MAY 2016 - Native Oklahoma

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NATIVE OKLAHOMA | MAY 2016
MAY 2016
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CONTENTS
N AT I V E O K L A H O M A
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Path open to complete Oklahoma’s American Indian Museum
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ON OUR COVER
Mallory Taylor, an unlikely street artist
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RECOMMENDED READ
Native American Almanac
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HISTORY
Commencement marks historic date for Chickasaw storyteller Te Ata
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BUSINESS
Seminole Nation hopes winery will bring economic diversity
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BUSINESS
Yolanda White Antelope looking forward to growth in new space
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NEWS AROUND THE NATIONS
18 GAMING
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GAMING NEWS
Tribe opens new event center, steakhouse in Red Rock
22 EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT
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SHOPPING
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ATTRACTIONS
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TRIBAL LODGING
31 TRIBAL DIRECTORY
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An architectural rendering shows what the completed American Indian Cultural Center and Museum complex will look like.
Path open to complete Oklahoma’s
American Indian museum
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – It was conceived as a worldclass showcase for Oklahoma’s American Indian heritage:
a museum and cultural center in the heart of the state
once known as Indian Territory would house artifacts
and folklore to tell the history of Oklahoma’s 39 federally
recognized tribes.
During the next two decades, however, cost overruns led
to political disagreements and a shift in priorities that
halted work on the American Indian Cultural Center
and Museum, now an empty concrete-and-steel curiosity
that looms over two interstate highways near downtown
Oklahoma City.
But the dream that launched the 173,000-square-foot
project is being revived in an agreement among the state
and a partnership between the city of Oklahoma City and
the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma.
This Spring, the city accepted the terms of legislation
signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin last year to finish and
operate the center. City and tribal officials are working out
a final agreement.
“We are in a perfect position at I-35 and I-40 to get some
of these cars off the highways and stay a day or two,” said
Blake Wade, executive director of the Native American
Cultural and Educational Authority.
Bill Lance, secretary of commerce for the Chickasaw
Nation, said the site is situated “literally at the crossroads
of America.” Surrounded by more than 100 acres of
undeveloped commercial real estate, the museum offers
the opportunity to unite Oklahoma’s diverse tribes.
“I think it’s everyone vision that this museum be a
mechanism to strengthen tribal cooperation across the
state, culturally and economically,” Lance said.
Museum officials are moving forward with collecting
exhibits and historical information from various tribes for
eventual display. Exhibits and interpretive programs will be
developed by Ralph Appelbaum Associates of New York
City, whose work at the United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Clinton Presidential
Library in Little Rock, Arkansas, has drawn praise.
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“No one has understood how significant this is,” Wade
said.
Appelbaum’s involvement has opened doors for
cooperation from many other tribal-related museums,
including the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum
of the American Indian in Washington, he said.
“We’ve been preparing for the last five years. He’s then
going to take it over,” Wade said. “Because of him is why
we’ve got all of this cooperation.”
Construction is likely to resume this summer and with the
structure fully operational in 2020.
The state had spent about $90 million on the project before
construction was suspended in 2012. Although incomplete,
the state is paying about $7 million a year to maintain
the property and make payments on earlier construction
bonds.
Under the agreement, the state will provide an additional
$25 million in bonds for completion of the museum and
transfer responsibility for its operation and maintenance
to the city. The city will provide $9 million toward the
structure’s completion.
Wade said another $31 million will be provided by
individual and corporate donors and that the Chickasaw
Nation will provide the balance, about $15 million.
SUPERNAW’S OKLAHOMA
INDIAN SUPPLY
Tribal support for the project was critical to the city’s
decision to accept the state’s offer to take it on, said Jim
Couch, city manager of Oklahoma City.
“It was dead without it,” Couch said, noting that operating
a museum is not a key city function.
In December, the tribe, which operates the 109-acre
Chickasaw Cultural Center in Sulphur, offered to partner
with the city to help complete the stalled project. The tribe
owns the WinStar World Casino and Resort in southern
Oklahoma and has extensive expertise in the tourism and
hospitality industries.
Lance said preliminary work has already begun on ways to
develop commercial acreage surrounding the museum and
hospitality is a part of the plan.
“Our key strategy is to have supporting amenities,” Lance
said. “This is a very complex commercial transaction.
Oklahoma City and the Chickasaw Nation want to make
sure it’s done the right way.”
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On our cover:
Mallory Taylor | Photo by Bo Apitz
Mallory Taylor, an
unlikely street artist
Downtown Tulsa mural reveals
spirited side of Oklahoma painter
BY LISA SNELL
Cherokee
TULSA – Her shock of deep purple bangs flutter in the Oklahoma
breeze and the feathers tucked into her cornrow of braids rustle
but stay firmly anchored into place. Mallory Taylor takes in a
deep breath, puffs out her chest, tilts her chin and sucks in her
cheeks. She pouts her lips slightly.
Then she laughs.
“You like my contest face?”
This April afternoon, she is dressed in her dancing clothes. She
and friend Alisabeth Narcomey had been posing for photos at
Tulsa’s Centennial Park but now her composure is gone and she
is relaxed, albeit dwarfed by the huge mural on the wall behind
her.
She laughs again. The sole of her buckskin boot is unstitched at
the toe and rolls under her foot as she steps closer to the painted
bricks. She catches herself and wonders aloud at the incongruity
of being photographed in full regalia surrounded by the bricks
and cement of Tulsa’s increasingly trendy Brady District.
Taylor is ready to pose some more. That’s her mural on the wall
at 114 N. Boston and she created most of it freehand with spray
paint. While still unfinished, it’s a work she’s proud of.
The collage of images are all meaningful to her. Bison march
in a row. Hummingbirds float among Monarch butterflies and
brightly colored flowers. Feathers, the outline of her home state
and a dreamcatcher surround the centerpiece – the face of a
woman. A woman of many colors.
