyenne District 3 Connie Hart Yellowman Sara Whiteshield Marlin Hawk Jerolyn Rodriquez Frances W. Howell Kayty Curtis Robert Wilson Sr. Ramona Welch Irene Deer Robyn French Leonard Goodbear Jr. Sharon Allrunner Cheyenne District 4 Arapaho District 3 Byron Byrd Patricia Smothers Robert Rector Candy Jane Nightwalker Delfred L. White Crow Jr. Anthony Spottedwolf Sr. Victor Orange Arapaho District 4 Fiona Whiteskunk Elizabeth Birdshead (unopposed) Francine Bullcoming Matthew Kendall Kauley Legislature: Ida Hoffman Arapaho District 1 Thurman Starr Edward Eugene Mosqueda Ronald Kauley Billie Sutton TrueBallot recalls absentee ballots (CONCHO, OK) On Sept. 5, 2017 the Cheyenne & Arapaho Election Com- not worry, it will not be counted. Just mail in the correct ballot and it will be mission issued a press release that read, “It is with regret that the Election counted.” Commission has to report an error that occurred in the printing of the absentee The corrected ballots were mailed out on Sept. 6, 2017. The ballots must ballots. True Ballot has issued the following statement: ‘TrueBallot inadver- still be mailed back in time to reach the El Reno Post Office by 3 p.m. on Oct. tently assigned Ballot Types to the wrong districts. For example, A1 ballot 3, 2017. types were assigned to C1, C1 ballot types were assigned to A1. Thus new We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.” ballots are being issued immediately. Everyone on the “Absentee Voter” list For questions regarding ballots, voter districts or any other questions please will be getting a new ballot. You will know which one is correct because the Election Office at 405-422-7719, 405-422-7715, 405-422-7718 or 405- the envelope will be black and white. If you mail in the incorrect ballot, do 422-7619. Announcing General Election Governor/ Lt. Governor Candidate Debate Oct. 8 Following the results of the Oct. 3, 2017 Primary Election, the Cheyenne & Arapaho Trib- “The Facilitator has a simple mission, to ensure that the Governor debates help the Tribal al Tribune (known hereafter as facilitator) will be presenting an invitation to participate in a members learn and become informed about the positions of the leading candidates for Gov- final debate to the two remaining Governor/Lt. Governor candidates. The debate will be held ernor and Lt. Governor.” The format will allow an in-depth exploration of the major topics in Sunday, Oct. 8 at a location to be announced Oct. 1. this year’s election. The two debates will be moderated by a single individual and will run from 1:30 p.m.-4:30 The Facilitator has selected Tribal Citizen Jerry Surveyor, Albuquerque, N.M. as the mod- p.m., Sunday Oct. 8, Oklahoma time with a 15 minute break between the Governor and Lt. erator for this debate. Governor Debates. The goal is to make the communications tools available so that the debate can reach as The Moderator alone will select the questions to be asked, which are not known to the can- many Tribal Council members as possible, particularly those who will be voting for the first didates. The Moderator will have the ability, both to extend the segments and to ensure that the time. Efforts to have the debates live streaming via Facebook is being arranged. candidates have equal speaking time. While the focus will properly be on the candidates, the As part of the design format the Moderator needs to create objectivity, eliminate bias, con- Moderator will regulate the conversation so that thoughtful and substantive exchanges occur. trol how the questions are designed and process of question selection. The design format is The debate Facilitator is in discussion with technology and civic groups that will provide separate from the question design. The Governor Debate will be 90 minutes, there is only time data to the Moderator to assist in identifying the subjects that are most important to the Tribal for eight broad major questions with an additional 30 minutes for questions from the Tribal Council members. council members in attendance. Quick Facts: *The Election Commission received a total of seven candidate challenges, all of which were denied through the Election Commission, with four of the seven challenges being taken to court resulting in the final candidate listing above. *MUST PRESENT a PHOTO ISSUED TRIBAL ID and/or a PHOTO ISSUED STATE ID to establish identity at Polling Sites to receive ballot. *NEW ABSENTEE BALLOTS mailed out Sept. 6, 2017. *Absentee Ballots MUST BE RECEIVED by 3 p.m. at the United State Post Office / El Reno, Okla. ON DAY OF ELECTION or they will be consid- ered a late ballot and will not be counted at any time. *NO PROVISIONAL BALLOTS WILL BE USED IN THIS ELECTION. *Please mark ballot correctly or it will be considered a “spoiled” ballot. *All Candidates will be allowed ONE observer during the ballot counting process. Observers need to be present at 6 p.m. in the Large Conference Room of the Main Tribal Administration Building in Concho, Okla. * The Election Commission will be allowed two (2) observers and the Election Commission Attorney during the ballot counting process. *A Letter of Invitation (to observe and monitor the 2017 Cheyenne & Arapaho Elections) has been sent to the Carter Center by the Elec- tion Commission. (Update: The Carter Center has received invitation and is currently looking at funding/availability to observe/report on the 2017 Cheyenne and Arapaho Elections. *TRIBAL CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VOTE! We currently have 5,588 registered voters. TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTERS PER DISTRICT: Arapaho District 1 - 557 Cheyenne District 1 - 634 Arapaho District 2 - 1284 Cheyenne District 2 - 1409 Arapaho District 3 - 183 Cheyenne District 3 - 1050 Arapaho District 4 - 20 Cheyenne District 4 - 451 PAGE 4 Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Tribune Tsistsistas & Hinonoei

