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Wichita Tribal Newska:si:h ke?etara: kwa:ri

Wichita Tribal News

P.O. Box 729

Anadarko, OK 73005

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Pages 2:

2019 Tribal Intern Notice

Page 5:

April AoA Menu &

Enrollment Numbers

Page 6:

In Loving Memory

Page 7:

S.W. Oklahoma Intertribal

Research Conference

Page 8:

Area Graduation Dates

Page 9:

ONAYLF Photos

Pages 10:

Job Openings

Page 12:

FY 2018 Children’s Clothing Receipts

Pages 14-15:

Health Services Wellness Page & Tribal

Member Health Plan Update: Medical Marijuana

Wichita Executive

Committee:

Terri PartonPresident

Jesse E. JonesVice-President

Myles Stephenson,Jr.

Secretary

Vanessa VanceTreasurer

Shirley DavillaCommitee Member

Nahuseah MandujanoCommittee Member

Matt RobersonCommittee Member

Marland Toyekoyah, Jr. Tribal Administrator

Brian DaffronEditor

“I’m Going to Tell You Something”

Anadarko, OK April 2019 Wichita Language Students Win Multiple Awards at ONAYLF

The girls of the Wichita After-School Program won second place in the 3rd-5th Grade Group Traditional Song category during the 2019 Okla-homa Native American Youth Language Fair on April 1, 2019. Pictured on back row from left: Ombria Williams, Anniyah Davilla, Kyndee Thompson, Nyla Prince and Avery Chavez. On the front row from left is Raegan Thompson and Cailea Williams. Pictured on the right is instruc-tor Charlie McAdams. The Wichita Cultural Education and Language Program has a con-sistent record of wins at the Okla-homa Native American Youth Language Fair. Held every April at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Mu-seum of Natural History on the Univeristy of Oklahoma campus, tribal language programs from throughout Oklahoma compete in categories that range from spo-ken language, song and prayer to poster and book competitions.

This year, WCEP incorporated youth language learners from

the After-School Program as part of the event. April 1, 2019, was the first day of competition for Grades Pre-K to 5th Grade. On that day, the Wichita and Affiliat-ed Tribes participated in the fol-lowing events: • Second place in 3rd-5th Grade

Traditional Song. Participants were Ombria Williams, Anni-yah Davilla, Kyndee Thomp-son, Nyla Prince, Avery Chavez, Raegan Thompson and Cailea Williams.

• Third place in 3rd-5th Grade Individual Spoken Prayer by

Hayden Hill.

The second day of ONAYLF was April 2, 2019, with the primary participants being Grades 6-12. Here is a list of the following Wichita students: • First place in 6th-8th Grade

Group Spoken Language. Participants were Brady Ro-man Nose, Yisaum Lorentz, Matthew Toyekoyah, Caleb Shook, Christopher Davil-la, David Komalty, Jr., Zaden Franklin and Kade Komalty.

• First place in 6th-8th Grade

Individual Traditional Song by Brianna Hill.

• 9th-12th Grade: Second place Topical Essay, second place Individual Spoken Prayer and Honorable Mention Individu-al Traditional Song by Char-lie McAdams. McAdams also served as the teacher for the Wichita After-School Pro-gram youth.

See Page 9 for more ONAYLF photos or go to the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Face-book page.

New Directors Lead Expanded Efforts in Community Outreach

Don Ramos, left, formerly held the positions of RISE Surveillance and Intervention Specialist and then Interim Director. He is now director of the Native Connections grant. Kristie Subieta, right, began her position as RISE Director on January 2, 2019.

The boys of the Wichita After-School Program won first place in the 6th-8th Grade Group Spoken Language category during the 2019 Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair on April 2, 2019. Pictured on the back row left is instructor Charlie McAdams, Brady Roman Nose, Yis-aum Lorentz, Matthew Toyekoyah and Caleb Shook. From the front row left is Christopher Davilla, David Komalty, Jr., Zaden Franklin and Kade Komalty. The boys told the Wichita Creation Story.

Paula Anderson began her position as Health Services Administrator on November 19, 2018. Since the end of November, there has been an expansion of Fitness Center classes such as Zumba and boxing. Other developments include SoonerCare registration. Since the end of November of last year, there have been expanded services in both Health Services and with RISE. Some of these are more noticeable than others. On Monday nights, the Wichita Community Building rocks with the sounds of Zumba. In the past two months, RISE sponsored screenings of both Aquaman and Captain Marvel.

While events such as these are more visible to the public, there are other offerings from these

departments that are not as well known. This includes Sooner-Care enrollment through Wichita Health Services, as well as a new program that will overlap with both RISE and Health Services—the Native Connections grant, which focuses on substance abuse for Native Americans ages 24 and under.

Leading these programs and their expanding efforts include Paula Anderson, the Health Services Administrator; RISE Director

Kristie Subieta; and Don Ramos, the Native Connections Grant’s Program Director.

Paula Anderson: Health Services AdministratorAnderson’s interest in the health and wellness field began with her interest in sports. An enrolled member of the Kiowa Tribe and also of Comanche descent, the majority of her high school sports were played in Carnegie, Okla. While there, she participated in both fast-pitch and slow-pitch

softball, track and basketball, and then graduated high school from Colorado Springs, Colo.

In December 2015, Anderson graduated with a bachelor’s in business administration from Cameron University. When the Health Services Administrator position opened, Anderson saw this as an opportunity to combine her interests in health and busi-ness.

