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VOLUME 15 EDITION 12 Lawton, OK November 2014

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AARP Recognizes Elders at

6th Annual Honors Event

Story and Photos by Stacey Hemi-nokeky/News Staff

Elders Honored For Holidays

Comanche Elders will be the focus during several holiday hap-penings in the months of November and December. The Comanche Nation El-der Center will have its Thanksgiv-ing Dinner noon Nov. 20 at its facil-ity, 1107 NW H. Ave., Lawton. The Comanche Nation El-ders Council will have its Annual Christmas Party 10 a.m. Dec. 1 at the Comanche Nation Community Cen-ter in Apache, Okla. Events begin at 10 a.m. with Christmas merriment. Elder Day will be Dec. 12 at the Comanche County Coliseum, 920 SW Sheridan Rd., Lawton. Doors will open at 10 a.m. An array of entertainment is scheduled, and a afternoon meal will be provided. Arts and Craft Vendors can set up on a First-Come-First-Serve basis, and can begin setting up at 8 a.m. Vendors must provide their own tables and chairs. The Comanche Nation El-der Center will have its Christmas Celebration noon Dec. 18 at its fa-cility in Lawton. Pat Koomsa of the Anadarko Schools will have students provide a Grand Entry in their Tribal Regalia for the elders. Other line ups of singers and performers is also on the agenda. Arts and Craft vendors are invited to set up at the event, and can call the Elder Center Director with the number of tables and chairs that will be needed. Volunteers for both the Thanksgiving and Christmas cele-brations at the Elder Center are need-ed. Volunteers can call the facility to sign up what time they can help. The Comanche Nation El-der Center telephone number is (580) 355-2330.

By Jolene Schonchin/News Staff

Native Veterans, language preservationists, artists, a renowned female ceremonial dancer and a for-mer Chief of the Choctaw Nation were among those recognized at the 6th Annual AARP Oklahoma Indian Elder Honors recently held on Octo-ber 7 in Oklahoma City. Milton Sovo, Coman-che, raised on a farm in Comanche County, where he developed his love of Mother Earth’s resources thanks to the infl uence of his parents and grandparents. He used his college educa-tion in Agriculture to further the con-servation of all natural resources and to encourage his Native American brothers and sisters to recognize the cultural relationship between these resources and their use and care for future generations. He is president of the Okla-homa Tribal Transportation Council and is a member of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation Tribal Advisory Board. As a member of the Apache Town Board, he has worked to use his knowledge of infrastructures, roads and water to better the com-munity, where he now resides with a large Native American population. Sovo has done much to further gov-ernment-to-government relationships with tribal and county governments, as well as state and federal govern-ment. Jack Shoemate, Comanche, a Korean War Veteran who served with the U.S. Army, where he was employed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for 27 years. He worked with 12 different tribes as Industrial De-velopment Specialist and Chief of Credit. He spent 11 years as Superin-tendent of the Osage Tribe. After his retirement, he became Director of the Pawhuska Chamber of Commerce and City Councilman. As Mayor of Pawhuska, Shoemate led a delega-tion to sign a Sister-City Compact with Montauban France. At age 81, he currently serves as President of the Board of Directors of the Osage County His-torical Society and community vol-unteer. He is a member of the Indian Dutch Reform Mission Church in Lawton and attends Pawhuska First United Methodist Church.

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Comanche Nation Fu-neral Home Receives

Superior Ratings This is the second year in a row Comanche Nation Funeral Home has received a superior rating from an OSHA inspection.

This represents that the fu-neral home is in full compliance with all requirements of OSHA, such as all license manuals, price scheduling and cleanness of the prep room area.

There superior ratings are rare the rep stated Comanche Nation Funeral Home is pretty much in a cat-egory by itself with the superior rat-ing. Also the inspector for the Okla. funeral board gave Comanche Nation Funeral Home a superior rating, ad-vance in free compliance with funer-al Board requirements, according to Director Camilita Edwards, everyone works diligently to this happen. See TEXAS STAR, 1

It was a special day on Oc-tober 25 in the Ft. Worth Stockyards for the Comanche Nation, as the he-roic Comanche Code Talkers, along with tribal elder, Ben Tahmahkera, received a prestigious Star on the Texas Trail of Fame. The Texas Trail of Fame is a virtual chronological history of the Western Heritage in the United

States, Texas, and the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic Dis-trict. To those men, women and groups who made a signifi cant con-tribution to the preservation of the history and grandeur of the Western way of life, their “Bronze Star” is ceremonially placed in the walkways of the Stockyards National Historic

District. The Bronze Stars are de-signed to represent an old fashion Marshall’s badge with the recipient’s name inlaid in the star. The markers are uniformly placed in the sidewalks and public thoroughfares throughout the National Historic District.

Comanches who attended the 2014 Induction Ceremony of the Texas Trail of Fame, where tribal elder, Ben Tahmahkera and the Comanche Code Talkers were given a Star, gather for a picture at the conclusion of the ceremony.

Hub Baker proudly shows the Co-manche Flag, a gift of Thank You for recognizing the Code Talkers and Tahmahkera.

Donna Wahnee, Director of Special Projects, places a Comanche Pend-leton Blanket on Honoree, Ben Tahmahkera.

Plaque recognizing the Comanche Code Talkers as inductees of the Texas Trail of Fame.

Honorees at the 2014 AARP Okla-homa Indian Elders Ceremony Milton Sovo and Jack Shoemate.

Story and Photos by Jolene Schonchin/News Staff

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SpotlightOlivia

Komahcheet

Olivia Komah-cheet, a 17 year old mem-ber of the Comanche Na-tion tribe, is proud to share her many talents and ideas of Native American culture through art and music. Sur-rounded by many talented artists for as long as she could remember, a major part of her passion for art and music was originally gener-ated and greatly inspired by her two parents, Travis and Kristy Komahcheet. Much of her early childhood con-sisted of the duo touring in their band nationwide, and being artists as well, there was no doubt she would de-velop a major passion and devotion to her creative tal-ents at a very young age. Starting at the age of 5, Komahcheet began playing the home piano, learning songs she liked by ear, but it wasn’t until the 3rd grade when she began playing her fi rst instrument, the viola, on a regular ba-sis. Playing consistently for seven years, she then started picking up other instruments

such as cello, violin, acoustic guitar, drums, and Native American fl ute, and learning them with ease. Hav-ing experience performing with her father over the years, Olivia has re-cently been given the opportunities to perform in front of much larger audi-ences. Her next performance being at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada March of 2015, she sees this as just the beginning of her journey to mak-ing her long awaited dream fi nally come true. Equally to playing music, Komahcheet was blessed with a unique skill in various forms of art. Taught and mentored by her father and grandmother at a very young age and constantly being inspired by the various artists surrounding her now, she's developed her own unique style that conveys her idea of Native American culture and expresses it all through Photoshop, airbrush, and free hand illustration. She is also a part time employee of Intertribal Visions Unlimited, family owned multime-dia design fi rm, and gives a youth’s standpoint on the various decisions and designs prepared for production. She is currently learning the ropes of the business and hopes to eventually help manage it one day along with her parents.

fi ve-years beforehand, Komahcheet 's family relocated from their hometown of Topeka, Kansas, to Lawton Oklahoma to reconnect with their native side of the family. She did not have the pleasure to learn about her Comanche heritage in To-peka, but after meeting her newly found relatives and listening to the stories told and traditional ways, she fi nally found her identity as a young Native American woman and a posi-tive role model for all of her peers. To express her devotion to empowering native youth, she has recently been selected as an offi cial board member of the IAMNDN movement, her po-sition consisting of a wide range of duties to help support and represent all native youth throughout Oklaho-ma. No doubt that it has taken time and countless efforts through all of the challenges she's faced, Komah-cheet has blossomed into an amazing multi-instrumentalist and a great vi-sionary artist. Constantly striving to become greater every day, she hopes to inspire, motivate, and enlighten her peers to always set goals and to realize the importance of being rich spiritually, culturally, and creatively.