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Rosemary Stephens, Editor-in-Chief 405-422-7446 / [email protected] Tsistsistas & Hinonoei Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Tribune PAGE 5 Oklahoma Indian American Leslie LittleBird-Heredia Candidate for Tribal Council Coordinator Mission Statement Baptist Association celebrates My name is Leslie Lit- Oklahoma with my hus- tleBird-Heredia. I am the band Efrain Heredia, Jr. th daughter of Robert Little- and son Seth Efrain Here- 100 anniversary at its annual Bird, Jr. of Canton and Le- dia in 2005. nora TallBird of Oklahoma I worked a few small camp meeting City. I was born in Lawton in jobs after being dis- Many of us were not alive put together sources in order Church of Seattle, Wash., for 1982. I am 35 years old and charged, but nothing really 100 years ago when the Okla- for this historic centennial their continued support,” Ro- have lived the majority of grabbed my attention for homa Indian American Bap- celebration to happen. I do man Nose wote. my youth with my father and people. After giving birth tist Association (OIABA) not have the words to express Cheyenne and Arapa- mother Holly Ann Longwar- to Alexia in 2008, I found was first formed, but many how the heritage and lega- ho member Rodney Candy rior. Living under a strong it very easy to stay home generations have received cy of the Indian association Fire was one of the many influence gave me something and just be with my fam- the blessings of OIABA. churches have impacted all who attended the annual many of you may know as ily. During this time I was - some good and some bad. OIABA was established of the Native churches, the camp meeting, celebrating “thick skin”. able to know the Cheyenne At times, it was hard to un- 100 years ago and formally communities and the many the 100th anniversary. Candy After graduating Geary & Arapaho communities and derstand why people would known as the Western Okla- individuals over the past 100 Fire kept a daily journal of High School in 2001 as Se- was soon asked in 2010 to attack someone so easily and homa Indian Association. years.” his time spent at the camp, nior Class President, I joined come work with the depart- how tribal members could The annual camp meetings Roman Nose has served recording his thoughts and the United States Navy. ment of administration and easily be misled by false in- were being held by early day as president of the OIABA the messages he heard. During my four years of ser- learned so much from the de- formation and hate. My ex- churches as early as 1893. for four years and gave rec- “Pastor Waylon Upche- vice, I was stationed in Vir- partment. I was able to thrive perience with the tribes and Comprised of many Na- ognition to Bacone College go delivered the morning ginia Beach, Virginia on the again with boosting employ- the leadership roles I have tive ministries, individuals, staff, Leroy Thompson and sermon on Friday (Aug. 25) Nas Oceana Naval Air Base. ee moral and spending time held and been trusted with organizations and volunteers Kyle Taylor for assistance in and it always seems as if the I was assigned to the VFA with the elders on yearly have prepared me for this the OIABA has grown stron- sponsoring an annual Youth Sprit is speaking through 37 Strike Fighter Squad- trips, on top of daily duties. opportunity. ger throughout the years in Bible Assembly Camp on the him to me personally. He ron. While assigned to the In 2014, I was asked to work I believe that the Tribal their, ‘Continuing the Jesus campus of Bacone College said to keep Jesus, not only VFA 37, I was trusted with with the administration in the Council Coordinator should Road.’ Their celebration for the past several years, in our prayers to or through responsibilities above my executive office. represent the Tribal Council theme during their annual as well as Director Stephen Him, but in our daily lives pay-grade such as managing During this time, I was and work with all branches camp meeting held Aug. 23- Graham of the Cooperative and activity,” Candy Fire a billion dollar budget and very busy and loved it. Every of the tribes - not against. 26 at the Deyo Mission Bap- Baptist Fellowship of Okla- wrote. “Saved lives are only personnel duties. All items day I felt we were making The key to a successful fu- tist Church in Lawton, Okla. homa for assistance with re- as good as the message that such as a writing pen from a difference. I learned the ture is working together and President of OIABA, placing the tabernacle roof at saves them and unless they gasoline for an F-18 fighter importance of transparen- putting out truthful informa- Quinton Roman Nose wrote, the OIABA camp ground. pass it on and return for jet to boots for a fellow ship- cy. Soon, the executive of- tion, whether it be good or “As a member of the Waton- “I want to give special more instruction. In other mate was my responsibility. fice launched “Shareholders bad. The information should ga Indian Baptist Church, thanks to the hundreds of words disciple to others what It was my duty to budget Meetings”. I had never seen have actual facts and not established in 1898 and a ABC Churches and other was given to you, however and account for every single a governor do anything like based to help a certain fac- Cheyenne whose family has churches who have supported or whatever you received, penny each month, and send this before which was put- tion and family. The tribal lived in western Oklahoma all the OIABA churches over give it to the next one. Your those reports up to my chain ting all the cards on the table members deserve someone prior to missionaries of the the past 100 years by sending neighbor should always be of command with status on for everyone to see, includ- who is strong and willing to late 1800s, I want to give a work groups, VBS groups able to trust you completely. our financial budget. With ing tribal monies, whether stand up for them. We do not special thanks and appreci- and financial support to the Always be a friend to others the help of those around me, the response was good or need someone who is easily ation to the many organiza- many OIABA churches. And that will accept you and pass I thrived during this time. bad. In the very beginning, I manipulated. We do not need tions, churches, individuals special thanks to the Mission on blessings received.” It helped me do a better job was told people would try to someone who is willing to and friends who were able to Board of the Chinese Baptist managing and fully enjoy rip us apart and come at us traveling aboard the USS negatively with anything and promote personal opinions Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) everything possible. I did for everyone to read without and USS Theodore Roos- not believe it. However, two accountability. My main goal Powwow Bible Club tour is to bring unity back to the evelt (CVN 71). I have been years into the administration We have concluded our honoring retiring pastors and many places and never once it came true and, I took the tribes for the betterment of tour of the C&A powwows, board members: Bro. Gerald was reprimanded for neglect bold move and resigned for the people and a better un- Red Moon, OK Indian Na- and wife Beverly Watson, of duty. I was honorably my health and family. derstanding for the people I tions, Barefoot and Colony Weatherford Indian Baptist discharged from the Navy The six years I worked will be representing. Labor Day powwows. The Church, Bro. Willie and wife shortly after having my first for the tribes taught me a I humbly appreciate your CABA would like to extend Irene Doyeto, El Reno Indian child and moved back to lot. I also saw many things time and would appreciate our appreciation to each pow- Baptist Church and Secretary/ your vote. wow for welcoming us and treasurer of CABA Thelma allowing us to minister to the Kauahquo. We thank them for people with food and fellow- their years of service in our ship with their children. We churches and to the Cheyenne The following are candidates who have filed an application for the position of will continue to pray for the and Arapaho community. City park, Hammon, Ok Coordinator of the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Council. The new coordinator will C&A people and will be a CABA Tent Revival: 5 p.m. Oct. 20-21 Potluck be voted on at the annual Tribal Council Meeting, Saturday, Oct. 7 in Concho, spiritual support. Amen and Join us as we kick off our meal / 6 p.m. Revival God bless! work to bring an Indian Bap- Okla. 11 a.m. Oct 22 will begin CABA Annual Meeting: tist Church in Hammon. Each Jennifer Plummer Jessie Botone morning services at First Bap- Oct. 21, 9:30-12:00 p.m. Sunday we will meet at the tist Church of Hammon with Melissa Buffalomeat Leslie Heredia Clinton Indian Baptist First Baptist Church until we evangelists Jay Mule, Leo Mc- Larenda Morgan Sarah Pedro Church in Clinton, Okla. get a significant group and se- lemore and Avery Mcgee. Join us for a special service cure a location.

