KIOWA TRIBE
FISCAL YEAR 2014
TRIBAL BUDGET
Kiowa Business Office…………………………………………..
Kiowa Election Board ……………………………………………
Kiowa Hearing Board…………………………………………….
Communications Office………………………………………….
Enrollment………………………………………………………….
Kiowa Gift Shop……………………………………………………
Security…………………………………………………………….
Kiowa Museum……………………………………………………
$1,013,142
$46,850
$6,400
$60,000
$65,000
$65,840
$182,415
$56,000
Tax Commission………………………………………………….
Childcare……………………………………………………………
AOA Supplement………………………………………………….
SORNA Supplement………………………………………………
Elder Payment…………………………………………………….
Land Acquisition………………………………………………….
Indian City Supplement………………………………………….
IDC-Tribal Departments………………………………………….
$210,000
$60,000
$111,825
$90,000
$500,000
$120,000
$40,000
$1,622,528
Total FY 2014 TRIBAL BUDGET………………………………..
$4,250,000
Budget-Subject To Modification
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Major League Soccer's offoff-season brought a handful of highs for Chris Wondolowski.
By Fred Dreier, Special to USA Today Sports.
In November, the San Jose Earthquakes forward was named the
league's Most Valuable Player after tying the league record for most
goals (27) in a season. In February, Wondolowski saw his salary double to $600,000, and he earned the coveted "designated player" classification — a salary cap rule that is traditionally reserved for top foreign players such as Robbie Keane or Thierry Henry.
Last week, MLS commissioner Don Garber even tipped his hat to
Wondolowski in his annual pre-season address. "We're excited about
Chris," Garber said. "Will he be able to continue and hopefully make
another run at the scoring title?"
Photo: Ron Chenoy, USA Today Sports
Wondolowski's other off-season achievement centered on a trip to Washington to meet Senators Tim Johnson (D
– South Dakota) and Daniel Akaka (D – Hawaii) as an ambassador with Nike's N7 program, which aims to bring
sports to Native American communities. Although Wondolowski grew up in Danville, Calif., he traces his bloodline to Oklahoma's Kiowa tribe via his mother, Janis Hoyt. Wondolowski said he fondly remembers attending
Powwows in Oklahoma alongside his grandparents, eating traditional Kiowa fried breads and learning about his
heritage. He displays a tattoo across his chest displaying his Kiowa name, "Bau Daigh," which translates to
"Warrior coming over the hill." He said his Native American heritage hasn't always defined his identity, but said it
plays a large part. "I didn't go around wearing a nametag that said 'Hi, I'm Native American,' but if it ever came
up, I've always been very proud to talk about it," Wondolowski said. "It's part of my history and my culture."
The Native American news media has taken notice. Soccer has traditionally lived in the shadows of baseball, track
and field, and boxing amongst fans and youth participants on reservations. The sports news website
NDNsports.com followed Wondolowski's hunt for the MLS scoring record with regular news stories. Another
news site, the Indian Country Media Network, named Wondolowski the world's best Native American athlete for
his various scoring achievements since 2010. Wondolowski is now mentioned alongside other professional sports
stars with Native American roots, such as Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain, Red Sox center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury and golfer Notah Begay III.
Wondolowski, however said he's reluctant to become a focal figure of Native American sports. He said he would
continue working with Nike's N7 program, which advocates sports for tribes in the United States and Canada. "As
of right now I have no aspirations to be the face of anything, or to be completely associated with anything like
that," Wondolowski said. "I just want to help [Native American] youth as much as I can."
Joseph Oxendine, former president of Catawba College, and author of American Indian Sports Heritage, said
young Native Americans will gravitate toward Wondolowski whether he's ready to be an American Indian star or
not."We haven't had as many [sports stars] as we'd like because reservation Indians do not have opportunities to
participate and grow and develop," Oxendine said. "They need heroes they can identify with, and there are a
sparse number of American Indians who are doing that."
Sitting atop the list of Native American sports heroes are decathlete Jim Thorpe and distance runner Billy Mills,
both of whom won Olympic gold medals. Thorpe also had impressive careers in professional baseball and football
before his death in 1953. Oxendine, himself a member of the Lumbee tribe, said Mills' experience promoting Native American causes after his career helped him solidify a spot in Native American history. "It requires the follow-up," Oxendine said. "Billy didn't just win in '64, come home and celebrate and then go away."Now 74, Mills
promotes running to children on Native American reservations. He said that like Wondolowski, he was reluctant
to be a champion to the Native American community, because he wasn't sure if it would fully embrace him.
(Wondolowski continued on next page)
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This is a list of those Kiowa Elders who have not
claimed their Elder Payment in recent years. If you
are one of these seniors or you know of one, contact
the Kiowa Finance Office in Carnegie OK, at 580580654654-2300 ext. 346/348/350/367 or 346.
