100 Years - Native Oklahoma

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| MARCH
NATIVE
OKLAHOMA
2015
MARCH 2015
100 Years
First Native American
President of the
American War Mothers
and oldest OtoeMissouria tribal citizen
celebrates 100th
birthday
Cherokees launch OSIYO TV • Native Cooking - Laguna style
Osage Hand Game • Chickasaw chocolate = Sweet success
NATIVE OKLAHOMA | MARCH 2015
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Contents:
ON OUR COVER | ‘NATIVE SISTERS’ | BRENT GREENWOOD
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COVER ARTIST
Brent Greenwood
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TRADITIONS
Thoughts on Hand Game
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ELDER SPOTLIGHT 14
NATIVE COOKING
A traditional Laguna Pueblo Easter treat
30 LODGING
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100 YEAR BIRTHDAY
Otoe-Missouria woman celebrates the big one
OSIYO TV
Cherokee Nation launches monthly TV program
www.nativeoklahoma.us
www.nativetimes.com
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SWEET SUCCESS
Chickasaw chocolate
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GAMING CENTERS
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EVENTS
ATTRACTIONS
26 SHOPPING
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ON OUR COVER | “NATIVE SISTERS” BY BRENT GREENWOOD | CHICKASAW & PONCA
Brent Greenwood is a native Oklahoman and
contemporary artist of both Chickasaw and Ponca
heritage was born in Midwest City, Oklahoma. He
graduated with an AFA in 2-Dimensional Art from
the Institute of American Indian Arts and a BFA from
Oklahoma City University. Best known for his historical
and abstract acrylic paintings, many of his figurative
works exclude detailed faces because he wants to
engage the viewer as an active participant to impart
their own feelings and emotions.
Greenwood is recognizable to many because he has
been featured in several of the “United we Thrive”
commercials produced by the Chickasaw Nation,
he appeared in “Last of the Mohicans,” and in the
independent documentary, “I Said I Would Never Paint
This Way Again.” Greenwood is committed to giving
back to his community and currently serves as the Indian
Education Program Assistant for Edmond Public Schools
and will return this summer for the third year to teach
at the Chickasaw Arts Academy. The piece titled, Native
Sisters, 2014, acrylic, elks’ teeth, and artificial sinew on
canvas, 24 × 30 which was included in the Coors Western
Art Exhibit & Sale has also been chosen as the featured
image for the Native Crossroads film festival in Norman,
Oklahoma February 26-28, 2015 and is on the cover of
this issue of Native Oklahoma. His work can be seen at
the Red Earth Festival June 5-7, 2015 in Oklahoma City.
– Brent Greenwood Studios, 813 Willow Ridge Place,
Edmond. (405) 706-1101 or [email protected]
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ELDER SPOTLIGHT:
Jerry and Shirley Lowman
Jerry and Shirley Lowman are featured as the Valentine Couple in the 2015 Choctaw Nation calendar.
PHOTO BY POLLARO VIDEO | COURTESY CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA
The Lowmans will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this June.
Zach Maxwell
Choctaw Nation
SMITHWILLE - Jerry and Shirley
Lowman have dedicated much of their
lives to Choctaw traditional music,
dancing and artistry.
Some of this happened by chance
and some by design. Both were raised
in isolated, woodland communities in
northern McCurtain County, mostly after
World War II. Both spoke only Choctaw
until entering nearby grade schools.
They met in high school, married
soon thereafter and built a hardscrabble
existence in the Smithville area. The
isolation kept families – and long-standing
traditional life ways – intact in the wooded
hills near the Arkansas border.
As young adults in the 1970s, they
could see some of the activities that
made a distinctive Choctaw culture were
fading from the Oklahoma landscape. As
other Native nations enjoyed a cultural
renaissance in the wake of “Wounded
Knee ’73,” the Lowmans joined a
determined group of Choctaws in keeping
tribal music and dancing alive.
Both also participate in various forms of
Native expression. For Shirley, it’s in the
form of beadwork. And for Jerry, his work
as a silversmith allows him to create rings
and key chains in themes both ancient
(such as stickball) and modern (such as
the OKC Thunder logo).
The Lowmans’ special contribution
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to Choctaw chanting and dancing goes
back more than 40 years with some trips
to learn from our Mississippi kin. These
efforts earned them an invitation to lead
tribal dances on the capitol grounds at
Tvshka Homma this past Labor Day.
“When (Choctaw language instructor
Terri Billy) asked us to chant at Tvshka
Homma, we felt so honored,” Shirley
said. This honored couple was featured
as February “Choctaw valentines” in the
2015 calendar, in a photo of them in full
traditional attire from the same event.
The Lowmans will celebrate their 50th
wedding anniversary this June.
Jerry grew up in the Watson and Buffalo
areas, as well as several years in western
Oklahoma before returning home at age
18 upon the passing of his grandmother.
would travel to Texas to “pull cotton” or,
closer to home they would find work
“peeling poles.”
This work involved stripping small
trees of their bark with a draw knife so
they could be made into fence posts. Jerry
called it a “running thing” in the 1950s,
with post yards all over the piney hills of
far southeastern Oklahoma.
“A machine does it now,” Shirley said
of the post work. “Dad used to tell us, you
better get an education because a machine
will take this over in the future.”
Wages were low and indeed, peeling
poles became a thing of the past. Once the
Lowman’s daughter reached schooling
age, Shirley applied to work as a teacher’s
aide in the Johnson O’Malley program.
She retired a few years ago after 35 years
A Lowman family photo
Shirley was born “at home” into the
Ludlow family in the community of the
same name. Both describe an upbringing
of hard work, rural isolation and a
struggle to adapt to English-speaking
classmates and teachers. Shirley’s parents,
including mother Minnie (Bonds)
Ludlow from Bethel, had 11 children but
no electricity until Shirley was grown.
Jerry’s mother was a member of the
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, but his vivid
memories of childhood centered on his
grandparents. “(Grandma) used to wear
an apron all the time,” he said. “And she
would go barefooted. She would never
wear shoes. Maybe when she went to
church but when she went to town, she
went barefooted.”
Jerry worked at a pallet company,
chicken processing plant and U.S. Mortar
but settled on working the nearby “log
woods” until 1998. Shirley and her family
as an aide and bus driver for Smithville
schools.
In the early 1970s, the Lowmans were
part of a large group who joined Pastors
Gene Wilson and John Bohanan on a
journey to eastern Mississippi to visit the
Choctaw Reservation at Pearl River.
“Gene was in charge of Christian
education and he wanted to do cultural
things for the Choctaws here,” Shirley
said. “He wrote a proposal and received
a grant. For me, culture was something
I never thought about: Who we were,
where we came from.” They visited
Nvnih Waiya, even as local Choctaws
warned them not to go inside the cave.
“They said, ‘Something is going to grab
you,’” Jerry said.
“I was kind of afraid but I followed the
trail and made it to look at the real Nvnih
Waiya,” he said. “You see the big mound
out there and say, ‘How did people build
something like that?’ It is something to
see Nvnih Waiya out there.”
They also experienced first-hand the
racism of the Deep South in the wake of
the Civil Rights era – something they said
was absent from rural Oklahoma at the
time. The Lowmans shared stories with
Terri Billy about their Mississippi visit,
where white business owners refused to
let them do laundry and others denied
them shelter at a church after their car
broke down.
And it took a few visits to the
Mississippi Choctaw Indian Fair, but
soon the Lowmans were in contact
with people like Tony Bell and Prentiss
and Amy Jackson – keepers of the
time-honored dances and chants of the
Choctaws.
“If a person wants to learn, he’s going
to have to be really dedicated to want to
learn it,” Jerry said of the chanting. “My
goal was to chant, to learn. We practiced
just about every week and finally got it
down the way it’s supposed to be done.”
They speak of three dance styles: Social
dancing, animal dances and the War
Dance. Over the years, the Lowmans
were at the head of a group that took
the dances to fairs, festivals and parades
across the Choctaw Nation.
Jerry said the animal dances honor
the contributions that various creatures
made to the Choctaws. Dances honoring
turtles, ducks and of course the rattlesnake
are meant to show appreciation to these
creatures for providing food or protecting
crops from nuisances.
Jerry also spoke of the rarely seen
Ribbon Woman Dance that honors the
four directions and offers a chance for a
historian to tell the Choctaw story while
a couple chants in very low tones. The
Lowmans said their group employed this
dance but they know of no pictures or
videos of this particular dance.