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Paid Advertising PAGE 8 Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Tribune Tsistsistas & Hinonoei Cross-country addition to Darlington Elementary School By Latoya Lonelodge, Staff Reporter to run,’ and they’re going to carry that over throughout their lives and we just want them to constantly promote that Throughout the history of Darlington Elementary School, healthiness,” Severns said. basketball and track have been the primary sports offered for With the thought of promoting health and fitness associat- students. Last year it made the decision to add football to their ed with running, making the addition to Darlington was not list and now, with the dawn of a new age and era, Darlington a hard choice to make. has expanded its choice of sports once again … Cross Coun- “Not everyone can play basketball their whole life and try. football and softball, and of course with the rate of diabetes A cross-country team consisting of 29-students is a part of with a lot of our families, I think it’s an outstanding way to the new Darlington Cross Country running team. combat that. I also feel that the running is so good for the “When we originally talked about it with Parry Roman mind and body and the students who’ve been through trau- Nose and Reggie Island, it was just an initial thought and so ma, even just trauma from the cultural perspective, I think we tried it out a little over two weeks ago with just sixth, that it helps them to release tension and stress,” Gina Musae, seventh and eighth grade boys that said they were interested Darlington Dean of Students said. Darlington’s new Cross-Country team members part of the in running. So we got them entered into a cross-country meet Musae added kids need something that they can feel suc- finishers on Sept. 9. Ethan Richards, th8 , Evan Roman Nose, over at Weatherford and we ended up finishing third out of cessful at, “I think that our sports program helps to build 10th, Wicaphi Cook, 14th, Jacob Long, 13th, and Carter Ro- 12th there, some of our girls had heard the boys had run so their self-esteem and their confidence, success breeds suc- man Nose, 17th. (Photo via Twitter) we decided to put a girls team together too. We put togeth- cess. So when they have success on the ball court or sports er a team of girls sixth, seventh and eighth graders,” Casey field or wherever they are, that carries over to the classroom “We wanted to show our kids that it’s not always just about Severns, Darlington athletic director said. and they feel better about their academics and they’re able to basketball or football and just open their eyes that there’s oth- Severns said that running could be a lifelong sport op- achieve and set goals and it just all plays together.” er things to compete in and getting them into a different com- posed to other sports. So what was just an idea a little over two years ago, is now petition where it’s more individual instead of a team. With “We want them to create a type of mindset of ‘I just love a welcomed reality for a lot of Darlington students. football and basketball, if you have a bad game you can rely Cross-country at Darlington / pg. 9 At last, the Indian children have come home month helped lead a delega- unearthed three small pine The nation’s first feder- exhumations, the family of tion to Carlisle, where author- coffins – and shocking news. al off-reservation boarding George El, who died at Carl- ities disinterred three graves Horse and Little Chief were school worked to “civilize” isle in 1891, told the Inquirer on what is now the campus of identified based on their head- Indian children by erasing and Daily News they want his the Army War College. “It’s stones and the age and sex of their languages, religions, and remains returned. The Ogla- the beginning of the closure, their bones. But Little Plume’s family bonds. Beatings were a la Sioux in Pine Ridge, S.D., the start of healing.” remains were missing. No common punishment, and ep- say they’re now exploring the Horse was reburied first, one knows where he lies. His idemics killed boys and girls recovery of five children. The at the St. Stephens ceme- grave held the remains of two already weakened by hard Rosebud Sioux in South Da- tery, defined by its handmade people, neither of them Little labor. At the time, forcing In- kota seek at least 10 boys and wooden crosses. Eager hands Plume. dians to assimilate into white girls, and Alaska tribes may reached for his small white On Friday, Little Plume’s society wasn’t considered want children too. coffin, carrying him the few relations bore an empty coffin wrong – it was thought to be a On Friday, a long line of steps from white hearse to to the family cemetery – rich- more humane alternative than cars trailed dust from one rocky soil. A drum banged, ly symbolic, people here said, killing them outright. cemetery to the next, travers- and voices rose in song – fol- of how Carlisle treated its stu- The Carlisle model spread ing part of a reservation that’s lowed by a silence as big as dents. Little Plume’s family through the United States and roughly the combined size of the Wyoming sky. swore to continue to search for Canada, tens of thousands Delaware and Rhode Island. The only sound was the him. of Indian children boarded. It’s home to both the Northern crunch of gravel underfoot Little Chief was reburied Today some scholars blame Arapaho and Eastern Shosho- as more people arrived, more high on a mountain, amid the the legacy of broken fami- ne, traditional enemies who in than a hundred stepping close sage and cactus in Sharp Nose ly ties and lost languages for 1878 were forced to share the to the grave to bid welcome cemetery, where others of his ills that plague modern tribes. land in what the government and farewell. family lie, and where Yufna American Indian leaders say a promised was a temporary ar- A much older generation, Soldier Wolf says she will one haphazard 1927 relocation of rangement. gone now, said goodbye in day rest as well. the school cemetery created Here on Wind River, horses 1881 to Horse, Little Chief, “To finally get to this point painful doubt about who lies romp through luminous green and Little Plume when they is surreal to me,” said Soldier beneath the earth – and where. meadows, bighorn sheep tip- were taken across the country Wolf, who is Little Chief’s For the Northern Arapaho toe through mountain crags, to Carlisle, where masters and great-niece and the tribe’s his- and others, this repatriation is and the rivers run sapphire (ST. STEPHENS, Wyo.) or three boys who died in the teachers did all they could to toric-preservation officer. She many things — a sign of hope blue. People arrived at the cemetery confines of the Carlisle Indian extinguish the students’ native labored years to recover the for the future, of rapproche- It’s that land the boys left in shiny late-model sedans and Industrial School. traditions and culture. Within children’s remains. ment with the U.S. govern- and to which, people here say, in old pickup trucks splashed For 130 years the youths two years, all three were dead. Little Chief, the eldest son ment and even with the Army, their spirits have returned. with mud, but it was three lay in Pennsylvania soil, far On Friday, a newer gen- of Chief Sharp Nose, arrived the chosen instrument of the “There are no words that riderless horses that led the from their homes and fami- eration, people who grew up at Carlisle on March 11, 1881, Indians’ destruction in the could possibly convey the Northern Arapaho into a day lies, never seen but never un- hearing the stories and imag- only 14 and accompanied by 1800s. emotion this has brought me,” of grief and celebration. mourned. Their return to these ining the boys’ terror, stepped Horse, 11, and Little Plume, 9. “If it was my family mem- said Olivia Washington, who The children were home at majestic mountain lands be- forward to fulfill the hopes of Like other students, they were ber I would want them home,” is related to Horse and trav- last. came a quest that reached an their ancestors. assigned new English names: said Clarinda Calling Thunder. eled to Carlisle with the del- Around and around the emotional conclusion here Fri- At Carlisle, where nearly Little Chief became Dick- Tribes across the country egation. “But just knowing horses went, each with a day on the Wind River Indian 200 Indian children lie in a ens Nor, Horse was renamed have been watching to see that Horse is finally home, to small war bonnet strapped to Reservation. neat, military-style graveyard, Horace Washington, and Little how this first recovery from be put to rest with his family its empty saddle, kicking up “It’s been a long time com- this month’s painstaking, Plume was called Hayes Van- Carlisle would fare. and among his people brings a clouds of brown dust, pro- ing,” said tribal elder Craw- trowel-by-trowel excavation derbilt Friday. Within days of the boys’ great comfort and peace.” voking calls and cries to hon- ford White Sr., 76, who this Deadline approaching to add Veteran names to Memorial Wall The Cheyenne & Arapa- 7622 or stop in at the Main conflict, war, combat zone or about any of our tribal veter- have built your ribbon rack something on behalf of the ho Veteran’s Office (OVA) Tribal Complex in Concho, not, and was on active duty ans. and ordered the patch of the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes would like to remind our Okla. status and would like to see We are currently working unit you served with. and the OVA office. As a tribal veterans and their fam- Also if you have not had what state and federal VA the Veteran’s Vest Program. Also we are asking trib- former service member, I ilies if they would like their your first veteran’s tribal ID benefits you are eligible for, It takes time, so we ask that al members that if you have know it was uplifting to get veterans name to be added to made, come by our office please give us a call, even if patience be a virtue. Some any family in the armed forc- a care package specifically the Memorial Wall to please and bring your DD-214 (if you reside out of state. things that you as the veter- es that are currently serving, addressed to me from home. send in their DD-214 with we don’t already have it on The OVA Office needs an can assist us with speed- such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Receiving a care package “honorable” discharge and file.) The OVA Office will your assistance in helping us ing up the process: 1.) Have Kuwait, or in any capacity from home can be a real mo- tribal enrollment number. verify your veteran status find our tribal veterans that your DD-214 w/honorable that they have an established rale booster to a deployed The deadline this year is and coordinate with the De- may be elderly and reside ei- discharge handy and provide APO mailing address, please service member. It’s a good set for Sept. 30, 2017. If you partment of Enrollment for ther outside the service area us a copy, 2.) come by our let us know their mailing ad- way of letting them know need assistance with order- your tribal veteran’s ID. or so far in the country, they office so we can take your dress. We are preparing to that we are thinking of them ing a DD-214, please give If you are veteran that has are almost forgotten. We measurements, and 3.) stay launch a care package pro- back home and looking for- our office a call at 405-422- served in any capacity in any don’t want to miss or forget in touch with us until we gram so we can send them ward to their safe return. BRIEFS AT A GLANCE American Indian Sci- or to register visit www.ncai. Tulsa, Okla. For more in- in Albuquerque, N.M. For gram er Education Consortium’s ence and Engineering org. formation or to register visit more information or to reg- Oct. 16-20, 2017 in Las FALCOM 2017 annual Society’s 2017 National www.nafoa.org. ister visit www.amerindrisk. Vegas, Nev. For more infor- Conference Conference Business Writing for org. mation or to register visit Nov. 3-16 at the Westin Sept. 21-23, 2017 in Den- Tribal Employees National Indian Edu- www.falmouthinstitute.com. Crystal City in Arlington, ver, Colo. For more informa- Sept. 25-26, 2017 at the cation Association annual The 74th annual Con- VA. For more information or tion or to register visit www. Apache Casino Hotel in Convention and Tradeshow vention & Marketplace / Elder Care for Native to register visit www.aihec. conference.aises.org/regis- Lawton, Okla. For more Oct. 4-7, 2017 at the Ca- We Are Strong Nations American and Alaskan Na- org. tration. information visit www.fal- ribe Royale in Orlando, Fla. Oct. 15-20, 2017 at the tive Communities and Or- mouthinstitute.com. For more information or to Wisconsin Center in Mil- ganizations Developing Tribal Trav- National Indian Health register visit www.ncai.org. waukee, Wis. For more in- Oct. 24-25, 2017 in Las el Policies using IRS and Board Tribal Health Con- 2017 Fall Finance & formation or to register visit Vegas, Nev. For more infor- OMB Guidelines ference Tribal Economies Confer- The 2017 AMERIND www.ncai.org. mation or to register visit Nov. 7-8 in Las Vegas, Sept. 25-28, 2017 at the ence Risk Institute Conference www.falmouthinstitute.com. Nev. For more information Hyatt Regency in Bellevue, Oct. 2-3, 2017 at the Riv- Oct. 10-11, 2017 at the Tribal Grants Manage- or to register visit www.fal- Wash. For more information er Spirit Casino Resort in Sandia Resort & Casino ment Certification Pro- American Indian High- mouthinstitute.com. Tsistsistas & Hinonoei Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Tribune PAGE 9 Eating How Certain Foods Affect Diabetes STOP Bullying healthy Tara Conway, MS, RD, LD, CDE Submitted by the Clinton Service for DIABETES C&A Diabetes Wellness Program Unit Department of Behavioral Health What do breakfast items like ba- enter our cells and use for energy. The these foods and making them palatable With school approach- over time. Bullying can gels, toast with jam, microwavable higher your blood sugar the more insu- with sugar that raises your blood lev- ing, our children may be take many forms, such as oatmeal, donuts, croissants, muffins, lin is needed to get your blood glucose els and fat that leads to heart disease. I exposed to bullying. The hitting or punching (phys- cereals and granola have in common. to normal. Carbohydrates spike our recommended eating the real food and information below will ical bullying); teasing or They are processed foods that are con- blood sugar the most, fat takes a lot count them in your plan, enjoy and go help better educate and name-calling (verbal bul- venient for this fast paced world we of energy to break down and protein on. provide an understanding lying); intimidation using live in. We eat these foods as a quick falls in between the two. To keep your What about Smoothies? That’s on the effects of bullying, gestures or social exclu- energy source during the week. These blood sugar under control, balance the craze now, smoothies. It appears and how an individual can sion (nonverbal bullying processed foods are refined carbohy- your plate between the carbohydrates, smoothies can be a good thing, and overcome the effects. or emotional bullying); drates. They give us a great boost of proteins and fat. Choose eggs, health yes they can in moderation. However, energy for a couple of hours and then fats like olive oil, avocados, nuts. if you are a person with diabetes you Bullying has a nega- and sending insulting mes- we crash, we are then hungry, leading Don’t avoid those healthy fats and eliminate the fiber from fruits and veg- tive effect on the social sages by phone or comput- to the mid-morning snack. So if we don’t be fooled by manufacturers who etables when you process the smooth- environment of schools, er email (cyberbullying). continue to eat strictly refined carbo- say coconut, vegetable, corn and soy- ies. Fiber is good for you, it acts as a creates a climate of fear hydrates our blood sugar will be on a bean oils are healthy for you. They are buffer for blood glucose and when its among students, inhibits Effects of bullying can roller-coaster ride all day. Let’s talk fats that have been hydrogenated and removed, it causes your blood sugar to the ability to learn, and have serious consequenc- about how these foods affect your cause oxidative stress in our body, spike. If you want to drink smoothies, leads to other antisocial be- es. Children and youth blood sugar and how we can keep our which leads to inflammations which try them in the afternoon when you havior. Other detrimental who are bullied are more blood glucose off the roller-coaster leads to many more health issues. need a pick me up. effects of bullying include likely than other children ride. What about fat free sugar free al- For more information and tips on an impact on school safety, to be depressed, lonely, or When we eat carbohydrates, pro- ternatives? Food manufacturers usu- eating contact Tara Conway @ Diabe- student engagement, and anxious; have low self-es- teins and fats which raise our blood ally replace fat with sugar and sugar tes Wellness Program 405-422-7685 the overall school environ- teem; be absent from sugar. Insulin is then needed to unlock with fat on the products that say fat or [email protected]. the cells and to allow blood sugar to free, sugar free. So they are processing Source: www.newlifeoutlook:Type 2 Di- ment. school; feel sick; and/or abetes Bullying is dangerous think about suicide. because if left unattend- If your child is being ed it can rapidly escalate bullied, first, focus on your into even more serious vi- child. Be supportive and continuedCross-country from pg. 8 at Darlington olence and abuse. Just as gather information about you have gateway drugs, the bullying. Contact your bullying is gateway be- child’s teacher or princi- havior. Too often, it is the ple, and help your child first step down the road to become more resilient to one of the tragic incidents bullying. Being able to re- of school violence we all solve conflicts peacefully have watched in horror on by respecting yourself and the evening news. others will assist students Bullying among chil- in dealing with teasing, dren is aggressive behav- gossiping and cliques, can ior that is intentional and lead to bullying. that involves an imbalance For further information Cross Country Girls Team-1st row Jayla Hamilton, Alana Sioux, Kaylee Randall, Berkley Smith-Kidd, Nazhoni Sleeper, of power or strength. A on bullying, visit www. Bailey Fasthorse, Neveah Sage, Mariza Salazar. 2nd row Kaydence Thunderbull, Kelci Johnson, Charity Littleman, Wicahpi child who is being bullied stopbullying.gov or www. Cook, Janae Black-Harmon, Tina Ortiz. has a hard time defending oklahomastatedepartmen- Cross Country Boys Team-1st row Jacob Long, Carter Roman Nose, Wakiyan Cuny, Bryan Richardson, Willilam Whitlow, Josiah Reveles, Jared Sandoval. 2nd row Ethan Richards, Elijah Garcia, Caleb Hulbutta, Evan Roman Nose, Chebon Whit- himself or herself. Usu- tofeducation.gov. low, James Reveles, Jared Sandoval. (Photos by Latoya Lonelodge) ally bullying is repeated

