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Comanche Fair
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Comanche Code Talkers
APACHE ARTIST -
Allan Houser
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Contents:
ON OUR COVER | COMANCHE FAIR TIPIS | GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION BY LISA SNELL
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COMANCHE FAIR
Annual event in Lawton
continues to grow each
and every year
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CODE OF HONOR
Museum exhibit honors
Comanche Code talkers
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FINGER WEAVING
Wisey Narcomey, Seminole, tells us
how it’s done
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CHEROKEE ARTIST
Southern Plains Museum features contemporary
artist Roy Boney
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HOMECOMING WINNER
Virginia Stroud wins at
Cherokee Art Show
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TRIBAL GAMING
NATIVE EVENTS
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ATTRACTIONS GUIDE
ART & SHOPPING GUIDE
TRIBAL DIRECTORY
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ALLAN HOUSER
State museums honor Apache sculptor,
Allan Houser
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Comanche Nation Fair Sept. 27-29
JOLENE SCHONCHIN
Comanche
The 22nd Annual Comanche
Nation Fair, held at the headquarters
of the Comanche Nation in Lawton,
Okla. is not only a celebration of the
culture of the proud Numunu people,
but an opportunity for the tribe to
give back to the local communities
through an array of free events for all
to enjoy. Employees of the Comanche
Nation donate their weekend to run
the fair and all its events, and as the
years go by, it is only getting bigger
and better.
This year’s theme is “Healing
the Nation with Traditional Steps.”
There are activities for all age groups
and interests. This year’s fair will be
Sept. 27-29, 2013, with some events
taking place before the weekend to
kick off the celebration.
Campers can set up and register for
food rations on the morning of the
Sept. 25. The Comanche National
Museum will unveil its newest
exhibition titled “Comanche Code
of Honor” highlighting the heroes
of the tribe, the Comanche Code
Talkers of World War II. Runners
from all over are invited to participate
in the Warrior Run Sept. 26, where
each one will take turns running
one-mile increments from the tribe’s
community centers in Apache, Okla.,
Walters, Okla., and Cache, Okla. to
the tribal complex to bring awareness
to diabetes and choosing a healthy
lifestyle.
Traditional
Comanche
Church hymns will be sung the
evening of Sept. 26 at the tribal
headquarters.
For sports enthusiasts, a line-up of
free tournaments fill the weekend,
beginning with a Softball Tournament
Sept. 27, a One-Mile Fun Run and
3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, both
beginning at 8 a.m. Sept. 28. A Horse
Shoe Tournament will begin at 1
p.m. Sept. 28 and the Bull Buck Out
invites brave participants to enter the
Ring of Fear and other events, which
also begins at 1 p.m. A Cedar Blessing
and Spirit Walk starts the day at 7:30
a.m. Sept. 29, and the finals of the
Softball Competition will begin that
afternoon.
Art lovers will have an opportunity
to visit the Comanche Nation Art
Gallery at the Education Building to
view unique displays of art created
by members of the tribe. A Quilt
Show will also display beautifully
designed blankets hand made by local
seamstresses.
Children will also have a fun time
all weekend by riding all carnival rides
free of charge, and at 4 p.m. Sept. 28,
special Children’s Activities will take
place, where they will learn about
Stranger Danger from the Comanche
Nation Law Enforcement and play
many games, as well as other activities
geared toward the youth.
The Comanche Nation Fair
Powwow will also be held all weekend.
Bring your own chairs and witness the
many different songs and dances of
the Comanche people.
With such a full schedule in such
a short time, many wonder how
the Comanche Nation Fair began.
How the fair began is best told
by its originator, Chairman of the
Comanche Nation, Wallace Coffey:
“I became chairman in 1991 and I
moved home from Denver, Colorado
to assume the post. The beginning
of my term I realized there was a low
self-esteem amongst our people. It
was evident; people were discouraged
with regard to unemployment and
their well-being. According to our
Comanche Constitution, we must
improve the environment, the health,
the overall well-being of our people.
After praying about it for a period of
time, the Comanche Fair came to me.
I asked my mother, who was living at
the time, if she would like to go back to
Craterville Park. She said that would
be wonderful. I remember being there
when I was a kid,” said Coffey.
The Comanche Nation Fair was
held in Craterville Park, on the Ft.
Sill Military Base, which is a historical
site for members of the Comanche
Nation. After Sept. 11, 2001, and the
terrorist attacks, the fair was moved to
the Comanche Nation Headquarters,
where it is held annually.
“It didn’t think it would ever be this
big. It has come to the point where
it has really outdone itself. I think
the Comanche people needed it at
the time, and they are the ones who
I remember; many specials taking
place at the fair, many dances,” added
Coffey.
Comanche John Keel, Pawnee, Otoe and Comanche, wears the white face paint and headress of a Pawnee warrior known
for bravery and valor - an honor passed down through his family for generations. Photo by LISA SNELL
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Comanche Code Talkers at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Code of honor
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Photo courtesy of the National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Comanche Code Talkers to be Honored
CANDY MORGAN
Comanche
They voluntarily joined the Army
during troubled times. There were
17 of them – all energetic young
Comanche Indian men who called the
red dirt plains of Southwest Oklahoma
“home.” The year was 1941. They
were fresh out of Indian boarding
schools and ready to take on the world.
These young men landed directly in
the middle of a global fist fight, and
in an ironic twist, they went on to
defend a country that once did all it
could to rid them of their language
and traditional ways. At the time, that
didn’t matter. Their country was in
the heat of battle and a true Comanche
warrior never backs down from a fight.
History now refers to these men as
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Comanche Code Talkers. Although
Congressional Gold Medals. A year
gold medal ceremony, CNMCC is
the Comanche language was utilized
later, a bill was introduced in Congress
set to unveil a new exhibit that pays
in battle during World War I, it wasn’t
to allow the same recognition for the
tribute to the heroic contributions
until World War II that a true organized
Choctaw Code Talkers of World War
of these men. Comanche Code of
code was developed.
