Post by blackcrowheart on Oct 31, 2006 10:34:28 GMT -5
Indian Affairs panel gets five additions
Four of the five new members to the Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs are recognized by the Commission’s Vice Chair Keith Colston, Department of Human Resources Secretary Christopher McCabe and General Assembly members during the Accohannock Indian Tribe’s “Pau-Wau” at Bending Water Park near Marion Station in Somerset County. Pictured are, Mr. Colston, left, Del. Addie Eckardt, Guy Wells of Denton, Del. Jeannie Haddaway, Sen. Rich Colburn, Kathryn Fitzhugh of Elliott Island, Thomas Windsor of Prince George’s County, David Holland of Crisfield and Secretary McCabe. Absent is Auriel Fenwick, also of Prince George’s County. Special to the Daily Banner/Richard Crumbacker
By Richard Crumbacker, Special to the Daily Banner
MARION STATION — The Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs has five new members appointed by Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. The formal announcement was made Sunday at Bending Water Park here during the 13th annual Healing of All Nations Pau-Wau hosted by the Accohannock Indian Tribe.
“This is an important day to the Indian people,” said Accohannock Chief Rudy “Laughing Otter” Hall, noting the appointees will “represent our views and recognize the Indian people in Maryland.”
Christopher J. McCabe, secretary of the Department of Human Resources named the appointees following “grand entry” ceremonies. They are Kathryn E. Robbins Fitzhugh of Elliott Island, a member of the American Indian Nause-Waiwash Band of Indians, Inc.; Guy Wells, of Cherokee heritage and a resident of Denton; David Holland Cullen of Crisfield, representing the Accohannock Tribe; and Prince George’s County residents Auriel A. Fenwick and Thomas W. Windsor II, both of the Piscataway Conoy Tribe.
Sen. Rich Colburn recommended the appointees from Dorchester and Caroline counties and presented them Senate resolutions in their honor. Sen. Colburn said when he was a delegate in the 1980s he sponsored legislation to recognize tribes in Maryland, but none of them have passed that legal hurdle. Factionalism within some of the tribes could be one explanation for this, one commission member suggested.
“Recognition: That’s first,” said Ms. Fitzhugh. “Then we will go from there.”
Also welcoming four of the new appointees who attended the “pau-wau” were Delegates Jeanne Haddaway and Addie Eckardt.
Keith Colston of Baltimore, a member of the Tuscarora-Lumbee Tribe and vice-chair of the Commission on Indian Affairs, said the commission represents seven major tribes in Maryland.
The Commission on Indian Affairs is housed in the Department of Human Resources along with the Governor’s Commission on Hispanic Affairs, Governor’s Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs and the Maryland Commission for Women.
“I am delighted to welcome the new commissioners to DHR,” Mr. McCabe said. And Gov. Ehrlich said this group of commissioners brings “remarkable energy and passion … in ensuring that the concerns of Maryland’s Native American communities are heard and addressed.”
The Commission on Indian Affairs was created in 1976 by the General Assembly to represent and serve the state’s American Indian community. Previously housed in the Department of Housing and Community Development, in 2005 the commission was transferred by legislation to the DHR.
Four of the five new members to the Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs are recognized by the Commission’s Vice Chair Keith Colston, Department of Human Resources Secretary Christopher McCabe and General Assembly members during the Accohannock Indian Tribe’s “Pau-Wau” at Bending Water Park near Marion Station in Somerset County. Pictured are, Mr. Colston, left, Del. Addie Eckardt, Guy Wells of Denton, Del. Jeannie Haddaway, Sen. Rich Colburn, Kathryn Fitzhugh of Elliott Island, Thomas Windsor of Prince George’s County, David Holland of Crisfield and Secretary McCabe. Absent is Auriel Fenwick, also of Prince George’s County. Special to the Daily Banner/Richard Crumbacker
By Richard Crumbacker, Special to the Daily Banner
MARION STATION — The Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs has five new members appointed by Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. The formal announcement was made Sunday at Bending Water Park here during the 13th annual Healing of All Nations Pau-Wau hosted by the Accohannock Indian Tribe.
“This is an important day to the Indian people,” said Accohannock Chief Rudy “Laughing Otter” Hall, noting the appointees will “represent our views and recognize the Indian people in Maryland.”
Christopher J. McCabe, secretary of the Department of Human Resources named the appointees following “grand entry” ceremonies. They are Kathryn E. Robbins Fitzhugh of Elliott Island, a member of the American Indian Nause-Waiwash Band of Indians, Inc.; Guy Wells, of Cherokee heritage and a resident of Denton; David Holland Cullen of Crisfield, representing the Accohannock Tribe; and Prince George’s County residents Auriel A. Fenwick and Thomas W. Windsor II, both of the Piscataway Conoy Tribe.
Sen. Rich Colburn recommended the appointees from Dorchester and Caroline counties and presented them Senate resolutions in their honor. Sen. Colburn said when he was a delegate in the 1980s he sponsored legislation to recognize tribes in Maryland, but none of them have passed that legal hurdle. Factionalism within some of the tribes could be one explanation for this, one commission member suggested.
“Recognition: That’s first,” said Ms. Fitzhugh. “Then we will go from there.”
Also welcoming four of the new appointees who attended the “pau-wau” were Delegates Jeanne Haddaway and Addie Eckardt.
Keith Colston of Baltimore, a member of the Tuscarora-Lumbee Tribe and vice-chair of the Commission on Indian Affairs, said the commission represents seven major tribes in Maryland.
The Commission on Indian Affairs is housed in the Department of Human Resources along with the Governor’s Commission on Hispanic Affairs, Governor’s Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs and the Maryland Commission for Women.
“I am delighted to welcome the new commissioners to DHR,” Mr. McCabe said. And Gov. Ehrlich said this group of commissioners brings “remarkable energy and passion … in ensuring that the concerns of Maryland’s Native American communities are heard and addressed.”
The Commission on Indian Affairs was created in 1976 by the General Assembly to represent and serve the state’s American Indian community. Previously housed in the Department of Housing and Community Development, in 2005 the commission was transferred by legislation to the DHR.