on your teammates a little bit but with cross the second race they learned from their mis- country it’s up to you, it’s more of an indi- takes and were able to pace it accordingly,” vidual sport. We just wanted to push that on Whitlow said. the kids a little bit,” Island said. While coaches for the cross-country Exposure to other sports provides oppor- team are initiating teamwork, a few of the tunities for students to explore other hidden teammates commented on why they joined talents they might have. cross-country. “Basketball has been the primary and only “You can’t go without your team. I like sport at Darlington for years and we both re- being with my friends and running with alized there was talent, maybe all the kids them,” Jacob Long, 13, said. weren’t getting the opportunity to showcase Most students joined because their love their talent but the main thing was exposure of running was shared among their group of to different sports,” Roman Nose said. “We friends that also joined, such as 13 year-old went to our first meet, we competed, we were Allena Sioux, “I just like being active with successful, and we had kids do really well. In my friends, working together, being there for the beginning it was just the boys, once the another and getting along.” girls realized the boys were successful and Some of the students said they joined the they were having a good time, the girls also team to stay in shape for other sports they participated and their efforts showed in the competed in, “I like doing it because it helps meet last weekend.” me get in shape for other sports. I play bas- While most students were new to the idea ketball, football and lacrosse,” Wakiyan of cross-country, additional help was called Cuny, 13, said. for. The school contacted Carrie Whitlow, an While the love for running and playing active runner with a keen sense of knowl- sports is a common theme among the stu- edge to cross-country, who took the oppor- dents, helping one another lies at the heart tunity to provide helpful tips on running to of the team. the team. “Our coaches encourage us to keep run- “Running doesn’t seem fun to anybody ning and our teammates encourage us too. so my goal is to make it fun for them be- Your friends help you and teach you, you can cause it’s something they can do for the rest really have fun with the team than by just of their lives. It can help them in basketball, being by yourself, because that’s just one football, whatever sport they choose to be person,” Wicahpi Cook, 12, said. in,” Whitlow said. With the start of the season in full affect, Insight from Whitlow was reminding the adding a cross-country team to Darlington team to breathe and how to breathe correctly. sets the future up for individuality in the “The main thing is reminding them how world of sports. to stay relaxed and right now we’re working “You don’t have to be a good athlete, what on helping them find a pace, the main thing we try to pass on to the kids is yes you’re at the first race was we had a couple boys go competing as a team but you’re competing out super fast, like it was a 100 meter sprint against yourself, how hard can you push and mid-way they were already walking, so yourself, how hard do you want to work. It’s it was a learning experience for them. That challenging themselves each day,” Roman first race we had a couple that did that but Nose said.

Calendar Cerone Irvin James Coyote, Co-Host Red Moon III and Cameron Alexander, MC Mike Burgess, HS Williams & Family runs 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. $25,000 Goodblanket 2nd Birth- Gourd Clan and Honored HLG Isha Boyce, Breanna Kendall Kauley, HMD Oct. 13, 2017 at the Wil- in cash prizes. day Gourd Dance Sisters Kara, Rainey, There- Gray, Glory Gray and Rae- Dwight Whitebuffalo, HLD liams residence, 3.5 miles MC Choogle Kingfisher, Sept. 16, 2017 at the Clin- sa and Breana Faris. Lynn Gray, AD Randy Fra- Mary Jane Harrison, Co-Host south of Canton, Okla. AD Harold Rogers and Emi- ton Community Center in zier & Alan Washington, Red Moon Gourd Clan, Hon- Everyone is invited to at- lliano Flores, HMD Cecil Clinton, Okla. Gourd dance Memorial Powwow for Color Guard Buddy Bond. ored Elder Hershel Kaulaity, tend and come pray with us. Gray, HLD Brennah Wah- begins at 4 p.m., supper at Emily Eileen Gray Honored Families Hoffman weotten, HGD Hyde Toppah, 5:30 p.m. with dance to fol- Sept. 16, 2017 at the Con- All Gourd Dance Ben- Family and Pawnee/Madbull The 26th annual Aus- Head Judge Juaquin Ham- low. cho Community Center in efit Dance Family, Honored Veterans tin Powwow and Ameri- ilton, Host Southern Drum MC Burl Buffalomeat, Concho, Okla. Gourd dance Sept. 23, 2017 at the Con- American Legion Post 401 can Indian Heritage Fes- Thunder Hill of Oklahoma, HS Steven Brandt, HMD El- 2 p.m., supper 5 p.m., Grand cho Community Center in and AD Dale Akeen. tival Host Northern Drum Young vin Kenrick, HLD Nona Jen- Entry 7 p.m. Concho, Okla. Starts at 3 For more information call 10 a.m. - 10 p.m., Nov. Bear of North Dakota and kins, HLBD Maddox Porras, MC Yogie Bread & RG p.m., supper at 5 p.m. 405-206-5402 or 405-596- 4, 2017 at the Travis Coun- Color Guard Cherokee/Kitu- HLGD Ashley Alexander, Harris, HS Hyde Toppah, Native American Church 0006. ty Expo Center, 7311 Decker wah. AD Geoffrey Birdshead, HMD Jay Mule, HLD Clar- of Oklahoma 2018 Com- Lane in Austin, Texas. For vendor information Host Family Hannah Little ene Ware, HGD Mel Ken- memoration Planning Fund Memorial Peyote Native Amerian Market email info@austinpowwow. rick, HLB Cecil Tahlo Gray Raiser for 100th year event. Meeting for Ida Nibbs net. PAGE 10 Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Tribune Tsistsistas & Hinonoei

