KIOWA NEWS KIOWA TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA
March 30, 2011 Carnegie Oklahoma Special Issue
BUDGETS READY FOR JUNE ELECTION
The following proposed 2012 Kiowa Tribal Budget and Kiowa Tribe Fiscal Year 2012 Tribal Budget
the 20% Proceeds are as they will appear on the June
4th, 2011 ballot.
The proposed budgets will also be available at the Kiowa
Indian Council meeting on April 2nd, 2011 at the AOA
building at the Kiowa Complex in Carnegie. The meeting
will begin at 10am.
Kiowa Tribe Fiscal Year 2012 20% Budget
Inside:
*New Kiowa Princess, Aiden Cozad
*Schoolmates tribute to accident victim
*Secretary’s visit
*Calumet All Stater
dryers, refrigerators etc.) or lum- available to pets owned by Na-
Kiowa Programs ber, furniture or other large items tive Americans only.
will be allowed. Ft. Sill veterinarians will be on
HEAD START- Kiowa Tribe Head This rolloff service is available to site to do the vaccinations.
Start, Center Base and Home Base Kiowa Tribal members only and The times and locations are:
is now accepting applications for will be located near the mainte-
the 2011-2012 school year. nance storage building behind *Apache CHR-Friday,May 6th
Documents needed are Birth Cer- AOA at the Kiowa Complex.The from 9am to 12pm at Ware’s
tificate, Income Verification (W-2, services will extend through the Chapel.
Pay stub, etc.), CDIB (if applica- month of April from 9am to 4pm
ble), immunization record and Monday through Friday. *Delaware CHR-Friday, May 6th
Child’s Health Insurance. KTEP is also sponsoring a poster from 1:30am to 4:30pm at their-
The Kiowa Tribe Head Start Pro- contest for kids ages 6 to 12 enti- Tribal Complex.
gram is a federally funded program tled,”Environmental Pollution-A
which provides comprehensive Young Kiowa’s View”. All entries *Kiowa CHR-Friday, May 13th
health, nutrition, social services must be original work and can be from 9am to12pm at Red Buf-
parent involvement and services to on any size poster board. Re- falo Hall at the Kiowa Complex.
children 3 to 5 year and their fami- member to put your name , age,
lies. address and phone number on *Ft. Sill Apache CHR-Friday,
The KTHS program provides equal the back of the poster and bring it May 13th from1:30pm to
opportunities without regard to by the KTEP office at 5-11 A 4:30pm at their Tribal Complex.
race, sex, color, national origin, re- Kiowa Street in Carnegie or mail it
ligion or disability.For more infor- to Kiowa Tribal Environmental *Caddo CHR-Friday, May 20th
mation or applications call 580- Program, P.O. Box 30, 511-A from 9am to 12pm at Commu-
654-2544 or call toll free 1-888- Kiowa Street, Carnegie, OK nity House.
2122. 73015.
ENVIRONMENTAL-During the Wichita CHR-Friday May 20th
month of April, in honor of Earth CHR-The Kiowa Tribe Community from 1:30 to 4:30 at Tribal Park.
Day, the Kiowa Tribe Environmen- Health Representatives are spon-
tal Program will make two rolloff soring a free Rabies Clinic along Anadarko Area Office-Saturday,
containers available for household- with the Western Tribes of Okla- June 4th from10am to 2pm at
trash. No bulky whites (washers, homa. Dips and Shots will be the South Parking lot.
KIOWA GIRL, CLASS A STATE TOURNEY MVP
Mariah Miles. Calumet Senior, Class Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and
A State Champion, All State Ath- an enrolled member of the Kiowa
lete...Kiowa Tribal member. Tribe of Oklahoma.
Mariah led her team, the Calumet She is the daughter of Gilbert
Chieftans to the State Championship (Gib) and Melinda Waters-Miles.
and along the way was named the Grandparents werer the late Rev-
Daily Oklahoman State Tournament erend Lindy B. and Joyce Tsoodle
MVP and the Coaches Aid State Tour- Waters, Sr.; Mr. Leroy Miles.
nament MVP. Great-grandparents were the late
Not only can she play basketball, she Ella Thunder Miles Millsap;
was also a 4-year starter in volleyball Robert Miles; Reverend John A
and softball...and....she was the and Rosella Girty Bosin, Sr. ;
Calumet High School Valedictorian. Dora Autaubo Tsoodle and Mr.
She is also currently enrolled part time Duke Tsoodle , Sr.
at Redlands Community College main- Mariah and the Chieftans secured
taining an overall 4.3 GPA. the championship game with a 49-
Mariah’s mother Melinda says that 41 win over the Cyril Pirates at
Oral Roberts University, along with the “Big House”(State Fair Arena)
other state colleges, are requesting in Oklahoma City. Mariah scored
Mariah’s services on the basketball 14 points in the game and had an
Miles drives to the basket during the court. overall tournament average of 18
state championship game against She is a member of the Cherokee and points.
