Okay, we don't read each other's mind.

We are live.

All right.

Good evening.

Good evening.

Lexi's got us hooked up and they're and they are rolling.

It is 5 31 on election day, June 16th.

Good roll out.

We appreciate everyone.

You know, braving the polls and uh the warmer weather to uh to get here as we you know wrap up this first half of uh 2026.

Uh at this time we'll turn it over to Miss Ms.

Bolis for the uh roll call.

David Bible, Linda Leaf Bowlin, Daniel Carter, Cheryl Cohenauer, Joe Deer, Warren Harjo, Stacey Lasky, uh Brandy Payton here, Winnie Guest Purdue, here, Pat Powell, here, Warren Cuiton, Joyce Roberts, Matt Roberts, here, Teresa Runnels, Amanda Swoke, Kim They, Mark Van Kieran, Erica Weltz Carter, Dorcas Williams, Cherie Williams here, and our land acknowledgement.

We begin by acknowledging the tribal governments on whose reservations we stand.

Oklahoma is home to 38 federally recognized Indian tribes and local schools serve students belonging more to more than 60 tribes.

The city of Tulsa sits within the reservation lands of the Cherokee Nation, Muscogee Creek Nation, and Osage Nation.

Each of these great nations have vibrant cultures, unique histories, and distinct languages.

We acknowledge and honor these nations, their citizens, their enduring commitment to our community and their land.

We begin with gratitude, appreciation, and respect.

All right, thank you, Ms.

Bowlis.

We greatly appreciate that.

Before you, there are the meet uh the minutes from last month, the May 19th, uh commission meeting.

If you if you would like to uh review those if you've not uh done so, and after we review those, if we have a we are at quorum, so uh after you reviewed those if we have a motion for approval.

Um, second.

All right.

Uh all in favor or say aye.

All opposed.

Motion carries.

All right, Chair Vice Chair Report.

Um I left my sticker.

It's great to see everyone with their I voted stickers in my truck.

I played that, I changed my shirt.

I that's what I did.

I I changed, and it was in the truck and I was planning on putting it on and still sitting there, but it's good to see everyone out uh exercising the right to vote, uh, you know, getting out and and voting today.

Uh and also this is this will be our uh last meeting of the first half of the year is as we do take July off, but uh and this will probably be in uh new business as we come forward, but but actually uh we will in essence have a meeting because next month on July 21st, you know, the city's is hosting a um young professional uh young professionals meeting and the the organization is called uh it's Tulsa Young Professionals or Typros as most know it.

Yes, and uh and all the title five commissions will have a table there, so more information will be out if you if you would like to attend, but it'll be the young professionals and then obviously uh it's good for uh the young leaders of the city to know about all the organizations and it's always good for us to recruit uh you know young young members to the commission as well, and so uh Lexi and her team have been reaching out and so um I guess last week we we just sent in some information and then her team's putting together a flyer just so those young professionals when they come in if they if they'd like to do some QA ask us some questions and uh and and pick up a flyer.

But but one thing I can say, uh, obviously tell me about the Greater Tulsa Area Indian Affairs Commission.

But one thing is uh all of us don't necess don't just meet, it's not just a one one day a month uh appointment on the commission because uh all the every month we see each other out about whether it be at the Dance of the Two Moons supporting the uh Indian Healthcare Resource Center.

Uh whether it be yesterday, when old how's it I stopped by Tulsa Public Schools and Commissioner Williams is is taking an inventory of her of her uh school year, whether it be a uhwasso Cherokee organization meetings, blood drives, uh things that are going on in uh North Tulsa with my neta and her team and so I know all of you are are are doing many things but just as far and and you'll get to see that flyer, but we just talked about uh in the partnership that we have with the uh some of the highlights we put out there, the partnership that we have uh as with the city and as a bridge that we are between uh the city, the mayor, uh the city council, the county commissioners with uh, you know, the three tribes within the city of Tulsa and and then the others and w we told them a little bit about the makeup of the uh commission as far as the information we uh how many members we have and city appointed, county appointed, and then uh you know, we talked to to focus on some of the big events.

You know, obviously we talked about the Native American Day celebration, the Dreamkeeper Awards, the Student of Excellence Awards and that this is a a relatively new one for those of you that have been on the but uh obviously the the uh development uh of uh dream keepers park and the continued work and improvement on that.

So those would be the four bullet points I think that are that are really highlighted there so we can share that with those young professionals uh next month on Tuesday uh July twenty first.

But there'll be some more information about the location and and everything else uh that we have out there.

All right, I'll turn it over to our vice chair, uh Commissioner Carter.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um well thanks to everyone for for being here listening in.

I know that it's a busy season, it's Bow Wow, ceremonial season, vacation season, event season, uh just a lot going on, so it's always good to be able to gather um officially and then in addition to to as Chair Roberts said, all the different opportunities to get together in between meetings to support the community.

