2014 Fall Edition Newsletter

Paola, Kansas 9-18-14 To; Miami County Historical Museum From; Lloyd L. Peckman Subject: NATIVE AMERICAN AWAKENING:

For the Miami County Historical Museum’s October 14th , Annual Fund raising event the Board decided to headline it as “Native Americans in Miami County”. Clarence Eugene (Gene) Hayward will be our featured speaker. Recently much more Indian activity has been in the news. “Plains Indians: Artists of the Earth and Sky” will open at the Nelson-Atkins Museum this week. /PU POF QMBDF JO (FOF )BZXBSE T CPPL ić F -PTU :FBST .JBNJ *OEJBOT JO ,BOTBTw EPFT IF VTF /BUJWF "NFSJDBO 0O page V, Acknowledgement, he states “I shall always be indebted to my grandmother, Addie Billington Leonard, for her encouragement about being proud of my Indian background”. His family has always been active at Miami, Oklahoma. His great grand parents lived at the Old Miami Village near Fontana. His wife, Helen, went to school at Fontana and had a rela tive buried at the Miami Village Cemetery. Gene (Clarence Eugene) was born near Miami, Oklahoma. He obtained his B.S. Degree in Education and Masters work at Pittsburg State, Pittsburg, Kansas. He then got his Minster of Divinity at Central States Seminary, was a Pastor for 20 years at Ottumwa, Iowa. (FOF ĕ STU CSPVHIU IJT OFX CMVF CPPL UP 1BPMB JO * WF OFWFS NFU B NPSF HFOUMF BOE IVNCMF QFSTPO #FDBVTF PG NZ close relationship to the owners, I was able to have the land-owners; Raymond Rodewald and John Grother show Gene the Miami Village sites. ć FO B ZFBS MBUFS (FPSHF 4USBDL BOE IJT TPO (FPSHF *SPOTUSBDL GSPN .JBNJ 6OJWFSTJUZ 0YGPSE 0IJP WJFXFE UIF TJUFT plus the trail down the hill on Vernon Prothe’s land and the Rockville area. Last November the Miami Tribal Pow-Wow was held at the Paola Community Center to introduce their new Chief, Douglas Langford and the Business Council. A picture was taken of the group at the front door. Last Saturday another Tribal meeting was held at Timbercreek Resturant in Louisburg, Kansas. It was held primarily as a Miami language study

meeting by Bobbe Burcke and Jarrid Bald win of Oxford, Ohio. During the study session a picture was taken of George Strack, Bobbe and Jarrid standing at the front of the class and Bob Walker in the foreground. Bobbe and Jarrid visited our Paola Museum on Friday and viewed our 1869 Indian Group Picture. During the Louisburg session, the sub ject of care of the Wea-Dagenett ceme tery came up. Chief Langford reported that Donya William was in charge of the Cemetery Committee but ask for local volunteers. Gary and Randy McCoy, Dan Drake and Bob Masenthin are local Tribal members and volunteered to contact the landowner and Dr. John Gangel who lives

L-R standing: Gean Strack, JarrBaldwin and Bobby Burcke all from Mi ami University Oxford, Ohio

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