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SCHOOLMATES PAY TRIBUTE TO ACCIDENT VICTIM
21 year old Warren Bointy, lost his life in an
automobile accident west of Carnegie on Fri-
day, March 18th, 2011.
On Monday, March 21st, 2011, 18 of his for-
mer schoolmates from Santa Fe, New Mexico
traveled to Carnegie, Oklahoma to pay their
last respects.
Warren was a student at Santa Fe Institute of
American Indian Arts for two and a half years,
where he specialized in digital media and cre-
ative writing. While there, the Kiowa Tribal
member gained many friends and was well
liked around campus.
Keena Numkena, from Arizona, said a friend
called her at the school and told her the news.
She then made a few calls to find out if it was Students from IAIA, Santa Fe, New Mexico were in Carnegie to
true. “We wanted to make sure it wasn’t some pay their respects to a friend. Picture was taken at Kiowa AOA.
sort of cruel hoax”, said Keena. “We found out
it was true”. respect for Warren and spoke They said that with his leader-
R.J. Martinez, Residential Operations Confer- highly of him. ship they won several trophies
ence Coordinator for the school, said that Kevin Locke from Minnesota on out of state trips.
when the students found out about the tragedy, had a humorous story. Ms. Numkena called Warren
they made a request to the faculty to make the “Last year, while on a trip to Ok- the “Top Dog” when it came
500 mile sojourn to Oklahoma. lahoma for the Comanche Fair, to handgames.
They arrived at 2am on Tuesday morning at Warren and I talked about how The funeral services were
the Kiowa Elder Center. After a short rest, the different tribes should learn Tuesday, March 22nd and
they arose at around 8am to prepare for the to speak their own languages. I some of the visitors were
long day ahead of them. voiced my only concern to War- asked to be pallbearers.
These are friends Warren made while in New ren, “If we speak our own differ- Although Walker knew War-
Mexico. They came from several states and ent languages, how do we under- ren for only a brief time, he
represented many tribes. They all called him stand each other? Without hesita- said that it was enough to
brother. tion, Warren made motions in the know that he was definitely
Russell Sun Eagle from Pawnee, Shawn Losey air with his hands and said, Sign one of a kind.
from Southern Arizona, August Walker from language”. Martinez summed up the feel-
OKC and James McCloud from Reno, Nevada Keena and travelmate Monica ing of the group by saying, “he
were among the friends who made the trip. All Gutierrez, from Phoenix, spoke was a great man, a great
of his former classmates had nothing but of Warren’s handgame prowess. singer...it was too soon”.
The following was sent by Mylan Tootoosis, President The following was sent by Carmen Henan, Dean of
and Daryl Lucero, Vice President of the Associated Stu- Students, IAIA:
dent Government at IAIA: To whom it may concern:
To the Kiowa Nation, As Dean of Students at the Institute of American In-
On behalf of the Associated Student Government of the dian Arts, I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude to
Institute of American Indian Arts and it’s students we the Kiowa Nation for their generous hospitality and
would like to thank you for providing hospitality to our warm reception of our student delegation who at-
students while attending the funeral services of Warren tended the Funeral Services of Warren Kane Bointy. I
Bearcloud Bointy. We sincerely appreciate your organiza- appreciate the care and kindness of the Kiowa people
tions providing assistance to the fellow students and that was extended to our students during a difficult
friends of an amazing representative of your nation and time with a loss of a close friend and classmate. War-
community. ren will be missed on our campus by the faculty, staff
In Gratitude, and students. Again, thank you for taking care of our
Mylan Tootoosis, President students while they were in Kiowa country. Sincerely,
Daryl Lucero, Vice-President Carmen Henan, Dean of Students
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SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR MAKES STOP AT RIVERSIDE
Secretary of the Interior, Ken
Salazar visited Riverside Indian
School in Anadarko, OK on
March 15th, 2011.
The stop was a part of the Inte-
rior’s commitment to expanding
quality educational opportunities
for American Indian and Alaska
Native tribes. Riverside Indian
School is run by the Bureau of
Indian Education (BIE) and is an
Off-Reservation Boarding
School (ORBS) that serves over
500 students representing over
72 federally recognized tribes.
There are 30 Kiowa students Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, addresses the student body of
currently enrolled. Riverside Indian School during his visit to their campus on March 15th.
“Having Secretary Salazar visit
our school is a great honor for
“Improving Indian education is the school’s facilities, which
our students, faculty and staff”,
a top priority for the Interior is the largest Off-Reservation
said Riverside Superintendent
and the Bureau of Indian Edu- Boarding School in the BIE
Tony Dearman.
cation will continue to work to system. Salazar said that he
Salazar played one on one bas-
provide our young people with was looking for ways to help
ketball on an outside court with
the best resources and educa- improve the facility.
some of the younger students
tion available and to support School principal, Milton Noel
before taking the microphone in
and promote tribal self- said, “We feel very humble
Riverside’s gym.
determination and self- that he chose to visit River-
The entire Riverside student
governance.” side. He gave a positive out-
body filled the stands and hung
During his visit, Secretary look for both school and stu-
on to every word spoken by the
Salazar and Deputy Assistant dents. He was very well re-
Secretary.
