By Staff Writer The Orpheum Theatre is pleased to host 3 screenings of The Dawes Commission a 39 minute film submitted for Oscar Award consideration followed by a panel discussion with the cast and crew. SHOW SCHEDULE Saturday, November 1, 2014 Show Time 5:00 p.m. Show Time 7:00 p.m. Sunday, November 2, 2014 Show Time …
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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.
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.
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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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 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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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 …
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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\”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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By Oce Vpofa Mekko George Thompson My name is George Thompson; I have been the Oce Vpofa Mekko (Hickory Ground Chief) for 42 plus years. This is a lifetime position and it will be until the day I die. It is not our character as Muscogee (Creek) people to express our customs, rituals and traditions …
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