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The original documents are located in Box 1, folder "Delaware Indians" of the Bradley H.
Patterson Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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STATE OF INTERTOR
United States Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20245
March
EASY
IN REPLY REFER TO:
SEP 27 1976
Tribal Government Services
Bruce M. Townsend, Chairman
Delaware Tribal Business Committee
201 Denver Bldg.
7th and Denver
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119
Dear Mr. Townsend:
President Ford has asked us to respond to your August 27 telegram regarding
the Cherokee-Delaware Indians. We have provided to the appropriate
members of the White House staff, copies of correspondence leading up
to the calling, and subsequent cancellation of the September 11 meeting of
the Delaware General Council.
Sincerely yours,
(Sgd) Raymond V. Butler
ACTING
Director, Office of Indian Services
CC:
The White House, Mr. Brad Patterson w/enclosures
Muskogee Area Director
Supt., Talequah Agency
FORD & LIBRARY 076830
OF
United States Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20245
March
1849
IN REPLY REFER TO:
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
For Release Sept. 9, 1976
Lovett 343-7445
DELAWARE GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING CANCELLED
A meeting of the general council of the Cherokee Delaware
Tribe, scheduled to be held September 11 in Dewey, Okla., has
been cancelled, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Morris Thompson
announced today.
The purpose of the meeting was to have been to consider
charges presented by the tribal grievance committee against the
chairman, vice-chairman and secretary of the tribal business
committee. The grievance committee, in a telegram to Commissioner
Thompson received September 7, rescinded its previous resolution
and indicated it had no charges of misconduct against any of the
tribal officers.
The Commissioner had called the general council meeting at
the request of the grievance committee in accordance with tribal
by-laws mandating this action. The revocation of the grievance
committee's request removed the basis for the Commissioner's
calling of the meeting.
The Commissioner said that he is recommending that the
Office of Indian Rights in the Department of Justice take
appropriate action "in view of the numerous allegations that
have been made" and to determine whether any Federal law, including
the 1968 Indian Civil Rights Act, may have been violated.
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BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
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Theodore C. Krenzke, Director, Office of
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THIS SPACE FOR USE OF COMMUNICATION UNIT Indian Svcs.
MESSAGE TO BE TRANSMITTED (Use double spacing and all capital letters)
TO:
Nembers of Delaware Tribal Business Committee
SEP 9 1976
Members of Delaware Grievance Committee
108 South Seneca
Delaware Indian Center
Bartlesville, Oklahoma 74003
WE HAVE YOUR TELEGRAM RECEIVED SEPTEMBER 7 ADVISING THAT THE
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GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE HAS RESCINDED ITS JUNE 28 RESOLUTION. YOU
ADVISE THE COMMITTEE HAS INVESTIGATED AND KNOWS OF NO EVIDENCE
(MUCH LESS A"PROPER SHOWING") OF ANY OF THE ACTS OF MISCONDUCT
NAMED IN THE MUSKOGEE AREA DIRECTOR'S NOTIFICATION DATED
AUGUST 20, 1976 TO THE DELAWARE TRIBAL MEMBERS AND FURTHER REQUEST
THAT THE MEETING NOT BE HELD. SINCE THE PURPOSE OF THE GENERAL
COUNCIL SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 11, 1976 IS TO CONSIDER THE COMPLAINTS
THAT RESULTED IN THE COMMITTEE'S RESOLUTION OF JUNE 28, 1976,
INSTRUCTING ME TO CALL A GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF
CONSIDERING THOSE COMPLAINTS, AND SINCE YOU INDICATE THAT THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE WHICH YOU INTEND TO PRESENT AT SUCH A MEETING, THERE NOW
APPEARS TO BE NO BASIS FOR PROCEEDING WITH THE MEETING. THEREFORE
BECAUSE OF YOUR ADVICE TO ME THAT YOU WILL NOT PRESENT ANY CHARGES TO
THE GENERAL COUNCIL THERE APPEARS TO BE NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO CANCEL
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TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE
NAME OF AGENCY
PRECEDENCE
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
ACTION: XXX
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20245
INFO:
ACCOUNTING CLASSIFICATION
DATE PREPARED
TYPE OF MESSAGE
K00-20/6/3200 /2090
9/8/76
SINGLE
FOR INFORMATION CALL
BOOK
NAME
PHONE NUMBER
Theodore C. Krenzke, Director of Indian
343-2111
XX
MULTIPLE-ADDRESS
THIS SPACE FOR USE OF COMMUNICATION UNIT Servvices
MESSAGE TO BE TRANSMITTED (Use double spacing and all capital letters)
TO:
THE MEETING PER YOUR DIRECTION. I AM INSTRUCTING ALL THE BUREAU
EMPLOYEES OF THE CANCELLATION AND WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN SO
ADVISING TRIBAL MEMBERS. IN VIEW OF THE NUMEROUS ALLEGATIONS THAT
HAVE BEEN MADE AND IN AN EFFORT TO RESOLVE THE QUESTION AS TO
WHETHER ANY FEDERAL LAW, INCLUDING THE 1968 INDIAN CIVIL RIGHTS ACT,
MAY HAVE BEEN VIOLATED, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE MATTER BE
REFERRED TO THE OFFICE OF INDIAN RIGHTS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, FOR
APPROPRIATE ACTION.
Acting
Pheodoxy b. Krenk
Deputy COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN
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A A DELAWARE TRIBAL GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE MEETING THIS DATE CALLED WITH
NOTICE PREVIOUSLY GIVE TO ALL 5 MEMBERS, 6 RESOLUTIONS WERE PASSED. THE
SUBSTANCE OF THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE:
1. THE 6-28-76 "RESOLUTION" PURPORTEDLY FROM THIS COMMITTEE IS
RESCINDED, CANCELLED AND VOIDED.
3. COMMISSIONER THOMPSON AND SECRETARY KLEPPE ARE REQUESTED TO RESCIND
THEIR NOTIFICATION OF ALL EFFORTS TOWARDS THE CALLING AND HOLDING OF
THE GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING OF 9-11-76 AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE
RESCINDING RESOLUTION.
3, TO EXPUNGE THE 6-28-76 "RESOLUTION" FROM THE RECORDS OF THIS
COMMITTEE.
4. (A) TO ADVISE THAT THE GRIEVANCE COMITTEE HAS INVESTIGATED AND KNOWS
OF NO EVIDENCE (MUCH LESS A "PROPER SHOWING") OF ANY OF THE ACTS OF
MISCONDUCT NAMED IN THE MUSKOGEE AREA DIRECTOR'S NOTIFICATION TO A FEW
DELAWARE TRIBAL MEMBERS DATED 8-20-76.
(B) TO ABSOLVE, FREE AND VINDICATE THE CHAIRMAN, VICE-CHAIRMAN AND
SECRETARY OF THE DELAWARE TRIBAL BUSINESS COMMITTEE FROM THE ACT OF
MISCONDUCT AS ACCUSED BY VICE-CHAIRMAN SCOTT SECONDINE AND CONTAINED IN
SUCH MUSKOGEE AREA DIRECTOR'S NOTIFICATION,
(C) TO ASSURE THAT SOCTT SECONDINE HAD NOT COLULTED WITH, OR RECEIVED
THE APPROVAL OF, THE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE BEFORE MAKING SUCH ACUSATIONS.
(D) THAT THE u.s. GOVERNMENT AND ALL ITS DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES,
BUREAUS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES TAKE NOTICE OF THIS RESOLUTION.
5, TO ADVISE THAT THE POLICY OF THE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE FROM JULY 1975
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TRIBAL MEMBERS OF THE CANCELLATION OF THE 9-11-76 GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
MEETING.
COPIES TO MORRIS THOMPSON COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS DEPT OF
INTERIOR BLDG WASHINGTON DC, JOE FONTANA 1730 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
NORTHWEST WASHINGTON DC.
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AT A DELAWARE TRIBAL GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE MEETING THIS DATE CALLED
WITH NOTICE PREVIOUSLY GIVEN TO ALL 5 MEMBERS, 6 RESOLUTIONS WERE
PASSED. THE SUBSTANCE OF THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE:
1. THE 6-28-75 "RESOLUTION" PURPORTEDLY FROM THIS COMMITTEE IS
RESCINDED, CANCELLED AND VOIDED.
