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NATIVE
OKLAHOMA
• OCTOBER
2014
OCTOBER 2014
Cherokee
Art Market
Featuring150
Native American
artists from
across the nation
October 11 &12
Seminole Nation Museum
adds to collection
Native cooking: Chef Justin
Phillips ‘likes to burn stuff’
Tradition: How to make
pucker-toe moccasins
Tulsa theater presents
Hominy Indians movie
Will Rogers Days
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Contents:
ON OUR COVER | “A Little Girl’s Dream” BY ALVIN MARSHALL | cherokee art market best of show 2013
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NATIVE ART
Seminole Museum adds
new pieces to collection
CHEROKEE ART MARKET
NATIVE COOKING Justin Phillips is making his own way around the stove
HOMINY INDIANS MOVIE
‘Playground of the Native Son’ showing in Tulsa
13WILL ROGERS DAYS
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CHICKASAW PRESS
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5 new books coming
MUSEUM NAMED TOP 3
Cherokee Heritage Center recognized by USA Today
16MAKING MOCCASINS
Noel Grayson teaches workshop in Tahlequah 18MUSEUM AWARDS
Comanche Museum wins
20 EVENTS CALENDAR
22INDIAN TACOS Championship event Oct. 4
24 GAMING CENTERS
26 ATTRACTIONS
28 LODGING
30TRIBAL DIRECTORY
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Tony Tiger, left, and Kenneth Johnson stand next to their works
newly added to the Seminole Nation Museum collection in Wewoka.
adds new pieces to collection
By DANA ATTOCKNIE | Comanche
WEWOKA – As a crowd of visitors
eagerly enter a gallery within the
Seminole Nation Museum, they’re lured
to a polished gorget resting inside a glass
case and are greeted by a “Twenty-First
Century Man” painting.
Both one-of-a-kind artworks were
selected as the first pieces to be purchased
through the Joan Roberts Ligon
Collections Endowment, and they are
now permanent pieces of the museum.
An art dedication and reception to honor
the two artists who created the artwork
was held Sept. 14 at the Seminole Nation
Museum in Wewoka.
The etched copper gorget was created
by Kenneth Johnson, who is Mvskoke
and Seminole. The hand-engraved piece
is adorned with patchwork designs. It
also has a removable center medallion
that showcases an engraved turtle made
from an 1884 Indian head penny and a
hand-braided copper chain.
The “Twenty-First Century Man” is a
24”x 48” acrylic on canvass panel by Tony
Tiger, who is Sac and Fox, Mvskoke and
Seminole. The painting has touches of
Seminole patchwork in the background
with shades of red, blue, white and
green. In the forefront is a silhouette of
a man covered in markings that express
the multi-cultural lives of many Native
Americans today.
“Art is an extension of the spirit,”
Lewis Johnson, Assistant Chief of the
Seminole Nation, said. “I’m very proud
of these two artists.”
When the concept of the museum
began, Johnson said, it was the hope
of the founders and a group of elders
to retain and to keep intact the history
of the Wewoka community and of the
Seminole Nation.
Kenneth Johnson is a renowned
jewelry designer and metalsmith known
for the contemporary style he adds to
each piece he creates. His unique designs
include using stamp work and engraving
to create Native American inspired
patterns. He works with silver, copper,
platinum, palladium, gold, coins, and
gemstones. He resides in Santa Fe, N.M.,
but is familiar with Oklahoma and the
people.
“Right now this is a full circle event
for me,” he said. “My family is originally
from Wewoka.”
His mother is Rowena Johnson and
his grandmother is the late Lucinda
Walkingstick/Bruner who was originally
from Wewoka. He was a student at
‘Twenty First Century Man’ by Tony Tiger
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Hand Engraved Gorget by Kenneth Johnson
Seneca Indian School in Wyandotte and
at Sequoyah High School in Tahlequah.
He studied mechanical engineering the
University of Oklahoma in Norman.
“Metal is the canvas where symbols and
stories provide narrative to express my
understanding of this world,” Johnson
said. “Designs I use are the portraits
to display elements of my technical,
aesthetic and cultural experience.”
He recently made a gorget for Supreme
Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. He
personalized the gorget in four distinct
ways, including the incorporation of
four 1954 coins to represent the year
she was born and a pearl to represent
her birth month of June. He has made
custom jewelry for other notable people,
including tribal leaders.
Some of his honors include being the
2010 Grand Marshall of the Seminole
Nation Days parade, and in 2007 he had
a one-man show at the Creek Council
House Museum. In 2005, he created
four signature crowns of silver, coral
and copper for the Seminole Nation
princesses. That same year he was
awarded the Santa Fe Indian Market’s
“Most Creative Use of Stampwork”
Standards Jewelry Award. In 2003 he won
“Best in Show” at Oklahoma’s Red Earth
Festival. He was the 2001 featured artist
at the Tulsa Indian Arts Festival, the 1999
artist-in-residence at the Smithsonian
Institution’s National Museum of the
American Indian (NMAI), and was the
Santa Fe Indian Market Artist Fellow in
1997.
Johnson said wearing a gorget is a
sign of leadership, and his artwork is a
canvas to express ideas. “It tells a story
in symbols,” he said. “The characters are
my alphabet.”
Tiger told a story of how he was
born in Los Angeles, Calif. after his
parents moved there during the Urban
Relocation Program. In 1952, the federal
government initiated the program
to entice Native Americans to move
away from their tribal communities to
predetermined urban areas where jobs
were more plentiful.
Tiger said he had to learn a different
way of being American Indian, and
he didn’t see Native people dressed in
regalia, but instead in suits, ties and nice
hats.
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When the concept of the museum began, it was the hope of the founders
and a group of elders to retain and to keep intact the history of the
Wewoka community and of the Seminole Nation.
“It was a little different for me, but
we moved back to Oklahoma in 1970,
around that time, and a whole new
world opened up,” Tiger said. “I realized
we were part of this wonderful family,
and not just the Sac and Fox family that
I knew growing up, but the Creek and
Seminole side was so powerful.”
