Eleanor McDaniel Candidate for Comanche Tribal Chairman Ready to Serve the Comanche People! …
Eleanor McDaniel of Cache, Oklahoma is a full blood member of the Comanche Nation. Pat and Eleanor McDaniel have been married for 29 years. Their son Anthony is a senior at Cameron University. Her daughter Debra Tiddark resides in Lawton. Eleanor is a retired disabled veteran. She has worked for Comanche Nation in a number of positions such as Tribal Administrator, Bingo Manger, PIO/Newsletter Editor and Election Board Member. She has served as Cache JOM Parent Committee President for 12 years. She served 10 years in the US Army and is a veteran of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm where she served on a five man weapons and ammunitions disposal team. She is a Gulf war syndrome and cancer survivor. She served on the United States President’s Panel on Cancer and served as a volunteer with the American Cancer Society. She serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the Comanche Nation Cancer Navigation Program. She is a member of the Comanche Indian Veterans Association and has served as an officer for the past 19 years working to honor all veterans. She is currently serving as the President of the Women Veterans of Oklahoma, Lawton Ft Sill Chapter. Eleanor’s parents are Rose Yokesuite and Ray Niedo. Her grandparents are Baldwin Yokesuite and Ella Poafpybitty and Joe Niedo and We-yi-yu-suh. Eleanor is a direct descendent of Chief Whitewolf and Comanche Medicine Woman Sanapia (Sah-nah-peeh-uh), David and Chappy Poafpybitty, Mary Poafpybitty, Chief Iron Mountain and Chief Little Raven. She especially appreciates the love and support of her aunts Opal Gore and Maudine Poafpybitty Kennedy. As an artist Eleanor’s work includes beadwork, silverwork, buckskin dresses, moccasins, ceremonial gourds and fans, dolls and Comanche baby cradleboards and other traditional regalia. She has written and produced a Comanche Hymn book and CD called “A Comanche Legacy”. Eleanor currently offers classes in beadwork, moccasin making and other traditional arts and crafts. Her work as an artist is her way to preserve the traditional ways that were handed down to her by her parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents and great grandparents.
