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		<title>NCAI Praises House Passage of HEARTH Act, Urges Swift Senate Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Jackson</dc:creator>
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For Immediate Release
May 16, 2012
Contact: Thom Wallace, (202) 630 – 1094
NCAI Praises House Passage of HEARTH Act, Urges Swift Senate Action
HEARTH Act Passes House of Representatives 400 to 0
Washington, DC &#8211; In good news for Indian tribes, last night the House of Representatives unanimously passed H.R. 205, the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May is Healthy Vision Month!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Jackson</dc:creator>
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National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
Healthy Vision:  Make It Last a Lifetime
Vision plays an important part in our lives. It enables us to care for our families. We also use our sight to watch our families and our communities grow, to perform our day-to-day activities, and to get around. It is important to make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Actor and Native American Chaske Spencer Video Sparks 2012 Native Vote Campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Jackson</dc:creator>
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Star of Twilight Movies Releases New Native Vote Video Encouraging Native Voters to “Be the Native Vote”
 Native Vote’s new video with Actor Chaske Spencer (Twilight) encourages Native Voters to “be the shift, be the Native Vote.” 
WASHINGTON, DC—Native American Actor Chaske Spencer, best known for his role in the Twilight movie saga, is the star [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acting Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Del Laverdure to Keynote 21th Annual Indian Country Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 12:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Jackson</dc:creator>
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WASHINGTON – Acting Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Donald “Del” Laverdure will deliver the keynote address at the 21st Annual Indian Country Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Service being held Thursday, May 3, 2012, at the Bureau of Indian Affairs United States Indian Police Academy in Artesia, N.M. He will be accompanied by BIA Director Mike Black and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salazar, Jarvis Announce Proposal to Establish Nation’s First Tribal National Park in Badlands</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Jackson</dc:creator>
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BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, S.D. — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis today announced the release of the final General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for the South Unit of Badlands National Park, recommending the establishment of the nation’s first tribal national park in partnership with the Oglala Sioux Tribe.
“Our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Tribal Council Secretary &amp; Member</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Jackson</dc:creator>
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Elaine Huch was sworn in as Tribal Council Secretary on March 7, 2012 by Supreme Court Justice Lisa B. Otipoby-Herbert.
 
(Left to right: Supreme Court Justice Lisa B. Otipoby-Herbert, Chairman Guy Munroe &#38; Elaine Huch)
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Jason Murray was sworn in as Tribal Council Member on April 24th, 2012 by Chief Justice Court Judge, Robert Don Gifford II.

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		<title>Local Students to visit Beaver Creek Wetland Restoration Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Jackson</dc:creator>
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 The Kaw Nation Environmental Department will host the Newkirk and Blackwell Students on May 7, 2012 through May10, 2012. Students will visit the Beaver Creek Wetland Restoration Project.
The student will be taught on different wetland vegetation, soils, hydrology and fish species. The student will also visit the Kaw Nation Museum and be informed about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interior Announces First Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Construction Contract</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Jackson</dc:creator>
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 Interior Announces First Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Construction Contract 
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Bureau of Reclamation today has awarded a $10.75 million construction contract for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, setting the stage for construction to begin on the major water infrastructure project this summer. When completed, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secretaries Salazar and Duncan Seek Tribal Consultations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Jackson</dc:creator>
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Secretaries Salazar and Duncan Seek Tribal Consultations on Proposed Framework to Spur Educational Advancement in Indian Country
WASHINGTON – As part of President Obama’s commitment to empowering Indian nations, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that their Departments will begin tribal consultations on a draft agreement to help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the official site of Kaw Nation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On behalf of the Kaw Nation, I want to welcome you to our new and revised website. We hope you will visit our website frequently to read about the history of the Kaws; learn their language, cultural and tradition, as well as keep updated on upcoming and current events, just to name a few.]]></description>
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		<title>Kaw Nation Notified About Housing Funds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Jackson</dc:creator>
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3/6/2012
KAW NATION — The Housing Authority of the Kaw Nation is to receive $843,366 to be used to benefit low-income families living on Indian reservations or in other community. The grant is part of an overall $ 90,417,970 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Indian Housing Block Grant allocated to 31 Oklahoma Tribes.
The Oklahoma [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaw City &#8211; PUBLIC NOTICE</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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PUBLIC NOTICE TO TAKE LAND “IN TRUST”
ACTION: Notice of final agency determination to take land into trust under 25 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 151.
SUMMARY: The Regional Director, Southern Plains Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior on the below date, has made a final determination to acquire real property “in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newkirk &#8211; PUBLIC NOTICE</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Jackson</dc:creator>
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PUBLIC NOTICE TO TAKE LAND “IN TRUST”
ACTION: Notice of final agency determination to take land into trust under 25 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 151.
