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Winner of 9, 2015 National Native Media Awards
June 1, 2016
“Kvcohvse” Blackberry Month
Vol. 46, Issue 11
2016 MCN graduate profiles
— Pages 9-14
MCN quarterly financials — Pages 14-16
A Mvskoke Media production - The official tribal newspaper of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation
M USCOGEE N ATION N EWS
Fractured Finances:
Audit shows decrease of health department net position
$86 million health facility loan contains balloon
payment
requested copies of the fiscal
year 2013, 2014 and 2015 audits and end of year financial
OKMULGEE, Okla. — In statements for MCNDH.
response to the reported
‘MNN’ also requested inbudget deficit at the Musco- formation regarding the loan
gee (Creek) Nation Depart- approved March 21 to adment of Health (MCNDH), dress the reported deficit
the ‘Muscogee Nation News’ and the loans to finance new
Jessica McBride
Media Coordinator
MCN health facilities.
Audits
‘MNN’ obtained copies of
the FY 2013 and 2014 audits.
The audits can be viewed at:
www.mvskokemedia.com/archives/documents/.
‘The books for 2015 were
closed in February and the
audit for 2015 will be completed by the end of May,’ former MCN Acting Controller
Kathy Guthrie said in a written statement March 30.
Guthrie is no longer acting
controller as of April 4.
Legislation for her nomination was postponed indefinitely at the April 30 National
Council session.
The FY 2014 audit, performed by REDW LLC, is
dated as completed June 29,
2015.
Throughout the audit, it
refers to MCN departments
that were audited collectively
as ‘The Department.’
The audit defines net position on page 30.
‘The difference between
assets and liabilities is “net
position” on the departmentwide, proprietary, and fiduciary fund statements.’
According to www.businessdictionary.com, an as-
Health - 3
Bucktrot discusses housing
payments, waiting list
115 delinquent
payment cases
reported
Courtesy Stephanie Remer/Cherokee Nation
Muscogee (Creek) citizens: Sara Barnett, Northeastern State University Director of
the Center of Tribal Studies, along with NSU graduates Dimitri Mahee, Chelsie Rich,
Andria Smith, Dakota Berryhill at the 16th annual NSU American Indian Convocation
NSU holds Native convocation
Citizens graduate
from NSU
Chelsie Rich
Project Specialist
TAHLEQUAH,
Okla.
— The Northeastern State
University Center for Tribal
Studies held the 16th annual
American Indian Convocation April 29, at the Univer-
sity Center Ballroom on the
Tahlequah campus.
“As I wrap up my first year
in this position, the American Indian Convocation is
by far, my favorite event,”
NSU Center for Tribal Studies Director Sara Barnett
said. “There is nothing I en-
NSU - 5
Sexual abuse survivor shares story
Lewis advocates for
tougher statute of
limitations
Darren DeLaune
MNN Reporter
OKMULGEE, Okla. —
Torture. Living hell. Chaos.
Abandonment.
Shattering of innocence. Stripped
of dignity. Crushing of my
soul.
These are words and
phrases that were used by
advocate and educator,
Virginia ‘Ginger’ Lewis,
to describe what she went
through during the sexual
abuse that she endured by
her father, George Michael
Lewis from the ages of 1116.
She shared her story May
5 during childhood abuse
Survivor - 4
Jessica McBride
Media Coordinator
OKMULGEE, Okla. — In
response to questions regarding a statement he made
during an April 11 National
Council Health, Education
and Welfare Committee
meeting, Muscogee (Creek)
Nation Acting Secretary of
Housing Alvin Bucktrot discussed issues he has encountered while serving in his position.
During the HEW meeting,
Bucktrot mentioned that he
had encountered cases of citizens not making the required
payments towards their
home. Bucktrot said this involved the homeownership
program and estimated the
number of delinquent cases
to be around 115.
“…I pulled a few reports
and I realized that it was just
all over the Nation as far as
housing goes, that there’s so
many out there that are behind,” he said. “And I mean
way behind, not a month or
two. I mean a year or so behind. And in some cases it’s a
few thousand dollars.”
Bucktrot said he believes
that the payments previously
Water feature makes a splash with citizens, locals
Council, Tourism and
Recreation team up for
children recreation
Gary Fife
Radio Specialist
Gary Fife/MNN
Children enjoy opening day for the new splash pad May 10 on the Muscogee (Creek)
Nation Claude Cox Omniplex in Okmulgee, Okla.
OKMULGEE, Okla. —
With a snip of the oversized
scissors cutting the bright red
ribbon, dozens of local children began enjoying the cool
sprinkles and splashes of the
Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s
newest addition to the Claude
Cox Ominplex, a ‘splash pad.’
MNN File Photo
Muscogee (Creek) Nation Acting Secretary of Housing Alvin Bucktrot discussed
delinquent housing payments, the housing waiting list and the confirmation of his
position by the National Council being postponed.
went ignored.
“I think it’s just a lack of
enforcing policy back in the
day that causes all these problems,” he said.
Bucktrot said each citizen is
required to sign a home ownership agreement, requiring
them to make monthly payments, cover maintenance
for the home, among other
requirements.
The funds Housing obtains
from the payments comply with U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development regulations and go
back to the department.
“Because those funds that
the housing gets from the
rents goes back into other
programs that help us reDozens of children waited
patiently at the May 10 event
and enjoyed opening day in
the water with excited squeals
and laughter.
A splash pad is a recreation
area for water play that has
little or no standing water by
spraying it up from underground.
MCN National Council
Rep. James Jennings who
sponsored the project, said
the idea for the splash pad
came up before the 2015
MCN Festival.
He said the project took a
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hab or do repairs on other
houses,” Bucktrot said. “So,
if they’re not paying rent,
then that fund is going to
get drawn down and then
eventually we’ll probably run
short and not be able to help
somebody.
“But that’s all that’s about is
make them aware and make
them accountable for what
they agreed to do.”
He said that citizens will
have until the new fiscal year
to plan, catch up on payments
or make a payment plan with
the department.
The program agreement
provided to Mvskoke Media
by Bucktrot states, ‘In the
Housing - 2
little longer than anticipated
but was worth it.
“Construction was started
about two weeks after the
festival and was supposed to
be about an eight week project and it turned into a six
month project,” Jennings
said. “But the end results was
for these kids out. You see
them, they’re enjoying it and
that’s what the whole thing’s
about.”
Jennings said canopies will
be added to the area at a later
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MCN observes National Prevention
Week
Housing
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event the Homebuyer fails to
comply with any of the obligations under this Agreement, the Muscogee (Creek)
Nation Department of Housing may terminate the Agreement by written notice to
the Homebuyer, enforced by
eviction procedures applicable to landlord-tenant relationships.’
“That’s the last thing that I
want to do is try to get somebody out of their house. I do
not want to do that,” Bucktrot said. “But, we still have
obligations to HUD and to
the Nation and to the Housing Authority to make these
changes.”
He also addressed the waiting list for housing programs.
“It’s performing the best it
can right now… And what it
is, is we only have so many
houses in inventory that are
vacant, which is very minimal versus the list that we
have,” Bucktrot said. “It’s
extremely long. There’s not
enough houses for us to buy
say in Holdenville, Eufaula.”
He said that the department can also build homes
for citizens on the allotted
land that they have inherited.
“And HUD regulations, all
that land they have to have a
deed in their hand that has
their name on it… Then we
can put you a house on there
without you waiting years
and years for that house,”
Bucktrot said.
Bucktrot said that he has
not seen a waiting list waiver
since he has served as acting
secretary, and that he will not
allow it while he is in that position.
The resolution to approve
Bucktrot as MCN secretary
of housing was postponed indefinitely during the April 30
Council session.
He said he has not spoken
with any representatives regarding the reason.
“I just kind of took it in
stride,” Bucktrot said. “And I
said, ‘It’s out of my hands. It’s
whatever they want to do.’ ”
He said he enjoys serving
the Nation in his current capacity and feels he has made a
difference in the department.
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Veterans Administration meeting
held to train the trainers
National event
prepares veterans
services workers
Gary Fife
Radio Specialist
OKMULGEE, Okla. —
The Mvskoke Dome in Okmulgee was used as a training venue May 9 for workers
who serve Native American
veterans through benefits
provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Muscogee (Creek) Nation Secretary of Veterans
Affairs Ken Davis said professionals from more than
six states gathered to better
understand the various VA
benefits.
“Its primary focus is, explain service connected
benefits that were earned by
veterans’ blood, sweat and
tears,” Davis said.
WJ ‘Buck’ Richardson,
Minority Veterans Coordinator for the Rocky Mountain Healthcare Network of
Denver said the event was
held to help those who work
with VA benefits better understand the process so they
can enhance their service to
eligible veterans.
“What this is, is a program that reaches out to
train people to understand
VA benefits, not only on
the health care side, but the
benefits side to be able to
train individuals to reach
out to veterans and their
family members to better
utilize the benefits that veterans have earned through
their service to the country,”
he said.
Richardson explained that
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A train the trainer program was held May 9 at the Mvskoke Dome in Okmulgee,
Okla., to better inform those who help with benefits provided through the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs so they can enhance their service to eligible
veterans.
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the meeting was designed to
provide information on the
widest range of VA benefits
since the need was not just
in one or a few topics.
“This program tries to
help them understand what
they’ve actually earned as
a result of their service to
the country,” he said. “So, it
helps them with the benefits
side, the VBA the Veterans
Benefits
Administration
and some with the National Cemetery Administration, so that when a veteran
passes away, the family understands what they actually
have as far as burial benefits.
It tries to help them understand what their education
benefits are.”
He said success in serving
Native American veterans
requires a personal commitment.
“One thing that we try
to tell all the TVRs (tribal
veterans representatives) is
reach out to one veteran every day,” Richardson said. “If
you reach out to one veteran
every day, you’re doing what
you are trying to learn and
if you help one veteran per
day, then you’ve done what
you tried to learn.”
The session included a
quick tour of the MCN Veterans Affairs Service Office
building and an explanation
of the program.
“Our program demonstrates how a program could
be the absolute example of
why a VA can be successful,”
Davis said.
For more information
about MCN VASO call: 918732-7745.
Liz Gray/Mvskoke Media
Okmulgee County Health Department Health Educator Stephanie Plante-Birkes
leads ‘Tai Chi in the Garden’ May 16 to promote the day’s theme of tobacco
prevention in observance of National Prevention Week in conjunction with
Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Several activities,
themes provided each
day
Darren DeLaune
MNN Reporter
OKMULGEE, Okla. —
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Department of Health partnered with several departments throughout Okmulgee County to offer activities
in observance of National
Prevention Week, which is
May 15-21.
The theme for this year is,
‘Strong as One Stronger Together.’
The first day of activities
was themed Prevention of
Tobacco Use and the exercise hosted for that was ‘Tai
Chi in the Garden,’ which
was held outside May 16
at the Okmulgee County
Health Department.
“Today is Tobacco Prevention so we are enjoying the
clean air by doing Tai Chi
out by our garden,” OCHD
Health Educator Stephanie
Plante-Birkes said.
A different prevention
theme will be observed each
day for topics such as underage drinking and alcohol
misuse as well as prevention
of prescription and opioid
drug misuse.
“We felt that we need to
get more awareness out on
the education in prevention,” Plante-Burks said.
She said Tai Chi also helps
prevent falling as well as the
fear of falling and shared
some other benefits.
“Practicing Tai Chi can
help with your mind body
connection,” Plante-Burks
said. “It also helps with your
walking and improves your
posture.”
Mvskoke Media was referred to the MCN Office
of Public Relations for interviews with MCNDH employees.
For more information on
National Prevention Week
and Tai Chi, call OCHD at:
918-756-1833.
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Health
Courtesy MCNDH
A groundbreaking ceremony was held May 16, 2014 for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Community Hospital in Okemah, Okla. Renderings have not been furnished for the
Eufaula Indian Health Center project.
set is something of value in
which an entity owns, benefits or has use of in generating
income. A liability is a claim
against the assets of the organization.
Page
four
discusses
MCNDH net position.
‘Business type activities reported a decrease in net position of $8.7 million. This
decrease is attributable to the
Department of Health’s operating expenses exceeding its
operating revenues by $65.2
million, while the federal
grants and contracts only offset $48.7 million of that operating loss.’
The report attributes the
decrease to health department activities.
‘The Department’s (MCN)
business-type
activities
showed substantial increases
in operating revenues and
operating expenses from the
prior year, primarily related
to the Department of Health’s
acquisition of two new medical facilities in 2014, including a medical center and a
rehabilitation center.’
Page 17 shows calculations
for the net position of the
health department as of Sept.
30, 2014 to be $38,124,146.
Page 18 shows the statement
of revenues, expenses and
changes in net position for
the health department.
In an emailed response to
‘MNN’ questions, National
Council Speaker Lucian Tiger
stated that the Council received the FY 2014 audit Aug.
25, 2015.
The audit also discusses
MCN budgets and financials.
‘Annually, all funds adopt a
budget. Changes to the budgets during a fiscal year are
infrequent. Overall, the general fund expenditures were
within the total amount budgeted.
‘The expenditures of certain
line-items, however, exceeded the amounts budgeted.
In contract the expenditures
for the entire general fund
budget were 16.4 percent less
than the budgeted amount.’
The report shows conditions and deficiencies found
during the audit.
‘The Department (MCN)
does not have a current and
up-to-date documented accounting policies and procedures manual. The manual
the Department currently
works from is severely outdated.’
The management response
to this listed in the audit
states that a new version of
accounting policies and procedures will be written in FY
2015.