Um I'll just report the the last two days we've had sovereignty symposium uh in Oklahoma City, which is uh it's a great gathering of of tribal leaders, uh city leaders, uh occasionally the state will send a leader or two, um, and see any president this year, but uh it's two full days of just panels talking about kind of the what's on the cutting edge, what's in the future of of um you know tribal sovereignty, uh, what are the battles that we can expect in the future.

Um what progress has been made.

What are the best practices that we see some other tribes uh excelling in that other tribes could could follow suit.

Uh Mayor Nichols was on a panel yesterday with uh Mayor Holt and Chief Hill and Deputy Chief uh uh Warner and they talked about uh intergovernmental collaboration and I thought it was a great panel.

I think those are two great examples to set with Oklahoma City and the City of Tulsa under Mayor Nichols, just the way the tribes can work with cities and municipalities and talk about best practices about how to properly go through consultation uh with tribes when the city's looking to take an action that might affect tribes or the tribal community.

And I I mean it was it was fast.

It was at Opana.

Every room was sold out.

There's probably a thousand people there.

It seemed like every you know all the thirty eight tribes in Oklahoma were represented um in most ways more than just their leader, but entire councils or courts.

So it was uh it was a good good symposium.

I encourage you to to look into it.

Maybe go next year.

Um it's around this time each year, hosted by Oklahoma City University School of Law, and it's been in Oklahoma the last two years, uh, but it's always in Oklahoma City.

Um but just a good refreshing two days to get together with like-minded folks and kind of take a step back and look at what we could be doing to better our native communities as a whether it's as a tribe or as a commission or as a city leader, so um, you know, maybe a chance to go down a water slide or two as well.

I don't know.

So it's just uh a good time all around.

Or serve the rest of my time.

All right.

Uh Vice Chair Carter, you talked about the uh the breakout session and the collaboration with the mayor, both mayors and and city council with uh visiting with representatives from Cherokee and Muskogee Nations, but there's a transition team meeting that's occurred with uh the other tribe within the city of Tulsa that we work with Osage Nation as well.

Do you want to share a little bit of uh about that?

The election that went on and the transition team meetings that they've had because I've already talked to uh Chief Tillman's wife and said Monday, October 12th clears calendar because he will be here.

He'll be speaking in the parade.

So uh, yeah, and and it's also election season on top of everything else I mentioned.

There's a lot of tribes that are electing new leaders, which uh we'll have a lot of fresh faces and need to make sure we maintain our relationships with their local tribes.

But uh with Osage, they had an election.

The new chief that was elected is uh Joe Tillman, and um and so he won the vice chief that was elected or uh second chief is John Shaw.

Um they elected six council members, I think most of them were incumbents and new mineral council members, so it's pretty big change.

Chief Standing Bear has been uh you know uh leader for the OSHC for 10 years, it seems like I don't know.

Uh, yeah, 10 12 years.

I just saw him at Sovereignty Symposium.

He's still he's still around doing his leadership things, but his last day will be June June 30th, and then they'll inaugurate the new chief on July 11th, I believe.

And the 10 days in between second chief RJ Walker will be the chief.

So um because Chief Standing Bears on the Minerals Council now and can't hold both positions, so there's a 10-day gap, which is kind of an interesting thing.

But sweat works.

Oh, is that what you want me to report on?

That's perfect.

Anything else you would like, anything else you'd like to add?

Well, it's quite a controversy going on at the minerals council election.

Um we're not sure if really he's gonna walk into those places, but it's just quite bad.

But other than that, yeah, it's very exciting with Joe Tillman and um John, both my cousins.

So um, yeah, it's very exciting.

Okay.

Great.

Alright, moving to the director of tribal policy and partnerships report.

Uh Amanda, uh Ms.

Mattiswolpe.

She's been at the symposium, the sovereignty symposium.

So she's not with us tonight.

She she did uh send a report, and as you know, her reports are long and detailed.

So hitting the bullet point, so uh her monthly update uh she welcomed the Tulsa Service Year Fellow, the young lady by the name of Ava Kent Kate.

So it's basically like an internship.

She's got a uh service year fellow, Ava Kincaid, who's gonna be helping uh her in the city develop a policy plan and coordinate tribal town halls, and uh my share Carter and I are trying to set up a time to meet with uh Amanda and introduce ourselves to uh Miss Kincaid.

Uh Dr.

Pasha and uh Miss Wope hosted the entire cohort of City Hall to learn more about uh the programs and the work uh they'll do with the tribes.

Uh Amanda met with the Muscogee Nation Business Enterprise to discuss ongoing projects.

Uh those of you that were there saw her, she did attend the dance at the two moons.

Uh she met with the National Park Conservation Association about potential funding for a cultural center.

Uh Mayor Nichols and Amanda toured the Freedman Museum in Oklahoma City.

So the mayor spent some time down in Oakland City this past month.

Amanda attended the American Indian Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

She is working with the Cherokee Nation to receive feedback on the naming of the UC Dam.