Like the language, there are subtle
differences between Oklahoma Choctaw
dancing and the Mississippi style. But
both are flourishing in recent years
thanks to a new generation of Choctaws
on both sides of the river following in the
footsteps of honored elders such as Jerry
and Shirley Lowman.
– For more stories like these, visit the
Choctaw Nation News Room online at
http://www.choctawnation.com/newsroom/press-room/
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The Lowmans talk about growing up in rural Oklahoma. Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CNhL7aQ-mg
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Osiyo TV host Jennifer Loren has been connecting with Cherokees in all parts
of Oklahoma and elsewhere, seeking out unique stories that will give people a
better understanding of the authentic Cherokee experience.
Cherokee Nation launches monthly program
highlighting people, places, history and culture
AMANDA CLINTON
Cherokee Nation Media Release
TAHLEQUAH – The story of the Cherokee Nation is one
of strength, heartache, survival and resilience, and its culture
is among the richest, most vibrant and storied in all of Indian
Country. Now, those stories are being shared with the world.
“Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People” is a new monthly,
30-minute news magazine-style program featuring the people,
places, history and culture of the Cherokee Nation. “Osiyo,
Voices of the Cherokee People” is hosted by Emmy-winning
journalist and Cherokee Nation citizen Jennifer Loren, a former
longtime anchor at KOTV, News on 6.
“Being Cherokee has always been an important part of my life.
My family still owns our original allotment on Monkey Island,
which is very special to all of us,” Loren said. “As a longtime
television journalist, I can’t think of a better way to share the
stories of my heritage with the people of northeast Oklahoma
and, really, with the world. We have so many beautiful stories
to tell.”
The Cherokee Nation is the largest Native American tribe
in the United States with more than 300,000 citizens, many
scattered across the globe.This program will now allow Cherokees
living anywhere in the world the opportunity to learn about and
celebrate their heritage.
“Our people have been asking for this kind of storytelling
for so long,” said Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John
Baker. “I often hear people say, ‘We have a great story to tell.
Our people are doing great things. Why aren’t there more stories
about what we’re doing?’ This program is the answer to that
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Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People debuted on television and online Feb. 15.
The program is hosted by Cherokee Nation citizen and Emmy-winning journalist Jennifer Loren.
question. We’re so proud to share with the world stories about
our culture and about Cherokees who are excelling and bettering
their communities.”
The program will highlight a variety of aspects of the Cherokee
Nation, including historical sites, artwork and artisans, language
preservation efforts, young Cherokees who are making a
difference in their communities and more.
La’Tasha Atcity, a Cherokee Nation citizen and senior at
NSU, participated in the tribe’s annual Remember the Removal
bike ride that leads Cherokee youth across the Trail of Tears
from Georgia to Oklahoma. It’s the same route their ancestors
journeyed on foot more than 175 years ago, and the type of
experience the program will document.
“The Remember the Removal ride was such a powerful
experience. We learned so much about our heritage by visiting
sites in our former homelands and about the strength of our
ancestors,” Atcity said. “I wish it had been documented in a way
that those who weren’t able to make the journey with us could
still experience it in some way.”
Show host Jennifer Loren has been connecting with
Cherokees in all parts of Oklahoma and elsewhere, seeking out
unique stories that will give people a better understanding of the
authentic Cherokee experience.
“There is so much more to our tribe than many people know.
I learn something new every day. I think this is going to be an
eye-opening experience for a lot of people, and a journey they
will embrace,” said Loren.
“Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People” is produced by a pair
of renowned Native visual artists, Cherokee photographer and
filmmaker Jeremy Charles and Muscogee Creek filmmaker
Sterlin Harjo. Both are highly decorated in their field.
“The opportunity to create a program focused on the Cherokee
people is both an honor and a thrill for me as a Cherokee citizen,”
Charles said. “I think viewers will be excited by the interesting
characters and memorable stories we’ll share each month.”
Veteran filmmaker and documentarian Sterlin Harjo is a
founding member of the 1491s, an all-Native comedy troupe.
He’s also had several films shown at Robert Redford’s Sundance
Film Festival.
“When making a documentary TV show, the idea is to try and
understand people on a deeper level,” said Harjo. “It has been
great getting to tell the stories of the Cherokee Nation. We’ve
been met with open arms by everyone.”
– For more information about the program, or to check listings in
your area, visit www.Osiyo.tv.
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Otoe-Missouria woman celebrates 100 years
Lorena Kihega DeRoin joins an exclusive club of centenarians who have witnessed
great changes in world history and created a little history of their own along the way.
HEATHER PAYNE
Otoe-Missouria Public Information
Office
RED ROCK – When Lorena Kihega
DeRoin was born near the OtoeMissouria Indian Agency in Noble
County, Oklahoma in 1915, her parents
could never have imagined the changes
their tiny daughter would live to see in
her lifetime.
On February 9, Lorena celebrated her
100th birthday. As the oldest member
of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe located in
Red Rock, she is loved, respected and
cherished by her tribe.
In her long years, Lorena has lived
through the historical changes of the 20th
century that saw women receive the right
to vote, Native Americans recognized as
American citizens, the country enduring
two World Wars and the civil rights
turmoil of the 1960’s.
Born to George and Sarah Grace
Hudson Kihega, Lorena was one of seven
children who were raised on a farm 12
miles west of the tribal agency. Following
her father’s line, she is a member of the
Pigeon Clan.
Lorena remembers helping her family
work the farm. Though the work was hard,
she still takes great pride in referring to
herself as an “old country girl”.
Lorena also remembers her parents
trying to teach her and her brothers and
sisters the ways of the Otoe-Missouria
people. She says that the Otoe-Missouria
language was spoken in the home, but that
she retained little of the old language.
“Sometimes they ask me, Lorena can
you talk your Otoe language? No. I think
I can understand some,” Lorena says.
“But I was taught. Coming up, our dad
and mother, it was the first thing they
wanted us to learn. They tried to teach
us. But it was up to us. We couldn’t say
those words, those Indian words. I can
understand, but making sentences and
talking – I can’t.”
Lorena married Milburn DeRoin and
the couple had two children – Milburn
and Melba. When her husband was
killed in an accident in 1951, she was left
a widow with two children to support on
her own.
Lorena says she started her career as
a nurse’s aide, but decided to pursue her
LPN. She says when she first started
looking for work, she had to overcome
stereotypes about Native Americans to
get her foot in the door.
“At that time when they hired me, they
said, ‘are you going to work?’” Lorena
remembers. “I looked at them and said,
‘why yes, that’s why I came to ask for a
job.’ Do you know what they said? The
reason why was that Indians won’t work.
They only work so long. And it made
me mad! What? I didn’t know that. I
always worked all my life. They said we
hire Indian women, they show up, but
then they won’t work anymore. They
make their excuses. I said, well, I need a
job! I’ll work! I’m a nurse’s aide and I’m
soon going to be an LPN. I’m taking
correspondence courses out of Oklahoma
City. Well, we’ll hire you and we want you
to work. And I showed them that Indians
can work if they want to. It’s up to us.”
Lorena worked at the Tulsa Osteopathic
Hospital and the Grandview Osteopathic
Hospital in Ponca City. She says the key
to her success was education.
“I had to raise my daughter and son on
my own,” Lorena says. “I didn’t remarry.
I didn’t want no stepdad for my children.
It’s a good thing I was educated. I did
that on my own.”
After working as an LPN for a number
of years, Lorena went to work for
Chilocco Indian School as a matron in
the dormitory. She had a kind, but firm
hand that guided many a young person
along their way. Lorena’s great nephew
(grandson in the Indian way) and current
Otoe-Missouria Tribal Council Member
Wesley Hudson remembers Lorena’s
days as a matron.
“She used to get onto us all the time.
‘You best behave!’ she would tell us,” he
imitates with a laugh.
After retiring from Chilocco Indian
School, Lorena went to work for the
Otoe-Missouria Tribe. She worked for
the elders program for 32 years before
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In 2001, the 107th Congress recognized Lorena
for her dedication to the American War Mothers.
Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe saluted Lorena’s
service on the floor of the U.S. Senate and with the
following words acknowledged her commitment to
service:
“Mrs. DeRoin’s contributions to our community
and our country are an example of true servant
leadership. Oklahoma is fortunate to count Lorena
DeRoin as one of our own.”
again retiring at the age of 98. Lorena says that her job at the
Title VI Elder program was perfect for her.
“I like to be around people. It makes you feel good and it
makes you feel alive. I love working with old people,” she jokes
with a wide smile.
In addition to having several successful careers and raising her
children as a widow, Lorena also volunteers in her community.