Twenty-one
I and the Comanche Code Talkers of
Honor features several rarely-seen
Comanche men were hand-picked
World War II. It took six years before
Comanche Code Talker items and
by the United States Government
the Code Talker Recognition Act was
photographs on loan to the museum
to participate in the WWII Code
signed by then President George W.
from the families and close friends
Talker program. Seventeen of those
Bush. The Act now includes a total
of the Code Talkers. “These men
men went on to enlist in the U.S.
of 13 tribes but additional tribes have
are true American heroes yet their
Army and received training as radio
since come forward asking for their
actions remain largely unknown,” said
operators and line repairmen with the
soldiers to be honored as well. The
CNMCC Executive Director Phyllis
4th Infantry Division. The Army gave
Comanches will be one of the 13 tribes
Wahahrockah-Tasi. “The time has
the Comanche soldiers free rein to use
to receive recognition at a ceremony
come for that to change. We owe
their native language to develop a secret
tentatively set for the fall of 2013 in
these men that much,” Wahahrockahcode that no one outside of the group
Washington, D.C. Sadly, none of the
Tasi said. In addition to the rare items
would be able to understand, including
Comanche Code Talkers lived to see
that will be on display, CNMCC is set
other Comanches. The move proved
their special day on Capitol Hill.
to unveil a new state-of-the-art video
successful. It took a military
interactive that allows visitors
machine up to four hours
the opportunity to experience
to transmit and decode a
Normandy’s Utah Beach
message, but a Comanche
just as the Comanche Code
Code Talker could decode
Talkers did on D-Day. “We
the same message in less
are very excited about our
than three minutes. Their
new interactive. Our staff has
codes were never broken.
spent hours researching the
Fourteen of the Comanche
Comanche Code Talkers in
soldiers were sent overseas
order to make the interactive
during WWII to fight in
as realistic as possible.
the European Theater.
There’s not another one like
Thirteen of those men hit
it anywhere in the world,”
the beaches of Normandy
Wahahrockah-Tasi
said.
with Allied troops during the
“We want to do all we can to
D-Day Invasion. When the
make sure that the Comanche
4th Infantry Division began Comanche National Museum Collections Manager Jessica Code Talkers receive their
its assault on Utah Beach on Baber (left) and Executive Director Phyllis Wahahrockah- rightful place in American
that fateful day, the Division Tasi (right) prepare items for the museum’s upcoming history. Dozens of tribes
was slightly off its designated exhibit Comanche Code of Honor. The exhibit, which were used by the military as
landing target. The first honors the Comanche Code Talkers of World War II, goes Code Talkers but what makes
message sent from the beach on display September 26, 2013. Photo courtesy CNMCC.
this story so unique is the
was sent in Comanche from
fact that only two tribes, the
Code Talker, Pfc. Larry Saupitty,
Until now, little has been known
Navajo and the Comanche, actually
who was the radioman for Brigadier
about the Comanche Code Talkers.
went to a Communications School
General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. His
The military did not order them to
and each developed their exceptional
message: “We made a good landing.
keep silent about their jobs during
codes. The Comanche Code Talkers
We landed in the wrong place.” Of
World War II. However, mostly due
helped protect the lives of thousands
the five beaches in Normandy, the 4th
to security concerns, the program was
of American Soldiers during World
Infantry Division was the first Allied
not discussed outside the Comanche
War II. It’s our privilege to tell their
Force to engage Fortress Europe.
community. Also, the Comanche are
story,” she said.
U.S. Military used dozens of tribal
humble people and calling attention to
Comanche Code of Honor will be
languages to transmit the secret codes
oneself is frowned upon. Comanche
on display at the Comanche National
during World War II but it’s the Navajo
people are not boastful.
Museum September 26, 2013 through
Code Talkers that most are familiar
Educating the public about the
August 31, 2014. Admission is always
with. In 2001, the U.S. Government
Comanche Code Talkers takes top
free. CNMCC is located on the west
recognized the original 29 Navajo Code
priority for the staff at the Comanche
side of Lawton’s Elmer Thomas Park.
Talkers for their actions in the Pacific
National Museum and Cultural
For directions or more information
Theater by presenting the surviving
Center (CNMCC), located in Lawton,
about the Comanche Code Talkers, go
Navajo Marines with individual
Oklahoma. In light of the upcoming
to www.comanchemuseum.com.
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701 NW Ferris Avenue, Lawton, OK
comanchemuseum.com
Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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24th Annual
WYANDOTTE
POW-WOW
September 13-15, 2013
$25,000 IN PRIZE MONEY
CONTESTS IN ALL CATEGORIES
Grand Entries
FRIDAY
8pm
SATURDAY
1:30pm & 7pm
SUNDAY
1:30pm
12th Annual Veterans Honor Program
All Veterans Welcomed
FRIDAY NIGHT
49 CONTEST
SATURDAY NIGHT
STOMP DANCE
SUNDAY MORNING
GRANDPARENT DAY
HONOR DANCE
Wyandotte Nation Pow-Wow Grounds
5.2 miles East of Wyandotte on HWY 60
INFO CALL: SHERRI CLEMONS • 918-678-2297 EXT. 244
Everyone Welcome! Bring your cameras and lawn chairs!
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THEFTS OR ACCIDENTS. ABSOLUTELY NO FIREARMS, DRUGS OR ALCOHOL ALLOWED
Marcos Estrada, Comanche, performs a Fancy Dance exhibition June 21 during the Lone Ranger movie premiere outside the Carmike
Theater in Lawton, Oklahoma. Photo by LISA SNELL
On Saturday, September 21, 2013, during Seminole Nation Days, the tribe will present The Dawes Commission, an original play by Bob
Hicks. The play, performed entirely in the Mvskoke language (with English subtitles), will be featured twice at the Mekusukey Mission
Council House - 12:30 p.m to 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Seminole, Oklahoma – www.seminolenation.com
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A Year at Chilocco:
She learned finger weaving
LISA SNELL
Cherokee
An open notebook on her couch
shows a grid of notations that look like
something from an advanced math class.
A nearby suitcase is filled with brightly
colored yarn and projects in various states
of completion.
