Deborah Pickering Has Walked On: Memorial Celebration Planned In Iowa

A memorial celebration for former Brothertown Peacemaker Debbie Pickering, will be held July 27, from 1 to 4 PM, at the Courtyard by Marriott, 901 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa. If you can attend, please contact Steve Bissell here who is coordinating the event.

View more about Debbie’s life and obituary here…

Deborah (Debbie) Pickering (Cedar Rapids, IA) passed on May 28, 2024.  Debbie will be missed and remembered by many. For those not familiar with her, a brief summary of her involvement with the tribe is below:

• Debbie was a close friend of many and relished speaking to others about her Brothertown heritage. As an educator/PHD college professor, she spent much of her life in the Midwest, but made a point of being involved and supportive of the Tribe.
• She helped organize the Brotherton Circle.
• The Brothertown recognition petition to the BIA included Debbie’s interviews with Chair June Ezold, Rudi Ottery, Caroline Ander, and Madeline Crowe.
• Debbie was also one of our first modern-day Peacemakers
• She routinely volunteered for things like homecoming, grants, the Progeny initiative, and our first tribal trip to Connecticut and NY lands (1999).

Read Debbie’s report about the tribe’s first group trip to New England and New York in the 1999 Brothertown September Quarterly Report here.

From a grateful Brothertown Tribal Family, all our hearts and feelings are with Debbie’s family and friends at this difficult time.

Dakota saying: “We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.”