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FREEDOM, FRIENDSHIP, and CHARITY 2021 129th Great Council Session Great Council of the United States Improved Order of Red Men 46th Session National Degree of Pocahontas September 26 - October 1, 2021 Grand Hotel & Spa 2100 Baltimore Ave. Ocean City, MD 21842 410.289.6191 Greetings From Your Great Incohonee To all members of the Improved Order of Red Men and Degree of Pocahontas. My first year in office was very active with travelling to Maine and Delaware in 2018. In 2019 I traveled to Alaska, California, Connecticut, Indiana, Pennsyl- vania, and Maryland. I also attended Red Men’s Day at Arlington in 2019 for the laying of the wreath ceremony. My national project at Valley Forge is going well. Thank you, Brothers and Sisters, for all your help. I would like to thank all my Deputy Great Incohonees for a job well done. We had a few problems, and some have been corrected. The rest are a work in progress. The year of 2020, as we all know, made it impossible to travel and meet with the tribes and councils. The Board of Great Chiefs was in contact with each other and did what we could under those trying circumstances. In September 2020 I attended the Finance Committee Audit in Waco, TX and also met with Brother Harrison and Joseph Winslow, GKW GCUS concerning the lease for the Great Council office. We signed a one-year lease and will be meeting again to renegotiate our lease terms. Due to the resignation of Brother Brad Buchanan as Great Chief of Records, GCUS, I appointed PGS William Willey to fill his post until our next Great Council of the United States national session. I would like to thank Brother Brad for all his dedication for all the years of service. I also appointed National Pocahontas Jeannie Miller as chairperson for the National Alzheimer’s Charity Committee, due to the passing of PNP Frances Andrews. My prayers go out to all the families of the brothers and sisters we lost due to health problems and to Covid-19. They will be greatly missed. Continued on Page 3 2 Page Red Men Newsletter Greetings From Your Great Incohonee I have been notified that a few states are going to have their conventions this year. I am planning to attend as many as possible. In closing, I want to let all the brothers and sisters know I am as close as the phone if any of you need to get in touch with me at any time with any problems or if you just want to talk. Yours in Freedom, Friendship and Charity, Eugene Truax, Great Incohonee. Red Men Newsletter Page 3 Message from your National Pocahontas Happy New Year! I am very glad to say farewell to 2020. I am hoping in 2021 we will be able to return to a degree of normalcy. Serving a third year as National Pocahontas was not something I envisioned when I began my term in 2018, but none of us could have predicted 2020. We are all doing what needs to be done. No Great Council Sessions were held this year (not sure about Alaska). Many Tribes and Councils have not been able to meet since March 2020, but I have seen posts on Facebook from some that have been able to hold various activities. Thanks for sharing and please continue. It allows us to keep in touch. I have missed traveling and seeing my friends. The Order is my extended family and I can’t wait to “Get on the Road Again.” 