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Quapaw Tribe for the Period 1871 to 1946 • ," • REPORT OF MEETING OF QUAPAW dENERAL COUNCIL HELD AT NORTF!­ EI\5TERN OKLAHOMA Aid,! COLLEGE, MIAMI, ~KLAHOMA, JULY 21, 1962. The meeting was called to Orrh'.T by Chairman .Robert Whitebird at Z: 15 p. ill • • Approxirnately 150 pC!"tJon,·? were in attendance. Minutes of this meeting will be sent to all thoce whC';Je nalnes and addresses appear on the attendance roster. Not aU in attendance ;:;ignc-o this roster. Mrs. Horner Gillnore l(~d the Invocation, which was the Lords Prayer in unlson. Chairman WhitehirrJ read the following agenda: Claim No. l, Dock,,! 14, which was lost. Election of Business Committee members Funds of Q:lapa\V l'ninors 1\1enlbcr.3hip or6ina.nc~ Chairman Whltebird explained that in addition to the agenda, other business hrought before the Coun.cil "\viLl also illclude a report on the possibility of reopening the Claim No. I, under Docket 14, Chairman Whitebird stated tha t Louis Ballard had mailed out 2-pproximately SOD letters to Quapav...'.s concerning this Ina-tter and that 1\1r. Ballard will give a report later on in the nlccting about this nl<ltter. Chairman Whitebird introduced Mr. Graham Holmes, Area Director of the Muskogee Area Office 1 and 1\11". Loyd Roberts, Quapa"\v Clainls Attorney, of • Joplin, lv1i33011ri. Alfred Sky" spoke: "Good af~crnoon. It is nice to be here this afternoon even though we did pave to tarn off th(~ air conditioners. Last year I gave you a financi.J.l report as of JU:le 30, 1961. I will now give you the annnal financial report for UF:: pa.st yC-.Ctr cndlIlg June 3D, 1962. II QUAPAW TRIBAL BUSINESS COMMITTEE, FINANCIAL REPORT JULY 16, 1962 Balance, July 30, 1961 $1620. 14 No Receipts during year Expcnditur c ,3: Coune il Exp~ns e $219.94 NCAl DctegatloI1 Expense 300.00 Memo rial Fund 20.00 POW-WQ\V Fund 144.50 Liabiljty Tnsu:ranc e 165.00 849.44 -----''-'------,$;-c7~7 Balanc(:: in Bank O. 7 0 • • Budget Baianc P. ~ Cuun<c ,l Expu,s '" $160.25 NCAl DLle~ 100.00 • Land lmprovcoment 510.45 Total $770.70 Land lInprovt::mpnts Expenditures: 1959-60 Electrjcal Supplies 317.02 1961 Bleachers 1235.93 Total $ 1552. 95 Repayment Schedule, Electrical - 5 years at $63.40 1960 Payment Received Jan. 15, 1961 63.40 B:danc(' $ 14 89.55 1961 Payment waived brecause Pow- Wow Committr," p"id $1000.00 on Bleachers. Bleacher payment "et-up to be repaid in 15 yedr s at $82.40 Total payment due from Pow- Wow Committee 63.40 82. 40 Total Annual Paym cnt <$145.80 I hereby certify that the above is true and correct as stated and has • been arrIved at through stanpard accounting procedures. S'gned: (Alfred L. Skye) Sec r eta ry- T r ea Gurer ll "When I took the office of Sr,crdary-Treasurer I made a promise that no tribal funds wculd be expended On the Pow-Wow. I can say that promise has been kept. The figure; tl:at I have read to you I have certified to and they have been arrived at through sr.andard accounting procedures and are as they were earlier in the month ·when th(-; D8p3.rtment'lfi auditor came and audited our books. I per'?ionaUy requested that the auditor furnish me with a statelTIent certifying that the books were in order. I hav,' not yet received it. I would like to ask Mr. Holmes to see that I get this __I -lt81TIent for our records~ 1£ they were not in order I would have h(~ard frorn it a long Urne 3-goo I will now give you a report of the disposition of the claims funds." 2 • ._.. _--_._----­ QUAPAW TRIBAL BUS.lNESS CO~[MITTEE; DISPOSITION OF CLAIMS FUNDS, JULY 16, ]962 • Docket ]4, 211diall CL.lirn,3 CCITunission Finalized May 7, 1954 Judgment Awardf,d $987,092.00 Attorney Fees Aliowf,d $92,766.80 Attorn.cy Exp.cn,;,,': Allowed 14,876.78 107,643.58 Balance $879,448.42 ,;, Allowable Offsets-Docket 1-52 59,423..96 Balan".: e $ 820,024.46 Expenses in Preparation of Tribal Rolls Salaries~ Mabel Collins, 7/]7/59 to 2/4/61 6,167.63 Chua Sue Kidwell, 6/7/60 to 7/29/60 512.51 Marylena Patterson 6/7/60 to 7/29/60 512.51 Carol Smith, 5/1/61 to 6/2/61 401.70 Edwllla W,lsop, 6/5/61 to 6/30/61 321. 36 $ 7,915.71 Travel 15. 00 Telepho01e 32.50 Bookbinding 12. 98 Printing (Star Printery) 47.50 • Suppliet', PostagE., Freight, Multilith 135.36 Total 8,159.05 Balanc e $811,865.41 Interest 7/1/54 to 8/30/61 217,734.47 To~al to Distribute $1,029,599.88 1144 Members •.•.. $899. 