“Everything I need is in there.
Whenever I do a workshop I have
everything put together and ready to go,”
Wisey Narcomey, Seminole, explained.
She pulls out ziplock bags filled with
yarn, key rings and beads.
“These are easy to do.”
The notebook is for the patterns she
weaves. The formulas are for the number
of threads in which order to use for each
pattern.
Wisey, pronounced “why-zee,” practices
and teaches the art of finger weaving.
“I learned at Chilocco. I only went
one year, but that is where I learned,” she
said.
She attended the Indian boarding
school near Newkirk to complete her
senior year of high school.
“My daddy had to drive me two miles
in order to catch the bus. I only needed
this one class to graduate,” she said. “What
you need to do, (some family members
said) is put her clothes in a suitcase and
put her on the bus to Chilocco.”
Her family didn’t want her walking the
two miles to catch the bus every day or for
her dad to have to drive her.
“So I went to Chilocco,” Wisey said.
She said students only attended class
for half a day. The other half was spent
in common labor. “That’s the way that
school was ran. You either had a morning
Wisey Narcomey demonstrates the “Lightening” pattern weave. | Photos by Lisa Snell
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The strands of yarn are laced between her fingers, her tips bent,
plucking the individual strands and guiding one over or under the
other. She talks her way through the row. “That’s down. That’s up.”
class or an afternoon class.”
“When I went up there, the Navajos
were still living on their land and wasn’t
associating with other people. They had
classes for them so they could learn
English because they spoke only their
language. They were kinda secluded to
themselves,” she said. She remembered
being in a room and ironing. The Navajo
students would come by to visit. “They
kept to themselves. But they would come
talk to me.”
One of the classes the students had to
take was a domestic-themed one. For a
week a student would assume the role of
the father of a family. The next week, be
the mother and so on.
“You had to do all these things.
Whatever they’d do at home. Being a
father, you’d do whatever a father does. A
mother, of course, she cooked and all that.
The housekeeper did the housecleaning.
We had to milk the cow, drain the milk,
separate the milk, the whole bit,” she
said.
She said they had a cow back home, but
her mother wouldn’t let her or any of the
kids milk it.
Over all, she liked school and said it
was interesting and fun.
“All the girls were nice to me. There was
two or three to a room or you stayed in
the dorm, that big room with all those
beds in there,” Wisey said. “I just stayed
in a room with two other women. There
was three of us.”
She remembered one girl in particular.
She liked to borrow Wisey’s clothes.
“I guess she came without any clothes
‘cause she was always borrowing clothes
from me. She had a boyfriend, too. She
was really nice though. But she’d borrow
from me and she wouldn’t bring my stuff
back and I got tired of it!” she exclaimed.
The other girls told Wisey what they
would do. They would go to the girl’s
closet and get their clothes back.
“I went to her closet and the only thing
hangin’ up there was my skirt! I guess she
was just wearin’ other people’s clothes.
I don’t know. She dressed well, I know
that.”
Wisey graduated Chilocco in 1950.
“I finished there. After class, I was taking
extra credit. It was in finger weaving.”
Her teacher was Josephine Wapp, a
Comanche craftswoman who is well
known for her weaving today. She
instructed the students in the various
tribal styles of finger weaving. Anything
the girls made, the school sold.
“We even had the loom I made a rug
on. The first rug you made, that was the
school’s. The second rug you made, it was
yours,” Wisey said.
She came back home after graduating
and thought she’d stay there.
“I thought that Indians, after they
graduated from school, they don’t do
nuthin’ but stay home. So that’s what I
decided to do. But that didn’t work,” she
said.
She eventually went to college and made
her way through as a work-study doing
janitor work.
“That paid the tuition. The tribe paid
too, but they just paid so much.”
She stayed busy with her life and family
and didn’t have time for weaving, at least
not until she was at a powwow with
friends one weekend. They were admiring
the woven belts worn by the dancers when
Wisey said, “I can do that.”
As soon as her friends learned she knew
how to finger weave, they and her family
encouraged her to pick it up again.
Since then, she’s been traveling to
powwows and festivals all over the
country demonstrating and selling her
weavings.
“I do mine like I was taught. We use two
chairs. I use the back of a chair. You work
She was the youngest of 13 children and
her mother had other plans for her.
“Mama sent me to town to get a job. I
had to walk. Yeah, she gave me a dollar or
two. She said, ‘You got you a education.
You’re not staying home. You get a job.
That’s what you’re supposed to do,’” she
said.
So Wisey went to work. She waitressed
for a time. Then worked in a jeans factory.
from the one in front of you and work to
the back,” she explained.
She counts the number of strands of
heavy acrylic yarn needed for the pattern
she has chosen and ties them in order
to the back of a chair. She then pulls the
strands to the back of the chair she is sitting
in and wraps the yarn around a rung of
the chair’s back. She starts weaving from
the front, the strands of yarn suspended
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between to the two chairs, the one she is sitting in and the one
she has in front of her.
“If the truth be known, I’m a left-handed person. But when I
was taught how to do this, I was taught to use my right hand. So
when I do this, I do it with my right hand,” she said.
The strands of yarn are laced between her fingers, her tips
bent, plucking the individual strands and guiding one over or
under the other. She talks her way through the row.
“That’s down. That’s up. This has got to go down, that goes
down. Up. Down. And up and down. This goes up and this goes
down. Black is hard to see,” she said with a laugh. “You don’t
cross your work either. You gotta go straight. You goin’ straight,
ya gotta stay straight.”
“It’s not hard,” she tells her students. “You just have to get the
hang of it. It’s all what you know, what you can do and what you
get used to.”
But she admits that she’s had more than one student who
ended up asking her to complete their project for them. “‘Here,
you take it, Wisey, and finish it for me. I can’t do it,’ they’d say.”
From her tone, she doesn’t quite believe them. But she shakes
her head and says she’ll do it. “Some people, they just can’t get it.
They just can’t do it.”
Even she has had her moments. She’s unintentionally created
some designs of her own. She pulls out a piece that has one
pattern on one side and a completely different on the other.