“That person is everybody. She’s purple. She’s pink. She’s white.
She’s brown. She’s green. She’s all of it,” Taylor says.
A lot like Taylor herself.
Taylor is a self-taught artist born in Tulsa. She is of Cherokee,
Osage, Blackfoot, Crow, Black Dutch, French and Irish descent.
“My mom teases me all the time that I’m racist,” she says. “Most
people will say, ‘What are you?’ and I’ll say, ‘Oh, I’m Native.
Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot and Crow.”
Her mom will then ask her why she never says ‘Irish and
French.’
“They never ask me because I look Irish and French. They ask
me because they can’t figure it out,” Taylor says and shakes her
head. “It’s hard when you kind of don’t fit in.”
From her dancing clothes to the images she paints, there is a
mix of influences. She grew up in the studio of her father,
artist Robert Taylor, and behind the counter at Doris Littrell’s
Oklahoma Indian Art Gallery in Oklahoma City.
“Working for Doris really taught me what my time was worth.
My first painting sold was at the Oklahoma Indian Art Gallery,”
she says.
Taylor and Littrell had worked out a price of $500 for the
painting. But it didn’t sell for $500.
“My dad sold it for $250,” she says. “Because I had no right to
sell it for $500.”
Robert Taylor was strict about his work and ethic. He passed
that down to his daughter. He told her her paintings need to be
investments.
“‘Mallory, you may never paint anything again,’ he told me,” she
said. “‘They should do nothing but go up in value. They should
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Mallory Taylor stands in front of the mural she painted at 114 N. Boston, Tulsa. | Photo by Lisa Snell
never depreciate. They should never be
a bargaining chip. Ever.’”
It hurt, but she agrees.
“My dad had this mentality of you
pay your dues. You’re not worth
anything to me starting off. You have
no reputation, you have no credibility,
no history.”
The man who bought her painting was
an art collector. When he died, he left
his entire collection, including that
first Mallory Taylor piece, to the Fred
Jones Museum at the University of
Oklahoma in Norman.
“That painting hangs in the Fred Jones
Museum today, with my dad’s,” she
says and grins.
Not bad for a woman who didn’t
intend to become an artist.
“I never wanted to be an artist because
I almost felt obsessive about it. Once
I started it, I didn’t want to stop and
I didn’t like (feeling) like that. I didn’t
want to forget to eat or drink. I didn’t
want to be like that.
“And now, there’s no way I can not
be like that. There’s no way I can not
paint. Or not draw. There’s no escaping
it,” she says.
It hasn’t been an easy path. She
stopped painting as a young teen living
in Orlando, Florida.
“My high school sweetheart was shot
and killed and I stopped painting.
Then this happened…” She points
to a scar on her face and looks down
momentarily.
“I was the victim of extreme violence
in Florida. I was kidnapped,” she says.
“I think trauma can induce art and it
can stifle art. Some things in my life
caused me to stop painting and some
things in my life caused me to start
painting.”
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After eight years in Florida, Taylor
escaped to Denver where she felt isolated
from her culture and alone. But she sees it
as a positive thing. It forced her to take a
hard look at herself.
She began painting again when she
couldn’t sleep one night.
“It’s a woman with no ear. A tree grows up
her spine. She has no hair. Just branches.
It’s called ‘When You’re Not Listening,’”
Taylor says.
It’s her only painting she has kept.
She wasn’t listening to her innate need to
create art and every once in a while she
pulls it out and studies it.
“It’s red and I hate the color red. It’s
everything I fear. It’s red. She has no hair.
She is alone. She has no ears. She can’t
hear. It’s totally isolated.”
The painting reflected her feelings of
isolation and that part of herself she had
cut from her life. It provoked her to pick
up her paintbrush again and again.
“I worked full time and I coached
basketball for the city of Denver, for kids.
And then it was just art. It was art all the
time,” she says.
Then she caught a break. Bella Fine Art,
a gallery in Monument, Colorado, agreed
to show her work. The next came after
being in Denver for five years.
She donated a painting to a charity
auction. It was her first auction and
her painting was next to the works of
some “name” Oklahoma artists. Artists
she knew and admired such as Virginia
Stroud, Cherokee/Creek, who she had
known while growing up; Bunky EchoHawk, Yakima/Pawnee; and her father.
memories and the life she had known.
But after that night, Mallory Taylor was
ready to come home.
“That’s what part of the mural is. I feel
that now that I am an adult. Oklahoma
made me who I am, and I’m stronger for
all those things that happened. I want
to give back. I want to show that I am
appreciative in some way. I just want to be
part of my community. Whether it’s art,
volunteering…working with the kids… I
just want to be a part of something bigger
than myself.”
That night, her painting sold for more
than her dad’s.
“And I knew, literally in that moment,
where I was sitting in the room and I
remember that smile that came over my
face. And it was like, I’m leaving,” she
says.
Like one of the butterflies in her mural,
she had wrapped herself away to develop
and grow, in a place sheltered from
Mallory Taylor works on her
downtown Tulsa wall mural.
Courtesy Photos
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Commencement marks historic
date for Chickasaw storyteller
BY TONY CHOATE
The University of Science and Arts
of Oklahoma’s April 22 graduation
ceremony in Te Ata Auditorium was
the 83rd anniversary of the first White
House performance by the Chickasaw
storyteller Te Ata, the auditorium’s
namesake and one of the school’s most
celebrated graduates.
Te Ata was also one of Oklahoma’s
most renowned cultural ambassadors,
performing first State Dinner of
Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency on
April 22, 1933. As a close friend of
Eleanor Roosevelt, Te Ata was a guest
at the dinner honoring British Prime
Minister Ramsey MacDonald. After
dinner Te Ata changed from her evening
gown into a white buckskin dress for a
30-minute performance.
