War Chief: Jeff “Last Hawk” Pearce

330-645-6075, 330-714-7892 jeffp@pearceengineering.com

FASCar Race was a blast. There were some great cars and fortunately there wasn’t any controversy this year; just wish more dads would participate with their boys. A thank you goes out to Paul Scheatzle for provided the food and beverages, those were some good doughnuts! Just glad he could handle that on top of all the time he spent racing his car!

I also want to thank my fellow Comanche for all their help! It was great to see the tribal effort that went into this event. And an added thank you to Tom Knoebel's dad for all he does to help with the track!

I’m looking forward to the Fundraiser. I don’t know about everyone else but I sure have a good time. Please do what you can to get items for the silent auction, and let everyone you know that’s coming to bring plenty of cash for bingo, sideboards, cards and 50/50!

As the Nation Chief next year I’m busy trying to fill council positions. This is a warning that I’ll be campaigning pretty hard at the Fundraiser for people to step up and take a leadership role. I have a few positions filed already (Medicine Man, and hopefully

Wampum Bearer, Tom and Jim!) but there are still a couple openings (War Chief, Tally Keeper, Story Teller, Web Spinner). If you’re interested please see me. This means you Charles!!!

See you all at the bowling!

Sachem: Kurt “Big Bear” Leibensperger 330-699-4734, 330-606-1944 kurtwone@hotmail.com.

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Medicine Man: Jim “Iron back” Cross 330-245-1326, 330-697-9121 jcross009@neo.rr.com

The fundraiser is quickly approaching and hopefully we will sell all our tickets and have many great silent auction items. If you haven’t turned in your money or ticket stubs please do this soon. The earlier we get names for tickets it will make seating and setup smoother on the night of the event. Be kind to Jim Livers and try to have one check per tribe made out to the Manikiki Nation.

If any Tribe Chief’s still has an overdue Service Project count or the January individual tribal event please contact me.

Wampum Bearer: Jim “Buffalo Wing” Livers 330-334-8137, 330-807-6781 jlivers@neo.rr.com

Michael and I had a great time at the Fascar and camp out. Thanks to the Comanche for doing a great job as always and thanks to Dano for the great food. The camp out seemed to be a hit. All the tribes who didn’t make it missed out on a great time.

The fundraiser is fast approaching and silent auction items and ads are trickling in. I think we will be gaining momentum the closer we come to the fundraiser. Thanks to all the tribes who have contributed and will contribute.

Tally Keeper: Charles "Kicking Buffalo" Campbell 330-466-0135, 330-264-5383x237 kickingbuffalo@sbcglobal.net

Thanks goes out to the Comanche for running another great FASCar event! As the fundraiser is quickly approaching don’t forget to sell Ads and find silent auction items. Remember this is our only fundraiser and goes to reducing the cost or making some events absolutely FREE!

Web Spinner: Jamie “Big Dog” wiggins 330-896-9004, 330-603-4661 jpwiggy@yahoo.com

The web site and blogsite are current. Now that Obama is president he seems to have solved the technical problems (left over I am sure from the Bush administration) we were having with the website. As mentioned before we are using the blog for members to post current video and pictures. The website will be more static information designed for non-members, as well as monthly smokes and our schedule.

If anybody has pictures to share with the tribe please use Google’s free Picasa photo tools. Just go to Google and type in ‘Picasa”, download Picasa 3 and run it. There is some really simple photo editing tools, as well as you can upload photos to a ‘web album’ with just one click. It is much much easier than emailing me photos!!!. After you upload the photos just send me the link in an email and I can add that link to our blog site. Just be sure to make the album ‘public’ and not private. Also it makes it more fun it you put in some simple comments with each photo. Each account gets 1gig of storage, and then you can buy more if needed (but 1 gig is over 1000 web pictures).

The cool web site of the month is http://picasa.google.com/. Did I mention that this service is Free? Actually for most simple photo editing (like fixing red-eye, cropping and adjusting brightness) I now use Picasa as it is just so much easier to use than Photoshop.