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My name is Mike Martin and I am running for Arapaho District 2. I believe it is time that we start thinking about the future of our tribe. We are in a critical period where our tribe and programs may see drastic cutting from the Trump administration. The following are my goals as your next legislator. • Focus on expanding IHS facilities in Watonga and El Reno and forming a dental clinic for our children • Focus on creating legislation for a public works business for the water department – selling to local communities • Support farming our lands for job creation • Support looking into the possibility of the $1 billion Sand Creek settlement and distribute evenly to all tribal members • Support lowering the blood quantum • Support a truck stop and casino in Elk City • Concentrate on our economic development and research alternative business avenues • Concentrate on our natural resources • Help establish open communication on the needs of tribal members that live out of tribal jurisdiction I will support any Governor that we elect to get these goals im- plemented as soon as possible. I will also support the Legislature to help carry out these goals. If you believe in helping progress the tribe forward, vote for Mike Martin as your A-2 Legislator. Vote MIKE MARTIN/A2 on Oct. 3

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Stand your Ground. phasis on the value of rela- I am a social worker,Creed these are my hands Three words we remembered tionships and honoring tribal and we take the three words ways on tribal grounds ham- I will use these hands to further my belief in the core with us. Those three words mered into the work he set value of service. They will help people in need and ad- spoken and given to us. The out for us. He would come dress social problems. words were from a dedicat- and check on our work. His ed and rebel social worker. compassion was the Indian I will use these hands to advance social justice. They Words meant to empower Child Welfare Act (ICWA). will challenge issues of poverty, unemployment, discrim- and encourage in teachable He wanted the best and ination and other forms of social injustice. mentorship. Words to pro- stepped out to take the best vide leadership and integrity in social work. We remember I will use these hands to promote the dignity and worth for the importance of social him recruiting social work- of the person. They will seek to broaden clients and soci- work in an adversarial field ers with BSW and MSW to ety’s interests in a socially responsible manner. of state courts and state child work for him in the Indian welfare system. Words spo- Child Welfare program. He I will use these hands to teach the importance of hu- ken by Thurman Welbourne. visited the OU School of man relationships. They will engage people as partners We heard the story of the Social Work and talked with in the helping process and convey the importance of rela- warrior and his stand in bat- the social work professors. tionships as a vehicle for change. tle from this Cheyenne social He worked to improve the worker and veteran. The sto- ICWA. He took part in the I will use these hands to hold fast to my integrity. ry and image reflects a war- oversight hearings before the They will convey my trustworthiness, honesty and re- rior. The warrior makes a Select Committee on Indian sponsibility. stand while in battle. He ties Affairs United States Senate himself to the ground and in 1987. The hearings were I will use these hands to ensure competence. They remains in his stand there to on the ICWA. will strive both to increase personal knowledge and con- battle his adversaries. The The ICWAwas enacted tribute to the knowledge of others. warrior image and words in 1978. The Oklahoma In- ‘Stand His Ground’ painting by Enoch Kelly Haney were excellent motivations, dian Child Welfare Act was minds and carried our imag- as we would head into state passed in 1982. We heard es of standing our ground in October is Family Violence/ child welfare/courts to work anecdotal stories on both the social work with Cheyenne for tribal children and par- acts and his experiences on Domestic Violence and Arapaho families and ents under the Indian Child advocacy for tribal children any other child that came to Awareness Month Welfare Act. and parents. We heard the our attention. We became the This social worker veter- worst and the best of cases. Social Service Awarded is to l) assist tribes to in- best in social work.We got to an was proud of his profes- We learned from his exam- Family Violence Grant crease public awareness the Best because our warrior sion and promoted the So- ples and experiences. We ap- Social Services Depart- about primary and second- teacher was the best. cial Worker Creed under his preciated the “Indian Way” ment awarded the Family ary prevention of family Thank you, Sir Thurman mentorship. His sense of hu- practice and policy, stories, Violence Prevention and violence, domestic violence Welbourne. mor kept us laughing and we cultural metaphors, and the Services grant from the Ad- and dating violence; and 2) Welbourne was born May forgot our stress. He taught warrior standing his ground. ministration on Children, assist tribes to provide shel- 6, 1946 and passed away us that we respect the parents We heard the warrior sto- Youth and Families (ACFY) ter and supportive services Sept. 30, 1994. This tribute and respect what they need. ry long before the “Stand- and Youth Services Bureau for victims of family vio- was written and submitted Listen and respect the par- ing His Ground” statue by (FYSB) under the Depart- lence, domestic violence or by Bernice Armsrong, MSW, ment of Health & Human dating violence, and their ents even in their downtrod- Enoch Kelly Haney came Thurman Welbourne Viki Lorenz, MSW and Mary Services (HHS). dependents. den path. No judgements. out. We were impressed in May 6, 1946 Harjo, MSW. The purpose of the grant No personal bias. The em- our own spirit, inspired our Sept. 30, 1994

Photos by Latoya Lonelodge Tsistsistas & Hinonoei Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Tribune PAGE 13 continuedBucking from pg. 1 bulls and that has never happened before,” Mullins said. For the tribes, the in- vestment of six profession- al bucking bulls first began when Mullins sold a fee to the tribes for the buffalo and cattle program. “We looked at the bulls and I said there’s an oppor- tunity for C&A people to get involved in this industry and start off on the top of the game instead of start- ing at the very bottom like most of us have to. They said they were interested, Patience Twins, Bucking Bulls Rodeo Princess rides into we put a proposal together the arena greeting spectators with a wave of her hand. (Pho- and I spoke with the Gov. Eddie Hamilton, Mannix, tos / Latoya Lonelodge) Nathan Hart, we all got to- create their own company. If you have a child gether and we created this event to showcase out there that see’s us and is interested or ex- these bulls, to show the C&A people in El cited or would try this event and that right Reno, Okla. and in southwest Oklahoma that there sparks that interest,” Mullins said. there’s a need for this business. We want the According to Mullins, the reason for the C&A people to be at the top of the game,” bucking bulls is for the entertainment part, Mullins said. “With farming and ranching, once you’ve Promoting the Buck Off Rodeo also pro- done all the hard work of building fences, moted the opportunity for tribal youth inter- working cattle, pulling calf’s, raising horses, ested in participating and learning skills asso- after you done all that work, most farmers ciated with bull riding. and ranchers go to rodeos on the weekends. “Now that you have young tribal members That’s to let their hair down and show their that tried out the mutton busting and minia- skills for what they practiced for doing work ture bulls and they see the professional ring during the week. I hope that these kids in- that gives them the opportunity, this is an still confidence, character, moral work ethics outlet for those tribal members to participate. and no matter what they face outside of high Now there’s a place to go, there’s a place school they’re prepared for today,” Mullins where you can get on stock and now they can said. PAGE 14 Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Tribune Tsistsistas & Hinonoei