This was an early highlight of a career
which spanned six decades as Te Ata
earned international fame presenting a
unique one woman show of American
Indian heritage and culture to audiences
across the United States, Canada and
Europe.
Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill
Anoatubby said that Te Ata was a
“remarkable talent.”
Te Ata performed at the first State Dinner of Franklin
Roosevelt’s presidency on April 22, 1933. As a close friend of
Eleanor Roosevelt, Te Ata was a guest at the dinner honoring
British Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald. After dinner Te
Ata changed from her evening gown into a white buckskin
dress for a 30-minute performance.
“Te Ata touched lives worldwide as she
showcased Native American culture
and traditions,” said Gov. Anoatubby.
“She once wrote that art binds all people
together. Her career bears testimony to
the truth of that noble idea. She was a
great ambassador for Chickasaw people
and for all Native Americans.
“Her life’s work helped bridge the
divide between diverse cultures. She
is a shining example of the power of
artistic expression to change hearts
and minds.”
Te Ata performed a second time for
President Roosevelt and First Lady
Eleanor in 1939 at the family home
in Hyde Park. On this occasion,
which was the first time a sitting
British Monarch visited the United
States, she also performed for King
George and Queen Elizabeth. There,
Te Ata had the opportunity to speak
at some length with the queen about
the preservation of Indian culture.
Quite an accomplishment for a girl
who was born in the tiny town of
Emet in the Chickasaw Nation a
dozen years before Oklahoma was
carved out of Indian Territory. While
her birth name was Mary Thompson,
she was given the name Te Ata, which
means “bearer of the morning,” by
an elderly aunt.
Te Ata first learned of the beauty
and wisdom of Indian culture from
her father, Thomas, who told her a
variety of Indian stories, and her
mother, Bertie, who taught her about
useful and medicinal plants.
A fairly ordinary student at
Bloomfield Academy for Chickasaw
Females, Te Ata felt the need to find
some area where she could excel. A
Tishomingo High School teacher,
Muriel Wright, daughter of Choctaw
Chief Allen Wright, provided a role
model of a successful Indian woman
and inspired Te Ata to continue her
education.
While it was unusual at that time
for a Native American female, or
any female, to attend college, Te
Ata gained reluctant support from
her father to attend the Oklahoma
College for Women in Chickasha.
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Francis Dinsmore Davis, a drama
and expression teacher at OCW
recognized Te Ata’s talent and
encouraged her to strive for a career
in the theater.
After earning her degree in drama,
Te Ata continued her training at
the prestigious Carnegie Institute in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Te Ata later moved to New York,
where she appeared in several
Broadway productions. Upon first
arriving in New York, Te Ata stayed
at the Three Arts Club, a boarding
house for aspiring actresses.
It was there she first met Eleanor
Roosevelt, who was one of the
wealthy
“housemothers”
who
engaged the actresses for private
performances at their homes. Many
of Te Ata’s performances in the early
1930s were in summer camps for
inner-city children.
In 1932, Mrs. Roosevelt, then First
Lady of New York, named Lake Te
Ata in honor of the performer who
had given her time to educate and
enlighten the children of New York.
Te Ata continued performing across
the U.S. for decades.
Inducted into the Oklahoma Hall
of Fame in 1957 and the Chickasaw
Nation Hall of Fame in 1990, Te
Ata was awarded the Oklahoma
Governor’s Arts Award in 1975 and
declared Oklahoma’s first “State
Treasure” in 1987.
A feature film about Te Ata produced
by the Chickasaw Nation was
accepted into competition at the
Bentonville Film Festival.
Image Number: 290503
“Te Ata Fisher on the SS Santa Clara,
en route to New York from Lima,
Peru, 1937,” Fisher, George Clyde,
AMNH Digital Special Collections.
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Seminole Nation hopes winery
will bring economic diversity
BY MOLLY M. FLEMING
The Journal Record
SEMINOLE (AP) – Seminole Nation Principal Chief
Leonard Harjo wants to be able to tell his tribe’s story, but
developing a tourism industry takes money.
That’s why the tribe has turned to a winery and vineyard
venture, he said. The operation also gives Seminole Nation
citizens an opportunity to use their land.
“The winery and vineyard offers a source of economic
diversity,” Harjo said. “We have a lot of individuals with
small acreages within the Seminole Nation, and we were
looking for a way for them to earn some income.”
The Journal Record reports that the tribe has at least 20
citizens embarking on grape growing, with more considering
it, said Chad Ainsworth, managing director for Seminole
Nation Winery and Vineyard LLC. Ten citizens will plant
their first set of grapes this spring after taking a yearlong
training class. A second class of 10 growers is being trained
and will plant in spring 2017.
It will be four years before the tribe has any grapes it can
use, Ainsworth said. In the meantime, it is getting juice and
grapes from Arkansas and California to make the wine.
Ainsworth didn’t want to give exact details on where they
are getting the juice.
“In the wine industry, when you find a good source, it’s
kind of proprietary secrets,” he said. “We don’t like to give
out certain information. If we get a good source for grapes
or juice, we don’t want someone else stepping in.”
The tribe is waiting on a license to be able to sell their wine at their
Grisso Mansion property, where it will operate a tasting venue.
years, reaching up to 62 acres. The grant is for $400,000 to
$500,000 each year during the five-year span.
The tourism site has been in development since the tribe
purchased the Grisso Mansion in Seminole in 2012. The
mansion and accompanying land had a small vineyard, but
the grapes won’t work in the wine because of their acidity,
Lambert said.
The tribe purchased 10 acres with three small buildings
north of Seminole. The buildings serve as the production
facility, and grapes will be grown on the surrounding
land.