Another deficiency detailed
in the report describes auditing adjustments after the accounting records were closed
at the end of the year.
‘Accounting transactions
were not fully analyzed and
accurately recorded, and
monthly reconciliations were
not performed for significant
general ledger accounts.’
indicated changes would be
made to accounting practices, and described how
the current system operates and provides
information for accounting purposes.
The report identifies improper use
of debit cards previously reported on
former MCN Second
Chief Roger Barnett’s
office.
The audit reports deficiencies in vaccination
records maintained.
‘The Department does not
maintain copies of immunization records to document
controls are in place to prevent the spreading of infectious diseases.’
MCN Public Relations Director Geebon Gouge said
this is related to the Child
Care and Development Block
Grant and not the health department.
indicated immunization records will be requested at the
time of application.
Other deficiencies are notated in the report.
Former MCN Principal
Chief George Tiger discussed
the reported health deficit in
an April 27 interview with
Mvskoke Media.
The interview can be viewed
at: www.mvskokemedia.com/
tiger-speaks-former-chiefaddresses-reported-healthdeficit/.
“I think to some degree
there’s been some sensationalism in the theme, if you
will, of whatever is going on
in health. There hasn’t been a
deficit.
“We didn’t know of a deficit when we left. There wasn’t
any deficit in terms of what
the process or what we knew
in terms of what was going
on with health,” George Tiger
said.
George Tiger said he hopes
the Council will look into
information they have been
presented.
“Well, number one is, I
think still yet there’s some
people, employees that are
jockeying themselves for
positions to make sure they
keep their positions,” he said.
“Maybe providing somethings that really needs to be
studied.”
George Tiger said he feels
the Nation was left financially
stable at the end of his term.
“It was consistent with the
growth that we had during
my administration. The stability in the finance part of it
is pretty well documented in
terms of our growth with the
so called permanent fund,” he
said. “And there were periods
of time prior to me coming
on there were some deficits.
We addressed those issues
and turned some of those
things around.”
‘MNN’ reached out to
former MCN Secretary of
Health Seneca Smith for
comment March 30, April 7
and April 20, and left voicemails requesting a call back.
Smith has not returned any
phone calls as of April 30.
George Tiger said he has
been in contact with Smith
and that
Smith is unable to comment on the situation due to his federal employment status.
George Tiger said his office
and the Council received all
of the financial reports during his administration, and
would have addressed any
items of concern.
“The one thing that you
have to remember is, we basically improved a lot of facets of what was going on in
health. So we had to spend
money… Some of the things
that we presented to the
Council and they addressed,
we all believed that it needed
to be done together, the executive and the legislative,” he
said.
Health department loans
According to TR 16-045,
a $65.68 million loan will
be taken out with Bank of
America-Merrill Lynch to
reinstate funds to the health
department.
The loan will have an adjustable interest rate estimated to be around 1.326
percent, which combines the
TUCCÊNEN
30-day London Interbank
Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus
0.886 percent.
According
to
www.
bankrate.com, the 30-day LIBOR rate as of April 20 was
0.44 percent.
‘MNN’ requested interviews with MCN health and
financial officials for clarification about information obtained through documents,
meetings and interviews.
‘MNN’ was granted an interview with MCN Principal
Chief James Floyd.
The MCN Public Relations
Department requested a list
of questions be sent for review prior to the interview.
Floyd said that the loan to
fix the reported health deficit
is revolving, does not have an
end date and does not contain a waiver of sovereign immunity.
According to www.businessdictionary.com, a revolving account, ‘does not have to
be paid in full before obtaining goods or services against
the available credit limit.’
“We don’t give up any sovereign immunity so there
would be nothing in there
that would waive sovereign
immunity for our tribe,” he
said.
According to the unsigned
loan agreement obtained by
‘MNN’ from Council, the adjustable interest rate for the
yet to be built Okemah and
Eufaula health facilities is
the LIBOR rate plus 2.05
percent.
‘MNN’ cannot independently verify
that the loan agreement signed matches
the unsigned copy
that was reviewed by
Council.
It is unknown which
LIBOR rate index is
used for the calculation, but the loan agreement states that the rate
is to be adjusted monthly.
According to documents
provided during a March 21
Council extraordinary session, the combined annual
payment for the Okemah
hospital and Eufaula clinic is
$6.1 million, with a balloon
payment of $74 million at the
end of the four-year term for
the joint loan to construct
and start the facilities.
The documents can be
viewed at: www.mcnnc.com/
i m a g e s / At t a c h m e nt % 2 0
to%20TR%2016-045.pdf.
According to www.investopedia.com, a balloon
payment is, ‘An oversized
payment due at the end of a
mortgage, commercial loan
or other amortized loan. Because the entire loan amount
is not amortized over the life
of the loan, the remaining
balance is due as a final repayment to the lender.’
This means that MCN will
be required to pay an estimated $74 million in one lump
sum at the end of the fouryear period.
Floyd said he is not sure of
the exact date of when the
four-year period will expire.
The unsigned agreement is
dated Nov. 3, 2014 and was
approved by Council December 11, 2014.
It states that the maturity
date is the 5th anniversary of
the closing date, and defines
the closing date as the date in
which certain outlined conditions such as loan documents
and construction information
have been satisfied.
Floyd said the plan is to pay
the full amount when it becomes due.
“The plan is we pay it at that
time. We generate the revenue from the health care system. We’re working on that
right now and we’ve increased
collections.
“There was a reserve fund
previously. That’s been depleted but what we will do is the
revenue that would’ve gone to
the reserve fund will go to the
loan payments to remove that
debt because the reserve fund
should’ve paid it in the beginning,” Floyd said.
The unsigned loan agreement also includes a waiver
of sovereign immunity. The
agreement can be viewed at:
www.mvskokemedia.com/archives/documents/.
In a March 22 interview,
‘MNN’ asked Lucian Tiger
if enough information was
provided when the Council
voted on the $86 million loan
agreement.
“No, because the complete
understanding of that was…
I didn’t understand the large
balloon payments that were
going to be at the end,” he
said.
George Tiger said he is surprised there are questions regarding the balloon payment.
“…Because every big project this Nation has ever done,
whether it is in gaming or
other things, there’s always
been a standard practice of
having balloon payments,” he
said.
George Tiger said the loan
for the Margaritaville expansion of River Spirit Casino
also has a balloon payment.
“All I know is this, that we
got probably one of the best
gaming industry syndicated
loans in the country on that
project,” he said. “And again,
it does have a balloon payment on it and of course before I could even sign the
contract on it, it went before
the Council and they approved it.”
Floyd said that the estimated completion for the
Okemah hospital is December 2016, and construction
has not began on the Eufaula
clinic.
“There’s two portions that
we’re working on that need to
occur for the construction to
start,” he said.
Floyd explained that MCN
will need to work with the
Indian Health Service for the
joint-venture project to determine if the layout fits the approved space and the square
footage of the entire facility
so that IHS can determine the
staff they will fund.
According to ‘MNN’ records, a ground-breaking ceremony was held for the Eufaula clinic May 28, 2015.
In further coverage of the reported health deficit, ‘MNN’
will review other documents
and interviews obtained regarding MCN budgets, loans,
audits and discussion of the
issue by MCN officials.
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Survivor
prevention/sexual assault
awareness event hosted by
the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Family Violence Prevention Program as well as
the Children and Family
Services Administration at
the Mound Building in Okmulgee.
According to Tulsa Channel 8 coverage, Michael
Lewis is a high-powered attorney who was scheduled
to teach a class called the
Ethics of Representing Children for the Tulsa Lawyers
for Children organization.
The outlet contacted TLC
about personal testimony
given by Virginia Lewis at
the state capitol in support
of House Bill 2292, that implicated Michael Lewis in
his crimes against her and
their coverage stated he then
voluntarily removed himself
as the lecturer. The bill was
proposed to extend the statute of limitations for such
crimes from 12 to 18 years.
Michael Lewis previously
received a deferred prosecution agreement for abusing
Virginia Lewis, which required an acknowledgement
of his misconduct and psychotherapy in exchange for
not being charged.
“Even if he hadn’t, he
would probably still be free
anyway because of the statue of limitations,” Virginia
Lewis was quoted in the
coverage.
During the MCN event,
Virginia Lewis said her final
legislative goal is to follow
models set by states such as
Delaware and Minnesota.
“My ultimate objective is
to have the statute of limitations eliminated com-
pletely,” she said. “It gives the
victims time to heal so when
it is time, they can hold their
abusers accountable and not
be told, ‘I’m sorry, it is too
late.’ ”
Virginia Lewis said that being able to speak about the
subject publicly has helped
her healing process.
“It is a seismic shift to go
from living with a burden to
being released from it,” she
said.
Virginia Lewis said she kept
letters and legal papers about
her family’s dark secret for
more than 30 years.
“I was very nervous,” she
said. “This is my first public
presentation and it is a difficult story to tell.”
Virginia Lewis said the
healing process will last a lifetime but that she is not distraught over that.
“Because I would feel that
I am always falling short of
it (healing),” she said. “The
healing process is manageable. If you continue to work
with it directly, you can feel
empowered.”
She also created the website: www.toprevail.org that
shares her story and available
resources for those who suffer
abuse.
“It is also a place for victims
to go for help,” Virginia Lewis
said. “It is also a place for people to sign up for my support
group.”
Virginia Lewis said that she
has looked around and cannot find any support groups
that are for survivors only.
“Therapists have told me
that since support groups
are not money makers, administrators aren’t willing to
allow therapists time off to
lead those groups,” she said.
“So this group that I am leading will not be therapists led
groups, it will only be survi-
vors.”
Virginia Lewis said she
only recently met another
survivor and that the feeling
of isolation increases suffering.
“I really do believe it is
healing for survivors to
come forward and share
their stories,” Virginia Lewis
said.
Event coordinator, MCN
Resource Home Recruitment and Training Manager Holly Dunn said she
was pleased to have Virginia
Lewis as a keynote speaker.
“Awareness of child abuse
and child sexual abuse,
which I know is a very
hard topic to discuss but it
is something that we need
to bring to the forefront,”
Dunn said.
Virginia Lewis has new
words to describe her situation after becoming an
advocate. Empowered. Liberated. Healing. Joyful. Energized. Free.
According to the Oklahoma State Legislature website, HB 2292 passed unanimously in the House.
Oklahoma State Senate
Communications Director
Malia Bennett said the bill
was then referred to the senate judiciary committee but
was not called for a hearing
before the legislative session
deadline.
“I absolutely am going to
tackle it again next year,”
Virginia Lewis said.
According to a ‘Tulsa
World’ article, Michael
Lewis was asked to resign
from the Doerner Saunders
Daniel law firm. According
to the Oklahoma Supreme
Court website, he was also
allowed to resign from the
Oklahoma Bar Association
in response to a grievance
filed against him.
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Manager fights sexual assault,
pursues combat in downtime
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Muscogee (Creek) Nation Department of Health Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner
Program Manager, Lena Pizzolato has trained in Muay Thai for competition.
Pizzolato has two
opponents drop out
before matches
Darren DeLaune
MNN Reporter
OKMULGEE, Okla. — By
day and on-call, she works
as nurse for the Muscogee
(Creek) Nation Department
of Health taking care of our
citizens. On her personal
time, she turns into a Muay
Thai and American kickboxer.
Sounds like a superhero
story right? Well it is also true.
Pizzolato is the MCNDH
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program manager. SANE
is a program funded by a grant
awarded through a joint effort between the MCN Family
Violence Prevention Program
and MCNDH.
The program provides care
for victims of sexual assault
and also exams to collect fo-
“
been doing what I can to get
the word out and let people
know of the resources that we
have for them if something
like this were to ever happen,”
Pizzolato said.
Pizzolato has been into
combat of a different kind
since she was a girl.
“I have been into some type
of martial arts since I was
about four or five,” she said.
“It was very popular then
and we had a lot schools that
taught that.”
Pizzolato said she stopped
pursing it when she was about
17. She eventually got married, had children and martial
arts were not a priority.
“I have always been active because I was into other
sports,” she said. “I had basketball leagues.”
Her interest was rekindled
when she kept driving by a
gym in Okmulgee.
I have been into some type of martial arts since
I was about four or five. It was very popular
then and we had a lot schools that taught that.”
— SANE Nurse Examiner Program Manager
Lena Pizzolato
rensic evidence for further inquiry by law enforcement.
“She has gone through a
very specific and intensive
training program to be certified as sexual assault nurse
examiners,” MCN FVPP Director Shawn Partridge said.
“Lena and another nurse are
the only ones who can conduct those sexual assault exams.”
Partridge said it is a common misconception that a
basic hospital visit is enough
for these instances, stating
that most facilities lack the
necessary resources provided
through SANE.
Pizzolato said this type of
care was barely mentioned
when she was in school.
“There was a very small
portion in one of our textbooks,” she said. “Because it
was so small, I thought that
there was not a lot of people
who do that.”
Over the years, she discovered this is true and decided
to help out.
“That would be something I
can do,” Pizzolato said. “I saw
the listing for this and I applied for the position. It could
not have been more perfect.”
Pizzolato said she is up for
the challenge and ready to
help through the examinations or by educating victims
and the community on what
is available to combat sexual
assault.
“Anything social, I have
“Paddy’s Gym opened up
downtown and I drove by it
countless times,” Pizzolato
said. “Everyone was very welcoming and nice.”
Pizzolato said she was nervous at first but once she
settled in with the friendly atmosphere, she thought, “Now
they can’t get rid of me.”
She grew up participating in
Karate tournaments but her
new chosen styles have a different way of measuring success.