I AM NDN Halloween Party Lights up the Night The Comanche Nation Pre-vention and Recovery Program host-ed an I AM NDN Halloween Party to promote sobriety on the night where, according to the National Highway Traffi c Safety Administration, 41 per-cent of all highway fatalities through-out the nation during the Halloween period in 2010 involved a driver with a BAC of .08 or higher. Both amusing and fright-ful characters attended the event at the Comanche Nation Complex, and because the activities did not begin until the area Trick-and-Treat times had ended, youth of all ages had the opportunity to enjoy the lively enter-tainment. Excitement fi lled the air when the Prevention and Recovery staff passed out glow-in-the-dark ac-cessories and hit the lights. The neon colors fi lled the darkness with a rain-bow of colors. A costume contest followed, leaving the judges with a hard deci-sion as to who had the best costume in each category. By providing a safe haven for Halloween enthusiasts of all ages, the I AM NDN Halloween Party proved one can have a fun, sober, and safe Halloween.

Glow Sticks Light Up the Dance fl oor at Watchetaker Hall Hal-loween night.

Raquel Ramos passes out party favors during the I AM NDN Hal-lowing Party Oct. 31.

The Grim Reaper attends the Hal-loween Party

ABOVE: Face Painting was popular at the Halloween event. LEFT: Ghouls of all sorts enjoy the festive Hallow-een music. RIGHT: Tonto wets-his whistle with some punch.

ABOVE: The DJ keeps the music going, fi lling up the dance fl oor in Watchetaker Hall.LEFT: Friends meet at the I AM NDN Halloween Party to share laughs and memories.

Komahcheet

Story and Photos Jolene Schonchin/News Staff

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Comanche Nation Offi cialsChairman

Wallace CoffeyVice Chairman

Mike Mack MahsetkySecretary/Treasurer

Jerry TahsequahCommitteeman No. 1

Jonathan PoahwayCommitteeman No. 2

Sonya NevaquayaCommitteeman No. 3

Harry MithloCommitteeman No. 4

Clyde NarcomeyTribal Administrator

William OwensTo contact offi cials:

Comanche Nation P.O. Box 908

Lawton, Okla. 73502Toll Free: (877) 492-4988

Physical Address584 Bingo Rd.

Lawton, OK 73505

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Four Resolution on Floor At October CBC Meeting

The October monthly meet-ing was called to order by the Co-manche Nation Chairman, Wallace Coffey, at 10:21 a.m. Secretary/Treasurer, Jerry Tahsequah, conducted roll call. A quorum was established with all CBC present. The invocation was given by Lynda Yackeyonny.

ResolutionsResolution 87-14 Fire Program Wild Land Fire Suppression Services. Committee person No. 2, Sonya Ne-vaquaya, made a motion to approve the resolution. Tahsequah, seconds the motion. The motion carries 6/0/0.Resolution 89-14 Reconstruction of Roadway for Route No.6765 Tah-sequah, made a motion to approve. Committeeman No. 3, Harry Mithlo,

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This year’s class of Indian Elder Honorees marks 300 elders representing all 39-federally recog-nized tribes and nations in Oklahoma who have received the recognition since AARP began the program in 2009. “Since its inception, we have been so blessed to recognize the extraordinary accomplishments of elders from all walks of life, “ said Lyons. “Some have led high profi le lives and others have quietly passed on their gentle wisdom and cul-ture. Collectively, this year’s AARP Oklahoma Indian Elder Honorees represent what is best about Native American people in Oklahoma: love

of family, dedication to culture and respect for all people.” Lyons noted that AARP Oklahoma continues to expand its work on issues affecting Native Americans in the state, particularly working to address health dispari-ties, transportation needs and cultural preservation. She invites anyone in-terested to join the AARP Oklahoma Inter-Tribal Community Group by sending an e-mail to: [email protected]. More information about AARP Okla-homa’s Native American outreach can be found on the AARP Oklahoma Indian Navigator website that can be accessed at: www.aarp.org/okindian-navigator

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seconds the motion. The motion car-ries 6/0/0.Resolution 90-14 Approving Fis-cal Year 2015 Gaming Budget Tah-sequah, made a motion to approve. Nevaquaya, seconds the motion. The motion passes 5/0/1. Committeeman No. 4, Clyde Narcomey, abstained.Resolution 91-14 Approving Fis-cal Year 2015 Gaming Commission Budget. Mithlo makes a motion to approve. Vice-Chairman, Mack Mah-setky, seconds the motion. The mo-tion carries 5/1/0. Narcomey, votes “no.” Nevaquaya, makes a motion to adjourn meeting. Mahsetky , sec-onds the motion. A meal was provided to be followed by Executive Session.

By Stacey Heminokeky/News Staff

The City of Odessa, Texas, through the Downtown Lions Club, honored the Comanche Nation by dedicating an upcom-ing park at Coman-che Trail, called Co-manche Trail Park, 11 am Oct. 8 in Odessa, TX. Members of the Odessa City Council, Downtown Lions Club Offi cers, and Comanche Nation Chairman, Wallace Coffey, took part in the Dedication and Ground Breaking Ceremony, pictured above. Also helping in the ground breaking were Comanche youth, Arlene and Modesto Schonchin. Chairman Coffey conducted Cedar Ceremony for the park, asking for safety and well-being of all who visit, pictured. Coffey also presented the Mayor of Odessa, David Turner, a Certifi cate of Appreciation to the City for honoring the history of the Comanche Nation and commemorating it with a park for the youth. The Downtown Lions Club former Presi-dent, Dr. Francisco Javier Morales, said they are all honored the Co-manche Nation could take part in the special event. The $180,000 park is scheduled to be completed in 6-8 weeks, weather permitting.

Photos by Jolene Schonchin/News Staff

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Milton Sovo poses with AARP organizers October 7 at the AARP Okla-homa Indian Elders Honoring in Oklahoma City, Okla.

Jack Shoemate shares a picture with AARP organizers October 7 at the AARP Oklahoma Indian Elders Honoring in Oklahoma City, Okla.


ProgramsDomestic Violence Awareness Workshop Asks the Question

“Why Is There Violence Against Women In Society?

Higher Education’s Annual Career Day Encourages Students to “Go Out There and Do Something” Remarkable

Higher Education handed out sweaters to all students that attended. Students were filling up the lines to get them a sweater.

Students from different school districts fill out ap-plications to start receiving more information on a variety of Colleges.

SCARY STORIES FOR HALLOWEEN. Watchetaker Hall was full of 250 excited October 28, and wide-eyed children who were ready to hear all the scary stories from storytellers Gene Wilson and Dawn Skiles. After the meal of barbecue sandwiches and piz-za, they were told scary stories with accompanying sound effects. Afterward, The Original “NDN Michael Jackson,” AKA, Stacy Sovo,performed his spooky rendition of “Thriller” with the mu-sic and DVD. He was joined in the dance by the Cache Indian Heritage Club, who were dressed as scary Zombies! Then, they lead everyone with a group dance. “The Cupid Shuffle.” The chil-dren enjoyed popcorn and left for home with a bag of Halloween treats and coloring books. Thanks to Finley-Cook and the Coman-che Nation staff members from Maintenance, IT, Property, and the Higher Education staff. Higher Education Specialist, Christian Boos, pictured right, dressed as “Indiahoma Jones” for the Hal-loween event.