Story Teller: Sam “Buffalo Hump” Ewing 330-245-1138, 517-907-9860 samewing@sbcglobal.net

The Spring Beauty

A Chippewa Legend

An old man was sitting in his lodge, by the side of a frozen stream. It was the end of Winter, the air was not so cold, and his fire was nearly out. He was old and alone. His locks were white with age, and he trembled in every joint. Day after day passed, and he heard nothing but the sound of the storm sweeping before it the new-fallen snow.

One day while his fire was dying, a handsome young man entered the lodge. His cheeks were red, his eyes sparkled. He walked with a quick, light step. His forehead was bound with sweet-grass, and he carried a bunch of fragrant flowers in his hand.

"Ah, my Son," said the old man, "I am happy to see you. Come in. Tell me your adventures, and what strange lands you have seen. I will tell you my wonderful deeds, and what I can perform. You shall do the same, and we will amuse each other."

"I am Peboan, the Spirit of Winter," said the old man. "I blow my breath, and the streams stand still. The water becomes stiff and hard as clear stone."

"I am Seegwun, the Spirit of Spring," answered the youth. "I breathe, and flowers spring up in the meadows and woods."

"I shake my locks," said the old man, "and the snow covers the land. The leaves fall from the trees, and my breath blows them away. The birds fly to the distant land, and the animals hide themselves from the cold."

"I shake my ringlets," said the young man, "and the warm showers of soft rain fall upon the Earth. The flowers lift their heads from the ground, and the grass grows thick and green. My voice recalls the birds, and they come flying joyfully from the South-land. The warmth of my breath unbinds the streams, and they sing the songs of Summer. Music fills the groves wherever I walk, and all Nature rejoices."

And while they were thus talking, a wonderful change took place. The Sun began to rise. A gentle warmth stole over the place. Peboan, the Spirit of Winter, became silent. His head drooped, and the snow outside the lodge melted away. Seegwun, the Spirit of Spring, grew more radiant, and rose joyfully to his feet. The Robin and the Bluebird began to sing on the top of the lodge. The stream murmured past the door, and the fragrance of opening flowers came softly on the breeze.

The lodge faded away, and Peboan sank down and dissolved into tiny streams of water, that vanished under the brown leaves of the forest.

Thus the Spirit of Winter departed, and where he melted away the Indian children gathered the first blossoms, fragrant and delicately pink, - the modest Spring Beauty.

Tribe Chief Reports

Apache: LARRY “Big Bear” Murgatroyd 330-882-2481, 330-475-696 jonmargear@sbcglobal.net

TONKA HEY! Just a reminder, the Reverse Raffle is quickly approaching! If you need additional tickets, please let me know. I do need a check for the tickets you currently have that you have sold. You can mail the checks to me at 1963 West Comet Road, Clinton, OH 44216. Please keep in mind that the Reverse Raffle offsets costs of upcoming events, in some cases making the events free of charge. We also need Silent Auction items, so anything you can come up with would be greatly appreciated. Please keep me posted of your progress, and if you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Arapaho: Paul “Big Foot” Scheatzle 330-832-0304, 330-323-7683 paulscheatzle@hotmail.com

Congrautulations to Logan, Breslin, PJ and Barrett Scheatzle of the Arapaho tribe for their great showing at the fascar race. Great job Tom Noebel and all of the Comancje tribe for another successful event. The winter campout was a lot of fun and the weather cooporated. It's definately a keeper.

Blackhawk: Dave“Thunder Underground” Bietko 330-807-9606 dave.beitko@snapon.com

After attending my first FASCAR with my boys, I have to say "Y'all are NUTS!!!!". As my boys and I scoured our house for scrap metal and found ingenious ways to adhere them or impale them to the boys cars, you were all out there using store bought weights and crafting beautiful vehicles that I could never imagine having the time or the skill to make. That being said, it was fun and the boys WANT to do it next year...will need to get with some folks that know what they are doing. The campout was great and I hope we do it again next year. Boy those Crow really know how to eat!! Thanks to all for being so welcoming at the campout. You have proved once again the greatness of the Manikiki Nation. We are looking forward to bowling in March and hope we have a great turnout.

