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"Unearthing Georgia's Deep Cultural Exchange: Still Digging On St. Catherines Island"

Sun, 11/12/2017 - 4:20pm

David Hurst Thomas has served as curator of anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York since 1972, and, for seven years, served as the chairman of the Department of Anthropology. Thomas has conducted archaeological research on St. Catherine's Island since 1974. His talk will center on the hybrid Mississippian-Franciscan communities that actually existed on the Georgia Coast – long before Oglethorpe. Sponsored by the…

Jack Baker screening "The Daughter of Dawn"

Mon, 10/30/2017 - 10:36am

Jack Baker, former member of the Cherokee Nation council and current president of the Oklahoma Historical Society, will host a screening of The Daughter of Dawn, with a discussion to follow. The Daughter of Dawn, a 1920s silent film with an all-Indian cast, was thought lost for more than 90 years, but it was recently rediscovered and fully restored by OHS.

Cherokee Speculative Fiction

Wed, 05/03/2017 - 12:55pm

Sequoyah Guess: The Books of the Red Eye "Sequoyah Guess has created a great tale wrapped in Cherokee storytelling, Oklahoma charm, and exciting horror. Highly recommended if you're looking for a unique take on the vampire mythos. Set in the Tahlequah area, it's at once familiar yet frightening, and full of horror action thrills." - Roy Boney Daniel Justice: The Kynship Chronicles "Justice has created a fantasy…

American Indian Returnings: AIR Talk with Daniel Justice

Wed, 05/03/2017 - 12:08pm

Daniel Justice, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is professor of Indigenous Studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia. A scholar of Native literature, he is also an accomplished novelist himself. He is the author of the fantasy trilogy The Kynship Chronicles, as well as Our Fire Survives the Storm: A Cherokee Literary History. 4:15-6:00pm

A Poetry reading by Joy Harjo

Mon, 04/17/2017 - 4:11pm

"Joy Harjo was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is a member of the Mvskoke Nation.Her seven books of poetry, which includes such well-known titles as How We Became Human- New and Selected Poems, The Woman Who Fell From the Sky, and She Had Some Horses have garnered many awards. These include the New Mexico Governors Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas; and…

Creek/Seminole filmmaker Sterlin Harjo screening his latest film, Barking Water

Mon, 04/17/2017 - 4:09pm

Frankie (Richard Ray Whitman) is dying. Irene (Casey Camp-Horinek hasn't forgiven him for his past. Racing against time to find their way home, Frankie needs help and Irene is the one he turns to. That Frankie is an American Indian dying in Indian country makes his homeward journey inherently symbolic: Just as the elderly couple drives their old Volvo wagon to a certain funeral, the old ways are dying, too. He must go home one last time. And,…

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