Lorena has been an active member of the American War
Mothers Otoe Indian Chapter #14 since 1962. The American
War Mothers is an a perpetual patriotic, 501(c) 4 non-profit,
non-political, non-sectarian, non-partisan organization whose
members are mothers of children who have served or are serving
in the Armed Services during a time of conflict. Lorena’s son
Milburn “Logan” DeRoin is a Navy veteran.
In addition to serving her local chapter in a number of elected
positions, Lorena was also elected as the president of the National
Chapter of American War Mothers in Washington D.C. She
was the first Native American woman to hold that position.
As president of the American War Mothers, she served as
Mistress of Ceremonies for three separate years on Mothers
Day at Arlington National Cemetery and laid the Wreath at the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
In 2001, the 107th Congress recognized Lorena for her
dedication to the American War Mothers. Oklahoma Senator
Jim Inhofe saluted Lorena’s service on the floor of the U.S. Senate
and with the following words acknowledged her commitment to
service:
“Mrs. DeRoin’s contributions to our community and our
country are an example of true servant leadership. Oklahoma is
fortunate to count Lorena DeRoin as one of our own.”
Today, at 100-years-old, Lorena continues to serve in the
American War Mothers Otoe Indian Chapter #14 as their
chaplain and attends events when her health allows.
In 2010, Lorena was honored at the Oklahoma AARP Indian
Elders Awards. She was recognized for her dedication to the
American War Mothers and for her service to the community.
After retiring for the second time from her position at the
Otoe-Missouria Title VI Program, Lorena went to live with her
son and his wife in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Today she enjoys
shopping, bingo, daily prayer and attending tribal events.
“Elders are taught to move around and help themselves now,”
Lorena say. “Before they just sat. I always praise God for helping
me and keeping me on this earth.”
Shan Goshorn
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traditions:
Thoughts on playing Hand Game
Charles Red Corn
Osage
When I was a child I wondered why
some people could play Hand Game
better than others. It had always seemed
simple enough to my childhood mind
that everyone playing the game should be
equally skilled at pointing the Guessing
Stick at either the right hand or the left
hand, you should get it right at least half
of the time.
For those who are not familiar with the
game Indians call Hand Game, let me
explain. Also, I should note that not all
tribes play Hand Game the way Osages
play it.
To begin, let me say a Hand Game
happens when Indians have a need to
celebrate something. That could be a
birthday, or a graduation, or the returning
of a military person, returning from or
entering service to our country. In other
words, when Indians have a need to honor
someone and want to do it by giving gifts,
including the gift of money.
Friends and relatives are invited to
attend. There are both men and women
involved, and the men players can hold
their own with the women. It just seems
to me there are normally more Osage
women players than there are Osage men
Hand Game players.
There are two sides competing for the
win. These are normally held in a large
room, and people are seated. Sitting at a
table are the two score keepers. Half of the
people are on one team and the other half
are on the other team.
The event is set with a background beat
of a drum, and that always adds a great
deal to any event.
The basic thought behind the game is a
simple guess of which hand one person is
holding a small article. The article being
held is normally a small piece of beadwork,
about an inch long. The guess of which
hand holds the button is a simple pointing
of the Stick at the left or right hand.
The score is kept by laying ten beautiful
sticks on a Score Keepers table. Five sticks
in one bunch and five sticks in another
bunch. When one team scores a point by
avoiding being guessed which hand holds
the button, one of the opposing team’s
sticks is moved to the other side. When all
of the sticks are on one side or the other,
that game is over.
I have mental images of those older
women with their solemn expressions.
In my memory those ladies are wrapped
in beautiful fringed shawls and they are
holding a Guessing Stick. The expressions
on their faces will tell you nothing of what
they might be thinking. Certainly, those
expressions will tell you nothing of which
Charles Red Corn
hand you should point the stick at, the
right hand or the left.
It has been several years since I thought
that all Hand Game players are created
equal. I now know that, more than likely,
there is a great deal of insight into human
nature that makes a Great Hand Game
guesser.
I should also point out that, over
the years, I have talked to members of
several tribes, and what I learned is that
every tribe has a little different way of
playing Hand Game. The truth is there
are some Indians who are very good at
fooling other people. There are also those
individuals who are very good at reading
the expressions of others. My childhood
mind also understood that those same
Indians who are better at guessing are also
the ones who are better when it comes
hiding the button. Either the right hand
or the left hand, it does not matter.
– Charles Red Corn is a columnist for
the Osage News and author of A Pipe for
February. Courtesy Osage News
Joseph Duty, age 3, conceals the bead
during a recent Osage Hand Game while
his sister, Tabitha Duty, 8, watches.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015
Dick Bell Courtroom, OU College of Law, 300 Timberdell Road, Norman OK 73019
Registration is free of charge. For more information and to register, go to:
www.law.ou.edu/content/symposium-4
FEATURING:
Henrietta Mann, President, Cheyenne/Arapaho Tribal College
Andrea Smith, Associate Professor, University of California at Riverside
Dawn Stover, Director, Native Alliance Against Violence (Invited)
Kelly Stoner, District Court Judge, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Barbara Smith, Supreme Court Justice, Chickasaw Nation
Sherry Todd, Associate Judge, Chickasaw Nation
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES BY:
Kimberly Teehee
Vice-President of Special Projects, Cherokee Nation Businesses
Senior Native American Policy Advisor, White House Domestic Policy Council (2009-2012)
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native cooking:
A Laguna Pueblo in Oklahoma?
Transplant shares story, recipe
By KAREN SHADE
Cherokee / Diné
food preparation and cooking could be
laborious.
She was often the only child to pitch
in when her grandmother butchered
a sheep. Cleaning the intestines and
from the fields, she went with her
grandmother to the village grinding
rooms. Each clan had its own grinding
Oklahoma is home to many tribes
stone. The village also came together
and their governments, but the state’s
when it was time to make the Easter
American Indian population
pudding.
is more diverse than some may
Outdoor ovens were built for
realize. So is the food.
the entire village to use. Families
Teddi Duncan (Apache/
brought galvanized tubs and
Laguna Pueblo) moved to
other heavy cookware to bake
Sapulpa nearly eight years ago
honey-sweetened Easter pudding
with her family away from
on the heated coals. The pots were
their home in Laguna, New
sealed to cook all night long so
Mexico, and away from their
families, especially the children,
Southwestern tribal bearings.
could enjoy it the next day. It’s no
Duncan, however, takes her
wonder it was only made three
traditions wherever she goes
times a year for the most special
because she is a storyteller. She
holidays – Easter, Holy Cross
tells tales of the ancient Anasazi,
Day and Christmas.
the Chiricahua, trickster coyotes
Occasionally, someone would
and of growing up on the Rez.
take the care to make it upon
Because she writes everything
the homecoming of a visiting
down to record the stories,
loved one hungry for a taste of
Duncan has also taken to jotting
the past. These days, it’s much
down some of the recipes she
easier to prepare since Duncan
learned from her traditional
and one of her cousins discovered
Pueblo grandmother, who raised
how to make the treat in a slow
her from the time she was a
cooker. Gone is the heavy, corn
child.
husk-lined cast iron pot that
With an appetite for blue corn
her grandmother used. Duncan,
enchiladas and chilies from the
however, insists that everyone
garden, mutton stew from the
who tries to make Easter pudding
herd and deer steaks from the
consider the following: Place a
hunt, Duncan lately has had
corn husk leaf in with the rest of
Teddi Duncan and her handwritten book
her mind on something sweeter:
it.
of her grandmother’s recipes
Easter pudding.
“I don’t know what it does, but
Photo by Karen Shade
“We didn’t have any fancyit gives it a certain flavor like you
schmancy places to cook, so I
had cooked it outside,” she said.
say it was ‘chop-chop-chop-throw-itinnards was a girl’s job in the family, and
Her only culinary regret: She never
in-a-pot,’” she said, laughing. “It’s not
Duncan had many male cousins.
learned to make Apache fry bread.
complicated.”
“Nothing went to waste,” she said.
Any time is the right time to try Easter
Perhaps it wasn’t complicated, but
When it was time to grind the corn
pudding and perfect it.
When it was time to grind the corn from the fields, she went with her grandmother
to the village grinding rooms. Each clan had its own grinding stone.
The village also came together when it was time to make the Easter pudding.
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Teddi Duncan’s Easter Pudding
4 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup panocha flour (available at many Hispanic markets)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup granulated sugar
6 cups boiling water
1 corn husk leaf (optional)
Warm a medium-sized slow cooker by setting it to medium. It will take about 15 minutes. While
it warms, combine all dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
Slowly add boiling water to the dry mixture and stir until the mixture turns to a thick gravy-like
consistency. Pour the mixture into the warmed slow cooker, stir in the corn husk leaf, if desired.