The Comanche Nation’s Women Shelter and Law Enforce-ment teamed up with Native Alliance Against Violence to observe October Domestic Violence month. A special presentation was held on October 24 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Great Plains Technology Center. The Complex Question with A Simple Answer Will Be Addressed: Why is there Violence Against Wom-en in our Society? Some of the topics for discussion included:~ Oklahoma Lethality Protocol~ Ins and Outs of Protection Order~ Domestic Violence 101 The program began with registration from 8 a.m.- 9 a.m. Registration was then followed by a presentation by Kelly Stoner, J.D., Tribal Law and Policy Institute. Stoner covered the Oklahoma Lethal-ity Assessment Protocol for Intimate Partner and In and Outs of Orders of

Protection. Stoner graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in December 1988. In October 2011, Ms. Stoner was appointed as a Judge for the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and as of October 2013, Stoner has been a Victim Advocacy Legal Specialist for the Tribal Law and Policy Institute. For the past 20 years, Ston-er has taught at the North Dakota School of Law and Oklahoma City University School of law where she was an Instructor teaching Tribal Law and Domestic Violence related classes. For eight years, Stoner di-rected the University of North Dako-ta Native American Law Project that served clients of the Spirit Lake Res-ervation. Stoner’s case load targeted domestic violence and sexual assault cases arising in Indian Country in-volving teen and adult victims. From

2001-2013, Stoner directed the Na-tive American Legal Resource Center at Oklahoma City University School of Law where she supervised law students prosecuting Domestic Vio-lence, Sexual Assault and Stalking cases in tribal courts and the Court of Indian Offenses and representing vic-tim of domestic violence and sexual assault in civil matters in state, tribal and CFR Courts. In 2008, Stoner testified before the U.S. Indian Affairs Com-mittee regarding domestic violence issues affecting Native American women in Indian Country. In 2010, she was invited to the White House to witness the signing of the Tribal Law and Or-der Act. Stoner is a frequent lecturer for the American Bar Association’s Commission on Domestic Violence and also lectures for the Office on Violence Against Women’s national

technical assistance providers on do-mestic violence related issues in In-dian Country. Stoner wrote and was awarded a federal grant to launch Oklahoma’s only tribal coalition against domestic violence, sexual as-sault and stalking-the Native Alliance Against Violence. In 2011, Stoner supervised a project in partnership with the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma that es-tablished a SAFE Unit at a local hos-pital, recruited SANEs and targeted community education on the topics of domestic violence and sexual as-sault. Stoner has authored a do-mestic violence code for the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, a Children’s Code for the Caddo Nation of Okla-homa, a Law and Order Code for the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, a com-prehensive Law and Order Code for

the Spirit Lake Tribe and a Children’s Code for the Spirit Lake Tribe. Stoner has published in the areas of Family Law, Indian Child Welfare Act, and Domestic Violence Law. The Comanche Nation Law Enforcement sponsored lunch from 11:30 a.m. -1 p.m. The program then continued after lunch with “Why there is Vio-lence Against Women in Our Soci-ety” and Domestic 101. This part of the program was presented by Sandra Thompson, Coordinated Community Response Specialist for the District Attorney’s Council. The program ended with a wrap up held from 3:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. by the Comanche Nation Fam-ily Assistance Center. It was a great opportunity to receive information.

On September 10, the Co-manche Nation Office of Higher Education sponsored the annual Ca-reer Day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Watchetaker Hall. The college/career day was open to all Native American high school students, parents, teach-ers, counselors, and administrators. “Go out there and do some-thing Remarkable” was the day’s

theme. The agenda began with regis-tration and breakfast from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. The opening prayer and greet-ing followed. A welcome address was given by Chairman, Wallace Coffey. From 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. motivational speakers came for-ward to talk about their own stories. Recruiters from colleges, vocational institutes, military, and employment

held their presentations from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Lunch was provided from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. All recruiting and informational booths were avail-able for browsing from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The day’s activities and pre-sentations were very informative and it turned out to be a success.

Story by Stacey Heminokeky/News Staff

Several students raised their hands when asked “How many of you, are going to College?” The students had the opportunity to get information about colleges and other opportunities at the Annual Career Fair.

Key Speaker for the Domestic Violence Awareness Conference, Kelly Stoner, goes over information about the liability for failure to enforce, October 24, at the Great Plain Technology Center in Lawton, Okla.

Photos by Tomah Yeahquo/News Staff

Sandra Thompson explains to participants about Ownership that goes along with Domestic Violence in a relationship.Story by Stacey Heminokeky/News Staff

Comanche Community Center of Apache Hosts

Annual Holiday Bazaar/Flea MarketSaturday, November 15 From 8:00 am to 3:00 p.m.

Saturday, December 6 From 8:00 am to 3:00 p.m.

Breakfast will be served from 8:00 am to 10:30 am

Indian Taco Sale will be from 11:00 am to 2:00 p.m.

This event is open to the public. There will be no charge for booths; they will be available on a first come first serve basis by registration. Please contact Sandra Gallegos at 580-215-3300 to reserve a booth or for additional information and/or questions.


Comanche Nation 4th Annual Disability Awareness Day

Participants walk around to different booths during the Disability Awareness event to check out all their new informa-tion and great tips.

Stacey Sovo starts the event off with a tradi-tional Cedar ceremony.

Courtesy Photos Bill Voelker talked about the history of the SIA program and how he takes care of the beautiful Albine Red Tail Hawk and Eagle.

The 4th Disability Aware-ness Day held on September 17 was a huge success. There were approxi-mately 200 people in attendance. A total of nine Comanche Nation pro-grams, eight Lawton Indian Hospital departments and two State Depart-ment of Rehabilitative offices set up information booths for the event. These programs helped make the event successful. Each program was given the opportunity to address the audience and talk about their particu-lar services. The event started out with a traditional Cedar ceremony, per-formed by Stacey Sovo. This was followed by guest speaker, Bob Zum-walt, Fitness Specialist of the Lawton Indian Hospital Diabetes program. Zumwalt gave a presentation on

“Laughter Yoga.” He spoke on the positive physical effect laughter has on one’s health. Next was a presentation by Bill Voelker of the Comanche Na-tion SIA (Eagle) program. He spoke about the history of the SIA program. He brought a beautiful albino red tail hawk and an eagle to show. The people in attendance enjoyed looking and taking pictures with the birds. The SIA program is internationally known and has a close working rela-tionship with several countries. A survey designed to iden-tify barriers for Native Americans participating in the State Department of Rehabilitative Services program was once again taken at the Disability Awareness Day. Data from the survey will once again be shared with the

Submitted by Charlotte McCurtain, Director

Director of the State DRS program. The CNVR Director, Char-lotte Niyah McCurtain presented statistics particular to those served through the program. According to statistics from Jan. 1- Sept. 12, 2014 there were 92 consumers served. Out of the 92 con-sumers 62% were female and 38% were male. Out of the female and male consumers and predominant age range was 41-50 years of age. According to the Director the top four primary disabilities of those served are (1) rheumatoid ar-thritis (2) anxiety/depression (3) bi-polar disease and (4) substance abuse. Those served were of the following tribes: Comanche, Kiowa, Cheyenne/Arapaho, Caddo, Choctaw, Apache, Eastern Shoshone, Ft.Sill Apache,

Sac & Fox and Crow. Prior to the Disability Awareness Day the CNVR Direc-tor and Administrative Assistant be-gan working on a video. The video consisted of five CNVR consumers who are also consumers of the State Rehabilitative Services program. They told their own story of their dis-ability (s) and how it impacted their employment goal. They also talked about how the CNVR and State DRS helped them obtain their employ-ments goal. Unfortunately there was a problem with the video and could not be shown. Efforts are currently being made to correct the video for future usage. The CN Vocational Re-habilitative program is for Native Americans who have a documented

physical or mental disability that is a impediment to their employment goal. If you or a family member would like more information about the Vocational Rehabilitation pro-gram you can call (580) 492-3605 or come into the office, located in the administration building at the tribal headquarters.

Comanche Nation Vocational Rehabilitation Staff:

Charlotte Niyah McCurtain, Director (580) 492-3606.Elaine Antone, Counselor (580) 492-3610.Jacqueline Pete, Counselor (580) 492-3609Rose Lomavaya, Administrative As-sistant (580) 492-3605.