Secretary Jodi Gillete toured ceived”.
Salazar’s major point to the stu-
dents was to graduate and make
a future either from further edu-
cation or employment.
“Quality education is critically im-
portant to the fabric of healthy
communities and is a key part of
our nation’s effort to win the fu-
ture,” Secretary Salazar said. “I
am impressed with the work
Riverside students are doing on
a daily basis, and I’m confident
they can be our leaders of to-
morrow.” The personable Salazar challenges grade school students to one-
on-one basketball before his address to the student body.
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NEW KIOWA PRINCESS AIDEN KAMILLE COZAD
A large Red Buffalo Hall crowd witnessed
the coronation of the new Kiowa Princess.
Aiden Kamille Cozad was named 2011-2012
Kiowa Tribe Princess on Saturday, March
26th.
After a brief moment of shock, the tears
flowed and the smile became a permanent
fixture as former Princess, Ellen Toyekoyah,
came up and gave Aiden a congratulatory
hug.
Aiden is in the 10th grade and attends
Carnegie High School.
Previously she represented the Southwest
Oklahoma Vietnam Veterans as a junior
princess from 2008-2010 and as senior
princess from 2010-2011.
LANGUAGE FAIR ON APRIL 5TH
The Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma is expected
to, once again, be well represented in the
Annual Oklahoma Native American Youth
Language Fair.
The event starts on Tuesday, April 5th and
is held at Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of
Natural History at the University of Okla-
homa in Norman.
Members of the Kiowa Tribe and many
other tribes competed in the event.
Last year, among the many Kiowa winners,
the BIE Carnegie Kiowa Language class
took first place in the Pre-K through 2nd
grade Small Group Spoken Language cate- Last year the BIE Carnegie Kiowa Language Class took
gory. Results and pictures will be posted in first place at the Oklahoma Native American Youth Lan-
the next Kiowa Newsletter. guage Fair in Norman
THE KIOWA VOICES RADIO SHOW
WILL SOON BE MOVING TO A NEW
TIME ON 98.5FM KACO IN ANADARKO
THE NEW TIME WILL BE ANNOUNCED
SOON IN THE KIOWA NEWSLETTER
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SYSP BEGINS RECRUITMENT IN THE MONTH OF JUNE
The Kiowa Tribe Supplemental Youth Service Pro- guidelines have a barrier as defined by DOL regula-
gram is beginning the recruitment process for tions.
this year’s program that will begin in June of this *Reside within the Kiowa Tribe’s Services Delivery
year. The pre-application process will begin on area,- Caddo, Kiowa, Jackson, Tillman, Harmon and
March 28th, 2011. The pre-application is a short Greer counties.
form and will only require the information to de- All completed applications received by the deadline
termine eligibility in accordance to income guide- date of May 9th, 2011 will be processed and points
lines as defined by the Department of Labor. If will be issued in accordance to the point system and
an applicant successfully completes the pre- the selection process will be done by the WIA/SYS
screening process they will be issued an applica- staff and KTO Compliance Officer. Correspondence
tion for the specified activity requested will be issued to all those selected to be a partici-
(classroom training or work) and will be required pant on this year’s program along with a letter of
to submit additional documentation to complete acceptance that details a list of required trainings to
the eligibility process as detailed in the Intake be returned to the SYSP office. All other applicants
Flow Chart. will be issued a letter letting them know the status
All youth, ages 14-15, will not be allowed to work of their application.
until they turn 16. The SYSP will sponsor camps In the near future, the SYSP staff members will set
for this age group. All In-School youth must be up at different locations in their service area for in-
passing all the required classes to be eligible to formation and applications.
work. All Out-of-school youth must have a high The Pre-application starts on March 28th and ends
school diploma or GED to be eligible to work. on April 22nd.
The application deadline is May 9th.
Eligibility Criteria is as follows: Eligibility Criteria processing is on May 9th and 10th.
SYSP selection process is n May 11th
*Be a member of a federally recognized tribe. Additional information contact the SYSP office at 1-
888-828-8580.
*Economically disadvantaged or if over income
JACOBSON HOUSE
On Thursday March 24th, Phil R.”Joe Fish” Dupoint
was the guest speaker at the Jacobson House in Nor-
man. Every Thursday, the art center has a Kiowa Lan-
guage class.
Dupoint sang and told of the different style and histo-
ries of Kiowa songs.
More guests are expected to participate in the future
including Dorothy White Horse Delaune, Steve Little-
man and Billy Evans Horse.
Jacobson House Native Art Center is located at 609
Chautauqua Avenue in Norman. For more Information
call 405-366-1667.
NOTICE
All items, including stories and photographs in the Kiowa Newsletter, are the property of the Kiowa Tribe of Okla-
homa. Duplication of any material in this publication, without the approval of an authorized staff member, is pro-
hibited. Comments, photos and story ideas may be sent to: keith@kiowaok.com or kvasquez@kiowatribe.net.
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