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Tribal Assistance (TAP)

 

Tribal Assistance Program

The 10% Social Services program is to provide assistance once a year to tribal members. This program runs on fiscal years (not calendar years). Fiscal years run October 1st to September 31st. This program is on a first come first serve basis until all funds are exhausted. Please request an application from the Social Services Department or download it on our website.

• ASSISTANCE

o Clothing $100
o Food $90
o Utilities $150 (must attach utility bill with application)
 
 
• HEALTH Must submit an invoice with application if you want assistance with health:

o Glasses $200
o Dentures $400
o Hearing Aid $400
 
 
• EDUCATION Must submit a copy of diploma with application to receive the monetary award for graduating:

o High School $60
o College $150
 
 

• BURIAL ASSISTANCE Is for burial expenses and/or marker or monument. The Delaware Nation pays up to $5,500. The application for burial assistance must be received by tribal office within 90 days of tribal members death, please submit the following documents:

o Invoice of funeral home costs
o Death Certificate

Burial Assistance Application

Delaware Nation Oklahoma
2/22/2012 2:29:14 PM
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We, the Delaware Nation, whose aboriginal name is Lenape or Lenni-Lenape, also known as the Grandfathers, is the oldest known Nation in the Northern Hemisphere, aboriginally inhabiting the Eastern Seaboard of North America, the first indigenous Nation to treat with the United States of America (September 17, 1778, 7 Statute 13: Brotherton Reservation), consummating a total of one (1) treaty with the United States of America and descending from the Cape Girardeau Spanish Land Grant Area, invoking the guidance of the Almighty Creator with faith in the purposes of our Supreme Being, with pride in our ancient heritage and with the determination to promote, through our united effort, the general well-being of our Nation and to secure unto our Nation and Nation’s descendants the rights, powers and privileges provided by the laws of the Delaware Nation and the laws of the United States of America.