2020 has brought heartbreak to many in our order. My prayers go out to those that have lost loved ones this past year. In many instances, due to Covid-19 we were not able to grieve as we normally would. Four Past National Officers went to the land of Ponema. PNP Cathey Betts- Mylod from Delaware, PNP Fran Andrews from Maryland, PGI Paul Sadowski from Massachusetts, and PGI Charles Johnson from North Carolina. Each was an asset to our order and will be missed. I also lost a dear friend, PGP Pat Rust from Delaware and my sister Kathy. Since our National Session was canceled my membership program will be extended until September 1, 2021. If any council has taken in new members since September 1, 2020 please send their names to NKR Pam Parker. Up- dated forms have been sent to the Great Keepers of Records to be distributed to the councils. Continued on Page 5 4 Page Red Men Newsletter Message from your National Pocahontas In closing I’d like to share this poem I found. A Rainbow of Hope God will paint rainbows in the sky Once again for the world and I Signs that will tell us all is well Freedom from this grim living hell I know one day the sun will shine Dark clouds above will disappear with time Some won’t make the journey home Some will sadly die all alone But just like time, all things will pass For nothing’s ever made to last Then once again we’ll be on our way When dawn awakes to a bright new day The streets will come alive again Shops will open, buzzing again But the best moments will be when Family and friends meet again Yours in Freedom, Friendship & Charity, Jeannie Miller National Pocahontas Red Men Newsletter Page 5 January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 State Memo Amount CA DOP Charlotte York, PNP ILM PGS Paul Haun, PGS Robert 125.00 Robins, PGI Paul Sadowski, PGP Kathryn Parra and PNP Frances Andrews Past Great Pocahontas of California - ILM PGP Kathryn 50.00 Parra and PNP Frances Andrews Total CA DOP 175.00 CA IORM CA IORM Alzheimer Donation 160.00 Total CA IORM 160.00 CT IORM Nonnawauk Tribe #9 1,000.00 CT IORM Alzheimer Donation 2,000.00 Total CT IORM 3,000.00 IN DOP IN D of P Alzheimer Donation 25.00 Total IN DOP 25.00 IN IORM Harold Damron Donation (Conawaugh Tribe #518) 20.00 Conawaugh Tribe #518 - Phillip Riedel 50.00 Conawaugh Tribe #518 - Delmar Bryant 5.00 Oshawnee Tribe #220 - ILM Viola Huber 500.00 Total IN IORM 575.00 MD DOP Frances Andrews, PNP - ILM Pat Rust, PGP and Friend 50.00 Roger Kober MD D of P Alzheimer Donation 1,234.51 MD D of P Alzheimer Donation - In Loving Memory of PNP 100.00 Frances Andrews Past Sachems Past Pocahontas of Tony Tank Tribe #149 - 25.00 ILM PNP Frances Andrews Past Sachems Past Pocahontas of Tony Tank Tribe #149 - 25.00 ILM PGP Pat Scharf Total MD DOP 1,434.51 6 Page Red Men Newsletter State Memo Amount MD IORM Chippewa Tribe #17 - ILM Fern Hines 300.00 MD IORM Alzheimer Donation 1,235.00 Tony Tank Tribe #149 3,000.00 PNP Rose Neff & PGI C. Edward Neff - ILM Frances An- 25.00 drews, PNP PNP Rose Neff & PGI C. Edward Neff - ILM Paul Sadows- 25.00 ki, PGI Total MD IORM 4,585.00 MA DOP MA D of P Alzheimer Donation 25.00 Elizabeth Allen - ILM PGI Paul Sadowski 100.00 Janice and Franklin Harris - ILM PGI Paul Sadowski 100.00 Paula Craig & Arthur Pisani - ILM PGI Paul Sadowski 250.00 Wampanoag Council #15 - ILM PNP Fran Andrews 20.00 Total MA DOP 495.00 MA IORM Frank Towle 20.00 MA IORM Alzheimer Donation 25.00 Mark Auerbach - ILM Paul Sadowski, PGI 50.00 Joan Hutchinson & Kate Campbell - ILM PGI Paul Sad- 50.00 owski Total MA IORM 145.00 MN IORM Calumet Tribe #53 200.00 Total MN IORM 200.00 PA DOP Ocklokonee Council #212 500.00 Total PA DOP 500.00 PA IORM Ocklokonee Tribe #212 500.00 Total PA IORM 500.00 Red Men Newsletter Page 7 State Memo Amount VA IORM VA IORM Alzheimer Donation 1,000.00 Poquoson Tribe #124 3,000.00 Total VA IORM 4,000.00 DONATION--ALZHEIMERS - Other Donations from the Red Men Museum & Library 60.00 Donations from the Red Men Museum & Library 100.00 Total DONATION--ALZHEIMERS - Other 160.00 Total Donations 15,954.51 Guidelines For submitting pictures to the Red Men Magazine 1. 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