History of the Trust: Continued
On October 27, 1990: An agreement was blessed and sealed by the Cheyenne Traditional Pipe Smoking Ceremony at Long Dale, Oklahoma between Eric Mitts, Attorney-At-Law, for the Derryberry Law Firm and the Cheyenne Arrow Keeper, William Red Hat, Sr., the Blue Sky Keeper. Bill Red Hat Jr., explained the seriousness of the Cheyenne Traditional Pipe Smoking Ceremony by saying that the terms of the agreement as spoken or presented in written form are blessed and sealed, and if anyone had an objection to any specific part or portion of this agreement, they should have objected before it was blessed and sealed by the Traditional Pipe Smoking Ceremony, no one objected or disapproved of the agreement, all agreed and supported all of the terms of the agreement by signing as a witness on the agreement or the ratification in support of the agreement. Below are the terms of the agreement, written or oral, that were blessed and sealed by the Pipe Smoking Ceremony and cannot be changed according to Cheyenne Traditional Law. 1. Confirmed the Contingency Attorney Fee Agreement with the law firm of Derryberry, Quiglefp Parrish, Solomon and Blankenship as the Attorneys for the Sand Creek Descendants through the Board of Directors of the Sand Creek Cheyenne Descendants Band, 2. Designated this Board of Directors of the Sand Creek Cheyenne Descendants Band as the authorized representatives for the Sand Creek Descendants. 3. Designated Homer Flute as the official contact person between the descendants and the Descendants a n d the Law Firm.. On January11,1991, this same agreement with the same terms and conditions of October 27, 1990, was blessed and sealed once more by the Traditional Pipe Smoking Ceremony at Long Dale, Oklahoma with Larry Derryberry and Lawrerce Blankenship, of the Derryberry law firm and Cheyenne Arrow Keeper, William Red Hat, Sr.
May 3, 1991: Cheyenne Arrow Keeper, William Red Hat, Sr. blessed the re-enactment of the Sand Creek Massacre at the 60th Annual American Indian Exposition Pageant at Anadarko, Oklahoma.
May 4, 1991: In a Sand Creek Massacre Descendants in Moore Community Center in Moore, Ok., to amend the Constitution and By-laws to conform to the IRS regulations. In an unexpected twist of events Mr. Cometsevah attempted to take over the Trust by taking a racial position that conflicted with the Trust, concerning who can qualify as a Sand Creek descendant. Mr. Cometsevah was adamant that Arapaho, Northern Cheyenne and other tribe could not qualify as descendants (Cheyenne only). The Trust’s position was that a Sand Creek Descendant is anyone who had one or more ancestors present at the Sand Creek massacre in 1864 and can provide creditable documentation proving descended from one of the victims of the massacre is a descendant. Mr. Cometsevah became estranged from the Trust, and recanted and disavowed his previous support and association with the Trust on this date.
May 1991: The IRS granted the Sand Creek Massacre Descendants Irrevocable Trust exemption status as a Native American non-profit organization under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code where contributions to the Trust are deductible as provided by the IRS code.
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