The slow cooker should be at least ¾ full. Cover with lid. Check the mixture every few hours and
stir lightly to avoid burning. You may also add up to a ¼ cup of warm water each time checked to
prevent the pudding from turning gummy or too dry.
Mixture will need to cook at least six hours. When it turns an amber brown color, it is ready.
Remove corn husk and serve.
Easter pudding can be cooked the day before. Refrigerated, it will keep for several days. It can
also be frozen.
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Chickasaw Nation finds sweet
success with chocolate factory
BRIANNA BAILEY
The Oklahoman
DAVIS (AP) – Corn nuts and wasabi peas are some of the
weirder food items that Bedré Fine Chocolate has dipped in
chocolate over the years. Chocolate-covered Twinkies are one of
the most coveted items at the Bedré’s retail store.
“They can’t keep them on the shelf,” said Phillip McWherter,
general manager of Bedré.
Three enrobing machines, tunneled conveyor belts that are
about the length of two cars each, sit on the factory floor of
Bedré’s 35,000-square-foot facility in Davis – one each for dark
chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate. The machines
shellac whatever goes in – from potato chips to Oreo cookies –
with a thick layer of chocolate.
“People go a little crazy over chocolate,” McWherter said.
“If offered people the opportunity to come into the factory and
enrobe themselves in chocolate, I’m sure someone would take
it.”
On days the factory makes candy bars, the plant is filled with
a rhythmic whacking sound as a machine shakes the bars loose
from their molds, The Oklahoman reports.
The bars go through a metal detector that can detect a sliver of
metal the size of an eyelash before being wrapped and packaged
for shipping.
To McWherter’s knowledge, Bedré is the only chocolate
factory that is owned by an Indian tribe. The Chickasaw Nation
purchased Bedré Fine Chocolate in 2000 as part of an effort to
diversify its business portfolio. Today, Bedré is one of more than
60 businesses owned and operated by the tribe.
Bedré was founded by businessman Pete Cantrell in the 1980s
and first operated in the old Homer Elementary School near
Ada. The company’s name comes from the Norwegian word for
“better.”
Until 2012, Bedré Fine Chocolate retail and manufacturing
operations were based out of Pauls Valley. The company began
moving its operations to Davis in 2012, off Exit 55 on Interstate
35, culminating with the opening of its new factory there in
April 2013.
Today, the company employs about 30 people in Davis.
Production continued at the Pauls Valley location. The
relocation of the manufacturing operations began in January
2013, with manufacturing beginning at the new 35,000-squarefoot facility in April 2013.
The factory has become a tourism draw for Davis, said Janet
Mathis, executive director of the Davis Chamber of Commerce,
Bedré’s dark chocolate crisps are a Native Oklahoma staff
favorite.
“It’s a huge draw for the area and helps us tremendously with
our tourism because it’s just one more thing for people to do in
the area,” Mathis said. “We see a secondary result in that people
shop in the area, eat, and it brings in more people to buy gasoline
and we get sales tax off of that.”
Bedré has boosted its sales by 50 percent over the past few
years, McWherter said.
The chocolate company has focused on its most popular
product to boost sales, he said.
The company produces private labeled products for a few
select high-end retail stores such as Neiman Marcus and
Bloomingdales, including its chocolate-covered potato chips,
which have proven to be a successful seller for Nieman Marcus,
McWherter said.
The Chickasaw Nation has plans for an interactive children’s
exhibit at the Bedré factory that will include an interactive,
multimedia attraction to teach visitors the history of chocolate
and the Bedré process.
“We hope to have lots of school field trips,” he said.
– For more on Bedré, visit www.bedrechocolates.com
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Concert Calendar:
THE
MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION
Downstream Casino & Resort
69300 East Nee Road
Quapaw, OK 74363
March 15: Aaron Lewis
March 21: Tommy James & The Shondells
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George Tiger
Principal Chief
Osage Casinos Free Concert Series
May 16: Guitars & Country Stars
Outdoors, Osage Casino Pawhuska
Rain or shine. All ages welcome. Bring your
own chairs. No outside coolers, food or drinks
allowed. Gates open at 5pm, opening act begins
at 7:30pm.
Respecting the ways of our elders, our tradition and culture,
the ways of our children and generations that will follow
www.muscogeenation-nsn.gov
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May 23: Marshall Tucker Band
Outdoors, Osage Casino Skiatook
at 7:30pm.
May 30: Roots & Boots
Outdoors, Osage Casino Hominy
at 7:30pm.
Second Chief
The Mvskoke Way
May 1: Tracy Lawrence
Osage Event Center, Tulsa
Must be 18 to attend. Tickets are available on a
first-come, first-served basis at the Tulsa Casino
Gift Shop only. Doors open at 6:30pm, opening
act begins at 7:30pm.
May 9: Gene Watson
Outdoors, Osage Casino Bartlesville
at 7:30pm.
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69300 East Nee Road
Quapaw, OK 74363
1-888-DWNSTRM (396-7876)
[email protected]
Join in and be part of the FUN
and EXCITEMENT! From the newest gaming machines on the market, traditional table games and
the most stylish poker room in
Oklahoma, Downstream Casino
Resort’s vast gaming floor offers
fun and excitement for everyone.
DUCK CREEK CASINO
10085 Ferguson Rd,
Beggs, OK. 74421
918-267-3468
Duck Creek Casino provides the
ultimate, small casino, gaming
experience with over 12,500 feet
of dining and gaming entertainment with 300 high tech gaming
machines providing 24 hour a day
fun! We offer a wide variety of
both classic and popular games
to keep your luck rolling through
the night. Located conveniently
off of US highway 75, just minutes
South of Tulsa, where you will be
just steps away from parking to
your lucky machine. Stop by and
find your special game that fits
your winning style.
GOLDEN PONY CASINO
109095 Okemah St, Okemah
(918) 560-6199
The Golden Pony Casino in Okemah, run by the Thlopthlocco
Tribal Town of the Muscogee
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(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
bored.
OSAGE CASINO
39 Deer Ave., HOMINY
(918) 885-2158
OSAGE CASINO
951 W.36th St. N., Tulsa
Osage Casino, Tulsa is the closest
gaming facility to Downtown Tulsa. The Casino is open 24/7 and
offers guests more than 1,000
state-of-the-art Electronic Games,
11 Table Games, an 8-table Poker
Room, a grill and an entertainment lounge with a bar.
Located North of Downtown Tulsa at 951 W. 36th Street North.
From 1-244 N / US-412 East, take
the L.L. Tisdale Parkway / Osage
Expressway exit North. Turn left
on West 36th Street North.
From Highway 75 North from
Tulsa, take Gilcrease Expressway west to L.L. Tisdale Parkway
/ Osage Expressway exit North.
Turn left on West 36th Street
North.
7 CLANS CHILOCCO GASINO
12901 North Highway 77
Newkirk, OK 74647
(580) 448-3210
OSAGE CASINO
301 Blackjack Dr.
SAND SPRINGS
osagecasinos.com
OSAGE CASINO
6455 West Rogers Boulevard
Skiatook
(918) 699-7873
osagecasinos.com
7 CLANS CASINO PARADISE
7500 Hwy 177, Red Rock
(866) 723-4005
7 CLANS RED ROCK GASINO
8401 Highway 177, Red Rock
(580) 723-1020
7 CLANS FIRST COUNCIL
CASINO HOTEL
12875 N. HWY 77, NEWKIRK
(877) 7-CLANS-0 or (877) 725-2670
Paradise Casino opened in May
2000, followed by First Council Casino Hotel in March 2008.
Each is home to exciting gaming, dining, and entertainment.
First Council is located in Newkirk, OK, just south of the Kansas/
Oklahoma border, 30 minutes
north of Ponca City. Several bus
companies provide convenient
transportation non-stop from
Wichita, KS to First Council Casino
Hotel. Paradise Casino is 10 minutes from Ponca City, 20 minutes
from Stillwater, 30 minutes from
Perry and 45 minutes from Enid.
Little Bit of Paradise Chilocco and
Little Bit of Paradise Red Rock are
smaller casino properties that include electronic games and service stations.
Creek Nation unveils
FlyingTee as new
entertainment, golf
complex at RiverWalk
JENKS, Okla. – A new state-of-the-art golf and
entertainment venue has planted roots on the
RiverWalk in Jenks. FlyingTee, a high tech golf and
family entertainment center unveiled its new brand and
marketing campaign Feb. 17.
