WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.359 --> 00:00:05.759 Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome. 2 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:07.599 It's time now for one on one with a bro. 3 00:00:07.679 --> 00:00:09.839 Actually it's two on one, and it's okay. 4 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:11.679 It's all right. These folks know a lot of things. 5 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:13.320 There are friends here from. 6 00:00:13.359 --> 00:00:17.239 Bartlesville Health and Rehab. We have a Tammy Founder, director 7 00:00:17.239 --> 00:00:21.000 of Nursing. Hello, Hello, and also Janet Graham, who is 8 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:22.760 here today's she's the director of Rehab. 9 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:23.359 How are you doing? 10 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:24.199 I'm doing great. 11 00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:26.679 How are you? I will soon to be wonderful, I guess, 12 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:30.000 because we're going to be talking about how we get 13 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:33.759 better faster, and that is one of the cool things 14 00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:37.719 about Bartlesfield Health and Rehab is the rehab. 15 00:00:38.159 --> 00:00:40.200 First of all, tell us a little bit about yourself. 16 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:46.320 I'm an occupational therapy assistant. I've worked at Bartlesville Health 17 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:49.799 and Rehab for twenty seven years now. I've also worked 18 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:53.960 part time or PRN at other facilities, and Bartlesville Health 19 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:55.520 and Rehab has always just been my home. 20 00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:57.960 It has my heart because I know that they care 21 00:00:58.000 --> 00:00:59.280 about their residence. 22 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:02.240 You know, that's something we run into an awful lot, 23 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:02.679 isn't it. 24 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:05.799 A lot of long term a lot of long term employees. 25 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:09.400 Tell us about Bartschweel Health and Rehab in particular here 26 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:11.719 that give us the overarch well. 27 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:15.040 It is owned by Alex Siminci Dald of course, and 28 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:18.239 they're good friends of both of ours, and of course 29 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:22.319 I'm kind of new to the facility, but it's a 30 00:01:22.359 --> 00:01:24.920 great place. They've you know, they they we have long 31 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:28.079 term care, we have skilled uh nursing, we have of 32 00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:30.719 course the rehab that's happening. We got the new memory 33 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:33.280 care that last time I was here we talked about, 34 00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:36.400 and uh, we've got a lot of good things happening new. 35 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:40.959 You know, Cordell Rumsey came back and I've me and 36 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:44.400 him kind of came along within the short time period together. 37 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:47.599 So I think we're all just excited about the big 38 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:53.239 changes and and what we can do to you know, uh, 39 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:56.200 keep up with the market and keep up with the needs, 40 00:01:56.319 --> 00:01:59.280 and and take good care of our residents. 41 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:01.760 To get back to the rehab services. 42 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:04.879 First of all, for the folks who are there for 43 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:09.000 a short time, I understand these little victories each and 44 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:11.039 every day you're kind of celebrated, aren't they. 45 00:02:11.159 --> 00:02:13.840 They are when someone comes to. 46 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:16.800 Us after they've had a surgery or a brief illness, 47 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:21.000 in the hospital, they get to a level that they 48 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:21.360 may not. 49 00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:23.840 Be able to get home quite safely. 50 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:27.599 So they'll come to us as kind of transitional period, right, 51 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:32.479 and we get to see them from the start, talk 52 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:34.919 to them, talk to their families, find out their goals, 53 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:37.000 and we make their goals our goals. We want to 54 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:38.719 if they're going to go home, we want them to 55 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:43.280 be able to go home. We try to encourage them 56 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:47.039 to stick with us for a short period of time 57 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:49.800 so that allows us to get them to the highest 58 00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:52.639 level of independence and safety possible so that their success 59 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:54.319 and can make it back. 60 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:55.520 To their home. That's great. 61 00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:59.479 You know it's got to be hard coming off of 62 00:02:59.759 --> 00:03:03.159 high hospital stay and then you know, you got a 63 00:03:03.199 --> 00:03:05.919 little bit of hope that you know, I'm gonna get 64 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:08.960 back home, but I got to do some work. Does 65 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:11.240 it get a little overwhelming the first couple of days 66 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:14.280 for the typical typical person coming. 67 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:18.240 Into it, it does. And I usually talk to them about. 