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Announcement: 2019 Wichita Tribe Summer Intern ProgramThe Wichita and Affiliated Tribes is currently accepting Summer Intern Program applications. The program was established for Wich-ita graduating seniors and current college students attending college in the fall of 2019. The purpose of the program is not only to give work experience to interns, but also to gain perspective of the tribe so that they can become mentors to our tribal children and inspire future leaders. The intern program will run from the end of May 27, 2019 to July 31, 2019. It is a nine-week program scheduled from May to July.

Interns will be required to go through the application and interview process through the Human Resources Department. If selected, interns will go through a brief orientation with Wichita Tribal Government and Administration. Then they will begin training and certifying through the Wichita R.I.S.E. program. Interns will gain work experiences through the following programs: Summer Youth Program, School Readiness Center, Education, AoA, Health, Juvenile Services, Social Services and Culture programs.

Interns will spend the majority of their time with the R.I.S.E. Program working on potential projects, which include but are not limited to: presentations; development of PSA’s; mentoring/peer teaching; shadowing; Culture is Prevention assignments; planning/imple-menting an outreach event; youth group organization and facilitating; and other specialized areas of interest. They will occasionally attend field trips. Each Intern will also have the opportunity to present their experiences with the intern program at the Annual Meet-ing to be held in July. A final presentation with a written report will be provided to the Wichita Executive Committee.

The interns will have the responsibility of having adequate transportation to and from the R.I.S.E. Program Office building. Hours will be from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday with a one-hour lunch break. Occasional weekends and evenings may be required. The interns must maintain confidentiality as a temporary employee working in various departments.

Deadline for applications: May 3, 2019

Prerequisites: Qualifies as at least a graduating High School Senior for 2019 or enrolled as an undergraduate attending college during the Fall 2019 semester.

Application Requirements: Employment Application; college or high school transcript or report card with courses and grades; current resume; a cover letter explaining why you wish to be considered for the program; and an overview of your career goals.

Background Investigation: Applicants must submit and pass a background investigation in order to work with the Tribal Youth Pro-grams.

For more information, call 405-247-2425.

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WTIDC Forming Personnel DatabaseThe Wichita Tribal Industrial Development Commission (WTIDC) is building a database of Wichi-ta-enrolled college students, college graduates and working professionals with a college degree who may be interested in working within our tribal enterprises in permanent, part-time and internship levels.

We want to provide you with an opportunity to receive hands-on, meaningful work experience and opportunities to prepare you for your professional career in the government contracting industry.

Wanted: Wichita tribal students and/or professionals interested in working in the government con-tracting industry

Locations: Anadarko, Okla. and Houston, Texas

Career Paths: • Administrative Services• Finance and Accounting• Corporate Officer• Human Resources• Planning• Economic/Community Development Manager (Business Development)

This is not a job announcement. The WTIDC is actively seeking Wichita tribal members who are in-terested in being placed within our workforce database and being contacted for opportunities working within our government contracting companies.

To be placed into the workforce database immediately, send your current resume to cbilly@wtidc.net. For more information, please feel free to contact the WTIDC executive director via phone or email at 405-247-5009 or cbilly@wtidc.net.

For the latest events, go to Wichita and Affiliated Tribes on Facebook, wichitatribe on Wordpress and @Wichita_Tribe on Twitter.

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“I applied because the health field is definitely where I wanted to be,” Anderson said. “I actual-ly care genuinely about people’s health, and I always want to help any people I can. I went to school to manage some kind of business. Knowing that this was over quite a bit, I was up for the challenge.”

Anderson began her work on No-vember 19, 2018. While she was familiar with the Fitness Center, she also learned about the oth-er health-related positions in the department such as the public health nurse, mental health and substance abuse counselor, CHRs and patient transporter. From there, she began working on poli-cies for the long-term sustainabil-ity of the program, as well as ad-ditional outreach capabilities for the Fitness Center. This includes classes such as Zumba, Fitness Boot Camp and Boxing, as well as step and weight loss challenges.

While services such as CHR or the Fitness Center are highly vis-ible, there are additional areas of Health Services that have the po-tential to have a long-term impact, such as SoonerCare enrollment and billing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority for services the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes al-ready provide. These include AoA meals; CHR, ICW, in-patient re-hab and behavioral health trans-ports; wound care and additional public health nurse duties.

Anderson said future plans for Health Services include commu-nity re-entry for those coming out of rehab and a Fitness Center ex-pansion.

While some aspects of Health Services are specifically for tribal members, such as SDPI and Op-erations & Maintenance, there are other Health Services features that are for all Native people with-in the service area. This includes CHR, the Fitness Center and the Walking and Running Program.

“It’s not all about numbers—as long we can help them, that’s the main thing,” Anderson said. “We want to help everybody. If you participate, we would love to help. If they participate and we get our numbers up, we could possi-bly get more funding eventually. That’s the goal. The more we have, the more we can ask for as far as funding. Our main goal is for people to come in and eventually take care of themselves.”

Kristie Subieta: RISE Program DirectorSubieta began her position as RISE Program Director on January 2, 2019. Previously, she worked over 12 years with Riverside Indian School as a counseling psycholo-gist and one year with Comanche Nation Prevention and Recovery. Earning a bachelor’s in psychol-ogy with a sociology minor and then a master’s degree in behav-ioral sciences and counseling from Cameron University, Subi-eta also recently retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserves with over 20 years of service.

“With my experience in working at Comanche Nation and River-side, I had a lot of prior students who had committed suicide and completed suicide,” Subieta said. “Being in this area and being with the schools, I love the suicide pre-

vention field. That’s why I am here. That’s why I applied—a passion for the youth.”

