PHOTO BLOG: Scenes from the 2014 Creek Nation Festival Pt. 2
By Web Staff These are images from the 2014 Muscogee (Creek) Nation Festival. These pictures were taken on June 28, 2014, the last Saturday of the festival around 3-5pm.
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PHOTO BLOG: Scenes from the 2014 Creek Nation Festival Pt. 1
By Web Staff These are images from the 2014 Muscogee (Creek) Nation Festival. These pictures were taken on June 28, 2014, the last Saturday of the festival around 3-5pm.
Adeline Griffin Feathers Celebrates 100 Years of Life
By Sandy Fife Wilson Edward F. Mouss II On April 12, 2014, 95 guests—which included five generations of kin—joined Adeline Griffin Feathers in the celebration of her 100th birthday at the home of her son, Larry Feathers, in Loomis, CA. Adeline is a Creek citizen and was born April 11, 1914, on her mother\’s Creek …
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Mvskoke Women\’s Leadership 2014 Awards Dinner
Hoktvke enfvyvtis em omvlkv – Women Guiding with All Her Might By staff Writer On Saturday March 22, 2014, the Mvskoke Women\’s Leadership 2014 Awards dinner was held at the Muscogee (Creek) Nation\’s Nutrition center located at the tribal complex north of Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The evening included dinner, entertainment provided by Flute player Scottie Harjo, …
Ralph Ellison Library Presents: What Happened to the Freedmen?
Ralph Ellison Library presents a Black History Month special event. Date: Saturday February 22, 2014 Time: 11 A.M. Location: Ralph Ellison Library 2000 NE 23rd OKC, OK 73111 Join genealogist Ron Graham, from the Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band, as he discusses the Dawes Commission, the details of “40 acres and a mule,” and presents …
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College of the Muscogee Nation Observance of African American History Month: Presentation by Ron Graham
The Freedmen Saga in the Dawes Commission Date: Tuesday February 11, 2014 Time: 3:00 – 4:00 P.M. Location: College of the Muscogee Nation room #103 Join the Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band and genealogist Ron Graham, President, as they present the history and family research of Freedmen in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation within the Dawes …
INTERNATIONAL AND NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS COME TOGETHER TO HONOR THE WOLF
INTERNATIONAL AND NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS CONTRIBUTE TO A COMPILATION CD TO BENEFIT & HONOR THE WOLF New York, NY — The Native American Music Association, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) has just released a special benefit CD entitled, WOLF, featuring songs from award-winning and nominated recording artists in an effort to honor and pay tribute to the …
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2013 Mvskoke Hall Of Fame Inducts Jacobs, Thompson, and Fife
Staff Writer (Tulsa,OK) – On October 12, 2013, the Mvskoke Hall of Fame Gala was held at the River Spirit Event Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Three new members were inducted into the Mvskoke Hall Of Fame including Jack Jacobs(posthumously), Mekko George Thompson, and Phyllis Fife, Ed.D. Muscogee (Creek) Principal Chief George Tiger was the Master …
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Announcing Events for Protection of Ancestors and Sacred Places Symposium & Art Exhibit during the NCAI Annual Convention – October 15 -16, 2013
For Immediate Release (Tulsa, Oklahoma, 10/9/13)–Four events on October 15 and 16 are planned to call attention to the need to protect ancestors and sacred places. The events include a legislative roundtable and concert on the first day and a round dance and symposium on the second. The events coincide with the week long Annual …
Belated Happy Treaty of New York Day (August 7, 1790)
\”The artist dressed us wrong. He was painting a scene 109 years past, but there were accurate portraits available in lithographs. He should have found them.\” ~ Rob Trepp According to the online Encyclopedia of Alabama, the 1790 Treaty of New York was an treaty involving the new United States under George Washington\’s administration and …
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