“With the karate tournaments, those are on points,”
Pizzolato said. “When you get
your point you stop. With the
fighting that I am doing now,
you fight for a certain amount
of minutes for about three or
four rounds.”
It took her a little bit but she
adjusted to this.
“It is weird being in a boxing
ring as opposed to a taped off
area,” Pizzolato said. “Competition is competition.
Pizzolato was going to
make her debut at the Beggs
RV Ranch this March but the
week of the fight, something
happened that prevented her
from being able to.
“For this fight, the girl
pulled out of the fight at the
last minute,” Pizzolato said.
Pizzolato had another fight
scheduled April 23 at Okmulgee High School Brock Gymnasium and her trainer Jarrod
Holrath said that opponent
also dropped out.
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NSU
Native when I say, ‘thank
you NSU for instilling a huge
amount of time and effort
into us,’ ’ Mahee stated.
joy more than celebrating the
Muscogee (Creek) students
achievements of our Ameri- listed in the program were:
can Indian students.”
Blaine Badgett
According to NSU’s Fall
Fort Gibson
2015 American Indian ProBachelor of Science –
file, the university is ranked
criminal justice
first among four-year colleges
in the number of baccalaure- Dakota Berryhill
ate degrees conferred by Na- Sapulpa
tive Americans.
Bachelor of Science – criminal
‘I firmly believe that Na- justice, homeland security
tive Americans should seek
Jerry Dunn
higher education. Higher edMuskogee
ucation is an avenue or path
Bachelor of Science –
to a successful and prosperorganizational leadership
ous career,’ Muscogee (Creek)
citizen Dimitri Mahee stated Jacob Goodrich
in writing.
Stillwell
NSU is also first in the Bachelor of Science – health
number of full-time under- and human performance
graduates.
Retta Kadlec
‘Many individuals would
Muskogee
say higher education does not
Bachelor of Arts – psychology
have the ability to make for
‘real life’ applications. That is Dimitri Mahee
not true. I thought that very Muskogee
statement was true, but when Bachelor of Science – biology,
I stepped into college, that cellular emphasis
concept had left me. Now, I
Andria Smith,
can say a secondary educaPrague
tion does apply to life and is
Bachelor of Science – criminal
vital,’ Mahee stated.
justice, homeland security
Mahee participated in the
MCN Summer Youth Pro- Alisha Trickey
gram where he worked for the Muskogee
dental clinic at Koweta Indian Bachelor of social work
Health Center in Coweta.
Linette Factor
‘I feel that it has influenced
Welling
me tremendously… I was so
Professional Master of
blessed to be around such
Business Administration
awesome people in which, the
atmosphere was always great,’ Lesley Fain
Mahee stated.
Okmulgee
Mahee pursued a Bachelor Master of Science –
of Science degree in biology occupational therapy
with a cellular emphasis.
Chelsie Rich
Every year, American InHenryetta
dian students who graduate
Master of Science –
from NSU are invited to the
higher education leadership
ceremony to celebrate academic achievement and reAccording to American Inceive a stole that represents dian profile, American Indian
the university’s American In- students made up 34.3 perdian legacy.
cent of the total number of
‘Northeastern State Univer- enrolled students at NSU for
sity has a great deal of appre- Fall 2015.
ciation and value towards the
“In addition to focusing efNative American students. forts on retention of AmeriNSU was founded upon Na- can Indian students, I would
tive principles. So with saying also like to get more of our
that, the pressure and atten- students involved in research
tion is upon all Native stu- and study abroad programs,”
dents who are in attendance said Barnett.
there,’ Mahee stated. ‘HowMuscogee (Creek) students
ever, I do not take that in a made up 9.4 percent of the
bad way because it is a level American Indian student
of expectation they have for population, which makes
us and that integrity has to be Muscogee (Creek) Nation
upheld 24/7.’
second among the tribes repAccording to the program, resented by citizens attending
the stole features a design, NSU.
which reflects the history of
‘The Muscogee (Creek) NaAmerican Indian education tion cares for our tribe, parat NSU, printed in white on a ticularly in this instance, the
dark green satin material.
youth. I feel that the Creek
On one side of the stole are Nation knows that the adseven diamonds, which rep- vancement and longevity
resent the seven clans of the of our tribe lies with in the
Cherokee, in remembrance of youth,’ Mahee said. ‘I am so
the Cherokee National Semi- grateful for the Muscogee
naries, which served as the (Creek) Nation and the serfoundation for NSU.
vices they provide for all inThe NSU clock tower logo dividuals who are striving to
appears on the other panel accomplish success.’
with the text: Northeastern
The 2016 NSU Spring ComState University, Legacy of mencement ceremony was
American Indian Education. held May 7-8, on the TahleThe stole is a visual sym- quah campus and May 9, on
bol of this legacy and may the Broken Arrow Campus.
be worn for the NSU Spring
“My goal as the director is
Commencement Ceremony.
to continue the legacy of ex‘The Native students are cellence in supporting the
representatives of a great uni- American Indian students
versity and I speak for every and surrounding communione of the students who are ty,” Barnett said.
CAHKÊPEN
The Civil War ripped among the Indian Territory
tribal members. Less than a
Creek Nation:
year later, Ross and part of
part 3
Don Diehl/Non-Citizen
SAPULPA, Okla. —
Opothleyahola then pushed
further north during the
night. The Confederates did
not immediately give chase
and declared they had won
the battle.
Cooper reported his
troops killed more than a
hundred Unionists and he
lost, “a handful of men.”
Subsequent skirmishes
occurred on Monday, Dec.
9, 1861 at Chusto Talasah
as Cooper again encountered the fleeing unionists
and meted out more punishment during a standoff.
Then, the day after Christmas, a Confederate force led
by Col. James M. McIntosh
attacked Opothleyahola at
Chustenalah.
Stripped of their belongings and in dire straits because of winter snow storms,
the remaining troops, women and children escaped
toward Kansas. Some died
then or later on because of
the harsh conditions.
That first battle took a
lasting toll on local Creeks.
It was just a prelude of what
would follow as Native
Americans became more
involved in the hostilities.
Cherokee Chief John Ross
also had signed an alliance
with the Confederacy in
1861 in order to avoid disunity within his tribe and
the National Council concluded that the agreement
had proved disastrous and
things would get worse.
In the summer of 1862,
Ross removed the tribal records to Union-held Kansas
and then proceeded to Washington, D.C., to meet with
President Lincoln. Cherokees
favoring the Confederate
States elected Stand Waite as
their chief.
Waite, who already had a
turbulent history in the tribe,
had become a general in the
Confederate Army and a key
leader in securing Indian
Territory and its resources for
the cause of the South. Incidentally, he would be the last
Confederate general to surrender to Union forces.
Meanwhile, Sapulpa himself also had joined the Confederate Army and would
serve for three years in the
Civil War.
Sapulpa also loaned the
Confederacy $1,000 in gold.
According to Pete Eagan’s
‘Sapulpa, OK! The Greatest
City in the Known World,’
the family still had the note
in 1924.
Sapulpa was wounded in
the battle of Elk Creek near
Checotah. He lost everything
because of the war – his store,
home, buildings and livestock. That was true of all the
Creeks.
The Creek Nation was
devastated by the Civil War.
After 30 years of establishing themselves in their new
homeland following forced
removal from their homes
in Mississippi Territory, the
Creeks would have to start
over again.
In 1868, Sapulpa was part
of the reunifying leadership
of the tribe.
He was elected to the
House of Kings and remained in this position until his death.
The Creek Nation had two
legislative bodies, the House
of Kings and the House of
Warriors.
Around 1872, Sapulpa
opened another store in his
home. Eagan’s book says
some believe the location
was on East Taft where the
Church of God campus
is now. Sapulpa is buried
in the small cemetery just
south of the church property on Division St.
On the Daughters of
American Revolution monument, he is reverently referred to as ‘leader.’
Ironically, a few years after the Civil War the name
‘Chief’ (probably spoken in
derision by railroaders) was
forever attached to Sapulpa
-- a title of honor fitting for
anyone able to pull things
together again after the
Civil War that ripped the
Muscogee (Creek) Nation in
Oklahoma.
See part 1 in the March 15
edition for source material
and information about the
author. See part 2 in April 1
Mvskoke Language Preservation Program
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Native Gilcrease museum director has expansive plans
Pepper Henry talks
progress, more
outreach
Gary Fife
Radio Specialist
OKMULGEE, Okla. — It
has been over a year since the
first Native American to oversee Tulsa’s Gilcrease Museum
assumed the director position and James Pepper Henry
is working to bring the facility, Tulsa community and local tribes closer together.
Henry is an enrolled citizen of the Kaw tribe and of
Muscogee (Creek) heritage.
He brings life-long experience in museum work, directing such institutions as
the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Anchorage’s Museum at
the Rasmusson Center and
working at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the
American Indian in Washington, D.C.
Henry took some time
from his schedule April 13 to
speak with ‘Mvskoke Radio’
host Gary Fife about that career and shared some observations on one of Tulsa’s cultural landmarks.
Here are excerpts from that
interview.
MR: You’ve been heading
up this incredible museum for
just over a year now. When I
think of the museum’s housing the major collections of
American Indian art and history, this is one of the pillars.
Of course, you have the National Museum on the mall
in Washington, and there
are other collections like the
Heard. You were actually
connected with those institutions. Now tell me what was
that like?
JPH: First of all, it’s a great
honor for me to be executive
director of the Gilcrease Museum, especially considering
the fact that Thomas Gilcrease
himself was Muscogee (Creek)
Indian.
I’ve been in the museum
field for close to 30 years now
and when I was coming up
through the ranks, interested
in working in museums, there
weren’t a lot of people of Native heritage working in museums. So, it was a challenge
to try and break into the museum field at that point.
I was fortunate enough to
have the opportunity to start
on a new endeavor back in the
1990s and that was the National Museum of the American Indian. I am one of the
few folks out there who that
has worked at all the NMAI
facilities.
That was a great opportuni-
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ty for me as a young man to be
involved in that project, which
is amazing that the National
Museum of the American Indian is the only monument to
indigenous peoples that is in
Washington, D.C.
MR: That’s one way of
pointing to the unique relationship between Native
Americans and the federal
government?
JPH: Absolutely. For so
many years, their interpretation of American Indian culture and particularly, material culture was interpreted
by non-Natives. In fact, my
grandparents, who I grew up
with, they wouldn’t even be allowed to go into the museum
to see the items associated
with their own tribes.
It was only until, probably,
the 1980s or the early 1990s
that American Indians were
actually brought to the table
to be a part of the interpretation of their own cultures.
It really was kind of a closed
world for American Indians—
the museum world.
When you think about it,
museums haven’t been happy
places for American Indians.
It’s a reminder of what we’ve
lost, as a people. The spoils of
war, the things that have been
taken away from us, the things
that have been put on display
and reinterpreted and misinterpreted.
Only in the last 20 years,
have American Indians been
invited back and actually taking charge now of the conversation and the content and the
interpretation of that content.
That’s why it’s exciting for
me to come back to Oklahoma
after 20-plus years and be the
director of the Gilcrease Museum.
MR: Where are we in that
process? Are we still at the
starting line? Has that wall
cracked?
JPH: We’ve made a lot of
progress in the last 20 years.
Here at Gilcrease in particular, I know that the museum
has made a concerted effort to
consult with the cultures that
are represented here in this
museum. We’re not slowing
down.
As we think about the reinterpretation of our collections
and of our archive, we certainly will be talking to the other
cultures that are involved.
Not just the Native, but we’re
in North Tulsa, there’s a large
African-American community, the race riots happened not
too far from here in the 1920s.
So, I think we have a real opportunity to tell a much more
holistic story of Oklahoma,
Tulsa, in particular.
Before, museums had been
restricted to people with academic degrees, Ph.D’s, masters’ degrees. Those were the
folks that were allowed in the
doors to do the research, not
people from communities.
That’s all changed now and
we invite to them come in and
have access to the collection.
If somebody of Native descent
wants to see items associated
with their culture, then all
they have to do is give us a call.
We’ll make an appointment
to get direct access to these
items.
MR: I had a friend in Minneapolis who said, ‘Who do
think they got it from?’
JPH: Exactly. I remember
talking to George Horse Capture years ago, and he said a
lot of these researchers would
come to the tribes and into
the community and wouldn‘t
be there for very long searching for knowledge and he said,
‘You know, we didn’t tell them
everything.’
MR: Did your heritage play
any part in your being selected?
JPH: I like to think that
my experience is what got me
the job here, almost 30 years
KÔLVPÂKEN
ing of Rick West at the Autry
Museum and Kevin Gover at
the National Museum of the
American Indian and Patsy
Phillips at the Institute of
American Indian Art Museum—all of those folks are
from Oklahoma, Oklahoma
tribes.
For some reason, Oklahoma
is cranking out a lot of museum professionals. I think
that’s great.
MR: Have the visitors here
understood what’s there before them and do they make
the distinctions between the
different cultures?
JPH: Oklahoma has such
a diverse population of Native peoples, 39 federally recognized tribes. As we think
about reimagining Gilcrease
Museum and working on a
new interpretive plan, I think
we can do a much better job of
showing the diversity of Native cultures here.
Right now, our display is a
little bit antiquated. Our focus, right now, is to show, to
articulate to our visitors that
Native Americans are still
here. A lot of people still have
the impression that we are extinct, that we went the way of
the buffalo, that we’re stuck in
the 19th century.
