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| Volume XXIII Number 14 | October 18, 2002 |
Brighton Indian Day
BRIGHTON - On Sept. 27, the Brighton Indian Day celebration began just before the crack of dawn with sign-ups for the gigging contest and 5-K walk-run event.The 5-K event started at 6:00 a.m. in the field office parking lot. The competitors walked down to the driving range and back, leisure walkers were welcome.
Other Tribal members participated in the gigging contest. The rules for the gigging contest were to bank fish only, and fishing was limited to the reservation in limited areas. The competition was graded on the biggest and longest Gar or Mudfish.
Polly and Billy Walker, who caught a three-pound garfish, had the biggest catch until Kevin Tommie came back in with a four-pound garfish.
At 10:00 a.m., the Brighton Reservation Indian Day events began with the Seniors Citizen Art Contest.
The Brighton seniors have been attending art painting classes every Thursday at 12:30 p.m., a special display of colorful hand-painted pictures and wood carvings were set up under a chickee pavilion.
At 11:00 a.m., the judging began for the Rez Car Show. Debbie Carter's 1990 steel blue Silverado was looking good and hard to beat.
No Indian Day celebration would be complete without a Pumpkin Bread Contest. This was a women only contest.
The basic ingredients were provided (pumpkin, grease, flour and sugar). The participants had to provide their own special ingredients and the cooking was done at the culture ground over an open fire.
Judging was based on the bread’s overall appearance, taste and consistency. The Archery contest had a little trouble getting started. They tried to give everyone a practice round, but the rain started coming down and stopped the event.
They set up in the rodeo arena, and as soon as they were ready, the rain stopped. Everyone was provided with longbows, the big winner was Sidney Gore.
In the pole peeling contest, there were men and women’s categories. In the women’s category, it was a close race. The contest was a timed event, which Ethel Gopher peeled in to top speed for first place.
Inside the rodeo arena, there were Box and Gopher Turtle Races. At first, there was one gold turtle. The next thing you know, all of the turtles were gold, except for one, which had red polka dots on it’s back.
If you thought the fumes from the paint would keep the turtles from walking straight, think again. Brighton Board Representative Alex Johns painted his box turtle gold from head to toe, and it ran all the way to the finish line for first place.
The last contest was the Horse Race, which took place behind the culture grounds. This race had men and women divisions, enter at your own risk and participants had to ride bareback.
In the first stretch, Alex Johns was in the lead, until his horse jumped into a large water puddle, leaving Johns in the mud.
Koty Brugh and Sidney Gore passed him by, running neck and neck on the back stretch for a tie win.
In the women’s division, Emma Browd kept a short lead in front of the rest of the riders throughout the race.
Brighton Indian Day was very entertaining, a lot of fun and was sponsored by Councilman John Wayne Huff, Sr.
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