She's assisting the Muskogee Nation with needs surrounding a trust application.

She attended the Indigenous Independence, American 250 at Gil Creese Museum.

She spoke at the 918 lead panel on the power of policy.

And she was with Mayor Nichols when he spoke from consultation to collaboration.

From consultation to collaboration, intergovernmental leadership in Indian country.

It was a panel at the sovereignty symposium.

And on the as far as council activity, re uh rezoning application, the Muscobi River Line Development Passed, the Indian Health Care Resource Center deed dedication for waterline passed as well.

And just to next week, upcoming events next on June 23rd, a community conservation meeting at the West Side Dream Center.

All right.

Does she have sleeves?

Those are just the title of the internet.

Yeah, she does help.

She does.

Yes, yes.

All right.

Item six.

Item five.

Of five.

Vote to recommend human rights commission liaison for appointments.

And actually, you've been you've been on that.

You've been our liaison, correct?

Excuse me.

That's right.

Yes.

And I think George's life is still doing it.

Yeah, she's doing great.

Yes, she is.

And you've been going to those meetings too.

You went to a lot of those.

No choice.

With the mayor.

Tell share a little bit about that.

Commissioner Roberts about the human rights commission.

Well, currently we have two goals, and I've been assisting with the first one, which is enhancing the system that we have for uh that will allow residents to submit um human rights complaints, ADA complaints, and right now our systems are antiquated.

So we're working with uh updating the ordinance, looking at how the processes will flow and also getting IT on board.

So that's where we're working with on the first goal.

Second goal is um increasing diversity among the ABCs.

We have some districts, two in particular, who are really underrepresented.

So we're looking at improving that also.

It's been really just um I've really embraced it.

I really do enjoy the work.

And we appreciate your service for representing us.

That sounds like you want to continue.

I do.

Yes, so we're gonna call this the action to get to be a vote to reappoint.

And recommend Commissioner Roberts as to continue to be our human rights commission liaison.

Uh, second then.

Yes, I'll make that motion.

We have a second.

You are welcome to entertain the motion.

I think that's I will entertain the motion.

Who would like to?

Oh, yeah.

I'll make the motion.

I'll be second.

Commissioner Cohenow makes the motion.

Who had the second?

All right.

Alright, all in favor.

Aye.

All opposed.

Motion carries.

Congratulations, and thanks again for representing us.

And we appreciate your passion.

Your passion.

It's a wonderful group of people, but you know, from all other bots and things.

Great.

Great.

And I will say is from the staff perspective, Commissioner Roberts represents all of you extremely well.

She's been very involved and engaged.

So thank you.

She's helped us out with this next thing we're going to talk about.

So committee report, our first one, Native American Day Committee.

Okay.

Commissioner Koenauer here.

Native American Days moving along.

We are we have been trying to work with the city to obtain some artwork for a lot of our graphic design.

And I love the city, and they will continue to help us, but they're extremely slow.

We move a little bit quicker than that.

So we were able to, and I know you all will enjoy this, reach back out and pull Tanya back into our fold.

So Tanya is now Brittany Brittany did that.

So Tanya's now helping again.

So we were able to come up with our uh save the day cards, which I think I've passed out to you all.

So we have those that are ready to go now.

And our banners, and we're just starting to kind of get our graphics and our information out there.

We need to do a little more social media PR work so that we have some more social media blasts.

We do have one uh young man from Holland Hall that's going to join us as a student ambassador and work closely with Stacy and uh Jay Calhoun on uh student on social media, and that will that will help because it really helped us a lot last year.

And then I think we've got some students from TPS that are gonna join us as well, at least one or two.

So we we love having the students help us because this is all about the students anyway, and being able to provide you know examples of culture and uh dancing and activities for them to see that they don't have that culture at home.

So this year in our afternoon program, we're going to have a stomp dance that's gonna be provided by I think the Duck Creek Nico.

The Duck Creek ceremonial group, the assistant chief and the Nico, I think are gonna help us put that together along with maybe some help from TPS, and so we'll have that in the afternoon early, and then some of our usual program, but um it'll be a little bit different.

So while that stomp dance is going on, we'll have exhibits ongoing from the various tribes showing some of their cultural activities.

So we're excited about Native American Day this year, and uh our next meeting is tomorrow at 6 p.m.

We moved it to Wednesday from because uh Matt previously had been teaching a class on Wednesday night, so we moved it back to Thursday, and then we've got that Cherokee language class.

We moved it back to to Wednesday.

So we're we're pretty flexible Wednesday or Thursday, but this week this month it'll be uh tomorrow at 6 p.m.

So please you all join us because it's exciting time and we've got some momentum and we want everybody to be there.

We need to need to talk about our t-shirt design and and what we're doing to you know engage all of our uh contractors and get everybody lined up before summer fund hits too hard.

So that's about it.

And we want to thank Commissioner Roberts Joyce and her team.

They always they always present, do our artwork, the postcards, the posters, and uh art from our featured artist, Jessica Harjo, and and uh so it's gonna be quick.

