Community
Total 366 Posts
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
Tribe’s newest enterprise opens
By Mary Leaver
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s newest enterprise, Sovereign Pipe Technologies, manufactures a product that can help safeguard precious natural resources.
Ronnie Wear, chief executive officer and general manager, is leading the new venture and proud to be a part of Iron Horse Industrial Park.
“Our employees have
Comanche Nation Housing Authority Awarded $2 Million Grant for Home Repairs
CNHA to rehabilitate up to 27 homes with 2022 federal funding
LAWTON, Okla. – Comanche Nation Housing Authority (CNHA), a Comanche Nation-affiliated organization that promotes self-sufficiency and provides affordable, safe and decent housing to low-income tribal members, received a $2 million federal grant on behalf of the U.S. Department of
FREE SCREENING OF “LAKOTA NATION VS. UNITED STATES” COMING TO CIRCLE CINEMA THURSDAY JUNE 29 WITH FILMMAKER Q&A
DIRECTED BY JESSE SHORT BULL & LAURA TOMASELLI FEATURING THE POETRY OF LAYLI LONG SOLDIER EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY JODI ARCHAMBAULT, KEVIN KILLER, SARAH EAGLE HEART & MARK RUFFALO
Featuring: Nick Tilsen, Phyllis Young, Milo Yellow Hair, Nick Estes, Krystal Two Bulls, HenryRed Cloud, Candi Brings Plenty, Alex Romero-Frederick, Craig Howe,
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 for
Chickasaw Nation WIC Program Seeks Comments
The Chickasaw Nation is soliciting comments from individuals regarding the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). Input is needed for development of the state plan of operation for the 2024 fiscal year. These comments must be received by Aug. 10, 2023.
WIC is a federally funded