An enrolled member of the Kio-wa Tribe, Subieta is also a Wich-ita descendent—the daughter of Norman Punley and the late Ruby Punley—and also of Otoe and Cheyenne descent. Subieta said she knew about RISE but had to learn the goals of the program. One of these is “decrease stigma about suicide—how no one in this area wants to talk about it. If you say it, everybody cringes,” Subieta said. “You have to educate them.”

However, with the RISE staff al-ready in place, Subieta said she did not have to make any adjust-ments. Subieta also stated one strength of the program is that “we have a great relationship with other tribes and their suicide pre-vention programs,” including the Kiowa Tribe, Comanche Nation and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. She also gave credit to oth-er suicide prevention programs in the area such as Anadarko IHS and the inter-agency suicide pre-vention task force, which meets monthly.

Currently, RISE is in the fourth year of its five-year grant with the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Youth Suicide Prevention Pro-gram. Subieta’s future goal is the “sustainability” of both the grant and the program as a whole, “to continue after [the grant] runs out,” she said.

Don Ramos: Native Connections Grant DirectorRamos began his employment with the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes in June 2017, beginning as a RISE surveillance and interven-tion specialist. He would eventu-ally serve as the RISE Interim Di-rector before Subieta’s hiring.

“I have been in recovery from drugs and alcohol for 20-plus years,” said Ramos, a Coman-che Nation tribal member from the Tippeconnie family and of Kiowa descent from the Tsatigh family. “I’ve been in the recovery field for 20 years. I worked for the Comanche Tribe for 12 years in the substance abuse field before coming over here to work for the Wichita’s suicide program—the Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention program. Now I’m director of the Native Connections grant.”

Ramos worked his way up from the Comanche Nation’s Home Improvement Program and then began working in the substance abuse field in adult after-care, outpatient substance abuse pre-vention classes and then relapse prevention groups. Currently, Ra-mos is working toward his bach-elor’s in psychology at Cameron University in addition to being trained in ASIST (Applied Sui-cide Intervention Skills Training), QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) and also as a postvention facilita-tor.

His move from RISE to the di-rector of the new Native Con-nections grant was a multi-step process. First, the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes was awarded the grant in September 2018, with the director position advertised from October 18-29, 2018. Ramos was then hired as director and moved to the new position on January 2,

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Juvenile Services Accepting Summer Youth Program Applications Beginning May 6

The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Juvenile Services Program will again host a Summer Program for enrolled Wichita (or Wichita descendant) children ages 6-12 for 2019. The program will run 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Wednesday, beginning May 20 and ending on June 26.

Applications will be available for non-Wichita Tribe employees beginning May 6. Applications will be available for employees of the Wichita Tribe beginning May 8. Space is limited to the first 20 applications turned in. There will be no exceptions to this. In order to be able to track applications turned in, there will be no applications emailed or faxed out. A CDIB copy is required with application. Applications can be picked up from Cecelia Thompson at the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Family and Children Services building from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. be-ginning May 6. The last day to turn in an application is May 10.

For more information, call 405-247-2425.

2019.

Native Connections essential-ly overlaps with both RISE and with Health Services’ chemical dependency services.

“The goal of the Native Con-nections grant is still suicide prevention and awareness but also covers substance use, pre-vention and awareness and helps fill a gap,” Ramos said. “Where the GLS [Garrett Lee Smith] or RISE program is [ages] 10 to 24, the Native Connections project will cover [age] 24 on down. It’s specifically geared toward Native youth. It will be more commu-nity based. Our main focus is the community within Caddo County.”

Ramos said that in the first year of the grant, much of the empha-sis is placed on SAMHSA-dictat-ed orientation calls, setting up consultation calls and reporting. Other items, such as Memoran-dums of Understanding/Mem-orandums of Agreement, are al-ready in place with RISE and can be adapted to fit in with Native Connections. Yet, an important part of the second-year imple-

mentation—community assess-ments—will begin soon.

“We can start moving forward now with community readiness assessments with members of the community, getting self-as-sessments done,” Ramos said. “Hopefully come up with a stra-tegic action plan and put a mod-el together and hopefully imple-menting the start of Year Two.”

For Ramos, building community trust and reducing the stigma of suicide is a key point of preven-tion, letting the Anadarko com-munity “become more aware and comfortable with the topic, also,” he said.

“My goal has always been to help the Native community,” Ramos said about his plans for Native Connections. “I love being in a helping field and helping people recover—not only with suicide ideation but substance problems. I’m also a gambling counselor. It’s with addictions and helping people learn there’s ways to cope with situations versus the alter-native, that’s detrimental to their health and well-being.”

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Towana Spivey, a Chickasaw Nation tribal member and former direc-tor of the Fort Sill Museum, presented “Forever Warriors” at the inau-gural Southwest Oklahoma Intertribal Research Conference on March 22, 2019, at the Wichita Tribal History Center. His discussion was on the Wichita, Kiowa, Comanche and Apache warriors “who served as soldiers, scouts, marshals and/or police with the U.S. government at Fort Sill, Fort Reno or the Anadarko Agency during the 19th and 20th centuries.”

TRIBAL ENROLLMENT AS OF APRIL 11, 2019:

3,339

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In Loving Memory

Norma Jean (Wheeler) Haze, 74, passed away on March 18, 2019. The funeral was held Saturday, March 23, 2019, in Hayswood, Kan., with the burial held at Greenwood Cemetery in Wich-ita, Kan.

Haze was born on April 8, 1944. Her last residence was in Wichi-ta, Kan.

She was preceded in death by her husband, David Powell; broth-ers: William Wheeler, Francis Wheeler and Andy Stumbling-bear; sisters: Francetta Segovia, Polina Stumblingbear, Sandra Mendia, Earnestine Perciado; great-grandchildren: Gabriel Niera, William and Helen Evans; parents: Grace Whitekiller and Walter Wheeler; mother-in-law, Thomascine Hardico Haze.

