1/13/2024 0 Comments Comanche indian![]() Kristy's brother Shannon, however, continued to live with his mother.īlanche Wahnee, Stuart Wahnee and Kristy are enrolled members of the Tribe. Although there is some dispute as to the precise date when Kristy began living full-time with Blanche Wahnee, Kristy lived with Blanche Wahnee on January 24, 1986, the date the power of attorney was executed, and has lived with *874 her ever since. and to consent to and sign any necessary documents pertaining to any and all medical needs and school needs and records and to keep said child in their custody until such a time as I am able to provide for and to care for said child myself and to act in my stead regarding said child as I myself would have the right to act, giving my said attorney full power to do everything whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as I could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney, or his substitute shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof. my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, place and stead, and to my use to act for me in regards to my child Khristy Wahnee. have made, constituted and appointed, and by these paresnts do make, constitute and appoint Blanche Wahnee. The power of attorney reads as follows: That I, Rhonda Wahnee & Stuart Wahnee. On January 24, 1986, Stuart and Rhonda Wahnee executed a power of attorney granting custody and control of Kristy to her paternal aunt, Blanche Wahnee. Rhonda Wahnee filed for divorce from Stuart Wahnee on October 15, 1985. In July 1985, the Wahnee family moved into low-income HUD housing in Mountain View, Oklahoma, outside a reservation. On April 19, 1984, Kristy's brother, Shannon Wahnee ("Shannon"), was born at the Indian Hospital. After Kristy's birth, the Wahnee family lived primarily on the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache ("KCA") reservation in Lawton, Oklahoma. Indian Hospital ("Indian Hospital") in Lawton, Oklahoma on July 19, 1982, to Stuart Wahnee, a Comanche Indian, and Rhonda Wahnee, a non-Indian. The undisputed material facts underlying this action are that Kristy was born at the U.S.P.H.S. §§ 1901-1963, and whether jurisdiction in one or the other is exclusive. At issue is which of the two courts the State Court or the Tribal Court has jurisdiction to adjudicate matters relating to Kristy pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 ("ICWA"), 25 U.S.C. This is a jurisdictional dispute concerning an eleven-year old Indian child, Kristy Wahnee ("Kristy"), who has been subjected to custody litigation in both the State Court and the Comanche Tribal Children's Court ("the Tribal Court"). The Tribe has filed a reply thereto, and the motion is at issue. Hovis ("Judge Hovis") and District Court of Kiowa County, State of Oklahoma ("the State Court"), and intervenor, Rhonda Wahnee, have filed a response in opposition to the motion. 56, filed by plaintiff, Comanche Indian Tribe of Oklahoma ("the Tribe"). This matter is before the Court on the Motion for Summary Judgment, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. Salem, Salem Law Office, Norman, OK, for Rhonda Wahnee. *872 *873 Glenn M Feldman, O'Connor Cavanagh Anderson Westover Killingsworth & Beshears, Phoenix, AZ, Bob Rabon, Rabon Wolf & Rabon, Hugo, OK, for Comanche Indian Tribe of Oklahoma. HOVIS, individually and as Judge of the District Court of Kiowa County, State of Oklahoma the district court of Kiowa County, State of Oklahoma, Defendants, Charles Goodnight tells of how one captured Comanche's shield contained a complete history of Rome.COMANCHE INDIAN TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA, Plaintiff, Until, that is, they discovered the use to which the Comanches were putting their reading materials. In fact, white traders found Comanche interest in books to be most puzzling. After contact with whites, paper was the preferred material for packing a shield. The space between layers was then packed with light but compact material such as feathers, hair, or paper. Layers were arranged so as to have an inch or so of space in between. Eyelets were punched around the perimeter edges and sewn with rawhide thongs (not unlike a baseball glove). Circular pieces from this hide were then cut and stretched in layers over a circular wooden frame, two to three feet in diameter. The hide would be cleaned and then heated and cooled repeatedly to harden and thicken it. First, the toughest part of the bison's hide was used: the shoulder hide. Like every other piece of equipment, it took a lot of time to make a good shield.
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