“I didn’t even know it was like that until I turned it over and it
was like that. I don’t sell it. I just show it,” she said laughingly.
Could she do it again? On purpose?
“Of course I can! All I got to do is count the threads and put
them in the right order. That’s all you got to do, is count the
threads and put them in the right order and you got it made in
the shade.”
“I do mine like I was taught. We use
two chairs. I use the back of a chair.
You work from the one in front of
you and work to the back,” she said.
About Chilocco Indian Boarding School:
The Chilocco campus closed in June 1980. Since that date, the outer portions
of the campus has been deeded to each of the North Central Oklahoma tribes i.e.
the Kaw Nation, Ponca Nation, Tonkawa, Otoe Missouria Tribe and the Pawnee
Nation. Each tribe has developmental plans for their respective property, which are
in various stages of progress. The main campus comprised of 165 acres, however, is
jointly owned by the tribes. As time moves forward, the association will continue
to work with the tribes and is committed to see various features of the campus
improved.
The Council of Confederated Chilocco Tribes (CCCT) established the Chilocco
Benefit Association (CBA), as a non-profit entity. The CBA is charged with raising
$4.3 million to stabilize deteriorating buildings, the governance of these funds and
eventual restoration of the campus.
Fund raising efforts have been implemented by the CBA. If you wish to donate,
tax-deductible donations may be made to the CBA. For more information, one may
view the Chilocco Alumni Association’s or the CBA’s website at
www.chiloccobenefit.org.
The Chilocco campus is on the National Register of Historic Places and is under
consideration for nomination as a National Historical Landmark.
– Information obtained from the official website of The Chilocco National Alumni
Association, www.chilocco.org.
Wisey Narcomey wearing her Senior Miss Seminole Nation Shawl.
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Points of Interest | Entertainment | Shopping
1. Comanche National Museum
701 NW Ferris Avenue, Lawton
Cherokee
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5. Cherokee Heritage Center
21192 S Keeler Drive, Park Hill
Kiowa
6. Native American Gallery
3823 North College Avenue, Bethany
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Commanche
7. Wyandotte Powwow
Wyandotte
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Wichita
caddo
delaware
4. Comanche Nation Fair
Comanche Nation Headquarters, Lawton
10. Wewoka Street Pawn
5th & Wewoka Street, Wewoka
Pawnee
Iowa
Cheyenne
& Arapaho
3. First Council Hotel
12875 HWY 77 North, Newkirk
9. Thunderbird Casino
15700 East HWY 9, Norman
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Miami
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Peoria
Modoc
Ottawa
Wyandotte
Seneca-Cayuga
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2. Dean’s Pawn
2617 South Robinson, Oklahoma City
8. Supernaw’s Oklahoma Indian Supply
213 East Rogers Boulevard, Skiatook
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Absentee
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Citizen
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Headquarters
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headquarters
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Allan Houser and His Students August 30, 2013 - May 11, 2014
In celebration of artist Allan Houser’s 100th birthday, museums across Oklahoma
are honoring his memory with exhibitions all year — each on a different subject.
Born on June 30, 1914, Allan Capron
Haozous become known to the world as
Allan Houser. Houser was a descendant
from the Fort Sill survivors of the Warm
Springs Chiricahua Apache Tribe. He was
immersed in the history and community of
Indian people. Although he was inspired
by modern sculptors such as Henry
Moore, Isamu Noguchi, Jean Arp and
Francisco Zuñiga, Houser is considered
one of the best-known and celebrated
American artists of the 20th century and
is often referred to as the “father” of
American Indian sculpture. Houser, who
died in 1994, became famous for his bold
statements in stone and bronze.
-----------The National Cowboy &
Western Heritage Museum
kicks off the state-wide event by
presenting a look at Houser as
teacher and mentor. The installation
opened Aug. 30 and includes works
by Houser (1914-1994) from the
permanent collection, along with
those by students and protégés such
as as his son Bob Haozous, Kevin Red
Star, Doug Hyde, Robert Chee, Earl
Biss, TC Cannon and Fritz Scholder.
‘Geronimo’ by Allan Houser
National Cowboy & Western Heritage
Museum,1700 NE 63rd St, Oklahoma
City, OK. (405) 478-2250 | www.
nationalcowboymuseum.org
‘Sacred Rain Arrow’ by Allan Houser permanently resides at the entrance to the Thomas
Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa.Today approximately 3.2 million cars in Oklahoma bear a
license plate imprinted the image of the sculpture.
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Cherokee Homecoming Art Show:
Virginia Stroud takes grand prize
Art show and sale runs through Sept. 15 at Cherokee Heritage Center in Tahlequah
TIM LANDES
Cherokee
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Winners
of the 18th Annual Cherokee
Homecoming
Art
Show
were
announced late last month during the
opening reception at the Cherokee
Heritage Center.
Virginia Stroud was awarded the
grand prize for her acrylic piece
titled “Traders Come.” The painting
depicts a busy day of trading between
Cherokees and European settlers.
“As is the case every year, the amount
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – A special solo
exhibition of contemporary Cherokee
art including paintings, drawings, and
mixed media art created by Cherokee
artist Roy Boney, Jr. is on display at the
Rosemary Ellison Gallery the Southern
Plains Indian Museum in Anadarko
through Sept. 21.
Boney is a full blood citizen of the
Cherokee Nation, and he currently works
for Cherokee Nation Education Services
as Language Technology Specialist. He
has won numerous awards and honors
for his art and has exhibited across the
country and internationally, including
Art en Capital Salon du Dessin et de
la Peinture à l’Eau held in the historic
Grand Palais in Paris, France.
The exhibit features a collection of
art that is based in Cherokee stories,
language, and tradition combined with
contemporary elements such as science
fiction and rock music.