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Kaw/Muscogee director of Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Okla., James Pepper Henry.
in the museum field, working in Native and non-Native
museums. But I think the fact
that I have family connections
here in Tulsa, Oklahoma and
my heritage is really here in
Oklahoma. I’m sure that had
a factor in the selection, having those cultural connections
and those family connections
here made me much more familiar with Oklahoma.
MR: Do think the museum’s presence and focus and
now you being here to direct
it has changed the perceptions of Tulsans and Oklahomans about Native People?
JPH: It has at one level and
it hasn’t at another level. You
can still see and feel some
prejudices and some tension
there, but so many people now,
I know, have Native blood in
Oklahoma. So I think things
are changing but they haven’t
completely changed yet. There
are still some barriers that
need to be broken down.
It’s still difficult for Native
peoples to get to the upper
echelons of different kinds of
businesses and professions.
There are very few of us of
who are directors of museum
across the country.
But most of the people who
are directors of museums
across the country, think-
Our goal is to show the diversity of the tribes in Oklahoma at Gilcrease Museum.
But to also show that history
from a contemporary perspective, kind of working from
the present back, rather than
starting from earlier times
and moving forward.
I think it’s important to
have that message and show
our visitors that we’re still
here, we have vibrant cultures
here in Oklahoma. We often
times live in two worlds. We
have our Native world, life,
ways. Then we have our secular life, ways, trying to fit into
two different worlds here.
MR: Has the museum taken it upon itself to work with
any tribes on any projects
or perhaps on any planning
board?
JPH: Well, we have several
projects coming up including
an exhibition on the arrival
of the Cherokee people on the
Trail of Tears. That exhibit
will open next year. We’re also
planning an exhibition on
Plains Indians and working
with some of the Plains tribes
that are here in Oklahoma.
But, as we think of the interpretive plan moving forward, I would like to see all
the tribes here in Oklahoma
represented in a newly re-
envisioned Gilcrease. But, in
particular, Tulsa’s an interesting place because you’ve got
the convergence of three tribes
here. You’ve got the Cherokee
Nation, the Muscogee (Creek)
Nation and the Osage Nation
and they all kind of intersect
right here in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
I think those three tribes
should be highlighted because
we’re here in that territory.
But, certainly the other tribes
that are here in Oklahoma will
certain have a place in the new
Gilcrease Museum.
We had talked about the
new American Indian Cultural Center and Museum being constructed in Oklahoma
City. Now that pieces are falling into place to finish that
project and we wish to have a
relationship, a more formal
relationship with that museum where we can share exhibitions.
I’ve talked to them about
loaning some items that we
have here in our collection
to that facility which helps
advertise Gilcrease Museum
in Oklahoma City, but also
helps flesh out their exhibits
because they don’t have a collection. So I think we can help
each other there.
Certainly one of our goals
is, certainly to educate our citizens about the rich heritages
and I put plural because of not
just one heritage, but the richness of our full diversity of our
communities with American
Indians, the African-American community.
The largest growing community in the Tulsa community is the Latino community
and I certainly think that we
can be relevant to that community as well.
Really, as you were talking
about there was a little bit of
an elitist bent to the perception that this was an exclusive
club for only a certain group
of people. I really want to see
the Gilcrease Museum become
part of ‘Tulsa’s living room.’
That we are a center for
civic engagement, that we are
a place for dialogue for showcasing the diversity our community. Also bringing some
of the best exhibitions in the
world to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
MR: If visitors come in,
what sort of displays or items
is there on the Muscogee
(Creek) people is available
here?
JPH: We have quite a few
artists represented, Muscogee
(Creek) artists represented
here at Gilcrease. Jerome Tiger
is one of my personal favorites, and we have quite a few
artists represented. When I
think about tourism, I want
people to think of us as a
launching point to go a little
bit deeper into the story of the
tribes here in Oklahoma.
I know, Muscogee (Creek)
Nation has been working on
restoring the Council House
there in Okmulgee.
There’s been some efforts
to restore the Council House
back to its original glory back
in the day.
When people come to Gilcrease, I would like to see
other opportunities for them
to explore the other cultures
in the area and advertise what
Muscogee (Creek) Nation is
doing.
CENVPÂKEN
CARL MARTIN
OKMULGEE, Okla. —
Carl Martin passed from this
life on April 23 at the age of
93. He was born in Muskogee
to March and Minnie (Chisholm) Martin in February
1923.
They lived in the Broken
Arrow-Coweta area. He was a
full blood Muscogee (Creek)
citizen of the Beaver Clan
and Lochapoka Tribal Town.
He was raised by his mother
Minnie and step-father Jim
Chalakee on a farm east of
Broken Arrow near Springtown Church. His grandparents were Anderson and Rosa
(Fulotka) Chisholm who
lived near Haikey Chapel and
Johnson and Susannah (Carr)
Martin of Coweta.
Carl’s first language was
Creek. He attended the Euchee Indian Boarding School
in Sapulpa. At age eight, he
attended Progressive School,
and he graduated from Broken Arrow High School in
1943. He was a good athlete
and loved playing football for
the Broken Arrow Tigers.
Carl’s Christian education
began in area Indian Methodist churches, Haikey Chapel,
Broken Arrow Indian Methodist, and the church across
from his home, Springtown
Indian Methodist. As an
adult, he was a member of the
Broken Arrow Assembly of
God Church.
In 1944, Carl enlisted in the
U.S. Navy and was assigned to
the U.S.S. Washington, a battleship, which was involved
in the bombardment of the
Central Phillipines, Luzon,
Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Taiwan
and Tokyo. He was honorably discharged on New Year’s
Day, 1946.
Upon his discharge, he
married Betty Patterson Justus. Together, they raised
three children, Sheryl, Jim
and Betty Sue. Following
WWII, he completed a two
year course in diesel mechanics at Okmulgee Tech and
then was employed at MK&O
Bus Lines in Tulsa for two
years before moving to the
postal service. He worked
in Broken Arrow’s post office from 1950-1974 and was
postmaster in Cleveland at
the time of his retirement in
1987.
Baseball was Carl’s passion
throughout his life. He liked
to play ball as a boy on Sunday afternoons at a field near
his home. There were many
who shared his passion, and
in the 1950s, a group of them
enjoyed playing on a ‘town’
team. They had to travel to
find other teams to play and
even played at the prison in
McAlester. When his son
Jim was just a small boy, Carl
came up with an idea to have a
boy’s league in Broken Arrow.
He managed to get others interested and organized little
league baseball in Broken Arrow. He coached teams for
ten years, including American Legion ball. For many
years, he served as a volunteer
director of the program.
His wife Betty preceded
Carl in death in 1992, and
daughter Sheryl (Simms)
followed in 2014. A granddaughter, Tonya Martin, also
preceded Carl in death in
1967.
He is survived by his: children, James Martin and wife
Ada of Ashburn, Va., and
Betty Sue Gerber and husband Gary of Broken Arrow;
grandchildren, Anne Simms
Johnson and husband, Mike
along with John Simms, all of
Broken Arrow, Tika Martin
and husband Willard of San
Mateo, Calif., Kevin Martin
and wife Tiffany of Fredericksburg, Va., Kelly Martin
Wilson and husband Stephan
of Fate, Texas, Shannon Martin of Ashburn, Va., Jennifer
Gerber Day and husband Bill
of Broken Arrow and Gary M
Gerber of Lakewood, Colo.,
and
great-grandchildren,
Brittany, Sidney, Bailey, Maddie, Brenna, Ben, Ava and
Zoe.
MCN Scholarship
pageant set June 4
OKMULGEE, Okla. — The
Scholarship Pageant has been
set for June 4 at the Mvskoke
Dome on the Claude A. Cox
Ominplex in Okmulgee.
The doors open at 2:30 p.m.
and the event starts at 3 p.m.
Women's
conference set June 4
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Arbor Care seeking
citizens to take
wood chips
MCN Arbor Care/Release
OKMULGEE, Okla. —
The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation Arbor Care Department is looking for
citizens in need of woodchips at their homes for
flowerbeds, gardens, etc.
These chips are from a variety of different trees that
have been cut down and
ran through a commercial
chipper. If you or someone
you know might be interested, please contact one
of the numbers below.
Please note that we must
have a good access point
to deliver and dump the
chips. Roads, driveways,
etc. must be accessible for
our trucks to get in and
out of safely and without
getting stuck.
For more information,
one of the following can
assist you: Oscar Hicks
at: 918-752-8577, James
Hicks at: 918-752-8014 or
Phil Booker at: 918-7327794.
Farewell from Miss
MCN
Shannon Barnett/Miss MCN
OKMULGEE, Okla. —
Hesci! Shannon Lynne
Barnett cv hocefkv tos.
Cvckvlke Kay momen
Daniel Barnett. Cvpusulke
Dicey momen Ed Barnett,
Margaret and the late Artussee Fields.
I am the 2015-2016 Miss
Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
I am so thankful for all the
amazing opportunities I
have had during my reign.
I loved getting to share the
Mvskoke language and
our culture at many events
all over Oklahoma and out
of state. It has truly been
an honor getting to represent MCN.
Mvto vmvniceckat!
Thank you to everyone
that helped me during this
past year, especially my
parents. My family, chaperones, and pageant committee has made this past
year full of great experiences and opportunities
that I will never forget.
Mvto!
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. —
The Elm Tree Women’s Conference has been set for 9
a.m.-2:30 p.m., June 4 at Elm
Tree Baptist Church in Tahlequah. For more information
call: 918-772-0201.
Benefit Powwow set
for Oct. 1
MUSKOGEE, Okla. — The
fifth annual Murrow Indian Children's Home Benefit Submission
Powwow is set for Oct. 1 at
OKMULGEE, Okla. — The second annual Muscogee
the Student Life Center, 2412
(Creek) Nation 4-H speech contest was held May 3 at Morris
E. Shawnee Bypass, Muskschools where 29 contestants gave a total of 43 speeches and
ogee OK. For event informarepresented six of the eight counties in the MCN, almost
tion call: 918-682-2586.
double the amount from last year. Maddison Long from Hanna
won a laptop drawing. MCN 4-H Manager Billy Haltom would
like to thank the judges and Morris Middle School principle
Monte Womack for making the event possible.
Splash
20th Annual Sports & Life Skills Camp
June 9th-11th, 2016
&
Okmulgee High School
Okmulgee, Oklahoma
SPORTS & AGE GROUPS
Lacrosse 7-18
Soccer 7-18
Running 9-18
Volleyball 11-18
Basketball 11-18
Football 12-18
FREE EVENT
*** TRANSPORTATION NOT PROVIDED***
APPLICATIONS DUE Monday, June 6th
Register Online: www.nativevision.org
OR
Email nativevisioncamp@mcn-nsn.gov for a copy of the application
Questions contact Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Cultural Center & Archives Office
(918)549-2434
date to provide some shade.
NCA 15-142 was passed
during the June 20, 2015
Council session appropriating $99,999 to fund the project. He said project organizers chose a splash pad over a
swimming pool for liability
reasons.
“Through Risk Management, they agreed that this
here has a limited liability
as compared to a pool,” Jen-
“
the regular Okmulgee water system, be treated by that
system and used only once.
Logan said MCN Lighthorse
Tribal Police Department
will include splash pad as
part of their regular patrols
of the MCN grounds.
Logan is pleased with the
outcome.
“Everyone has had a good
response and parents are calling to inquire about its avail-
You see them they’re enjoying it and that’s
what the whole things about.”
— MCN National Council Rep. James Jennings
nings said. “You would have
to have a lifeguard and your
insurance increases also.”
Plans are to have the splash
pad operating from 8 a.m. - 8
p.m. during the summer.
MCN Tourism and Recreation Office Manager Ryan
Logan said it will be open
through the season based
on how Oklahoma weather
changes towards the fall. He
said it will have to be winterized for the cold season.
The water will come from
ability,” he said.
Jennings gauged the response of opening day attendees concluding that the
idea met expectations.
“It is, you know, you hear
everybody saying, ‘We got to
do something for our youth,
our elders.’ Well, this is part
of our youth right here,” he
said. “You can look at them
and see how happy they are.”
MCN Tourism and Recreation can be reached at: 918732-7992.
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The Muscogee Nation News congratulates
2016 MCN graduates
Jacob Lee Adams
Brandon Lee Autaubo
Family: Paula Lee, mother – Emilee Adams,
sister – Eddie and Rita Lee, grandparents –
Catherine Evans, great-grandmother
Parents: Rodney and Gayle Autaubo
School: Deerfield Beach High School,
Deerfield Beach, Fla.
School: Lincoln Christian High School - Tulsa
Clan: Wind
Tribal Town: Concharty
Clan: Turtle
Church: Church On The Move - Tulsa
Muscogee (Creek), Cherokee and Euchee,
Jacob is graduating with a 4.3 GPA and is
ranked 93 out of 522 students in his graduating class. Over the past
two years, he also attended Broward Community College, earning
18 credit hours. Jacob attended Boys State in summer 2015 and
graduating with 266 community service hours. Jacob has been a
member of: Art Club - vice president, Drama Club - improv captain,
Engineering Club and the National Honor Society.
Brandon will continue his education at
Oklahoma State University in Stillwater in the
fall.
He has been accepted to Florida Atlantic University where he will
study mechanical engineering and his career plans are to design
and build prosthetics.
Rachel Elizabeth Bell
Family: Roger and Tammy Bell of Muskogee
– parents, Kirby and Lillie Boen of Wainwright
and Bob and Louise Bell of Muskogee grandparents
School: Connors State Collegee
Degree: Associate of Arts in summer 2016
George H. Alexander
School: Institute of American Indian Arts
Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts in studio arts
Rachel will attend Northeastern State University
in the fall. She plans to major in early childhood
education. She would like to be a preschool teacher. Rachel enjoys
photography and working with children. She is currently a parttime toddler teacher at a daycare. Her accomplishments include
president's honor roll, dean's honor roll, and Phi Theta Kappa Honor
Society.