2. COMMISSIONER THOMPSON AND SECRETARY KLEPPE ARE REQUESTED TO
RESCIND THEIR NOTIFICATION AND ALL EFFORTS TOWARD THE CALLING AND
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4. (A) TO ADVISE THAT THE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE HAS INVESTIGATED AND
KNOWS OF NO EVIDENCE (MUCH LESS A "PROPER SHOWING") OF ANY OF THE
ACTS OF MISCONDUCT NAMED IN THE MUSKOGEE AREA DIRECTOR'S
NOTIFICATION TO A FEW DELAWARE TRIBAL MEMBERS DATED 8-20-76.
(B) TO ABSOLVE, FREE AND VINDICATE THE CHAIRMAN, VICE-CHAIRMAN AND
SECRETARY OF THE DELAWARE TRIBAL BUSINESS COMMITTEE FROM THE ACT OF
MISCONDUCT AS ACCUSED BY VICE-CHAIRMAN SCOTT SECONDINE AND CONTAINED
IN SUCH MUSKOGEE AREA DIRECTOR'S NOTIFICATION.
(C) TO ASSURE THAT SCOTT SECONDINE HAD NOT CONSULTED WITH, OR
RECEIVED THE APPROVAL OF, THE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE BEFORE MAKING SUCH
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1975 IS TO CALL GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS BY ONLY THE CHAIRMAN
CALLING SUCH MEETINGS.
WE RESPECTFULLY URGE SECRETARY KLEPPE AND COMMISSIONER THOMPSON TO
IMMEDIATELY ISSUE PRESS RELEASES AND TO MAIL NOTIFICATION TO
DELAWARE TRIBAL MEMBERS OF THE CANCELLATION OF THE 9-11-76 GRIEVANCE
COMMITTEE MEETING.
COPIES TO MORRIS THOMPSON COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS DEPT OF
INTERIOR BLDG WASHINGTON DC; JOE FONTANA 1730 PENNSYLVANIA AVE
NORTHWEST WASHINGTON DC.
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MARY LOUISE WATTERS SECRETARY
WILLIAM H THOMPSON MEMBER
(BRUCE M TOWNSEND
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BRUCE M. TOWNSEND, CHAIRMAN
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TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74119
ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF YOUR AUGUST 17 HAILGRAMS, AND
AUGUST 16 TELEGRAM WHICH TRANSMITTED THE CONTENT OF
FURTHER AFFIDAVITS FROM MARY LOUISE WATTERS,
HOWARD BARNES AND WILLIAM H. THOMPSON. COMMISSIONER'S
CALL FOR SEPTEMBER 11 GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING REMAINS
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BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20245
March
1845
IN REPLY REFER TO:
Tribal Government Services
AUG 20 1976
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
Memorandum
To:
Director, Office of Indian Services
From:
Tribal Relations Specialist
Subject:
August 18 meeting with Delaware tribal leaders
A meeting convened at 6:30 PM on August 18 in the Public
Library in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The following were present:
From the Business Committee
Nathan Young III, member
John J. Journeycake, member
Don Wilson, member
Mr. John Street, representing Bruce Townsend
(Mr. Street is Bruce Townsend's law firm partner)
From the Grievance Committee
Scott Secondine, Vice Chairman
Wathene C. Young, member
Bureau Staff
Dennis Springwater, Muskogee Area Tribal
Operations officer
Joe Parker, Tahlequah Agency Superintendent
Bob Farring, Washington, Office
The Area Director issued notices of
the meeting
to provide an opportunity to discuss with tribal leaders,
the Commissioner's August 17 letter setting forth the
procedure to be used in conducting the September 11
general council meeting to consider the removal of
three business committee members. I hand-delivered
to each person present, a copy of the Commissioner's
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Earlier in the day, Dennis Springwatrer, Joe Parker and I
reviewed the Commissioner's guidelines and drew certain
conclusions regarding their implementaion. All agreed
that it would be highly desirable for the person chosen
to chair the meeting to be in Oklahoma the day before
the meeting to meet with those Bureau employes who
will have a role in conducting the session. Contact
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with representatives of the grievance committee would
also be useful at that time, in view of their role
in presenting the charges.
The Area and Agency Offices understand they are responsible
for the details and any costs associated with conducting
the meeting. However, I conveyed to them my understanding
that the Washington Office would arrange for, and make
payment to, the Commissioner's representative who will
chair the meeting. In an August 17 telegram to the
Area Director, Mr. Towsend advised that the following
declined to attend the August 18 meeting in Tulsa:
From the Business Committee
Bruce M. Townsend, Chairman
Henry A. Secondine, Vice Chairman
Mary T. Crow, Secretary
Leo H. Johnstone, Member
From the Grievance Committee
Howard Barnes, Chairman
William H. Thompson, member
Cited as the primary reason for the absence of the above
was Mr. Townsend's belief that the June 28 grievance
committee action is without validity. For this reason
we were surprised that Mr. Townsend's law partner
showed up.
During that session we explained the procedures and
invited comments or suggestions. Included among suggestions
were, that respresentatives of the news media be excluded
from the September 11 meeting, but that each Oklahoma
Congressman and Senator be invited to have a representative
present at that session. The Area Office will take positive
action on both matters.
In response to questions from grievance committee members,
I explained that while the Commissioner's letter was
silent on the matter, it was my understanding that they
would be permitted to have legal counsel to assist in
their presenting the charges during the 30 minute periods
allowed for that purpose. This was earlier explained
to me by Scott Keep, of the Solicitor's Office.
Regarding the response to the charges, I expalined the inter-
pretation made earlier by Scott Keep that as many as 3 persons
could speak on behalf of the accused, i.e,, the accused, his
legal counsel, and a member of the tribe authorized by the
accused.
Mr. John Street explained that Mr. Townsend is in the
process of exhausting his administrative remedies in an
effort to avoid the holding of the September 11 general council
meeting. If that fails, he then plans to request the Federal
District Court to issue a restraining order to enjoin the
holding of the meeting, according to Mr. Street. I then
told Mr. Street that as far as we are concerned, Mr. Townsend
has already exhausted his administrative remedies.
In further discussion with Mr. Street, he indicated that his
main concern was for the accused to be given a fair chance to
respond to any charges before they were subjected to possible
removal. I assured him that was the Commissioner's objective
in drawing up the August 17 letter of procedures.
I did not encounter any representatives of the news media.
The press release was not available before I left Washington,
neither did it arrive in Oklahoma via facimile, while I was
there, as was planned by the Information Office.
Bob Jarring Jarring
or
United States Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20245
OF
IN REPLY REFER TO:
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
For Release August 18, 1976
Lovett 202-343-7445
DELAWARES TO CONSIDER REMOVAL OF OFFICERS
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Morris Thompson announced today that he
has called a special meeting of the Cherokee Delaware Tribe's general council
to convene at 10:00 a.m., September 11, in the old high school gymnasium in
Dewey, Oklahoma to consider removal of certain of its officers.
The general council will consider charges presented by the grievance
committee against the chairman of the business committee, the vice-chairman
and the secretary. After hearing a response to the charges, the general
council will vote either to clear the individuals of the charges or to
remove them from office.
The Commissioner explained that this action was taken by him under
Section 5 (B) of the tribal by-laws which directs him to call a general council
meeting when advised that the tribal chairman has refused or failed to respond
to such a request by the tribal grievance committee.
The Commissioner emphasized that his action in no way should be construed
as modifying his policy of refraining from becoming involved in internal
tribal matters, and he added that his role in this case was mandated because
of the specific language in the tribal by-laws.
The tribe has approximately 8,000 adult members.