“The Muscogee (Creek) Nation is happy about the
partnership with FlyingTee and continued growth at
RiverWalk Crossing,” MCN Principal Chief George Tiger
said. “We strive to provide world-class entertainment
options such as the River Spirit Casino, the much
anticipated Margaritaville and now FlyingTee.”
FlyingTee’s John Vollbrecht is also thrilled about the
project.
“We are excited to land in Jenks and the Tulsa Metro
area. This is going to be a great partnership between the
Muscogee (Creek) Nation and FlyingTee. Golfers of all
skill levels can play at FlyingTee and if you’re not a golfer,
our world-class sports bar will provide a great place to
watch your favorite sports team. Additionally, there will
be fun games and food for the entire family.”
The new facility will not only offer patrons a first-class
entertainment experience, but also will feature a full
restaurant along with fantastic corporate and casual
spaces for any kind of group or company event. With
the stamp of approval from professional golfers and
Oklahomans, Bob Tway and Scott Verplank, FlyingTee is
already off to a great start.
“We are delighted about FlyingTee starting
construction and what we will see from this fun complex
and the potential for additional shops, restaurants and
entertainment,” Tiger said. “This is an exciting time for
the RiverWalk Crossing as it grows into an entertainment
destination for everyone to enjoy.”
For more information about FlyingTee go to www.
flyingteegolf.com or follow on Facebook, Twitter and
Instagram.
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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
MARCH 7
Peoria Stomp Dance, Ottawa-Peoria
Cultural Center, 114 S Eight Tribes Trail,
Miami. Phone: 918-540-2535
The annual Peoria Stomp Dance in
Miami is a festival of American Indian
dance. This cultural dance event of
the Peoria Tribe is an exciting display
of slow, stomping steps set to rhythm.
The traditional stomp dance ceremony
contains both religious and social
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meaning. Head to this Miami event to
enjoy Native American heritage in a
festival atmosphere complete with oldfashioned cake walks and raffles. Visitors
are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.
Canoe Exhibit
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., 1st floor
Learn how Dennis Underwood and his
family created an early 18th Century
style dugout canoe.
MARCH 7
Inter-tribal Indian Club of Tulsa presents
Just2Keen Comedy - dinner and a show.
Enjoy dinner, dessert, tea and lots of
laughs! $25 per person, dinner starts
at 6pm, show starts at 8pm. Tulsa
Community College West Campus, 7505
W 41st St. South, Tulsa. Info call Lynnetta
at 918-378-4494.
Children’s Crafts
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Children’s Area, 1st floor
MARCH 7
2015 American Indian Festival of Words
at Hardesty Regional Library, 8316 E 93
St., Tulsa.
Food Concessions
“National Champion Indian Tacos” by
Monie Horsechief of Horsechief Catering
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Genealogy Tours - Ongoing - 11:30 a.m.
- 1:30 p.m.
Tour the library’s Genealogy Center
which houses one of the largest
collections of genealogy material in
Oklahoma. The Center maintains a large
collection of Native American records
along with other family history research
materials. Genealogy Center staff will be
available to answer your questions.
Native Culture Maker Spaces
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., 1st floor
Enjoy a day of make and take where
participants of all ages will take the
projects home they make. Spend time
with these artists:
•Cherokee Pottery with Crystal Hanna
• Beaded Key Chains with Michel
Laudermilk
• Basket weaving with Sue Fish
• Seminole Patchwork with Tom
Barnett &Lana Brown of Semehobya
Patchworks
• Corn Husk Dolls with Stella Foster
Birds of Honor/Birds of Prey: the unique
and vital roles they play!
11:45 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.
Frossard Auditorium, 1st floor
Learn about the birds of the Iowa Tribe’s
Grey Snow Eagle House (Bah Kho-Je Xla
Chi). Don’t miss this opportunity to see
a bald eagle, red-tail hawk, and a falcon!
Photographs are welcome.
The Fiddle Dance
Children’s Area, 1st floor, 12:45 p.m.
Experience this pre-removal social
dance of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Come support the efforts to bring this
dormant tradition back to life again!
Audience participation is encouraged.
Dancing Eagles
1:30 p.m., Frossard Auditorium,
Mike and Lisa Pahsetopah will perform
spectacular Native American dances and
traditional storytelling. This entertaining
and educational performance will
include specialty, traditional and social
dances. Audience participation is
encouraged.
MARCH 26-27
Indian Territory Days at the Cherokee
Heritage Center, 21192 S Keeler Dr., Park
Hill. Phone: 918-456-6007 or Toll Free:
888-999-6007.
While
geared toward school-age
children, Indian Territory Days is
also open to the public. Visitors to
this annual event will enjoy trained
historical interpreters at nine different
cultural stations leading Cherokee
cultural activities. Activities will include
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marbles, a Cherokee language lesson
and more. All activities at Indian Territory
Days will be held in the Adams Corner
Rural Village, a 19th century recreated
Cherokee rural village. Demonstrations
in pottery, basket weaving and finger
weaving will show children the unique
Cherokee lifestyle of this time period.
APRIL 4
American Indian Youth Leadership
Spring Powwow at McCurtain County
Sports Complex, 108 W 5th St, Broken
Bow. Phone: 580-584-3365.
The American Indian Youth Leadership
Spring Powwow is an annual celebration
of Native American culture. Head to
this event to experience traditional
storytelling, music and art. This is the
19th year the community will share
American Indian heritage with others
at this exciting event. Youth art is on
display and special demonstrations of
gourd dancing and stick ball playing will
be presented. Come experience the
beauty of American Indian culture at
this free event.
APRIL 11
Talihina Indian Festival Powwow at the
Talihina School Gym
Talihina, OK 74571, Phone: 918-5672539.
Come out and experience this annual
powwow festival featuring handmade
arts and crafts, food concessions and
intertribal dancing. Gourd dancing will
take place throughout the day with
Grand Entry at 7:00pm, followed by
intertribal dancing cloth, buckskin, fancy
shawl and jingle dances. TThere will also
be a Tiny Tots contest for ages 0-6.
APRIL 14-18
Symposium of the American Indian,
Northeastern State University, 600
N Grand, Tahlequah. The annual
Symposium of the American Indian
is a mix of scholarly and cultural
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presentations that are open to the
public free of charge. This celebration
of American Indian culture and over
100 years of higher education at NSU
features workshops on Native American
traditions, short films and an ongoing
film series. NSU is proud to celebrate a
century of Cherokee Nation education,
as NSU was founded on the established
site of the pre-statehood Cherokee
National Female Seminary and continues
to serve a significant Native student
population.
Stop by this symposium and spend the
day browsing through traditional art
vendor booths and enjoying a variety
of speakers. Come to the Symposium
of the American Indian in Tahlequah
to enjoy live performances, stickball
exhibitions and a variety of American
Indian games. This event concludes with
the NSU powwow, featuring traditional
tribal dance such as gourd dancing,
all performed to the electrifying beat
of drums. Above all, this symposium
brings renowned scholars and tribal
traditionalists together in a university
venue to educate and offer discourse in
sovereignty, scholarship, creative works,
tribal issues and cultural diversity.
Phone: 918-444-4351.
APRIL 18
Fife Indian United Methodist Church
Azalea Powwow, Muskogee Civic
Center, 425 Boston, Muskogee. The
Azalea Powwow, held in conjunction
with the city of Muskogee’s annual
Azalea Festival, is an American Indian
powwow that features gourd dancing
and a spectacular grand entry. Attend
the Azalea Powwow to see participants
in full regalia dance to the sounds of
traditional drums in a variety of dance
competitions.
Dance contests will
include men’s straight and traditional,
men’s fancy and shawl, women’s cloth
and buckskin, and women’s fancy shawl
and jingle dress. Food and merchandise
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vendors will also be on hand at the
powwow. Phone: 918-684-6363 or
918-478-9227.
APRIL 18 - MAY 23
Cherokee Heritage Center, 21192 S
Keeler Dr, Tahlequah. The annual Trail
of Tears Art Show, held on the grounds
of the Cherokee Heritage Center in
Tahlequah, presents authentic Native
American art in one of Oklahoma’s
oldest art shows. Open to artists
from all federally recognized Native
American tribes, the Trail of Tears Art
Show displays a wide range of creativity
and artistic style. This diverse art show
attracts artists, art dealers and visitors
from across the nation.
One of the most prestigious multi-tribal
art shows in the country, the Trail of
Tears Art Show began as a means of
cultivating the art form of painting as
a way of expressing Native American
heritage within the Cherokee Nation.