Comanche Nation Elder Council Trip to Taos, and

Santa Fe, New Mexico On October 13, the Coman-che Nation Elders Council traveled by bus to Taos, New Mexico, for a visit to the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The Rio Grande del Norte National Monument was established on March 25, 2013, by Presidential Proclama-tion, and includes approximately 242 500 acres of public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Hosting the visit were Jim-my Arterberry, Comanche Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Officer,, and Dr. Severin Fowles, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Bar-nard College and Columbia Univer-sity, and director of the Gorge Proj-ect. Providing additional information and assistance were Ayers (Merrill) Dick, BLM Taos Cultural Resources Lead at the BLM Taos Field Office; Lindsay Montgomery, PhD student at Stanford University, Richard (Dick) Ford, Emeritus of Anthropology and Botany at the University of Michi-gan, Michael Adler, Professor of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University and the director of SMUs extension campus in Taos, Joe Vieria, Project Leader of the San Luis Valley/Northern Rio Grande Regional Re-newable Energy Project, BLM,Pekka Hamalainen, Rhodes Profession of American History at Oxford Univer-sity and the author of The Coman-che Empire, Samuel Trett, Associate Professor, University of New Mexico and the author of Fugitive Land-scapes: The Forgotten History of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, Gary and

Dorothy Grief, Taos Archaeological Society, Jason Ordaz, professional photographer specializing in photog-raphy of archaeological subjects. Upon arrival they were met by Fowles and Arterberry and given a brief overview of our visit the next day. The next morning, the above-mentioned individuals was intro-duced and told us a bit about their role in the research and preservation of the Gorge Project. The group traveled by caravan to the site about 10 miles outside of Taos into the rugged BLM Rio Grande Del Norte National Mon-ument. The Elders were shuttled in the other vehicles present. Three el-ders decided to walk, Vivian Holder, Adele Mihesuah and Beverly Isaac almost made it to the bottom, but were picked up within a few yards when it was decided they were taking too long. The Elders were taken to three sites, two of which were near the drop off point. The trail was steep, rocky and grown over with brush. It was a heartwarming and in-spiring sight to see our hosts, BLM representatives, the bus driver Don-nie Coslin, and the local participants helping the Elders along those trails, some were almost carried and their walkers were carried on those men’s backs. The rock art itself was amazing, clearly showing human fig-ures, tepees, animals, animal hides and textile artifacts, scratched and abraded into the rock. Because the Comanche were known to visit the

Pueblos for trad-ing and raiding, these particular rock art were se-lected because they are suspected to be Comanche in origin. One of the strong reasons is the design of the tepee depicted in the rock art and the artifact design known to be of Comanche origin. A third site was visited by those that could walk and climb better since it was farther down the Canyon. The Elders were then shuttled to the lunch site to rest from the trek. After lunch, the Elders were shut-tled back to the top of the Gorge and boarded the bus to return to the Ho-tel. That evening Dr. Fowles hosted a buffet dinner and showed a slide show of how the rock art was found and how it is transferred by tracing the rock, then putting onto pictures. There were statements by the hosts and the participants in the day’s jour-ney and information about the ongo-ing research. “The site was rugged and beautiful and we could all see how our ancestors traveled down that ra-vine with the hundreds of horses for trade, camping where they couldn’t be seen until they were ready to make their presence known, said Adelle Mihesuah. On October 15, the Elders traveled to Santa Fe, where they toured the Institute of American Indi-

an Arts. They were greeted by Glen-nabah Buffington, who organized the tour and one of the guides and Chee Brossy, Alumni and Constituent Re-lations Manager. Also there was Jason Ordaz, who continued to take photos of their visit to IAIA. Adele Mihesuah was the only alumni of the Institute of Ameri-can Indian Arts on this Elder Trip. Brossy did a brief interview of her take on the new campus and life at IAIA in 1968-1969, versus today. After lunch, the elders were split into two groups, and taken on a tour of the beautiful campus, the work areas, and the virtual dome. They were taken to a room that housed all types of art from past students back to 1962 when the Institute of Ameri-can Indian Arts was founded. The IAIA campus was large with numer-

ous buildings, specific to the type of art and/or major of each student. In the virtual dome they were given a choice of sitting in “gamer chairs” or regular chairs that were placed in the dome specifically for the group. The virtual dome was a 360 degree theatre that completely surrounded the audience with sights, sounds, colors, shooting stars, and the galaxy. It was an amazing ex-perience, and the tour of the campus was fascinating. After the tour of IAIA the group traveled to their hotel to relax and reflect on the sights and sounds of both the Grand Del Norte National Monument and the Institute of American Indian Arts. The Elders traveled home on October 16.

Submitted by Comanche Nation Elders Council


MilitarySubmitted by: Lanny Asepermy/CIVA

KNOWN WAR ON TERROR VETERANS

The War on Terror aka Global War on Terrorism began when the US military invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 after the attack on September 11, 2001 of the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pen-tagon and the downing of Flight 93 near Shanksville, PA on September 11, 2011. A total of 2963 Americans died during these attacks – 2749 in the Twin Towers, 184 at the Pentagon and another 40 on Flight 93. The war in Afghanistan, known as Operation Enduring Free-dom, is on going (13 years, 1 month and 4 days as of Veterans Day). The US invaded Iraq on March 20, 2003 and that campaign, known as Opera-tion Iraqi Freedom, ended when the last US military forces withdrew on December 15, 2011 (after 8 years, 8 months and 25 days of hostilities). Consider World War II last 3 years, 8 months and 8 days. 90 known Comanches have served in the military from Septem-ber 11, 2001 to present (217 Coman-ches served during World War II). 6,639 US military have died during the War on Terror including 1 Co-manche, Cpl Joshua J. Ware on No-vember 16, 2005. Two others have been wounded in action, SFC Charles Eatmon twice and SSG Joseph Gon-zalez. Many have served in either Afghanistan or Iraq including some who have served in both campaigns. Here is a list of the known Comanches that have served in the military since September 11, 2001.

1. Ah Sam, Greg USAR in Iraq2. Allen, Brandon USMC in Iraq 3 times3. Arterberry, Ricky, USAF4. Atauvich, Kenneth USAF in Afghanistan and Iraq5. Beasley, Anthony USA in Iraq6. Bedeker, Kyle USA Iraq7. Blackstar, Jesse USA Iraq8. Burgess Billy USA9. Burns, Jenifer USA10. Chebahtah, Joseph Adam USA Iraq11. Chebahtah, Chris CAARNG Iraq 3 times12. Chebahtah, Jacob USA Iraq and Afghanistan13. Chebahtah, Russell USA Afghanistan14. Choney, Carden USMC15. Clark, Curtis USA16. Codopony, Mariah OKARNG Afghanistan17. Cole, Gregory USA Iraq and Afghanistan

18. Davis, Jeffery USN19. Debouver-Mihecoby, Jenni-fer USA20. Defi lippo, Scott USA21. Donald, Jannetta USA22. Eatmon, Charles USA Iraq and Afghanistan23. Eckiwaudah, Randall USMC Iraq 2 times and Afghanistan24. Edge, Megan USAR25. Elam, Daniel USMC26. Elam, Joey USA27. Frickie, Michael USA Iraq 2 times28. George, Jonathon USAF Afghanistan29. Gonzalez, Joseph OKARNG Iraq and Afghanistan30. Grinder, Lindsay USMC Iraq31. Heminokeky, Erin USCG32. Heminokeky, Glenn Jr USMC Afghanistan33. Herrera, Baliente USA Iraq34. Hunter, John USN Iraq35. Isaac, Mathew USA and USAR36. Karty, Alexander USA Iraq 2 times37. Kerchee, Marshall USMC38. Kerchee, Tennyson USA Iraq 2 times and Afghanistan39. Kerchee, William USN40. Koassechony, Ferrell USMC Iraq41. Maffaffy, Jessica USN42. Mahseet, Eagles, USMC Afghanistan43. McClung, John B OKARNG Iraq and Afghanistan44. McClung John G USA Af-ghanistan45. Motah, Timothy USAF Af-ghanistan46. Mountain, James USA47. Myers, Jackson USN Iraq48. Newman, Anita USN49. Otipoby, Joshua USA Af-ghanistan50. Parker, Roy USMC Iraq 3 times and Afghanistan51. Patterson, Frankie USA52. Patterson, James Jr USN Afghanistan53. Pawlowski, Dominic OKARNG Iraq54. Plata, Wynne USN55. Pohawpatchoko, Kevin USNR Iraq and Afghanistan56. Pohdoco, James OKARNG57. Portillo, Dave USMC58. Robles, Arlene USN59. Rodriguez, Rudy, USA Iraq and Afghanistan60. Ruth, Robert USA61. Saenz, Ricardo USA Af-ghanistan62. Saryerwinnie, Dennis USAR Afghanistan63. Saryerwinnie, James USN Iraq64. Satepauhoodle, Tanner USA

