DUNCAN, Okla. - "Pearl," the first feature film produced by the Chickasaw Nation, won the award for best overall film Jan. 24 at the Trail Dance Film Festival in Duncan.

Sequoyah Grad Earns MVP

TAHLEQUAH, Okla.—For Sequoyah graduate Matt Billy, his high school football career may have ended, but his time on the field has just begun.  Billy earned the most valuable defensive player award in the Native American All-Star game this summer in Spokane, Washington, making him the first Sequoyah graduate to receive this honor. 

Veterans Events Scheduled for 57^th Annual Cherokee Holiday

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation will hold a special event this year during the 57^th Cherokee National Holiday to mark the start of planned construction on a new veterans center.  The public is invited to join Principal Chief Chad Smith, Deputy Principal Chief Joe Grayson, Jr., and tribal and state officials at a construction celebration to be held on Saturday, September 5 at 3:30 p.m. at the Cherokee Nation Warriors Memorial on the grounds of the Cherokee Nation government complex on Highway 62 south of Tahlequah.

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Music lovers will have a variety of offerings this year during the 57^th Cherokee National Holiday.

ADA, Okla. – Chickasaw Nation officials celebrated progress in education programs as they cut the ribbon on a unique child development center and an education administration building. Ribbon cuttings were conducted May 14 at the Child Development Center, 224 Rosedale Road, and the adjacent Douglas H. Johnson Building.

WASHUNGA DAYS INTER-TRIBAL POW WOW 2009

JUNE 19-20

The Kaw Nation will be hosting it's Washunga Days Inter-Tribal Pow Wow on June 19-20 at Council Grove, Kansas. It's a great time to be had by all, come by and see them.

Kaw Nation Historic Site, 500 W. Mission Road, Council Grove, Kansas

Hosted By: Kaw Nation Cultural Committee.

Cherokee Nation Receives Emergency Management Award

TULSA, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation recently received a special award from Tulsa Partners, Inc. at the Sixth Annual Nania Awards Banquet held recently in Tulsa at the historic Travis Mansion.

Newly Elected Pawnee Business Council Members Sworn into Office

Pawnee, Okla.—May 18, 2009—On Saturday, May. 16, Pawnee Nation Chief Justice, Charles H. Tripp, performed the official Swearing In Ceremony of the newly elected members of the Pawnee Business Council. 

Pawnee Nation to Host Educational Summer Camp

Pawnee, Okla., May 11, 2009 — On June 8 – 19, the Pawnee Nation will host a free, fun-filled educational summer camp, “Pirates & the Deep Blue Sea.”  Offered daily from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm, the Learning Circle Adventure Camp will use interactive lesson plans to promote mind, body, and spirit care.  The summer camp and its activities will take place at the Roam Chief Building, 810 Morris Road in Pawnee, OK 74058.   

Chepota Himmita Dedicates ‘Blue Ribbon Tree’

            More than 30 people from the Chickasaw Nation Chepota Himmita (Young Child) program honored victims of child abuse by dedicating a Blue Ribbon Tree in recognition of National Child Abuse Awareness month.