Akoneto, Danny Gene Sr. 2012
Aunquoe, Orrin Henry 2012-2011
Baker, Catherine 2011
Bridwell, Judith Yvonne 2010
Chasteen, Carolyn 2012-2011
Cleveland, Frederick M. 2012-2011-2010-2009
Collier, Kathryn 2012-2011
Collins, Jerry Michael 2012
Collz, Carol Jean 2010-2009
Daukei, Lewis Ray 2012-2011-2010
Doyebi, Velma C. 2012-2011
Esquival, Letha F. 2012-2011
Gill, Ida Belle 2011
Guydelkon, Bennie Dick 2012-2011-2010-2009
Haury, Theodore Jr. 2012
Hawzipta, John 2012-2011
Horton, Sharon Lee 2012
Johnson, Ronald 2009
Jones, John Calvin Jr. 2012
Joslyn, James D. 2011-2010-2009
Kaulay, Deanna Rae 2012
Lee, Barbara Ann 2012-2011-2010-2009
McClure, William 2012-2011-2010
Lee, Barbara Ann 2012-2011-2010-2009
McClure, William 2012-2011-2010
Mickell, Lloyd 2012-2011-2010-2009
McKenzie, Robert 2012-2011-2010-2009
Moore, Patricia 2012-2010-2009
Nichols, Louise Edward 2012
Nix, Ramona 2012-2011
Otis, Morgan George 2012
Paddlety, Garland 2012-2011
Phillips, Jackie B. 2012-2011
Porter, James Elliot 2009
Redbird, Donald Emhe 2012
Reyes, Margaret J. 2012-2011
Robleado, Lafern 2012-2011-2010-2009
Romick, Charles A. 2010-2009
Schinall, Linda M. 2011-2010
Smith, Virginia Mae 2012-2009
Stacker, Mable 2012
Stewart, Julia Faye 2012-2011
Stopp, Jerry Lee 2012
Tahbonemah, Brian 2011
Taylor, Louis Jr. 2012
Thompson, William 2009
Tointigh, Jimmie Freddie 2010
Tsonetokoy, Francis Alan 2012-2011
Tsoodle, Joann 2012-2011-2010
Two Babies, Freddie 2012-2011
Twohatchet, Lewis Frank 2012
Ueki, Henry K. 2012-2011
Warren, Ester Laverne 2009
Watkins, Trena 2011-2010-2009
Yarbrough, Margaret Lena 2012-2011-2010-2009
(Wondolowski continued)
Like Wondolowski, Mills is of mixed ancestry. "In white society, I was the Indian guy, but in some segments
of the Native American world, I was not Lakota, I was the mixed-blood," Mills said. "I had to find my own
way."
Sitting atop the list of Native American sports heroes are decathlete Jim Thorpe and distance runner Billy
Mills, both of whom won Olympic gold medals. Thorpe also had impressive careers in professional baseball
and football before his death in 1953. Oxendine, himself a member of the Lumbee tribe, said Mills' experience
promoting Native American causes after his career helped him solidify a spot in Native American history. "It
requires the follow-up," Oxendine said. "Billy didn't just win in '64, come home and celebrate and then go
away."Now 74, Mills promotes running to children on Native American reservations. He said that like Wondolowski, he was reluctant to be a champion to the Native American community, because he wasn't sure if it
would fully embrace him. Like Wondolowski, Mills is of mixed ancestry. "In white society, I was the Indian
guy, but in some segments of the Native American world, I was not Lakota, I was the mixed-blood," Mills
said. "I had to find my own way."
Mills said he had followed Wondolowski's rise in soccer, and said his presence could help the sport flourish
with Native American youth. Mills said Wondolowski's future involvement with Native American groups,
however, depends on how his internal relationship with his heritage evolves. "He has to find an area where
he has passion, and then focus on that, and health issues is a good place to start," Mills said. "If he gives back,
it has to be his own journey."
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Nominations Open for 5th Annual AARP Indian Elder Honors
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 26, 2013 - Recognizing the important impact Indian elders have on the fabric of the
state, AARP Oklahoma will once celebrate Indian elders at its Fifth Annual Indian Elder Honors.
The association has announced it is accepting nominations for the Fifth Annual AARP Oklahoma Indian Elder
Honors now through June 1st. Nominations can be made online at: http://www.aarp.org/ok or by mail.
"Every year, AARP brings together members from all Oklahoma tribes and nations for a celebration honoring Indian Elders in a spirit of peace and harmony," said AARP Volunteer Tee Edwards, a member of the Chickasaw nation. "It's an amazing night when AARP connects us to people with the same shared interest and we celebrate our
elders."
Among last year's honorees was a 100-year old Comanche finger-weaving artist, the last surviving son of Oklahoma
great Jim Thorpe, educators, ministers and dancers.