SUMMARY: The Regional Director, Southern Plains Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior on the below date, has made a final determination to acquire real property “in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s the Luckiest Casino in Oklahoma</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Jackson</dc:creator>
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Newkirk, Oklahoma 2/24/12 – That’s what the locals of the Kaw Nation SouthWind Casino in Newkirk, Oklahoma are saying after Wednesday’s big win.
An Oklahoma man won $1.88 Million on a &#8220;StarWars&#8221; wide- area progressive jackpot Wednesday afternoon.
Carol Clark, Players Club Supervisor and one of the first witnesses to the Jackpot, said it was quite the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FREDERICKS PEEBLES &amp; MORGAN LLP SECURES LANDMARK COURT RULING  ON TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Jackson</dc:creator>
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FREDERICKS PEEBLES &#38; MORGAN LLP SECURES LANDMARK COURT RULING ON TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY
Fredericks Peebles &#38; Morgan LLP has successfully garnered a landmark ruling in suits brought by the State of Colorado against two tribally-owned online businesses.  Those suits threatened tribal sovereignty and the ability of the tribes to operate businesses for the purpose of economic development. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President’s Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request for Indian Affairs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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President’s Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request for Indian Affairs Maintains Commitment to Improving Conditions Throughout Indian Country
Request focuses on strengthening tribal nations while achieving better results at a lower cost
WASHINGTON –
President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget request for Indian Affairs, which includes the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SouthWind Energy Completes Renewable Energy Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Jackson</dc:creator>
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In the first joint project of its kind in north central Oklahoma, SouthWind Energy, an enterprise of the Kaw Nation partnered with Pioneer Technology Center, and Ponca City Energy to assemble and install a wind and solar lighting unit in Ponca City.
Career tech students and instructors received hands experience assembling and wiring the turbine and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma City University dedicates Chickasaw Gardens</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Haney Designs Statue, Chickasaw Nation Donates Garden
OKLAHOMA CITY —A dedication ceremony for the Chickasaw Garden was held at Oklahoma City University Sept. 6.
The garden was built over the course of the summer to provide an appropriate setting for a statue that was donated to the university by Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby. The statue, titled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Online Course Introduced for Native American Small Business Owners</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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New Online Course Introduced for Native American Small Business Owners 
Release Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 
Release Number: 12-02 
Contact: Cecelia Taylor (202) 401-3059 
Internet Address: http://www.sba.gov/news
WASHINGTON – Native American entrepreneurs have a new tool to help determine if they’re ready for business ownership and to help them get started. Native American Small Business Primer: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KEDA Co Hosts Lt. Governor’s Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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The Kaw Enterprise Development Authority was recently pleased to be a sponsor for Lt. Governor Todd Lamb’s presentation of the Pioneer Woman Award. The Pioneer Woman of the Year Award was started in 1977 by Lt. Governor George Nigh as a way to recognize women who have made significant contributions to Oklahoma and embody the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kansas apologizes to Kaw Nation and other tribes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Kansas apologizes to Kaw Nation and other tribes
On November 16th, 2011, Sam Brownback, Governor of the State of Kansas signed a proclamation apologizing to the Indian tribes who previously had occupied land within what are now the state’s borders.  
Pictured at left, Gov. Brownback with Guy Monroe, Kaw Nation Chair.
The governor signed the proclamation on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RULES OF PROCEDURE WITH RESPONSE</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
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RULES OF PROCEDURE WITH RESPONSE
The Kaw Nation Tribal Council would like to acknowledge the work done by members of the Constitution Reform Project (CRP) Committee and thank them for their tireless efforts throughout the entire process. At the General Council meeting of November 13, 201I, the CRP Committee distributed the Rules of Procedure that had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeff Washko joins KEDA as Executive Director</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Welcome aboard, Commander
Jeff Washko has joined the Kaw Enterprise Development Authority as Executive Director.
Jeff recently retired from the Navy after 24 years of active duty service which included numerous sea tours and two command tours, the last of which was a Navy Battalion in southern Iraq.
His personal awards include the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Administrative Building Hours</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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The Kaw Nation Administrative Headquarters hours, located in Kaw City, Oklahoma, have changed. Our new hours are Monday thru Friday, 8:00 a.m. &#8211; 4:00 p.m. 
This includes all departments with the exception of the Library/Learning Center; they will maintain their regular hours.  For more information, please contact 580-269-2552.