Dakota Cody Berryhill
Parents: Charlotte Berryhill, Sapulpa
Bailee RaeAnn Allen
School: Northeastern State University
Parent: Taryn Allen
Degree: Bachelor of Science in criminal justice
with a concentration in homeland security
School: Muskogee High School
Clan: Nokosvlke (Bear)
Tribal Town: Kvssetv Tribal Town
Church: Fife Indian United Methodist Clan: Wind
Fall 2016 dean's honor roll, Spring 2016
president's honor roll
Ceremonial Ground: Polecat
2013 Miss Muscogee Indian Community,
2013 MCN Lighthorse Explorers Post 106 sr. explorer, 2013-2014
Oklahoma Council for Indian Education Student rep., 2013-2014
Muskogee Public Schools Miss N.A.S.A., 2014 Mvskoke Women’s
Leadership High School Student of the Year Award, 2014 Muskogee
Lady Roughers Best Attitude Award (basketball), 2015-2016 Fife
Indian United Methodist Church Youth president, 2016 Oklahoma
Indian Missionary Conference Person Under 25 for the NE Region.
Bailee plans on attending the College of the Muscogee Nation this
fall.
Geronimo L. Angeles
Parents: Jennifer and Peter Angeles
School: River City High School
Clan: Wind
Tribal Town: Thopthlocco
Geronimo participated in wrestling throughout
high school, helping his team make it to its first
ever Wrestling League Champions in 2015,
while maintaining a 4.0 GPA. He is also an active Boy Scout with
Troop One in Sacramento, Calif., and is soon to be an eagle scout.
Geronimo will attend the University of California, Santa Cruz this fall.
It’s with great honor; the family of Geronimo Angeles announces
his graduation on June 2, which includes his older brother Victor
Fuentes, his maternal grandmother Bonnie Sue Manriquez (Harjo)
and his late great-grandparents Johnson Harjo and Dorothy Ayers
(Robinson) of Okemah.
Jane Elizabeth Boldrey
Family: Cathlene Dickenson-Boldrey – parent,
Louis Dickenson - grandparent
School: Eastern Washington University,
Bellevue, Wash.
Degree: Bachelor of Arts degree in children’s
studies with a minor in sociology
Recognition on the dean’s list for earning
a 4.0 GPA for five consecutive quarters and
graduating with honors. Throughout her time at Eastern, Jane both
interned and volunteered for the YWCA of King/Snohomish County,
specifically working to help at-risk populations gain equitable access
to basic needs such as food security, stable housing and employment.
Post-graduation, Jane plans to continue working with these
populations, specifically supporting children and families living in
poverty. She plans to continue with school and earn a master’s in
social work. Jane and her family currently live in Redmond, Wash.
and she is a Muscogee (Creek) citizen.
Profiles were edited according to guidelines set forth in
the form published in the ‘Muscogee Nation News’ and
other Mvskoke Media outlets along with the editor’s
discretion per policy published in the box on page two of
every edition. The top portion for basic information was
limited to 50 words and the accomplishments section at
the bottom was limited to 100.
PALEN
Shannon DeAnn Buchanan (Patterson)
Andrea Sullivan-Clarke
Family: Daniel Buchanan, husband - Robert
and Jackie Patterson (Fry), parents - Aidan
and Nacona, children
Family: Colonel Alan Clarke – husband, Petty
Officer Nicholas Clarke, Harrison, Christian
and Evelyn Clarke – children, Jack and Sharon
Sullivan - parents, Chapley and Juanita
Sullivan - grandparents
School: Northeastern State University, Broken
Arrow Campus
Degree: Bachelors of Science in criminal
justice and legal studies
Tribal Town: Eufaula Canadian
Shannon graduated with high honors, Magna Cum Laude, with a
3.669 GPA. Shannon has been named on the dean’s honor roll five
times at NSU. Shannon is passionate about tribal issues and intends
to complete her Master’s in indigenous people’s law at the University
of Oklahoma College of Law in Norman beginning in August.
Shannon currently works for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Family
Violence Prevention Program as a victim’s advocate.
Brianna Renee Candioto
Family: Connie Dearman Lake, Kenneth Lake
and Allen Candioto – parents, Walter and Mary
(Fish) Dearman as well as Dennis and Carolyn
Eddleman - grandparents
School: Sapulpa High School
Clan: Bear
Brianna holds a 3.8 GPA and is ranked 60th
in her graduating class of 347. Bria is also
attending Central Tech for administrative assistant and has been
a concurrent student at TCC and OSU-IT for two years. She is a
member of the Business Professionals of America and serves as
vice-president. Brianna is on the TCC dean’s honor roll and has
achieved senior academic letters from SHS.
Bria has been a member of the National Honor Society. She has
completed WorkKeys testing and received the silver seal. Brianna
plans on attending Northeastern State University this fall majoring in
physical therapy.
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School: University of Washington, Seattle in
June 2015
Degree: Doctorate in philosophy
Clan: Wind
Tribal Town: Fish Pond
She has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at DePauw
University, where she will teach Native American philosophy and
conduct research on issues of diversity.
DeEtta Cravens
Family: Ike and Renee Cravens – parents,
Rachel Anne Berryhill, daughter of Jake
Berryhill and Leah Jane Yarboroughm - greatgreat-grandmother.
School: Harvard Kennedy School of
Government
Degree: Master’s in public policy
Prior to graduate school, Cravens was awarded
the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship by the U.S.
Department of State. The national fellowship was awarded to 20
students from underrepresented and minority groups. In addition to
funding two years of graduate studies, the fellowship provides a fiveyear placement in the U.S. Foreign Service, which is where Cravens
will begin her career in public diplomacy.
Carlie Ann Cumpton
Family: John and Stephanie Cumpton parents. Carlie is a member of the Burgess/
Harris family of Henryetta.
School: Clear Springs High School, League
City, Texas
Clan: Fox, from her great-great-grandfather,
the late Daniel Burgess
Kathalene Suzanne Carden
Tribal Town: Cussetah
Family: Jeff and Beverly Carden – parents,
Sue Morgan - grandmother
She will attend college at UT Tyler in Texas and will play softball at the
university. She has been on the honor roll, has received All-District
honors her sophomore, junior and senior years and was voted MVP
of her softball team her sophomore year. She is involved with TET
and works with elementary children through this program daily. She
has also been a member of TAFE, student council and the National
Technical Honor Society. She is pursuing a degree in elementary
education in college at Tyler.
School: University of Oklahoma
Degree: Master of Arts in Native American
studies
Clan: Wind
Kathalene is a licensed registered nurse
who works at the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. Her passion
is to improve the health care of Oklahomans and eliminate health
disparities.
Elijah Cate Cusher
Parents: Randy Cusher and Elizabeth Cook
School: Okmulgee High School
Clan: Wind
Michaela Lynn Carr
Family: Anthony and Shanh-Dea McIntosh,
Corey and Aimee Carr – parents, Craig and
Debbie Mosquito, Judy Carr and the Late
Johnny Carr – grandparents.
School: Kiefer High School
Clan: Fuswvlke (Bird)
She will complete her medical assisting
program at Central Vo Tech in June, where
she is already certified in home health care, long term health care,
CPR, first aid and as a CNA.
Michaela lettered for four years in basketball, four in fast-pitch
softball, four in slow-pitch softball, and one in cross country. She is
a recipient of many tribal and Native American scholarships. She
completed her high school degree with a 4.0.
She will attend College of the Muscogee Nation in the fall and finish
at Oklahoma State University. She is majoring in nursing to become
an R.N.
Tribal Town: Nuyaka
Church: Newtown United Methodist
Baseball, golf, FCA, Letter ‘O’
He plans to attend OSU/IT for an associate’s
degree and then transfer to OU for a degree in sports management.
Korey Dale Dearman
Parents: Amber Pascale and Jeremy Dearman
School: Preston High School
Clan: Bird
Tribal Town: Nuyaka
Church: Restore Church
Korey was a member of the Preston High
School Band and Jazz Band, where he played
the trombone. During his time with Band and Jazz, he made four state
appearances. Korey was also a member of the Preston Academic
Team and very active in his church youth group. He plans to attend
OSU-IT to study management.
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Zachary Lee Denson
Family: CW3 Christopher and Shannon
Denson, Harker Heights, Texas – parents,
Sharon Lee Frazier and the late Carl Frazier,
Oklahoma City and Solomon and Alice Grayson
Lee - maternal grandparents, Tom and Pamela
Denson, Norman – paternal grandparents
School: Harker Heights High School, Harker
Heights
PALEN HVMKÔNTVLÂKEN
Marvin Goudeau Jr.
School: Morris High School
Marvin will be graduating with honors. He
received a full scholarship to Bacone College,
where he will also play basketball. He will
pursue his goals in sports medicine and
physical therapy. He will continue to reach for
the stars in the open skies!
Clan: Deer
Tribal Town: Arbeka
Church: Glorieta Baptist Church
Ceremonial Ground: Arbeka
Zachary is a member of the Killeen Explorers, which is involved with
the Killeen Police Department. As a member of the Explorers, he
is learning about law enforcement. Zachary is planning on joining
the military after graduation, either the Air Force or the Marines. His
desire is to be in a position of leadership.
Sarah Elizabeth Dill
Parents: Robyn and Mike Dill
School: Oklahoma City University School of
Law
Degree: Juris Doctorate (J.D.) with American
Indian law certificate
Clan: Bear
Tribal Town: Tuskegee
Sarah is an OCU Law merit scholar, a Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Higher Education scholar, has made the OCU Law dean’s list, is an
Oklahoma Bar Association Indian Law Section Scholarship recipient,
and is the 2016 Mvskoke Women’s Leadership College student of the
year. During her time at OCU Law, Sarah served as the OCU Native
American Law Student’s Association (NALSA) president, competed
twice in the National NALSA Moot Court Competition and she has
received recognition for outstanding pro bono volunteer hours. Sarah
received her undergraduate degree with honors in 2013 from the
University of Oklahoma.
Lori Dreiling
Family: Cherry and Janetta (Moore) Scott parents, Duane Dreiling – husband, Jake and
Kate - children
School: Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg,
Kan.
Church: Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Webb City, Mo.
Degree: Masters of Science in human resource
development
On the board of directors for the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce,
vice-chair of the Economic and Workforce Development Committee,
treasurer of the Carl Junction Athletic Booster Club, President
of the CJ Elite AAU Basketball Club, a member of the Industrial
Management Council, a national and local member of SHRM and
ATD, an active member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Webb
City, Mo., and regular public speaker on nearby campuses and for
community groups. Named as a Most Influential Woman in Joplin,
Mo., in 2014. Thank you to MCN Higher Education Administration for
assisting me in completing my master’s.
Gunner Lee James Fullbright
Keegan Rain Granger
Family: Kokee Spring Beaver Granger and
the late, Joseph Granger II – parents, Vance
and Barbara Beaver – grandparents, the late
Stella and Amos Beaver of Broken Arrow –
great-grandparents
School: Kinder High School in Kinder, La.
Tribal Town: Lochapoka
Church: Descendant of Ben Haikey and
Jennetta of Haikey Chapel
Kash Adam Hale
Family: Mark Hale, Lois and Brian Sanford –
parents, Sal and Debbie Levatino, Lewis and
Janie Bohm, Anthony Sr. and Tabatha Hale
– grandparents, Bernice Bear Watson, Brent
Sr. and Bernice Harjo Hale, Robert and JoAnn
Baum – great-grandparents
School: Rock Springs High School - Rock
Springs, Wyo.
Clan: Deer
Tribal Town: Tuckabatchee
Church: Rock Springs Christian Church
Chase M. Hill
Parents: Amy and Chris Hill
Clan: Bird
Church: Belvin Baptist
Ceremonial Ground: Greenleaf/ Muddy
Water
Accomplishments/Awards: Graduating
Sue Ann (Clark) Hughart
Parents: Bill and Barbara Clark of Okmulgee
School: Northeastern State University,
Tahlequah
Degree: Master of Science in speech language
pathology
Clan: Wind
Tribal Town: Koweta
Sue is from Checotah and is a member of the Checotah Indian
Community. She would like to say ‘Mvto!’ to Muscogee (Creek)
Nation for their support throughout her education. She hopes to work
with the adult/geriatric population in the speech field.
Parents: Natasha and Andy Fullbright
Haley Hughes
School: Okemah High School and Wes
Watkins Technology Center
Family: Shawn and Mary Hughes - parents,
Marine Tanner Hughes - sibling, Margaret
Edwards of Pryor, Buddy and Linda Hughes
of Big Cabin, Larry and Cindy Blackwell of
McAllen, Texas - grandparents, Estelle Hughes
and the late George Hughes of Checotah great-grandparents
Degree: Multimedia specialist/visual
communications
Clan: Wind
Tribal Town: Nuyaka
Church: Skyview Baptist Church
Ceremonial Ground: Nuyaka
Top 10, perfect attendance, Student of the Month, All-District wide
receiver, outstanding completer, outstanding student of the year,
superintendents honor roll, silver in Work Keys, gold star ambassador,
National Technical Honors Society, Nation Honors Society, Boy's
State delegate, Business Professionals of America and top of class.
School: U.S. Marine Corps boot camp in
Parris Island, S.C.
