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Obituaries Janelle YokesuiteMowatt
Mowatt Janelle Yokesuite-Mowatt, 83, of Cache went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, September 6, with her loving family by her side. Funeral service was at Comanche Nation Funeral Home Chapel with Tina Baker officiating. Burial with military honors followed at Cache Creek KCA Cemetery west of Apache under the direction of Comanche Nation Funeral Home. Prayer service was at Comanche Nation Funeral Home on Thursday, September 8. Mowatt was born to Henry Lookingglass and Lilly Yokesuite at
the Kiowa Indian Hospital in Lawton. She graduated from Fort Sill Indian School and attended Cameron College, Durant College and also attended school in San Jose, California. She was a proud member of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma and also Sherwood Tsotigh Memorial UMC in Cache. Mowatt enlisted in the US Marine Corps Reserve in Oklahoma City on 30 April 1954 and served until 13 May 1955 earning the rank of Private. She completed her Boot Training at Parris Island Marine Corps Training Depot, South Carolina. After her Boot Training she was sent, by train, to Camp Pendleton, California and assigned to the Base Exchange. She also drove for the Base Commander. She was awarded the National Defense Service Medal. Mowatt was member of the first all Women’s Veterans Color Guard in 2009 carried the colors at Homecoming in Walters. Members also included: LTC Rhonda Williams, SPC Eleanor McDaniel, SGT Laura Phillips, and SSG Jerri Locklear. Mowatt enjoyed going to Powwows, listening to Comanche hymns, reading, dancing at Powwows, she often made fry bread for the Comanche tribe, Comanche Fair, and the Shunkamolah family at Hominy PowWow and she also adhered to Comanche ways and felt strongly about passing these traditions on to all her kids. She was a mother of
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many to the students at Ft. Sill Indian School, Riverside Indian School and Concho Indian School and also to many others who were friends or close to her kids or family. She really enjoyed lending a helping hand to any one that needed her. She carried a strong mind and was simply a beautiful soul. Mowatt is survived by: three children, Michael Yokesuite; Virgie and Rick Komahcheet, both of Cache; and Teresa “Patty” Bright of Lawton; a brother, Carleton Kopaddy of Cordell; 3 sisters, Luella Lumbert of Lawton; Winifred Sovo of Lawton, and Brenda Asheington of Lawton; her grandchildren: Jenifer Komahcheet, T.J. Mowatt, Ashley Mowatt Schreutem, Trevor Bright, and Gaenelle Tahah; great grand kids: Jacob and Julia Tahah, Karissa and Kamille Komahcheet, and Aiyana, Marcus, Tasia, Naima, and JaShon Mowatt and plenty other family members and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents: Henry Lookingglass and Lilly Yokesuite; Marie Yokesuite Haumpy Deloris Yokesuite Kawaykla, Rose Atauvich Yokesuite and Pearl Atauvich, sisters to Lilly Yokesuite, Their dad was Baldwin Yokesuite and mother to Lilly, Rose and Pearl was Ella Poafpybitty; two brothers Donnie Yokesuite and Sammy Kopaddy, and two sisters Lillian Yokesuite Simmons and Sandra Yokesuite Davis.
Dear TCNN
Mark 9:47 “...And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes be cast into hell fire.”
Translated to the Comanche Language
“piarüahatsa sümü’oyetü kohtoompüma ta na’ona’aihkatu’ika [tüasü sümü’oyetü navehkapü God-ha ta uhtu’ena onama na’ona’aihkatu’ika]” -From the Book Mark-ha Tsaatu Narumu’ipu (The Gospel of Mark in Comanche and English Copyright 1958
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Letters to the Editor Dear TCNN
We are an all youth basketball team called SWOK Madness. We are from the Southwest area of Oklahoma and are all in high school in the surrounding areas. Our team consist of enrolled tribal members and nonIndian players. I am the coach and my wife is the coordinator/ Assistance Coach. The team was formed on the idea of the children that are playing high school ball don’t have the opportunity to start and to better their skills while in school. This is your chance to play against other players and get better. And some of our kids have improve for the next level (College). We have had three successful seasons with our boys and now some have graduated and move on to their next level. We have spots to fill with the next player and of course the parents. Parents we only ask if you chooses to have your son play is that you help with fund raisers for the boys. So if you want to have the chance to play basketball during the summer contact me. 580-585-8767 or 580-647-9016. Ages are from 9th to 12th graders. Brian Wahnee SWOK Madness Dear TCNN, RESPECT. I attended a funeral on 13 August in Apache and again noticed some things I consider inappropriate. Since 2002 I have attended about 250 funerals with the majority being funerals for our veterans and the rest being family and friends. That’s a lot of funerals. What I have noticed over years is the attire that many people wear and their conduct at these funerals. Funerals to me, is a solemn time for the deceased and their family.
Growing up with my grandparents I was taught you wear your “Sunday Best” when attending funerals and you paid attention during the service. My grandfather always wore a beaded tie, a long sleeve shirt and dress pants and my grandmother always wore a dress. What I see nowadays is a large number the men and boys wearing baggy shorts or even cutoffs or sweat pants, t-shirts, some with the sleeves cut off and the women and girls with short shorts or baggy shorts and tank tops. I see a lot people with cell phones “texting” during the services or visiting and sometimes babies crying to the point you can’t hear what is being said. I’ve been to a few non-Indian funerals and never seen what I’ve described above. Maybe it’s okay to wear whatever, to stay on your phone throughout the service, to even visit during the service. I know it wasn’t during my grandparent’s lifetime and have taught my children and grandchildren what is proper, to me, at funerals. Lanny Asepermy Comanche Veteran/Tribal Member Dear TCNN, On September 30, 2015, I, Herbert Strunk, Chairman of Steuben Unit: Prince Solms von Braunfels.,a chapter of the oldest German-American organization: the Steuben Society of America, along with his secretary/ treasurer, Richard Odorfer, presented a plaque to Charlotte McCurtain, Director of Vocational Rehabilitation. The purpose of our presentation, which was encouraged by the Steuben Council in New York, was to thank the descendants of the noble Comanche Nation for the brave and generous help their forefathers afforded German immigrants desper-
ately seeking land for sustenance in the 1840’s. From the tribal members in attendance who witnessed the presentation was a friendly appreciation. Numerous German-Americans still remember, and will always be grateful for the generosity, and help of Chief Santana, Chief Old Owl, and the noble Lords of the Plains during that dangerous time of suffering for German Immigrants. Herbert Strunk
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COMANCHE INTERN AT STATE CAPITOL. Harrison L. Guy is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Oklahoma City University and serving an internship with Secretary of State Chris Benge at the State Capitol Building.ABOVE: Oklahoma Governor, Mary Fallon, is flanked with Benge and Guy, Guy is a member of the Comanche Nation and also Apache, Tlingit, and Caddo Tribes. He is a 2nd degree black belt in Pok Dok Suri Mixed Martial Arts, and was inducted into Martial Artist Hall of Fame in Frederick, Maryland in 2007. He is also an Eagle Scout and a member of St. Andrews Catholic Church in Moore, Okla. Guy is the son of Lyman and Lavina Guy of Oklahoma City, Okla. Guy graduated from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in Chickasha in December of 2015, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music.