His influences are Jerome Tiger,
Allan Houser and an older brother. He
is an award winning painter, mixedmedia artist and print-maker. His latest
accolade was winning Best of Division
in the 2014 Southwestern Association
for Indian Arts (SWAIA) Painting Class
in Santa Fe, N.M.
His art has been exhibited at the
Oklahoma State Capitol, the Museum of
Contemporary Native Art in Santa Fe,
the Gardner Art Gallery in Stillwater,
Okla. and the Walton Arts Center in
Fayetteville, Ark. He is represented by
the Pierson Gallery in Tulsa.
“My art is fueled by the rediscovery of
being, we are more than mere reflections
in the mirror; we are soul and spirit,”
Tiger stated. “Life’s complexities, wonder
and mystery allow me, as an artist, the
opportunity to participate in practiced
observation; creating art.”
Tiger said he had talented and caring
instructors who encouraged him, and for
the rest of his life he wants to encourage
young people to fulfill their goals and
dreams. His Shawnee High School art
teacher continues to support him and
also attended the art dedication.
“What impresses me is he still uses
his art talent and he’s still involved in
his Indian culture, and he’s an educated
Christian,” Bill Malone said. “He’s gone
from being one of my students to being a
friend, and now he’s a dedicated teacher
at Bacone. He has great plans … trying
to promote Indian welfare.”
Tiger is the director of art and assistant
art professor at Bacone College in
Muskogee, Okla. He earned an Associate
of Arts degree from Seminole State
College, a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree
from Oklahoma State University, and
a Master of Fine Arts degree from the
University of Oklahoma. His art studio
is on the campus of Bacone College.
Tony Tiger
“I have to understand the past before I
can move forward,” Tiger said explaining
his art, “for me art is almost therapeutic
in a way because I can go back and
research and look at … the history of
different tribes.”
His work often fuses bold colors,
photographs, textures, and shadowbox
openings. He volunteers in community
activities and is the Cherokee Artists
Association vice president in Tahlequah,
where he resides. His work and upcoming
events can be viewed at www.seiaa.org.
Johnson’s work can be viewed on his
website
www.KennethJohnson.com
or his Facebook page at https://www.
facebook.com/KennethJohnsonStudio.
His work is also available through the
QVC shopping network.
The Joan Roberts Ligon Collections
Endowment
was
established
in
November 2013. Ligon was a museum
co-founder as well as its volunteer
registrar for more than 30 years. For
more information about the endowment
and the museum, visit http://www.
seminolenationmuseum.org/.
Kenneth Johnson
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Cherokee Art Market to
feature 150 elite artists
Prestigious art event will
be held Oct. 11-12 at Hard
Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa
TULSA – The ninth annual Cherokee Art
Market will feature 150 inspirational and
elite Native American artists from across the
nation Oct. 11-12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the
Sequoyah Convention Center at Hard Rock
Hotel & Casino Tulsa.
Admission is $5 per person.
The finest Native American artwork,
representing more than 45 different
tribes, will be displayed and sold at the
Cherokee Art Market. Pieces include
beadwork, pottery, painting, basketry,
sculptures and textiles. Guests can
also enjoy a variety of cultural and
art demonstrations.
“Year in and year out, the
Cherokee Art Market has
proven to be one of the most
prestigious Indian art
shows in the country,”
said Cherokee Nation
Principal Chief Bill
John Baker. “Every year
our market continues to
grow bigger and better.
‘Acceptance Letter’
by Troy Jackson
The Cherokee Art Market is a second-to-none
showcase featuring world-class artisans in a
variety of mediums.”
As part of the two-day event, there will be
public demonstrations from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
each day. Demonstrations include jewelry
stamp work technique, katsina doll making,
pottery, painting and basket weaving.
An awards reception will be held in The Sky
Room on Friday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. in honor
of the Cherokee Art Market prizewinners,
with $75,000 in overall prize money awarded
across 22 categories. The public is welcome
to attend the awards reception for $25 per
person. Tickets will be available for purchase
at the door.
“Best of Show” for the eighth annual
Cherokee Art Market went to Alvin Marshall
for his sculpture “A Little Girl’s Dream.”
For more information about the Cherokee
Art Market, visit www.cherokeeartmarket.
com.
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa is
located off Interstate 44 at exit 240. For more
information, visit www.hardrockcasinotulsa.
com or call (800) 760-6700.
– Cherokee Art Market Media Release
‘Fish’ bracelets by John Knotts
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Justin Phillips sautés roasted red potatoes for a benefit luncheon Thursday, Sept. 28.
Setting fires: Justin Phillips is making
his own way around the stove
By LISA SNELL | Cherokee
TULSA – He’s a culinary school
dropout who hasn’t managed to leave
the stove.
“I’m pretty good at this. I like to burn
stuff,” laughs Justin Phillips, who is
Cherokee and Ponca.
Coincidentally, he dropped out of
culinary school to go fight wild fires
even though he had enrolled in culinary
school to end his firefighting career.
“I was out in Talihina working for the
BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs),” he said.
“It was a good job.”
But cooking was what he was truly
good at.
“I started (in the restaurant business)
on my birthday. When I turned 16, I
started at El Chico in Muskogee. I started
washing dishes. A year later, I was pretty
much co-kitchen manager of that place,”
Phillips said.
Now in his 30’s, Phillips is getting a
taste of success as the owner of LeGrubs
Catering Company. He operates a
popular food truck on the weekends
and counts two Tulsa hotels among his
regular clientele.
Today, he’s talking food and dreams
while cooking up a meal for a Tulsa
Cancer Society luncheon. Chicken
breasts are charring on the grill while
Phillips sautés roasted red potatoes with
fresh bell peppers, Vidalia onions and
lots of seasoning.
“I try to do fresh stuff all the time. You
can taste the difference if it comes off a
truck frozen or fresh from the market,”
Phillips said.
The garden salad on today’s menu
comes fresh from the Tahlequah Farmer’s
Market.
“I did this menu all in my head right
before I walked in. I had a whole other
plan. But decided it just didn’t sound
good,” he said.
The menu may have been off the cuff,
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but he had to go with what was fresh.
“It was all about the arugula. I couldn’t get any arugula.”
