News from the Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club

The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club is Oklahoma’s oldest, continuous chartered club. Established in the summer of 1899 at Oowala, in the Cooweescoowee District of the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory, it began as a ‘past-time club’ for Native women returning home in the summers from seminaries and colleges. Today, the club remains active in cultural preservation and community service. Based in Claremore, the membership’s dedication to Cherokee and local history is inspiring and commendable. More than a century since its inception, the women of the Pocahontas Club still gather to preserve Cherokee values.

BY DEBRA WEST

2022 Scholarship Recipients

The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club Higher Education Scholarship Recipients for the upcoming 20212022 academic year are: • Madison Gray from Porter will be attending the University of

Central Oklahoma • Erica Taylor from Pryor will be attending The University of

Tulsa • Kylea Anderson from Inola will be attending Northeastern State

University • Halle Tatham from Pryor will be attending Northeastern

Oklahoma A&M College • Carson Draeger from Chelsea will be attending the University of Central Oklahoma • Kylea Terrell from Checotah will be attending Connors State

College • Chas McClain from Stilwell will be attending Carl Albert

State College • Hannah Henson from Tulsa will be attending Coe College,

Cedar Rapids, IA • Remington Ward from Locust

Grove will be attending

Oklahoma State University • Lauren Bulcroft from

Claremore will be attending

Missouri University of Science & Technology • Jesse Rader from Claremore - RSU - Foreman Faulkner

Scholarship Endowment • Cloe Dennis from Claremore - RSU - Foreman Faulkner

Scholarship Endowment • Jasper Rader from Claremore - RSU - Foreman Faulkner

Scholarship Endowment • Rayna Rock from Muskogee - RSU - Foreman Faulkner

Scholarship Endowment • Rachel McKisick from Catoosa -

OSU - Dawson-Nelson Akanadi

Endowed Scholarship • Tiffany Stover from Nowata is the first recipient of the

Imogene King Crutchfield

Scholarship and will be attending Northeast

Technology Center in Pryor.

The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club sponsor ten Cherokee students, male or female, entering college or vocational school, with a $600.00 per academic year scholarship, along with one recipient of the Oklahoma State University Foundation, Dawson-Nelson Akanadi Endowed Scholarship Fund,

Madison Gray Higher Education Scholarship

Erica Taylor Higher Education Scholarship

Chas McClain Higher Education Scholarship Jake Rader Foreman Faulkner Scholarship Endowment

Jasper Rader Foreman Faulkner Scholarship Endowment

Remington Ward Higher Education Scholarship Lauren Bulcroft Higher Education Scholarship Cloe Dennis Foreman Faulkner Scholarship Endowment

Rachel McKisick Dawson-Nelson Akanadi Endowed Scholarship

four recipients of the Rogers State University Foundation, Foreman Faulkner Scholarship Endowment and one recipient of the newly formed Imogene King Crutchfield Scholarship. Join us in congratulating these outstanding students and wishing them success in their academic endeavors.

The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club will also be hosting our annual “Hats off to Will Rogers” birthday celebration, and wreath laying ceremony at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum in Claremore, OK on Nov. 6, 2021. Mark your calendars. For more information contact Ollie at 918760-7499. Introducing the Board of Directors for 2021, President Cray Bauxmont-Flynn, Vice President Steve McClellan, Secretary/ Treasurer Clarice Doyle, and members Steven Burrus and Kay McSpadden. The Board of Directors is focusing on the Club’s mission. They will be working on strategy, helping us set goals and objectives, overseeing programs and activities, and steering our organization toward a sustainable future.

Our club strives to keep our traditions alive and moving into the future. We are the caretakers of our culture, our heritage and our community.

Thank you to Cherokee Nation Businesses, to Cherokee Nation Community & Cultural Outreach Program, to the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits, to the Oklahoma Arts Council and to the many individuals who support, encourage and help us achieve our goals and bring cultural awareness to our community.

For more information contact Ollie Starr at 918-760-7499 or olliecstarr@ gmail.com, Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club, P.O. Box 3252, Claremore, OK 74018 or visit our website www.indianwpc.org.

2021 Newly Elected Board of Directors

Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club

P.O. BOX 3252 | CLAREMORE, OK (918) 402-3057 | WWW.INDIANWPC.ORG EMAIL: JENNYPENNY1977@GMAIL.COM