The tribe can sell the wine only at festivals, as it did on
April 21 in Seminole. It is selling at the Kolache Festival in
Prague on May 7. It is waiting on its license to sell at the
Grisso Mansion, where it will operate a tasting venue, said
Stephaney Lambert, development officer at the Seminole
Nation.
Grapes are being grown around the Seminole Nation,
which is along Interstate 40. The tribe still needs three more
groups of 10 growers for the next three years, Ainsworth
said. Participants do not have to be Seminole, and they do
not have to have a certain type of land. They need about
half an acre at least to participate. The tribe pays for the
infrastructure and materials, which is about $5,000 per
person, he said.
The tribe started on the winery and vineyard in 2015. It
received a $320,000 loan from REI Business Lending and
a grant from the Administration for Native Americans.
The ANA grant will fund 40 growers over the next five
“We match the root stock to the soil,” he said. “(Grapes)
are a permanent thing. We want to make sure we’ve done
our homework. We want to put the right grape in the right
soil.”
Yolanda White Antelope shows before and after photos of her
burned business. | Photo by Dana Attocknie
Oklahoma Native Art and
Jewelry owner looking forward
to growth in new space
MOLLY FLEMING
The Journal Record
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma Native Art and
Jewelry owner Yolanda White Antelope could not be
happier.
After her Stockyards City business was displaced by a
fire in March 2015, she said she spent the next year in an
800-square-foot space next to the Centennial Rodeo Opry.
White Antelope finally moved to a larger space in April,
as she had wanted for a year. Her fire-burned location
measured 2,000 square feet. Her new place is 1,000 square
feet, but she has the option to move into an additional 600
square feet next year. The building’s owner spent about
$10,000 renovating the building to get her in.
“Since we lost everything in the fire, a lot of our artists
have come back,” she said. “They put their art on the
walls. That’s what we’re aiming for. We want to display
our Native culture.”
She said her artwork is especially attractive to out-of-town
visitors looking for souvenirs. Her store has work from
about 20 different tribes.
“People are tired of picking things up that say ‘made in
China,’” she said. “As soon as they hear it’s made locally,
they are in love.”
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NEWS AROUND THE NATIONS
State alcohol debate turns
testy after Indian comment
By SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A Republican state lawmaker said
Thursday that a plan to expand beer and wine sales in Oklahoma
would disproportionally affect Native Americans because they are
“predisposed to alcoholism.”
The comment from Rep. Todd Russ of Cordell during a debate over
the measure, which passed on a 61-30 vote, drew a sharp rebuke
from the chairman of the House Native American Caucus.
The resolution calls for a statewide vote on proposed changes to
the Oklahoma Constitution needed to allow wine and cold, strong
beer sales in grocery and convenience stores.
During debate, Russ said the plan would have a particularly negative
effect on Oklahoma’s Native American population because he
said they process alcohol differently than other races and are
“predisposed to alcoholism.”
Rep. Dan Kirby, R-Tulsa and a citizen of the Creek Nation, criticized
the statements.
“He was out of order to disparage Native Americans on the House
floor in the manner he did,” Kirby said.
Oklahoma is among the states with the highest percentage of
Native Americans, about 8.5 percent of the state’s population.
Kirby said later that Russ apologized for the comment and that
Kirby considered the matter settled.
But Russ’ comments reinforce a negative stereotype that Native
Americans have been trying to get rid of for years, said Mike
Graham, founder of United Native America, a state and federal
advocacy group for American Indians.
“He’s apparently very uneducated and ill-informed on what brings
about alcoholism,” said Graham, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.
“Alcoholism and drug addiction are problems with every race and
ethnicity.”
The resolution, which goes to a conference committee for further
deliberation, is the result of months of negotiations between
multiple stakeholders in the alcohol industry in Oklahoma –
distillers, brewers, wholesalers, distributors and different retail
groups. A companion bill pending in the Senate is reportedly more
than 200 pages long.
Most of Oklahoma’s liquor laws were developed in the late
1950s and include a thorny mix of statutes and constitutional
amendments that can’t be changed without a vote of the people.
Currently, liquor, wine and beer in excess of 3.2-percent alcohol
can be sold only at package stores, which are strictly licensed and
regulated and closed on Sundays.
Oklahoma is one of only five states in which low-point beer is sold.
Unlike strong beer, it can be refrigerated and purchased at grocery
and convenience stores until 2 a.m. and on Sundays.
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Comanche Council selects new tribal
administrator, legal representation
By SCOTT RAINS, Lawton Constitution
LAWTON – In what would become the first of a two-part general
council meeting, citizens of the Comanche Nation selected a new
tribal administrator and new legal representation for the next year.
Citizens also nominated candidates to vie for leadership positions
in the general election scheduled for May 14.
However, discussion of the tribe’s budget was put on hold.
Susan Cothren, Comanche Business Committee Vice Chair offered a
motion to adjourn the meeting shortly before discussion turned to
the proposed $51,482,913 budget for fiscal year 2017. The council
approved the motion to adjourn and reconvene May 7 strictly to
review the budget.
According to Cothren, 569 registered Comanche voters attended
the April 16 meeting held in Watchetaker Hall, at the Comanche
Nation Complex.
Jimmy Arterberry, Interim Tribal Administrator, was officially hired
by the council to the post for the next full term. He was elected
with more than 50 percent of the votes with a total of 366.
Arterberry has been the acting TA since a narrow council vote of
297-293 on Oct. 24, 2015 confirmed the earlier business committee
suspension and subsequent removal of former administrator Will
Owens.
New Law Firm Chosen
Crow & Dunlevey Law Firm was voted out as tribal legal
representation after serving the tribe the last three years. Grellner
Law Office received the will of the people garnering 250 votes.
Richard Grellner, representing the firm, gained traction with the
audience as he told of his background in tribal law and with the
Comanche Nation. He touched on several points of concern about
current tribal issues and individual rights. “Sovereignty” is a key
point for protection, he said.