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OF
THE
United States Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20245
March
1849
IN REPLY REFER TO:
AUG 1 7 1976
Tribal Government Services
Delaware Tribal Business Committee
Delaware Tribal Grievance Committee
Dear Delaware Tribal Officials:
In line with our August 6 telegram, we are providing in this letter the
procedures that are to be followed in the conduct of the September 11
general council meeting of the Delaware Tribe. I have called this meeting
pursuant to the requirements imposed upon me by Section 5(B) of the
Delaware Tribal Bylaws following certain developments involving the tribal
grievance committee and the tribal chairman. The special meeting is
for the purpose of considering the removal from office of three members
of the business committee who have been charged with misconduct and
other undesirable actions, and the immediate filling of any resulting
vacancies for the remainder of the unexpired term. Those to be considered
for removal are: Mr. Bruce M. Townsend; Mrs. Mary Townsend Crow
and Mr. Henry A. Secondine.
The meeting will be chaired by a person I will choose to represent me
and who is not an employee of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Upon conclusion
of the removal matter, my representative shall transfer control of the
session to the appropriate officer of the business committee, as provided
in the tribal governing resolution, for the consideration of such other
business as is appropriate and that the tribe may wish to consider.
Following are the specific procedures which will govern the conduct of
the meeting:
1. Only those members who are duly registered to vote in
tribal elections shall be admitted and permitted to participate
in the meeting, provided that the individuals being considered
for removal may bring legal counsel. Upon entering the
meeting room, each voter's name will be checked against
the tribe's official voter registration list. In the event the
voter registration list is not available, the per capita payment
roll will then be used and all members who are at least eighteen
(18) years of age shall be permitted to participate in the meeting.
Mr. Bruce Townsend, as a representative of the charged
committeemen, and Mr. Scott Secondine representing the
grievance committee, shall have the opportunity to appoint a
representative to serve with a representative appointed by the
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Area Director to observe the voter checkoff procedure and
resolve any questions of eligibility.
2. Call to order: The meeting shall be called to order
promptly at 10:00 am on Saturday, September 11, in the old
high school gymnasium in Dewey, Oklahoma and will
continue without recess until the removal matter is concluded.
3. Consideration of removal shall be handled individually in
alphabetical order according to the spelling of the charged
persons's last name. The members of the grievance committee
who determined on June 28 that a proper showing had been made
in accordance with Section 5(B) of the tribal bylaws, shall have
thirty minutes (for each of the accused) to read the charges and explain
their determination. The accused shall then have thirty minutes
in which to respond to the charges. Only the accused person or
any accompanying legal counsel or any one member of the tribe
authorized by the accused, shall be permitted to speak on the
accused's behalf. If the accused is not present, or if he,
or she, does not wish to make an oral presentation, a written
statement by the accused not to exceed 2, 500 words will be
read by the chairman of the meeting on behalf of the accused,
provided it has been received by him by the time the meeting is
called to order. If the accused is absent and has filed no written
statement he, or she, may authorize in writing, and in advance of
the meeting, one tribal member or legal counsel to speak on his,
or her, behalf. If he, or she, fails to do so, any further right to
respond to the charges is, thereby, waived. Following the response
to the charges, a vote shall be taken by secret ballot to decide
whether that individual shall be cleared of the charges or be removed
from office. If a vacancy results, nominations shall immediately
be open for candidates who will compete for election to the vacated
position for the remainder of the unexpired term. Candidates must
be present and qualify pursuant to Section 2 of the tribe's bylaws.
A vote by secret ballot to fill such vacancy shall be concluded before
proceeding with removal consideration of the next person accused.
Each accused person shall be considered individually and any resulting
vacancy filled before proceeding to the next person.
4. In that the chairman is elected pursuant to the bylaws
for that specific position, the person elected to fill any
vacancy that may result from his being removed from that
office, would serve as chairman for the remainder of the
unexpired term. In the event either Mrs. Crow or
Mr. Secondine are removed from office, their successors
would merely be considered members of the business
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committee. That body would then take further action to
choose from among its members who should be the
new secretary and vice-chairman.
5. Questions of procedure shall be decided by the chairman
of the meeting and his decision shall be final.
6. As provided in numbered paragraph 1, Mr. Bruce Townsend
and Mr. Scott Secondine will each have the opportunity to appoint
two representatives to witness the counting of the ballots which shall
be done in open view of the assembly.
Sincerely yours,
Monis Thompson
Enclosure
OF
THE RiOR
United States Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20245
March
1849
IN REPLY REFER TO:
Tribal Government Services
MEMORANDUM
To:
Muskogee Area Director
From:
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
AUG 16 1978
Subject: Delaware Removal Meeting
As indicated in our August 6 telegrams to Mr. Bruce Townsend
and others, I have called a September 11 special meeting of
the Delaware Tribe's general council to consider the removal
of three members of the business committee.
We appreciate the cooperation of you and your staff in making
the necessary preparations for the conduct of such meeting
I understand your Tribal Operations Officer has already
reserved the old high school gymnasium in Dewey, Oklahoma, for
the meeting which is to start at 10:00 AM on Saturday,
September 11.
We further understand that your staff is preparing to issue
notices of the meeting that you will mail out to advise
appropriately all adult members. It may be helpful to attach
to such notice a copy of the enclosed letter which sets forth
procedures to be followed at the removal meeting.
We have attempted to provide some direction in the way the
meeting is to be handled, and are asking you to take care
of the preparations necessary to insure that the meeting
achieves its objective, i.e., to provide the tribe's
voters an opportunity to exercise a right guaranteed by the
by the tribal governing document.
Enclosure
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AMERICA'S
ENERGY
Save Energy and You Serve America!
STATEMENTS OF OFFICIAL
United States Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
1849
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20245
March
IN REPLY REFER TO:
Tribal Government Services
Bruce M. Townsend, Chairman
AUG 6 1976
Delaware Tribal Business Committee
201 Denver Bldg.
7th and Denver
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119
Dear Mr. Townsend:
FORD & LIBRARY DERALD
Your July 1 letter appealed the Muskogee Area Director's June 24
disapproval of your proposed attorney contract with the Delaware
Tribe of Indians.
As previously discussed with you, the Delaware Business Committee
lacks specific authority granted by the tribal governing document to
employ a tribal attorney. In order to comply with 25 CFR 72. 13 it was,
therefore, necessary for general council action to make effective
your 1973 contract (Contract No. G00-C-1420-2125). Further action by
the tribe, meeting in general council, would be required before we
could approve a new tribal attorney contract. However, as mentioned in
our March 10, 1976, letter to you, Section 7 of your previous contract
provides that such agreement may be extended without general council
involvement for further periods of one year each. Extensions of the
eontract may be made for the period of one year with the approval of
the Delaware Tribal Business Committee and the Secretary of the
Interior or his authorized representative.
On April 12, 1976, the Delaware Tribal Business Committee approved
a one-year extension of your 1973 contract. In the same resolution the
Committee authorized the substitution of Winston and Strawn for the late
Clyde J. Watts, who until his death served as a tribal attorney. It.
therefore, appears that your appeal is, in effect, one from the refusal
of the Area Director to approve a one-year extension of your 1973 contract
and your employment under Section 3, thereof, of Winston and Strawn.
In view of the terms of your 1973 contract and the business committee's
approval of an extension of it and your proposed employment of Winston
and Strawn under the extended contract, we conclude we must either approve
or disapprove of the proposed extension and employment.
Prior to our March 10, 1976, letter to you, we discussed with you the
possibility of approving a short-term interim tribal attorney contract
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executed by the business committee to permit the Delaware Tribe to
employ counsel to file the jurisdictional statement then due on the appeal
filed by the Delaware Tribe in the Weeks Case. A subsequent normal
term attorney contract then would be submitted to a general council.
You will recall that in February 1976 we had discussions with you about
the possibility of such a short interim contract which would run until
a general council could be held. The possible extension of the 1973
contract later came into consideration, resulting in our March 10, 1976,
letter.
However, because of evidence of a possible change of view on the part
of the general membership of the Delaware Tribe with respect to the
1973 contract, had the proposed extension reached me earlier for approval,
I would have approved it on the condition that further employment under
it be submitted to a general council for ratification. Such conditional
approval now is not feasible because the extension expires by its own
terms on September 14, 1976.