We're gonna start sending these out to schools, uh ASAP, and uh get rolling.

So, uh any questions on Native American Day tomorrow at 6 o'clock, and there will be an online link.

If you can't make it in person, you all should have already gotten a uh an email with the zoom link, and if you didn't let me know, and I can send out another reminder tomorrow.

Okay, I did send out the minutes also at the last meeting, so you know kind of where we are.

No different event because I forgot it.

I get sent too quick.

I have to go back in attachment.

All right, thank you, Commissioner Komenauer.

Um next committee report, Dream Keepers Committee.

Commissioner Quiton is not here this evening.

He did send out the email uh and then earlier, early, earlier, you know.

There's an email sent out with an awards description and the and the previous winners.

I know we have uh one nominee submitted, and I've talked to some of you that have some uh as well, so that is good just with uh with July off.

We come back in August and we have the August meeting, and then we're voting in September, so just a reminder about that.

So you can send those to Commissioner Quiton or myself, those those bios, and uh every year we always have a talented class, and uh so you yeah, you nominate even if we get multiple nominees from the same category that you know they can fit into multiple categories as well, so uh any questions at all just just let us know as far as dream keepers goes.

All right, any questions on dream keepers?

All right, Commissioner Williams, education committee.

Commissioner Sheree Williams here.

Um, schools we just wrapped up our our summer school programs.

We did a week of secondary, which consisted of bill trips to uh college visits, and then uh Chickasaw Culture Center, Chocolate Culture Center, had a large number of secondary students uh participating in uh that week, and then last week we had our elementary summer school camp, and we want to give a shout out to Theresa and the library for coming out and presenting to our students uh as well as the Indian Healthcare Resource Center, uh Guild Priest Museum, the Osage Ballet Company, and so um students had just a week of uh different organizations providing culture to them, so a variety of activities for them for the week and um talked it off uh with the day at Main event for them and um we are preparing for uh to take 25 high school students to the uh United National Indian Tribal Youth Conference, which is a national student leadership uh conference in Oklahoma City next month, and so just a lot of work this summer, but um, getting gearing up for next year.

Some future students of excellence in that group of 25, I'm sure.

That it's busy.

I know uh this is the last week for a Wasso Indian Education summer program as well, so they've been busy.

Uh Commissioner Lee Moland, you have anything you would like to do.

Um we're just finishing summer school.

We had uh uh big participation for for uh secondary and and also our uh high school uh that were uh students that were struggling, and we reach out to them and provide summer school for all of them.

Call it grad lab, those seniors that are right there, grad lab, grabbed them and districts don't charge anything for grad lab and other ones maybe a little behind, get them get them over the hump to get them at the end of the post.

That's right.

That's great, and then of course we'll be contacting them shortly with these postcards, all the different groups that uh we plan on seeing on October 12th at Native American Day.

All right, public relations committee.

The the emails were being sent out today.

There were a bunch of them.

Um one I really want to pay attention to is someone once he sent me uh the Gilcrease Museum, they're launching that indigenous exhibit, which sounds really exciting.

Even though the museum hasn't quite opened yet, they're gonna be doing exhibits, and this one sounds really nice.

So take a look at that email I sent out today.

And it runs through what was the date it runs through.

We looked that up.

I don't remember August 7th, I think.

Yes, August 7th.

Yeah, June 13th of August.

Great.

Definitely.

We appreciate appreciate you getting getting everything out there.

Everything out there.

Alright, next committee report, the parks committee, Commissioner Kohenauer.

Well, we are in uh as you know, we're finalizing our design and uh we meet the project management team meets every two weeks we have a meeting tomorrow morning, and then next uh, I think it's next Wednesday the 25th is a cultural uh committee meeting, which we'll have all of our cultural representatives to meet and go over the the three proposed designs and narrow it down to you know one, basically.

So we're moving ahead with that.

Um we've got a lot of good participants.

I know that may have a your summers out, you can you can join these meetings and uh be able to kind of get caught up with what's going on with the parks.

Um I did meet with uh Amanda and I met with the and and Ava K met with uh Chief Floyd and uh Katie Shaw with the National Parks Conservation Fund again about Dreamkeepers and the cultural center that uh we were talking about around the Dreamkeepers Park.

Had a very nice meeting with them.

It was great.

One big bonus that came out of there is that the National Park Conservation Fund has uh grant money for signage, which is one of the things that the grant for Dreamkeepers Park did not cover some of the interpretive signage that will be in the park.

So Katie's gonna work with me on trying to uh apply for a couple of those grants that will allow for some good signage in the park of itself around the gardens and then some uh DOT signage out on the highways.

So that was pretty exciting and something that I thought was real beneficial.

So we're just making inroads with the looking at the entire area, and one of the other things that Katie had suggested we do is after.