“You are the supreme governing body of the tribe,” Grellner said.
“That means you’re in charge.”
Nominations Taken
Nominations were taken for Business Committee chairman
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and Seats No. 1 and No.2, as well as election board positions for
Anadarko, Apache, Oklahoma City and Walters.
Muscogee (Creek) Nation Scholarship
Foundation Program holding run/walk
Chairman — Gene Pekah, Mack Mahsetky Jr., Will Owens, Willie
Nelson, Nick Tachahwickah, Mike Burgess and Billy Komahcheet.
OKMULGEE – The inaugural “Stride for Education” benefit 5K & fun
run/walk will be held Saturday, May 14 at the Claude Cox Omniplex
in Okmulgee.
Business Committee Seat No. 1 — Jack Codopony and Johnathan
Poahway (incumbent). Ron Red Elk declined nomination.
Business Committee Seat No. 2 — Vernon Tehauno, Vincent
Pocowatchit, Charles Wells, Eddie Ahdosy, Gary Tahmahkera, Janet
Saupitty and Mark Waudoah.
The election board position nominations included no candidate
for Anadarko and a motion for Apache to stay with the status quo.
Following Angie Garza’s recusal, Karen Goss is the candidate for
the Walters precinct. Oklahoma City precinct candidates are Alice
Kassanavoid, Ashley Figueroa-Derrikson and Brandy Herring.
The second part of this general council meeting will review the
proposed 2016-17 fiscal year budget and is scheduled for 10 a.m.,
May 7, at Watchtaker Hall – provided a quorum of 150 registered
voters are present.
The 2017 budget calls for $20,213,177 to be disbursed through
revenue allocation (40 percent): elder payment, $1 million, and
per capita distribution, $19,213,177. Tribal government (10
percent) is budgeted at $5,053,264; economic development (25
percent), $12,633,236; and community education (25 percent),
$12,633,236.
Cothren said the meeting will allow the council to fulfill its
constitutional obligation to go over the budget before the line-item
ballot.
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Cherokee Nation opens
$14 million health center in Jay
JAY (AP) – The Cherokee Nation has opened a new $14 million
health center in northeastern Oklahoma.
The 42,000-square-foot Sam Hider Health Center was opened in
April to replace a 26,000-square-foot facility that was more than
80 years old.
The new center offers a new physical therapy department and adds
space for primary care, dental, optometry, radiology, behavioral
health, public health nursing, pharmacy, laboratory, nutrition and
diabetes care services. In 2015, the center had more than 77,000
patient visits.
The new center is the final project under a $100 million health care
capital improvement plan using tribal casino profits. The Cherokee
Nation opened a new health center in Ochelata and expanded
health centers in Sallisaw and Stilwell in 2015.
The run was created by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Scholarship
Foundation Program to raise money for scholarships to help
Muscogee (Creek) students who attend post-secondary
institutions.
The cost to run in the 5K is $25 and the fun run/walk is $20. After
May 1 and on race day, entry fees will be $30. Medals will be
awarded for the top three males and females in each age category.
On race day, registration starts at 7am; Opening ceremony starts at
8:15am; Fun Run/Walk starts at 8:30am; 5K starts at 9am. All ages
are welcome.
To register, call Jennifer Kilian at 918-732-7763 or register online at
www.strideforeducation2016.eventbrite.com.
Miss a print issue? Download a free copy online!
www.nativeoklahoma.us
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GAMING
COMANCHE NATION CASINO
402 Southeast Interstate Drive, LAWTON
877-900-7594
comanchenationentertainment.com
At Comanche Nation Casino, a large, modern casino in
Lawton, Oklahoma, we have a large variety of the hottest
and loosest slots. Choose from over 700 machines.
Play the way you like to play from the following
denominations: penny, nickel, dime, quarter, $.50, $1,
$2, $5, $10, and $25. We’re open 24/7, 365 days a year.
Enjoy delicious casual dining at the Mustang Sports Grill
inside the casino. Monthly events and promotions are
always popular. It is conveniently located just off the
freeway in Lawton, Oklahoma.
DOWNSTREAM CASINO RESORT
69300 East Nee Road, QUAPAW
1-888-DWNSTRM (396-7876)
www.downstreamcasino.com
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 provides a Las
Vegas-style entertainment experience for everyone.
Whether you prefer high energy surroundings or a more
intimate experience, Downstream Casino Resort offers
new ways to play influenced by the rich history of Native
American culture.
DUCK CREEK CASINO
10085 Ferguson Rd, BEGGS
918-267-3468
www.duckcreekcasino.com
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 (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.
RIVER SPIRIT CASINO
8330 Riverside Pkwy, TULSA
918-299-8518
www.riverspirittulsa.com
Enjoy one of the largest Gaming floors in Oklahoma.
Play our action-packed Promotions, with a Player’s
Club that rewards our most passionate gamers. Indulge
in several Dining and Nightlife options that can’t
be beat. And rock out to the hottest live music and
performances at the River Spirit Event Center. Starting
soon, we’re also the proud home of Jimmy Buffett’s
Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant. And more! Stop
by anytime, 24/7, just south of 81st Street and Riverside
Drive at Casino Drive in Tulsa.
7 CLANS FIRST COUNCIL
CASINO HOTEL
12875 N. HWY 77, NEWKIRK
(877) 7-CLANS-0 or 877-725-2670
www.sevenclanscasino.com
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.
SOUTHWIND CASINO
9695 US-177, BRAMAN
580-385-2440
www.southwindcasino.com
SouthWind Casino has three great locations in
Oklahoma. Our Braman location is just south of the
Kansas border, and features more than 100 E-games.
