EVANS RAY SATEPAUHOODLE, 76, passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2008 in the Skiatook Nursing Home.
Evans Ray Satepauhoodle, more commonly known as E.R., made his home in Hominy, Oklahoma, 48 years ago. He was married to the late Genevieve (G.B.) Oberly for 44 years. They have 5 children and 6 grandchildren. His daughters Angela, Charisse and Lynette have their Bachelor Degrees and excel in competition dancing. Sons Silas and Craig also have their Bachelor Degrees and are champion dancers as well as gifted athletes. Grandchildren include Michael, Alexandria, Talon, Cher, Sam and the caboose - Amos, more commonly known as "A".
4/4 Kiowa, Evans started singing at the age of 6, "I was taught by my Uncle Jasper Doyah who is now deceased." Jasper Clark is actually named after him.
His Kiowa Indian name "Doyah-ohn-moy", has a great deal of meaning "Good Medicine". The name was handed down to him by his grandfather. Evan's ancestral linage was a famous Kiowa leader, instrumental in signing the Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867. He is known in our history books as Satank (Sitting Bear).
Formerly of Carnegie, Oklahoma (Kiowa Nation) in Caddo County, E.R. served in the U.S. 7th Army in Germany, Europe from 1954-56 during the Korean Conflict. His professional career for the past 30 years has been working with Indian youth in the field of "Indian Education" as a teacher, coach, counselor and administrator. Evans was one of the first Indians in southwestern Oklahoma to complete a History/Physical Ed. Degree Program through an All-Conference Football Athletic Scholarship at Panhandle State University, 1950-54. He earned his Masters of Education Degree at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. His sports and athletics honors include member of: 1949 Notice Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the Western District of Oklahoma, Elk City; 1951-57-59 Oklahoma All-Indian All-Star Fast Pitch Softball Team of Indian Canyon, Ft. Cobb, Oklahoma; 1955 U.S. 7th Army All-Star Football Team, Germany, Europe, All-American Halfback from Brown University. He participated in the 1959 International Softball Congress Tournament, Long Beach, CA. He was invited to the 1961 Pro-Football Camp of the Boston Patriots.
E.R. is widely known as an educator and completed his teaching profession in 1989. He currently worked as a Cultural Preservationist. Most recently his work was been in the development and teaching of a Kiowa language curriculum to encourage tribal members as well as others to learn to speak the language, thereby preserving the Kiowa heritage.
Mr. Satepauhoodle had many honors, the most significant is being mentioned in M. Gridley's 1972 edition of Indians of Today book. He is one of the founders of the "Indian Education Act of 1972", while employed by the Oklahoma University - Consultative Center - Southwestern Human Relations Center at Norman, OK from 1967-69. Evans was a member of the Oklahoma Education Association, Oklahoma Coaches Association, National Indian Education Association and Oklahoma Council of Indian Education. He has been in the Indian Coordinator Directorship at Tulsa, Union, Fairfax, and retired from Bartlesville Public Schools. He also coached at Texhoma, OK; Pine Ridge, SD; Hugoton, KS; and Kiefer, OK Public Schools. E.R. was the 1988 NIEA Conference Pow-wow Coordinator.
Among his credits, E.R. was a member of the original Kiowa Gourd Clan, Native American Church, Kiowa Black Leggings Society Advisor, and one of two original O-ho-mah War Dance Society singers. Max Waterhorse is the other one. And he was still in good standing with a life long membership with the Goodah (49) of Oklahoma.
He participated in a film that described the evolution theory of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma. It has been placed in the Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Museum.
Evans Ray truly has a traditional family and background, they all dance and sing, participating and helping in one way or another. His parents were Nellie Doyah and Sam Evan Satepauhoodle. He has one brother, Cletus Don of Carnegie and three additional daughters, Tracey, Sloan and Quinn, and four additional grandchildren, Brandon, Julia Sonny and Acey. He has many cohns, saygees, pbahbees and a wealth of friends.
Evans commented, "I encourage our Indian youth to keep our traditions, customs and beliefs as long as possible. Get an education to better yourselves, and be forever law fearing and God fearing." These words coming from our brother is good and solid advice.
E.R. will lie in state at the Red Buffalo Hall in Caregie, OK until Thursday afternoon. He will then be brought to the Indian Village Community Center at Hominy, Oklahoma to lie in state. Services will be conducted at the Center on Saturday, February 16, at 10:00 AM. Interment will follow in the A.J. Powell Cemetery at Hominy.
McCartney's Johnson Funeral Home of Pawhuska in charge of arrangements.
thates i just found out about my bo bee's spritural journey trip this date 10/17/08 . very thankful for his being a great part of my time on this mother earth. just me
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Posted by: dennis d cannon sr | October 17, 2008 at 03:43 PM
thates i just found out about my bo bee's spritural journey trip this date 10/17/08 . very thankful for his being a great part of my time on this mother earth. just me
abbs little bub D D
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