5K Color Run wins big promoting healthy lifestyles and substance prevention By Latoya Lonelodge, Staff Reporter On an early Saturday morning, bright- this, you have to go to Oklahoma City. ly colored clouds of dust in shades of or- And so this is coming into our tribal areas, ange, yellow and red tinted the air with coming into western Oklahoma and this is the sound of a horn. something we as a tribe can do. We can be Many anxiously made their way that engaging partner,” Barton said. through an oversized inflatable archway Awards and medals were given to the marking the starting point of the day’s top fastest male and female in each age events. category. All participants did not leave the The third annual “Step Into My Shoes” event empty handed, a t-shirt and string 5K Color Run: Block Party and Health bag full of goodies were provided to those Fair held Aug. 26 at the Clinton Commu- who registered. nity Center in Clinton, Okla. “You see 5K’s like this and they’re re- The event was a site filled with moon ally expensive and we’ve gone to them bounces, familiar smiles and new faces. and they’re fun so why not bring them With over 400 pre-registered participants to the tribe, why not get the family in- for the 5k run and walk, the parking lot teracted in doing that, Nic always says of the community center overflowed with think outside of the box, so thinking out vehicles. of the box says lets do this, this looks like “Looking forward to this event, we fun, so from there we just went for it and want to, of course, interact with our trib- that’s what we did and everybody loves al members and the community at large it,” Clara Bushyhead, strategic prevention because we know in doing this, that all framework coordinator said. of our collaborating partners bring some- A variety of health programs were thing to the table and it’s not only that, present to provide services at the health it’s just we have so much fun,” Nicolas fair, such as Health Education program, Barton, executive director of health said. Indian Health Services (IHS), Emergency While participating in a fun atmo- Medical Services (EMS), Diabetes Well- sphere, the 5k-color run event was also a ness and Tradition Not Addiction. Along- day filled with prevention activities that side health programs, other programs included various booths set up for the such as the Transportation and Roads health fair and activities provided by fea- programs also made booths available for tured guests for the event. information. “It’s a prevention activity, if you have As the third year in a row that the to write a grant, this is one of those pre- Substance Abuse program for the Chey- vention activities, it’s a pro-social activity enne and Arapaho tribes have hosted the for the kids, for the youth, for the fami- 5K-color run event, appreciation for the ly, young adults. We look around today, collaborating programs that helped make we see the whole family here, this is one the event possible were acknowledged. thing we want to do within the Depart- “Our legislators have stepped up this ment of Health but also with all of our year and I want to thank Reggie Wassa- health programs is to bring these activi- na and Patrick Spottedwolf, A3 and C3 ties and be one in that aspect in our tribal have really helped out, the governor’s of- members’ lives,” Barton said. fice and executive office have really been For tribal members, hosting the 5K lo- instrumental in letting the programs do cation in tribal territory of western Okla- these activities,” Barton said. homa has a much deeper meaning for the Special guests for the event were community. Yolanda Whiteman Valenzuela-Lira, Em- “We’re excited for this because I’ve cee One, Chance Rush, Supaman and had community members say this is excit- Ha’Stylez. ing to bring this type of event to western For more information on the Substance Oklahoma because if you do anything like Abuse Program call 580-331-2372. Tsistsistas & Hinonoei Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Tribune PAGE 15

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September 15 ! and all the kids big sister and amazing happened and how My beautiful, smart, kind You’re a great dad and Where has the time gone? daughter! We love you so companion (common law). funny it was, but you My babies have grown so and loving baby girl was Psalm of an Ice and Meth very much. Love always We love you and hope you make it funnier, and much and are getting bigger born and has blessed Addict and always, your mama and have the best day! someone adds on to it everyday! and amazed me ever Ice and Meth is my brothers. th and someone else and since. Happy 9 Birthday Tiff, Kelz and King I’m so blessed and happy then we are all laughing Shepherd, I shall always Drelyn! We love you that you guys are my squad! so hard. Those are the crave. It makes me walk so much, mama, Felipe, We love you both very much times I cherish the most. around El Reno, Ok. Charlee, Abram, and and hope you have the best You are gifted to make Wondering who’s talking Nayeli. day! Love, mom and dad people feel good and about me who’s against make them laugh, use me who’s talking to my your gift well. I wish woman (wife) and does you happiness always. my family want me We may have our ups around. It destroyeth my Sept. 1 and downs in life but soul. It leadeth me down Happy belated birthday to our love will always the paths of addiction, Tiffani. be. You have always self destruction and From dad made me happy and loneliness for the sake always will. Take care of a high. Yeah though I of yourselves and each walk through the shadow other. I pray Maheo will of fear, guilt, and shame, Congratulations Tommy continue to Bless you I fear for my life always Lonelodge on graduating and keep you safe. All for I cannot stop on from basic training for the my love, mom. my own. Thy pipe thy Army National Guard! needles and thy clear Gus Black, Caden Brown and We are so proud of you, rocks temporarily comfort Preston Black uncovered a continue to set goals and In Loving Memory of me. It taketh away all my buried bison skull that has Happy 35th anniversary accomplish your dreams Daniel Whiteman money for in the presence been underground since May to Donna and Jaime baby brother. We are Jan. 11, 1950 – of my children. It keeps 2016. The bison head was Sandoval, thank excited to watch you grow Sept. 6, 2002 my head from all reasons first buried after a buffalo you for always being and congrats on getting “He Only Takes the Best” and my cup runneth over butchering in order for wonderful parents and accepted into OSU this Unknown Author with despair. Surely Ice natural soil to break down grandparents. We love spring. We love you, Toya, God saw he was getting and Meth will be haunting the remains of the bison you both for all the you mom and rest of the family. tired, me all the days of my head. The skull will now be do for not only your kids A cure was not to be. life, if I don’t reach out used for ceremonial reasons. but for everyone. Love So He put His arms around for God’s hrlp. And I will you both so much. Love him dwell in the house of the Gary, Eric, Sofia, Lala, And whispered, “Come with damned forever. Jeris, Jerid, John, Jerin Me”. Greg Fletcher and all the grandkids! With tearful eyes, we watched him suffer, And saw him fade away. Although we loved him dearly, We could not make him stay. A golden heart stopped beating. Hard working hands were put Kristen Renae Jones to rest. June 8, 1987 God broke our hearts to Aug. 25, 2017 September 29th prove to us He only takes “the best”. Funeral services for Kris- Happy heavenly birthday Pray for the day there will be ten were held Sept. 2 at East LaVada Gould. a permanent cure for cancer. Lake Church in Oklahoma We love you and miss you In memory of anyone you City. Interment followed at everyday! know who has been struck Moore Cemetery. down by cancer or is still living with it. Light a candle. A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. Keep the candle going, a small request, Just one line. “Dear God, I pray You will guide someone to fine a cure for cancer in 2017. In Jesus Name, Amen.” Tsistsistas & Hinonoei Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Tribune PAGE 17 LEGAL NOTICES EMPLOYMENTEmployment: Submit a tribal application, resume, diplo- ma(s), transcripts, valid copy of Oklahoma state driver’s license and a copy of CDIB (if applidable) to Personnel Department, PO Box 38, Concho, OK 73022 or email atis- [email protected].