He chuckled as he jerked his pan of sizzling peppers off
the stove and sent the veggies flying up and over with a
snap of his wrist. He thumped the pan back on the burner
and turned his attention to the chicken smoking on the
grill. Time pull the chicken and grill the asparagus.
One day he’ll have his own garden to ‘shop’ from
and plan his menus around. He’s in the process of
developing his own organic farm and says he intends to
plant specialty greens, micro greens, rainbow carrots,
parsnips, and turnips – among other produce - to use in
his own kitchen and sell at farmer’s markets and to highend restaurants.
“I remember my grandparents were always working in
the garden…pulling potatoes, picking okra and shelling
peas while watching Hee-Haw,” he said.
He’s living on his grandparents’ place so it’s only fitting
he carry on that gardening tradition. It’s a hefty commute
to drive to work in Tulsa, but it’s worth it.
“I just don’t have that stress of living in the city,” he
said. “I like being out at the old place in the country.”
During the week he’s cooking for both the Clarion Inn
and the Hilton Garden Inn hotels at the Tulsa airport.
On the weekends he’s running his LeGrubs food truck,
hitting events and festivals and the late night bar crowd.
Although he started his catering business a few years
ago, the food truck took a little time, because as Phillips
says, “I don’t want to put anything on my plate I can’t eat.”
He means that financially as well as gastronomically.
“I just saved my money for it. Saved and saved and
bought the truck. It was a Wonder Bread truck.”
When you see the shiny black beast, you’d never know
the truck had its start in life delivering bread. It’s totally
transformed, housing a commercial kitchen on the
inside and a bold paint job on the outside. Formal script
identifies the truck as LeGrubs. A chef hat-wearing skull
hovering over a set of cutlery ‘crossbones’ logo provides
an edgy contrast and a nod to Phillips’ sense of humor.
“I wanted something edgy. I wanted something that
personified me as a person and as a chef...bold, willing to
take risks… and a little wild,” he said.
He’s served the gamut from the truck – from a dinner
party of 500 to a nursing home.
“Old people are hard. They will tell you straight up your
food sucks. You can spend three hours or more on the
meal and they’ll still tell you they didn’t like it,” Phillips
said. He laughs and adds that little kids are hard too.
“I made my son homemade alfredo. He didn’t like it,
so what did he do? He went to grandma’s house for a PBJ
and some chips.”
Phillips just shook his head.
“What can you do?”
For more information or to find where LeGrubs will be
each weekend, check https://www.facebook.com/legrubs
or call Phillips at 918-944-8809.
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Tulsa theater presents story of
Hominy Indians football team
TULSA – The non-profit Circle
Cinema presents Playground of the
Native Son, an Oklahoma-made
documentary, on Friday, October
10 with a special screening at 7:30,
followed by Q&A with Writer/
Director Celia Xavier and cast.
“There was an All-Native
American Professional Football
team in Oklahoma during the
1920’s and early ‘30’s. The team
was called ‘The Hominy Indians’.
Twenty-two different tribes were
represented - some played for one
game, some for years.
Founded and financed by two
Osage brothers, Ira and Otto
Hamilton, the Hominy Indians
had a 22-game winning streak and
earned the chance of a lifetime in
1927. They played against the World
Champion New York Giants.
John Levi was their star player
and coach. Jim Thorpe called him
the greatest athlete he had ever seen.
What happens during the pre-game
speech by the coach to inspire this team
to dig deep is a speech so motivating
that it will be used in locker rooms for
generations to come. Playground of the
Native Son is their story.
“The historic, jaw-dropping, climax
came when the Indians played the New
York Giants, the day after Christmas in
SUPERNAW’S
1927. The Giants thought playing the
Indian team was a joke and at halftime
the Indians were trailing in the game,”
Xavier said. “They played for the love of
the game, but realized in this single game
they were fighting for much more.”
Several Oklahomans took part in
the making of the film, including
Tribal Councilor Joe Byrd; musician
Tommy Wildcat; Cayle and Kyle
Shambaugh; Nick Rabbit; Stacey
Nofire; Walker Robles; Brian
Worrell; Kiah Smith; Trent Phillips;
James Callie-Wildcat; Tammy
Buchanan; Steven Everett Poe and
Mark Casey. Others taking part
in the film were former Osage
Principal Chief Jim Gray; former
Delaware Chief Dee Ketchum;
Congressman John Maker and
Congressman Archie Mason.
Playground of the Native Son
opens at Circle Cinema Friday,
October 10. The film is 58 minutes
in length. For more information and
showtimes call 585-FILM(3456) or
visit CircleCinema.com.
The non-profit Circle Cinema is
Tulsa’s only running historic movie
theatre, showing independent,
foreign, and documentary films.
The Circle Cinema is dedicated to
using film to foster understanding
and appreciation of the human
experience
while
creating
community among the viewers in the
restored historic Circle Cinema.
More info at http://www.circlecinema.
com/coming-attractions/playgroundof-the-native-son.
– Circle Cinema Media Release
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Indian Women’s Club kicks off
Will Rogers Days Celebration Nov. 1
CLAREMORE – The Indian Women’s
Pocahontas Club, the Will Rogers
Memorial Museum and the Reveille
Rotary Club of Claremore kick off the
76th year of celebrating Will’s birthday
with the Will Rogers Days Grand Parade,
10:00 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 1.
After the parade, the Indian Women’s
Pocahontas Club welcomes parade
participants to join them at noon for a
traditional Cherokee feast at the Will
Rogers Memorial Museum.
The “Hats off to Will” birthday
celebration and wreath laying ceremony
is a time honored event in memory of
Will Rogers, also known as the “Cherokee
Kid”, one of the most notable members
of the Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club.
The club was founded in 1899, and is
a virtual Who’s Who of the founding
the annual memorial
wreath laying ceremony
families in Indian Territory.
At 1:00 p.m., in the theater at the Will
Rogers Memorial Museum, the club will
honor the Rogers family, community
leaders, Cherokee Principal Chief Bill
John Baker, and special guest, Jana Jae,
“The First Lady of Country Fiddle”,
followed by a traditional ceremony at the
Rotunda and a wreath laying ceremony
at the tomb of Will Rogers.