Norma is survived by her chil-dren: William Evans, Teresa Gar-cia Lopez and Trudy Evans; sis-ters: Patricia Baker, Mary Lasiter (Mike); sister-in-law, Eva Mae Wheeler; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Memorials can be sent to Amer-ican Diabetes, 608 W Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67203.

(Information from Wichita [Kan.] Eagle newspaper and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Enrollment Office)

Norma Haze

Ezra Rollin WilliamsEzra Rollin Williams was born March 12, 2019, to Cilicia Frank and Davontay Williams in Law-ton, Okla., but sadly passed away the same day. She was born into a world loved by so many. She was born into a family who was ready to give her the world and more, but this world wasn’t ready for her. As her family loved her before they met her, they’ll miss her just as much. Ezra was an enrolled member of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes and also of Apache descent.

The funeral was held on March 16, 2019, at the Wichita Com-munity Building, with interment at Rock Spring Cemetery.

She is survived by her aunts: Cas-sandra Thorne, Chelsea Frank, Jaelene Gaines, Ashley Gonzales and Yelena (Angel) Gonzales, all of Anadarko, Okla.; uncles: Isiah Williams, Shane Guolad-dle and Jayvin Frank of Anadar-ko, Eric Gonzales of Weather-ford, Okla., Micah Pendarvis of Gracemont, Okla., and Alfon-so Thorne of Kansas; cousins:

Donna Bert, Daejah Bert, Mimi Tonips, Jaydrian Yeahpau, Elias Horsechief and Corwin Hor-sechief, all of Anadarko, Emmit Shane Gonzales of Weatherford, Okla., Dayson Franklin and Ellie Youngman of Chickasha, Okla., Antonette “Nettie” Thorne of Kansas, and Natalia Paddlety, Nathan and Nora Duncan, all of Colorado; grandparents: Cheryl Frank, Anthony Bert, Michael and Johnetta Horsechief-Pad-dlety, Sammy Williams, Jr., Eli White Eagle, Reyna Bert, Judi Stephenson and Antonio and Rose Horsechief-Mejia, all of Anadarko, Yvonne Swift of Gracemont, Okla., Butch Yeah-pau of Norman, Okla., Josh and Ariel Paddlety of California, and Naomie and Drew Duncan of Colorado; great-grandparents: Donna and Les Meeks, Rebecca Paddlety and Chris White Ea-gle, and Lorene Williams, all of Anadarko, and Franklin Dale Swift of Gracemont.

She was preceded in death by her great-grandfathers, Edward Rollin Stephenson, Roderick Yeahpau Sr., Edwin Horsechief, Sam A. Williams, and Alejandro Guerrero; great-grandmother, Armalene Swift Horsechief; great-great-grandfather, Frank Swift and her great-great-grand-mother, Eunice Campbell Swift.

(Information provided by Ray and Martha’s Funeral Home)

Karen Jo WiseKaren Jo Wise, 57, passed away Friday, April 12, 2019 in Chick-asha, Okla.

The funeral Service was held Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the Wichita Community Building with Stanley Holder, Sr., offici-ating. Burial followed at Rock Spring Cemetery under the di-rection of Comanche Nation Funeral Home.

Karen Jo Wise was born De-cember 12, 1961 at the Law-ton Indian Hospital to Frances (Guy) Wise and Charles Dome-bo. She is an enrolled member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma and is also Wichita and Caddo. She followed a traditional spiri-tual path and looked forward to Sundance each year in Porcu-pine, S.D. Karen loved to laugh and enjoyed spending time with family. Her son, Victor, was the love of her life.

She was a graduate of Capitol Hill High School in Oklahoma City, Okla. She attended Has-kell Indian Nations University and earned her Master Teacher

Certification from Caddo-Kiowa Technology Center. Karen held numerous national certifications in Early Childhood and Pre-school child development.

Professionally, Karen worked for the Indian Health Service, the United States Postal Service and the tribal gaming industry. Her true passion was teaching children. Karen followed this passion working as a Master Teacher for the Kiowa Headstart Program and, most recently, at the Wichita Child Development Center. She loved all of “her kids” and approached her work with patience, love and a true de-sire to help children learn. Kar-en was a diehard Steelers, OU Football and OKC Thunder fan.

Karen is survived by her beloved son Victor “Bobby” Safford of the home and his father Robert Safford of Alex, Okla.; Hunka Ina Lenore Whitelightening; sisters Suzanne Wise of Oklahoma City, Okla., Kathy Shawnee of Warr Acres, Okla., and Michelle Wise of Ga. ; brothers Don Wise and wife Rachel of Round Rock, Tex-as and George Wise of Antioch, Tenn.; nieces Tasha Fridia and husband Maj. Brandon Fridia of Puyallup, Wash., Janette Smith and Richard Bell of Oklahoma City and Frances Margaret Wise of El Reno, Okla.; nephews Ste-phen LeFlore of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Don Wise of Huntsville, Ala., and Dan Wise and wife Re-nee of Round Rock Texas; two special granddaughters, Isabella and Kennedy Fridia; and count-less other relatives and close friends.

Karen was preceded in death by maternal grandparents Berdena Holder and Harry Guy; paternal grandparents Anna and Har-ry Kaulaity; mother Frances M. Wise; brother David Wise; and infant daughter She Goes Ahead Domebo.