VETERAN PHOTOS AND MILITARY SER-VICE INFORMATION

REQUESTED

Former CIVA Historian, Lanny Asepermy, is updating the master listing of Comanche veterans. The listing currently contains 1,146 names and 502 photos of Comanche veterans. Information on about 60% of the veterans contains only the full name, rank, branch of service and the years served. Asepermy is requesting photos and any information from liv-ing veterans or family members of living or deceased veterans. Infor-mation and photos an be emailed to Asepermy at [email protected] or mailed to PO Box 247, Apache, OK 73006. For more information you can contact Asepermy at (580) 588-2377 or (580) 678-4629. Also if you are a veteran or know of veteran no longer on active duty whose name is not on the CIVA Court of Honor dyes in front of the Nation headquarters please provide the full name, rank, branch of service and years served and proof of mili-tary service so that veteran can have his name added to the dyes. Your assistance is greatly appreciated

RED ELK RESIGNS AS CIVA COMMANDER

George Red Elk resigned as Commander of the Comanche Indian Veterans Association effective Octo-ber 14, 2014. Vice Commander and former Commander, Jack Codopony Sr, has assumed the duties as the Commander. Red Elk cited “it is time en-joy my retirement” stating he wanted to spend more time with his children and especially his grandchildren but couldn’t because most of his week-ends are taken with various CIVA commitments. Red Elk has been an ac-tive member of the CIVA, as the Treasurer, from 1993-97 and again from June 2007. He was elected as the Vice Commander before being elected as the Commander (and Trea-surer) in 2008. During his tenure he

Jack Codopony Sr has been an active member of the CIVA since about 1994 and served fi rst as the 1st Vice Commander before being appointed as the Commander from 1996-07. He is a former Marine, Ma-rine Reserve, Army National Guards-man and Army Reservists serving from 1953-91. Codopony Sr. is a Ko-rean War veteran and served on ac-tive duty at Fort Sill during the Per-sian Gulf War. He retired from Indian Health Service and was employed by the Comanche Housing Authority for a number of years. Codopony Sr. also served on the Comanche Business Committee and numerous boards

George Red Elk being inducted into the OK Military Hall of Fame

Jack Codopony Sr

Afghanistan65. Seaman, Matthew LAARNG Afghanistan66. Smith, Kyle USA67. Smith, Lisa USAF Iraq 3 times68. Southard, Aaron USA Iraq 2 times69. Southard, William Clark USA70. Squire, Michael USA Af-ghanistan71. Tahchawwickah, Lanette USAFR72. Tahkofper, Vena USA Iraq73. Tahmahkera, Benny Jr USMC Iraq 2 times and Afghanistan74. Tate, Paul Jr OKARNG Iraq75. Tenequer, Michael OKARNG Iraq76. Toquothy, Thomas USMC77. Torres, Terry USA Iraq 3 times78. Wahkahquah, Karli OKARNG Afghanistan79. Wermy, Aaron USAF Iraq and Afghanistan80. Wermy, Kris USA and OKARNG Iraq and Afghanistan81. Wichita, Richard USN82. Williams, Rhonda USA Af-ghanistan83. Woommavovah, Gerald Jr USAR Iraq 2 times84. Woommavovah, Mark USAR Iraq85. Woothtakewabbitty, Ray-mond USA Iraq and Afghanistan 2 times86. Yackeschi, Glenda OKARNG Afghanistan87. Yazzie, Lamoni USAF88. Yazzie, Lawrence USAF89. Zambraba, Randolph USA Afghanistan90. Zavala, Manuel USA Iraq 2 times and Afghanistan

participated in well over 600+ com-mitments including 100+ military funeral honors, placement of 80+ military markers and numerous meet-ings, color guard, co-host, banquets, memorials, celebrations and guest speaker endeavors. He was instru-mental with establishing the Patriot Room, upgrading the Code Talker monument, establishing Tahsequah Garden and adding over 440+ names to the CIVA Court of Honor dyes in-cluding the Numu Wounded Warrior and Numu Pukutsi dye. Perhaps his most signifi cant accomplishment was placement of military markers at the gravesite of 21 of the 22 Comanche Code Talkers and representing a del-egation of Code Talker descendents in France in June 2014. Red Elk served with the Army from 1967-73 and OK Army National Guard from 1982-91 – he is a Vietnam and Persian Gulf Wars veteran. He was also a Federal Gov-ernment employee and Contractor at Fort Sill from 1973 until his re-tirement in 2010. While in Vietnam he was awarded the Sliver Star.for Gallantry and the Purple Heart for combat wounds. Red Elk was also inducted into the OK Military Hall of Fame in 2011. His dedication, un-tiring service and leadership will be greatly missed.

from 2013-14. He is currently on the Tobacco and Assisted Living Boards. Codopony Sr. also raises horses at his home place west of Apache. As the former Commander, Codopony Sr was instrumental with the design and placement of the Code Talker Memorial. He also secured funds for the organization in 2004, which has enabled the organization to recognize our veterans for their mili-tary service. Codopony Sr. is a prov-en leader and will continue to move the CIVA in a positive direction.

Dear TCNN,

On behalf of Boone-Apache Schools, we are so appreciative of the school supplies that were donated to our school. Our students and teach-ers were very excited to receive the-ses supplies. The excitement that a child shows when receiving a gift of school supplies is a great sight to see when their eyes light up. This gener-ous donation will benefi t many of our students and teachers in our school system. I also wanted to say that the two men that delivered our supplies, Freddie Banderas and Adrian Ko-assechony, were very polite and did a great job of unloading and stacking all the wonderful supplies. A g a i n , thank you very much for the donation to our students at Boone-Apache. Your involvement in the education of our students is an important part-nership and we truly appreciate your thoughtfulness.

Sincere Appreciation,

Don Schneberger,

Boone-Apache Schools Superinten-

dent

Dear TCNN

Thank you so much for all the wonderful school supplies. We appreciate the time and effort it took to gather and deliver the supplies to Cache Schools. The staff has thoroughly enjoyed go-ing through the boxes and fi nd-ing much needed learning tools for students. At Cache Schools, we believe, “to teach is to touch a life forever.” Your gift will help us continue touching the lives of our students.

Thank you

Randy Batt, Superintendent

Cache SchoolsThe beginning of the school year, the Comanche Nation, though the Comanche Nation Casinos, were able to donate to a total of 14 schools in the surrounding areas. Lawton Public Schools; Riverside Indian School; Indiahoma Public Schools; Geronimo Public Schools; Walters Public Schools; Grandfi eld Public Schools; Big Pasture Public Schools; Cache Public Schools; Chattanooga Public Schools; Elgin Public Schools; Apache Public Schools(Boone-Apache); Central Public Schools; Fletcher Public Schools; Cyril Public Schools. The Comanche Nation Staff here enjoyed being able to be a part of this project to be able to give back to the surrounding communities.

Photo by Candace Todd/News Staff

GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH SCHOOLS


Dear TCNNLetters to the Editor

Tribal Youth is a Big Hitter

Comanche tribal youth Luis Villalobos has become a very impor-tant player for his baseball team, the Shawnee Scissortails. Villalobos was one of the key players, helping his team win the 2014 OK Kids State Midget Tourna-ment, which was held in Blanchard, Okla. Villalobos is on the Honor Roll and on the National Junior Hon-or Society. He is nine years old and has been playing baseball since the

Villalobos

Sovo becomes All American Cheerleader

Jordan Sovo is 16 yrs. old and attends Vian High School in Vian Oklahoma and is a proud member of the Comanche Nation. While attending the 2014 NCA summer home camp she was awarded the All American Cheer-leader by the NCA (National Cheer-leading Association). She was recog-nized by displaying superior qualities in certain aspects of cheerleading including motions, jumps, dance, stunts, tumbling and leadership. For her outstanding accom-plishments she will be the fi rst known

Sovo

Comanche tribal member to have and exclusive performance opportunity to be in the Walt Disney World Christ-mas parade in Orlando Florida that will be televised on ABC Christmas day. Sovo's proud parents are T.D. and Kathy Sovo. She is the granddaughter of Luis (Marty) Marti-nez and the late Dorothy Martinez of Indiahoma. Grandparents are the late Thomas Sovo Sr. and Geneva Suna-goowie Sovo. Her great grandmoth-ers are the late Edith Kassanavoid Gordan and Ernestine Sovo.

age of three. Villalobos plays First base and has a batting average of 440 clean up (4th batter). He has hit at least 10 over the fence homeruns. Villalobos is the only kid known to hit over 300 ft. plus, clear-ing a 12 ft. fence in the Oklahoma State Tournament. As a 7th grader, Villalobos was voted the 2013 Baseball MVP, competing against 8th graders. He also made the USA Baseball NTIS

Oklahoma Team. Villalobos is the son of Jacy Grant Villalobos, he is the grandson of the late Carol Martinez Grant and the great grandson of the late Barbara Yackeschi.