68 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:21.439 You know, just stay with us, well, let's work this 69 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:23.599 week and next week. Where you're going to look back 70 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:25.479 and see where you were and where you are now. 71 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:26.400 And that's how they can. 72 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:28.120 See their progress from week to week. 73 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:31.840 They a lot of times feel like they're not doing 74 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:34.039 well and will point out, hey, last week you couldn't 75 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:36.960 walk five feet and today you walk sixty five feet. 76 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:41.520 So you know they're they're just because they they're their 77 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:46.240 own worst critic. Basically, that's kind of a human thing, 78 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:51.000 is So we basically they have to do the work, 79 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:53.400 and we were quite clear with them on that. 80 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:55.400 We're just kind of the directors. 81 00:03:55.439 --> 00:03:58.159 We kind of guide them through the process. 82 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:01.520 So yes, yes, so we we push a little bit. 83 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:04.560 Well that's good because you know, you can get some 84 00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:07.840 stubborn folks like me in there, you know, and without 85 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:08.800 that little push. 86 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:10.759 Or maybe a you know, box of dynamite or something 87 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:12.319 like that. You know, I'm not going to go too far. 88 00:04:12.840 --> 00:04:14.120 So I understand. 89 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:16.399 You know, everybody is different and you have to work 90 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:20.240 with him the best way you can engage and push forward. 91 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:21.800 So that that's really great. 92 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:23.560 So you got a little bit of psychology and a 93 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:27.240 whole lot of a whole lot of different tools at 94 00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:30.439 your toolbox to help people be the best. 95 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:33.240 They can be. Yes, absolutely, my goodness sakes. 96 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:36.600 And with the long term care folks, that's it's a 97 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:38.839 little different, but we still work with them. 98 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:42.000 Yes, it's a little different because the majority of them, 99 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:46.439 because they're long term, they're going to be there. Sometimes 100 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:48.680 long term care is only a couple of years. Sometimes 101 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:51.920 it's for the rest of their lives. Sure, So we 102 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:58.040 work on slowing the disease process as they get you know, 103 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:00.439 like if they have Parkinson. 104 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:04.879 Or COPD or whatever. 105 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:09.639 We just work on them being as strong as independent 106 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:12.519 as they can be in that facility so that they're 107 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:13.399 much happier. 108 00:05:14.120 --> 00:05:16.399 That you can do for. 109 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:18.439 Yourself, the happier you're going to be. You can live 110 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:21.199 here and you can make a happy life here. That 111 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:23.959 you'll be happiest if you do the majority of you know, 112 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:27.279 like taking yourself to the bathroom or dressing yourself or 113 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:32.240 just getting out of the room and attending social events. 114 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:34.839 Anything you can do to make yourself as independent as 115 00:05:34.839 --> 00:05:37.160 possible will make you happier there. 116 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:40.879 Just being independent enough to be social is probably a 117 00:05:40.920 --> 00:05:42.079 big thing for everyone. 118 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:45.120 Yeah, And if they don't meet the skilled needs anymore, 119 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:49.360 where maybe Jana or we have another friend named Gabe 120 00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:52.279 that helps her out. And we have a restorative program 121 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:55.560 also that they can kind of transition over to. Oh 122 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:58.439 and that is with one of our restorative aids who's 123 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:02.639 more specialty trained to helping, whether. 124 00:06:02.439 --> 00:06:04.360 It be like a walk to dine. 125 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:08.079 Is one of the things that he does just to 126 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:10.079 encourage people to still kind of work. 127 00:06:10.800 --> 00:06:13.480 They may not, you know, qualify. 128 00:06:13.079 --> 00:06:16.839 To do skilled therapy, but he still works with them 129 00:06:16.920 --> 00:06:21.720 too kind of keep a maintained baseline of being able 130 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:23.639 to move around and. 131 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:26.279 Keep their body up to optimum. 132 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:31.120 I can almost sense that some of the patients will 133 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:34.199 establish like personal challenges for themselves. 134 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:37.160 Yeah, I'm going to do this today. I'm going to 135 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:39.199 do this a little bit better tomorrow. 