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Follow us on Twitter #CATribalTribune CheyenneandArapaho-nsn.gov July 15, 2021 - Vol. 17, Issue 14 Cheyenne Tribune Arapaho Tribal and P.O. Box 38 P.O. Concho, OK 73022 “Tribal citizens receive free subscriptions” free receive citizens “Tribal ARAPAHO TRIBAL TRIBUNE - $35/YEAR - TRIBUNE TRIBAL ARAPAHO Twenty-Fifth Special Session AND CHEYENNE THE TO NOW SUBSCRIBE of the Eighth Legislature Latoya Lonelodge, Staff Reporter work in nonprofit and management, lives out of state. Resolution number two passed where she’s worked in local, national Whiteman responded and said with a vote of 7 yes. (CONCHO, OK) On July 8, 2021 and native non-profit organizations, when her application was submitted A resolution to approve the nom- a public hearing for the 25th Special such as the American Indian College to the tribe back in 2020, at the time ination of Aloysuis Rednose to the Session of the Eighth Legislature Fund, First Nations Development she had approached her employer position of Judicial Commissioner. was held, called by Cheyenne and Institute, and the Native American about time commitment with serv- Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Arapaho Tribes Gov. Reggie Wassa- Rights Fund. ing on the Judicial Commission and Gov. Reggie Wassana said he nom- na in Concho, Okla. “I think my experience at the Na- of possible time off, she received inated Rednose, who’s a longtime The public hearing was called to tive American Rights Funds is a fit endorsement from her employer for resident of Kingfisher, Okla., and has order at 10:11 a.m. Invocation was for what my role would be in the Ju- attending any meetings that required owned a plumbing company. given by A1 Billie Sutton and at roll dicial Commission in the sense that I traveling. “I’ve always believe Alo has tried call, legislators present were A1 Bil- understand about tribal sovereignty, I Judicial Commissioner Eddie to make the soundest and best judg- lie Sutton, A2 Kendricks Sleeper, A3 also am aware of due process, judi- Henry was also present and said he ments he possibly could, so I felt that Travis Ruiz was present via phone, cial processes and how important it was the vice chairman, at this time he was more than qualified,” Wassa- C1 Bruce Whiteman and C3 Darrell is to have a fair and legal represen- the judicial commission had two oth- na said. Flyingman. Absent at roll call were tation on issues and matters that af- er commissioners. One had to resign Rednose said he describes himself A4 Rector Candy and C4 Byron Bird. fect individuals in Indian Country,” for health reasons and the other for as a traditionalist and God-fearing C2 Legislator George Woods joined Whiteman said. time restraints. Henry said once the man. the public hearing shortly after the C3 Legislator Darrell Flyingman pandemic started, no meetings could “I ran one of the largest plumbing introduction of resolution number asked Whiteman if she understood take place and he was the only com- businesses in the northwest sector, two and A4 Rector Candy joined by the judicial commission makes its missioner. which was predominantly 80-90% phone for the voting session. own decisions and hopefully there “We couldn’t go and meet like we Cheyenne and Arapaho employees, PERMIT NO. 823 PERMIT will be no outside influence. needed to, plus the pandemic was in back in the late 90s I was a chairman OK CITY, OKLA On the agenda, seven items were PAID US POSTAGE discussed and voted on: Whiteman said she believes in full affect, well now the executive of our Economic Development Board STD PRSRT A resolution to approve the nomi- maintaining confidentiality within order has ended, now we can start for the tribe, which we oversaw all of nation of Nicoletta Casula to the po- the parameters of the role and being getting together again, that’s what our economic projects, we did initi- sition of Judicial Commissioner. fair and impartial, and sometimes I needed, to start looking for more ate the first motor fields compact for A motion was called for the reso- making decisions that are punitive, commissioners, some that are qual- the tribe, the tobacco compact for lution to die and all present legisla- or could even be career impacting. ified, that have experience or pro- the tribe back then, and we had five tors voted yes. “That’s why you have other judi- fessional experience, there’s not too working tobacco establishments for A resolution to approve the nom- cial commission individuals to weigh many that have legal experience,” several employees throughout the NAAF awards ination of Montoya Whiteman to the in on decisions that affect any kind Henry said. tribe,” Rednose said. position of Judicial Commissioner. of submitted complaints against any Henry said he’s ready to move