One painting titled “Live Long and
Prosper” features Sequoyah, the inventor
of the Cherokee syllabary, holding his
hand up in the familiar “V” gesture
that Spock used in the Star Trek series
of television shows and films. Another
painting titled “A Trip to the Moon”
takes the Cherokee story of the frog
swallowing the moon during an eclipse
and incorporates the famous image of
a rocket crash-landed into the Man
in the Moon’s eye from silent film “A
Trip to the Moon.” Other pieces, such
as ‘When She Twirls Her Apron Strange
Things Happen,” do not reference classic
science fiction but rather tells a family
story of a shape shifter.
Boney considers his art to be an act
of storytelling.
“I am an artist and a Cherokee,” Boney
said. “For me the two are intertwined. I
cannot separate one from the other. The
reason I make art is to tell the stories
I heard growing up and to incorporate
them into my contemporary interests
and lifestyle. Cherokees as a people
have always evolved and grown with the
times. I want my art to do the same.”
He added he is honored to have an
exhibition at the Southern Plains Indian
Museum.
of outstanding work from this group
of highly talented Cherokee artisans
made choosing a grand prize winner
a tough task,” said Cheryl Parrish,
interim executive director of the
Cherokee Heritage Center. “We’re
proud to display all of these pieces
through Sept. 15 for the public to see
and possibly purchase them.”
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traditional
and
contemporary pieces of artwork on
display at Cherokee Heritage Center
make it one of Oklahoma’s most
prominent art shows.
The traditional division is defined
as arts originating before European
contact and consists of four categories,
including basketry, jewelry, pottery
and traditional arts.
The contemporary division is defined
as arts arising among the Cherokee
after European contact and consists
of six categories, including paintings,
sculpture, pottery, basketry, beadwork
and textiles.
Ribbons and prize money totaling
$15,000 was distributed to winners in
both categories.
– www.cherokeeheritage.org
“As a Cherokee artist, I understand
how important the museum for native
artists. Nearly all the towering figures
in native art have exhibited here such
as T.C. Canon and Allan Houser. It has a
long history of exhibiting native artists,
and I am humbled to have been offered
the invitation for an exhibition,” he
said.
For questions about the Boney
exhibition and museum, contact Bambi
Allen at [email protected] or
(405) 247-6221.
The Southern Plains Indian Museum
displays richly varied arts of western
Oklahoma tribal peoples including
the Kiowa, Comanche, Kiowa-Apache,
Southern Cheyenne, Southern Arapaho,
Wichita, Caddo, Delaware, and Ft.
Still Apache. Their historic clothing,
shields, weapons, baby carriers, and toys
highlight the exhibits.
The museum was founded in 194748 through federal and Oklahoma state
governments’ cooperative efforts.
‘Traders Come’ by Virginia Stroud | Courtesy Cherokee Heritage Center | 21192 S Keeler Dr, Park Hill, OK
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NatiVE EVENTS CALENDAR
EVERY 1st FRIDAY: Indian
Taco Sales – from 4:00 – 8:00
pm at Angie Smith Memorial
UMC, 400 S. W. 31st Street,
Oklahoma City
cloth, fancy shawl and jingle
dress, and men’s grass dance,
traditional, straight and fancy
dance. The Wyandotte Nation
Tribal powwow will also feature
Grandparent’s Day events and
activities for the entire family.
Grand entries Friday 8pm, Sat
1:30pm & 7pm, Sun 1:30pm.
Contact Sherri Clemons, 918678-2297.
EVERY 2nd SATURDAY
Indian Taco Sales - from
11-2:30pm at OK Choctaw
Tribal Alliance, 5320 S. Youngs
Blvd, Oklahoma City www.
okchoctaws.org
SEPTEMBER 7
Indian Taco Sale at Haikey
Chapel Indian United
Methodist Church, 11am –
3pm. 8815 E 101st Street,
Tulsa. Taco and ice tea $7
EVERY 3rd SATURDAY: All you
can Eat Breakfast SALE – from
8- to 11:00 am at Angie Smith
Memorial UMC, 400 S.W. 31st
Street, Oklahoma City
SEPTEMBER 12-14
Oklahoma Indian Summer in
Bartlesville. This family-friendly
event features youth and adult
powwows with competitive
and non-competitive dancing,
storytelling, a talent show,
church service and gospel
sing. Witness as well-known
American Indian artists in a
variety of styles compete for
the top prize in the Oklahoma
Indian Summer art show and
sale. Bartlesville Community
Center, 300 SE Adams Blvd
Bartlesville. Phone: 918-3310934
Powwow dates, times and locations are subject to change.
Please call ahead or check online in advance before making
travel plans.
SEPTEMBER 2
Otoe War Mothers dance at
Otoe Cultural Building, Red
Rock, Okla. Gourd Dance from
2pm-Supper. War Dancing
immediately after supper.
Raffles, cake walk, giveaways.
More info call Alberta Kirn,
580-370-5715.
SEPTEMBER 6-8
Wyandotte Nation Tribal
Powwow at Wyandotte
Nation Tribal Grounds, E.
Hwy 60, Wyandotte. Witness
traditions come to life at this
tribal celebration featuring
a variety of dance contests.
Watch as all ages, dressed in
traditional regalia, compete
for cash prizes in categories
including women’s buckskin,
SEPTEMBER 13-14
Keetoowah Cherokee
Celebration at the Keetoowah
Tribal Grounds, Tahlequah.
Experience traditional
American Indian crafts, games,
Native American dancing and
a parade. Enjoy a singing of
the UKB Constitution, hog
fry, gospel sing and cultural
demonstrations. Honor the
traditions of the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokees
with the Chief’s State of the
Nation address, a traditional
stomp dance and more. An
annual highlight of the event,
the Keetoowah Powwow will
feature tiny tot, junior and
adult dance competitions.
Enjoy a free traditional meal,
or bring the kids for a turtle
race, fishing derby and other
children’s activities. Arts and
craft vendors, as well as a
variety of food vendors, will
also be available. 9am-11pm.
Contact Marilyn Craig, 918431-1818 or 918-456-6533.
SEPTEMBER 13-15
Wyandotte Nation Powwow,
5.2 miles east of Wyandotte.