Cherokee: RICK “Running Horse” CROWL

330-645-6435 rickcrowl@davisprintingco.com

The mighty Cherokee wish to thank the Comanche tribe for putting on another fine FASCAR event. Once again a great time was had by all. The Cherokee tribe also had a successful race day as 5 trophies were won by our little braves including Blaine Rossiter,1^st Place Speed for the 8 & 9 yr olds, Justin Crowl, 2^nd Place Speed and 1^st Place Design for 8 & 9 yr olds, Will Smith 2^nd Place Design for 8 & 9 yr olds and Jake Ewing 1^st Place Design for the 10 & 11 yr olds. Congratulations to all. As of this writing we are preparing for our tribe event on February 20^th, a trip to LaserQuest in Canton which should be a fun evening for both big and small braves. Finally, a Happy Birthday coming up on February 22^nd to Spencer “Running Bull” Goodin.

Comanche: Tom “Fighting Eagle” Knoebel

330-882-2387 TKnoebel@tribute.com

The Comanche want to thank everyone for participating in this year’s FASCar race! Actually, we want to thank 47.9% of you, since that is the percentage of the little braves who raced this year (68 of 142). This continues a 5-year slide in attendance for this event, from a high of 73.1% in 2004 to present.

In my opinion FASCar is one of the best events we do, and I know it’s a favorite of many of the boys. It epitomizes what it means to be in Indian Guides; that is, fathers and sons working together to build a car. It also is the only competitive event in our Nation year; the only place a boy can win a trophy.

But the numbers indicate maybe the event has run it’s course and it is time for something fresh. Please let your Chief know how you feel about the event one way or the other so Council can decide whether to keep the event next year or look for something new.

And special thanks from Jeff and I go out to the other Comanche dads who stepped up and really helped make this event run smooth. You guys gave up half your weekend, and we really appreciate all you do. Happy February birthdays to Nathan “Fishing Cat” McKenney, Logan “Slithering Snake” Knoebel, and Jim “Flying Eagle” Schlosser!

Creek: Brad “Grey Hawk” bourne

330-699-9300, 330-284-3181 bborne@ideasincweb.com

“Tonka Hey! The Creek Tribe had a great time at the Lake Erie Monsters hockey game. It was a very exciting match as the Monsters took down one of the league’s best teams, the Bulldogs of Hamilton Ontario, 3-1. The Monsters placed us in great seats with half price food and excellent distractions! All had fun and the view was second to none.

As our annual service project The Creek built birdhouses for the Portage Lakes State Park. The event was covered by the South Side Leader and featured photos of a few of our tribe members working away. It was a good service project that allowed us to work as a team and spend quality time with our sons. Hopefully the spot in the Leader will spark additional interest in guides.

Big Happy Birthday wishes go out to Brett “Wild Mandu” Simmons and Xander “Night Owl” Borne.

The late night LaserQuest event for dads is coming up on Friday, February 27th. I need money and signed waivers from anyone planning to attend.”

Crow: Jack “running mustang” Daniels

330-882-3125, 330-352-7464 jack_daniels@kandel.com

Greetings Crow Tribe. I would like to thank you all for a fantastic time at the winter campout, although it was short it was definitely an event our boys will remember for many years to come! Thanks a bunch to Tony Hawk for stepping up and taking care of the tickets for the fundraiser. We still have tickets available, but Tony has handed them all over to me, so anyone who sells any more tickets can just email me. Debbie and I are looking forward to another fun evening with all of the great folks in guides, we hope to see all of you there!