Accordingly, I hereby approve a one-year extension of the 1973 contract
(Contract No. G00-C-1420-2125) from September 14, 1975, to
September 14, 1976, subject to the following understandings:
1. That the approved employment for the extension period of
the contract is exclusively for services on the appeals in the
Supreme Court of the United States in the Weeks litigation
(Delaware Tribal Business Committee, et al. V. Weeks, et al.,
No. 75-1309; Absentee Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma Business
Committee, et al. V. Weeks, et al., No. 75-1335; Kleppe, et al.
v. Weeks, et al., No. 75-1495; and Weeks, et al. V. Kleepe,
et al., No. 1328);
2. That the cost of such services, including both fees and
expenses, under the extended portion of the contract shall
not exceed $50,000 and that the hourly fee for Winston and
Strawn shall not exceed $50.00; and
3. That no further extensions of the contract will be approved,
nor will any new tribal attorney contracts be approved without
an authorizing resolution duly adopted at a general council
meeting.
The second understanding is embodied in the supplemental attorney contract
which is included in your appeal. However, for the reasons stated in
our letter of July 21, 1976, the supplemental attorney contract cannot be
approved. Instead, we have given the approval of an extension of your
1973 contract and your employment of Winston and Strawn under Section
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3 of the extended contract on the understandings expressly set out above.
Your appeal is granted on the understandings set out herein. As this
decision involves the exercise of discretionary authority, it is final for
the Department (25 CFR 2.19(c)(1)).
Sincerely yours,
Jose A. Zuni
Actug Dpty. Commissioner of Indian Affairs
OF
United States Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20245
March
1849
IN REPLY REFER TO:
SCOTT SECONDINE, VICE-CHAIRMAN
DELAWARE TRIBAL GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
1802 S. 89TH E. AVE.
TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74112
AUG 6 1976
ON THE DATE I HAVE SENT LIKE TELEGRAMS TO THE
DELAWARE TRIBAL BUSINESS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN AND
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE, THEY
ARE WORDED AS FOLLOWS:
"FOR THE REASONS STATED IN MY LETTER OF THIS DATE,
I HEREBY APPROVE A ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF YOUR 1973
CONTRACT (NO. G00-C-1427-2125) FROM SEPT. 14, 1075,
TO SEPT. H, 1976. AS EXPLAINED IN MY LETTER, 1
WILL APPROVE NO FURTHER EXTENSIONS OF THAT
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CONTRACT, NOR WILL I APPROVE ANY NEW TRIBAL
ATTORNEY CONTRACTS APART FROM AN AUTHORIZING
RESOLUTION DULY ADOPTED AT A GENERAL COUNCIL
MEETING.
REGARDING THE REMOVAL ISSUE -- WE HAVE COMPLETED
OUR REVIEW OF DOCUMENTS PROVIDED TO US IN RESPONSE
TO OUR JULY 15 WIRE AND CONCLUDE THAT THE JUNE 28
GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE ACTION E A VALID EXERCISE OF
THAT BODY'S AUTHORITY. IN THAT THE BUSINESS
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN FAILED TO CALL THE REQUESTED
GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING BY THE JULY 1 DEADLINE
SPECIFIED IN THE JUNE 28 RESOLUTION, I AM REQUIRED
BY SECTION $(B) OF THE TRIBAL BYLAWS TO CALL SUCH
MEETING IN ORDER THAT THE TRIBAL VOTERS ARE NOT
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DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE A RIGHT
GUARANTEED TO THEM BY THE TRIBAL GOVERNING
DOCUMENT. THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO SECTION $(B)
OF THE DELAWARE GOVERNING DOCUMENT I AM CALLING A
MEETING OF THE DELAWARE TRIBE'S GENERAL COUNCIL
FOR SATURDAY, SEPT. 11, 1976. THE HOUR, PLACE AND
PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCT OF SUCH MEETING WILL BE
SET FORTH IN A SEPARATE LETTER ON THIS SUBJECT TO
FOLLOW. COPIES WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL MEMBERS OF
BOTH THE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE AND BUSINESS
COMMITTEE.
UNLESS THE DELAWARE GOVERNING DOCUMENT IS
APPROPRIATELY AMENDED, WE CANNOT RECOGNIZE THE
USE OF MAIL-OUT VOTING, AS K BEING PLANNED FOR
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AUGUST 21, TO TAKE THE PLACE OF A GENERAL COUNCIL
MEETING.
Jose A. Zuni
Acting Deputy COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
BRUCE MILLER TOWNSEND
CHAIRMAN
HENRY A. SECONDINE
201 DENVER BUILDING, 7TH AND DENVER
MARY TOWNSEND CROW
TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74119
IAIRMAN & BUSINESS MANAGER
SECRETARY
125 SOUTH PECAN
ROUTE 3
OWATA, OKLAHOMA 74048
BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA 74002
DELAWARE TRIBAL BUSINESS COMMITTEE
NATHAN YOUNG III
DELAWARE INDIAN CENTER
DON WILSON
TREASURER
108 South Seneca
MEMBER
411 E. ROSS
LEQUAH, OKLAHOMA 74464
BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA 74003
228 N. BUCY
BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA 74003
Phone 918/336-5272
OHN J. JOURNEYCAKE
LEO H. JOHNSTONE
MEMBER
MEMBER
1606 S. 69th. E. AVE.
1830 MOONLIGHT DRIVE
ULSA, OKLAHOMA 74112
BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA 74003
ANCE COMMITTEE:
1 Barnes
man
IX 204
:a, Ok. 74051
econdine
July 5,1976
Chairman
69th E. Ave.
Dk. 74112
ouise Watters
:retary
ox 525
Ok. 74022
Dear Mr. Townsend:
H. Thompson
ember
x 335
Pursuant to a Grievance Committee Resolution
m, Ok. 74349
of June 28, 1976, a General Council of the Delaware
€ C. Young
ember
Tribe will be held July 17, 1976, at Dewey, Oklahoma.
Yale, Apt. 22C
One of the items of business is the recall of
1k. 74135
Business Committee Members for Misconduct in Office.
The following allegation has been charged against
you.
Notice is given to you to attend this General
Council and to prepare any defense you might have
to this charge. At that time, the Delaware General
Council will pass judgment upon the allegation.
Sincerely,
Scott Secondine,
Vice Chairman
ENCLOSURE
FORD LIBRART
NOW COMES the Grievance Committee of the Delaware Tribe
and INFORMS you as to the following charges of MISCONDUCT:
BRUCE TOWNSEND
I.
Repeatedly stating that as long as you are Chairman there never
will be another General Council.
II.
Dictatorial use of your Chairmanship by editing and editorializ-
ing the Tribal Newsletter to benefit your attorney's contract;
specifically denying an article by John Journeycake which you
considered unfavorable to your contract.
III.
Perjury in that under oath you testified that you hever heard
of the Kansas Delawares when in fact you had been repeatedly
informed of their existence.
IV.
Attempting to encumber the Tribe to the law firm of Winston &
Strawn without a vote of the General Council.
V.
Refusal to call a General Council to vote on your own attorney's
contract when directed to do so.
BRUCE MILLER TOWNSEND
CHAIRMAN
HENRY A. SECONDINE
201 DENVER BUILDING, 7TH AND DENVER
TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74119
MARY TOWNSEND CROW
AIRMAN & BUSINESS MANAGER
SECRETARY
125 SOUTH PECAN
ROUTE 3
WATA. OKLAHOMA 74048
BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA 74003
DELAWARE TRIBAL BUSINESS COMMITTEE
NATHAN YOUNG III
DELAWARE INDIAN CENTER
DON WILSON
TREASURER
108 South Seneca
MEMBER
411 E. ROSS
EQUAH, OKLAHOMA 74464
BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA 74003
228 N. BUCY
BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA 74003
Phone 918/336-5272
IHN J. JOURNEYCAKE
LEO H. JOHNSTONE
MEMBER
1606 S. 69th. E. AVE.
MEMBER
ILSA, OKLAHOMA 74112
1830 MOONLIGHT DRIVE
BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA 74003
INCE COMMITTEE:
Barnes
nan
204
Ok. 74051
condine
July 5, 1976
hairman
19th E. Ave.
: 74112
rise Watters
stary
x 525
k. 74022
Dear Mr. Secondine:
I. Thompson
aber
335
Pursuant to a Grievance Committee Resolution
Ok. 74349
of June 28, 1976, a General Council of the Delaware
C. Young
aber
Tribe will be held July 17, 1976, at Dewey, Oklahoma.