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		<title>FREE LEGAL HELP</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Keepseagle vs. USDA Settlement
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A $760 million Settlement with the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) has been reached in the Keepseagle v. Vilsack class action lawsuit. The lawsuit claimed the USDA discriminated against Native Americans by denying them equal access to credit in the USDA Farm Loan Program.
Native American farmers and ranchers who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pappan to represent Kaw Nation at exhibit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Kaw Citizen Chris Pappan from Chicago, Ill., represents the Kanza people in an art exhibition at the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas through Jan. 15, 2012.
This exhibit is made possible by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian.
The exhibition, “Heartland Reverberations,” will provide an opportunity for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anderton a world-class barrel racer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Kaw Citizen Erin Anderton lives in Baker, Fla., with her parents John and Bretta Anderton. Erin has been competing in barrel races since 2007 with her now 11-year-old quarter horse Tater Chip.
She and Tater have qualified for the NBHA Youth World competition in Jackson, Miss., from 2007 to 2010, where there were more than 1,500 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Constitution Announcement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The 8th Annual Gala held at the Great Overland Station</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Chairman represents Hall of Fame Inductee-Charles Curtis
The 8th Annual Gala was held at the Great Overland Station in Topeka, Kan. On June 17th, 2011 and in honor of Kansas’ 150th birthday, this year’s Gala introduced “The Kansas Hall of Fame at the Great Overland Station.
Beth Fager, Development Director, said selecting the first class of inductees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Performer &#8211; Spirit of Performance Award from Conoco</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Top Performer &#8211; Spirit of Performance Award from Conoco
(L-R) Malinda Villar and Kay Meeks, Manager
Kaw Economic Development Authority is very proud of the effort and teamwork our employees have displayed at Woodridge Market.
Woodridge Market has received an award from Conoco for outstanding customer service. Providing Excellence Customer Service is what it’s all about, way to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaw Tribal Member Graduates</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Annie Patten, tribal member, received her high school diploma from Clarendon, High School, in Clarendon Texas. Annie plans to attend Clarendon Junior College, where she has received scholarships. Annie plans to pursue her Associates degree, and then plans to continue onto West Texas A &#38; M to get her Bachelor&#8217;s degree.
Abigail Patten, tribal member and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bryce Hall awarded full ride scholarship</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Bryce Hall was recently awarded with the President’s Leadership Class four-year, full ride scholarship at Rogers State University. Bryce recently graduated from Salina High School, in Salina, Oklahoma, where he was Class President. He will begin his college career in the fall of 2011 at Rogers State University where he will pursue a degree in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statue removed from hill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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In 1999, South Wind Art &#38; Cultural Foundation was formed by a group of citizens to erect a panoramic exhibit to depict the people of the South Wind &#8211; the Kaw Indians and the Kaw Lake region. Detailed plans and designs were formulated and funds raised for the first phase of the exhibit which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaw Enterprise Development Authority Announces New Officers And Board Member</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 16:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Kaw Enterprise Development Authority Announces New Officers And Board Member
L-R, Sarah Yanez, Treasurer, Lloyd Pappan Chairman, Terri Humble Vice Chairperson, Jerry Johnston Secretary, Brian Wall new member
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		<title>2011 Alumni Award Presented to Dejene Alemayehu Ph.D.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Dejene Alemayehu Ph.D., Director of the EPA Department for the Kaw Nation, was selected as the winner of the 2011 Alumni Award for Outstanding Environmental Achievement.
This award was presented to Dejene on March 24th, 2011 at the Ninth Annual Environmental Awards Reception.
This annual event is hosted by Oklahoma State University’s Environmental Science Graduate Program, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Class Visits the Kanza Museum</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Jackson</dc:creator>
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The Blackwell Area Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class visited the Kaw Nation Headquarters, Judicial Court Room, and the Library &#38; Learning Center. As most of you know, the leadership classes are sponsored by an employer or through a local Area Chamber of Commerce.
“The primary objective is to learn more about the community in which they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newest Executive Board Member Confirmed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Erin Kekahbah Srader was elected by the General Council at the April 10th quarterly meeting, and was sworn in on April 20th, 2011 by the Honorable Guy Munroe. Erin’s term will end in the year 2014.


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		<title>Luther Pepper receives Achievement Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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The Washunga Days Committee and the Council Grove/Morris County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism have created a yearly Achievement Award to be presented during the annual Washunga Day celebration in Council Grove, KS. 
Barbara Stanbrough, President of Friends of the Kaw Mission, announced its first recipient of the Achievement Award to be Luther Pepper, respected elder, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex Offender Registration and Notification Ordinance (SORNO)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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As of April 9, 2011, the Kaw Nation Executive Council passed the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Ordinance (SORNO) in compliance with the Adam Walsh Child Protection and the Safety Act and Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), thus establishing a sex offender registry and notification system for the Kaw Nation.