Sports

Dear TCNN,

PROPOSED APRIL 18,2014

COUNCIL RESOLUTION

REQUIRED REVENUE

ALLOCATIONPLAN RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the Tra-dition of Sovereignty of the Co-manche Nation, since time imme-morial, which long predates the existence of the United States, es-tablishes the Inherent Sovereign Powers and Right of Comanche self-governance; and WHEREAS, the Au-thority of the Tribal Council is to authorize the expenditure of funds by approval of the Annual Budget pursuant to Comanche Constitu-tionarticle VI Section 7(d)(3). All ex-penditures over the annual budget violate the Constitution and are not authorized and invalid; and WHEREAS, the Rev-enue Allocation Plan (RAP) re-quires the distribution of the net gaming revenue pursuant to 25 CFR 290. The annual budget is based on the expected net gam-ing revenue not the actual gaming revenue, each fi scal year there is a Carryover of unbudgeted actual gaming revenue and this differ-ence is required to be budgeted; and WHEREAS, the en-forcement of the RAP to budget the actual net revenue, is provided

by the CFR Court of Indian Of-fenses, which has judicial juris-diction pursuant to Comanche Nation General Resolution No. 07-16-01, and is required by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) of 1988; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Tribal Council directs the Co-manche Business Committee to add the following item to the Ref-erendum Vote for the FY-16 An-nual Budget to meet the require-ment that the RAP is based on the actual gaming revenue. Future Carryovers shall be added to each proposed Annual Budget, which shall be approved by a Council Resolution to be placed on the Referendum Vote. : Any actual net gaming revenues as of the last date of the fi scal year (FY-15), which may exceed the annual (RAP) budget for FY-15, shall be approved and shall be added to the annual RAP for FY-16. This Carryover, or ad-ditional per capita payments and additional services, shall be allo-cated according to the currently approved Bureau of Indian Af-fairs Allocation Rates. This ad-ditional services amount shall be budgeted for a Hospital or Health Clinic. NOW THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Tribal Council directs the Comanche Business Committee to the print in the Comanche News-paper, the actual audited gaming revenue ending on September 30, 2015 and the actual gaming revenues of the past twelve (12)

years from the year 2003 to 2014. These amounts, minus the annual RAP budgets, will determine the unbudgeted gaming revenues for the past twelve (12) years. The above Proposed Car-ryover Resolution was presented on October 4, 2014 at a CBC Meeting. This Resolution was not approved. The FY-15 Annual Budget is $50,382,150 or about $50.4 Million Dollars. A very conservative fi gure estimated at $62.4 Million Dollars will pro-vide a Carryover amount of $12 Million Dollars ($62.4 - $50.4). Thus, this Proposed Carryover Resolution is very important to all Comanche Members because 40% of the $12Million Dollars is $4.8 Million Dollars, which is an Additional Per Capita Payment of over $320 for each Coman-che Member ($4.8/15,191 Mem-bers). Secondly, 60% of the $12 Million Dollars is equal to a $7.2 Million Budget for a Health Facil-ity. A Federal Act provides for the federal government to match or contribute the same amount that a tribe puts into a health build-ing and equipment project. This $7.2 Million Budget could be in-creased to $14.4 Million. Please note that the Gam-ing Revenue fi gures for the years from 2011 to 2014 not exact. The Revenue are the un-audited fi gures of the CEO for the years 2011 and 2012 and are very con-servative estimated fi gures for the years 2013 and 2014. The ex-act audited fi gures will certainly show a higher amount for the To-

tal Unbudgeted Revenues for the appropriate years. Approval of this Carry-over Resolution will make certain that the Comanche Nation will no longer have any Unbudgeted Gaming Revenue in the future. However, the TRUTH is that we have over $157 Million Dollars in Unbudgeted Gaming Revenue for the years from FY-03 to FY-014. Only the Council can autho-rize the expenditure of funds by approval of our Annual Budget. The CBC does not have the au-thority to approve any budget. A Special Council Requirements of the National Indian Gaming Act. Every Comanche is entitled to an increased Per Capita Payment. A Health Budget will provide a fa-cility for improved health servic-es.

IMPORTANT RAP REQUIREMENTS

The Revenue Allocation Plan (RAP) was approved on December 5, 2005 by the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary. Arti-cle V, Section 7 of the Plan states that the Business Committee, or their appointee, shall report on annual basis to the Tribal Coun-cil on the status of all expendi-tures and investments authorized pursuant to the Plan. Every year we are suppose to receive a report of all expenditures of programs funded by Gaming, including the Gaming Commission and Board, and the status of all investments of our economic budgets. These economic budgets include Land Acquisitions, CONEI, Capital Improvement, Museum, Hous-

ing Authority, Revolving Loan Program, WIA, Etc. The Profi t-ability and Financial Status Re-port, including the cost of each building and improvement cost of each building, of these economic investments is required by RAP. Thus, all expenditures of Un-budgeted Gaming Revenue, not approved by RAP, VIOLATES Federal Law. Every Penny of the Unbudgeted Gaming Revenue has to be accounted for. In addition, Article I of the RAP needs to be amended to add or include the Truck Plaza Gaming Machines to the list of gaming operations to assure this Revenue is included in future RAPs.

Thomas NarcomeyComanche Member


MilestonesHappy Belated Birthday

Kilah Parker, October 5Harley Pennington, October 6T.J. Moore Jr., October 6Betty Chasenah, October 13Jackie Codynah, October 14Karen Kaniatobe, October 14Kimberly Codynah, October 17Marilyn Guerrero, October 9Rodrick Parker, October 19Yawnna Arkeketa, October 31Nancy Codynah, October 26Kelly Slancy Quoyah, October 29Fred Codynah Sr, October 24Maggie Jane Poahway, October 24

Happy Birthday

Angela Rochelle Knox, November 4Rosalind Asetamy, November 4Vincent Lewis, November 5Mark Hotella, November 7Kevin Geimausaddle, November 8Darris Smith, November 10Betty Crocker, November 13Mona Daukei Davis, November 13Sharon Myhre, November 13Anthony Ray Brinkman, November 16Mary Francis Rutledge, November 16Ronald Monoessy Jr., November 16Mary Pohocsucut, November 17Lorene Pennington, November 18Nancy Jenkins, November 19Cecilee Moore, November 20Josh Pennington, November 26Cricket Karty, November 29

Anniversaries

Edward & Bertha Tahhahwah Jr.November 10, Married 36 years

Passing

Happy Belated BirthdayHarley Pennington

October 6

Happy Belated BirthdayTJ Moore Jr

October 6

Happy Belated BirthdayMarisela Camacho

October 13

Happy Belated BirthdayJacobi Tenequer

October 18

Happy Belated BirthdayKelly Glancy Quoyah

October 29

Happy BirthdayNolan Tahdooahnippah

November 4

Happy BirthdayMark A Hotella

November 7

Happy BirthdaySharon Myhre November 13

Happy BirthdayCayden Tyler Travis

November 14

Happy BirthdayCecilee Moore November 20

Happy BirthdayGracie Trogden

November 21

Happy BirthdayMelvin Kerchee Jr

November 25

Happy BirthdayJosh Pennington

November 26

Happy BirthdayDon Jamison Poafpybitty

November 27

Happy BirthdayAngel Rainheart Redbird

November 28

Happy BirthdayShannon EagleDay Hunter

November 29

Happy BirthdayLorene Pennington

November 18

Happy Anniversary

Kevin & LouGeimausaddle

November 8, 2014

Married20 years

In Loving Memory

Richard Terry Bread 6/10/1941-11/1/2013

Love is Forever ~Mrs.Richard T.

Royce Edwin SatepauhoodleSeptember 19, 1930-September 11, 2011

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Terry Wayne Blair, Jr.

