Arts & Entertainment

SULPHUR, Okla. – “Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher” will be in the spotlight Saturday, March 11, as the Chickasaw Cultural Center’s Holba’ Pisachi’ Native Film Festival returns. Cast members Martin Sensmeier (Tlingit, Koyukon-Athabascan), Tatanka Means (Oglala Lakota, Omaha, Navajo) and James Landry Hébert will headline the event. Sensmeier stars as Montford

Tribe’s film office celebrates world premiere of “Fancy Dance” TULSA, OK — The Cherokee Nation and its film office are proudly celebrating the world premiere of “Fancy Dance,” the first recipient of the tribe’s film incentive. The film recently debuted at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in Park City,

Kill the Indian, Save the Man. That is the goal of the Dawes Commission, a federal agency. The Commission is charged with destroying the Muscogee-Creek Nation by allotting communally owned tribal lands to individual members. Forced assimilation is the zeitgeist of 1920s Oklahoma. SAM DAVIS is a handsome, roguish, half-breed.

Written by J.K. Henderson Mark Williams is a name you might know if you travel in certain circles. If his name or his work in film is not familiar to you, you should get to know him. Mark Williams was born in northeastern Oklahoma in Claremore, and his family

The event is open to all tribally enrolled students within the Mvskoke Reservation by Kaylea Berry OKMULGEE, Oklahoma – Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s Youth Agriculture program’s 10th annual All-Indian Livestock Show is Jan. 27 – 29 at the Okfuskee County Fairgrounds in Okemah. The event is open to Native high school

(LOS ANGELES) – Pictureworks Entertainment has announced Mohawk filmmaker Tracey Deer will direct the highly anticipated biopic chronicling the life of Jim Thorpe, widely accepted as “The World’s Greatest Athlete.” THORPE, the working title of the film, follows the compelling journey of Jim’s life from boyhood on an Oklahoma

Life would never be the same for the Chickasaw people after the winter of 1540 when they faced their first European power. Represented by Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto, who had a thirst for gold, initial impressions with the Spanish would not go well. Chickasaw warriors were forced to drive