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Chief Jerry Douglas

Chief Jerry L. Douglas has been proudly serving the tribe since 1992, and has held the position of Chief since January 2006. His history with the tribe has been one of service to all tribal members. He has served as Assistant Chief since 2002. During his many years he has served on the Trust Board, Land Management Committee, Delaware Indian News Committee, Tribal Operations Committee, Reinvestment Committee, Health Board and as a Chelsea Boys & Girls Club Board Member. He has been a tribal representative on the Grand Gateway Board and is currently serving on the Education Committee, Economic Development Committee,  and on the Claremore Indian Hospital Board. He is also the president of Delaware Enterprise Authority, the tribes newly formed authority to handle the tribes businesses which will provide a stable environment to promote business growth. His dedication to the tribe and its members is evident.

Chief Douglas is the son of the late Bertha (Ketchum) Douglas and grandson of John Redmond Ketchum. He grew up around the Winganon and Chelsea areas and currently resides in  Bartlesville. He has served his country and is a veteran of the United States Air Force. He has one son, Jeremy Shane and two grandsons of which he is very proud. He feels that we should leave a  strong legacy to the children, as they are the future of our tribe and take care of our elders as they are the history keepers from which the children can learn of our ancestors.

Chief Douglas is a retired  computer programmer. He attended Tulsa Junior College and the Oklahoma School of Accounting.

Chief Douglas may be contacted by email at jldouglas2005@yahoo.com

Assistant Chief Wayne Stull

Assistant Chief Wayne Stull has been serving the tribe since 2002 when he was asked to fill a vacated seat on the Trust Board. He was re-elected to that position in 2005 and has been serving as a  Tribal Council member since 2003. He serves as Chair of the Economic Development Committee, Chair of  the Delaware Enterprise Corporation, Assistant Chair of the Delaware Enterprise Authority. He has also served as a member of the Health Board and Personnel Committees. He believes that the tribe needs to have a strong and stable platform for business enterprise and growth so that a strong legacy can be left to our tribes young and care given to our elder tribal members.

He is a successful business man, owning several smoke shops, mail order and ebay businesses. He is a veteran as he served in the Army Reserves. He grew up in the Bartlesville-Dewey area and has lived here most of his life. He has been married to his wife Joyce for over 35 years and  has one stepson, Mark and one granddaughter. He is the son of A. E. “Gene” & Bonita (Winn) Stull, and the grandson of Clem Winn.

He has attended OSU and NSU. As a businessman he is a member of the North East Oklahoma Better Business Bureau, Native American Chamber of Commerce, Vice President of the Tobacco Retailers Alliance of Oklahoma and the National Association of Tobacco Outlets. Wayne has been a longtime advocate of Native American Rights and Tribal Sovereignty.

Assistant Chief Wayne Stull may be contacted by email at w_stull2006@yahoo.com

The leadership of the tribe is one of Honesty and Integrity. They are available to all tribal members and welcome ideas and suggestions. They feel that all tribal members are important and valuable, regardless of where they live. They are striving to bring growth and prosperity back to our great tribe.

  Trust Board Chairman  Raymond M. Cline

Trust Board Chairman, Raymond M. Cline has served the tribe for over 18 years both as a volunteer and as an elected official all the while having the best interests of the tribe and its members in his heart. Over the years he has not only served the tribe but the community as well. He is the President of the Nowata County Historical Society, Museum and Glass Mansion (a private house Museum); Chairman of the Nowata Educational Endowment Foundation; Chairman of the Nowata Chamber Industrial Foundation; Museum for the Shenandoah Valley. He was awarded the Chamber Business Man of the Year in 1993 and was honored by Tribal Resolution and Chief Lewis Ketchum in 1993 for his work and dedication to the Delaware Tribe. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the City County Library Committee.  As Chairman of the Industrial Foundation he was instrumental in acquiring the location for the new Cherokee Nation Nowata Indian Clinic which provides medical services to our Delaware Tribal members. He has been a steward of the safekeeping of the trust-funds, during the years under his watch the Trust Board has always received a clean audit of the funds. This has been of great importance to him, as this is was the funding set aside for the future of our tribe by those that came before us.  He proudly served our country and was in the Army from 1970 to 1972 and then with the Oklahoma National Guard for several years.

 Raymond is the son of Shirley M (Secondine) Hutton and the late James R (Bob) Hutton and the late Michael N Cline. The grandson of Charles & Minnie (Parker) Secondine and Ben & Dora C (Sanders) Cline. He has one brother Eddie L Cline, a half sister Kathy A (Cline) Parrett and a half brother Harold D Cline. He is extremely proud of his Delaware heritage.

 He realizes that the Trust Board and the Tribal Council must work together towards the goals set for them and proudly serves the tribe as a Tribal Council member. He feels that the restoration of our federal recognition is of the greatest importance, as well as the efforts to complete our economic development projects so that we can provide services, jobs and education to our tribal members regardless of where they live.