136 00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:43.399 This is my goal for today, and you know, with 137 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:44.920 any luck, I can do a little bit. 138 00:06:44.759 --> 00:06:45.199 Better to it. 139 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:49.480 It's very much a little series of individual challenges, isn't. 140 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:53.120 Absolutely Absolutely, we encourage them just to be the best 141 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:55.639 version of yourself each day, each day and if you 142 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:59.199 have a set back and don't let that determine the rest. 143 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:00.759 Of your week or the of your life. 144 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:03.480 Okay, there's ways tomorrow, let's try again, and let's get 145 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:04.199 better and better. 146 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:07.120 And a lot of times that's all it takes is 147 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:08.279 just that one more try. 148 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:10.079 Now, one more try. That's great. 149 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:12.399 And of course with the memory care we talked about 150 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:14.920 that the last time you were here. But this is 151 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:20.040 a wonderful thing because not that long ago, if your 152 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:26.120 memory was kind of on pause or they're not, it 153 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:28.759 just felt like people threw up their hands and just said, well, 154 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:29.920 we're going to do the best we can. 155 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:31.759 But now we've got. 156 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:36.480 More tools that are fused to keep people, as she say, 157 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:38.839 be the best possible you you can be for the 158 00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:39.839 longest amount of time. 159 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:42.120 And just because their memory care doesn't mean that they 160 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:46.759 don't qualify for some skilled service. Jana has several that 161 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:49.839 she goes back into the memory care unit and does 162 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:51.519 some skilled therapy with them, and. 163 00:07:51.560 --> 00:07:53.319 Our speech therapist especially. 164 00:07:53.399 --> 00:07:56.279 She's just phenomenal when it comes to that because she 165 00:07:56.319 --> 00:07:59.519 can train the staff too on how to approach the 166 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:03.279 person that has dementia or whatever, so that so that 167 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:07.120 the communication is so much better and more comfortable for 168 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:08.079 that resident. 169 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:11.480 Oh yeah, nobody needs to be startled, nobody needs to 170 00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:16.680 be confused, exactly. We can avoid that. You guys are special, 171 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:18.800 kind of like angels on Earth. You're taking care of 172 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:22.360 taking care of folks when they're having difficulty. 173 00:08:21.839 --> 00:08:22.839 Taking care of themselves. 174 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:23.199 Yeah. 175 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:26.120 It takes a special heart to do that, isn't it. 176 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:28.759 I've always known I was going to work in Jerias. 177 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:32.600 I just have always felt like that we owe that 178 00:08:32.679 --> 00:08:38.759 generation everything. 179 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:38.240 I had. 180 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:41.919 I mean, now I'm part of that Jerry populations. So 181 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:44.200 but it's it's funny because I don't feel like I mean, 182 00:08:44.200 --> 00:08:47.240 I still feel like I'm that younger person talking to 183 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:50.039 him that I do. I just feel like we owe 184 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:53.000 them the life that we have, the freedoms that we have. 185 00:08:53.159 --> 00:08:57.279 Everything we owe that generation, you know, so say it 186 00:08:57.360 --> 00:08:57.960 back to them. 187 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:01.320 That is a beautiful story, a full line of thinking too. 188 00:09:02.519 --> 00:09:06.240 My son, I'm sixty five, I'm not exactly a young 189 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:11.080 fun but my son, who's forty five, says, Dad, what's 190 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:14.480 it like being old? I looked at any person and 191 00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:17.200 he said, you look starting when I said that, I said, 192 00:09:17.440 --> 00:09:20.320 I am. I said, until I catch a glance of 193 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:23.399 myself in a reflection in a mirror or a window, 194 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:27.639 a little glare or something like that. I'm still thirty 195 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:31.120 thirty five years old, and it's not until I see 196 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:34.240 a reflected image of myself that it dawns on me 197 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:35.080 that I'm not. 198 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:37.360 And I get the feeling. 199 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:40.960 That many of us, as we age, that's pretty much 200 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:44.600 where we are, and sometimes we can't understand why is 201 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:49.120 it I can't move like that anymore, and it's very confounding. 