'ale, Apt. 22C
74135
One of the items of business is the recall of
Business Committee Members for Misconduct in Office.
The following allegation has been charged against
you.
Notice is given to you to attend this General
Council and to prepare any defense you might have
to this charge. At that time, the Delaware General
Council will pass judgment upon the allegation.
Sincerely,
your
Scott Secondine,
Vice Chairman
ENCLOSURE
NOW COMES the Grievance Committee of the Delaware Tribe
and INFORMS you as to the following charges of MISCONDUCT:
HENRY SECONDINE
I
Using your position to circulate a Petition to retain yourself
in your present paying position along with the Tribal Chairman
Attorney Townsend.
II.
Gross negligence in Office in that no other governmental funds
have been secured by you for any other programs, except attempt-
ing to refund yourself.
III.
Deliberately aid and abet the publishing of Tribal Newsletters
when you had knowledge that they contained false and erroneous
information.
X
BRUCE MILLER TOWNSEND
CHAIRMAN
HENRY A. SECONDINE
201 DENVER BUILDING, 7TH AND DENVER
AIRMAN of BUSINESS MANAGER
TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74119
MARY TOWNSEND CROW
125 SOUTH PECAN
SECRETARY
OWATA, OKLAHUMA 74048
ROUTE 3
DELAWARE TRIBAL BUSINESS COMMITTEE
BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA 74003
NATHAN YOUNG III
DELAWARE INDIAN CENTER
TREASURER
DON WILSON
411 E. ROSS
108 South Seneca
MEMBER
LEQUAH, OKLAHOMA 74464
BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA 74003
228 N. BUCY
Phone 918/336-5272
BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA 74003
OHN J. JOURNEYCAKE
MEMBER
ULSA, OKLAHOMA 74112
PS jo
LEO H. JOHNSTONE
1606 S. 69th. E. AVE.
MEMBER
1830 MOONLIGHT DRIVE
BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA 74003
ANCE COMMITTEE:
Barnes
man
x 204
, Ok. 74051
condine
July 5, 1976
Chairman
69th E. Ave.
k. 74112
uise Watters
etary
x 525
)k. 74022
Dear Mrs. Crow:
H. Thompson
nber
335
1, Ok. 74349
Pursuant to a Grievance Committee Resolution
C. Young
of June 28, 1976, a General Council of the Delaware
mber
rale, Apt. 22C
Tribe will be held July 17, 1976, at Dewey, Oklahoma.
:. 74135
One of the items of business is the recall of
Business Committee Members for Misconduct in Office.
The following allegation has been charged against
you.
Notice is given to you to attend this General
Council and to prepare any defense you might have
to this charge. At that time, the Delaware General
Council will pass judgment upon the allegation.
Sincerely,
Scott Secondine,
Vice Chairman
ENCLOSURE
FORD
RECEIVED
JUL 9 1976
OPERATIONS IN
NOW COMES the Grievance Committee of the Delaware Tribe
and INFORMS you as to the following charges of MISCONDUCT:
MARY CROW
I.
Wrongfully, maliciously and flasely report the Minutes of the
Business Committee Meetings to the benefit of the Chairman,
your own brother.
II.
Refuse to provide the Business Committee Minutes of October 28,
1976, to the BIA within a reasonable time as requested, when you
knew such Minutes were damaging to the Chairman, your brother.
III.
Wrongfully, maliciously, and falsely record the April 5, 1976,
Resolution calling for a General Council when you knew such
resolution called for a vote on your brother's attorney
contract.
IV.
Wrongfully use T. G. D. P. funds to send out a Newsletter on
May 13, 1976, without first presenting the Newsletter to the
Business Committee and editorializing the Newsletter to the
benefit of your brother, the Chairman.
Tribal Government Services
Through: Acting Chief, Division of Tribal Government Service
Director, Office of Indian Services
JUL 06 19
Tribal Relations Specialist
8-28-76 Special Meeting of Cherokes-Delawars Business Com
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
On 6-21-75. Tribal Chairman Bruca Townsend, met in Washington, D. C. with
Ted Krenzke, Director, Office of Indian Services, to discuss the content of a
proposal he planned to submit to a special meeting of the Delaware Business
Committee scheduled for 6-28-75 at Bartlesville, Cklahoma. At the 8-21
session, Mr. Townsond requested that the Cemmissioner send a staff member
from the Washington Office to attend the 6-28 business committee meeting for
the purpose of observing its conduct. In view of the prolonged controversy
surrounding the affairs of the tribe, Mr. Krenzke agreed to comply with such
request and then arranged for me to perform that role.
Mr. Dennis Springwater, from the Muskogee Area Office, and Tahlequah Agency
Superintendent Joe Parker accompanied me to the meeting.
Written notices, as well as telephone calls, were given to all members of both
the business committee and the grievance committee on 6-23 announcing the
6-28 special meating. All seven members of the business committee attended,
however, only three of the five crievance committee members were present.
About 40 or so others were on hand to observe: most of whom are tribal members
representing the anti-Bruce Townsond viewpoint.
From the beginning of the session, attempts were made by certain members of
the audience to express their views recarding what they consider to be the
chairman's action to thwart efforts to hold a general council meeting.
Mr. Townsend stated that it was his policy to avoid resorting to executive
sessions of the business committee, but such interference may force him to
limit attendance to tribal officials.
After action to correct certain errors in the minutes of the May 11 meeting,
the chairroan read a prepared statement proposing that the committee call 4
regional meetings for the sole purpose of informing tribal members regarding
the issues DOW confronting the tribe, i.e., status of the Weeks case, proposed
attorney contracts and proposals to amend the bylaws. Such meetings would
take the place of the general council meeting earlier scheduled for July 17.
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He called for an end to town-hall type meetings and stated that he would not
now or ever call a general council meeting in that such session would deny
out-of-state and other members the right to vote on issues of vital concern
to them. Rather, he proposed the holding of a referendum vote subsequent
to the informational meetings in order to provide an opportunity for all voters
to east ballots, whether in person OF by absentee procedures.
Mr. Journeycake announced that 30 day advance notices have already been
posted calling for the July 17 general council meeting. He was unable to
satisfy Mr. Townsend's request as to what authority empowered
Mr. Journeycake to exercise responsibilities which are specifically delegated
to the chairman by the tribal bylaws.
In spite of attempts by the chairman to prohibit discussion by non-committee
members. Mr. Chris White spoke loud and clear from the audience that
"there will be no further meetings of the business committee unless the July 17
general council meeting is conducted". At that point Mr. Townsend asked that
1 cenvey to the Commissioner his request for adequate security to permit the
holding of subsequent meetings of the tribal governing body.
The chairman then presented a motion, seconded by Mr. Johnstone, that the
July 17 general council meeting not be held. It passed by a vote of 4 to 3.
Because of the mounting pressure on the part of the audience for an opportunity
to address the committee, a motion was passed to permit interested persons
to present their views for no longer than 5 minutes each. While most of the
speakers attempted to express themselves in clear, concise statements, It was
obvious they were about to explode from frustration. Many of them spoke for
the purpose of attempting to convey to the Washington Office what they feel to
be R hopeless situation. They clearly stated they no longer want Mr. Townsend
to be chairman and cited examples of what they view as conflict of interest,
dictatorial behavior, and manipulation of 3 committee members.
Mr. Chris White, appeared to be the lender of the anti-Bruce Townsend forces
present. He is the one who was elected to chair the May 15 general council
meeting which was later considered Invalid by the Commissioner.
In response to a question directed to me concerning removal procedures, I
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reviewed for one of the grievance committee members the provisions of Section
5(B) of the bylaws.
Following a 4 to 3 vote favoring Mr. Townsend's motion to hold the 4 informational
meetings, the committee voted to take a short recess. During that interval,
the 3 members of the grievance committee convened a mesting and attempted
to initiate removal action by passing a resolution requesting the chairman to call
the July 17 general council meeting. Attempts to present such resolution to
the chairman when the meeting resumed, fell on deaf ears, Further efforts
ON 3 $
to conduct business became increasingly difficult. At one point an argument
between a woman in the audience and the sccreiary-treasurer resulted in a
elight altercation. The secretary-treasurar, Mrs. Crow ( a sister to
Bruce Townsend), received only a slight back scratch and ran from the room
threatening to call the police. Because of the heated smotions, the meeting
was then adjourned.
