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Tag: Indigenous
Posted inCulture
Drumming, dance and dozens of floats fill Tulsa’s largest Native American Day parade yet
Coinciding with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the day-long celebration featured speeches from Tulsa’s top tribal leaders and cultural demonstrations from Native performers.
Posted inCulture
Parade, festival and Cain’s concert headline Tulsa’s Native American Day celebration
Dream Keepers Park will be home to a parade, stomp dance and other performances before the festivities move to Cain’s for a Native American Song Swap.
Posted inNorth Tulsa
Seniors connect with friends new and old at Tulsa’s Cherokee Nation community center
Cherokee Nation opened its north Tulsa community center in February. Its elder nutrition program is feeding tribal citizens over the age of 50 and their spouses for free.
Posted inHealth
Tulsa, Cherokee Nation partner to increase healthcare access, lung cancer screening
The agreement signed Wednesday provides $375,000 over the next three years to help Tulsa’s Office of Health and Well-being with its outreach efforts.
Posted inCulture
As America celebrates 250th birthday, Gilcrease Museum examines Native nations and the Revolution
Opening June 15, the exhibit features a handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence and explorations of struggles between Native nations and colonists.
Posted inArts
Filmmaker Boots Riley visits Tulsa, draws capacity crowd for Oklahoma premiere of ‘I Love Boosters’
Riley spent time with OSU-Tulsa students and filmmakers before sitting down with Sterlin Harjo inside Eton Square 6.
Posted inNorth Tulsa
Cherokee Nation bringing job fairs to Tulsa, Muskogee this week
Less than a month after opening its new community building in north Tulsa, Cherokee Nation is inviting job seekers to attend its job fair.
Posted inDocumenters
Muscogee (Creek) Nation authorizes more than $5M in health grants for diabetes, substance abuse and more
The funds will be spent on everything from public health infrastructure to substance abuse treatment.
Posted inNorth Tulsa
Cherokee Nation invests $2M into new north Tulsa community center offering food, classes and more
The 4,000-square-foot building will offer free lunch to elderly Cherokee citizens, along with language classes, meeting space and other cultural services.
Posted inNews
If Jim Gray was writing this obituary, he’d make you laugh – or at least think.
Former Osage Chief Jim Gray, who died Feb. 12, held a unique position as tribal leader, descendant of an Osage Reign of Terror victim and experience as a journalist.
Posted inCulture
Why they marched: MLK Day inspires Tulsans to walk, talk and act
Tulsans — including Creek Freedmen — showed up in freezing temperatures to march and act in honor of King’s legacy with help from the Terence Crutcher Foundation.