Terry Wayne Blair, Jr. 29 went to be with the Lord on October 4, in Lawton. Funeral Service was Octo-ber 11, at Comanche Nation Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Leonard Presley officiating, Memorial Indian Church.. Burial followed at Temple Cemetery under the direction of Co-manche Nation Funeral Home Cha-pel. Prayer Service was October 10, 2014 at Comanche Nation Funer-al Home Chapel. Blair was born to Terry and Pamela Blair on December 2, 1984 in Lawton Oklahoma. He was a member of the Comanche Nation of Oklaho-ma. He worked as a backhoe operator for 10 years at DJ’s Construction. He enjoyed working on cars and there wasn’t a vehicle he couldn’t fix or repair. He enjoyed riding his 01 Hon-da Shadow with his “Brothers”, he called it “his baby.” He loved races at the Lawton Speedway and followed in Big Terry’s footsteps taking his job after his passing. He enjoyed deer hunting with his father, Big Terry and brother Dusty in the fall. He was a wonderful father. He loved his three little girls dearly. He is survived by his chil-dren: Austin Nicole Blair, Hope Ann Blair, and Terri Alice Blair all of Ho-bart; sister: Brandi Lee Locklear and husband Brandon of Cache; brother: Dusty Dale Norman and wife Shawn of Chattanooga; grandmother: Nancy Pangus of Cache; aunt: Donna Yacke-schi of Altus; uncle: Rocky and wife Christy Red Elk of Indiahoma, David Red Elk of Lawton, Tim and Alayna Pangus of Dallas, Markus Pangus of Cache; Nieces and nephews: Tatum and Autumn Shirley, Vada, Buddy, and Caitlyn Worden, Jeffery, Raean-na, Regina and Steven Guth; numer-ous other family members and many friends. He is preceded in death by his parents: Pamela and Terry Blair; sister: Tiffany Wynette Blair; grand-parents: Arthur and Sylvia Blair and Arnold Lee and Bonnie Leeann Red Elk. Memorial contributions may be made to Red River Credit union in the name of Terry Blair, Jr.

Lena Jeanice “Jeanie” Johnson

Johnson Lena Jeanice “Jeanie” John-son 55 of Cache passed away on Oc-tober 9, at her home with her family by her side. She was born at Reynolds Army Hospital on March 1,1957 in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. She grew up in

Cache/Lawton areas. Johnson attend-ed Ft. Sill Indian School from 1974-1976. She was enrolled Comanche Nation and she was also Arapaho and Seminole tribes. She loved to be outdoors where she spent most of her time. She enjoyed fishing, gardening, and spending time with friends and family. Funeral Service was Octo-ber 14, at Comanche Nation Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Chuck Bowers and Lay Speaker Tommy Johnson officiating. Burial followed at Cache KCA Intertribal Cemetery under the direction of Comanche Na-tion Funeral Home. Prayer Service was Octo-ber 13, at Comanche Nation Funeral Home Chapel. She is survived by her hus-band Don Apauty of the home; fa-ther: James Milton and wife Geral-dine Johnson of Okmulgee; uncle; Roderick Youngman and wife Nina of Chattanooga and Tommy Johnson and wife Anita; aunt: Erma Young-man of Cushing, OK and JoAnna Lambert of Lawton; children: Jessica Lynn Williams of Lawton, OK, Ali-sha Rose Cable, Roderick Thomas Cable of Cache, OK; brothers: James Johnson Jr. of Vernon, TX, Donald Youngman of Lawton, OK, Merrick Lee Youngman of College Station, TX, Brent and LaVonda Youngman of Cushing, OK, Kenneth Tahpay of Cache, OK; sisters: Jody Youngman of Lawton, OK, Kendrith Johnson and Johnna Tahpay, both of Cache, OK; Grandchildren: Kristin and Morgan Apauty, and Gavin Williams, Hayden Cable, Rylei and William Su-ina, and Thomas and Izabella Cable. She is also survived by other family members: Dianna and Vernon Butler, Donna Apauty, Daisy and Johnny Cunningham, all of Lawton, Dustin Apauty of Cache, OK. Ver-non, Andre, and Deon Butler, Daniel and Samantha Morrow, Synthia and Selena Cunningham, Sarah Apauty, and Sheldon Bennett. She is preceded in death by: Her mother: Lisa Rose Young-man; brothers: Edward Len Johnson and Randy Johnson; uncles: Merrick C. Youngman and Harold Johnson Jr; aunts: Carlene Shuffield, Naomi Lyles, Betty Elrod and Edith Reyes; Grandparents: Bert and Lena Hoah-wah Youngman, Harold Johnson Sr. and Bernice Whitewolf Johnson; also preceded by her best friend Georgia Waites.

Blair

Sammy L. Kopaddy, 62 of Cache went to his heavenly home on October 25, in Lawton with his fam-ily by his side. Funeral Services was Oc-tober 29, Comanche Nation Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Nick Tah-chaw-wickah and Pastor John Clipp officiating. Burial followed at Cache KCA Intertribal Cemetery under the direction of Comanche Nation Fu-neral Home. Prayer service was Octo-ber 28, at Comanche Nation Funeral Home Chapel. Kopaddy was born on Oc-tober 5, 1952 in Lawton, Oklahoma to Lilly (Yokesuite) and Decker Ko-paddy, Sr. He enjoyed telling stories, jokes, watching football, boxing and playing bingo with all of his friends. He loved to dance, martial arts, and really enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. He gradu-ated with honors from Ft. Sill Indian School. He went to Washington DC and worked at UN and United States Pentagon for the President. He grad-uated from Vo-Tech and worked as a machinist and was a member of the Cisco Group. He was a member of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma. He is survived by Children: Mycah Kopaddy and Bruce Kopaddy of the home, Darrin Bark of Chero-kee, North Carolina, Robert Bark of Cherokee, NC; brothers; Carlton Kopaddy of Cordell, Kenneth Tah-pay of Carnegie; sister: Adaline Horn of Cache, Ernestine Kopaddy, Eva Mae Antunez, Janelle Mowatt all of

Sammy L. Kopaddy

Cache, Brenda Ashington of Orange County, California, Winifred Sovo of Lawton and Louella Lumbert of Lawton; grandchildren: Rori Bark, special granddaughter: Roxi Celeste Bark; other grandchildren; uncle: Woodrow Kopaddy of Oklahoma City; aunt: Katherine Klinekole of Anadarko; great-grandchildren: Step mom: Momma Kopaddy; Ernest Brewer, Byron Apauty. He is preceded in death by his parents: Decker and Lilly Ko-paddy; wife: Charlotte Kopaddy; sis-ter: Sandra Davis, Lillian Simmons; brother: Donny Yokesuite, Raymond Lee Kopaddy; niece: Dianna Poem-oceah; nephews: Oliver Poemoce-ah, William Horn, Zachery Peyton Christian; aunts: Eva Pautchee, Vir-ginia Saupitty, Mae Cable, Sally Ko-paddy, Mary Kopaddy; uncles: Clif-ford Kopaddy, Roland Kopaddy and Sam Kopaddy; grandparents: Old Man Kopaddy and Ella Connywerdy, Baldwin Yokesuite and Ella Poafpy-biity

Josephine Myers Wapp, 102 of Lawton went to her heavenly home on, October 26, in Lawton. Funeral service was October 30, at Holy Family Catholic Church with Father Phillip Seeton officiating. Burial followed at Fairview Cem-etery in Apache under the direction of Comanche Nation Funeral Home. Prayer service was Octo-ber 29, at Comanche Nation Funeral Home. Wapp was born on her grandparent’s allotment, south of Apache to James and Heva Lena (Fischer) Myers on February 10, 1912. She attended St. Patrick’s Mis-sion in Anadarko, then continued her high school education at Haskell in Lawrence, Kansas. The turning point in her life came when the Bureau of Indian Affairs established an art edu-cation program at the Santa Fe Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico in the late 1930s. Under the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act, the curriculum was designed to educate Indians as art teachers and to eventually place them as art teachers in American In-dian Boarding Schools. She chose fiber and traditional arts as her major area of study. After completing her art education, she taught American Indian arts and crafts at Chilocco In-dian School. In 1963, she was invit-ed to join the faculty at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. Josephine retired in the mid 1970s, and eventually moved back to Okla-homa. During her time as a teacher and professional traditional artist, she influenced and inspired a large number of American Indian Artists. Besides teaching, she also promoted American Indian Culture, especially music and dance. For her students, she was that link from traditional life ways to the present. As an artist, she specialized in finger weaving, an art form among many Woodland tribes.Wapp has received many awards and has served on a number of com-mittees and boards. As selected ex-amples, she was a member of the committee that help to formulate the Museum of the American Indian in New York City and was a founding member of the committee that estab-