Phase II of the Braman Casino expansion celebrated its
grand opening in December, providing 300 additional
E-games, plus the contemporary 231 Bistro & Bar. Our
grand BINGO facility in Newkirk features several large
BINGO boards to keep you up to speed during every
game. In addition we offer a non-smoking room. NOW
OPEN! Kanza Casino (located inside the Kanza Travel
Plaza at Braman, Oklahoma).
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Tribe opens new event center,
steakhouse in Red Rock
BY HEATHER PAYNE
RED ROCK – The Otoe-Missouria Tribe opened its two newest
businesses on April 8 with a performance by ‘80s hit artist Rick
Springfield at 7 Clans Paradise Event Center and prime cuts of
steak at the 7C Land & Cattle Steakhouse.
The new event and conference center showcases entertainers in
a more intimate setting than the tribe’s other, much larger venue,
the Council Bluff Event Center in Newkirk.
The smaller space of 7 Clans Paradise Event Center in Red Rock
was perfect for Rick Springfield’s Stripped Down Tour. The
Jesse’s Girl singer performed solo with interactive multimedia and
storytelling. The tour featured personal stories from Springfield
who interacted with his audience while telling stories about the
inspiration for his songs.
Country crooners Wade Hayes and Keith Anderson performed
at the event center the following night.
According to Entertainment Director Liz Childs, the size of the
event center is a benefit.
“The size of the space makes the experience different from
Council Bluff,” Childs says. “There are only 360 seats available
here so there really isn’t a bad seat in the house. Everyone will
have a great view of the stage.”
Before heading to the concert guests can stop by and enjoy a
steak the 7C Land & Cattle Steakhouse next door. The space
features plush leather chairs and banquettes accented by brick
walls, custom lighting and photos of Indian Rodeo contestants.
The custom built horseshoe shaped bronze patina bar is a focal
point of the room. The space seats 80 indoors with seating for an
additional 30 in the patio area.
“We are excited to be able to serve our customers six choice
Angus cuts of steak,” 7C Land & Cattle Steakhouse Manager
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Barbara Paukei says. “That is something we are proud of.
We will also be serving ribs, pork chops and seafood. Our
goal is to provide quality food and personalized service so
that our guest have a special experience every time they
walk through our doors.”
Although not on the menu at this time, the steakhouse will
also be serving grass fed beef that is raised on the tribe’s own
10,000 acre 7 Clans Land & Cattle Company in Kay and
Noble Counties.
The 7 Clans Paradise Casino has also undergone renovations
recently to create a cohesive appearance between the
casino, the event center and restaurant. The decor was
custom created by Otoe-Missouria tribal member and artist
Kennetha Greenwood who was also responsible for the
decor at the 7 Clans Perry Casino.
“I love bringing our unique traditional designs and patterns
into our contemporary spaces,” Greenwood says. “I am
grateful for the opportunity to be able to use my creativity
to echo our floral designs that have always been apart of us
and incorporate them in new and exciting ways, including
industrial elements like iron and copper.”
According to 7 Clans Paradise Casino General Manager
Brian Gooden the renovations to the casino weren’t only in
the decor.
“In addition to the renovation, we have also brought in some
new games like the Castle Hill games and Game of Thrones,
Britney Spears and Buffalo Grand,” Gooden says. “And we
created some great promotions this month in celebration of
the grand opening of the event center & restaurant like Cash
Case, Player of the Day and Showers of Cash. April is going
to be an exciting month at 7 Clans Casinos.”
The two new businesses and the renovations of the casino
are part of a building boom at the Otoe-Missouria Tribe
that includes the opening of a new casino in Perry last week
as well as a new WIC office building and new Head Start
building currently being constructed at the tribal complex
in Red Rock. Next on the horizon for the tribe is to open its
own credit union, which is in the approval phase.
Due to the limited seating at the new event center, free
tickets will not be offered to tribal members. Tickets can be
purchased online at www.sevenclans.com.
In addition to concerts, the event center will be available for
rental and can be used for private celebrations or trainings.
A partition can be used for clients needing smaller spaces.
To book the event center for your upcoming event call 580362-6695.
For more information about the 7 Clans Casinos and
businesses visit www.sevenclans.com. To learn more about
the Otoe-Missouria Tribe visit www.omtribe.org
Iowa Tribe to operate
international gambling website
PERKINS (AP) — The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma is moving forward
with its plan to launch an international gambling website after a
federal judge this week determined it is legal.
The Iowa Tribe expects pokertribe.com to be operational next
month. The website will allow users from around the world to play
casino games with real money.
The Oklahoman reports the venture is backed by Fred Khalilian and
his company, University Entertainment Group. Khalilian says servers
for the website will be maintained at the tribe’s headquarters in
Perkins.
In January, Iowa Tribe Chairman Bobby Walkup said the new
venture will create a lucrative revenue stream for the tribe, and
perhaps others.
The tribe went to court earlier this year for certification to legally
operate pokertribe.com.
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Events & Entertainment
MAY 7: RESTORING HARMONY
POWWOW
The Restoring Harmony Powwow is an annual
celebration to recognize National Children’s
Mental Health Awareness Day. A full day of
activities culminates in a dance contest for
dancers of all ages.
Experience the spirit of an ancient tradition
at the 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.
In the afternoon, enjoy traditional gourd
dancing before the sun sets and the grand entry
parade begins.
When you see participants in traditional 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 28: ARTESIAN ARTS FESTIVAL
On Memorial Day weekend, Saturday, May 28th,
the Artesian Plaza in downtown Sulphur turns into
a vibrant place filled with southeastern Native
American art during the Artesian Arts Festival.
Browse through one-of-a-kind work from over 80
artists and find something beautiful you can’t live
without. While you’re there, enjoy live musical
performances, have a delicious meal from food
trucks and much more. This family friendly event
even has children’s activities to keep the kids
entertained. There is something for everyone at
the Artesian Arts Festival conveniently located just
minutes from the Chickasaw National Recreation
Area.