Kickapoo: Steve “Silent Eagle” Maxim 330-966-0820 smaxim@maximent.net

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Mandan: Bill “Snoring Bear” Spaid 330-896-6495, 330-896-6495 wspaid@aol.com

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Mohawk: Brian "Fighting Cardinal” Morris 330-896-1394, 330-612-4740 bmorris005@neo.rr.com

Mohawk, Thank you for making our tribal LazerTag winter event a success. It was a lot of Fun. If you have any silent auction items try to get them in this week.

Navajo: Brian“fast Fox” roberts

330-896-2213. brianlynnr@yahoo.com

Congratulations to those who performed well at the FASCar event. All who attended appeared to have a great time! Navajo is looking forward to the reverse raffle and our next event - bowling.

Seneca: Daniel "Chief Broken Bone” Charlick 330-834-9334, 330-416-8478 danielcharlick@att.net

Greeting from the Mighty Seneca Tribe!

The young Seneca tribe is currently sitting at #2 on the Big Medicine leader board and with nearly full tribe participation in the FASCAR we should hold our position! It was an educational race weekend for us, not only in the tricks of FASCAR ultra-tuning (although Noah Charlick did barely miss Showing in the 7 year-old age bracket with a car weighing in at 12.3 oz!) but also and more importantly in the art of campout cooking! Those who were brave enough to stay at Y-Noah for the Winter Campout were rewarded with a fun and memorable day. Thanks to all who made those events possible. See you all next month at bowling and the fundraiser!

Manikiki Nation 2008 - 09 Event Calendar

October Event: Haunted Hayride	November Event: Punt, Pass & Kick Competition
Place: Boettler park Date: Friday October 24^th Time: 6:00pm Event Type / Award: Family / Bead Cost: $10/adult, $6/kid,under 5 free Sponsor / Budget: Navajo / $400	Place: Green High School Stadium Date: Saturday, November 15^th Time: Noon-3:00 PM Event Type / Award: Father-son / Bead Cost: N/A Sponsor / Budget: Blackhawk / $200
December Event: Father-Son Banquet	December Event: Christmas Project (tribe event)
Place: Camp Y Noah Date: Sunday, December 14^th Time: 1:00 – 5:00 pm Event Type / Award: Father-Son / Claw Cost: FREE … paid by fund raiser Sponsor / Budget: Arapaho-Comanche / $2000	Place: N/A Date: N/A Time: N/A Event Type / Award: Fathers-Son / Special Bead Cost: N/A Sponsor / Budget: All tribes / mandatory
January Event: Individual Tribe Events	February Event: FASCAR/One night Winter Campout
Place: N/A Date: N/A Time: N/A Event Type / Award: Fathers-Son / Arrowhead Cost: TBD Sponsor / Budget: All Tribes	Place: Camp Y Noah Date: Sat/Sun, February 7-8 Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Event Type / Award: Father-Son/Claw or Special Cost: $5 per/car kit Sponsor/Budget: Comanche-Arapaho / $200
February Event: Fundraiser – Reverse Raffle	March Event: Bowling
Place: Guy’s Party Center Date: Sat, March 7th Time: 6:00 pm - midnight Event Type / Award: Adults / mandatory event Cost: Tickets $55 (x1 per member) Sponsor / Budget: Council / Make lots of $$$$	Place: Bill White Akron Lanes Date: Sunday-March, 15th Time: 2-4pm Event Type / Award: Father-Son / Bead Cost: TBD Sponsor / Budget: Creek / $1000
April Event: Green Y Late Nighter/Over Nighter	May Event: Spring Campout at Y Noah
Place: Green YMCA Date: Saturday, April 18th Time: 9:00pm – 6:00am Event Type / Award: Father-Son / Bead Cost: N/A Sponsor / Budget: Mohawk / $400	Place: Y-Noah Campground Date: May 16, 17 Time: Fri. evening – Sun. morning Event Type / Award: Fathers-Son / Arrowhead Cost: TBD Sponsor / Budget: Crow-Kickapoo / $1200
Memorial Day: Memorial Day Parade (makeup)	June Comm. Svc. Proj. ACS Relay For Life (makeup)
Place: Green High School Date: Monday, May 25th Time: 9:30am lineup, 10:30 step off Event Type: Guides-Princesses W/Dads Cost: N/A Sponsor / Budget: Council / ($100 from disc.)	Place: Green Memorial Stadium Date: June TBD Time: Friday night-Saturday noon Event Type Family / Special Bead Cost: Just a little of your time! Sponsor / Budget: Council / (donation from disc.)
June Event: Trumpet In The Land	July Event: Gathering of the Nations
Place: New Philadelphia Date: TBD Time: TBD Event Type Family / Bead Cost: TBD Sponsor / Budget: Cherokee / $400	Place: Mohican Campgrounds Date: TBD Time: TBD Event Type: Family / Bead Cost: TBD Sponsor / Budget: Mandan / $400
August Event: Akron Aeros baseball / Tailgating	September Event: Fall Campout
Place: Canal Park Stadium Date: TBD Time: TBD Event Type: Family / Bead Cost: TBD Sponsor / Budget: Kickapoo / TBD	Place: TBD Date: Sept. TBD Time: Fri evening – Sun morning Event Type / Award: Father-Son / Arrowhead Cost: TBD Sponsor / Budget: Apache-Cherokee / $1000