At the request of the priovance committee 1 answered further questions about
the mechanics of the removal process. They then adopted another resolution
for submission to the chairman on June 22. It provided that the Commissioner
would be requested to call a July 17 meeting of the general council for removal
purposes if the chairman failed to do so by July 1. This is in line with Sec.
S(33) of the bylaws, Mr. Townsend interrupted two different times and objected
to my meeting with them. I assured him I would meet with his privately just
as 2000 as I finished.
A few minutes later, Mr. Townsand invited his supporters on the committee
to join be and I in at discussion (Mrs. Crow. Mr. Johnstone and Mr. Secondine).
Bill Sampson, a reporter from the Tolsa Tribune, was there for part of the
session. Mr. Townsend announced that the referendum, on the issues to be
explained at the 4 informational meetings, will be conducted on August 21.
Dennis Springwater of the Area Office, then entered the meeting.
Regarding the associate attorney contract, Mr. Townsend was not aware of the
limitations placed on the initial Clyde Watts contract by the 2-28-75 Area Office
approval letter. 1 showed him a copy which indicated that a copy had been
sent to him. However, ha could not find it in his files. He acknowledged
that this information casts a different light on the subject. Further, he was
not aware of the specifics of the Commissioner's March 10 letter regarding
the associate attorney contract and was pleasantly surprised when I pointed cut
to him the reference to a provision in See. 3 of his own contract which permits
the employment of an associate attorney without the need for general council
action.
In response to questions about his proposed schedule of meetines, 1 teld
Mr. Townsend of the Commissioner's responsibility to support the tribal bylaws
and that what Mr. Townsend is proposing conflicts with provisions in that
document.
(Sgd) Leslie N. Guy
for Bob Farring
CHAIRMAN
ENRY A. SECONDINE
201 DENVER BUILDING, 7TH AND DENVER
MARY TOWNSEND CROW
TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74119
JRMAN & BUSINESS MANAGER
SECRETARY
125 SOUTH PECAN
ROUTE 3
NATA, OKLAHOMA 74048
BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA 74003
DELAWARE TRIBAL BUSINESS COMMITTEE
NATHAN YOUNG III
DELAWARE INDIAN CENTER
DON WILSON
TREASURER
108 South Seneca
MEMBER
411 E. ROSS
228 N. BUCY
EQUAH, OKLAHOMA 74464
BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA 74003
BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA 74003
Phone 918/336-5272
HN J. JOURNEYCAKE
LEO H. JOHNSTONE
MEMBER
MEMBER
1606 S. 69th. L. AVE.
June 28, 1976
1830 MOONLIGHT DRIVE
LSA, OKLAHOMA 74112
BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA 74003
NCE COMMITTEE:
RESOLUTION OF THE DELAWARE TRIBAL
Barnes
ian
204
Ok. 74051
GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
condine
hairman
19th C. Ave.
:. 74112
sise Watters
stary
x 525
R. 74022
Whereas, the Chairman of the Delaware Tribal Business
1. Thompson
nber
Committee on 6-23-76 did issue notices to all members of
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Ok. 74349
the Business Committee and the Grievance Committee inviting
C. Young
both entities to a special meeting to be held on 6-28-76 and
nber
'ale, Apt. 22C
74135
Whereas, a majority of the Grievance Committee (3 of
the 5 members) were present and,
Whereas, a number of complaints have been received
requesting recall of members of the Business Committee and,
Whereas, a majority of the Grievance Committee (3 of
the 5 members) did convene a meeting of the Grievance
Committee determined there is a proper showing pursuant
to Sec. 5 (B) of the tribal bylaws,
Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Chairman of
the Delaware Business Committee is hereby requested to call
a general council meeting of the tribe, for July 17, 1976
as he is required to do by Sec. 5 (B) of the bylaws, to act
upon the complaints of misconduct in office.
Be it further resolved that if the Chairman fails to
call such meeting by July 1, 1976 the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs is requested to exercise his responsibility set forth
in Sec. 5 (B) and call such meeting.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution
shall be mailed to the Commissioner, Area Director and
members of the Oklahoma Congressionel Delegation.
Scott Secondine, Vice Chairman
mary L.Witters
Watters, Secretary
Watten young
Wathene Young, Member
Memo For The Record
6-24-76
From Bob Farring
Subject: Cheroker- Delaware Flap
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8 3y Am,
On 6-23-76 Bruce Townsend met in
Washington, D.C. with Ted Krenzke, Bob Pennington
and Bob Farring. He presented his Views
regarding the handling of the issues
needing attention by the tribal membership.
He pointed out the Various injustices of
holding a general council meeting, , such as
many out- of. state persons who would not
be able to attend & this would make the
tribe subject to Court action because it
denied them their right to participate
in the governing process etc. we
reminded Bruce of recent court cases
recognizing Indian tradition & custom in
the holding of elections, meetings t other
governing Fanctions He admitted this was
true but felt a referendam (mail out
type of vote) should be used ever of the
bylaws did not specifically provide for it
When reminded of the express provisions for the
holding of a general council meeting sot forth
in the bylaws, he brushed it aside as less
2
Important than giving all members an opportunity
to Consider the pending issues. He told of
a Special meeting of the business committee
scheduled for Monday, June 28 at which he
intends to set in motion his plans for the
following events:
/
Hold a Series of informational
meetings at various locations to explain
to the membership the attorney contract
issue, the status of the Weeks case
of possible modification of the bylaws
2
Schodule a referendum for mid August
to vote on the above issues rather than
hold the July 17 general council meeting.
Bruce accepted Ted Krenzke's offer to provide
at the June 28 mtg. an observer from the
Central Office. In response to Bruce's proposal,
Ted reminded him of the importance of
compliance with the tribal bylaws.
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At the meeting, Bruce submitted to Ted
the Commissioner's copy of his appeal from the
Area Directors June 15 letter which disapproved
the proposed Associate Attorney Contract. The
original of such appeal was mailed to the
Area Director on 6-22-76. When asked whether
he had received a rejection from the Area Office
mi
regarding his proposed Contract, he said
he had received nothing since the
Commissioner's June ll response to his earlier
appeal.
Following the meeting, I checked with
Denms Springwater and learned that the Area
Office had neglected to respond to Bruce
on the other contract proposal regarding its
merits. He agreed to prepare a letter that
whould disapprove it on the basis of
it constituting a new contract because of an
increase in fees & expenses -- thus
requiring action by the general council.
Bob Jarring
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Exhibit B
RESOLUTION REVIL INC BY-LAWS UNDE WHICH THE DELAWARE TRIBAL
BUSINESS COMMITTEE SHALL SPEAK AND ACT IN BEHALF OF THE
DELAWARE TRIBE OF INDIANS.
WHEREAS, on September 7, 1958, the Delaware Tribe of
Indians meeting in General Council enacted the document
designated "Resolution Establishing By-Laws Under Which the
Delaware Tribal Business Committee Shall Speak and Act in
Behalf of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, " which was signed
by H. L. McCracken, Chairman of the Delaware Tribal Business
Committee, Bruce/M. Townsend, Vice-Chairman of the Delaware
Tribal Business Committee, Paul F. Fickinger, Area Director
and Presiding Officer and Marie L. Wadley, Tribal Affairs
Officer and Secretary Pro-Tem, which was subsequently approved
by James Officer, Commissioner of Indian Affairs on the 31st.
day of May , 1962, and
WHEREAS, it is the intent and desire of the individual
members of the Delaware Tribe of Indians duly assembled at
Dewey, Oklahoma on the 6th. day of July, 1974, pursuant to a
call and public notice of a General Council Meeting given by
the Telaware Tribal Business Committee consisting of Bruce
Miller Townsend, Chairman, Nathan H. Young, Vice-Chairman,
Henry A. Secondine, Business Manager, Mary L.K. Townsend Crow,
SecretaryTreasurer, and Yeoman A. Scott, Jr., to revise the
Resolution dated September 7, 1958, above mentioned as herein-
after resolved.