Created before the completion of the
Cherokee Heritage Center, this art show
was the first major exhibition held in the
present museum. Peruse this year’s Trail
of Tears Art Show and view categories
that historically have included basketry,
pottery, graphics, sculpture, miniatures
and the annual “Trail of Tears” theme.
Phone: 918-456-6007 or Toll Free: 888999-6007.
MAY 2
Restoring Harmony Powwow, Westside
YMCA, 5400 S Olympia Ave, Tulsa.
Experience the spirit of an ancient
tradition at the 2015 Restoring Harmony
Powwow at Tulsa’s Westside YMCA. This
event begins with stickball games that
will take you back in time. Continue with
an awareness hike and a showing of
the film “Bully.” In the afternoon, enjoy
traditional gourd dancing before the sun
sets and the grand entry parade begins.
When you see participants in traditional
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regalia, you’ll probably want to take
something home for yourself to
remember this sacred event. The event
will feature vendors for shopping.
Browse booths boasting American
Indian items like jewelry and blankets
to find the perfect accessory or home
furnishing. This free event is sure to be
fun for the whole family.
Phone: 918-382-2217
MAY 9
Archaeology Day & Birthday Bash, Spiro
Mounds Archaeological Center, 18154
1st St, Spiro. The annual Archaeology Day and Birthday Bash at the Spiro
Mounds Archaeological Center is a day
to celebrate the public opening of the
only prehistoric Native American archaeological site in Oklahoma. Throughout the day, archaeologists will look at
collections to help identify artifacts,
Native American artists will show their
wares and several lectures will be given.
Visitors to this event will also enjoy guided tours. Phone: 918-962-2062
MAY 16
Come out & join Oklahoma Federation of
Indian Women (OFIW) as we honor our
lovely outgoing 2014-2015 Miss Indian
Oklahoma, Jordan Harmon & Jr Miss Indian Oklahoma, Lindsay Harjo. Both our
titleholders have done an outstanding
job representing the organization, Oklahoma, their tribes, & their families.
We will also be introducing the newly
crowned 2015-2016 Miss & Jr Miss Indian Oklahoma.
Honor Powwow will be held at the
Mvskoke Dome located in the Muscogee Creek Nation Claude Cox Omniplex
in Okmulgee. Gourd Dancing begins at 1
p.m. For more information, call Debbie
Hill @ 918-951-1336.
JUNE 5-7
Red Earth Native American Cultural
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Festival, Cox Convention Center, 1
Myriad Gardens, Oklahoma City. Head to
Oklahoma City’s Red Earth Festival this
June and witness as more than 1,200
American Indian artists and dancers
from throughout North America gather
to celebrate the richness and diversity
of their heritage with the world. For
three exciting days, Oklahoma City will
be at the center of Native American art
and culture as more than 30,000 people
gather to celebrate.
Phone: 405-427-5228
JUNE 12 - 13
Arts on the Avenue, C herokee Capitol
Square, Tahlequah. Arts on the Avenue,
held in historic Cherokee Capitol Square
in downtown Tahlequah, features an
assortment of fine art on display including
jewelry, painting, pottery, wood carvings
and sculptures, beadwork, baskets and
photography, among others. A variety
of Native American and non-Native
American artists mostly from Oklahoma,
Arkansas and Missouri showcase their
fine art. On Friday night enjoy Wines
on the Avenue. Merchants throughout
downtown host wine tastings featuring
various wines. Try new wines as you stroll
down Main Street. During the event,
visit the many artists in their booths and
listen to live music on the stage in the
Cherokee Capitol Square. Both Friday
and Saturday feature performing artists
offering music in many genres as well as
dance, theater and spoken word. Arts
on the Avenue is free and open to the
public. There is a fee for Wines on the
Avenue. Phone: 918-453-5728
JUNE 13
Cherokee Heritage Day at Har-Ber
Village, Har-Ber Village Museum, 4404
W 20th St, Grove. Har-Ber Village
Museum in Grove will be filled with the
treasured history of the Cherokee Nation
on Cherokee Heritage Day. From the
outside lawn where visitors can play the
ancient game of marbles to the Gazebo
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on Main Street where Cherokee gospel
singers will fill the air with beautiful
music, Cherokee Heritage Day will be a
day of cultural enrichment and fun.
Cherokee genealogy, or Dawes’ Roll
look-ups, will be provided to anyone
interested in his or her Cherokee lineage
as well. Many events will take place
within the village during Cherokee
Heritage Day. Some of the activities
include beadwork, finger weaving,
basket weaving demonstrations and
the creation and assembling of walking
sticks and tomahawks.
Author Sequoyah Guess will be hosting
a book signing of his novel “Red
Eye.” Guess is a traditional Cherokee
storyteller and a member of the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of
Oklahoma.
Renowned Cherokee basket weaver
Kathryn Kelly will showcase her skills in
the craft building. Kelly was deemed a
Cherokee National Treasure for basketry
by the Cherokee Arts and Humanities
Council in 2003. She will demonstrate
how she selects her materials, how
she positions them into form and how
she intricately weaves each piece of
vine to create a masterpiece. She will
have various baskets on display for sale
and will answer questions from the
audience.
Throughout the day, guests can make
their own corn husk dolls and play
marbles out on the front lawn. Visitors
can enjoy some delicious Indian tacos
for lunch while listening to traditional
Cherokee music as well as gospel
favorites when Cherokee gospel singers
perform at the gazebo on Main Street
beginning at 10 a.m. and continuing
throughout the afternoon. Phone: 918786-6446
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Inter-Tribal Children’s Powwow & Fun
Fest, 11400 S 613 Rd, Miami. Bring
the whole family out to the InterTribal Children’s Powwow and Fun Fest
in Miami for a day of activities and
exhibitions of tribal dance. Educational
and fun activities and games for kids
begin with the fun fest at 12pm.
Storytellers will tell traditional stories
and there will be live entertainment
throughout the day. All ages will enjoy
browsing the craft booths offering a
variety of handmade items at the InterTribal Children’s Powwow and Fun Fest.
Pick up a snack from one of the many
food vendors, then watch gourd dancers
and hoop dancers as they perform.
Stick around for supper from 5pm to
7pm, and then witness the excitement
of the grand entry, which begins at 7pm.
A stomp dance will follow the day’s
festivities, beginning at 11:30pm.
Phone: 918-542-7232 or
918-3250159.
JUNE 25 -28
Mvskoke Nation Festival, Claude Cox
Omniplex, Okmulgee. Each June,
thousands of people gather at the
Muscogee (Creek) Nation Claude Cox
Omniplex in the city of Okmulgee for a
weekend filled with activities celebrating
contemporary Muscogee life. This
annual celebration includes cultural
exhibitions, an award-winning rodeo,
concerts featuring local and national
acts, sports tournaments, arts and
crafts, food, a parade through historic
downtown Okmulgee, senior citizen’s
activities, children’s activities and many
more festivities for the entire family to
enjoy.
The Mvskoke Nation Festival began
in 1974 as a celebration of Muscogee
culture and heritage and has become
a major family gathering for many
Muscogee families. This year is the 41st
anniversary of the festival. All activities
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are free and open to the public. This
much-loved festival invites all people
to experience the games, competitions
and festival events during the month
of June. Be a part of the largest and
longest running festival in Okmulgee
County and join the Muscogee people
in a celebration of life. Phone: 918-7327992 or 918-732-7993.
JUNE 26 - 28
Tonkawa Tribal Powwow, Fort Oakland,
Tonkawa. Come out and experience the
Tonkawa Tribal Powwow, an annual tribal celebration featuring Native American
dancing, contests, crafts, artwork and
food. Dance styles will include straight,
fancy, traditional, cloth and buckskin
categories. Stick around for a traditional
Tonkawa scalp dance during the festival
and a Nez Perce memorial ceremony
Saturday morning. This year’s event
will also include sporting tournaments,
a catfish tournament and a scout dance.
Free camping, along with electric and
water hookups, will be available. Phone:
580-628-2561.
JUNE 26 - 28
Peoria Powwow, 60610 E 90 Rd, Miami,
The annual Peoria Powwow in Miami is
a grand festival of Native American culture and dance. This American Indian
event features a wide range of contest
dancing, including gourd dancing and
straight dancing, as well as grass, traditional and fancy dancing. Other categories of dance will also include cloth,
buckskin, jingle and fancy shawl. Come
to the Peoria Powwow in Miami and join
the Master of Ceremonies as he or she
leads visitors throughout the festival’s
various events.
Phone: 918-540-2535.