"This event is all about celebrating the extraordinary contribution Indian elders - many of whom have never been
recognized before - have had on their families and the people around them." Edwards said. "We work very hard to
have at least one person from each of the 39 Oklahoma tribes and nations honored every year."
All nominees must be an enrolled member of a federally-recognized Oklahoma tribe or nation and must be living.
Those wishing to submit a nomination can mail an essay detailing how the nominee has impacted their tribe or
community, along with a non-returnable photo, to AARP Indian Elder Honors, 126 N. Bryant, Edmond, OK, 73012.
Nominations can also be submitted online by visiting www.aarp.org/ok<http://www.aarp.org/ok>
Deadline for nomination is June 1st. For more information about the AARP Indian Elder Honors, contact Mashell
Sourjohn at 405-715-4474.
Those selected will be honored at the 5th Annual AARP Indian Elder Honors which will be held in October.
KIOWA MUSEUM HAS NEW HISTORIAN
The Kiowa Tribe recently hired Phil R. “Joe Fish” Dupoint as the Kiowa Museum Historian. Mr. Dupoint will
be a welcome addition to the Museum and Director Amie TahBone, “Mr. Dupoint has extensive knowledge of
Kiowa songs, stories, and traditions that make him a valuable asset to the Kiowa Tribal Museum.”
Meet the new Historian...in his own words:
Day-ohwn-day, naw Koiye-goo, bah-daw. Topoie, ah-koiye-khaun. Naw
museum aye-saw-tday-gyah. I am very proud of the way my elders and
Grandparents had brought me up. The time and patience they took to
teach me, who and what I am, a “KIOWA”. They said, “Daw-moye-ahmdaw-kee, made you a “KIOWA”, nothing else. Remember that you come
from Chief’s people, your people come first. I am proud of the fact that I
had taken the time to listen and paid attention to what they had to say
and show me. I am very thankful to Daw-kee, for the gifts that he has
given me, being able to serve my Kiowa people through tribal traditions
and song. I am currently serving as the Vice-President of the Kiowa
Gourd Clan, Custodian of the Kiowa Chapter Native American Church, 24 years of singing at Ohoma, served
as lead singer for Kiowa Black Leggings for 34 years straight, singing off and on for the Little Rabbits Society,
presently involved in preserving our Kiowa Church Hymns and preserving our Kiowa Native American
Church songs. Being able to remember the song that pertains to certain individuals, families, organizations,
and whatever occasion it may be, is a God given gift. These things need to be taught to our future generations
that are here and to come. Preserving Kiowa traditions and culture is a very important project of mine. The
main thing is telling the non-Kiowa and the Kiowa about who we are and what a unique history we have as
Kiowas. Everything that I was taught...beadwork, featherwork, dances, making dance regalia and most things
pertaining to the Kiowa, I was taught by the best the Elders of the Kiowa. There is a new generation of Kiowa
Elders, like it or not they are and they have a lot to offer the young and to those who want to learn. Respect is
the main thing the Old People stressed repeatedly time after time and practice it day after day. Day-ohwnday, ah-ho.
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CONGRATULATIONS
GRADUATES
HIGH SCHOOL
Ari Elfosi
Harrison Starr
Elisa Starr
LucaDebra Tahbonemah
Lucas A. Tahbonemah
Jeffrey Scallion
Jade Floyd
Raymond Kingore
Darren Setser
Jeffrey Willliams
Timothy Ware
Rebecca Minor
BettiAutaubo
Ryan Cost
Ray Doyah II
Kyle Atddlety
Ian Autaubo
Emily Bear
Elizabeth Bearbow
Dakota Botone
Benni Carter
Francisco Casa
This is a list of proud Kiowa Graduates around the
country. If your graduate's name does not appear on
the list, send the name to be added to .
[email protected]
Congratulations!
Jace Gonzalez
Maryann Guoladdle Davilla
Alex Hainta
Joshua Harrison
Elias Poolaw
Ethan Redbird
Jeremy Sankadota
Galen Satoe
Jessica Sikes
Kachina Smith
Tyler Thompson
Lacie Unah
Stormi Ware
Timothy Ware
Kristopher Whitfield
Josiah Haunpo
Brittin Horse
Barney Oheltoint
Cheyenne Prentiss
Jayla Sankadota
Matthew Barr
Brettnee Beartrack Jones
Seth Tartsah
Trey Wooster
KIOWA TRIBAL MUSEUM
Highway 9 West of Carnegie, OK
Located in the heart of Kiowa Country, the Kiowa
Museum is the home of the Ten Kiowa Murals.
Come to the Kiowa Tribal Complex and experience
the rich and unique history of the Kiowa People.