Josephine Myer Wapp

lished the Comanche National Mu-seum, serving on its board for several years. She was the featured artist for the opening exhibit of the Coman-che National Museum, exhibiting her collection of blankets and finger weavings. She was a featured artist at the Red Earth Festival and at the Oklahoma State Capital. As well, her artistic work has been exhibited in the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and South America. In 2013, she was the recipient of the Santa Fe Indian Art Market’s Povi’ka Award, which is only awarded to outstand-ing individuals who have influenced, contributed to and promoted Ameri-can Indian Art. At age 102, she lived in Lawton, and has been recognized as the oldest living Comanche, out-standing accomplishment in itself. She is survived by: a son, Ed Wapp Jr. of Lawton; grandchil-dren, great grandchildren, other fam-ily members and friends. She is preceded in death by: husband, Ed Wapp Sr., a son, Edward Joseph Wapp; a daughter and son in law, Barbara (Wapp) and Joseph Lambert; parents: James and Heva Lena (Fischer) Myers; sisters: Nima Hailman and Kathryn Waddle; broth-ers: Randlette, Ike, Vincent, Walker and Jack Myers; granddaughter: Richelle Lambert.

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Asaan James Fife, 45 of Lawton passed away on October 26, 2014. Funeral Service was No-vember 1, at Comanche Nation Fu-neral Home Chapel with Pastor Sha-ron Jones officiating. Burial followed at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Prayer Service wasOcto-ber 31, at Comanche Nation Funeral Home Chapel. Born on December 6, 1968 in Lawton, Ok. He graduated from Geronimo High School in1987. Then attended college at Florida College of Natural Health. He was a personal Fitness Trainer at The Comanche Na-tion Fitness Center and an advocate for diabetes prevention. He was the sole owner and founder of Native Strong. His hobbies include spend-ing time with his family and friends. He enjoyed being outdoors, riding motorcycles, hiking, and running. He loved to travel abroad. He enjoyed writing music, singing and playing guitar. He is survived by his Daughter: Raven Bennett of Lawton; Father: Rodger Fife and wife Judy of Indiahoma; Mother: Ruby (Bubbles) Hickey and husband Charles of Law-ton; three brothers: Tracy Fife and wife Teresa of Lawton, Joseph Fife and wife Casey of Elgin, and Troy Driskell of Missouri; two sisters: Ladonna Fife of Lawton, Jennifer and husband Jeff (Bubba) Justice of Lawton; aunts: Carol Specker from Missouri, Sandy and Mike Vincent of California, Terri Coppola of Dal-las; uncle: Dale Fife of California; girlfriend: Michelle Blanchfield of Lawton; many nieces and nephews; best friend; Tim Johnson and many others. He is preceded in death by: grandmother: Ruby Tabbytosavit; grandfather: Nelson (Shorty) Tab-bytososavit; aunt: Edith Dulaney; brother: Travis Driskell

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Pallbearers: Timothy John-son, Tyler Johnson, George Tahdoo-ahnippah, Trenell Tahdooahnippah, Martin Flores, and Edward Tahahah-wah Honorary Pall bears: Tracy Fife and Joseph Fife

Cheryl Lynne Connywerdy, 57, beloved mother, daughter, sister and friend to many went to her heav-enly home on, October 30. Prayer service was at Co-manche Nation Funeral Home. Fu-neral was at Mt. Scott Kiowa Church. Burial followed at KCA Cemetery under the direction of Comanche Na-tion Funeral Home. Connywerdy was born Oc-tober 10, 1957 in Lawton, Oklahoma to Judy Quoetone Littleman, Okla-homa City and Truman Connywerdy, Apache. She lived for many years in New Mexico and Arizona. She grad-uated from Lawton High School in 1975 where she was member of the Lawton High Marching band and the Native American Club. She attended Cameron University and was em-ployed as a Medical Records Clerk at the Anadarko Indian Health Service Clinic. She lived in Fort Cobb, OK with her favorite canine kids, Ginger and Cookie, who were known as her BFFs. Conneywerdy managed her own home business selling her world famous meat pies and Indian tacos. People came from all directions to enjoy her delicacys. She was an avid Oklahoma University football fan and an Oklahoma City Thunder Bas-ketball fanatic She is survived by: her parents,daughter, Teresa Sumka of the home; brothers, David and Pat Connywerdy, Oklahoma City and Kevin and Kricket Connywerdy, Norman; Yancy Littleman, Oklaho-ma City; Special friends, Gina Ke-niutubbe, Tommy Palmer and Aaron Koomsa. She was preceded in death by; Grandparents, Bill and Lottie Quoetone, Cache, OK; and Julia and Charles Connywerdy, Lawton; Steve Littleman, Oklahoma City, OK

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The Code Talkers and Tahmahkera are among the elite to receive a Star of Fame in the Ft. Worth Stock-yards. Others are John Wayne, Will Rogers, Zane Grey, Bose Ikard, Tad Lucas, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Charles Good-night, Oliver Loving, C.C. Slaughter, Juan Sequin, Bob Wills, Bill Pickett, Frederic

Remington, and Quanah Park-er. “Its is very hum-bling,” said honoree, Tahmah-kera. “I don’t think I deserve it, but I appreciate it.” Tahmahkera, who is retired from the Tarrant Coun-ty Sheriff’ s Offi ce, was one of the fi rst to begin the process of having the Comanche Code

Talkers to receive the Con-gressional Gold Medal. Families of the Code Talkers attended the event, some traveling as far as Albu-querque, NM, to witness the historical event. “I am so proud,” said Mona Selph, daughter of Code Talker, Wellington Mihecoby. “We all were raised out west and come home, to

Oklahoma, for Spring Break and summer vacations.” Lanora Parker, daughter of Code Talker, Sim-mons Parker, read the names of the Comanche Code Talkers of World War I and World War II. Lulus of Comanche Wom-an rang out at the conclusion of the names, showing respect to the men who so valiantly served during a time of tyran-

ny, saving thousands of both American and allied lives. “This is wonderful, I am thrilled to be here,” said Parker’s sister, Mary Moon. “ I was not able to travel to Paris when my sister Lanora went, so this is my chance to share in the honoring of our dad.” Doug Harman of the Dallas/Ft. Worth Area Tourism Council and Texas Historical Commission of Texas, told a brief history of the Code Talk-ers to the crowd. “A total of 60 Co-manche’s served in World War I, some as Code Talkers,” ex-plained Harman. “They were not considered American Citi-zens during the time of World War I, not becoming citizens until 1924 through the Indian Citizenship Act.” He talked about the Code Talkers of World War II, and how instrumental Tahmahkera and Congress-woman, Kay Granger, were in introducing the Bill for the Comanche Code Talkers to re-ceive the Congressional Med-

al back in 2002. Director of Special Projects, Donna Wahnee, presented Hub Baker, Execu-tive Director at the Ft. Worth Stockyards, with a Comanche Flag, replica of the Congres-sional Medal, and a Procla-mation thanking the Ft. Worth Stockyards for recognizing the Comanche war heroes and leaders, such as Tahmahkera and Quanah Parker. Nona Reed, daugh-ter of Code Talker Mihecoby, along with her sister, Mona Selph, expressed their grati-tude to the Stockyards Na-tional Historical Society for recognizing their father and other Code Talkers. “It wasn’t until that day when we visited Norman-dy Beach, standing where our dad was in the heat of battle, we fully understood what he went through.” The Comanche’s gathered following the cere-mony to answer questions and take pictures with onlookers and international visitors.

Donna Wahnee gives Hub Baker of the Ft.Worth Stock-yards a replica of the Congressional Medal to display in their museum.

Sisters Mona Selph and Nona Reed refl ect the time when they stood on Normandy Beach, where their father, Welling-ton Mihecoby and other Code Talkers, used the Comanche lanugage to help save lives.


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