For information regarding the Indian
Women’s Pocahontas Club, “Hats off to
Will” birthday celebration, contact Ollie
Starr (918) 760-7499. For information
regarding the Will Rogers Memorial
Museum, contact Jacob Krumwiede 918343-8127 and for information regarding
the Reveille Rotary Club of Claremore
and Will Rogers Days Parade, contact
John Walke 918-341-3236.
– Pocahontas Club Media Release
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Cherokee Heritage Center named
Top 3 Native American experience
Reader contest was held on USA Today’s
10Best.com
TAHLEQUAH – When it comes to the best Native American
experience in the United States, the Cherokee Heritage Center
has been named one of the Top 3 destinations, according to
USA Today’s 10Best.com readers.
The Cherokee Heritage Center finished third behind New
Mexico’s Acoma Pueblo and Taos Pueblo. The Top 10 can be
found at www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-native-americanexperience and in the Sept. 19, 2014 print edition of USA
Today.
“We are thrilled to be in the top three of such an exceptional
list of nominees and are honored to represent Oklahoma on the
list,” said Dr. Candessa Teehee, executive director of Cherokee
Heritage Center. “We welcome visitors to experience all we have
to offer at the Cherokee Heritage Center, where our mission is
to promote and teach Cherokee history, heritage and culture.”
The Cherokee Heritage Center features numerous attractions
that share the story of Cherokees dating back to pre-European
contact through Oklahoma statehood. In 2013, Diligwa became
the grounds’ new living exhibit, authentically depicting life in
the early 1700s.
“I’d like to commend the staff for all their hard work, which
has resulted in Cherokee Heritage Center being named one
of the best Native American experiences in the country,”
said Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker. “This
reinforces Cherokee Nation’s position as a major tourist draw,
where people can visit our capital and learn about our rich
culture and history.”
Nominees for all categories are chosen by a panel of relevant
experts, which include a combination of editors from USA
Today, editors from 10Best.com, relevant expert contributors,
and sources for both these media and other Gannett properties.
All voting is digital, and the 10Best Readers’ Choice Award
contest is accessible on the 10Best.com website.
“USA Today is thrilled to have this method of sharing what
10Best and USA Today readers and users love most,” said John
Peters, president of USA Today Travel Media Group. “Our
readers are well-informed, well-traveled and opinionated. At
the end of the day, content on our platforms is a reflection of
them. A destination, organization or business that finds itself
the recipient of a 10Best Readers’ Choice Award has really
The Center opened ‘Diligwa’ - a living exhibit - in 2013.
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U.S. Department of the Interior
The Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations,
created to implement part of the Cobell Settlement,
is offering fair market value to landowners for
voluntarily restoring fractional land interests to tribes.
All sales are voluntary, though landowners will only
have 45 days to accept offers.
Dr. Candessa TeeHee, Heritage
Center Executive Director
accomplished something.”
10Best.com provides users with original, unbiased and
experiential travel content of top attractions, things to see and
do, and restaurants for top destinations in the U.S. and around
the world. The core of the site’s uniqueness is its team of local
travel experts: a well-traveled and well-educated group who
are not only experts in their fields — and their cities — but
discriminating in their tastes. These local experts live in the
city they write about, so the content is constantly updated.
In 2012, 10Best.com averaged more than 700,000 monthly
unique visitors, generating approximately 28 million page
views. It was acquired by USA Today in January 2013.
The Cherokee Heritage Center is the premier cultural
center for Cherokee tribal history, culture and the arts. For
information on the 2014 season events, operating hours and
programs, please contact the Cherokee Heritage Center at
(888) 999-6007 or visit www.CherokeeHeritage.org. It can
also be found on Facebook by searching “Cherokee Heritage
Center.”
– Cherokee Nation Media Release
The Cherokee Heritage Center
is located six miles south of
downtown Tahlequah. Take
highway 62 toward Park Hill.
Turn east on Willis Road
to 21192 South Keeler Drive.
Landowners are encouraged to contact the Trust
Beneficiary Call Center (TBCC) to learn about eligibility
and to ensure their contact information is current:
1(888)678-6836
More information is also available from your local
Fiduciary Trust Officer (FTO) at the Office of Special Trustee
for American Indians, or on the web at:
www.doi.gov/buybackprogram
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Making pucker-toe moccasins
By LISA SNELL | Cherokee
TAHLEQUAH – He calls himself an
‘aboriginal revivalist’ – a term he came up
with because, as he says, he’s aboriginal
and he revitalizes things.
“It just makes me sound cool,” Noel
Grayson says and chuckles.
Grayson is a Cherokee National
Treasure in bow making and flint
knapping. If you Google him, a number
of YouTube videos will pop up and you
may watch him demonstrate his craft
– making Cherokee bows and flint
knapping arrows in the traditional way.
However, this night he is making
traditional Southeastern style pucker-toe
moccasins, but you won’t find a video of
that – yet.
“Knowing how to make these
moccasins is really simple if you know
the technique,” he said. “See this
basketball court? This is the pattern that
we’re going be using.”
Grayson gestures toward the back of
room and the women seated in front of
him realize they are sitting at one end
of a gym. Indeed, at the opposite end of
the room is a basketball goal and the free
throw line is clearly marked. They are
inside the Wellness Center of the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
attending a class offered by the tribe’s
John Hair Museum and Cultural Center
in Tahlequah.
He asks for a volunteer so he can
demonstrate how to measure the foot
and draw the pattern. He has her stand
on a piece of cardboard. Then using a
piece of twine, he measures all the way
around the widest part of the woman’s
foot and marks the width by knotting
the twine.
“Most Native Americans have a foot
that is as long as it is around,” he said.
He stretches the length of twine out.
His volunteer has a slightly longer foot,
but many in the room find their foot is
indeed as long as it is big around.
Grayson marks the length of her foot
on the cardboard then marks where the
widest part of her foot falls. He uses the
knotted twine to measure how wide to
make the pattern at that point. It looks
like he’s marking the points of a cross
[†].
He then uses the twine like a compass
to draw a semi-circle from the center of
the cross over toe of the foot, joining the
left and right arms of the cross.