Transit Driver II (2) On- Headstart Transportation/ Call Status Floater F-T / Concho Closing: Until Filled Closing: Until Filled Qualifications: Qualifications: Valid Oklahoma Class Must have a valid Okla- D driver’s license required. homa driver’s license and Must possess or be willing be willing to obtain a CDL to obtain CPR certification. and Bus Driver’s certificate Transit drivers must pass within 90 days of hire. Must a pre-employment drug be in good physical health, screening process and sub- which allows lifting and ject to random drug testing. moving. Ability to work in- Must be able to lift a mini- dependently. Knowledge of mum of 50 pounds with no Head Start is desirable. A physical barriers. Applicant high school diploma or GED must be able to communicate required. Must be familiar effectively to patrons and su- with federal, regional, state pervisors any findings or in- and local tribal regulations cidents. High school diploma as they apply to the specific or GED equivalent required. area of program operations. Cheyenne-Arapaho prefer- Ability to manage physical- ence. ly active children, ages 3-5 SALARY: Negotiable within a weight range up to 60 pounds, including lifting, restraining, guiding, pursu- LOOKING FOR ing, withstanding sudden FAMILY movements. My name is Harrison SALARY: Negotiable W. Thomas and I am ask- ing for help to get in con- Diabetes Wellness tact with my dad, Delano Program Community Outreach Lefthand or anyone in his The Diabetes Wellness family. I would like to Program would like to know more about my dad inform all current clients and his family. and invite potential new You can write me at clients to our community outreach visits at the Harrison Thomas locations below. The RN, #208755 Dietitian and Optometry 8607 SE Flower Technician will be Mound Rd. available for foot exams, Lawton, OK 73501 dietitian consults and eyeglasses. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. WESTERN PLAINS Oct. 5, 2017 Hammon WEATHERFORD Community Center GENEALOGY 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. SOCIETY Oct.11, 2017 Seiling ‘POT LUCK PICNIC’ Community Center 6 p.m., Monday, Sept. 18 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Cedar Schoolhouse Oct. 17, 2017 Canton Community Center 518 West Main in 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Weatherford, Okla. Oct. 19, 2017 Fellow Genealogists, Indep. Living Ctr. we are starting the 2017-18 Letter to the Editor: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. year with our ‘traditional’ I am announcing my future ceived welcome to stand with Nov. 1, 2017 Watonga pot luck picnic. Bring your declaration of changing the Hugh Muhammad and Islam Community Center favorite dish or two or Custer County name. brothers and sisters. Hahou! 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. three and join us for a fun I met Hugh Muhammad of -Lydia West the San Diego Mosque 8 the I want Melissa Goodblan- Nov. 2, 2017 Geary time and a good meal. Tell Community Center Nation of Islam. He and the ket to know, I have not forgot- us your new ancestor finds Nation of Islam was speaking ten this murder of our Chey- REQUIRED over the summer. out against the injustices and enne son. The Nation of Islam DOCUMENTS The picnic will be in- the oppression of the Indige- wants to meet with you and (No Exceptions): side the Cedar schoolhouse nous people of this country. “ Wilbur in regards to this atroc- CDIB since we never know about I am here to inform the nation ity. Hopefully, we will bring Current driver’s license the Oklahoma weath- of Islam of the hundreds of Justice for ALL! or state ID er. Plates, cups, utensils, years of murder, rape, theft, Hugh Muhammad and the Proof of residency napkins and drinks will and genocide of our Indige- Islam Nation - Mosque 8 of (electric, gas, cable, rent nous People. I am a Cheyenne San Diego California. Refuting be furnished. You bring & Arapaho tribal member of the label of a hate group. Min- receipt etc.) the rest. If you don’t bring Prescriptions for eye- Oklahoma and want to speak ister Muhammad as spoke out much, we always have too glasses or Nike wellness out regarding the senseless about the injustices towards shoes much food. murders in Clinton Oklahoma. the Indigenous People of the Proof of diabetes We will be accepting by the hands of law enforce- Americas. I spoke about the For more information volunteers for the Sunset ment officers sworn to protect injustices against our tribes in call Lana LittleElk at 405- Tour of The Weatherford and serve. One murder in par- Oklahoma. For example, in 422-7723 Cemetery in October. ticular is of Mah-hi-vist Good- Clinton Oklahoma. Ma-hi-vist blanket, we have been crying Goodblanket. I am sending you for justice for this young man. pictures from today’s 11am Instead, we are ignored and gathering at the Hall of Justice, the officer who shot and killed San Diego. Hugh Muham- him received a high accommo- mad is planning a visit to the dation of honor! This proves Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes to our Native men and women in speak out against the murder of Oklahoma have been declared the men in Custer County. as targets for shooting practice! I ASK to stand with you, the Lydia West Nation of Islam and with my Cheyenne & Arapaho fellow indigenous Brother.” I Tribal Citizen was given handshakes and re-

Fallen warriors come home after 139 years On a cool morning in Busby, Mont., men, my best, and I would like to give my thanks women, and relatives gathered and quietly to the following: visited as the remains of two warriors lay still Kristen Qaeumpts-Northern Cheyenne and silent in an 18 foot tipi on the northeast Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) side of the powwow grounds. Coordinator The evening and night of Aug. 17 was Taenee Limpy-Northern Cheyenne filled with songs, prayers and tears as mem- T.H.P.O. Coordinator bers, and descendants of the warriors whom Alonzo Spang-Northern Cheyenne were killed during the Ft. Robinson Massacre T.H.P.O. Director 1878, after 139 years, were finally returned Lt. Governor Cornell Sankey-Cheyenne back to the Northern Cheyenne People. and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma Today, the area where the massacre took Gov. Eddie Hamilton-Cheyenne and place is now known as Ft. Robinson, Nebras- Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma ka, it is also the place where the United States The solemn event came to a conclusion Army trains and raises their Morgan horses. with the burial and peaceful rest of the two On Aug. 11, 2017, I received a text and a warriors. phone call asking me if I could give a speech at the Memoriam of the fallen warriors. Thank you, I was honored and I told them I would do D. Christopher Yellow Eagle PAGE 18 Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Tribune Tsistsistas & Hinonoei

Dylan Plumley Interview/photo by Latoya Lonelodge

Born in Oklahoma City What goals have you and raised in Geary, Okla., set for yourself in sports, Dyson Plumley, 16, is mak- school? ing every effort possible to To be a better person, lis- gear up for his junior year of ten, pay attention in class, football. Standing at 6’2 and don’t be a class clown, make a half, Dyson plays wide re- my grades, just simple stuff. ceiver and corner for the El For football, be a better Reno Football team. person on and off the field, When did you first begin watch out for my teammates playing and how? and score touchdowns. I’ve been playing ever What actions are you tak- since I was about six years ing to reach these goals? old, I used to always love Work hard, play hard, pay playing football. My dad attention and learn. asked if I wanted to play What has been the most football and I said, ‘yeah I’ll exciting game you have try it’ and ever since then played in? I’ve always loved it. I would say probably What is it about the sport Western Heights because that you love the best? they’re not the best team but Everything, I have a pas- sometimes they’ll give us a for your sport? How often? son, everybody really knows sion for it. I quit playing for run. Last year they gave us Every day it’s always dif- me. a couple years but that was a good run but we still won. ferent, core, legs, abs, it’s all Were you ever bullied in because of an injury but I’m What is the best advice different every day. Maybe school? What steps do you back now and I’ve always you have ever been given and two or three times a week feel should be taken to pro- loved playing football. It’s who gave you that advice? since we’re in season. tect those being bullied in my number one sport. Keep your head up What is your favorite schools today? What has been your big- through the hard and worst meal before or after a game? Bullied? No. Playing gest accom- of times, Chicken nuggets around bullied, yes. But I plishment in the by one of Who has had the biggest would say if there are some sport so far? my coach- impact on your life? people being bullied, that Right now I es, Coach Probably my mom, be- have good friends, talk to would say get- Atchison. cause I don’t really get to good friends, go to a coun- ting a scholar- Do you see her and every time I do selor, they’re always helpful. ship because have a say- something good I always How do you combat drug that’s really ing or mot- think of her because she’s al- & alcohol use by peer pres- what I’m try- to that you ways been there for me, she’s sure? ing to do, is go live your my mom and I love her. I don’t like it, not at all. Who is your favorite ath- for mechanics or something. to college and life by? What are some of your If you could change one lete of all time? What would be your ad- play football. I al- hobbies (what do you like to thing in the world, what New England Patriots vice to younger kids coming What is your ways say do when not playing sports)? would it be? Which team is your favor- up behind you? biggest accom- life’s a gar- I like hanging with Drugs, there’s too many ite team? Keep your head up plishment in the den, dig it. friends, going to the gym or people in this decade that are Tom Brady through the hard times, classroom so Who or playing with the dogs. dying from it. Whether it’s What are your immediate there’s going be people that far? what in- What kinds of music do car wrecks or people going plans after graduating high try to bring you down but no I’m always working on spires you the most? you enjoy listening to? out drinking and suicide. school? matter what you always push getting good grades so I can My dad because he’s al- Rock, rap, jazz somewhat. What would be a dream Go to college and get a di- yourself harder. get into colleges. ways pushed me to be the What is one thing about come true for you in your ploma. I’d like to go to OU, Dyson’s parents are Kathy What is your GPA (if best I can be. you that no one else knows? life? right now I’d like to go for Johnson and Earl Plumley. known)? What does your routine I really don’t know be- To go to the NFL and help football and if that doesn’t He has one brother, Dorian 3.3 workout consist of to stay fit cause I’m an outgoing per- my family. work out then I probably go Plumley, 14.