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Wichita Tribe Hosts Inaugural Southwest Oklahoma Intertribal Research Conference

Sydney Prince, the 2013-2014 Wichita Tribal Princess, presented her research topic “Racial Identity Among Native Groups: Are There Differences in Enculturation Based on Racial Identity” during the Youth & Pro-fessional Poster Session at the Southwest Oklahoma Intertribal Research Conference on March 22, 2019. Prince is a senior psychology major at Cameron University and is set to graduate in May.

Tahnee Ahtoneharjo-Growing Thunder gave her presentation, “Indig-enous Knowledge and Protocol: Misrepresentation in Museums” at the Wichita Tribal History Center location for the Southwest Oklahoma Intertribal Research Conference on March 22, 2019. She serves as the Tribal Liaison for the Oklahoma History Center.

Talib Mison Silverhorn, a Wichita tribal member, stands by his presentation on germs for the Youth & Professional Poster Session at the Southwest Oklahoma Intertribal Re-search Conference on March 22, 2019. Silverhorn attends Fort Cobb-Broxton Public Schools.

Students from Carnegie Public Schools demonstrate Kiowa sign language during the Southwest Oklahoma Intertribal Research Conference’s afternoon session. Pictured from left: Micah Hainta, Laurynn Hayden, Sydnee Boettger, Janie Worthington and Alyssa Tahkofper.

The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes served as the host loca-tion for the inaugural Southwest Oklahoma Tribal Research Con-ference on March 22, 2019. With presentations happening in the Administration and Community Building—as well as across the highway in the Wichita Tribal History Center—participants had the chance to expand their knowledge on a wide variety of STEM-based and tribal cultural topics. The conference was a col-laboration of the Wichita, Kiowa and Comanche education de-partments.

The event opened in the Admin-istration Building’s Conference Room with the marching in of colors and the singing of tra-ditional songs by the Riverside Indian School Color Guard and Riverside Singers. Following this was an opening welcome by the Wichita tribal administrator, Marland Toyekoyah.

The PowerPoint presentations were both academic and cultural in subject matter. Some of these

included “Kwasinaboo Puha: Snake Medicine Story” by the Comanche wife and husband duo of Juanita Pahdopony and Harry Mithlo; “Understanding Suicide Prevention,” a joint pre-sentation by RISE outreach spe-cialist Kati Sullivan and Glenn Beaver of Kiowa Teen Suicide Prevention; “Indigenous Knowl-edge and Protocol: Misrepresen-

tation in Museums” by Tahnee Ahtoneharjo-Growing Thunder, the tribal liaison for the Okla-homa History Center; “Forever Warriors” by Chickasaw histo-rian Towana Spivey; “Wichita Genesis” by WTHC director Tim Baugh; and “Adapting Technolo-gy: How to Build a CALL Pro-gram for Southwest Indigenous Languages” by Muscogee Creek

Nation member Carey Flack.

While PowerPoint presentations were held in the WTHC and in the Administration Building, the Wichita Community Building displayed both professional and youth-focused tri-fold boards and posters. Professional poster displays included a presentation by Wichita tribal member Syd-

ney Prince, a senior psychology major at Cameron University, and her research on mono- and multi-racial Native American identity. Another professional poster presentation was from Dr. Marc Clanton and Dr. Andrea Dudley of the Indian Health Ser-vice that showed information on methamphetamine and suicide prevention.

The youth-focused presentations had a wide range that included STEM and Native culture, sim-ilar to their adult counterparts. The subjects ranged from the study of germs and tribal use of time to displays of tribal regalia and family tribal history. In ad-dition, there were live demon-strations of Kiowa sign language and gourd dance from Carnegie Public Schools.

Planning for next year’s confer-ence will take place soon. For more information, call Wichita Education Services at 405-247-8612.

A presentation of flags from the Riverside Indian School Color Guard started the Southwest Oklahoma In-tertribal Research Conference on March 22, 2019.

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The Birthday and Event Submission Deadline for the May 2019 issue will be May 3, 2019.

Graduation Dinner for Isis Mathews and Jennessa Herrera

Begins 1 p.m. Saturday May 11th in the Wichita Community Building

Free Meal followed by Bingo

Isis MathewsAnadarko High School

Jennessa Herrera U.S. Grant High School

For more information, call Marilyn Tigerat 405-933-6434

The Food Distribution Program Community Garden received donations of milkweed seeds on March 27, 2019, to promote the development of monarch butterfly habitat in Oklahoma. The donation was part of a joint soil health project agreement with the United States Depart-ment of Agriculture, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Redlands Community College. From left: Beth Parker, Food Distribution Program Director; Annie Pearson, Redlands Communi-ty College Department Head for Agriculture; Candice Luttrell, FDP Gardening Coordinator; President Terri Parton; and Clay Pope, USDA Southern Plains Climate Hub.

Graduation Dates• Riverside Indian School: 10 a.m. Friday May 10th

• Anadarko High School: 7 p.m. Friday May 17th

• Gracemont High School: 2 p.m. Saturday May 18th

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Brianna Hill holds her first place trophy for 6th-8th Grade Traditional Song at the 2019 Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair. Hill sang “Amazing Grace” in Wichita for her performance.

Wichita Winners: Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair

Charlie McAdams participated in three events and served as the After School Program language instructor for this year’s ONAYLF. In this picture, McAd-ams holds her second place trophy for 9th-12th Grade Individual Spoken Prayer. She also placed second in Topical Essay and received Honorable Mention for Individual Traditional Song.

Hayden Hill won third place in the 3rd-5th Grade Individual Spoken Prayer category on the first day of the 2019 Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair.

Go to Wichita and Affiliated Tribes on Facebook to view the Wichita ONAYLF performances.