Well, I guess we can start doing it now is to try to get a uh historical designation for the park through the state of Oklahoma, and uh, since Council Oak has a historical designation as well, we get one for the park, and then we can start moving towards some different federal funding and eventually maybe get that whole area designated.

So it's it's exciting.

It's uh I never would have thought when the commission decided to just kind of renovate the park for our own use years ago that it would take on a life of itself and be able to move it as far as we have been.

It's very exciting and I'm excited to be part of that.

So we should all be proud of ourselves that we've got that ball rolling.

So it's a good thing for for us.

I think it's a good legacy for the commission to leave behind.

Definitely.

And uh uh I think that's uh about it for the parks committee.

Thank you.

Great, thank you.

All right, bylaws committee.

Or uh bylaws committee meetings are going to be on the second Monday.

Of each month at 4 p.m.

Uh by Zoom, and so uh we'll meet and just thinking about great serving ideas what the bylaws will cover.

Some of the stuff will be pretty routine as far as procedures for you know agendas and taking action as a commission.

One of the things that uh I intend to discuss in the first meeting because this is uh a bigger uh I think a bigger task is the different committees that we have.

Um we have 20 commissioners, and there's a need for potentially additional committees.

We talked about perhaps like a finance committee.

Um but as you add those committees, then our commission becomes spread a little bit too thin.

So uh, you know, we have the opportunity to take a step back and really decide what we want to have committees for to discuss things that are priority to the commission.

And so I look forward to having that discussion and of course if uh we have four members on the bylaws committee, but if you want to join that discussion, please do, or if you have ideas about what committees we need, uh what committees you'd like to see, then we can include that in the discussion as well.

So that's the status of the bylaws committee right now, Mr.

Chairman.

Gotcha.

Looks like I skipped one.

Thank you.

Uh I think uh Commissioner Waltz Carter had a question.

Are we will those meetings start next month in July?

Okay.

Yeah, we didn't set them until the second one date or uh second.

Okay, so can we send a meeting?

I have already sent the meeting, the calendar invite to everyone who expressed interest in being on the bylaws committee.

Um if that should include you, let me know.

Yes.

If you would like to be added, I could be to add you.

Uh you should have been on there to the lawyer.

Sorry about that.

She's on yeah, she shouldn't present.

Yeah, that was my bad thing.

Uh but if you'd like to be added to the bylaws committee, you're always welcome.

You can be on more than one committee.

So if you're like a on the PR committee.

I like being there.

I don't want to go to be on both.

Well, usually you're on both.

And everybody's on the book today.

More than one committee.

That's right.

Well, I jumped one, I jumped one, I left up the cultural committee.

So last committee report, cultural committee.

What a blessing to have Dorcas back.

She's not injured list, but we're going to have you back.

I'm recovering from a serious accident and I'm just glad to be here.

Great to have you here.

But getting back the committee report up.

I of course have not met with anyone or talked with anyone, but I understand that someone put together uh an evening or after meeting, and I don't know what their discussion was.

It was to schedule a meeting, excuse me.

All we did was schedule a meeting.

Oh, you didn't have the meeting?

Okay.

No, we just said, well, what's everyone's schedule?

So we can actually schedule a meeting.

Okay.

Okay.

Which we were going to meet after.

That was the decision that would was rendered was we would just meet following our regular commission meetings.

Okay, then perhaps we need to schedule that if that was what that was about.

Yeah.

So we'll be glad to do that if those are available, can meet like that, and I'll notify you to let you know when that's when we could do that or who would be available to meet afterward.

And so what also what was brought out in that particular uh conversation that I I received was uh what was the purpose of the cultural committee, and so I pulled up my bylaws and got hold of uh uh our leader over there and she provided me the bylaws and so all of us uh can look at that and see what uh what we are what we're here for and how to go about doing that, and also it was brought out each committee member on the cultural committee can uh bring bring to us the committee something that they may want to discuss, and then we the committee would discuss it and decide whether we're whether we're gonna do it or not, and then bring it to the chair, and he would be the official person and bring it forth to all the committee as if we're going to do that.

Is that the way I understand that to work?

Uh, that is interesting that's and that's and really um I think we could really use some input and help from the cultural committee for Native American Day because we're wanted to do a lot more cultural exhibits with the students, and so any connections and ideas that you all have where you could help uh help us as a commission with Native American Day uh Absolutely for uh yeah that that would uh that would be welcome any any ideas we have because I know that uh Commissioner Williams has talked about TPS helping out with some of the dancing and everything else, any of the connections that that you all have out there would uh would just make the celebration bigger and better.

I really feel like the cultural committee could really offer a lot to Native American Day.

I do too because uh those that do attend, uh there's we have we're there for specific reasons, but we can also have more with that if one chooses to do that.

So and then uh I also uh wanted to ask if any of the committee had anything to say uh or offer any news or anything that because I've been gone for three months, so I don't know.

News like upcoming events, yeah.

Anything that happened or whatever they they might want to uh offer or commit to the meetings, that's something that I uh think is really important for us to get that information to the PR committee so the PR committee can get it out to us.

