Comanche meets horse, again
Program reintroduces horses to tribeThe introduction of the horse into the Comanche tribe’s culture ages ago led to their rise through history as “Lords of the Plains.”
Lynn Schonchin is hoping to reintroduce the horse into everyday life and knot the ties these animals have with Comanche culture.A little history:
Historian T.R. Fehrenbach has traced the Comanche’s split from their ancestral Shoshone kin to the introduction of the horse into the culture. Within 300 years, the Comanche people became known for their horsemanship and ability to breed a durable and unique stock of ponies which helped maintain their nomadic lives and their abilities to sustain through hunting and warfare.
Comanches are believed to have been the first native people on the plains to utilize the horse extensively, and as such, they were the source for other plains tribes of the horses that made the buffalo culture possible, according to Fehrenbach.
I'd say something about Yeagley the alleged Comanche and a horse's ass here, but it would be rude.
ReplyDeleteWriterfella here --
ReplyDeleteThis is the most proper and appropriate section of this blog to communicate the following:
Today, May 12, 2007, the General Comanche Indian Council (read: the Comanche electorate) met at 1:30 pm CST at the Comanche Tribal Complex near Lawton, OK, to decide the following:
BILL OF PARTICULARS FOR THE RECALL OF CHAIRMAN WALLACE COFFEY (as published in THE ANADARKO DAILY NEWS and THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION) -- (The item is) to recall Wallace Coffey, Chairman, for violations against the Comanche Nation Constitution and Bringing Disrepute upon the Comanche Nation.
Item: Failure to insure that a tribal budget be published 45 days prior to 2005 - 2006 General Councils,
Item: Failure to present a balance sheet to the General Council,
Item: Failure to get timely audits 2005 - 2006,
Item: Failure to implement Revenue Allocation Plan as required by Comanche Nation Council Resolution No. 07-16-03 until forced to comply by CBC (and the AIGC) resolution for a 40% per capita distribution to tribal members (read: Casino profits),
Item: Failure to safeguard tribal funds by spending the Rainy Day and Revolving Loan funds on Social Services and Complex Operations without a budget approved by the General Council,
Item: Overspending numerous approved budget items,
Item: Allowing unauthorized payments of Gaming Revenues to CDST,
Item: Failure to push forward criminal proceedings for employee accused of embezzlement,
Item: Failure to abide by General Council's Article 5 Section 10 Council's authority to hire an attorney to represent the tribe in legal matters,
Item: Failure to enforce personnel policy,
Item: Failure to invest tribal nursing home fund for 3 years,
Item: Failure to adhere to the Comanche Nation Constitution Article VI Section 3 of j. -- "Failure to promulgate and enforce ordinances and codes governing law and order to protect the peace, health, safety, and general welfare on land determined to be within Comanche tribal jurisdiction,
Item: Arbitrary actions on recall petition which was voted null and void by CBC resolution,
Item: Failure to inform General Council of proof of evidence of wrongdoing against Keith Yackeyonny CBC #3 during December 1, 2006 recall,
Item: Failure to reconvene Business Committee meetings for 3 months pursuant to the monthly meeting requirements of Article VI Section 2 of the Comanche Constitution,
Item: Lied to general Council 2 years in a row when asked about purchasing property from LaDonna Harris for $3.5 million when land was purchased,
And, last Item: Failure to report loss of assets of over $100 thousand from Casino and Smoke Shop revenues.
As charged by:
Tribal Members For Better Government.
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At this hour, writerfella does not know the outcome of the above meeting of the Comanche Gneral Council earlier today. You, Rob, will be the first to know when writerfella learns more, but he will say that $20 bills may become fewer and further between from the Comanche Tribe...
All Best
Russ Bates
'writerfella'
Writerfella here --
ReplyDeletePOSTSCRIPTUM: whatever the outcome, writerfella informed Wallace Coffey that the Spider would avenge myself for his attempting to steal 'A Star, A Child, And A Promise,' as if it were his own material. It appears about to occur...
All Best
Russ Bates
'writerfella'
Your posting is barely appropriate, you mean. It has nothing to do with Comanche culture, horses, or David Yeagley. It would've been more appropriate the last time I mentioned Wallace Coffey, in My Evening with the First Americans.
ReplyDeleteWriterfella here --
ReplyDeleteYou are correct, Rob, if writerfella agreed that posting in a blog item that is long, long ago, in an archive far, far away, would do him or the posted item any good at all...
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Russ Bates
'writerfella'
I'm correct, period. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThis blog doesn't exist to do you any good. You can start your own blog for that.