Clan: Raccoon Clan
Church: First Baptist Church in Pryor
Haley Hughes received the Molly Marine Award in her platoon,
which is presented to one female chosen by her platoon, that has
demonstrated qualities of an exemplary Marine.
PALEN HÔKKÔLÔHKÂKEN
Tia Lenae James
Simeon Lee Jr.
Family: Dominic James and Anissa Wesley of
Tulsa – parents, Calvin and Letha James of
Tahlequah and Richard and the late Tsianina
Wesley of Preston - grandparents
Family: Simeon Lee and Elsie Tecumseh –
parents, Theresa – wife, Solomon, Simeon
and Samuel - sons
School: Margaret Hudson Program
School: Chaminade University
Clan: Tiger
Degree: Bachelor’s degree in criminology and
criminal justice with a minor in psychology
Tribal Town: Arbeka
Clan: Alligator
Church: Grave Creek Indian Baptist
Church: Hickory Ground #2
She received her high school diploma while balancing the
responsibilities of a mother and student. She has one son, 11-month
old Avery. Tia's family is extremely proud of her and all that she has
accomplished and wishes her continued success in the future.
Cameron Johnson
Family: Ray and Gloria Johnson, Fairfield,
Calif. - parents, Dr. Shaunda R. Johnson,
Hampton, Calif. - sibling
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Ceremonial Ground: New Tulsa
After high school, Simeon joined the U.S. Marine Corps. After over
12 years of service, he started back to college full time. He has
maintained a 3.7 GPA in his final two years of school.
He recently accepted a position with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Lighthorse Tribal Police Department and will begin his master’s in
criminal justice this summer. He was a recipient of the Corporal Joe
Halley Scholarship for the spring 2016 semester.
School: Tennessee State University
Degree: Master’s of public health
Tyler D. Lena
Cameron has received several awards for
dedication to community service and some of
his recent significant accomplishments include
serving as a research intern and graduate assistant at the Institute
for Research on Men’s Health at Vanderbilt University; research
internships with American University, the Health Plan of California
and California Assemblywoman Marika Yamada. Cameron’s
future plans include pursuing a Ph.D. in public health at Vanderbilt
University. Cameron was born in Vallejo, Calif., in 1990. His parents
are extremely appreciative for what Muscogee (Creek) Nation has
done in supporting their children throughout their educations.
Family: Ellen and David Lena. His brothers,
sisters and two nephews are all proud of him.
Brianna Jones
Parents: Melinda Miller and Tom Jones
School: Westmoore High School in Moore
Tribal Town:Alabama-Quassarte
School: Basic training, (MCRD), in San Diego,
Calif., on Nov. 20, 2015
Clan: Wind
Church: Montesoma Baptist Church
The parents of Tyler D. Lena are proud to
announce the completion of his basic training.
Since then, he has completed rigorous training at Fort Sill in Lawton
in which he is Pfc. Lena, Tyler D. With a 10-day leave almost gone,
he is enjoying family, visiting friends and of course, eating all the ribs
and peppers he can.
Of the Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole Nations, Tyler was here for
Mother’s Day and his sister’s graduation. He also enjoys watching
movies and playing endless video games with his brother. Tyler will
be stationed in Hawaii.
Clan: Bear
Brianna has received her certified nurse
assistant (CNA) certification and plans to
pursue a nursing degree in college.
Dakota Lyn Kahbeah
Family: Misty Renee (Bunner) and Eugene
Kahbeah of Okmulgee – parents, Patricia
Bunner of Morris – maternal grandparent, Terri
Carney and Robert Kahbeah of Okmulgee and
Priscilla and Lawrence Kahbeah – paternal
grandparents
School: Sequoyah High School, Tahlequah
Clan: Wind
Church: New Beginnings Baptist, Henryetta
Ceremonial Ground: Fish Pond
Football, basketball and powerlifting. Powerlifting tournaments:
first place, 475 pounds; second place, 505 pounds, which made
him eligible to start state. Second place, OFBCA State Powerlifting
Championship and rings in Norman. Sequoya school has never
had any history for powerlifting sport. He will attend NSU this fall
semester to take classes towards sports medicine.
Kelli Anne Elizabeth Kernell
Parents: Roger Kernell and Cynthia Johnson
School: Eufaula Dorm
Clan: Tiger
Tribal Town: Greenleaf
Church: Circle of Life Native Fellowship
Isaiah Caine Lowe
Family: Rhonda and Del Beaver of Morris;
Daniel George of Seminole – parents, late
Lloyd and late Katherine Lowe of Holdenville;
late R. Perry Beaver and Mariam Beaver of
Morris - grandparents
School: Sequoyah High School, Tahlequah
Church: New Beginnings Baptist, Henryetta
Isaiah is a member of the Morris Creek Indian
Community. His activities and accomplishments include: Academic
Honor Roll, member of National Honor Society, Who’s Who in
America’s High School, Sequoyah Indians Football for four years as
a wide receiver, Sequoyah Indians powerlifting for two years and the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
He will attend the University of Central Oklahoma in the fall of 2016
majoring in chemistry-health sciences. He aspires to be a pharmacist
giving back to the Native community, specifically the Mvskoke people.
Miniah Lowe
Parents: Corina Lowe and Alexander (Skip)
Fields
Clan: Deere
Tribal Town: Tallahassee
Ceremonial Ground: Hickory Ground and
Muddy Waters
Miniah has a 3.0 GPA and will attend College Of The Muscogee
Nation in the fall of 2016.
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PALEN TUCCENÔHKÂKEN
Dimitri Mahee
Lilly S. Powell
Parents: Rajean Mahee and Eric Campbell
Parents: Odette Freeman and Richard Lynn
Powell
School: Northeastern State University
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Clan: Bog Potato
Tribal Town: Thlewathle
Clan: Alligator
Tribal Town: Coweta
Church: Harvest Ministries
Church: Newton United Methodist
Ceremonial Ground: Arbeka
Preston High School girls’ basketball team
2012-2015. Maintained a 3+ GPA throughout high school and
graduated with a 4.0 GPA.
I received a scholarship back in February 2012 from NAACP. I’ve
had the IHS scholarship since July 2013. I went on a mission trip to
Honduras back in July 2013. I am part of the oldest national honors
society at NSU (RHO Theta Sigma), participated in Oklahoma
Research Day back in spring 2015 at NSU. I am the first college
graduate in my immediate family. I am attending dental school in the
fall of 2017.
Kierra Alyessa Marshall
Parents: Timothy Harjo and Sharon Marshall
Clan: Bear
Michael McBride
Parent: Erma McBride
School: University of Phoenix
Degree: Bachelor of Science in information
technology
Michael’s tribal name is Smiling Wolf and his
grandfather is Willie B. Murphy.
Swift Lightening Roberts
Parents: Swift Wakeman, Cherrie Myers
School: Charles Page High School
Church: Life Church, Tulsa
From swift's teacher, Kendra Roulette, CPHS.
If had to describe swift in one word it would
be courageous! His courage in fighting cancer,
the courage in finishing school and his courage
in planning for an unknown future! His heart is
bigger than anyone's I know and will push him to accomplish anything
that is in his power to achieve. He was involved in student council and
that with his friends Kylie and Madison, they have brought attention
to the battle that pediatric cancer patients fight everyday...We are so
proud of you swift! #SWIFTSTRONG
TRUST GOD
Hally Elizabeth Pembrook
Parents: Tammy and Albert Pembrook
Tribal Town: Koweta
Clan: Wind (last known)
Graduating with distinction with a bachelor’s
degree in business administration in accounting
and finance from the Michael F. Price College
of Business, member of Alpha Lambda Delta
and Hanna Beta Phi Honor Sororities and held positions of vice
president and treasurer for the Hanna Beta Phi Honor Sorority.
Marvin LaMel Phillips Jr.
Parents: Marvin Phillips Sr. and Felicia
Marshall
Clan: Fvswv (Bird)
Tribal Town: Nuyaka
Church: Eufaulagee
Accomplishments/Awards: Football and
basketball varsity
MaKayla Ratajczyk
Parents: Chuck and Pam Ratajczyk
High School: Destiny Christian School
Church: Central Baptist Church
Tribal Town: Fish Pond
Honor roll graduate with a GPA 3.9, National
Honors Society, cheerleader captain and
residing senior class chaplain
Callie Rice
Family: Frank and Beth Rice – parents,
David and Laseta Pruet formerly of Eufaula grandparents
School: Tennessee State University in
Nashville, Tenn.
Degree: Bachelor’s in child development and
family relations
Dakota Lynn Roberts
Parents: James Roberts, Bixby
School: Riverfield Country Day School
I am a member National Honors Society
and have maintained the Raven's Honor
Roll throughout high school. I am attending
Oklahoma State University in the fall studying
forensics science and law. My passion for
science started in my childhood when my dad
taught me about organics, animals and the study of life. Then, in
the 10th grade I became interested in forensics sciences when I
started watching Investigation Discovery and crime shows. I have
volunteered at animal shelters, Tulsa Food Bank, Red Cross, and
Iron Gate soup kitchen, which is associated with the Indian Health
Care and Resource Center.
Brendan Eli Rolland
Family: Geoffrey and Tammie Rolland of
Tulsa – parents, Judy Haumpy and the late
Albert Rolland Jr. - grandparents
School: Bishop Kelley High School
Clan: Deer
He is Yuchi, Muscogee (Creek) and Absentee
Shawnee. He was on the honor roll all four
years. He is an avid musician and athlete as well as being very active
in his community. He was the captain of the drum line and captain of
the lacrosse team. He accepted an offer to play lacrosse at Hendrix
College in Arkansas, where he will major in biology in the fall. We are
very proud of him and his many accomplishments.
Chivas Lee Smith
Parents: Troy Lee Smith and Doylinda Hively
School: North Lamar High School
Clan: Turtle
Church: Pickett Chapel, Sapulpa
Achieved his 7018 AWS welding certification
position 3G and his TIG AWS welding
certification. In his spare time, he like going to stompdances, sweat
lodges, peyote meetings and working on his NDN truck.
PALEN ÔSTÔHKÂKEN
Jacob Mitchell Velez
Seth Nelson Winters
Parents: Nathaniel Velez and Surry Williams
Family: Mika Winters – daughter, Mike and
Janet Winters of Wetumka – father, Suzy and
John Humphreys of Seminole - mother
Clan: Tiger
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School: Seminole State College
Tribal Town: Arbeka
Degree: Associate’s in applied science for
nursing
Church: Grave Creek
Micka R. Walker
Family: Mary Legrand – mother, Mackinze
Walker – sister, Joe and Jean LeGrand –
maternal grandparents, Robert and Joann
Walker – paternal grandparents, Pearline Day
– maternal great-grandmother
Clan: Bear
Tribal Town: Arbeka
Church: Bellingham Baptist
While in high school, Micka played band one year and baseball
three years. During the summer, he plays fast-pitch with Big Eagle
Express.
Micka's future plans are to attend OSUIT and major in heating and
air.
Was on the International Honor Society for two-year colleges, in Phi
Theta Kappa, Who's Who Among Students in American Universities
and Colleges 2016 and received the Jasmine Moran Scholarship,
MCN Tribal Grant and MCN Higher Education Grant. Seth plans on
working at Shawnee Medical Center in Shawnee and continuing
his education towards a bachelor’s degree in nursing and possibly
further.
John Wood
Parents: Steve Wood of Eufaula and Janice
Curtis Wood of Summerville, S.C. – parents,
Johnny and Betty Wood of Eufaula and Marie
Dittebrand of Akron, Ohio - grandparents
School: South Carolina Governor's School
for Science and Mathematics in Hartsville,
S.C.
Clan: Bear
Church: Tuskegee Indian Baptist
Ceremonial Ground: Tuskegee
In the fall, John will attend New York University in New York City as
a dean's scholar. He intends to major in computer science with an
emphasis on game design.
Maysa Zoda White
Parents: Paige White of Sapulpa and Nikki
Meyers of Drumright
School: Drumright High School
Clan: Turtle
Tribal Town: Kellyville
Church: Pickett Chapel, Sapulpa
Melinda Yargee
Parents: Jack Yargee and Lillie Hill
Degree: Master’s in human relations
Clan: Wind
Ceremonial Ground: Weogufkee
Muscogee (Creek) Nation Code Annotated
Title 37, Chapter 2 titled “Budget and Finance,” Subchapter 7, Section 2-709 (approved Oct. 18, 1988 - ammended April 6, 1989)
‘The controller shall prepare quarterly financial statements which disclose receipts, encumbered, expended, unencumbered and cash balance, contract
funds for all funds under the control of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. This report shall be published each fiscal quarter in the Muscogee Nation News with
a narrative explaining the financial statement.’
The following is a narrative provided by the MCN Office of the Controller:
In accordance with Title 37, Chapter 2 titled “Budget and Finance”, Subchapter 7 Section 2-709, Financial Statements, the Controller’s Office prepared the
quarterly financial statement for the period ending March 31, 2016. This report covers receipts, expenses, encumbrances, and cash balances from October 1,
2015 through March 31, 2016. The reports lists the fund account number which is established based on the type of funds received; the program name; receipts
(revenue); encumbered (purchase orders for operations); expended (expenditures for operations); unencumbered (this would be the same as the cash balance);
cash balance (the difference between receipts less encumbered less expended). The Controller’s Office will answer questions regarding this report by calling
918-732-7930.