I I read our emails, but yet there's always something going on that I'm like, I missed that.

Because I didn't know about it.

So I think that's really really helpful.

And was there any announcements or anything that any of the uh committee wanted to make regarding uh the uh cultural committee I sent an email to Stacy if she got it out this morning I just emailed Stacy if I get anything I just send it straight to Stacy so that it can just go out.

But the one other thing I wanted to uh bring to attention and this has been going on uh with the shellacca alumni uh committee members for several years now and uh it's been taken over by uh people that are visiting throughout Oklahoma and the United States they're going to be here uh this upcoming week they're gonna be here the week of uh the 26th and they will be doing interviews downtown at the Double Tree Hotel and they've invited me um because I am a graduate of Chillaco Indian School and my brother started the Northeast uh Northwest chapter for Shellaco and by doing that uh we were able to uh find quite a bit of information about the students that passed at that school and we created a list of those that are in the cemetery and I'll be presenting that to them so they uh they can add that to uh the archives and what they're trying to do and you know by locating people and stuff like that.

Then the other thing is of course the Muscogee Creek Festival is going on and uh David has a big thing going on down there and if y'all can get down there and add to the crowd.

You know but uh that's about all burning cedar has something going on the summer solos is going on June 20th and 21st at Burning Cedar and this is going to be a presentation.

There's two things going on it would be two day events.

One thing in particular that they are offering is a meal and that meal usually is free but this time it's gonna be 15 dollars if those that want to participate in that and I think that's going to go added to somebody that is attending that it won't benefit the Burning Cedar because they don't take money like that.

So if anyone's interested in doing that.

So that's all I have unless anyone else has anything to add to that.

Alright.

Hey Chair so last month I I think I announced um a couple of events um in the announcements public comments so if I have a couple would that be better in culture or how would you yeah you can go ahead and add those otherwise yeah I want to make sure yeah yeah um so uh the North Tulsa Cherokee Org had their open house on June 6th I announced that last month so thank you for everyone um that attended that and and um if anyone didn't know about it my apologies um just another quick update um the Northulsa Cherokee community org is now hosting the Cherokee language classes that started this week um and I wanted to announce originally um when we were bringing the classes to the new community building um the original plan was to have one class um every week for 10 weeks on Thursdays um and the demand was so um high um that we have to have three concurrent classes running so um we are having classes I believe it's Mondays Wednesdays and Thursdays so it's not the same class so like those that tend Thursday will tend every Thursday for 10 weeks to complete the class those that attended this Monday will attend every Monday for 10 weeks if that makes sense so I think registration's closed now but this is just the first kind of cultural or activity being brought as we're kind of um entering the new building so we'll keep you all updated as um more opportunities um become available and I thought it was pretty tremendous that um kind of blew the roof out with um interest so let's see.

Excellent.

And then as far as uh the Iwaso um Cherokee Group um our monthly meetings um just to remind everyone, are on the fourth Tuesday of every month.

So our meeting last month, I want to thank um Chair Roberts.

And we also kind of had a meet and greet for the fifth graders that are going to be going into sixth grade.

And so it was kind of cool that they got to meet their principal slash a commissioner.

And they really thought that was a really big deal.

So thank you um Chair Roberts, for doing that.

And then a couple of save the dates for the Awaso Cherokees.

Um Saturday, June 27th, we're going to be having a fishing derby at Elm Creek Park there in Owasso from 9 a.m.

to 12 p.m.

And then I think last year they weren't able to have the powwow, but they had it the three years before that.

So they're bringing their powwow back.

So this will actually be their fourth annual powwow, and it'll be on Saturday, September the 26th.

So I just wanted to get those save the dates out.

And then moving forward, because I'm kind of just getting um in rhythm again on the commissions.

Should I email those to you, Stacey, or to no stace?

Both of you okay.

Stacy to do that announcement.

Thank you all.

Thank you.

We appreciate her being here and helping us out.

All right, moving to old business.

Do we have any old business?

Mr.

Bible is kind of old business, but it's pretty real scheduled for this weekend.

This uh this weekend, uh Father's Day morning, we're gonna be at Noam Park or a rescheduled uh day on day run out there.

So uh before you get your uh celebration with your father and stuff, come on out and honor your father, make a run, fun run, walk, anything like that.

It's always nice.

Uh, it's gonna cooperate.

Uh so we'll be out there uh this Sunday.

Uh you know, as this time of year it's harder for the date where nothing, something's not happening.

With our timing uh uh guy, he was very he's very busy this time of year, so we had to go with Sunday, uh Father's Day.

Um so come on out.

It's our 22nd annual.

Registration online only online.

And on you can be in person too that day.

And we can always use volunteers.

Uh Joyce is gonna be supplying our our food and you know, our our uh oranges, banana, stuff like that for the race runners, it's always fun.

So come on out just and it takes only about a couple hours uh early in the morning.

So get up and get your day started.