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Job Openings

Re-Advertisement: RISE Case Manager

The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes has an opening for a Case Manager. Will provide follow-up to patients who have been referred for services from the Raising Interest in Suicide Education (RISE) youth suicide prevention pro-gram. Track patients through referral to service and ensure their behavioral health needs are achieved. Identify additional resources and assist patients and their families with follow-up plans. Coordinate CAST Facilitator Train-ing and other relevant training. Identify and refer at-risk youth to this pro-gram. Conduct training to the larger community about Suicide Surveillance Response Form and its use. Identify and assist in resolution of barriers to delivery of services. Travel frequently for meetings, trainings, appoint-ments, referrals, and client services. Responsible for the development and implementation of a Case Management System.

Applications available at the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes or at www.wich-itatribe.com. For information contact Human Resources at 405-247-2425.

Closing date is April 22, 2019 by 5 p.m.

Bank On/Oklahoma Native Assets Coalition (ONAC) ManagerJOB DESCRIPTION

Background As a part of Bank On, cities across the country have formed coalitions to expand banking ac-cess efforts; to date, at least three million people have opened bank accounts certified as meeting the Bank On National Account Standards. The Cities for Finan-cial Empowerment Fund (CFE Fund), leads the national Bank On initiative and the multi-city Fellowship Program. The Bank On Fellowship Program is a national initiative focused on building a multi-city cohort of successful Bank On managers, equipping them with the train-ing, tools, and resources to make significant advancements in lo-cal banking access efforts and, at the same time, generating best practices for other coalitions around the country. Please refer to www.cfefund.org/bankon for more information about the na-tional Bank On movement. The Oklahoma Native Assets Coalition (ONAC) is an Amer-ican Indian-led nonprofit with a mission to build and support a network of Native people who are dedicated to increasing self-sufficiency and prosperity in their communities through as-set-building strategies. ONAC serves representatives of tribes and Native-led nonprofits by designing and implementing asset-building programs such as Children’s Savings Accounts, family emergency savings ac-counts, financial literacy, and Voluntary Income Tax Assis-tance (VITA) programs.

As part of ONAC’s program-ming, the coalition is starting a Native Bank On coalition.

ONAC ADMINISTERS FOUR PROGRAMS:

1). Children’s Savings Accounts: CSAs (opening and funding 754 CSAs to date, to help Native youth build a nest egg of savings; we have 21 tribal and Native nonprofit partners); 2). Grants for Native asset

builders: (mini-grants and larg-er grants to fund various asset building programs; we have a grant administration system in place, provide technical as-sistance to grantees, and have awarded twenty-seven grants, $126,200 total since 2014, to tribes and Native nonprofits in Oklahoma, Minnesota, Mon-tana, Alaska, and North Caroli-na); 3). Professional development for Native asset builders and program building: (planning and hosting our annual confer-ence; offering free technical as-sistance to our constituents as they design and implement asset building programs; submitting administrative policy guidance requests; conducting evaluation of asset building programs; ad-ministering a national Native VITA/EITC network; and co-ordination of a Native Bank On coalition); and 4). Emergency Savings Ac-counts: ESAs (plans to fund 240 ESAs from 2018 to 2021. 240 additional ESAs were funded by December 2018).

MANAGER POSITION The Bank On Manager will be a member of the Bank On Fel-lowship cohort with four other Fellows who will work collabo-ratively to provide leadership to the Bank On initiative to make significant advancement in lo-cal banking access efforts. The Manager will be responsible for reporting to and working with ONAC’s Executive Director to realize the vision of the ONAC Bank On Coalition, overseeing day-to-day operations, and co-ordinating with the CFE Fund. The Manager will be a full-time employee of the Oklahoma Na-tive Assets Coalition, Inc. The position will be a two-year com-mitment, with the expectation that the ONAC Bank On coali-tion will continue beyond the two-year fellowship, if funding is secured.

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

• Coalition Management: In coordination with ONAC’s Executive Director, cultivate new and existing relation-ships with local, regional, and national partners including tribal, city, county and state officials; banks and credit unions; community orga-nizations; researchers and advocates; and banking reg-ulators including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora-tion, Federal Reserve Bank, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, and National Credit Union Administra-tion. Develop and support a multi-sector Bank On Advi-sory Committee (if needed).

• Bank On National Account Standards: Work with fi-nancial institutions who do not yet offer nationally cer-tified products that meet the Bank On National Account Standards to achieve certifi-cation.

• Partnership Integration: Identify and cultivate oppor-tunities to incorporate bank-ing access into existing pro-gram infrastructure. Work with program partners to implement successful inte-grations. Lead meetings with senior staff within municipal agencies, tribes, Native-led nonprofits, financial institu-tions, and community-based organizations to develop and advance local coalition ini-tiatives.

• Program Administration: Work with the ONAC Exec-utive Director to design the Bank On Coalition strategy and to manage the Bank On program budget.

• Data: Track, analyze and re-port data about Bank On ac-tivities.

• Content Expertise: Serve as a resource to the community around banking and finan-cial empowerment issues.

• Sustainability And Fund-Raising: Work with the ONAC Executive Director to identify and cultivate rela-tionships with local funders

and public funding source entities to seek ongoing pub-lic and private support to en-sure program remains finan-cially sustainable.

• Marketing/Media: Create an appropriate marketing and outreach strategy to reach unbanked local residents. Incorporate public service messages to encourage open-ing of safe and affordable ac-counts.

• Training: Work with relevant partners to ensure awareness about and accessibility to certified banking products. Lead forums and manage ex-ternal relationships to com-municate the value and mis-sion of program.