MUSCOGEE(CREEK)NATION
FY2016-QUARTERLYFINANCIALSTATEMENT
QUARTERENDINGMARCH31,2016
MUSCOGEE(CREEK)NATION FY2016-QUARTERLYFINANCIALSTATEMENT QUARTERENDINGMARCH31,2016 (OCTOBER,2016THURMARCH,2016)
(OCTOBER,2016THURMARCH,2016)
FUNDACCOUNT
PROGRAM
FUNDACCOUNT
PROGRAM
RECEIPTS
ENCUMBERED
EXPENDED
UNENCUMBERED
CASH
NUMBER
NAME
FUNDACCOUNT
PROGRAM
RECEIPTS
NUMBER
NAME
BALANCE
FUNDACCOUNT
PROGRAM
RECEIPTS
ENCUMBERED
EXPENDED
UNENCUMBER
NUMBER
NAME
FUNDACCOUNT
PROGRAM
RECEIPTS
ENCUMBERED
EXPENDED
UNENCUMBEREDTRIBALFUNDS:
CASH
NUMBER
NAME
TRIBALFUNDS:
002360
ECONDEVELOPMENT
NUMBER
NAME
BALANCE
TRIBALFUNDS:
002360
ECONDEVELOPMENT
3,058,497.00 3,058,497.00
CAPITALIMPROVEMENTS
TRIBALFUNDS:
002360
ECONDEVELOPMENT 004163
3,058,497.00
004163
CAPITALIMPROVEMENTS
1,546,225.97 1,546,225.97
008234
TAXES&LICENSES
TRIBALFUNDS: 002360
ECONDEVELOPMENT
3,058,497.00 - 1,546,225.97
004163
CAPITALIMPROVEMENTS
008234
TAXES&LICENSES
1,666,668.93 1,666,668.93
008599
002360
ECONDEVELOPMENT
3,058,497.00 008234
- TAXES&LICENSES
- - DEBTRETIREMENTFUND
3,058,497.00
004163
CAPITALIMPROVEMENTS
1,546,225.97
- 1,666,668.93
008599
DEBTRETIREMENTFUND
6,028,655.48 6,028,655.48
008560
004163
CAPITALIMPROVEMENTS
- DEBTRETIREMENTFUND
- - GAMING
1,546,225.97
008234
TAXES&LICENSES 1,546,225.97 008599
1,666,668.93
- 6,028,655.48
008560
GAMING
24,104,476.60 24,104,476.60
008561
008234
TAXES&LICENSES 008599
1,666,668.93 008560
- GAMING
- - PERMANENTFUND
1,666,668.93
DEBTRETIREMENTFUND
6,028,655.48
- 24,104,476.60
008561
PERMANENTFUND
6,028,655.38 6,028,655.38
009734
MOTORVEHICLE
008599
DEBTRETIREMENTFUND
6,028,655.48 008561
- PERMANENTFUND
- 6,028,655.48
008560
GAMING
24,104,476.60
- 6,028,655.38
009734
MOTORVEHICLE
1,098,431.70 1,098,431.70
009938
008560
GAMING
- MOTORVEHICLE
- - HEALTHEDUCATIONFUND
24,104,476.60
008561
PERMANENTFUND24,104,476.60 009734
6,028,655.38
- 1,098,431.70
009938
HEALTHEDUCATIONFUND
4,655.83 4,655.83
009940
008561
PERMANENTFUND009734
- HEALTHEDUCATIONFUND
- - HEALTHSERVICEFUND
6,028,655.38
MOTORVEHICLE 6,028,655.38 009938
1,098,431.70
- 4,655.83 009940
HEALTHSERVICEFUND
1,508,590.09 1,508,590.09
102005
009734
MOTORVEHICLE 009938
1,098,431.70 009940
- HEALTHSERVICEFUND
- LEGALDEFENSEFUND
1,098,431.70
HEALTHEDUCATIONFUND
4,655.83- - 1,508,590.09
102005
LEGALDEFENSEFUND
556.50 556.50
102007
ALCOHOL/DRUGPREVENTION
009938
HEALTHEDUCATIONFUND
4,655.83 102005
- LEGALDEFENSEFUND
- -4,655.83
009940
HEALTHSERVICEFUND
1,508,590.09
556.50 102007
19,144.30 19,144.30
102008
009940
HEALTHSERVICEFUND
1,508,590.09 102007
- ALCOHOL/DRUGPREVENTION
- LIQUOR/BEVERAGE
1,508,590.09
102005
LEGALDEFENSEFUND
556.50- - 19,144.30 102008
LIQUOR/BEVERAGE
58,853.89 58,853.89
102160
102005
LEGALDEFENSEFUND
556.50 102008
- LIQUOR/BEVERAGE
- GAMINGRESERVE
102007
19,144.30- - 556.50
58,853.89 102160
GAMINGRESERVE
1,285.79 1,285.79
102239
102007
- GAMINGRESERVE
- TRIBALTRADE&COMMERCE
19,144.30
102008
LIQUOR/BEVERAGE19,144.30 102160
58,853.89- - 1,285.79 102239
TRIBALTRADE&COMMERCE
0.13 0.13
102360
102008
LIQUOR/BEVERAGE102160
- TRIBALTRADE&COMMERCE
- ECONOMICDEVELOP/LAND
58,853.89
GAMINGRESERVE 58,853.89 102239
1,285.79- - 0.13 102360
ECONOMICDEVELOP/LAND
6,300,541.08 22,398.85 582,349.66 5,695,792.57
104151
TREASURY
102160
GAMINGRESERVE 102239
1,285.79 102360
- ECONOMICDEVELOP/LAND
-1,285.79
0.13- 6,300,541.08
104151
TREASURY
2,515.89 21,418.50 (18,902.61)
104152 102239
0.13 104151
- TREASURY
- - ANGELTREE
0.13
102360
6,300,541.08
22,398.85
582,349.66
2,515.89 104152
ANGELTREE
3,916.26 4,257.32 (341.06)
108230
102360
6,300,541.08 104152
22,398.85
2,515.89
582,349.66
- LITIGATION&LOBBYING
5,695,792.57
104151
TREASURY
21,418.50
ANGELTREE
3,916.26 108230
LITIGATION&LOBBYING
96.51 96.51
108234
104151
TREASURY
2,515.89 108230
- LITIGATION&LOBBYING
21,418.50
- GENERALTAXES&LICENSES
(18,902.61)
104152
ANGELTREE
3,916.26
4,257.32
96.51 108234
GENERALTAXES&LICENSES
4,404,313.82 8,270.23 908,574.30 3,487,469.29
108235
MOTORFUELTAXES
104152
ANGELTREE
3,916.26 108234
- GENERALTAXES&LICENSES
4,257.32
108230
LITIGATION&LOBBYING
96.51 - (341.06)
4,404,313.82
108235
MOTORFUELTAXES
2,293,511.64 2,825.00 1,874,561.25 416,125.39
108241 108230
LITIGATION&LOBBYING
96.51 108235
- MOTORFUELTAXES
- - RAMAHCONTRACTSUPPORT
96.51
108234
4,404,313.82
8,270.23
908,574.30
2,293,511.64
004163
CAPITALIMPROVEMENTS
1,546,225.97 1,546,225.97
008234
TAXES&LICENSES
1,666,668.93 1,666,668.93
008599
DEBTRETIREMENTFUND
6,028,655.48 6,028,655.48
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PALEN CÂHKEPÔHKÂKEN
008560
GAMING
24,104,476.60 24,104,476.60
008561
PERMANENTFUND
6,028,655.38 6,028,655.38
009734
MOTORVEHICLE
1,098,431.70 1,098,431.70
009938
HEALTHEDUCATIONFUND
4,655.83 4,655.83
Muscogee
(Creek)
Nation
Code
Annotated
009940
HEALTHSERVICEFUND
1,508,590.09 1,508,590.09
102005
LEGALDEFENSEFUND
556.50
Title 37, Chapter 2 titled “Budget and Finance,” Subchapter 7, Section 2-709 (approved Oct. 18, 1988 - ammended
April 6,556.50
1989)
102007
19,144.30 19,144.30
102008
LIQUOR/BEVERAGE
58,853.89 58,853.89
102160
GAMINGRESERVE
1,285.79 1,285.79
102239
0.13
0.13
FUNDACCOUNT
PROGRAM
RECEIPTS
ENCUMBERED
EXPENDED
UNENCUMBERED
CASH
102360
6,300,541.08 22,398.85 582,349.66 5,695,792.57
NUMBER ECONOMICDEVELOP/LAND
NAME
BALANCE
104151
TREASURY
2,515.89 21,418.50 (18,902.61)
104152
ANGELTREE
3,916.26 4,257.32 (341.06)
TRIBALFUNDS:
108230
LITIGATION&LOBBYING
96.51
96.51
002360
ECONDEVELOPMENT
3,058,497.00 - 3,058,497.00
108234
4,404,313.82
8,270.23- 908,574.30- - - 3,487,469.29
004163 GENERALTAXES&LICENSES
CAPITALIMPROVEMENTS
1,546,225.97
1,546,225.97
108235
2,293,511.64
2,825.00- 1,874,561.25
- - 416,125.39
008234 MOTORFUELTAXES
TAXES&LICENSES
1,666,668.93
- 1,666,668.93
108241
629.85 - - - - - - 629.85
008599 RAMAHCONTRACTSUPPORT
DEBTRETIREMENTFUND
6,028,655.48
6,028,655.48
108475
24,104,476.60
115,633.06 5,298.04- 32,877.53- - - 77,457.49
008560 TERO
GAMING
24,104,476.60
108476
MVSKOKEMEDIAREVOLVING
22,417.64
6,987.53
15,430.11
008561
PERMANENTFUND
6,028,655.38 6,028,655.38
108477
8,850.00 - - 6,322.00- - - 2,528.00
009734 PUBLICRELATIONS
MOTORVEHICLE
1,098,431.70
1,098,431.70
108478
604,252.34
- - - - - - 604,252.34
009938 GAMINGREVOLVING
HEALTHEDUCATIONFUND
4,655.83
4,655.83
108483
571,417.37
4,888.67- 43,576.98- - - 522,951.72
009940 CNFESTIVAL
HEALTHSERVICEFUND
1,508,590.09
1,508,590.09
108553
CONSUMERLOANS
1.25
102005
LEGALDEFENSEFUND
556.50 1.25
556.50
102007 MCNGAMING
19,144.30 1,501,589.59
-
19,144.30
108560
75,571,345.09
36,353,418.90
37,716,336.60
102008
LIQUOR/BEVERAGE
58,853.89
58,853.89
108564
BOKSETTLEMENT
0.47 0.47
102160
GAMINGRESERVE
1,285.79
1,285.79
108565
CULTURALPRESERVATION
65,635.10 8.07 116,458.78 (50,831.75)
102239
0.13
0.13
108568
CODIFICATION
12.48 12.48
102360 MCNOVERSIGHTCOMMITTEE
6,300,541.08
22,398.85 582,349.66 -5,695,792.57
108575
783,496.19 39,134.70
172,559.17
571,802.32
104151
TREASURY
2,515.89
21,418.50
(18,902.61)
108576
ECONOMICDEVELOPMENTCOMMITTEE
1,440.12 (1,440.12)
104152
ANGELTREE
3,916.26
4,257.32
(341.06)
108590
COURTORDERRESTITUTION
0.37 0.37
108230
LITIGATION&LOBBYING
96.51
96.51
108599
DEBTRETIREMENTFUND
19,553,067.66 11,114,719.40 8,438,348.26
108234
4,404,313.82
8,270.23
908,574.30
3,487,469.29
109352
TRIBALBUDGET
362.15 226,423.50 (226,061.35)
108235
MOTORFUELTAXES
2,293,511.64
2,825.00
1,874,561.25
416,125.39
109612
MCNFLAGS&ETC
6.16 6.16
108241
RAMAHCONTRACTSUPPORT
629.85
629.85
109614
COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT
6.81 6.81
108475
TERO
115,633.06
5,298.04
32,877.53
77,457.49
109734
MOTORVEHICLE
2,387,653.37 13,117.82 752,070.61 1,622,464.94
108476
22,417.64
6,987.53
15,430.11
109938
HEALTHEDUCATION
12,551.55 12,551.55 108477
PUBLICRELATIONS
8,850.00
6,322.00
2,528.00
109939
GENERALCONTRACTHEATLH
24,000.00 24,000.00
108478
GAMINGREVOLVING
604,252.34
604,252.34
109940
72HOUR
4,099,861.25 4,099,861.25 108483
CNFESTIVAL
571,417.37 4,888.67 43,576.98 522,951.72
109941
WOMEN'SDOMESTICVIOLENCE
19,144.31 19,144.31
108553
CONSUMERLOANS
1.25 1.25
109956
LIGHTHORSE
2,723.05 (55.00) 2,778.05
109959
LIGHTHORSEFORFEIT/SEIZURE
2.59 2.59
109976
INSURANCELOSSFUND
10,287.32 17,187.84 (6,900.52)
109972
ONAC
2,142.00 1,350.00 (3,492.00)
118561
PERMANENTFUND
2,506,401.17 27,729.02 2,332,877.24 145,794.91
118595
MERRILLLYNCH
7,349,362.52 258,503.41 7,090,859.11
118597
BOKFCAVANALHILL
399,427.83 24,220.86 375,206.97
FEDERALFUNDS:
201513
HISTORICPRESERVATION
176.12 176.12
211111
NAHASDA'11
27,039,025.93 1,735,190.45 8,184,858.85 17,118,976.63
211488
MICROENTERPRISELOANS
7,011.88 81.00 107,220.64 (100,289.76)
221108
TANF
28,619.21 28,888.79 (269.58)
221208
TANF12
1,238.65 645.28 1,238.65 (645.28)
221308
TANF13
2,243.64 265.41 2,243.64 (265.41)
221408
TANF14
77,192.73 8,518.92 28,945.63 39,728.18
221424
CCDBGDISCRETIONARY'14
21,145.37 10,618.39 21,183.37 (10,656.39)