What time is registration open?

Uh seven o'clock.

Seven o'clock.

6 30.

3 30.

Okay.

It starts at 7 30.

It starts at 6 o'clock.

So I think it's church.

Yes, we're quick enough, you can make it to church.

Might be sweaty.

Yeah, wouldn't it be mean?

Uh yeah, that's uh uh scheduled uh thing, so it looks like the weather's gonna hold out.

So it's one of our fundraisers for the uh also powwow.

Good looking shirt this year.

Yes, yeah.

I'd like to uh also recognize uh Ashley here, she's our district five uh charity for this one representative here, uh also one of our sponsors of our race this year, so along with our District 13 uh council uh Joe here.

So Ashley Grant, good to have you here.

Yeah, absolutely.

It's my first meeting, so happy to we can start attending more often.

Yeah, we hope you come more on.

Yeah, because we all right uh new business, any new business.

Hey, I will say about that tie proved meeting on July 21st.

If you have any just really good Native American Day pictures, you could send them my way or Lexi's wigs.

You know, maybe this year we can get a drone above a park during Native American Day.

We have a lot of pictures, but they're all ground level.

We have any just really really good pictures because you know we've taken a couple group pictures here for the for the city's website, but kind of you know unannounced.

So we just gotta show up in those pictures.

But if you have any just really good pictures, maybe the commission on stage or anything you think would be good in that flyer, it will go to the Tulsa Young.

So that in our brochure handout uh yeah, just send it send it our way and we would uh do you want it?

Or do you want to do it?

You can just do both of us.

But yeah, her her team is putting it together, that'd be great.

Really?

Yeah.

She's gonna make us look good, aren't you?

Of course.

I got I have uh announcement here.

We have uh Tulsa Powell, July 25th, 26th R of us is still on, still going.

Uh the season is started.

You know, of course, with June, uh, it started, so people are really busy over there, but uh we went down to Alabama Deshada a couple weekends ago.

Just this past weekend we went to Mayetta to the prairie band, and so it looks like there's a lot of people getting out, a lot of people here from Oklahoma, local people here, so they're starting uh this weekend uh at Perkins, Iowa, is uh used having their celebration here, so there's a lot of things going on uh during the week as uh uh I'm sure uh really says the uh NAG NHB, the conference for the uh boarding school.

This will be uh four to six on Monday and then again Friday.

Uh we're gonna be uh presenting some stuff there, uh helping out and trying to do some healing, you know, for and doing some dancing and singing and stuff for them.

Uh so uh uh it's a it's a worthy cause they all they're looking for stories of boarding school for people that either attended or parents, grandparents and stuff like that there where they want to, and this is the last stop uh here in Tulsa.

So it's also always a good thing.

Also coming up, I want to recognize uh Russell here with Crosswind News.

Uh follow them because they have some surveys going on and they're asking questions.

They need stories from our houseless native youth that's out there on the streets.

There's been a survey uh that the city put out that there's a large population of native youth out there, and they're just trying to reach and touch base and see if you have any stories.

And we all have relatives out there, you know, uh uh that are out there.

Um we just kind of and it might be something that leads to something bigger.

On June 24th, uh, due to a survey that we had five, six months ago, we're having a meeting uh 4 to 6 p.m.

at Sweet Shots uh over on uh Riverwalk.

And it's concerning a survey uh that was put out on what does the community want to see um here in Tulsa uh because we have found that we need a place to meet to gather.

Uh and there is a lot of things in the works outside of the dreamkeepers park, everything going on, which is a great option to do, but there's been some people that uh started uh gathering interest in this.

So we've uh started something, nothing really big to announce, but the wheels are starting to turn.

Uh so there's going to be a meeting there.

Uh we want the community to be involved.

It's uh open to everybody.

We need your help on what do you want to see within our community.

Um it looks like there's gonna be a lot of movement with the help of um Cheryl, uh the parks, uh Amanda Swoke, mayor, uh some community leaders.

Uh so this is not a a uh one group that's doing this.

We need the community's help because uh they want to see something where they can come and bring their children, making takes, gather, and it looks like we have the ability.

The city has given us the ability to uh get a building.

And it's really close, you know, it's really close.

There's a short-term option, which we'll probably take, and then but there's a longer term option that we can build on.

Uh so there's it's really exciting.

Um, and this is something that Pat has brought up with TIYC when we were younger, what things we did when we were younger and went to, you know, we remember those things, you know, and so a lot of the people that was involved in that um has come to our our little short little meetings that we're trying to get this off and uh uh remember those times that we gathered as our as friends and relatives that we want to see that again for our children, grandchildren.

Um so we need some people, some younger people, you know, we're some of us are getting up.

We we can't carry the torch and keep keep going, so we need some younger people to really jump in and help us out.

So it's very exciting.

It is.

I want to add something.

And I know Cheryl has some things to go in.

David has uh been a part of the driving force for this, uh looking at a community center for uh Native Americans to to gather and uh we are moving forward with uh filing an entity.