• Learning Community: Work with the CFE Fund to sup-port the local Bank On pro-gram model and coordinate on the multi-city Fellowship cohort initiative. Actively participate in the Bank On Fellows learning communi-ty opportunities. Assist in reporting to the CFE Fund on Fellowship activities and program progress.

• Complement Banking Ac-cess Goals: Train program partners who will engage clients around financial ed-ucation and banking access issues.

• Travel: Some national and local travel, including man-datory training in Washing-ton, D.C. from May 28-31, 2019.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education• Minimum of a Bachelors de-

gree and 1-3 years of profes-sional experience required.

• Masters degree preferred.

Experience• Minimum of two years ex-

perience independently run-ning a program or project preferred.

• Deep relationships/network with community, including financial institutions, Na-tive-led nonprofits, tribal

governments, and federal partners strongly preferred.

• Familiarity with Native as-set building programming, banking, mainstream finan-cial products, and the Com-munity Reinvestment Act preferred.

• Familiarity with challeng-es facing unbanked/under-banked tribal citizens pre-ferred.

• Strong background in com-munity organizing, coalition management, or multi-sec-tor collaboration preferred.

• Experience with public speaking and communica-tions experience preferred.

• Experience in grant writing/budget management pre-ferred.

Skills• Advanced interpersonal and

communication skills with the ability to work closely with a wide range of con-stituents, including comfort leading meetings with se-nior-level staff from tribal governments, state and fed-eral governments, municipal agencies, financial institu-tions, funders, and commu-nity-based organizations re-quired.

• Excellent written and pre-sentation skills required.

• Compassion and under-standing of the social issues/structures surrounding the complexities of being un-banked.

Automobile Insurance• Maintain personal automo-

bile insurance and provide ONAC with a copy of the in-surance policy.

The deadline to apply for the position is April 23, 2019. To apply, please email your cov-er letter and resume to Christy Finsel, ONAC Executive Direc-tor, at cfinsel@oknativeassets.org.

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OKLAHOMA CITY (March 15, 2019) — Red Earth, Inc., the non-profit arts organization that produces the annual Red Earth Festival, currently seeks art entries from Native Amer-ican children ages 9-18 for the 33rd annual Red Earth Youth Art Competition and Show. The event, sponsored by the James H. & Madalynne Norick Foun-dation and Allied Arts, is sched-uled May 17-19 at the OKC Out-lets, 7624 W. Reno Avenue in Oklahoma City.

The Red Earth Youth Art Show and Competition is open to Na-tive American youth who com-pete for prize money in three age divisions. Youth may sub-mit artwork in eight art catego-ries including pottery, painting/drawing, graphics/photography, sculpture, basketry, beadwork, cultural items and jewelry. Prize money is awarded to the top three winners in each division, along with a “Best of Show” award.

Art entries are due Friday, May 17, with registration from 10-1 p.m. at OKC Outlets. Artwork can be delivered by the artist, parent or a teacher. Entries are limited to one entry per artist per category, but students may enter in as many categories as they wish.

All artwork will be on view Sat-urday and Sunday, May 18-19 with an awards ceremony sched-uled Sunday at 3 p.m. The event is open and free to the pub-lic. Award winners will be fea-tured in a special exhibit at the 33rd annual Red Earth Festival, scheduled June 7-9 at the Cox Convention Center in down-town Oklahoma City.

Recent Red Earth Youth Art Competitions have drawn young artists from throughout the Midwest and Southwest United States. Many youth art partici-pants have gone on to have suc-cessful careers as professional artists,

First Place winners in last year’s Red Earth Youth Art Show and Competition include:

Division I (ages 9-12) • Kiki Shawnee (LeBiloxi Na-

kota-Chee), Tulsa, Okla. – Basketry

• Kiki Shawnee (LeBiloxi Na-kota-Chee), Tulsa, Okla. – Beadwork

• Kautchdot Y. Quiver (Dine/Navajo), Albuquerque, N.M. – Cultural Items

• Christie Jo Aultman (Mus-cogee/Seminole), Holden-ville, Okla. – Jewelry

• Anita Ashley Mitchell (Cher-okee), Grapevine, Texas – Painting/Drawing/Graphics

• Lazarus McFerran (Chicka-saw), Francis, Okla. – Pottery

• Kaden Emery (St. Croix, Chippewa, Jemez Pueblo), Coralles, N.M. – Sculpture

• Kiki Shawnee (LeBiloxi Na-kota-Chee), Tulsa, Okla. - Sculpture

Division II (ages 12-15)• Sydney Anderson-Cullum

(Choctaw), Oklahoma City, Okla. – Basketry

• Sydney Anderson-Cullum (Choctaw), Oklahoma City, Okla.- Beadwork

• Louisa Harjo (Creek, Sem-inole, Cherokee), Okemah, Okla.– Cultural Items

• Sydney Anderson-Collum (Choctaw), Oklahoma City, Okla.– Jewelry

• Alyssa Underwood (Coman-che), Yukon, Okla. – Paint-ing/Drawing/Graphics

• Sydney Anderson –Collum (Choctaw), Oklahoma City, Okla. – Photography

• Sydney Anderson –Collum (Choctaw), Oklahoma City, Okla. – Pottery

• Sidney Anderson-Collum (Choctaw), Oklahoma City, Okla.- Sculpture

• Division III (ages 16-18)• Aeneas Freeman (Chicka-

saw, Choctaw), Oklahoma City, Okla. – Basketry

• Aeneas Freeman (Chicka-saw, Choctaw), Oklahoma City, Okla. – Beadwork

• Aeneas Freeman (Chicka-saw, Choctaw), Oklahoma City, Okla. – Cultural Items

• Avery Underwood (Coman-che), Yukon, Okla. – Photog-raphy

• Miko Milligan (Chickasaw), Ada, Okla. – Jewelry

• Lindsay Petitt (Cherokee), Broken Arrow, Okla. – Paint-ing/Drawing/Graphics

• Jessica Mierle (Choctaw), Moore, Okla. – Pottery

• Kaylee Martin (Chickasaw), Ada, Okla.- Sculpture

Red Earth, Inc. is an Allied Arts member agency and is funded in part by the James H & Madalynne Norick Foundation, Chickasaw Nation, Choctaw Nation, Okla-homa Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Okla-homa City Convention & Visi-tors Bureau, Great Plains Coca Cola Bottling Co, and Tinker Federal Credit Union.