“Remember, I told you we’d be using
the court right here as a pattern,” he said,
then proceeded to draw a line straight
down either side of the cross to line up
at the bottom where he has marked his
volunteer’s heel. He draws a final line
across the bottom, from left to right,
completing the pattern.
Indeed, the drawing on the cardboard
mirrors the lines on the basketball court.
The next step is cut the pattern out of the
cardboard and use it as a template for
cutting the leather or buckskin chosen
for the moccasins.
“What about the side flaps?”
“We’re not going to be making them
tonight,” Grayson said. There isn’t
enough time in the workshop for flaps
and they can be added later.
“A lot of times they were doing beading
on these moccasins. They’d have nice
beadwork along those side flaps so when
that pair of moccasins wore a hole in
them, they’d tear those beaded flaps off
and sew them onto a new pair,” he said.
Grayson holds up a piece of golden
hide and snaps it out, tugging and
pulling to stretch the leather.
“Pull on it, put some stretch in it so
when you start wearing your shoe, it
doesn’t stretch out and get misshapen,”
he said.
Then he lays the hide out on the floor.
“You want your moccasins to fit the
same. Leather is actually thicker in some
places and thinner in others… the neck,
the nape area is going to be the thickest,”
he said. “You don’t want a moccasin
made from a piece of hide here and the
other from this piece over here. You
want them made from the same section
of hide.”
Once the leather is cut, Grayson
demonstrates how to start sewing the
moccasin together. He folds the shape
in half longwise, inside out, and pinches
together the tip which will be the toe of
the moccasin.
Noel Grayson measures the width of a
woman’s foot with a piece of twine.
Use the width measurement to draw
the toe box of the moccasin.
Grayson’s volunteer cuts out leather
using the pattern they created.
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Traditionally, stitching would be done
with sinew through holes punched with
a bone awl. Grayson warns against trying
to make the sewing go easier by using a
modern hole punch.
“When you use a hole-punch, it takes
a bite out, it makes a hole in your leather.
When you use an awl, an awl goes in there,
opens that hole up and you have to be fast
because once you take that awl out, the
hole will close, and that is what you want.
You want that hole to close up,” he said.
The first stitch will go in the toe.
Using a thin, knotted strip of hide,
Grayson closes the toe of the moccasin
with a single stitch then turns the leather
back to right side out. It’s time to use
the awl and stitch up the center of the
moccasin.
“Roughly about an eighth of an inch,
right at the top, poke a hole in it and use
your fingers to push that leather thread
through it,” he said.
Continue, using a whip stitch, from side
to side, using the awl to poke holes about
a “thumb width” apart lengthwise and
1/8” deep. Pushing the thread through
with your fingers as you go.
“Measure from one side of your
thumbnail to the other. That’s the width
you want,” Grayson said. “Remember
it always goes from inside out. Always
remember, inside out.”
The heel starts the same way, with the
center of the underside pinched together
and joined with a stitch.
Noel Grayson demonstrates where the thickest part of a hide lies.
The JHCCM opened in October 2011 with a mission to educate the public about the history, customs and traditions of the Keetoowah
Cherokee people. The museum is open Tuesday-Saturday from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Admission is free. For more information about
the Keetoowah Cherokee culture call 918-772-4389 or visit www.ukb-nsn.gov.
The toe of the moccasin is closed with a
knotted stitch.
Use a whip stitch to close up the top of
the moccasin.
A complete pair of pucker-toe
moccasins with flaps added on
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Comanche National Museum, 701 NW Ferris Avenue, Lawton
Comanche National Museum wins
national, regional and state awards
LAWTON – The Comanche National
Museum and Cultural Center (CNMCC)
recently picked up a total of six national,
regional and state awards for excellence.
CNMCC has been named a Silver
winner in two categories of the 35th
Annual Telly Awards. The “Tellys” are
the nation’s premier award honoring
outstanding local, regional, and cable TV
commercials and programs, the finest
video and film productions, and online
commercials, video and films. CNMCC
won for their 2013 Happy Holidays TV
commercial and the Comanche Code of
Honor television campaign. CNMCC
is also the recipient of a Bronze Telly for
the World War II Code of Honor Virtual
Video exhibit, which is currently on
display in the museum’s gallery. With
nearly 12,000 entries from all 50 states
and numerous countries, less than 10%
of entries are chosen as winners of the
Silver Telly, the competition’s highest
honor. Approximately 25% of entries are
chosen as winners of the Bronze Telly.
The
Mountain-Plains
Museum
Association (MPMA) has awarded
CNMCC first place in its technology
competition for the museum’s Social
Media Campaign.
The campaign
encompasses
Facebook,
Twitter,
Instagram and YouTube. MPMA is a
10-state regional museum association
comprised of museum professionals
from Colorado, Kansas, Montana,
Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and
Wyoming.
CNMCC has also been named
a recipient of two awards from the
Oklahoma
Museums
Association
(OMA). The museum took top honors
in OMA’s Technology Media category for
a 13-minute video titled “Nu Mihimia –
My War Journey.” The video chronicles
the military life of World War II
Comanche Code Talker, Larry Saupitty,
as he prepared for war. CNMCC also
won top honor in the Promotional Piece
category for the 30-minute Comanche
Code of Honor TV special which aired
on KSWO-TV on Thanksgiving Day,
2013.
The winning entries represent projects
which were in collaboration with
DesignWorks Group, Inc. in Wichita
Falls, Texas. CNMCC has been awarded
a total of 27 local, state, regional and
national awards since opening in 2007.
The Comanche National Museum
and Cultural Center is located at 701
NW Ferris Avenue, Lawton, Oklahoma,
behind McMahon Auditorium. Hours
of operation are Monday through Friday,
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Saturdays,
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Admission is free.
For more information visit our website
at www.comanchemuseum.com.
– Comanche National Museum &
Cultural Center Media Release
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5 books to be unveiled at
Chickasaw Cultural Evening
Chickasaw Press will also
be hosting a book sale
and signing during the
Chickasaw Annual Meeting
and Festival in Tishomingo,
on Saturday, Oct. 4.
ADA – Chickasaw Press and White
Dog Press will be introducing five new
titles to the public Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014,
during Chickasaw Cultural Evening at the
Chickasaw Cultural Center in Sulphur,
Oklahoma.