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT:
The Resolution establishing By-Laws dated September 7,
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1958, be and they are hereby ratified and affirmed except as
may be superceded by this Resolution.
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PART I - TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP
A. Membership in the Delaware Tribe of Indians shall be limited
only to those persons who meet or whose lineal ancestors meet
the qualifications for participation for distribution in
Indian Claims Commission Docket No. 72 & 298 as specifically
stated in 25 United States Code Section 1292 (a), (b) and
(c) (1) (excluding members of the Absentee Delaware Tribe
of Western Oklahoma).
B. Members of the Delaware Tribe Of Indians shall be issued a
voter registration card showing name, address and registration
number.
C. Eligibility for voting in tribal election shall be limited only
to persons 18 years of age or by September 30 of each election year
and who meet the above qualifications as members of the Delaware
Tribe of Indians.
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PART II - BUSINESS COMMITTEE AND GRIEVANCE
COMMITTEE COMPOSITION AND VOTING PROCEDURE
A. Voting shall be by secret ballot to be cast by voting at
the polling place or by absentee ballot.
B. The Polling Place shall be designated by the Delaware
Tribal Business Committee at least 30 days before each
rase Tribal
election and notice thereof shall be given. Until changed by the
the polling place shall be 108 S. Seneca, Bartlesville, Okla.
syCorkmetter)
C. Qualified voters shall present their Voter Registration Card
to the Election Committee at the polling place between the
hours of 9:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. on the voting date designated
by the Delaware Tribal Business Committee and shall be issued
one (1) vote to place in the ballot box there provided. This
ballot box shall be locked and shall remain locked until 5:00
P.M. of the election date. The key thereto shall be kept by
the Chairman of the Election Committee
D. Absentee ballots shall be obtained by a letter signed in
accordance with the Delaware Registration Card and addressed
to the Election Committee at such address as may be later
designated by the Delaware Tribal Business Committee,
requesting an Absentee Ballot and shall state that the
requesting person shall not be in attendance at the polling
place on the election date. Absentee ballots shall be mailed
:not earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the election date.
A limit of one (1) ballot shall be mailed to each person
-making request therefor. Absentee ballots must be mailed by
the United States Mails so soactibe received at 108 South Seneca,
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 74003 before 5:00 P.M. on the election
date in order to be counted. Absentee ballots must be mailed
as herein stated in order to be counted.
The Election Committee shall count all the ballots
immediately, commencing at 5:01 P.M. on the election date.
E. The number of officers of the Delaware Tribal Business
Committee shall be increased from 5 to 7. 4 members shall
constitute a quorum for the official transaction of tribal
business. The officers of the Delaware Tribal Business
Committee shall be the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary,
Treasurer and 3 other members.
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F. The Delaware Tribe Of Indians shall elect the Delaware
Tribal Business Committee and the Delaware Tribal
Grievance Committee by secret ballot and those 7 persons
receiving the greatest number of votes shall serve on the
Delaware Tribal Business Committee and those persons receiving
the next 5 greatest number of votes shall serve on the
Delaware Tribal Grievance Committee.
G. The voters shall specifically vote for one member to be the
Chairman of the Delaware Business Committee. No one member
of the Delaware Tribal Business Committee shall hold more
than one of the four designated offices, i.e. Chairman,
Vice-Chairman, Secretary or Treasurer. The first meeting
of the Delaware Tribal Business Committee shall be called
by the Chairman within 10 days after the election date and
said Business Committee shall elect persons to fill the
office of Vice-Chairman, Secretary & Treasurer. Simultan-
eously, the Chairman of the Delaware Tribal Business Committee
shall call a meeting of the Delaware Tribal Grievance Comm-
ittee and said Grievance Committee members only shall elect
persons to fill the offices of Chairman, Vice-Chairman,
Secretary and such other officers as the Grievance Committee
shall see fit to create.
In the event a person was elected to the Delaware Tribal
Business Committee but preferred to serve on the Delaware
Tribal Grievance Committee, he shall have the right to forfeit
his membership to the Delaware Tribal Business Committee and
thereby become a member of the Delaware Tribal Grievance Comm-
ittee. Should such a forfeiture occur, the person certified
by the Election Committee as having the 8th. highest votes
cast in the entire election shall thereby become a member of
the Delaware Tribal Business Committee.
In the event there failed to be 12 candidates who file for
office, or should a member of either Business Committee or
Grievance Committee resign, die, or otherwise become incapable
of serving, such vacancy shall be filled by a majority vote
of the elected members of the Delaware Tribal Business Committee
If and in the event the certification of election of any can-
didate is questioned in a Court of Law, the remaining elected
members of the Committee shall appoint a person to fill that
vacancy until said questioned election has been finally deter-
mined. If the entire election should be similarly questioned,
then the Business Committee and Grievance Committee previously
elected shall continue to hold office until said election
has been finally determined by said Court of Law.
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Any member of the Delaware Tribal Business Committee
missing 3 consecutive Business Committee meetings with-
out receiving an excused absence vote from the remaining
Business Committee members shall automatically have for-
feited his membership to the Business Committee whereupon
the Chairman shall declare a vacancy and it shall be filled
by a majority vote of the remaining Business Committee
members until the next General election.
H.
Election Committee
The election committee shall consist of 5 persons appointed
by the Delaware Tribal Business Committee. The Delaware
Tribal Business Committee shall designate the Chairman,
Vice-Chairman, and Secretary. The duties of the Election
Committee shall be (1) to mail absentee ballots, (2) to
oversee the polling place on election day. (3) to count cast
and absentee ballots immediately upon closing of the polls
on election day (4) and issue written certificates of election
following the final vote count. The Election Committee shall
retain all ballots until 5:00 P.M. of the 3rd day following
the election day. Any Candidate may demand a recount of
ballots until 5:00 P.M. of the 3rd day following election day
provided he, in writing to the Secretary of the Election
Committee specify the reasons for the recount and post a
$100.00 cash bond with the Secretary of the Election Committee
to pay for cost of same. Cost of said recount shall be deter-
mined by a majority of the Election Committee.
(1). Election shall be held on the 1st. Saturday of November
of each 4th. year starting in 1974. Each succeeding 4th. year
shall be designated as the election year
(2). Persons who are to become candidates for election to the
Delaware TribalBusiness Committee and Delaware Tribal Grievance
Committee shall file a Declaration of Candidacy at the Tribal
Office on or before September 1 of each election year. Forms
may be provided by mail but a prospective candidate can prepare
his own Declaration of Candidacy provided he provides the follow-
ing information in writing.
1. Full name
2. Address (Residence and business if applicable)
3. Telephone (Residence and business if applicable)
4. Gender and age
5. Delaware voter registration card number
6. Educational background and diplomas or degrees
conferred (if applicable)
7. Civic & Fraternal affiliations (if applicable)
8. Business, profession or occupation amended July 6, 1974
9. A promise to support the By-Laws and best interests
of the Delaware Tribe of Indians.
10. A promise to attend every meeting of the Business
Committee to which he is elected unless absent
for good cause.
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In all other respects the September 7, 1958 By-Laws
shall Remain as drawn where consistent with this Amendment to
said 1958 By-Laws.
Leo
Pro H. Johnstone Johnstone
Chairman of the July 6, 1974
Delaware Tribe of Indians
General Council
ATTEST:
DELAWARE TRIBAL BUSINESS COMMITTEE
mary L.K. Townsend brow
Secretary Treasurer
Chairman Miller Band
Vice-Chairman
Member Henry a.Seroudine
Member German a. Suith
Approved pursuant to authority delegated by the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs in 10 BIAM 3.1.
J. GOOD Area Director J/ Election
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Muskogee Area Office
iuskogee, Oklahoma
SEP 30 1974
Date
Adopted September 7, 1958
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING BY-LAWS UNDER WHICH THE DELAWARE TRIBAL BUSINESS
COMMITTEE SHALL SPEAK AND ACT IN BEHALF OF THE DELAWARE TRIBE OF INDIANS.