Anadarko Darlington Mustang Yukon Varsity Varsity Oklahoma State Chiefs Sept. 15 Sept. 15 Elgin Sept. 14 Zaneis Varsity University 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. – H – 5:30 p.m. Sept. 15 7:00 Southmoore – H Sept. 21 Douglas Sept. 25 South p.m. Stillwater – A Sept. 22 7:30 p.m. Broken Sept. 16 Pittsburgh – A Nov. 4 Oklahoma – H 7:00 p.m. – A Rock Creek – 5:30 p.m. Sept. 22 7:30 p.m. Owasso Arrow – H Sept. 23 TCU – H Nov. 11 Iowa State – A Sept. 29 Comanche Oct. 2 Destiny Christian – – A Sept. 29 7:00 p.m. Sand Sept. 30 Texas Tech – A Nov. 18 Kansas State – H TBA – A 6:00 p.m. Sept. 29 7:00 p.m. Norman Springs – H Oct. 14 Baylor – H Nov. 25 Kansas – H Oct. 6 John Marshall Oct. 9 Maysville – 6:00 p.m. North – H Oct. 6 7:00 p.m. Norman Oct. 21 Texas – A 7:00 – H Oct. 16 Oakdale – 6:00 p.m. Oct. 6 7:00 p.m. Edmond – H Oct. 28 West Virginia – A Oct. 13 Marlow 7:30 p.m. North – A Oct. 13 7:00 p.m. Edmond – A Oct. 13 7:00 p.m. Moore Memorial – A Oct. 19 Lexington – H El Reno Oct. 19 7:00 p.m. Jenks – A 7:30 p.m. – A Oct. 19 7:00 p.m. Putnam Oct. 27 7:00 p.m. Edmond Oct. 27 Purcell Varsity City North – H Sept. 15 Santa Fe – H 7:00 p.m. – H Oct. 26 7:00 p.m. Chickasha – H Nov. 3 Bridge Creek Southmoore – A 7:00 p.m. 7:00 - H Nov. 3 7:00 p.m. Union – A The University of Sept. 22 Ardmore – A 7:30 p.m. Oklahoma Canton Sept. 29 Lawton MacArthur Varsity – H 7:00 p.m. Thomas Sept. 16 Tulane – H Nov. 4 Oklahoma State – A Oct. 6 Southeast – H 7:00 Game Times Varsity Sept. 23 Baylor – A Nov. 11 TCU –H p.m. Oct. 7 Iowa State – H Nov. 18 Kansas – A 7:00 p.m. Oct. 13 Altus – A 7:00 p.m. Game Times Sept. 15 Mtn. Oct. 14 Texas – A Nov. 25 West Virginia – H Oct. 19 Western Heights – A 7:00 p.m. View – A Oct. 21 Kansas State – A 7:00 p.m. Sept. 15 Chisholm – A Sept. 22 Ringwood – H Oct. 28 Texas Tech – H Oct. 27 Del City – A 7:00 Sept. 22 Mooreland – A Sept. 29 Waukomis – A p.m. Sept. 29 Fairview – A Oct. 6 Laverne – A Oct. 6 Hooker – H TOMORROW STARTS TODAY Nov. 3 Duncan – H 7:00 Oct. 13 Seiling – H p.m. Oct. 13 Texhoma – H Oct. 27 Turpin – A Oct. 19 Okeene – A Nov. 2 Shattuck – H Oct. 27 Elmore City – H Watonga Nov. 3 Beaver – H Geary Varsity Southwestern Nov. 10, 17, 24 1st-3rd Game Times Clinton Varsity round play-offs Oklahoma State Varsity Games Dec. 1, 8 4th-5th round 7:00 p.m. University Sept. 15 Oklahoma Bible Game Times Times 7:00 play-offs – A 7:00 p.m. p.m. Sept. 16 South Arkansas Oct. 21 Harding University Sept. 15 Waynoka – H Sept. 22 Merritt – H University – A – A Sept. 15 Open Sept. 29 Cordell – A Sept. 22 Heritage Hall –H Sept. 22 Garber – A Sept. 23 Henderson State Oct. 28 Oklahoma Baptist Sept. 29 Pioneer – A Oct. 6 Open University – H – A Sept. 29 Elk City – A Oct. 13 Mangum – H Oct. 6 Cache – H Oct. 6 Snyder – H Sept. 30 East Central Nov. 4 Southern Nazarene Oct. 13 Cyril – A Oct. 19 Hinton – H University – H University – H Oct. 12 Newcastle – A Oct. 27 Hollis – A Oct. 20 Weatherford – H Oct. 19 Alex – H Oct. 7 SEOSU – A Nov. 11 NWOSU – A Oct. 27 Chickasha – A Oct. 27 Carnegie – H Nov. 3 Sayre – H Oct. 14 Arkansas Tech – H Nov. 3 Elgin – A Nov. 3 BFDC – A Tsistsistas & Hinonoei Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Tribune PAGE 19

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Hershel Gorham Hershel Gorham’s mother is the late Ruby Lamebull Friday Gorham CAMPAIGN PLATFORM and his father is William Gorham, whom resides in ECONOMY Georgia. His grandmother TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE is the late Pearl Friday Develop the Land and Property we currently have in our service Lamebull. Hershel is a direct descendant of the area Arapaho Peace Chief Fri- Elk City property (49 acres) – Truck stop/Convenience store day. El Reno property (90 acres) – Casino and resort Hershel is married to Renovate existing Casino properties Andrea Littlewolf Gor- Rodeo Joe’s – Explore Developing into a Truck stop or Trading ham. They have a daughter Post Nehoni Gorham, and Her- Canton Casino – Feasibility of a hotel and renovating Canton Ma- shel has three older chil- rina dren, Drake, Jordan, and Tourism Department – Lucky Star Casinos, Tribal powwows, Vet- Diesen. erans Memorial, future resorts/hotels, future museum, future Veterans Hershel served 13 years Center, and more. in the Army National Guard where he served as Update the Tribes Community Economic Development Strategy a Military Police Company (CEDS) plan Commander and Battalion Signal Officer before being medically discharged. Her- Establish an Economic Development Board shel served a combat deployment to Iraq and reached the rank of Captain. Feasibility of opening tribes’ own funeral home Hershel’s academic acheivements are: BA University of Oklahoma MS East Central University COMMUNITY J.D. Oklahoma City University School of Law Amend tax ordinance to allow elderly and veterans to get free/dis- MBA Oklahoma City University (Dec 2017) counted tribal car registration tags Hershel is a licensed attorney and has a Certificate in Indian law. With his Revamp R.E.Sp.E.C.T. Program to incorporate more elderly activ- knowledge of the law, the Executive Branch will be less dependent upon outside ities attorneys. Develop powwow grounds so that they have quality restrooms/ showers and a park area for youth and families Develop or renovate existing tribal building for a Veterans Center Teresa Dorsett

Teresa Dorsett proud- ly comes from the Geary FAMILY community. Having a Build up our STEP/Wrap around services for our tribal youth and large family of six broth- families program ers and sisters, her lead- Develop/revamp Social Services program so that it includes a Chil- ership and compassion dren and Families unit to help others began with her family roots. Increase funding for ICW/Foster program to get our tribal children Her mother was the reunited with their families late Josie Rowlodge Hall and father was the late Roy Hall. Her maternal TRADITION/CULTURE grandmother is the late Increase funding for our language programs Anna Kaye Rowlodge. Provide more cultural activities such as buffalo slaughters Education has always Traditional Court – Incorporate Peacemaking Circle and techniques played an important role in Teresa’s life. After from our past to help the community and those affected by our current graduating from Geary judicial system High School in 1985, she Explore blood quantum issue with the Legislators and Tribal Coun- attended Connors State cil College on a basketball Feasibility of our own tribal museum scholarship receiving an associate of science de- Arts & Crafts market gree. She continued her education at East Central University obtaining a TRIBAL ADMINISTRATION bachelor's degree in so- Totally revamp our Tribal Website and get it operational cial work. Between 1995 Allow tribal documents to be available via our website (Constitu- and 2002, she returned to tion, Ordinances, program applications, etc) the University of Oklahoma getting a Master of Education in adult and higher education Ensure that tribal members have first priority for employment and a Master of Education in education administration. Cost effectiveness of replacing the tribal work trailers with brick Teresa has been active volunteer in the community. In 2015 she served as president of Oklahoma Council for Indian Education (OCIE). OCIE is a leading advocate for Native and mortar buildings American students in Oklahoma. Follow thru with all NIGC recommendations regarding our tribal As executive director of education, the tribes’ was awarded the 2014 Outstanding casinos Agency/Community Partner from the Oklahoma Career Technical Education Equity Council. She has served on more than two dozen professional organizations’ committees that benefited Native American and tribal communities. Strong Leadership Equals Strong Economy Strong Family Strong Traditions Strong Community Follow Our Campaign Trail on Facebook www.facebook.com/GorhamDorsett2018