Cara Cowan Watts
Cherokee Nation
Tribal Council
District 13
Email Cara to get her
Cherokee Nation News
& Events emails or
scholarship emails!
[email protected]
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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
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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
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
Jim Thorpe Historical Home
706 E Boston Ave, Yale
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as blouses, skirts, ribbon shirts, dresses,
jackets, vests, coats, buckskin dresses,
moccasins and leggings, Cherokee
dresses. Many items decorated with
Seminole patchwork and Osage ribbon
work. Brochure available with stamped
self-addressed business-size envelope.
Bedré Chocolate
37 N Colbert Rd
Davis, OK 73030
Toll Free: 800-367-5390
Bedre is an American Indian company
that produces fine chocolate in the heart
of Oklahoma. This manufacturing facility
is owned and operated by the Chickasaw
Nation.
Bedre offers temptations
to satisfy any sweet tooth, including
gourmet chocolates, gift baskets and
other traditional candies. While on site,
guests may step into the viewing gallery
and see chocolate being made before
their eyes. Chocolate is produced and
packaged Monday through Friday, 9am3pm. If your group consist of more
than eight guests, an appointment is
required.
The Branded Bear
148 E Lake Dr
Medicine Park, OK 73557
Phone: 580-529-3656
The Branded Bear in Medicine Park
specializes in authentic, handmade
Native American jewelry, pottery and
artifacts. This one-of-a-kind shop has
something for everyone. Located along
a charming sidewalk in scenic downtown
Medicine Park, this store features Native
American art and jewelry representing
about 20 different tribes, including some
from Oklahoma.
Buffalo Sun
122 N Main
Miami, OK 74354
Phone: 918-542-8870
The only Indian design clothing store and
gift shop in the Tri State area. Traditional
and contemporary Indian fashions such
The Cedar Chest
521 Kihekah St
Pawhuska, OK 74056
Phone: 918-287-9129
The Cedar Chest in Pawhuska carries
beautiful handmade Native American
jewelry and traditional regalia pieces.
Browse through turquoise bracelets and
earrings as well as hand beaded barrettes
and moccasins. The Cedar Chest also
offers candles, silver jewelry, Pendleton
items, shawls, canes, head dresses and
much more. Native American artists also
display their work for sale.
Cha Tullis Gallery
108 W Main
Hominy, OK 74035
Phone: 918-885-4717
Stop by and browse our collection
of artwork, crafts, jewelry, literature
and music, located in the heart of the
Osage Indian Nation Reservation. Items
feature Native American, cowboy and
nature-themed artwork and gifts. From
Indian fry bread to incense, talking
sticks to pottery, Kokopelli to wolves,
Native American flute music to silver
and turquoise jewelry, the selection is
extensive. As our journey continues we
will add new creations to our collection.
Cherokee Gallery & Gift Shop
777 W Cherokee St
Catoosa, OK 74015
Phone: 918-384-6723
Located inside the Hard Rock Casino, the
Cherokee Gallery & Gift Shop offers a
variety of items make by Cherokee Tribal
members. Browse traditional Cherokee
items like baskets, pottery, beaded
items, knives and pipes. Other items
include Pendleton products, jewelry,
art, books and apparel.
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17725 S Muskogee Ave
Tahlequah, OK 74464
Phone: 918-456-2793
Toll Free: 800-256-2123
Located next to the Cherokee Nation
Headquarters in Tahlequah, the
Cherokee Nation Gift Shop offers a
variety of items made by Cherokee Tribal
members. Browse rows of traditional
Cherokee baskets, pottery, beaded
items, knives and pipes. Other items
include Pendleton products, jewelry,
art, books and apparel.
Cherokee Trading Post & Boot Outlet
23107 N Frontage Rd
Clinton, OK 73601
Phone: 580-323-0001
Toll Free: 888-572-0001
This family-owned gift shop was
established in 1967 on historic Route 66.
The Cherokee Trading Post & Boot Outlet
in Clinton offers Indian jewelry, hand
beaded jewelry, moccasins, artifacts,
pottery, art, rattlesnake products, leather
jackets and Western items, as well as
Oklahoma and Route 66 souvenirs. Find
a wide variety of cowboy boots for every
occasion including a number of different
brands at their boot outlet.
Cherokee Trading Post & Travel Mart
301 S Walbaum Rd
Calumet, OK 73014
Phone: 405-884-2502
The Cherokee Trading Post & Travel
Mart in Calumet is conveniently located
right off the highway and stocked full
of unique American Indian clothing,
decor, accessories and more. Stop in to
look through their extensive selection
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turquoise jewelry. You’ll find leather
handbags, one-of-a-kind hats, hand
beaded items, books on Native American
culture and even high quality cowboy
boots. There’s something for everyone
including children at this Route 66 staple
that opened in 1963.
Choctaw Nation Museum Gift Shop
Tuskhoma
(918) 569-4465.
Located on the first floor of the historic
Choctaw Nation Museum in Tuskahoma
the Choctaw gift shop features many
wonderful handcrafted Choctaw Items.
Those looking for unique one of a kind
holiday gifts can find it here. We have
beaded and gourd tree ornaments
and also beadwork from over 20 local
artist, baby moccasins, artwork, deer
horn handle knives, stickball silverwork,
modern Choctaw jewelry, Pendleton
blankets and items too numerous to
mention. In December receive a free
ornament with any purchase. The
gift shop is open from 8 to 4 Monday
through Friday. The gift shop will also do
mail orders. Please call (918) 569-4465.
Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural
Heritage Center & FireLake Gifts
1899 S Gordon Cooper Dr
Shawnee, OK 74801
Phone: 405-878-5830
Toll Free: 800-880-9880
A primary goal of the Citizen Potawatomi
Museum is to preserve and interpret
artifacts relevant to indigenous Great
Lakes cultures with an emphasis on the
Anishinabe Potawatomi. The museum
also seeks to facilitate an understanding of
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history, heritage, values, art, philosophy,
crafts, medicines, societal structure
and language -- but not merely in an
historical sense. The Citizen Potawatomi
are living, dynamic people with a bright
future. The museum emphasizes the
direct connection between ancestors
and the Citizen Potawatomi people of
today. The theme, therefore, is not ‘Who
We Were,’ but ‘Who We Are.’
The Citizen Potawatomi Museum also
features the nation’s museum research
library, archives, family research center,
veteran’s wall of honor, tribal heritage
project and long room events center.
FireLake Gifts is also located inside
the museum, offering unique Native
American made jewelry, ceremonial
items, traditional native attire, a vast
array of Pendleton blankets, jackets,
clothing, bags and more. FireLake Gifts
is open Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5:30pm and
Sat, 10am-3pm. For FireLake Gifts call
405-275-3119 or visit www.firelakegifts.
com for more information.
earrings, and other beaded items.
We are located attached to a private
residence, but shoppers are welcome at
all times. Call before coming to be sure
we are in.
Drysdales
10127 E 71st St
Tulsa, OK 74133
Phone: 918-252-7917
Stop into Drysdales in Tulsa to shop an
enormous selection of Western wear
and more. Browse through the selection
of men’s, women’s and kids’ boots; from
simple to flashy and leather to ostrich,
you’re guaranteed to find a style you
love. Check out the wide selection
of Wrangler jeans, as well as many
other classic brands. Drysdales also
offers men’s, women’s and kids’ shirts,
outerwear and accessories. Top off your
outfit in timeless style with a straw or
felt cowboy hat and you’re ready to go.
Gourds Etc.
9002 S 439-2
Locust Grove, OK 74352
Phone: 918-479-8739
Gourds, Etc is an art studio and gallery
that offers authentic handmade
Cherokee art for immediate purchase
including one-of-a-kind Cherokee gourd
masks, gourd art, paintings, jewelry,
tree ornaments, decorative mugs and
more. Periodic gourd art workshops
are offered. All gourds used for art are
grown in a garden located on studio
property. Visitors are welcome to view
the garden area to better understand
the process of making gourd art.
Gourds, Etc also hosts an annual
Christmas Art Show during the first
Saturday and Sunday in December
with guest American Indian artists
offering extraordinary art and gift
ideas in every price range. Gourds,
Etc can accommodate small tours by
appointment. Gourds, Etc is privately
owned and operated by artist, Verna
Bates, a registered member of the
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma.
