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deadCenter Film, Cherokee Nation Film Office to celebrate Indigenous cinema at state’s largest film festival
WHAT: 23rd Annual deadCenter Film Festival
WHEN: Thursday, June 8, through Sunday, June 11
WHERE: Oklahoma City, OK
WHO: deadCenter Film Executive Director Cacky Poarch
deadCenter Film Director of Programming Sara Thompson
Cherokee Film Senior Director Jennifer Loren
Cherokee Nation Film Office Virtual Production Manager Michael Lister
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.
Weekly Newsletter
Results from this past weekend's Tribal elections
This spring and summer, several tribal nations in Oklahoma, including some of the larger tribes in the state, will hold elections for key positions including tribal leaders and district council seats.
This includes the Cherokee Nation, the Choctaw Nation and the
Native American storytelling cemented with N. Scott Momaday ceremony
By Katie Hallum
The importance of Native American storytelling was cemented this past Thursday when Oklahoma’s preeminent history museum dedicated a Legacy Stone in honor of Pulitzer Prize-winning Kiowa author N. Scott Momaday.
Momaday, 89, who was the first Indigenous person to receive the Pulitzer Prize in 1969
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TRIBAL MEMBER CHALLENGES OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION AFTER SCOTUS JURISDICTION RULING
by Chinh Doan
Thousands of Oklahomans argue they do not have to pay Oklahoma income tax after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on tribal jurisdiction that applied to criminal cases.
One of those pending cases is from an Okmulgee
Potawatomi Fire turns the heat up during second season
By Kent Bush
After a solid first season in The Basketball League, the Potawatomi Fire continue to find significant success throughout their second season.
The Fire stand atop the Central Division with a 19-3 record as of May 17. New Head Coach Mark Dannhoff and guards Deshawn Munson and
Elders share perspectives for Older Americans Month
By: Tina Bridenstine
May is Older Americans Month — a time to acknowledge the contributions of older individuals in their communities.
The Hownikan interviewed two Citizen Potawatomi elders about their role in the community and their advice for the younger generations.
Working for peers
Lyman Boursaw, now 90 years old, served
Oklahoma Freedom Complete Protected Roster by Selecting Young Gun Brady Turgeon in the 2023 PBR Team Series Draft
Freedom fill practice squad by inking Elizmar Souza Jeremias, Jacob O’Mara, Roscoe Jarboe, Alex Cerqueira and Coy Pollmeier in the accompanying Practice Squad Draft
FORT WORTH, Texas – During the 2023 PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Team Series Draft, the Oklahoma Freedom completed their protected roster, inking young gun Brady Turgeon