Chickasaw Press will unveil Chikasha:
The Chickasaw Collection at the National
Museum of the American Indian by Joshua
D. Hinson and The Early Chickasaw
Homeland: Origins, Boundaries and
Society by John P. Dyson.
White Dog Press will release its first
novel, Anompolichi: The Wordmaster
by Phillip Carroll Morgan and a new
children’s book, C is for Chickasaw by
Wiley Barnes.
White Dog Press will also formally
introduce the Chickasaw Journeys
Activity Book, which was released earlier
this year.
All five books will be for sale during
cultural evening. Authors will be on hand
to sign copies.
Chickasaw Press will also be hosting
a book sale and signing during the
Chickasaw Annual Meeting and Festival
in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, Saturday, Oct.
4, 2014. The Press will be on the second
floor of the Chickasaw Nation Capitol
building throughout the day and authors
will be available to sign books and answer
questions.
The books include:
Anompolichi: The Wordmaster by
Phillip Carroll Morgan
Anompolichi: The Wordmaster is the
first novel to be published by White Dog
Press. Set in North America in 1399,
Anompolichi uses compelling characters
and vibrant settings to weave a tale of
adventure and intrigue as it explores what
Native civilizations may have looked
like nearly 100 years before contact with
Europeans.
C is for Chickasaw by Wiley Barnes;
Illustrated by Aaron Long
White Dog Press’ newest children’s
book, C is for Chickasaw is an ABC book
that incorporates elements of Chickasaw
history, language and culture.
Chikasha: The Chickasaw Collection
at the National Museum of the American
Indian by Joshua D. Hinson
This full-color, coffee table-style book
features the collection of Chickasaw
artifacts held by NMAI and includes
commentary which speaks to the history
and cultural significance of each item in
the collection.
The Early Chickasaw Homeland:
Origins, Boundaries and Society by John
P. Dyson
Dyson examines the life of Chickasaws
in the original homeland, drawing on
extensive firsthand research and his
knowledge of Chickasaw language to
provide insight into the homeland’s true
territorial boundaries, place-names, in
addition to the social structure of the
Chickasaws who lived there.
Chickasaw Journeys Activity Book
Designed for children ages 5-12, the
Chickasaw Journeys Activity Book uses a
variety of engaging activities to introduce
Chickasaw history, language and culture.
Some activities can be completed from
home, while others require children to
visit historical and cultural sites within
the Chickasaw Nation. Children have the
opportunity to earn trade beads during
their on-site visits. Children completing
activities are granted membership to the
Ofi’ Tohbi Club, which includes a club
patch and coin.
– Chickasaw Nation Media Release
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NatiVE EVENTS CALENDAR
Powwow dates, times and
locations are subject to change.
Please call ahead or check online
in advance before making travel
plans. See www.nativeoklahoma.
us for more listings and updates
through the season.
EVERY TUESDAY
A Taste of Native Oklahoma
Lunches. 11 am-2 pm. Featuring
Indian Tacos & More. Jacobson
House Native Art Center, 609
Chautauqua Ave., Norman
EVERY WEDNESDAY
Every
Wednesday:
Powwow
Singing & Drumming, 6:30 pm-8:30
pm. Hosted by OU SNAG. Jacobson
House Native Art Center, 609
Chautauqua Ave., Norman
EVERY 1st FRIDAY: Indian Taco
Sales – from 4:00 – 8:00 pm at
Angie Smith Memorial UMC, 400 S.
W. 31st Street, Oklahoma City
Flute circle, 7:00pm-9:00pm.
Jacobson House Native Art Center,
609 Chautauqua Ave., Norman
EVERY 2nd SATURDAY
Indian Taco Sales - from 11-2:30pm
at OK Choctaw Tribal Alliance,
5320 S. Youngs Blvd, Oklahoma
City www.okchoctaws.org
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
OCTOBER 3-5
Kaw Nation Powwow. Come out
to experience the Kaw Nation
Powwow and enjoy dance
contests, exhibitions and audience
participation for all ages. Various
members of the Kaw Nation
will descend upon Kaw City in
full regalia on Friday night and
Saturday to compete in numerous
traditional dance contests such as
fancy dancing. A traditional Native
American supper will be served
at 5pm Saturday and everyone is
invited to attend. Visitors to the
Kaw Nation Powwow will also enjoy
an extensive selection of food and
craft vendors. This event is free
and open to the public. Washunga
Bay Powwow Grounds, 12613 E
Furguson Ave, Kaw City. Phone:
580-269-2552 Toll Free: 866-4045297
OCTOBER 3-5
Miami NOW (Native Oklahoma
Weekend) at Miami Fairgrounds,
Miami. American Indian food
cook-offs, dance exhibitions and
storytelling, an open drum and
dance arena, arts and craft shows,
American Indian artwork on display
and more. 918-542-4481.
OCTOBER 4
Homestead event at In A Good
Way Farm, 13359 SE 1101 Ave,
Talihina. Native American culture
demonstrations by the Choctaw
Preservation
Department,
a
workshop
making
bio-char
facilitated by George Kuepper
and Hannah Daniels of the Kerr
Center, Poteau, OK, a canning
demonstration by Dr. Lyndon
Lamb, a workshop demonstration
installing a rainwater harvesting
system presented by Mary and
Billy Kniffen of ARCSA, drying and
preserving herbs, vegetables and
fruits, tours of the bunkhouse,
Alpaca display by Walnut Creek
Alpacas, Michele White fabriartisan
will demonstrate spinning wool,
and visitors will be able to pet the
most beautiful donkey in the world,
“Douglas”. Also gospel singing in
English and Choctaw. More info
call Teddi Irwin, 918-567-3313,
OCTOBER 4
Chickasaw Annual Meeting &
Festival. The Chickasaw Annual
Meeting and Festival is a cultural
event and festival that celebrates
the Chickasaw Nation and its
unique heritage in Tishomingo,
the historical capitol of the
Chickasaw Nation.
This event
will include demonstrations on
cultural significance, traditional
food tasting, children’s activities,
arts and crafts and plenty of food
vendors. The annual festival gives
all Chickasaws and festival-goers
an opportunity to gather and
celebrate the unique culture and
history of the Chickasaw Nation.