If you or anyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tribal member Austin Pappan serves as a Page for the Iowa Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Tribal member Austin Pappan serves as a Page for the Iowa Senate
In the past year, Austin Pappan has won the Pinto World and received official recommendations from the Department of Agriculture, Qwest/CenturyLink, and DuPont. These recommendations and hard work led to him becoming a Page for the Iowa Senate.  He has had a wonderful experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KEN LUTTRELL JOINS KEDA TEAM</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
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KEN LUTTRELL JOINS KEDA TEAM
 
The Kaw Enterprise Development Authority (KEDA) has announced the recent addition of Ken Luttrell as Director of Public Relations.
“KEDA is active in local, state and national organizations and assists numerous local municipalities with support for fire and emergency equipment, schools, parks, and community events” said Luttrell. “I am excited to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AARP OKLAHOMA INDIAN ELDER HONORS</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Luther Pepper &#8211; Kaw &#8211; a respected elder and member of the Kaw Executive Council, Luther is dedicated to tribal dance and preservation. He has narrated the part of his great-grandfather Allegawaho in the play Voices of the Wind People, which is a history of the Kanza people. In addition, he makes presentations on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McConnell Air Force Base and the Kaw</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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 McConnell Air Force Base and the Kaw people have had a relationship for over a decade. McConnell AFB approached the Kaw Tribe to ask permission for the use of the word Kanza and the tribal seal; this would be put on their uniforms, and refueling planes. They needed something different that would provide a distinct [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KAW TRIBAL MEMBER ARTWORK AUCTIONED FOR CHARITY</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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On August 18, 2010 the Editors and Staff of the American Art Collectors and Western Art Collectors celebrated the 4th Annual Santa Fe Show, &#8220;Objects of Art Show&#8221;. This event took place at the El Museo Cultural De Santa Fe in Santa Fe, NM.
Invitation artwork by Indian Market artist Chris Pappan was auctioned off during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 1858 &#8212; Preston Plumb</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As he traveled horseback through the Kaw Reservation in early July, 1858, Preston Plumb was pleased with what he saw. The publisher of Emporia’s Kansas News and future U.S. senator noted “…evidences of thrift and enterprise… on every hand. Where, one year ago, there were but few settlers, and little or no improvement, there is now a large population, highly cultivated farms, and comfortable dwellings.” ]]></description>
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		<title>September 1858 &#8212; Westport and Montgomery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 02:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the first day of autumn, 1858, the agent for the Kanza tribe, 23-year-old John Montgomery, left his Council Grove home to begin a 450-mile journey east to Saint Louis. Here on October 2 he would pick up $9,780.28 in silver and gold coins, carefully packed in “five specie sacks and two specie boxes,” the term “specie” referring to coinage. 
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		<title>October 1858 &#8212; Prairie Fires</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 02:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October 1858, prairie fires erupted on and near the Kanza Indian Reservation, a twenty-mile-square chunk of land encompassing Council Grove. E. Goddard, a squatter living illegally on the reservation near present Dunlap, had twenty tons of hay destroyed by fire the first week of October.]]></description>
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		<title>November 1858 &#8212; We Want a Gun Smith</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 02:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In November 1858, the two blacksmiths assigned to the Kanza tribe, assistant blacksmith Abraham Park, and head blacksmith Lemuel Park, were fired. No one was named to replace them and, in spite of the requirement of the Kaw Treaty of 1846 that the U.S. government provide the tribe with blacksmiths, the position was not filled for many years to come. ]]></description>
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		<title>December 1858 &#8212; Agency House Construction</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine that on Christmas Day, 1858, you were the 23-year-old Kanza Indian agent, John Montgomery. You’re riding in a buggy with your wife, Mary Ellen, and baby daughter, Mary Ellen as well. You’re headed southeast on the Council Grove-Americus Road through the Kanza Reservation, for which you have oversight as an official of the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs]]></description>
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		<title>January 1859 &#8212; Whether the Liquor Had Best Be Put In</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 01:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asahel Beach must have been both dismayed and relieved by what he found when on January 20, 1859, he returned to his recently-established trading post at the Santa Fe Road crossing of Cow Creek 100 miles west of Council Grove. Beach had been away for two months, leaving the trading post, known in the parlance of that time as a “ranche,” in the hands of his 22-year-old son, Abijah, and his companion, John H. Burr of Leavenworth. The older Beach ascertained that the young men were in good health but his property considerably diminished]]></description>
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