202 00:09:49.919 --> 00:09:50.879 Is that part of the. 203 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:53.720 That's part of it, and part of it is that 204 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:55.200 saying use it or lose it. 205 00:09:55.440 --> 00:10:01.320 You know, I really encourage people to exercise and walk 206 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:04.320 as much as possible, people out in the community, because 207 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:07.399 when you stop, that's when it all especially as you're 208 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:09.960 getting older, and if you get ill, it just kind 209 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:12.360 of all goes away and then you have to start 210 00:10:12.399 --> 00:10:12.759 over again. 211 00:10:12.799 --> 00:10:15.840 With me that that is one of the best things 212 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:18.320 you can do without having to see a doctor. Is 213 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:20.480 you know, if you can go a mile a day, 214 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:24.399 maybe two, and again you're not sprinting, you're just enjoying 215 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:28.000 the outdoors. Yeah, just block out some time to do that. 216 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:32.759 That pays dividends. Now at the Barnwell Health and Rehab 217 00:10:33.159 --> 00:10:34.639 it's really easy to find. 218 00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:37.279 I understand that there's a heck of a landmark just right. 219 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:39.440 In front of you, just right behind the hospital, well 220 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:43.440 the north of the hospital, I guess in Yardosville. 221 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:45.759 North of the hospital thirty four thirty four Kentucky. 222 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:50.039 Please can we come and visit and take a little look? 223 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:54.720 Absolutely, come come in and anyone at the front who 224 00:10:55.159 --> 00:10:57.320 greets them, they can ask for a tour. 225 00:10:57.159 --> 00:11:00.320 And one good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, 226 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:03.399 welcome time now for Native beat right here on K one, 227 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:06.720 the one you trust, and we have mister Washtlton here 228 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:07.000 with us. 229 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:07.919 Hey you doing everybody? 230 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:09.919 Oh ceo Tom? How are you this morning? 231 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:12.519 As we sound a Cherokee reservation Elsta son a Lee, 232 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:13.440 which is good morning. 233 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:15.320 Oh wow, we're learning things. 234 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:16.399 Did you have a good weekend? 235 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:18.000 I sure, I always have a good weekend. 236 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:22.120 You too, I did, absolutely yeah, And as always, we'd 237 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:24.080 like to start at the show by thanking our sponsor, 238 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:27.519 Coffeeville Cooperative Credit Union. While Martin and staff they got 239 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:29.120 out of their way to provide you with the best 240 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:32.559 and personal financial services with a personal touch. Whether it's 241 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:34.799 low interest car loans or retirement planning, they're here for 242 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:37.279 They're there for you. 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So 254 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:06.279 it's an exciting time here in the Cherokee Reservation. One 255 00:12:06.279 --> 00:12:08.360 of the most significant annual events that we have is 256 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:10.840 coming up. It's going to be a Labor Day weekend. 257 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:14.440 It's the Cherokee National Holiday. It's going to take place 258 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:17.159 in about ten days and some of you make questions, well, 259 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:20.519 what is he talking about, Well, the Cherokee National Holiday. 260 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:23.159 It's going to be the seventy second annual celebration of 261 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:26.080 the signing of the Cherokee Constitution. If you look at 262 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:29.000 the Cherokee Seal, in fact, it'll have on the date 263 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:33.480 that the Constitution was signed back then it was September sixth, 264 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:37.279 eighteen thirty nine. The signing of the Cherokee Constitution is 265 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:39.960 one of the most critical events in our history. One 266 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:42.639 reason is because the new Constitution was signed less than 267 00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:46.639 six months after the last contingent of Cherokees were forcibly 268 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:49.960 marched over the Trail of Tears of Oklahoma, and so 269 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:51.879 once they got here. We actually had a couple of 270 00:12:51.919 --> 00:12:55.200 factions of Cherokees. We had the old settler Cherokees who 271 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:58.200 actually came prior to the removal, and then of course 272 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:00.679 we had the Cherokees who were forcibly marked on the 273 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:05.039 Trail of Tears. And so there was some disagreement between 274 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:07.639 the old settlers, which is what they were called the 275 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:10.679 Trail of Tears Cherokees, about you know, how things should 276 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:13.240 be run, how they should be governed, and you know, 277 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:15.440 the old settlers, I think there were some resentments here 278 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:17.519 that while we were here before you guys, and so, 279 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:20.320 you know, they felt that they should have says over 280 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:22.320 you know, what was going to happen as far as 281 