Red Earth, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to promote the rich tra-ditions of American Indian arts and cultures through education, a premier festival, a museum and fine art markets.

Visit www.RedEarth.org or call (405) 427-5228 for additional information about the Youth Art Show & Competition and the 33rd annual Red Earth Festival.

Red Earth Seeks Entries for annual Youth Art Competi-tion; Announces New Dates and Move to OKC Outlets

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The parents and/or guardians of the children listed below still have receipts that need to be submitted to the Tribal Enrollment Office as of February 5, 2019. As stated in the FY 2018 Children’s Clothing Assistance Program Notice, “All receipts for clothing purchases must be turned in to the Enrollment Office within (90) days from receipt of the check or by 11/30/2018. The parent or legal guardian must take responsibility to ensure that your child’s receipts are returned in a timely manner. For children who have not turned in receipts, their names will be published in the tribal newsletter as a reminder beginning Dec. 2018. Children whose receipts were not turned in will be ineligible for Clothing Assistance the following year.”

FY 2018 Children’s Clothing Allowance: Receipts Needed

Wichita Tribe Launches New Scholarship Program for Tribal Members with American Indian College FundANADARKO Okla.—The Wich-ita and Affiliated Tribes will offer three scholarships in the amount of $4,500 each for enrolled Wichita tribal members through the American Indian College Fund. The scholarship program became official through a 6-0-0 vote from the Wichita Executive Committee on February 4, 2019.

“The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, over the last seven years, have focused on improving the education of our children in both the academic sense and cultural-ly,” said Wichita and Affiliated Tribes President Terri Parton. “We started the After-School Program, Summer School Pro-gram, Internship Program, and the Kitikiti’sh Scholarship Pro-gram, and increased our schol-arship funds for students during the first four-year term.”

“This second term, we have part-nered with the Communities in Schools for a grant for the

Anadarko Public Schools and also partnered with the State of Oklahoma for a grant for River-side Indian School,” continued President Parton. “Both grants focus on college and career read-iness for students. We remain committed to improving the education of our Wichita peo-ple and have partnered with the American Indian College Fund to offer these new scholarships. Joe Canfora donated the first $5,000, the Tribe matched the $5,000 and Rob Miller matched our $5,000. With this, we are able to offer the three scholar-ships and provide administrative support and student services. Partnerships like these help our Tribe to do more unique things for our people. We appreciate all who have been involved in mak-ing this opportunity happen.”

Two scholarships will be for stu-dents pursuing an undergrad-uate degree and one will be for a student pursuing a graduate

degree. Applicants must be an enrolled Wichita tribal member and complete an online appli-cation. Scholarships cannot be used for an online or a for-prof-it school. Scholarship recipients will receive the scholarship for the 2019-2020 academic school year.

To apply online, complete an application at collegefund.org/student-resources/scholarships/scholarship-programs/ no later than May 31, 2019.

For more information about the program, call Wichita and Affili-ated Tribes Education Services at 405-247-2425 ext. 171.

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National Institute of Justice: American In-dian and Alaska Native Student Travel Scholarships for 2019To enhance diversity in the field of criminal justice, NIJ will sup-port up to 15 American Indian and Alaska Native undergradu-ate or graduate full-time students to attend criminal justice-related conferences and to explore the role of science in solving com-plex problems to increase public safety.

The conference options are:• 12th Annual National Miss-

ing and Unidentified Persons Conference (MUPC), Sept. 16-18, 2019, Las Vegas, Nev.

• International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) 126th Annual Conference & Exposition, Oct. 26-29, 2019, Chicago, Ill.

• American Society of Crim-inology (ASC) 75th Annual Meeting Nov. 13-16, 2019, San Francisco, Calif.

• American Academy of Fo-rensic Sciences (AAFS) 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Feb. 17-22, 2020, Anaheim, Calif.

Although applicants will likely be selected for only one confer-ence, applicants may apply to at-tend more than one conference to increase their likelihood of selection.

Application packages are due by 11:59 ET PM on Friday, May 17, 2019.

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RISE Community Outreach Specialist Kati Sullivan (right) co-presented “Understanding Suicide Preven-tion” with Kiowa Teen Suicide Prevention Community Liaison Glenn Beaver at the Southwest Oklahoma Intertribal Research Conference on March 22, 2019 at the Wichita tribal complex.

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On Thursday, March 28, 2019, the Wichita Executive Commit-tee, by a vote of 3-0-0, voted to add medical marijuana to the list of prescriptions that may be filled under the Tribal Member Health Plan. This would be included in the amount up to $500 that may be used for prescriptions under the Tribal Member Health Plan. The Tribe will not allow the initial physician visit or the card application fees to be paid under the plan.

Medical Marijuana Now Part of Tribal Member Health Plan!

Health Services

The monthly reports for the Wichita Health and Fitness Programs are also available on www.wichitatribe.com.

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