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The KIC (Kiowa Indian Council) consists of the Kiowa tribal membership, as described in the Kiowa Constitution. This section will be dedicated to sharing highlights from the KIC meetings. This will include supporting documents for some of the meeting topics. KIC meetings are held weekly and open to all tribal members and their guests. |
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Kiowa Tribal elections will be held
on Saturday, July 7, 2001. GET OUT
AND VOTE!! The schedule further down this page
is how the election is supposed to go, according to the Kiowa Constitution,
but… First
there was a recall on Brenda Myers, Vice-Chairwoman. You see, she actually spoke up whenever a
hare-brained scheme was presented at a Kiowa Business Committee meeting. She got in their way. This is how they got rid of her. They decided to recall her on bogus
charges. This way she could not run
for another term and continue to question their behavior. In
the meantime, when Chairman Horse was served with two recall notices, the KBC
decided that one was not valid, and that one would be put on hold until after
the election. The decision to put the
recall on hold was not conveyed to
the person submitting the recall until he showed up at the next KBC meeting
to find out the status, long after the 10-day notice limit had gone by. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is how it's
supposed to be done, per the Kiowa Constitution: REGISTRATION
LIST POSTED: May 23, 2001 LAST DAY TO
MAIL ABSENTEE BALLOTS: May 25, 2001 ELECTION
DAY: June 2, 2001 POSTING
LIST OF UNOFFICIAL CANDIDATES PROTEST PERIOD: June 4, 2001 PROTEST
PERIOD ENDS: Noon, June 8, 2001 ELECTION
CERTIFIED: June 13, 2001 SWEARING IN
CEREMONY: June 16, 2001 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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It has come
to the attention of the Roadrunner that at the KBC meeting just held on May
5, 2001, there were many comments made and some discussion among the KBC
members that the election needs to be postponed. Their reason is unclear.
One might conclude that they are worried about the results of the
election? Hey, KBC! Let's get on with tribal business for a
change and let the people, the KIC, govern the tribe as should be! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EDITORIAL A group of KIC hosted an
open forum for the candidates of this election to present their platforms, scheduled
for Thursday, June 28th. The
local paper was called on Tuesday to have it listed. On Wednesday morning this editor received
two phone messages from Gene Quetone.
Now, this editor has never been introduced to this man, let alone able
to pick him out of a roomful of people.
So, how did he know who to call about the meeting, considering that
the paper had not even been distributed yet? There are moles
everywhere. Mr. Quetone himself has
been recalled from office with the Kiowa Tribe, yet he is involved in every
aspect of Billy Evans Horse's tribal business that this editor has witnessed. This editor returned his
call, only to leave a message. Later
that day we did finally have a telephone conversation where this editor
reassured Mr. Quetone that the forum was going to be a non-partisan, open-to-all
candidates format. At this point, as
if it was needed, Mr. Quetone gave his permission for our group to hold our
meeting. And, all of a sudden, he
states that there is going to be another such meeting the following night at
the same location. Well, that's news
to the rest of the world. The two
candidates I was able to reach right away had no idea that a candidate's
meeting was going to be held on Friday, June 29th. They had not received so much as a phone
call informing them. This is just another fine
example of thinly veiled threats and oppressive actions made by those who
have no business in Kiowa business.
These people have violated the KIC's civil rights in more ways than
can be imagined. Time for a change KIC. There are several thousand of you eligible
to vote. Why is it that each election
has only 150-250 of you showing up to cast your ballot? Get your apathetic rear-ends off that
couch and make a difference! Everybody
is crying around about how awful things are for the tribe, that you'll never
get off high-risk status. You are
exactly right, because you choose to do nothing about it. Things will continue to be the same as it
has been for the last twenty years, as long as you continue to do nothing.
Stand up and be counted. Oh no,
you say, I don't get involved in politics.
What are you afraid of? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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This item to
the right is a scanned image of the caricature created as a direct result of
a decision made by Kiowa Business Committee members, at the February KBC
meeting, to find out who is creating and publishing the Coyote. It was decided through motion and second
with an approving vote that the $500.00 reward money is to paid out of the
Tribal Tax Commission funds. This is
really an appropriate tribal expense? Whatever happened to free speech? To view the
contents of the COYOTE just click on the link above. |
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