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:26.000 the government and things like that. So, sensing the possibility 282 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:29.320 of a rift between these different factions the respect to 283 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:31.279 the leaders of the old Settlers and the Trail of Tears, 284 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:34.559 Cherokees began negotiations to unite just as soon as the 285 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:38.759 last Eastern Cherokees arrived. So on July twelfth, eighteen thirty nine, 286 00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:41.240 a convention was held in the Illinois campground of East 287 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:44.639 Italic Law. After a lot of deliberation, a formal active 288 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:47.399 union was established and the two groups settled their differences 289 00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:50.799 and declared themselves to be one body body politic outher 290 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:54.559 the title of Cherokee Nation. Chief Ross Going Snake, who 291 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:56.559 was the speaker of the Council at the time, signed 292 00:13:56.600 --> 00:14:00.600 on behalf the Eastern Cherokees of the Ross Party. Principal 293 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:04.480 Chief John Looney Sequoya and other old Sailor leaders signed 294 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:08.000 for this group. The active union was followed by another 295 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:10.120 convension in Tahakua two months later, which led to the 296 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:13.960 signing the Constitution of on September sixth, eighteen thirty nine. 297 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:17.039 It was essential to survival of Cherokee people the time 298 00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:19.639 would come together, because if we didn't, it'd be very 299 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:23.279 likely that we would have splintered and would have been 300 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:25.519 actually spread as a tribe, and we probably would have 301 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:28.240 never gained that cohesion that we have now. So that's 302 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:30.639 one of the reasons that we celebrated. It formed a 303 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:34.120 sustainable form of government. It divided the Cherokee Nation to 304 00:14:34.200 --> 00:14:36.360 nine districts, which is what we also have well, actually 305 00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:40.879 about fourteen jurisdictions today, but included the Kui Skoue District, 306 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:43.519 which is where we're located. In honor of the Chief 307 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:46.360 John Ross kuy Scue was his Cherokee name. I think 308 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:48.440 it means little spring bird or something like that. So 309 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:50.240 you'll actually see that down in a lot of the buildings. 310 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:52.639 In fact, the Cherokee health that are down at Oceleda 311 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:55.120 has out on the side of the building. Out of 312 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:58.240 this constitution, courts were established, elections were held, and a 313 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:01.759 new government began to operate. John Ross consumed to continue 314 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:03.720 to serve as the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation. 315 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:06.399 Joseph Vann, who was chief of the old Settlers, was 316 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:07.360 elected to serve as. 317 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:08.000 A deputy chief. 318 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:11.080 In eighteen ninety eight, the Curtis Act, instituted by the 319 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:14.639 federal government, limited the power of tribal governments Indian territory 320 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:16.559 to paved the way for the allotment of tribal lands 321 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:19.799 and Oklahoma statehood, which came along in nineteen oh seven. 322 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:23.919 I do know that at that time, the Cherokee Nation 323 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:27.679 we actually wanted to have our own separate state from Oklahoma. 324 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:29.519 It was going to be called the State of Sequoia. 325 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:33.639 And Theodore Roosevelt he said, no, we're not going to 326 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:36.440 be signing two states into the Union. We're just going 327 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:38.600 to focus on one, So that was one of the 328 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:41.279 reasons we ended up with the hire State of Oklahoma. 329 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:45.879 In October nineteen seventy five, the then Chief Ross Swimmer 330 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:49.720 signed a new constitution that superseded the eighteenth thirty nine constitution. 331 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:53.360 A constitutional convention was held in Tahlequan February of nineteen 332 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:56.399 ninety nine to revise an update the nineteen seventy five constitution. 