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MAY 15: SNEAK PEAK SCREENING OF ‘MEDICINE WOMAN’ AT CIRCLE CINEMA
BY LENZY KREHBIEL-BURTON
CHEROKEE
TULSA – Northeastern Oklahoma is getting a
sneak peek at a new film highlighting Native
women in healthcare.
Scheduled to air on PBS in November as
part of its Native American Heritage Month
programming, “Medicine Woman” will be
screened on May 15 at 2 p.m. at the Circle
Cinema at 10 S. Lewis.
The movie is narrated by Muscogee (Creek) poet
Joy Harjo and includes voice-over work from
Inuit/Cree/Metis/Inupiat/Yupik actress Irene
Bedard.
Along with the story of Dr. Susan Laflesche
Picotte, a citizen of the Omaha Tribe who was
the first Native American woman to graduate
from medical school, the 60-minute film looks at
three contemporary Native women who work in
medicine.
Princella Redcorn, the film’s co-producer, said
the selection of Wehnona Stabler and Drs. Lucy
Reifel and Lori Arviso Alvord to profile was
deliberate.
“We had specific people in mind,” Redcorn said.
“We (Redcorn and co-producer Christine Lesiak)
put together a big wish list. We aimed for the
best and got the best.”
Reifel is a pediatrician on the Rosebud Sioux
reservation in South Dakota. She and her
adopted son, who was born with fetal alcohol
syndrome, regularly do presentations in the
area on the long-term effects of drinking during
pregnancy.
Alvord is the first Navajo woman to become
board certified in surgery. A one-time nominee
for U.S. Surgeon General, Alvord regularly
incorporates traditional healing practices into
her work, taking psychological and social aspects
into account.
The former director of the Pawhuska Health
Center, Stabler is currently the CEO of the
Carl Curtis Health Education Center in Macy,
Nebraska. Like Picotte, Stabler is a citizen of the
Omaha Tribe.
“It might seem like a big hodgepodge, but the
main thing is about native women’s ability to
heal and sharing their voices,” Redcorn said. “It hasn’t been out in public.”
Redcorn and Harjo are scheduled to participate in a question and answer
session after the Circle Cinema screening.
Tickets are $9.50 for adults, $7.50 for students and seniors and $6.50 for
Circle Cinema members. Tickets may be purchased in advance through the
theater’s website, circlecinema.com.
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EVENTS
MAY 7
COMANCHE LITTLE PONIES
CELEBRATION: Free and open
to the public - Please bring your
own chairs! All singers, dancers,
princesses and drum groups
invited. Special invitation to all
mothers!
Contest powwow + Special Men’s
Chicken Dance 18 yrs. + (Round
Bustle Dancers Only)
Comanche County Fairgrounds
Expo Center, 920 S. Sheridan Rd.,
Lawton. Phone: 580-583-5279.
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
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 from 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 from 8- to 11:00 am at Angie Smith
Memorial UMC, 400 S.W. 31st Street, Oklahoma City.
MAY 7
Oklahoma Federation of Indian
Women Honor PowwoW: Choctaw
Event Center, Durant. Join us as we honor our
lovely outgoing Miss Indian Oklahoma and Jr
Miss Indian Oklahoma. Both our titleholders
have done an outstanding job representing
the organization, Oklahoma, their tribes, &
their families. We will also be introducing the
newly crowned 2016 Miss & Jr Miss Indian
Oklahoma.
Gourd Dancing begins at 1 p.m., Grand Entry at
7pm.
For more information, call Debbie Hill @ 918951-1336 or email lhill052010@yahoo.com
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MAY 8
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
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SHOPPING
Certified Native | Native Oklahoma
306 N Muskogee Ave., Tahlequah
Phone: 918-708-5838
Native Oklahoma Magazine’s office now houses Tahlequah’s
newest art gallery and gift shop! The gallery features Oklahoma
Native artists profiled in Native Oklahoma Magazine and up-andcoming local talents. Come by for Native pottery, decorative gourds,
jewelry, giclee prints, art tiles, paintings and Bedré chocolates - plus
pick up the latest issue of Native Oklahoma. 8:30-2:30 M-F and by
appointment.
Cherokee Gallery & Gift Shop
777 W Cherokee St, Catoosa
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.
Cherokee Nation Gift Shop
17725 S Muskogee Ave, Tahlequah
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.
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) 5694465.
Dean’s Drive-Thru Pawn Shop
2617 S. Robinson Ave., Oklahoma City
www.deanspawn.com
Dean’s Pawn Shop was established in 1968 and is OKC’s Oldest
Pawn Shop. We are located in the Heart of Historic Capitol Hill
Business District, just South of Downtown OKC. We Specialize in
Native American Goods. We Buy-Sell-Pawn & Trade Handmade
items by Tribes all across the USA. One-of-a-kind Silver and Beaded
Jewelry, Buckskin Dresses, Jingle Dresses, Shawls, Dance Regalia of
All Kinds, Beaded Moc’s, Original Artwork, Pendleton Blankets &
Towels, Tribal CD’s and much more. If it is Native American made
you have a chance to see and buy it here at our shop. We have over
2000 items in stock with other items coming in daily. Don’t miss the
opportunity to find that unique One-of-A-Kind item you’ve been
looking for, when you come by and meet our friendly staff here
at Dean’s Drive-Thru Pawnshop. Mon-Fri 9am-6pm, Sat 9am-5pm,
405-239-2774 or visit us at www.deanspawn.com
The Five Civilized Tribes Museum Gift Shop
1101 Honor Heights Dr., Muskogee
Phone: 918-683-1701
Toll Free: 877-587-4237
fivetribes.org
The Five Civilized Tribes Museum is located atop historical Agency
Hill, between the VA Hospital and the entrance to Honor Heights
Park. Constructed in 1875 as the original Indian Agency for the Five
Civilized Tribes, the building has gone through many changes and
used as a variety of venues, such as a Creek orphanage as well as
a tea room run by the wife of the late Alexander Posey. In 1966
An endeavor of Native Oklahoma Magazine
& the Native American Times
For more information call 918-708-5838
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the Five Civilized Tribes Museum was born, through the vision and
dedication of the Da-Co-Tah Indian Women’s Club.
