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Tribal, Mohican Nation (Stockbridge-Munsee Band)

STOCKBRIDGE-MUNSEE BAND OF THE MOHICAN NATION -  The Stockbridge-Munsee are descended from Algonkian-speaking Indians, primarily Mohicans (also spelled Mahican or Mahikan, but not to be confused with the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut) and Munsee Delawares, who migrated from New York, Pennsylvania, and New England to Wisconsin in the 1820s and 1830s.  The Stockbridge originally lived in western Massachusetts and moved to north central New York between 1783 and 1786 to form a new Christian community near the Oneida.

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Tribal, Quapaw of Oklahoma

QUAPAW TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA -  The Quapaw tribe (known as Ugahxpa in their own language) are descended from a historical group of Dhegian-Siouan speaking people who lived in the lower Ohio River valley area. The modern descendants of this group also include the Omaha, Ponca, Osage and Kaw.

Veteran, Disabled American (DAV)

DISABLED AMERICAN VETERAN (DAV) -  The Disabled American Veterans, or DAV, is an organization chartered by the United States Congress for disabled military veterans of the United States Armed Forces that helps them and their families through various means.  It currently has nearly 1.3 million members.  The organization's seal has since its foundation featured a World War I soldier, armed, kneeling before Columbia, who dubs the man knight. The logo design was taken from certificates used in World War I for sick and wounded veterans.

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City Council Special Meeting

The City of Grove Council will hold a Special Meeting at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 in Room 5, Community Center, 104 W. 3rd Street, Grove, OK .

Tribal, Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma

WYANDOTTE NATION TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA -  The Wyandotte Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Oklahoma.  They are descendants of the Wendat Confederacy and Native Americans with territory near Georgian Bay and Lake Huron.  Under pressure from Iroquois and other tribes, then from European settlers and the United States government, the tribe gradually moved south and west to Ohio, Michigan, Kansas and finally Oklahoma in the United States.

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United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol

U. S. AIR FORCE AUXILIARY CIVIL AIR PATROL - In the late 1930s, more than 150,000 volunteers with a love for aviation argued for an organization to put their planes and flying skills to use in defense of their country.   As a result, the Civil Air Patrol was born one week prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.   Thousands of volunteer members answered America's call to national service and sacrifice by accepting and performing critical wartime missions.

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Tribal, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma

SEMINOLE NATION OF OKLAHOMA TRIBE -  The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma is a federally recognized Native American tribe based in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.  It is the largest of the three federally recognized Seminole governments, which include the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.  Its members are descendants of the 3,000 Seminoles who were forcibly removed from Florida to Indian Territory (Oklahoma), along with 800 Black Seminoles, after the Second Seminole War.

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Tribal, Seneca-Cayuga Nation

SENECA-CAYUGA TRIBE -  The Seneca–Cayuga Nation is one of three federally recognized tribes of Seneca people in the United States.  It includes the Cayuga people and is based in Oklahoma, United States.  The tribe had more than 5,000 people in 2011.  They have a tribal jurisdictional area in the northeast corner of Oklahoma and are headquartered in Grove.   They are descended from Iroquoian peoples who had relocated to Ohio from New York in the mid-18th century.

Tribal, Otoe-Missouria

OTOE-MISSOURIA TRIBE -  The Otoe, or Oto, and Missouria, or Missouri, tribes both originated in the Great Lakes region.  They are thought, along with the Ho-Chunk and Iowa tribes, to have once been a single tribe.  In the 16th century, the Iowa, Otoe, and Missouria broke away from that tribe and moved to the south and west.  By the late 17th century, the Missouria had settled near the Missouri and Grand Rivers in Missouri.

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Tribal, Osage Nation

OSAGE NATION TRIBE - The Osage Nation was originally named Ni-u-kon-ska (“People of the Middle Waters”), is a Midwestern Native American tribe of the Great Plains who historically ruled much of Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas.

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