Contest powwow, free
admission to the public. Info
call 918-678-2297, ext. 244 or
email [email protected]
SEPTEMBER 13-15
Eastern Shawnee Tribal
Powwow at the Tribal Grounds,
129 W Oneida, Wyandotte.
Three-day celebration of Native
American life and culture.
Visitors to this free event
will be greeted with several
dancing contests, a spectacular
display of regalia, food and
games. The powwow will
include dancing categories such
as men’s traditional, fancy,
straight, grass and golden
age, as well as women’s cloth,
buckskin, jingle, fancy shawl
and golden age. There will also
be junior dance categories as
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storytelling and traditional
gourd dancing. Booths filled
with Native American arts and
crafts, as well as food vendors,
will be available. Events held all
day. Contact Kenna Simmons,
918-666-2435.
SEPTEMBER 21
Mannford Cowboy Trade Day
just off Highway 51 only 25
minutes West of Tulsa – watch
for signs. Lots of great vendors,
lots of great food, pony and
wagon rides, chuckwagon by
Frontier Ministries, cowboy
shootout, cowboy poetry and
music! New vendors welcome!
For vendor information call
Billy Treadwell at Wicked Pony
Trading Co in Mannford (918)
865-3991 or email to billy_
[email protected]
SEPTEMBER 21
Robber’s Cave State Park
Performing Arts Festival, 10am
- 6pm. Non-stop performances,
food and craft vendors and
more. Call Nathan Johnson for
more information at 580-3203102.
September 26
Comanche National Museum
and Cultural Center presents
Comanche Code of Honor,
a new exhibit honoring the
heroic Comanche Code Talkers
of World War II. The public is
invited to the opening reception
at 1:06 p.m. at Lawton’s
McMahon Auditorium, 801 NW
Ferris Avenue. The exhibit will
be on display through August
31, 2014. For more information
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www.comanchemuseum.com.
SEPTEMBER 27-28
Standing Bear Powwow at
Standing Bear Park, Ponca
City. Free event featuring
inter-tribal dancing, exhibition
dancing, contest dancing, tiny
tot contests and the crowning
of the Standing Bear Princess.
Visitors will also find a variety
of arts and craft vendors, along
with a wide variety of food
vendors. Don’t miss the Grand
Entry and be rewarded with the
amazing sight of Native dancers
in full regalia. Food vendors and
artisan booths, and a Saturday
evening meal served free to
the public. Friday 6pm-close,
Saturday 1pm-close. Contact
Tobie Bonvillain, 580-762-1514
or 580-762-3148.
SEPTEMBER 28
The Chickasaw Annual Meeting
Various Locations, Tishomingo.
Phone: 580-371-2040 Toll Free:
800-593-3356
SEPTEMBER 28
Ride for the Vets Poker Run
benefit for veterans served by
the Jack C. Montgomery VA
Medical Center in Muskogee.
For more information, please
contact Voluntary Service at
918-577-3621, 3358 or 3622.
OCTOBER 4-5
Fort Sill Indian School Annual
Reunion, Campus Gym, Lawton,
7 pm to 11 pm on Friday
10 am to 11 pm Saturday
Contact Phyllis Hunter
405.247.1558 (work)
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Pryor Wellbriety Powwow,
Mid-American Expo Center,
Pryor (four miles south of
Pryor). Gourd dancing at 2pm
& 5pm. Grand Entry at 6pm.
Free admission. Info call Mary
Hayes, 918-698-0583. All Drums
Welcome!
OCTOBER 26
Bacone Fall Pow Wow 2013
Noon - 11 P.M. at Muskogee Civic
Center, W. Okmulgee & 5th Street
Muskogee. Contest Powwow, free
admission. All Princesses, Drums,
Singers and Dancers invited.
Vendor Info: Asa Lewis 918-3600057 or [email protected] PW
Info: Connie Falleaf 918-687-3299
or [email protected]
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NOVEMBER 29-30
Choctaw Nation Powwow, Choctaw
Nation Event Center, Durant. Add
some wow to your weekend!
Embrace the sights, sounds and
culture of the Native American
People with arts and crafts,
authentic food and a must-see
dance competition. Whether you
come to compete or to take it
all in, it’s sure to be a rewarding
weekend. For more info visit www.
choctawcasinos.com.
NOVEMBER 29-30
Choctaw Nation Powwow,
Choctaw Nation Event Center,
Durant. Add some wow to your
weekend! Embrace the sights,
sounds and culture of the Native
American People with arts and
crafts, authentic food and a
must-see dance competition.
Whether you come to compete
or to take it all in, it’s sure to be
a rewarding weekend. Info visit
www.choctawcasinos.com.
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NatiVE Attractions
Ataloa Lodge Museum
2299 Old Bacone Road • Muskogee
918-781-7283
www.bacone.edu/ataloa
Bigheart Museum
616 W Main • Barnsdall
918-847-2397
Caddo Heritage Museum
Caddo Nation Complex • Binger
405-656-2344
www.caddonation-nsn.gov
Cherokee Heritage Center
21192 S Keeler Drive • Tahlequah
918-456-6007
www.cherokeeheritage.org
Cherokee Strip Museum
90114th St • Alva
580-327-2030
www.alvaok.net/alvachamber
Cheyenne Cultural Center
2250 NE Route 66 • Clinton
580-232-6224
www.clintonokla.org
Chickasaw Council House
Museum
209 N Fisher Ave • Tishomingo
580-371-3351
www.chickasaw.net
Chickasaw Nation Visitor
Center
520 E Arlington • Ada
580-436-2603
www.chickasaw.net
Chickasaw National Capitol
Building
411 W 9th • Tishomingo
580-371-9835
www.chickasaw.net
Choctaw Nation Museum
Council House Road • Tuskahoma
918-569-4465
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Cultural Heritage Center
and Firelake Gifts
1899 N Gordon Cooper • Shawnee
405-878-5830
www.potawatomi.org/culture
Comanche National Museum
and Cultural Center
701 NW Ferris Ave. • Lawton
580-353-0404
www.comanchemuseum.com
Coo-Y-Yah Museum
847 Hwy 69 and S 8th St • Pryor
918-825-2222
Creek Council House Museum
106 W 6th • Okmulgee
918-756-2324
www.tourokmulgee.com
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Fort Sill Historic Landmark and
Museum
437 Quanah Rd. • Fort Sill
580-442-5123
http://sill-www.army.mil/museum
Fort Washita Historic Site and
Museum
3348 State Rd 199 • Durant
580-924-6502
Gardner Mission and Museum
Hwy 70 E • Broken Bow
580-584-6588
Gilcrease Museum
1400 Gilcrease Museum Rd. • Tulsa
918-596-2700 or 888-655-2278
www.gilcrease.org
Indian Memorial Museum
402 E 2nd St. • Broken Bow
580-584-6531
Delaware County Historical
Society & Mariee Wallace
Museum
538 Krause St • Jay
918-253-4345 or 866-253-4345
Delaware Tribal Museum
Hwy 281 N • Anadarko
405-247-2448
Five Civilized Tribes Museum
1101 Honor Heights Dr • Muskogee
918-683-1701 or 877-587-4237
www.fivetribes.org
Fred Jones Jr.