The museum is open Mon- Fri, 10am-5pm and Sat, 10am-2p. For
more information, call 918-683-1701, visit 5tribes.org or check us
out on Facebook.
Gourds Etc.
9002 S 439-2, Locust Grove
Phone: 918-479-8739
Gourds, Etc is an art studio and gallery that offers authentic
handmade Cherokee art for immediate purchase including oneof-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 is privately owned and operated by artist, Verna
Bates, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma.
Lyons Indian Store
111 S Detroit Ave, Tulsa
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.
citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and MaryBeth is enrolled
with the Cherokee Nation. For more information, visit their
website- moonhawkart.com
Supernaw’s Oklahoma Indian Supply
213 East Rogers Blvd.
Skiatook
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.
Waterbird Gallery & The Cedar Chest
134 East 6th Street
Pawhuska
Phone: 918-287-9129
Osage owned and operated, the Waterbird Gallery offers fine
museum quality paintings and prints, as well as vintage pieces of
American Indian arts & crafts. The Cedar Chest is the place to go for
traditional custom made clothing, jewelry, beadwork and American
Indian gift items.
Tiger Gallery
2110 E Shawnee
Muskogee
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.
*Not all listings are Native American owned
MoonHawk Art, LLC
Muskogee, OK
Original art (paintings/graphics), prints and gift items created by
native artists, John and MaryBeth Timothy. John is an enrolled
Okmulgee Indian
Community
SMOKE SHOP
918-752-0018
• 2850 D. Wood Drive, Okmulgee •
Monday - Saturday 7am - 7pm | Sunday 10am - 6pm
2617 S. Robinson, Oklahoma City, OK
405.239.2774 | www.deanspawn.com
“Oklahoma City’s Oldest Pawn Shop”
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ATTRACTIONS
Artesian Hotel
Chickasaw Nation Visitor Center
1001 W 1st St • Sulphur
855-455-5255
www.artesianhotel.com
520 E Arlington • Ada
580-436-2603
www.chickasaw.net
Bigheart Museum
Chickasaw National Capitol
Building
616 W Main • Barnsdall
918-847-2397
Caddo Heritage Museum
Caddo Nation Complex • Binger
405-656-2344
www.caddonation-nsn.gov
Cherokee Heritage Center
411 W 9th • Tishomingo
580-371-9835
www.chickasaw.net
Choctaw Nation Museum
Council House Road • Tuskahoma
918-569-4465
21192 S Keeler Drive • Tahlequah
918-456-6007
www.cherokeeheritage.org
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Cultural Heritage Center
and Firelake Gifts
Cherokee Strip Museum
1899 N Gordon Cooper • Shawnee
405-878-5830
www.potawatomi.org/culture
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
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
Delaware County Historical Society
& Mariee Wallace Museum
538 Krause St • Jay
918-253-4345 or 866-253-4345
Fort Gibson Historic Site and
Interpretive Center
907 N Garrison Ave. • Fort Gibson
918-478-4088
www.okhistory.org
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
John Hair Museum
18627 W Keetoowah Circle
Tahlequah • 918-772-4389
www.keetoowahcherokee.org
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
Choctaw Nation Capitol
Tuskahoma
Jacobson House Native Art Center
609 Chautauqua • Norman
405-366-1667
www.jacobsonhouse.com
Kanza Museum
Fred Jones Jr.
Museum of Art
555 Elm Ave. • Norman
405-325-3272
www.ou.edu/fjjma
Kaw Tribal Complex • Kaw City
580-269-2552 or 866-404-5297
www.kawnation.com
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Kiowa Tribal Museum
Seminole Nation Museum
Hwy 9 W • Carnegie • 580-654-2300
524 S Wewoka • Wewoka
405-257-5580
www.theseminolenationmuseum.org
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
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
Sequoyah’s Cabin
Rt. 1 Box 141 • Sallisaw
918-775-2413
www.cherokeetourismok.com
Southern Plains Museum
715 E Central Blvd. • Anadarko
405-247-6221
www.doi.gov/iacb/museums/museum_s_
plains.html
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
Red Earth Museum
6 Santa Fe Plaza
Oklahoma City
405-427-5228
www.redearth.org
Sam Noble Oklahoma
Museum of Natural History
2401 Chautauqua Ave. • Norman
405-325-4712
www.snomnh.ou.edu
Three Valley Museum
401 W. Main • Durant
580-920-1907
Tonkawa Tribal Museum
36 Cisco Dr. • Tonkawa
580-628-5301
www.tonkawatribe.com
Standing Bear Museum
Ponca City
Top of Oklahoma Historical 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
www.indigoskycasino.com
Casino Hotel
Devol
TRIBAL LODGING
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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OklahomaTribal 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
Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma
418 G Street Miami, Okla.
918-542-1190
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
Ponca Tribe
20 White Eagle Drive
Ponca City, Okla.
580-762-8104
Quapaw Tribe of Indians
5681 S. 630 Rd.
Quapaw,Okla.
918-542-1853
Sac and Fox Nation
920883 S. Hwy 99
Stroud, Okla.
918-968-3526
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Junction Hwys. 270 and 56
P. O. Box 1498, Wewoka, Okla.
405-257-7200
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
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
[Wichita, Keechi, Waco, Tawakonie]
Hwy. 281, Anadarko, Okla.
405-247-2425
Wyandotte Nation
64700 E. Highway 60
Wyandotte, Okla.
918-678-2297
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