221425
CCDBGMANDATORY'14
683,659.36 14,505.51 691,615.06 (22,461.21)
221476
AOAENP14
68,287.33 71,371.60 (3,084.27)
221504
LIHEAP15
524.39 524.39 221508
TANF
499,388.61 13,273.81 500,279.21 (14,164.41)
221520
FAMILYPRESERVATION
151,833.25 11,435.97 155,179.24 (14,781.96)
221524
979,960.89 19,305.88 990,814.27 (30,159.26)
221525
CCDBGMANDATORY'15
380,625.62 24,195.99 383,578.41 (27,148.78)
221535
HEADSTART
361,439.66 361,439.66 221540
TITLEIVB
109,921.93 822.75 112,251.25 (3,152.07)
221544
FAMILYVIOLENCE
192,609.88 50,979.74 197,430.18 (55,800.04)
221604
LIHEAP'16
46,025.45 53,685.58 (7,660.13)
221621
CHILDSUPPORT
675,944.29 122,175.40 693,469.00 (139,700.11)
221624
26,915.67 11,293.12 27,947.87 (12,325.32)
221625
CHILDCAREMANDATORY'16
33,947.13 6,851.76 34,161.69 (7,066.32)
221635
HEADSTART
634,274.10 18,205.99 667,581.31 (51,513.20)
222908
TANF
216,741.06 220,870.12 (4,129.06)
231485
BREASTPEERCOUNSELOR'14
22,849.29 (22,849.29)
231641
FOODDISTRIBUTION'16
285,919.52 20,234.49 436,079.68 (170,394.65)
231686
WIC
551,020.46 21,643.08 990,027.33 (460,649.95)
PROGRAMINCOME:
241112
PROCEEDSOFSALE
72,948.50 39,274.18 154,645.63 (120,971.31)
241307
MVSKOKELANGUAGE
1,165.18 494.55 6,415.85 (5,745.22)
241321
DISTRICTCOURT
27,651.82 996.38 26,655.44
241326
MUSEUM&ARCHIVES
10,300.00 (10,300.00)
241327
POSTGRADUATEEDUCATION
16,422.10 (16,422.10)
241467
CHARTERSERVICES
13,883.00 552.00 13,331.00
241500
REINTEGRATION
1,003.00 728.33 274.67
241515
YOUTHSERVICES
2,500.00 2,364.24 135.76
242981
WICPROGRAMINCOME
307,491.98 307,491.98 248402
JOMEARLYCHILDHOOD
4.35 4.35
248406
JOHNSONO'MALLEY
1,338.90 5,575.99 (4,237.09)
248411
HOUSINGPROGRAMINCOME
1,217,173.67 136,458.49 832,408.22 248,306.96
248412
HAEMERGENCYREHAB
111,483.30 123,074.00 238,659.35 (250,250.05)
248425
MCNCHILDDEVELOPCENTER
365,582.64 9,095.00 599.98 355,887.66
248468
TRANSIT
18,590.33 3,600.00 14,990.33
248470
CHILDCAREUSDAREIMBURSE
22,746.17 17,709.44 19,922.78 (14,886.05)
248471
HEADSTARTUSDAREIMBURSE
125,629.16 25,852.29 72,604.34 27,172.53
248472
EUFAULADORMACTIVITYFUND
2,437.47 23,734.11 12,851.20 (34,147.84)
248473
TRANSPORTATIONIMPROV(TIP)
62.17 62.17
248475
ELECTIONBOARD
49.28 49.28
PALEN EPÔHKÂKEN
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Muscogee (Creek) Nation Code Annotated
Title 37, Chapter 2 titled “Budget and Finance,” Subchapter 7, Section 2-709 (approved Oct. 18, 1988 - ammended April 6, 1989)
‘The controller shall prepare quarterly financial statements which disclose receipts, encumbered, expended, unencumbered and cash balance, contract
funds for all funds under the control of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. This report shall be published each fiscal quarter in the Muscogee Nation News
with a narrative explaining the financial statement.’ See the narrative on page 14.
FUNDACCOUNT
NUMBER
PROGRAM
NAME
RECEIPTS
ENCUMBERED
EXPENDED
UNENCUMBERED
CASH
BALANCE
248479
002360
248480
004163
248484
008234
248490
008599
249990
008560
008561
251449
009734
251550
009938
251616
009940
261221
102005
261286
102007
261302
102008
261306
102160
261321
102239
261386
102360
261413
104151
261421
104152
261486
108230
261521
108234
261586
108235
261602
108241
261606
108475
262001
108476
271468
108477
271568
108478
291307
108483
291330
108553
291332
291406
291407
291410
291416
291432
291439
291508
291516
TRIBALFUNDS:
CITIZENSHIPBOARD
ECONDEVELOPMENT
FOODDISTRIBUTION
CAPITALIMPROVEMENTS
INDIANROADS(IRR)
TAXES&LICENSES
SECRETARYOFNATION
DEBTRETIREMENTFUND
SELFGOVERNANCE
GAMING
FEDERALFUNDS:
PERMANENTFUND
NANHMS
MOTORVEHICLE
NACAPROGRAM
HEALTHEDUCATIONFUND
STEPPROGRAM
HEALTHSERVICEFUND
EUFAULADORM'12
LEGALDEFENSEFUND
FEDERALROADS
JOMEARLYCHILDHOOD
LIQUOR/BEVERAGE
JOM'13
GAMINGRESERVE
EUFAULADORM'13
FEDERALROADS
PL477
TREASURY
EUFAULADORM'14
ANGELTREE
FEDERALROADS
LITIGATION&LOBBYING
EUFAULADORM
FEDERALROADS
MOTORFUELTAXES
JOMEARLYCHILDHOOD
RAMAHCONTRACTSUPPORT
JOM'16
TERO
SELFGOVERNANCE
DOT-TRANSITPROGRAM
PUBLICRELATIONS
DOT-TRANSITPROGRAM
GAMINGREVOLVING
VIOLENCEAGAINSTWOMEN
CNFESTIVAL
EXCHANGENETWORK
CONSUMERLOANS
TRANSITIONALLIVINGCENTER
SEXUALASSAULTSERVICES
VIOLENCEAGAINSTWOMEN
GAP
CLEANWATERACT
JUSTICE,ALCOHOL&SUBSTANCE
CHILDREN'SJUSTICEACT
VOCA
CLEANWATERACT
39,403.51
3,058,497.00
1,941.67
1,546,225.97
41,424.75
1,666,668.93
765.00
6,028,655.48
3,205.56
24,104,476.60
6,028,655.38
1,098,431.70
21,462.90
4,655.83
1,508,590.09
120,884.43
556.50
2,911,529.38
19,144.30
4,055.45
58,853.89
1,335,145.42
1,285.79
1,102,972.23
0.13
2,108,150.97
6,300,541.08
1,378,681.33
2,515.89
744,715.90
3,916.26
5,650,053.79
96.51
1,200,605.68
4,404,313.82
8,159,576.66
2,293,511.64
1,770.00
629.85
142,089.00
115,633.06
1,152,845.67
22,417.64
8,850.00
0.34
604,252.34
29,855.66
571,417.37
55,667.70
1.25
184,321.39
27,645.65
46,113.97
5,539.44
22,304.70
39,724.91
162.00
18,400.66
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
--
33,972.12
3,058,497.00
1,941.67
1,546,225.97
6,133.59
1,666,668.93
765.00
6,028,655.48
3,205.56
24,104,476.60
6,028,655.38
(15,003.64)
1,098,431.70
(1,792.28)
4,655.83
(70,960.51)
1,508,590.09
90,449.84
556.50
640,935.67
19,144.30
3,077.32
58,853.89
873,519.92
1,285.79
897,905.63
0.13
1,488,121.33
5,695,792.57
979,362.84
(18,902.61)
549,653.21
(341.06)
4,216,553.86
96.51
952,783.15
3,487,469.29
6,247,979.96
416,125.39
1,634.84
629.85
142,089.00
77,457.49
(11,168,086.75)
15,430.11
(66,354.00)
2,528.00
(308,709.72)
604,252.34
(31,591.51)
522,951.72
(47,857.13)
1.25
(3,587,553.61)
(26,441.57)
(51,460.77)
(18,977.74)
(18,907.11)
(35,827.68)
(18,803.64)
15,772.07
291532
291616
292807
JUSTICE,ALCOHOL&SUBSTANCE
CLEANWATERACT
STOPVIOLENCE
CONSTRUCTIONFUNDS:
STUDENTCENTERLIBRARY
STUDENTAUXILIARYBLDG
TRANSITIONALLIVINGCENTER/REINTEGRATION
FOODDISTRIBUTIONCENTER
CNG
HOLDENVILLECOMMUNITYCENTER
ENTERPRISEFUNDS:
37ACT
FOUNTAINHEADCREEKGOLF
CDFI
IRP
MUSKOGEEOFFICEBLDG
I.H.S.OFFICEBLDG
TRIBALAGRICULTURE-DUSTINFARMS
HANNAINDIANCOMMUNITY
TOURISM&RECREATION
ROADSEQUIPMENTPOOL
TRUSTFUNDS:
MCNEMPLOYEEBENEFITS
INTERNALSERVICEFUNDS:
ROADSFORCEACCOUNT
NAHASDAFORCEACCOUNT
NAHASDAMAINTENANCE
TRIBALREALPROP&FACILITY
FLEETMANAGEMENT
CAPITALIMPROVEMENTS
TELEPHONY
ADMIN/INDIRECT
SCHOLARSHIPFUNDS:
CNFOUNDATIONSCHOLARFUND
DORMSCHOLARSHIPFUND
HIGHEREDSCHOLARSHIPFUND
BELVINHILLMEMORIALSCHOLARSHIP
NEILCAMPBELLSCHOLARSHIP
HIGHEREDSCHOLARSHIPFUND
NEILCAMPBELLSCHOLARSHIP
37,191.22 6,066.25 1,467.97 16,674.95 3,030.45 -
(37,191.22)
(12,076.67)
3,030.45
-
1,581,410.48
78,500.00
4,022.00
4,022.00
775,934.08
17,117.20
345,000.00
55,285.89
-
(4,022.00)
(4,022.00)
(2,357,344.56)
(17,117.20)
(345,000.00)
(133,785.89)
1,179,787.14
1,029,167.11
9,060.95
5,107.37
279,999.96
23,737.98
76,402.80
835.00
1,706,497.00
185,792.81
54,162.22
38,691.21
18,517.10
17,375.43
31,352.44
-
1,327,356.24
341,413.13
64,634.60
214,177.29
66,383.92
673,424.53
(18,861.75)
-
(147,569.10)
633,591.76
9,060.95
5,107.37
176,674.15
23,737.98
(156,291.59)
(82,924.35)
1,001,720.03
204,654.56
411188
411288
411332
411388
411493
411589
501111
501260
501350
501351
502123
502456
504162
504165
508483
509619
604191
702133
702536
702537
704160
704162
704163
704165
708240
904331
904332
904334
904333
908477
904334
908477
-
15,240.00
- -
5,847.04
6,838.20
444.88
6,139.27
1,345,109.52
6,770.29
6,919.10
99,883.14
22,398.85
6,796.59
85,433.01
534,816.12
21,129.75
8,270.23
1,635,506.36
2,825.00
-
5,298.04
7,534,805.68
26,490.00
53,372.71
3,534.81
4,888.67
19,327.11
3,022,506.88
10,420.43
15,079.45
9,798.41
2,750.00
710.34
-
5,431.39
-
20,051.16
--
9,156.60
16,416.98
70,515.63
24,295.32
925,484.19
978.13
454,855.21
198,147.50
520,146.50
582,349.66
392,521.90
21,418.50
109,629.68
4,257.32
898,683.81
226,692.78
908,574.30
276,090.34
1,874,561.25
135.16
32,877.53
4,786,126.74
6,987.53
39,864.00
6,322.00
255,337.35
57,912.36
43,576.98
84,197.72
749,368.12
43,666.79
82,495.29
14,718.77
22,304.70
55,882.02
35,827.68
18,255.30
2,628.59
97,281.19 -
19,094.78 -
78,186.41
535,198.27
746,535.81
53,982.73
1,198.74
1,023,827.73
4,299,825.83
1,053,383.33
3,343,933.65
378,442.80
125,507.24
17,099.50
28,966.39
119,629.41
374,637.58
1,989.00
145,838.11
559,179.79
648,511.75
55,862.63
902,854.46
260,971.11
1,255,695.75
571,910.76
3,343,062.16
-
(402,424.32)
(27,483.18)
(18,979.40)
(930,622.11)
643,227.21
2,669,492.50
479,483.57
(144,966.62)
81.62
9,268.90
41,389.72
70.00
2.01
41,389.72
2.01
-
-
17,346.10
40.00
17,346.10
-
-
-
81.62
9,268.90
24,043.62
30.00
2.01
24,043.62
2.01
Receiptsarerevenuereceived,encumberedarepurchaseordersissuedforsupplies,etc.,expensesarepurchasesforeachprogram,
unencumberedwouldbethesameascashbalance.
Receiptsarerevenuereceived,encumberedarepurchaseordersissuedforsupplies,etc.,expensesarepurchasesforeachprogram,
unencumberedwouldbethesameascashbalance.

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