Museum of Art
555 Elm Ave. • Norman
405-325-3272
www.ou.edu/fjjma
Fort Gibson Historic Site and
Interpretive Center
907 N Garrison Ave. • Fort Gibson
918-478-4088
www.okhistory.org
John Hair Museum
18627 W Keetoowah Circle
Tahlequah • 918-772-4389
www.keetoowahcherokee.org
Jacobson House Native Art
Center
609 Chautauqua • Norman
405-366-1667
www.jacobsonhouse.com
Kanza Museum
Kaw Tribal Complex • Kaw City
580-269-2552 or 866-404-5297
www.kawnation.com
Kiowa Tribal Museum
Hwy 9 W • Carnegie • 580-654-2300
Museum of the Great Plains
601 NW Ferris Ave. • Lawton
580-581-3460
www.museumgreatplains.org
Museum of the Red River
812 E Lincoln Rd • Idabel
580-286-3616
www.museumoftheredriver.org
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National Cowboy and Western
Heritage Museum
1700 NE 63rd • Oklahoma City
405-478-2250
www.nationalcowboymuseum.org
Oklahoma History Center
2401 N Laird Ave. • Oklahoma City
405-522-5248
www.okhistorycenter.org
Osage Tribal Museum, Library
and Archives
819 Grandview Ave. • Pawhuska
918-287-5441
www.osagetribe.com/museum
Permanent Art of the
Oklahoma State Capitol
2300 N Lincoln Blvd. • Oklahoma City
405-521-3356
www.ok.gov
Philbrook Museum of Art
2727 S Rockford Rd. • Tulsa
918-749-7941
www.philbrook.org
Red Earth Museum
6 Santa Fe Plaza
Oklahoma City
405-427-5228
www.redearth.org
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Southern Plains Museum
Tonkawa Tribal Museum
715 E Central Blvd. • Anadarko
405-247-6221
www.doi.gov/iacb/museums/
museum_s_plains.html
36 Cisco Dr. • Tonkawa
580-628-5301
www.tonkawatribe.com
Spiro Mounds
Archaeological Center
18154 1st St. • Spiro
918-962-2062
okhistory.org/outreach/museums/
spiromounds.html
Standing Bear Park, Museum
and Education Center
601 Standing Bear Pkwy • Ponca City
580-762-1514
www.standingbearpark.com
Top of Oklahoma Historical
Society Museum
303 S. Main
Blackwell
580-363-0209
Washita Battlefield National
Historic Site
West of town, Cheyenne
580-497-2742
www.nps.gov/waba
Webbers Falls Historical
Museum
Tahlonteeskee Cherokee
Courthouse Museum
Commercial & Main
Webbers Falls
918-464-2728
Rt. 2 Box 37-1 • Gore
918-489-5663
Wheelock Academy
Talbot Research Library and
Museum
500 S. Colcord Ave. • Colcord
918-326-4532
www.talbotlibrary.com
Three Valley Museum
401 W. Main • Durant
580-920-1907
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Rt. 2 Box 257-A8 • Garvin
580-746-2139
www.choctawnation.com
Woolaroc Ranch, Museum
and Wildlife Preserve
1925 Woolaroc Ranch Rd.
Bartlesville
918-336-0307 or 888-966-5276
www.woolaroc.org
Sam Noble Oklahoma
Museum of Natural History
2401 Chautauqua Ave. • Norman
405-325-4712
www.snomnh.ou.edu
Seminole Nation Museum
524 S Wewoka • Wewoka
405-257-5580
www.theseminolenationmuseum.org
Sequoyah’s Cabin
Rt. 1 Box 141 • Sallisaw
918-775-2413
www.cherokeetourismok.com
Comanche National Museum and Cultural
Center • 701 NW Ferris Ave. • Lawton
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Bah-Kho-Je Gallery
Dean’s Pawn Shop
Jane Osti Studio
1390 N Heritage Lane #55, Tahlequah
918-456-1900
Native American Art
Pendleton Store
The Trading Post at M.B.S.