Fancy Dancer Leather Designs
302 W Alabama
Anadarko, OK 73005
Phone: 405-247-7030
Custom made beaded buckskin presses,
moccasins and leggings. Also a wide
variety of Czech cut beads and beading
supplies, shell and other natural material
Indian Art Oklahoma
4716 N MacArthur Blvd
Oklahoma City, OK 73122
Phone: 405-495-1800
Indian Art Oklahoma features a variety
of handcrafted jewelry and authentic,
handmade American Indian items. This
store carries turquoise jewelry, pottery,
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artwork, sculpture, beadwork, artifacts,
flutes, decorative items, music, movies,
books, gift cards and much more. Indian
Art Oklahoma has been making custom
design jewelry since 1979 in Oklahoma
City.
Indian Trading Post & Art
825 S Walbaum Rd
Calumet, OK 73014
Phone: 405-884-5599
At Indian Trading Post & Art in Calumet,
you can shop for all kinds of Native
American themed apparel, knick knacks
and other memorabilia. This great stop
just off I-40 is the perfect chance to pick
up a pair of moccasins or hand beaded
jewelry. The store also carries Native
American art from a large number of
tribes including pottery and other great
pieces.
Inter-Tribal Designs
1520 N Portland
Phone: 405-943-7935
Inter-Tribal Designs in Oklahoma City
features hard-to-find Native American
food items, kachinas, jewelry, beadwork,
clothing, pottery and beading and craft
supplies.
Jane Osti Pottery Studio
402 S. Muskogee
Tahlequah, OK 74464
Phone:(918) 456-1900
A Cherokee National Treasure, Jane’s
work has been exhibited in museums
across the country and she has won
awards for her work in numerous juried
art shows. Her pottery is rich in earth
colors of natural clay and rich in history of
designs and patterns, bringing full circle
ancient traditions in a contemporary
world.
Laughing Lizard Trading Post
205 E Lake Dr
Medicine Park, OK 73557
Phone: 580-574-1318
The Laughing Lizard Trading Post in the
quaint town of Medicine Park specializes
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themed gifts and collectibles. Find the
perfect handmade item for someone
special as a gift or pick yourself out some
new unique accessories that cannot
be found anywhere else. Conveniently
located with other boutiques and
specialty stores in the historic town of
Medicine Park, make Laughing Lizard a
stop during your trip to Medicine Park
and the Wichita Mountains Wildlife
Refuge.
Lyons Indian Store
111 S Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74120
Phone: 918-582-6372
Lyon’s Indian Store has been located in
downtown Tulsa since 1916. Offering
one of the largest selections of American
Indian goods and Oklahoma souvenirs
in Tulsa, Lyon’s Indian Store has been a
Tulsa fixture for over 90 years. Located
in the city’s vibrant Blue Dome District,
Lyon’s Indian Store features silver
and turquoise Indian jewelry, t-shirts,
moccasins, Native American art, rugs,
pottery, bronze statues, Pendleton
blankets, crafts, beads, feathers, gifts
and more.
McKee’s Indian Store & Susan Peters
Gallery
116 W Main St
Anadarko, OK 73005
Phone: 405-247-7151
Toll Free: 800-972-7653
McKee’s Indian Store in Anadarko is a
retail store offering Indian art and crafts,
beads, fringe and more for making crafts
and regalia. Other items for purchase
include Pendleton blankets and purses,
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Indian art, prints and sculpture. Some
artifacts on display but not for sale.
While you’re there, browse art from
Susan Peters Gallery.
Oklahoma Indian Arts & Crafts
Cooperative
801 E Central Blvd
Anadarko, OK 73005
Phone: 405-247-3486
The Oklahoma Indian Arts & Crafts
Cooperative, founded in 1955, is an
independent arts and crafts business
owned and operated by Native American
artists and craftspeople. The sales shop
is located in the Southern Plains Indian
Museum.
Oklahoma Native Art & Jewelry
1316 S Agnew
Phone: 405-604-9800
Known as one of Oklahoma City’s
premier American Indian galleries and
shops, Oklahoma Native Art & Jewelry is
located in the Historic Stockyards District
across from Cattlemen’s Steakhouse.
It features rare works of over 68 wellknown American Indian artists and
craftsmen, as well as authentic American
Indian and Western artworks including
sculpture, jewelry, Kachinas, Cherokee
baskets, dream catchers, pottery and
paintings.
Native American Art
317 S Main St
Tulsa, OK 74103
Art gallery specializing in Native
American art featuring paintings,
sculptures, pottery, prints and much
more.
Nevaquaya Fine Arts
500 Riverwalk Trace, Ste. 120
Jenks, OK
Phone: 580-291-9572
Nevaquaya Fine Arts represents
American Indian arts and artists that
express the uniqueness of Native culture
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Osage Tribal Museum
819 Grandview Ave
Pawhuska, OK 74056
Phone: 918.287.5441
The Osage Tribal Museum is the oldest
tribally owned museum in the United
States. Originally constructed in 1872 as a
chapel, schoolhouse, and dormitory, the
Osage Tribal Council was instrumental in
establishing the museum in 1938.
The adaptive reuse of the building to a
museum was funded as a Public Works
Administration (WPA) project and
carried out by the CCC. At the time of its
opening in 1938, it was the only museum
in the world owned by an American
Indian tribe. After a year of expansion
and remodeling funded by the Bureau
of Indian Affairs, the museum was
reopened on September 30, 1967. Once
again, in 1994, the museum reopened
after several months of additional
renovations.
On October 15, 1987 the Osage Tribal
Museum was placed on the National
Register Historic Places and on May 2,
2008 the museum celebrated its 70th
anniversary.
Rabbit Gallery
231 S Taylor
Pryor, OK 74362
Phone: 918-825-3716
Toll Free: 800-613-3716
Original art, paintings, prints and gift
items by internationally-known Native
American artists Bill and Traci Rabbit.
Father and daughter are enrolled citizens
of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
and enjoyed creating their art together.
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Ron Allen Studios
221 E Cedar St
Wewoka, OK 74884
Phone: 405-380-6942
Ron Allen Studios in Wewoka offers a
wide selection of unique works that are
accessible to art collectors both novice
and expert. Over the years, renowned
artist Ron Allen’s works have been shown
in various galleries and museums across
the country, including the Carol LaRoche
Gallery in Santa Fe and the Seminole
Nation Museum in Wewoka. Ron Allen
Studios features fine art, sculpture,
paintings, collage and assemblage, along
with assorted junk and artifacts of the
rusty metal type. Stop by any day of the
week to find the next conversation piece
for your home or office.
Southwest Collectibles
135 W First St
Arcadia, OK 73007
Phone: 405-396-2202
Offers a wide variety of authentic Native
American and Southwestern art. Includes
jewelry, prints, wall hangings, handmade
flutes, peace pipes, handcrafted knifes,
drums, Kachina dolls, furs and hides.
Supernaw’s Oklahoma Indian Supply
213 East Rogers Blvd.
Skiatook, OK 74070
Phone: 888-720-1967
Beads and beading supplies, jewelry,
hackles, spikes and fluffs, skins, blankets,
sage and cedar - Supernaw’s is the place
to find it.
Tiger Gallery
2110 E Shawnee
Muskogee, OK 74403
Tiger Gallery in Muskogee is a family
owned and operated business. The
gallery features reprints of the work
of Jerome and Dana Tiger, widely
considered major influences in the
development of contemporary Indian
art, as well as the works of the rest of
the Tiger family.
Tribes 131 Fine Art, Jewelry & Gifts
131 24th Ave NW
Norman, OK 73069
Phone: 405-329-4442
Tribes 131 Fine Art, Gifts & Jewelry is
one of Oklahoma’s premier galleries
containing American Indian and
Southwest-inspired fine arts. Located in
Norman, Tribes 131 is a one-stop gallery
for works by well-known artisans. Tribes
131 features everything from historical
artwork to abstract pieces, including
a variety of non-native and gift items.
This Norman gallery offers a full line
of jewelry, pottery, baskets, kachinas,
textiles, prints, bronzes, clay and
alabaster sculptures, masks, beadwork
and a large variety of made in Oklahoma
gift items. Historical works vary and
often sell quickly. Tribes 131 also has
works by other artists on consignment
and the largest inventory of Doc Tate
Nevaquaya and Mirac Creepingbear
originals for sale.
A Native American Art Calendar
signing is held annually the first week of
December. Tribes 131 also hosts monthly
events featuring different artists and
meet-and-greets during opening night
receptions. These events are free and
open to the public.
*Not all listings are Native American
owned
Lodging
Casino Hotel
Devol
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Spa
Golf on Site
Meeting Space
Restaurant
Laundry
Microwave
Hair Dryer
Coffee Maker
Hot Tub
(O = Outdoor; I = Indoor)
Swimming Pool
Business Center
Fitness Room
Breakfast
Wi-Fi
Rooms
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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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