Various Locations, Tishomingo.
Phone: 405-767-8998.
OCTOBER 4
10th annual National Indian Taco
Championship - free event in
downtown Pawhuska. Contestants
will be selling tacos to the public,
and for $5 visitors will have the
chance to help judge the Indian
tacos. Judging begins at 10 a.m.,
and winners are announced
between 3 and 4 p.m. For more
information about the event
and for contestant inquiries,
contact the Pawhuska Chamber
of Commerce at 918.287.1208 or
www.pawhuskachamber.com.
OCTOBER 4
Totem Pole BBQ & Music Fest at
Totem Pole Park, Located 4 miles
east of Foyil, on Hwy 28A. BBQ
Served 12:00 – 4pm, Bring your
own chair! Jammers Welcome
(Accoustical Only) Come listen to
the music, have lunch, and help
support the Totem Pole Park! Come
See The Old Cars! Vendors call for
reservations. For information call
918-283-8035
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Visit the 9th Annual Cherokee Art Market on October 11-12, the premier Native American art show in
Oklahoma. Featuring 150 artists from more than 50 tribes, visitors and art collectors can expect to see the
best in Native American art at the Cherokee Art Market. Meet award-winning artists and enjoy cultural
demonstrations during this two day event. Located at the Sequoyah Convention Center inside the Hard Rock
Hotel & Casino Tulsa, admission is $5 for adults and free for children 12 and under. For more information,
visit CherokeeArtMarket.com or call 877-779-6977.
OCTOBER 4
OCTOBER 9
3rd Annual Homestead Event and Gospel
Singing SPONSORED BY MOTHER EARTH
AND GRIT MAGAZINES – 10 AM TIL 2
PM at IN A GOOD WAY FARM, a nonprofit farm established to give Native
American men in need a hand up, 13359
SE 1101 AVE – TALIHINA, 918–567-3313.
Choctaw cultural demonstrations, handson quilting bee, Native American crafts,
baked goods and more. Free admission
– directions available by phone – map
available by email inagoodway@ymail.
com
Nevaquaya Fine Art presents ‘Southern
Plains Drifters’ music and live paint
event featuring DJ Brian Frejo and artist
Matthew Bearden from 6-9pm at 500
Riverwalk Parkway, Ste. 120, Jenks. Free
admission, food and drinks provided.
Music/Handdrums/flute performances.
More info call 918-699-9850 or
[email protected]
OCTOBER 11
Pryor Powwow at MidAmerica Expo
Center, 526 Airport Road, Pryor. Visitors
can watch several kinds of men’s and
women’s dancing, as well as a variety
of competitive inter-tribal dance styles.
Call 918-825-0157 to confirm date.
OCTOBER 11
OSU NASA contest powwow at the
Payne County Expo Center in Stillwater.
Gourd dancing at noon, supper break
starting at 4:30, Grand Entry at 6:30
p.m., followed by contest dancing.
Vendors may call NASA president Amber
Anderson at 405-708-9968 by Oct. 4 to
reserve a space.
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Pawhuska hosts annual National
Indian Taco Championship Oct. 4
PAWHUSKA – Autumn may seem
a long way off, but soon it will be
upon us, offering up cool breezes for
the 10th annual National Indian Taco
Championship on October 4. With the
event come aromas of freshly cooked
Indian tacos, interesting vendors and
traders, competitions, music, American
Indian dancing and a variety of
entertainment.
Organizers are hoping new vendors
and competitions will translate into
huge crowds on October 4, from 10 a.m.
until 4 p.m. at this admission-free event
in downtown Pawhuska.
“We are excited this year as the
championship will be our 10th annual,”
said Mike McCartney, chamber director.
“It’s $1,500 winner take all.”
Contestants will be selling tacos to the
public, and for $5 visitors will have the
chance to help judge the Indian tacos.
Judging begins at 10 a.m., and winners
are announced between 3 and 4 p.m.
“NITC is almost underway, as we are
in the final stages of planning for our
National Indian Taco Championship,”
said Patricia Wilson, NITC chairman.
“However, we are still looking for nonfood vendors and contestants for the
event. Contestants have a chance to win
some great cash prizes including our
people’s choice award.”
“It will be a great time for children and
adults, so we hope to see a huge crowd
this year,” she added.
Children are sure to enjoy the mini
train rides and pony rides, and vendors
are offering snow cones, baked goods,
Native American beadwork, art work,
jewelry and much more, organizers
said.
Sponsors include the Pawhuska
Chamber of Commerce, Osage Casino,
and Osage County Tourism.
For more information about the event
and for contestant inquiries, contact the
Pawhuska Chamber of Commerce at
918.287.1208 or www.pawhuskachamber.
com.
The Pawhuska Chamber of Commerce
and Osage County Tourism are members
of Green Country Marketing Association
which works with the Oklahoma Tourism
and Recreation Department and others
to promote state tourism, a $7.1 billion
industry.
– Jeanette Swindell, Public Relations
Green Country Marketing Assn.
EVENTS CONTINUED…
years ago. Call 405-247-8896 to confirm
date.
NOVEMBER 15
OSU American Indian Alumni Society
reception for its 2014-2015 Distinguished
Alumni Award recipient, Chickasaw
Nation citizen Jeraldine “Jerry” Brown.
ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center in
Stillwater. Exact time is still TBA, but will
be three hours before the kickoff of the
OSU-Texas football game.
OCTOBER 11-12
Cherokee Art Market. The annual
Cherokee Art Market will feature more
than 150 inspirational and elite Native
American artists from across the nation.
Representing 47 federally-recognized
tribes, these artists converge in the
Sequoyah Grand Ballroom of the Hard
Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa to showcase
their talents. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
777 W Cherokee St.,Catoosa. Phone:
918-384-6990
OCTOBER 11-12
Kiowa Black Leggings Warrior Society
Ceremonial, Indian City Ceremonial
Campgrounds, Anadarko. Event includes
ceremonial dance festivities that
cover two days, traditional dancing, a
presentation of colors and the singing of
a war mother’s song. The Kiowa Black
Leggings Warrior Society, known as the
Ton-Kon-Gah, was established many
generations ago to honor veterans. This
historic event dates back to over 200
OCTOBER 25
Bacone College Fall Powwow. Join
the excitement of the Bacone College
Fall Powwow at the Muskogee Civic
Center.