Open: Monday - Friday 8:00-4:30 Special
arrangements made by calling 580-654-2300
ext. 366 or 370
For more information visit our page on www.kiowatribe.org
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VOVO-TECH
Dustin Tartsah
Mytle DeLeo
Leland Ewoldt
Carolyn Wilson
COLLEGE
Jasmine Jobe
Autumn Garza
Stephanie Bennett
Ryan Aduddell
Craig Tsotigh
George Tsoodle
Alice Tsoodle
Ashley Lockett
Kelly Roughface
Stanley Horse
Talia Anquoe
Dana Hatfield
Claudine Bohannon
Rochelle Vetter
Justin Cody
Rehna Kowena
John Topaum
Robert Ahboah
Mothers are the cornerstone of
our families and communities,
they tend to our needs over their
own, and the Kiowa Tribal Museum wishes to honor the
strength, resilience, and fortitude
of these wonderful women. The
Kiowa Tribe Museum will be having
a Mother's Day show, Thursday,
May 9 from 6:30-8:30 P.M. Please
come and help us celebrate our
Mothers.
HEAD START ENROLLMENT
Is your child ready for Kindergarten?
The Kiowa Tribe Head Start Program, Center
Base and Home Base, is now accepting applications for the 2013-2014 school year.
The Program provides Research-based curriculum, Free health screenings, Parent & Child activities, and Weekly home visits.
The Program is not just for Native Americans.
Everyone is welcome to apply for enrollment.
Anyone can participate!
When applying, documents needed are: Birth
certificate, Income verification (W-2, pay stub,
etc.), CDIB (if applicable), Immunizations record,
and Child’s health insurance.
For more information or applications call 580654-2544 or call toll free 1-855-711-4010 or go to
www.kiowatribe.org for enrollment applications.
The Kiowa Tribe Head Start Program is a federally funded program which provides comprehensive health, nutrition, social services, parent involvement and other services to children 3 to 5
years and their families.
Tribal employees recently turned a normal workday in to
a “clean up day”. The day was devoted to beautifying the
Kiowa Complex by cleaning several area including the
Veteran’s Memorial and planting canna bulbs. The Elders
Center was also tended to with the help of several of the
elders.
IN MEMORY
Devin K. Harragarra, Lawton OK
Born: 6/30/1978
Died: 3/8/2013
Frieda Satepeahtaw Taunah, Walters
OK
Born: 5/29/1926
Died: 3/23/2013
Ernestine Tonahcot Perciado, Wichita
KS
Born: 9/6/1939
Died: 3/22/2013
The front doors were painted blue, along with the outside
benches. Following the clean-up, the employees were
treated to hamburgers and hotdogs, prepared by the AOA
staff.
Emily Jane Lowery, Hobart OK
Born: 7/27/1995
Died: 3/9/2013
Robert Horse, Noble OK
Born: 9/24/1963
Died: 4/4/2013
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WELCOME
Greetings...I would like to send a birth announcement for my Kiowa grandson Adam James Chiaparas-Tonepahhote, Jr., Born 4/4/13 @ 11:01pm in
Doylestown, Pa.
He is the son of Robyn Hope “Ke Ah Tah Bay” Tone-Pah-Hote (Kiowa) and
Adam James Chiaparas. He is the grandson of Joy “Au Toin Mah” TonePah-Hote (Kiowa), Great Grandson to Preston E. Tone-Pah- Hote Sr. and
the late Rose Marie Tone-Pah-Hote Nez. Adam is great nephew to Theresa,
Carol and the late Ioleta Tone-Pah-Hote of Anadarko: Nephew to Rozlynn
Marie "Keqahty" Tone-Pah-Hote and Preston E. & Melanie Tone-Pah-Hote,
Jr. of Waterford,CT; Hope Tone-Pah-Hote of Roxbury, NY, and descendent
of Kone Tah Kone Ke Ah. Adam James Jr. is the great-great Grandson of the
late Massalena Ahtone and Murray TonePahHote. Massalena was the
daughter of Sam and TahDoe Ahtone and Murray was the son of Lettie Payasape and Joseph (Achapahaum-Artespaum). We are so proud to welcome
another Kiowa into this world....DAY-OWN-DAY Ah-ho!
Thank you, Joy Tone-Pah-Hote.
IF YOU HAVE PHOTOS OR ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY KIOWA TRIBAL MEMBERS THAT
YOU’D LIKE PUBLISHED IN THE KIOWA NEWSLETTER, PLEASE EMAIL YOUR INFORMATION TO : [email protected]
PLEASE INCLUDE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION WHEN SENDING IN PICTURES. THE INFORMATION AND OR PHOTOS MAY ALSO BE PRESENTED IN THE TRIBAL WEBSITE
www.kiowatribe.org
RECIPES—
RECIPES—Every month Kiowa Food Distribution Program Director, Ramona Goombi, will
provide the “Recipe of the Month” that can be made using ingredients that are received
monthly from the program.
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