MANIKIKI NATION

GREEN Y.M.C.A. INDIAN GUIDES

This letter is used for soliciting services or items from local business’ to be auctioned or raffled off as part of the Manikiki Nation Indian Guides Fund Raiser. This is our only fundraiser for the year. Any business’ contributing services or items will be recognized as a contributor in the Fund Raiser’s program.

Our fundraiser this year is on Saturday, March 7^th, 2009. This fundraiser is used for the operating budget funds for the following year.

Please support this organization that promotes father and son(s) time being spent together.

Thank you for your consideration.

John Waller

Nation Chief

Manikiki Nation

Green YMCA Indian Guides

MANIKIKI NATION

GREEN YMCA INDIAN GUIDES

“PALS FOREVER”

Annual Reverse Raffle/Silent Auction 2009

On Saturday, March 7, 2009, in association with the Green YMCA - serving the communities of Green, Clinton, Manchester, Springfield, Coventry and Canal Fulton – the Indian Guides Manikiki Nation is holding its annual reverse raffle and silent auction at Guys Party Centre on Waterloo Rd. in Akron.

The purpose of Indian Guides is to foster the understanding and companionship of Father and Son. This is the Manikiki Nation’s only fundraiser and your generous donations are vital to its success. You can help by donating in one of the following ways:

Purchasing a Reverse Raffle ticket (includes dinner and open bar) for $55;

By donating merchandise, a service or a gift certificate to be auctioned;

Through a monetary donation;

By purchasing an advertisement in the Auction Program:

Business Card size ($25)

Half-Page ($75)

Full-Page ($125)

Attached is a form to order your tickets, make your donation or purchase an ad.

Advertising orders are due no later than Friday, February 22, 2009.

Every donation will be listed in the Program.

Please call your representative or contact John Waller at 330.867.5726 or 330.256.4430 with any questions you may have.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

MANIKIKI NATION

GREEN YMCA INDIAN GUIDES

“PALS FOREVER”

Annual Reverse Raffle/Silent Auction 2009

BUSINESS SPONSORSHIP FORM

Organization:

Contact Person:

Address:

Phone:

Email:

Fax:

Please provide (number) tickets to the Reverse Raffle and Dinner @ $55 each.

We would like to be an Indian Guides business sponsor at the following level:

Business Card size ($25);

Half-Page ($75);

Full-Page ($125).

We are donating of (please indicate amount or describe merchandise or service):

Please make checks payable to the Manikiki Nation.

Your representative will contact you to arrange for pickup of merchandise and advertisements and delivery of your tickets.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Longhouse Notes

Big Medicine Standings

Action Items

Nation Officer Reports

“Sits By Fire”

The Spring Beauty

A Chippewa Legend

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GREEN YMCA INDIAN GUIDES

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GREEN YMCA INDIAN GUIDES