WHEREAS, it is expensive and inconvenient for the individual members
of the Delaware Tribe to meet in General Council for the transaction of all
tribal business; said tribal business has heretofore been administered
through an administrative body designated The Delaware Tribal Business
Committee,
WHEREAS, it is the intent and desire of the individual members of the
Delaware Tribe, 21 years of age and over, to define the manner under which
the Delaware Trital Business Committee shall represent, speak and act for
the individual members of the Delaware Tribe on matters affecting the proper-
ties and general business of the Tribe,
WHEREAS, the Delaware Tribe has not heretofore through means of written
documentation defined the mechanics under which said Committee shall be
elected and function,
NOW BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT:
Section 1 (A). The Delaware Tribal Business Committee shall consist
of a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary-Treasurer, and two members, all of
whom shall be elected by secret ballot and who shall serve for a period of
four years.
(B) Three members of the Delaware Tribal Business Committee shall
constitute a quorum for the official transaction of tribal business.
Section 2. No person shall be a candidate for membership in the
Delaware Tribal Business Committee unless he shall be a member of the
Delaware Tribe by blood and shall be at least 25 years of age.
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Section 3 (A). The first election of a Tribal Business Committee under
this Resolution shall be called and supervised by the Area Director of the
Muskogee Area Office or his authorized representative in accordance with
election procedures outlined by him. Thereafter, elections shall be held
every four years in July prior to the expiration of the terms of office
of the members of the Delaware Business Committee. The date and place
shall be designated by the Delaware Tribal Business Committee, and thirty
(30) days prior to the election, public notice shall be given. The terms
of office of members of the Delaware Tribal Business Committee shall be
for four years, or until their successors are elected, qualified and installed.
(B) Regular elections shall be held every fourth year commencing from
the year 1958 A.D. Nominations shall be made from the floor. Election shall
be by secret ballot, a plurality vote being necessary to elect. The newly
elected officers shall be installed immediately upon their election.
(c) If the Delaware Tribal Business Committee shall fail to give
appropriate notice of the election, or in case a regular election shall
not be held as in Section 3 of this Resolution, the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs or his authorized representative shall call such an election and
shall give thirty (30) days' notice, setting the time and place of the
election.
Section 4. Vacancies in any elective office shall be filled at any
regular or special meeting of the Delaware General Council, providing that
proper notice has been given.
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The Delaware Tribal Business Committee is hereby
empowered to appoint subordinate committees and representatives; to
transact business of the Delaware Tribe, including the management or
disposition of tribal property and the expenditure of tribal funds; and
such additional business of the Tribe as the Delaware General Council
may see fit to delegate to the Delaware Tribal Business Committee from
time to time by appropriate resolution; provided, however, that any
ordinances passed by the Delaware Tribal Business Committee governing
membership, future membership or the loss of membership, shall be
subject to the proval of the Delaware General Council, and, so long
as the affairs of the Delaware Tribe are under the general supervision
of the Federal Government, of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs or his
authorized representative
Section 5 (A). A Grievance Committee, consisting of five persons of
Delaware Indian blood, shall be elected by the General Council, and shall
not include any members of the Delaware Tribal Business Committee. The
term of office of the Grievance Committee shall be for four years and the
members shall be elected at the same time and in the same manner as that
provided for the election of the members of the Delaware Tribal Business
Committee.
(B) The Grievance Committee shall investigate complaints of misconduct
or other acts of the members of the Delaware Tribal Business Committee and
upon a proper showing shall request the Chairman to call a special meeting
of the Delaware General Council to act upon such complaints. In the event
the Chairman refuses or fails to call such a meeting the Grievance Committee
shall advise the Commissioner of Indian Affairs or his authorized representa-
tive, who shall call the special meeting of the Delaware General Council for
the purpose of hearing and acting upon such complaints. Such Council shall
have power, by a majority vote, after giving the accused a hearing, to clear
him of the charges; or to remove him from office, if guilty, and proceed to
elect a successor, except if a member of the Delaware Tribal Business
Committee fails to or refuses to attend two regular meetings in succession
unless excused due to illness or other causes for which be cannot be held
responsible, or shall be convicted of a felony, or a misdemeanor involving
moral integrity, his office shall be forfeited automatically, and & special
election shall be called by the Chairman of the Delaware Tribal Business
Committee for his replacement, in accordance with Section 4 of this Resolution.
Section 6. It shall be the duty of the Chairman of the Delaware Tribal
Business Committee to preside at all meetings and perform all duties appertain-
ing to the office. He shall exercise all authorities delegated to him and he
shall be entitled to a vote on all questions.
Section 7. In the absence of the Chairman of the Delaware Tribal
Business Committee, the Vice-Chairman shall perform the duties of the Chair-
man, assuming all the privileges, duties and responsibilities of the Chairman.
Section 8 (A). The Secretary-Treasurer shall correctly record all
proceedings of all meetings and shall forward copies of the minutes of all
meetings to the Area Director and to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. He
shall be responsible for the prompt and efficient handling of all correspondence
pertaining to the Business of the Council. He shall make out the order of
business for the Chairman; shall notify all committees of their appointments;
shall have custody of the records and all papers of the Council which records
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and papers shall be open to inspection at any reasonable time, in his presence,
by any members of the Council desiring to review them. He shall keep a
correct list of all members of the Council, shall authenticate all accounts or
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orders of the Council, and in the absence of the Chairman and the Vice Chair-
man, shall call the meeting to order until a Chairman Pro-Tem is selected.
He shall render a written report at the annual meeting and at the expiration
of his term of office, records and all papers in his possession shall be turned
over to his successor. He shall issue notices of all meetings and conduct
all general correspondence, as directed by the General Council or the Tribal
Business Committee. He shall keep all tribal monies entrusted to his care in
a special account and all disbursements therefrom should be made by check.
He shall keep an accurate account of receipts and disbursements of all such
tribal monies and make appropriate reports to the Delaware Tribal Business
Committee and to the Delaware General Council at its annual meetings. The
accounts and records of the Delaware Tribal Business Committee and the General
Council shall be open at all times for inspection and audit by the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs or his authorized representative.
(B) The Secretary-Treasurer shall file a surety bond satisfactory to the
Tribal Business Committee and to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs or his
authorized representative. The cost of such bond shall be paid from tribal
funds.
Section 9. Special meetings of the Delaware General Council may be called
at the discretion of the Chairman, and shall be called by him at the request in
writing of the majority of the Tribal Business Committee, or by-a written
request of thirty per cent of the members of the General Council.
Section 10. The regular meetings of the Delaware Tribal Business
Committee shall be held at a place and time to be determined by the Chairman,
with proper notice to the members of the Committee during the months of
January, April, July and October unless otherwise provided by Resolution.
Section 11. Special meetings of the Delaware Tribal Business Committee
may be called by the Chairman at his discretion and shall be called by him upon
the written request of a majority of the Business Committee.
Section 12. All meetings of the Delaware General Council and the
Delaware Tribal Business Committee shall be conducted in accordance with
Robert's Rules of Order.
Section 13. This Resolution may be amended by a majority vote of the
qualified voters of the Delaware Tribe of Indians of Delaware blood at an
election called for the purpose by the Delaware Tribal Business Committee.
It shall be the duty of the Chairman of the Delaware Tribal Business Committee
to call such an election or referendum at the request of a majority of the
Delaware Tribal Business Committee, or upon presentation of a petition signed
by at least thirty per cent of the qualified voters, members of the Delaware
Tribe: PROVIDED that not less than thirty days' notice of such meeting and
proposed amendment shall be given to the members of the Tribe directly by
mail, if feasible, and by appropriate publication throughout the communities
in which the Tribal members reside.
The foregoing resolution was duly adopted this 7 day of Sept, 1958
Chairman, Delaware Tribal Business Committee
Brue m buncend
Vice-Chairman, Delaware Tribal Business Committee
This is to certify that there were approximately 350
of the adult members of the Delaware Tribe at the above General Council
meeting; that therewere 2 opposing votes and a few not voting on the above
resolution, and the resolution was therefore adopted
FOR, 132 votes.
Area Paul Director and Presiding Officer
Makie L. Wadskey
Tribal Affairs Officer and Secretary Pro-Tem
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