Iowa Tribal Complex
2617 S Robinson, Oklahoma City
405-239-2774
317 S Main, Tulsa
1900 NW Expy, Oklahoma City
28 N Main, Miami
Doc’s Trading Post
The Jewelers Bench
NDN Art Gallery
Rabbit Gallery
Tribes 131 Gallery
104 East Choctaw, Tahlequah
918-431-1300
231 S Taylor, Pryor
131 24th Ave NW, Norman
Sally’s Antler Art & Imports
Twin Arrows Buffalo Market
1115 8th St, Woodward
308 S Mayes, Adair
Salt Creek Knife Co
Wewoka Street Pawn
Buffalo Sun
122 N Main, Miami
Cha Tullis Galleries
108 W Main, Hominy
Cherokee Artists Association
Art Gallery
202 E 5th St, Tahlequah
Cherokee Nation Gift Shop
17725 S Muskogee Ave, Tahlequah
Cherokee Trading Post
6100 NE Service Rd, Clinton
Chick’s Cowboys & Indians
4716 N MacArthur Blvd,
Oklahoma City
1511 E Main, Weatherford
Fancy Dancer Leather Designs
302 W Alabama, Anadarko
UKB Tribal Complex, Tahlequah
The Gallery of Art at Anadarko
115 NE First St, Anadarko
Gourds Etc
Lyon’s Indian Store
9002 S 439-2, Locust Grove
Indian Records Inc
209 E County Line Rd, Fay
Oklahoma Indian Art Gallery
Oklahoma Indian Arts & Crafts
Cooperative
715 E Central Blvd, Anadarko
McKee’s Indian Store & Susan
Peters Gallery
1316 S Agnew, Oklahoma City
Osage Nation Gift Shop
222 W. Main, Pawhuska
Mohawk Lodge Indian Store
2323 E Cherokee, Sallisaw
22702 Rt 66 N, Clinton
825 W Main St, Durant
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202 2nd St, Calvin
5th & Wewoka Street, Wewoka
Simply Southwest
1 N Broadway, Edmond
Oklahoma Native Art &
Jewelry
The Indian Store
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2331 SW 44th, Oklahoma City
S. Detroit, Tulsa
116 W Main St, Anadarko
Indian Territory Art Gallery
1899 N Gordon Cooper, Shawnee
Little Horse & Company
313 E Rogers, Skiatook
109 West 5th St., Elk City
FireLake Gifts
John Hair Museum
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Pawnee Bill Trading Post
547 6th St, Pawnee
Native America Gallery & Gifts
Southwest Collectibles
135 W First St, Arcadia
Supernaw’s Oklahoma Indian
Supply
213 East Rogers Blvd., Skiatook
The Branded Bear
148 E. Lake Drive, Medicine Park
3823 N College Ave, Bethany
405-789-4300
Intertribal Designs
1520 N Portland, Oklahoma City
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Fall Pottery Classes with Cherokee Treasure Jane Osti
Cherokee Arts Center • 212 S. Water Street • Tahlequah
Sept. 7 Shields | Sept. 14 Tiles | Sept. 21 Christmas Ornaments
One Day Classes | Saturdays 10am - 3pm | $50 + Clay
To reserve space in any class, send a $20 deposit to:
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Oklahoma Tribal Directory
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe
2025 South Gordon Cooper Shawnee Oklahoma 74801 Phone: 405.275.4030
Alabama-Quassarte
Tribal Town
101 E. Broadway
Wetumka, Ok. 74883
Phone: 405 452-3987
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma
511 East Colorado Drive
Anadarko, Okla.
405-247-9493
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma Hwys. 281 & 152 Intersection
Binger, Okla.
405-656-2344
Cherokee Nation
South of Tahlequah, Hwy. 62
Tahlequah, Okla.
918-453-5000
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes
100 Red Moon Circle
Concho, Okla.
405-262-0345
Chickasaw Nation
124 East 14th Street
Ada, Okla.
(580) 436-2603
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 529 N. 16th St., Durant, Okla.
800-522-6170
1601 Gordon Cooper Drive
Shawnee, Okla.
405-275-3121
Comanche Nation
584 NW Bingo Rd.
Lawton, Okla.
877-492-4988
Delaware (Lenape) Tribe
of Indians
5100 East Tuxedo Blvd.
Bartlesville, Okla.
918- 337-6550
Delaware Nation
31064 State Highway 281
Anadarko, Okla.
405-247-2448
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma
127 Oneida St.
Seneca, Missouri
918-666-2435
Fort Sill Apache Tribe
Route 2, Box 121
Apache, Okla.
580-588-2298
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma
RR 1, Box 721
Perkins, OK
405-547-2402
Kaw Nation of Oklahoma
698 Grandview Drive
Kaw City, Okla.
580-269-2552
Kialegee Tribal Town
623 East Hwy. 9
Wetumka, Okla.
405-452-3262
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma
P.O. Box 70
McLoud, Okla.
405-964-7053
Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma
Hwy. 9, West of Carnegie
Carnegie, Okla.
580-654-2300
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
202 S. Eight Tribes Trail
Miami, Okla.
918-542-1445
Sac and Fox Nation
920883 S. Hwy 99
Stroud, Okla.
918-968-3526
Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma
418 G Street Miami, Okla.
918-542-1190
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Junction Hwys. 270 and 56
P. O. Box 1498, Wewoka, Okla.
405-257-7200
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Hwy. 75 and Loop 56
Okmulgee, Okla.
800-482-1979
Osage Nation
813 Grandview
Pawhuska, Okla.
918-287-5555
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma
13 S. 69 A
Miami, Okla.
918-540-1536
Otoe-Missouria Tribe
8151 Hwy 177
Red Rock, Okla.
877-692-6863
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
Pawnee, Okla.
918-762-3621
Peoria Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma
118 S. Eight Tribes Trail
Miami, Okla.
918-540-2535
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe
R2301 E. Steve Owens Blvd.
Miami, Okla.
918-542-6609
Shawnee Tribe
29 S. Hwy. 69A
Miami, Okla.
918-542-2441
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town 09095 Okemah Street
Okemah, Okla.
918-560-6198.
Tonkawa Tribe of Indians
1 Rush Buffalo Road
Tonkawa, Okla.
580-628-2561
United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians
PO Box 746
Tahlequah, Okla.
918-431-1818
Ponca Tribe
20 White Eagle Drive
Ponca City, Okla.
580-762-8104
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
[Wichita, Keechi, Waco,
Tawakonie]
Hwy. 281, Anadarko, Okla.
405-247-2425
Quapaw Tribe of Indians
5681 S. 630 Rd.
Quapaw,Okla.
918-542-1853
Wyandotte Nation
64700 E. Highway 60
Wyandotte, Okla.
918-678-2297
Corbin Swift performs a Fancy Dance exhibition with his father Ray Swift (background) June 21 during the Lone Ranger movie premiere
outside the Carmike Theater in Lawton, Oklahoma. Photo by LISA SNELL
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