Rednose said although there are $1M to Tribal Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal Cit- type of individuals working for the forward with the commission as the changes that may have since been izen Montoya Whiteman is the cur- tribe, and also applying the code Constitution states, they need to reg- made, he obtained a certificate of Nations rent senior director of marketing at of ethics and taking a look at what ulate court attorneys and judges as Robert’s Rules of Order in 1998. serving the American Indian and Science En- are the complaints in particular and needed. “My decisions will be made for gineering Society located in Boulder, what may or may not require action,” “We’re ready to start and we need our Cheyenne and Arapaho people, Native Youth Colo., and has been a resident in Col- Whiteman said. at least three, we’ll seek other qual- I’m not for our legislators, for exec- orado close to 25 years. Whiteman A1 Legislator Billie Sutton asked ified candidates, we’re supposed to utive branch, nor any means have I The Native American possesses a Bachelor of Science in Whiteman if she would be able to have five, per the Constitution, but been contacted by any such branch Agriculture Fund (NAAF) Business Administration. Much of meet with other commissioners fre- we can start out with three, we can over this matter, which was specu- has awarded $1 million Whiteman’s background includes quently or as needed, as Whiteman start somewhere,” Henry said. dollars to 20 grantees Cont’d. SPECIAL SESSION pg. 5 serving Native youth across 115 Tribal Na- tions. The diverse range of grants for youth program- Tommy Orange hints about ming provides direct cap- ital to projects impacting more than 3,500 Native youth in reservation, rural, sequel to ‘There There’ suburban, and urban areas throughout Indian Coun- The new book will bring the Indian boarding school history to try. The funded projects vary in focus areas such characters from his award-winning first novel as agricultural education, sustainable agriculture By Chris Kopacz tions of Oklahoma, under- stands that history brings activities and COVID re- The much-anticipated se- meaning to modern life. sponse. All grants award- quel to author Tommy Or- The visceral prologue to ed go to support increased ange’s acclaimed first nov- “There There” recounts the access to capital for the el, “There There,” will take Sand Creek Massacre in Col- success of beginning Na- readers to places they may orado and other horrors of tive farmers, ranchers, not have gone before. colonization, yet looks ahead fishers, and food champi- The 1918 Spanish Flu to the lives of urban Natives ons. pandemic, the rise of Indi- flourishing beyond the agen- “An investment in Na- an boarding schools and the da of elimination. tive youth is an invest- mind of Richard Henry Pratt, “We didn’t get lost amid who coined the phrase, “Kill the sprawl of tall buildings, ment for the future of Na- the Indian, save the man,” the stream of anonymous tive American food and will chart the links between masses, the ceaseless din agriculture for generations history and the characters of traffic,” he writes. “We to come. When youth are from his first novel. found one another, started up engaged in the process “The same brutal stuff is Indian Centers, brought out of food systems and food there,” Orange told Indian our families and powwows, production development, our dances, our songs, our we are equipping them to Country Today in a recent in- beadwork.” Author Tommy Orange, whose first novel “There There” won universal acclaim, be the next generation of terview. “I’m trying to make The new novel is inspired is shown here in this 2021 photo with his wife, Kateri, and son, Felix. He credits leaders who will continue that world feel alive in a fic- by Orange’s research about the birth of his son in 2010 with pushing him to write the novel. (Photo courtesy of tional way.” America’s earliest boarding to invest in the growth and Kateri Orange) The still-untitled new schools and Pratt, the Army preservation of Native ag- novel, set for likely release general and superintendent riculture and foodways,” in late 2022, will reunite who opened the Carlisle that eventually opened in the assimilationist education. da. Interior Secretary Deb said Toni Stanger-Mc- with the characters from Indian Industrial School in U.S. It’s an ugly history that has Haaland, citizen of New Laughlin (Colville), CEO “There There” following the Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It Pratt started with a Native resurfaced in recent months Mexico’s Laguna Pueblo, of the Native American aftermath of the first novel’s was the first government-run prison school in St. Augus- with the discovery of hun- has ordered a Federal Indi- Agriculture Fund.