LEADERSHIP

• Secured $63.4 Million in CARES Act funding
• Signed historic agreement with the BIA to place Geary tribal property into trust.
• Established the Master Plan and Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (CEDS) Plan which identifies the tribe’s best way to invest money and resources to increase the number of local jobs, manage its land holding, and provide much needed services to tribal members. 
• Assisted with historic passage of state legislation, Ida’s Law, to protect Native women. 
• Stood with other tribal leaders in suit to defend Gaming Compact with State of Oklahoma.
• Recovered past due severance oil & gas taxes – $14M.
• Met with President Trump and VP Pence at the White House for a Nation-to-Nation Regional State Leadership.
• Launched a new streamlined tribal website allowing members more access to info and services. 
• One of the first tribes in the region to receive Tribal Access Program (TAP) deployment training.
• Advocate for the Limited Waiver of Sovereign Immunity resolution.

PERSEVERANCE DURING PANDEMIC 

• Established COVID-19 task force
• Worked in conjunction with the Tribal Administration, Legislators, Department of Health, Health Board, Department Leadership, Casinos Management, the Indian Health Service, and selected health professionals in order to provide health awareness, prevention processes and messaging, monitor compliance with health guidelines
• During the casino closure, the casino continued to pay wages/salaries for all employees.
• Continued to pay health, dental, and vision insurance for furloughed employees.
• Furloughed employees received their unemployment benefits through the state and an additional $600 weekly through the CARES Act funding. 
• Not a single employee went without pay either through unemployment wages/ CARES Act or regular wages through the casino.
• Distributed food for those in need.
• Purchased toys and other recreational games for children to keep their minds engaged in normal life practices at home. 
• Helped with utility payments. 
• Donated thermal cameras to several schools in tribal jurisdiction to assist with COVID-19 screening.

TRIBAL COMMUNITY AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

• Assistance for 50+ members impacted by partial government shutdown in January 2019; received support for utility, food and rent/mortgage. $15K provided.
• Distributed 500 meals, masks, sanitizers and winter supplies
• Distributed 600 meals and Easter baskets 
• Established warming stations in five communities during record freeze
• Food and financial assistance for tornado, flood and ice storm victims
• Honored several fire departments for assisting with deadly tornado in El Reno. Donated $1,000 to each fire department. 
• Collected donations worth $28K for Geary, Hammon and Darlington Boys and Girls Club. 
• Helped dozens of neglected horses 

TRIBAL ELDERS SUPPORT

• Implementation of free tribal tags for all tribal elders 65 and older.
• Hosted 1st Annual Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Elders’ Powwow. More than $50,000 in donated prize money was awarded. 
• Christmas bonus and assistance.
• Summer Cooling Assistance – provided up to $150 on electric bill.
• Storm Shelter Assistance – more than 100 installed on elder’s properties.
• Free vehicle tags for elders.
• Lawn service or lawn mower

FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP

• Clean Financial Audits
  • For the first time in over 10 years, the Tribes received an unmodified opinion and revealed 2019 as a record year of clean audits by independent auditors filed with the Federal Audit Clearinghouse. This filing establishes a permanent record of fact of our Tribal financial management and stewardship of both federally contracted and grant funds.
• Increased Per Capita Payments
  • 2021 Gaming Per Cap – estimated amount of $681.30 – 7/23/21

Despite the casino operations being closed for weeks due to COVID-19, the tribe saw an increase of more than $120 from 2020’s per cap payment. 

NEW CONSTRUCTION & RENOVATIONS

• Tribal Food Pantry – Concho
• Property and Supply Building – Concho
• Food Distribution Building – Clinton
• Treasury Department – Concho
• EMS and EMP – Clinton
• Emergency Response Centers in Hammon, Kingfisher, Watonga and Woodward

HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY

• Completed & opened $3.5 million Tribal Justice Center
• *NEW Emergency Response Centers in Kingfisher, Canton, Geary, Seiling, Concho and Clinton
• Opened Six New Medical Facilities
• IHS Clinic groundbreaking – El Reno 
• George Hawkins Memorial Treatment Center groundbreaking for renovation and expansion – Clinton 
• Support for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women initiative

*New Emergency Response Centers (ERCs) used as COVID sites for decontamination etc… Also for other emergencies such as winter storms, extreme heat or tornadoes

TRIBAL YOUTH/EDUCATION

• Emergency Youth Shelter groundbreaking – Concho 
• School clothes and tech assistance, $375,000 in clothing, $790,000 in tech
• Donated thermal cameras to several schools in tribal jurisdiction to assist with COVID-19 screening. 
• Partnered with Bacone College to establish Bacone as a Native educational institution. 

VETERANS/MILITARY SUPPORT

• Donated $1 million to the National Museum of the American Indian for National Native American Veterans Memorial
• Tribe received Patriotic Award from U.S. Secretary of Defense 
• National Guard and Reserves  
• Hosted celebration for Chief Harvey Pratt whose  “Warriors’ Circle of Honor” was chosen for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. The memorial was displayed on the National Mall in DC.