99 Rounding off the odd cents 1,029.600.00 Payment equals $900.00 ':. Offsets are gratuitou;; expenditures made by the United States for the Quapaw Tribe for the period 1871 to 1946. Following Mr. Skye is repo rt of th e disposition of the Claims funds the fo llowing questions were asked by members of the Council: Question: Did that salary for tr.e employees go solely for the Quapaws? Mr. Skye: "It is my understanding that they worked solely for the Quapaws. " • 3 Question: Did they receive a double salary? Area Director Holmes: 11 It wa;:; full time work on the Quapaw payment roll and th6!y did not receive a double salary. 11 Alfred Skye: 'The Muskogee Office will get me an itemized record of the time spent by these employees on this work., The past year was a most eventful year with the payment of the Quapaw funds. Adults were paid while the .childrenn s funds were held in trust. The Committee was informed that it had no voice in the individual funds of the Quapaw funds as a whole .•• That their only interest was to examine the applications. In order to try to do something_ about this, we sent out questionnaires hoping that would help us to hear and speak for the individuals as a whole. We were not suc'cessful ba.cause as I understand it the funds are still in trust, I am sure you will be able to get more details after I am through. Another thing that was done two members of the Business Committee personally requested an aduit by the General Accounting Office of the Area Office and the Quapaw Sub-Agency. It was our feeling that there was considerable inefficiencies that should be corrected. Rather than take it to t:be Business Committee as a whole and perhaps put the tribe in a bad light, two individuals took it on themselves to request the audit and I am informed tha the audit was started shortly before the change in Area Directo:eo;. The audit was stopped to enable the hew Area Director to have a chance to make the corrections. Nothing else has been done and as to what corrections have been made I cannot say for sure. .., I have spoken with the new Area Director but I came up with no satisfactory answer in regard to minors. funds. So I thought I would just wait and see what he could do to change the situation after studying the circumstances. This afternoon we will have an election. I want to call your attention to Section 3 (a) of the Constitution concerning the terms of office of the members. "Section 3 {a). The first election of a Tribal Business Committee under this resolution shall be called and supervised by the Area Director of tht-: Muskogee Area Office or his authorized representative in accordance with ei.ection procedures outlined by him. Thereafter, elections shall be held every two years in July prior to the expiration of the tf-,rms of office of the members of the Tribal Business Committee" The date and place shall be designated by the 4 Quapaw Tribal Business Committee, and thirty (30) days prior to t.!:>.e electi.on, public notice shall be given. The terms of office of members of the Quapaw Tribal Business Committee shall be for tvvo years, O:" until their successors are elected, qualified and install.ed, " HThe Secretary- Trea,::mrer is requested to furnish a bond. My bond expires on August 23, 1962. So, until your new Secretary and Treasurer can receive a bond and have it approved by the Secretary of the Interior, I will have to handle the funds until that time. I want to make that clear so there will be no misunderstanding when this election is over .•.. I will have to stay until the new Secretary-Treasurer is approved and bonded before I can turn any funds over to him ar..d if by the time my bond expires, unless the new Committee f.:lees fit to furnish me with a new binder, the funds will have to be returned to the tribal account in Muskogee. The new Committ~e will have to apply for it and transfer it back to the new Secretary-Treasurer upon his approval. Before I sit down and leave you alone I want to say that these past 4 years have been years that I wonut forget. I have made friends and enemies. But, being in the position that I am and being no greater than my creator, I could not hope to please everyone. Those people whom I have displeased, I am sorry.,,. I have done my best.., the best that I know how and I repeat what I told you 4 years ago that I would do my duty in a manner that when I am through I would still be able to laok at you unashamed of what I have done.
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