The powwow will feature
singing, dancing and other traditional
activities.
Performers will include
gourd dance singers and gourd dancers
as well as the Muskogee Nation Color
Guard. Throughout the day, browse the
American Indian arts and crafts market
for original artwork, handmade jewelry
and other items. Muskogee Civic Center,
425 Boston Ave, Muskogee. Phone: 918687-3299 or 918-360-0057
OCTOBER 25
2014 Greater Tulsa Indian Art Festival
Princess Honor Dance for Hope Harjo at
the Perryman Ranch, 11524 S. Elwood
Ave,, Jenks. Gourd Dance starts at 1pm;
Grand Entry at 7pm. Men’s and women’s
combined contests, Arts & Crafts booths.
For more info call 918-298-2300 or
[email protected]
NOVEMBER 28-29
Choctaw Casino Resort Powwow,
Choctaw Event Center, 3702 Choctaw
Rd., Durant. Contest powwow, thousands
in prize money. Doors open at 10 am
Friday and Saturday. Information call
800-522-6170.
Powwow dates, times and locations
are subject to change. Please call
ahead or check online in advance
before making travel plans. See www.
nativeoklahoma.us for more listings
and updates through the season.
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DUCK CREEK CASINO
Creek Nation Casino Duck Creek
in Beggs features over 250 gaming
machines in a 5,000-square-foot
facility. Stop by to try your luck at
this casino, where you can play every
day of the week from 9am-7am.
On-site concessions are available
at Creek Nation Casino Duck Creek.
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The Golden Pony Casino in Okemah,
run by the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town
of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation,
offers a variety of entertainment
options in one venue. With a wide
variety of slot machines and new
ones being added all the time, you’ll
play games for hours and never get
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NatiVE Attractions
Artesian Hotel
1001 W 1st St • Sulphur
855-455-5255
www.artesianhotel.com
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
Tahlonteeskee Cherokee
Courthouse Museum
Rt. 2 Box 37-1 • Gore
918-489-5663
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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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
Commercial & Main, Webbers Falls
918-464-2728
Wheelock Academy
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
524 S Wewoka • Wewoka
405-257-5580
www.theseminolenationmuseum.org
Sequoyah’s Cabin
Rt. 1 Box 141 • Sallisaw
918-775-2413
www.cherokeetourismok.com
524 S Wewoka Ave, Wewoka
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CLAREMORE
Comfort Inn
1720 S. Lynn Riggs
(918) 343-3297
CUSHING
Best Western
508 E Main St
(918) 306-4299
DURANT
CHOCTAW LODGE
DURANT
800-590-5825
EUFAULA
BEST WESTERN INN
1300 Birkes Road
918-689-5553
CHOCTAW GRAND TOWER
Choctaw Casino Resort is excited
to announce that we are the only
casino resort in the region to be
recognized with the AAA FourDiamond rating. Four diamonds are
awarded to establishments that are
upscale in all areas. Not only do the
accommodations sparkle but the
customer service shines as well.
With our high levels of hospitality,
service and attention to detail, we’re
truly shining, just for you.
GLENPOOL
BEST WESTERN
14831 S Casper Street
918-322-5201
LOCUST GROVE
BEST WESTERN PLUS
LOCUST GROVE INN & SUITES
106 Holiday Lane
918-479-8082
MIAMI
BUFFALO RUN HOTEL
1366 U.S. 69
(918) 542-2900
NEWKIRK/PONCA CITY
CHOCTAW INN
DURANT
800-590-5825
FIRST COUNCIL HOTEL
12875 U.S. 77
580.448.3225 or
toll-free 877-232-9213.
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Just a short 10 minute drive east
of I-35, the First Council Hotel
rooms feature custom double
plush bedding, premium linens,
42” HD Cable TV, hair dryers, irons
and ironing boards. Luxury suites
are custom decorated and feature
Native artwork, one-of-a-kind special
made Pendleton blankets, king size
bed, leather sofas and chairs, coffee
makers, granite counter tops and
oversized soaking tubs. Full hot
breakfast buffet, complimentary
valet parking, bell service and WiFi
throughout the hotel are included.
Okmulgee
BEST WESTERN PLUS
3499 N WOOD DR
918-756-9200
DAYS INN
1221 S WOOD DR
918-758-0660
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS
2780 N WOOD DR
918- 756-0100
POCOLA
CHOCTAW HOTEL
Interstate 540
800-590-5825
PONCA CITY
OSAGE CASINO HOTEL
64464, U.S. 60
(580) 765-2973
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QUAPAW
DOWNSTREAM CASINO RESORT
69300 E NEE ROAD
Four miles west of Joplin, MO off
I-44. Call 800 - 888-396-7876
Sophistication and style with Native
American influences await you in
each of the 374 luxurious guest
rooms and suites in the hotel at
Downstream Casino Resort.
SAND SPRINGS
Hampton Inn
7852 W. Parkway Blvd
(918) 245-8500
Hampton Inn
7852 W. Parkway Blvd
(918) 245-8500
SKIATOOK
OSAGE CASINO HOTEL
5591 W Rogers Blvd
(918) 699-7873
TAHLEQUAH
BEST WESTERN
3296 S Muskogee
(918) 458-1818
COMFORT INN
101 Reasor St
(918) 431-0600
TAHLEQUAH
DAYS INN
701 Holiday Dr
(918) 456-7800
Tulsa
Quality Suites
3112 S. 79th E. Ave
(918) 858-9625
Tulsa
Clarion Inn
Airport
2201 N. 77 E. Ave.
(918) 835-9911
Hyatt Place
7037 S. Zurich Ave
(918) 491-4010
Comfort Suites
1737 S. 101st E. Ave
(918) 628-0900
Hilton Garden Inn
7728 E. Virgin Court
(918) 838-1444
Holiday Inn Express
3215 S. 79th E. Ave
(918) 665-4242
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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
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
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 Nation
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
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