333 00:15:57.240 --> 00:16:00.000 The Cherokee Nations operated under the nineteen ninety nine constitutions 334 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:02.440 since July of two thousand and six, in fact, it's 335 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:03.080 past June. 336 00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:04.919 We voted on whether we were going to have. 337 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:08.440 Another constitutional convention the termin of significant changes need to 338 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:11.679 be made to our government. And this was overlywhelmingly rejected 339 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:14.399 by the Cherokee people. And the reason is because we 340 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:17.279 feel this, as Chief Hosket had said time and time again, 341 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:19.519 if it's not broke, don't fix it. You know, everything 342 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:21.799 seems to be going pretty well on even keel, and 343 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:24.159 so we figured that, well, as we'll keep the government 344 00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:28.080 we have and keep doing what we're doing. So and 345 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:30.639 to celebrate this, like I said, are one of our 346 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:33.799 most significant events is the Cherokee National Holiday. It'll be 347 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:38.679 taking place August thirtieth, thirty first, and September first, Taalaquaw 348 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:41.159 can expect tens of thousands of visitors as we gather 349 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:43.879 to celebrate. It reaffirms us Cherokee Nation is a sovereign 350 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:47.039 nation and honors the good will of camaraderie and the 351 00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:50.960 positive relationships we have among the Cherokee people. The theme 352 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:53.519 this year of this year's holiday is Weaving Our Future. 353 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:55.039 The theme art and. 354 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:57.399 Design, the logo We're created by Cherokee National Treasurer and 355 00:16:57.399 --> 00:17:01.159 renowned artists and Daniel Mink. The themes an important story 356 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:03.799 in our culture to the water Spider. The story the 357 00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:06.880 water Spider has a simple moral. No matter how small, 358 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:09.119 every one of the four hundred and fifty thousand members 359 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:12.680 of our tribe can have some measurable impact, either on 360 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:16.400 the fabric of Cherokee culture or the future generations of 361 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:20.319 Cherokees and how they relate to our culture. Even the 362 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:23.119 future also refers to the many ways Cherokee cultures interwoven 363 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:25.880 into every aspect of our daily lives, whether in big 364 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:29.160 or small ways. If you learn the Cherokee language, just 365 00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:31.039 one way that it's interwoven. If you're taking care of 366 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:33.440 an elder, that's another way that it's inner woven. I mean, 367 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:35.319 who today doesn't you know, take care of an elder 368 00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:37.880 at some point. You know, it's just something. 369 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:38.880 That we do. 370 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:41.960 We step up and you take care of exactly right. 371 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:44.480 There are several great events that are going on during 372 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:46.960 the holiday, from a parade celebrating the culture to the 373 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:49.519 state of the Nation addressed by Chief Hoskin to many 374 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:51.839 the artists and vendors, as well as competition as traditional 375 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:55.200 games and our inner tribal pow Wow. It's a full 376 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:57.400 slate of events that is something for everyone. I encourage 377 00:17:57.400 --> 00:17:59.559 everyone to make it to tele Quall Labor Day weekend 378 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:03.559 and check it out. And that's August thirtieth, thirty first 379 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:06.720 and September first. You can find information about the Cherokee 380 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:11.480 National Holiday at the Cherokee Holiday dot com website web page. 381 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:13.799 From August thirty through September first, this event will have 382 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:19.960 community games including a championship, cornstocks, shoot horseshoes, traditional Cherokee marbles. 383 00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:21.440 Chunky Chunky is. 384 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:24.559 An interesting game because you have sort of a stone 385 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:28.039 disc and you actually roll along the ground and you 386 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:30.880 take a spear and you throw it and whoever lands 387 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:34.079 closest to that disc gets a point. And so this 388 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:36.759 is actually one of the ways this has been going 389 00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:37.799 on thousands of years. 390 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:38.720 In fact, they've found. 391 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:42.119 These oldest scoid little stones from way back and seven 392 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:44.400 eight thousand years ago. Soince is a game that's been 393 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:46.279 around for quite some time. The only thing is I 394 00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:48.200 think that back then the stakes were quite a bit 395 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:50.920 higher because a lot of times the loser. 396 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:52.359 Ended up being put to death. 397 00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:55.839 So I would wow, we'll talk about competitive spirit. 398 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:59.160 That's exactly right. Yeah, that's a little more. That's a 399 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:03.279 little too intense for my taste. So blowgun competition that's 400 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:05.480 another great one that we have. And hatchet throwing, which 401 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:08.319