It's gonna be called the Tulsa Indian Community Center, and uh uh it's a great collective of like-minded uh Tulsa Indians that are wanting to get that community going again, that collective.

So it's very exciting to be part of that.

Um I love helping with this, it's wonderful.

So, yeah, it's not it's not a it's not a Tulsa Indian Club thing, it's not a uh David Bible thing.

It's it's I got it's it's a community-wide.

It's a collective, it's a collective, so there's a lot of uh various things and we've had small meetings with small groups just just to get this thing going so that we can make a bigger announcement.

Uh and it looks like it's gonna uh come into fruition that it's gonna happen.

It's happens.

Yeah, so uh it's very exciting.

So we need everybody's help, you know.

Uh the the commission was brought up as a driving force also that they can be part of it, uh but you know, as far as they're there's limitations, you know, uh on the commission.

So there's uh but they can be a big part of it uh too.

So it's just it's exciting.

So come on uh June 24th next Wednesday, kind of hear a little bit more about it, and follow across Wind News.

They've they're the one that kind of started the survey and heard the heard the people what they want to hear, what they want to see within Tulsa.

So great.

Speaking of the real quick, uh the Tulsa Powell, of course.

Last year, Commissioner Purdue was the honored elder.

She'd been there since since uh the very first one.

Since the first one, uh there's another former long time greater Tulsarian Affairs Commissioner being auditored.

That would be.

Yeah.

Oh, there's there's uh Lillian.

Yeah, Lillian Williams was on the commission for years and years and years.

She'll be on honored elder.

And you know, as you know, it's it's hard to choose, you know, because everybody's worth, you know, it's it's just our what it's kind of like our our dreamkeepers awards.

So you know, yeah, there's a lot of people out there that uh we know, and it's hard to choose, but we're really happy that uh Lillian has accepted as as Winnie did uh last year.

You know, it's it's a great uh to honor her and her uh her legacy, you know.

Um, and we're very proud of her being here on the board, and uh just you know that's just something come out.

You know, there's also you know, with with everybody here, you know, uh is is part of this Tulsa community, so we just uh we just we can excited and we want to see things like uh uh blessings for uh you know Dorcas on her health and uh we covered, you know, hope things get better because I know as we get older it takes longer for her to recover.

He's telling you.

But uh, it's told me I'm sorry.

You know, I appreciate it.

That first step out of bed in the morning is is the toughest, so but uh I appreciate everybody's uh uh time.

I'd like to say along the ending ed, people don't realize how much effect you have on people.

Speaking of Lillian Williams, she was uh in there when my daughter was from elementary on up and my daughter's prize, she's turning like 45%.

She goes, I can't believe she still remembers me.

I mean, she made I guess summer made an impression on her, so that's kind of helping her to see what you guys really do.

Oh yeah, we heard that we're an art strip on education leadership.

Yes, her footprints that are all over that that program, so very well deserving.

Thank you so much.

Any more new business?

All right, uh announcements on public.

Just an announcement.

Okay, so just population will be at Double Tree Downtown this Saturday.

Uh the chief speaks at two, so if you get there around noon, if you want to update your tribal registration card with your future uh federal or get a federal ID made.

Um I think your children's grandchildren's cultural uh demonstrations and such.

So that's this weekend.

Isn't that right?

Commissioner Williams, yeah.

I need to say that.

Yes, ma'am.

I have just a couple things.

One, please don't forget the Title V and Beyond Apology Commission's retreat on July 24th.

So if you accept that calendar invite, you will be expected to be there.

If you decline it, we will sadly not be expecting you.

So that's really really helpful just as we, you know, kind of get to the final stretch and start to look at ordering lunch and printing materials and things like that.

So if you have any questions or need that calendar invite forwarded your way, again, please let me know.

Also, in July, July 30th is the deadline to uh apply for the next cohort of neighborhood academy.

This is a program that the city runs to really educate Tulsons on how they can make change in their neighborhood.

Um you go through three different classes, and then you get a beautiful certificate and photo with the mayor at the end, and you learn all about how to organize your neighborhood, what city services are available and how to utilize them.

So really really cool opportunity to get more engaged or to share with those who you know who want to see change happening in their backyard.

I applied for it.

Yay.

They said certificate, and I said okay.

Yeah, there you go.

He doesn't love a good certificate.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Any more announcements?

Any public comments?

Heck yeah.

All right.

Call me.

Great meeting.

Great meeting on election day, a lot of valuable information shared.

Hope to see everyone tomorrow.

Whether it's online or in person for uh the neighborhood celebration.

Uh take time to go to some of these events, expect time with family as we have to have July off, no meeting.

We won't have it off, but we'll, we will not have a meeting.

So uh do we have a motion for adjournment?

Oh my god, please, well right.

Commissioner Williams, what's the second?

All in favor.

It carries.

Thank you all so much.

Really nationally.

Public safety, whether it's fire and police.