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BINGER Caddo Songs Tuesdays, 7 pmCaddo Nation Cultural Building

SKIATOOK Osage Language Wednesdays, 6 to 8 pm, Adults and TeensSkiatook Library, 316 E Rogershttp://www.tulsalibrary.org/eventguide

NORMANKiowa Language ClassThursdays, 6 to 8 pm, Jacobson HouseJacobson Art House, 609 Chautauqua [email protected], 405-366-1667http://www. jacobsonhouse.com

Weaving TraditionsTuesdays in June, 6:30 to 8:30 pmJacobson Art HouseSouthern Plains Style Beadwork Classes withKevin Connywerdy (Comanche/Kiowa).

OKLAHOMA CITY25th Red Earth Festival Friday, June 3 thru Sunday, June 5Cox Convention Center, DowntownOklahoma’s premier Native American gathering

American Indian Chamber of CommerceSecond Wednesdays, 11:30 amMeinders School of Business, NW 26th St & McKinleyBuffet Luncheon $20. 405-808-3593

DURANTChilocco National AlumniReunion and Pow WowThursday, June 9 thru Saturday, June 11Choctaw Casino ResortRegistration: 4 pm dailyPow Wow Grand Entry: 7 pm, Friday, June 10580-352-2670, [email protected]

STROUDChickasaw Language ClassesImmersion SeriesSunday, June 19 thru Friday, June 24The Tatanka RanchContact: Rachel Wedlow, 580-272-5540

TALEQUAHAdams Corner Anniversary JubileeSaturday, June 18, 9am to 5pmCherokee Heritage Center21192 S Keeler Drhttp://www.cherokeeheritage.org, 918-456-6007Celebrate the anniversary of the opening of this 1890s village with games, refreshments, competitions, demonstrations and music. Free and open to the public.

FLAGSTAFFHopi Festival of Arts and CultureSaturday, July 2 thru Sunday, July 3A Fourth of July tradition since the 1930s. Over 65 artists’ booths, storytelling, music, food and dances. Walk a nature trail with a medicine woman.Museum of Northern Arizona, 602-774-5211 http://www.musnaz.org/hp/heritage-program.shtml

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2010 Red Earth competition dancer Brady Yother (Cherokee), Photograph: John Jernigan

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Shirley Barboan and Vonna Shults Choctaw Food Menu

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Thousands of people from around the world will soon have the opportunity to absorb the sights, sounds and culture of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. June 22-25 are Choctaw Days at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. Each morning will begin with melodic chanting and Choctaw dancers. Booths will be set up inside the museum and visitors can view the intricacies of basket weaving, bead working, flute making, and pottery making. Choctaw-related dishes will be featured in the

“We are honored to be the first American Indian tribe from Oklahoma to have a festival of this kind at the National Museum of the American Indian.”Chief Gregory E. Pyle, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe. Cultural exhibits will explain the craftsmanship and skills Choctaw ancestors displayed in everyday life. A favorite of any festival is its storytellers and two of the Choctaw Nation’s finest, Tim Tingle and Greg Rodgers, will be weaving their magic. Choctaw Days is a celebration of the strength and perseverance of the Choctaw people, and will leave NMAI visitors with an enlightened perspective of the tribe.

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Presley Byington Flute Making

Tim TingleStoryteller

Marcus Amerman Beadwork

Ian Thompson Pottery making

Greg RodgersStoryteller

Regina Green Cultural Exhibits

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Mark your calendar for the 37th Annual Muscogee (Creek) Nation Festival, host to nearly 20,000 spectatorsand boasts exciting entertainment and activities for the entire family. This year’s theme, “Celebrate Life!” encour-ages us to enjoy every aspect of living. The official Festival weekend kicks off with a ceremonial Stomp Dance

on Thursday, June 23 at 7:30 pm at the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Complex in Okmulgee. Festival activities continue through June 26 at the Claude Cox Omniplex and include a parade, 5K walk/run, cultural demonstrations, All-Indian rodeo, concerts featuring local and national acts, arts & crafts, traditional games, farmers market, food vendors, children’s fun fair, senior activities and more. Tournaments will be held in basketball, golf, horseshoes, Junior Olympics, fast and slow pitch softball and co-ed volleyball. All events are free, and everyone is welcome. http://www.muscogeenation-nsn.gov

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Opening Stomp Dance, courtesy Muscogee (Creek) Nation

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Stickball Exhibition @ UCOOrganizer: Brenner Billy

Basic StickballOpposing teams use kabocca (handcrafted sticks) and a towa (woven leather ball). Each team tries to advance the ball down the field to the other team’s goalpost using only their sticks, never touching or throwing the ball with their hands. Points are scored when a player hits the opposing team’s goalpost with the ball.

Exhibition Rules• Players must shoot the ball at a 15 yard radius from the pole for points to count• Males can tackle other males• Males cannot tackle females• Females can tackle other females• No hitting below the waist

My father and older cousins played stickball. I grew up

watching them. The first time I ever played with grown men was when I was about 12 years old at the Tushkahomma Labor Day Festival. My grandfather Curtis Billy taught my father Bryon Billy and he taught me everything I know. Eventually, I will pass it on to my own children, to keep our tradition alive.” Brenner Billy (Choctaw)

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Tribal leaders, gaming executives, vendors, poli-ticians, artists and media

converged on Phoenix, AZ for the National Indian Gaming Association’s 2011 Indian Gaming Conference and Tradeshow. The conference provides networking opportunities, training, certifications for Indian gaming, and workshops on issues facing Indian Country. NIGA Members elected new officers and NIGA Chairman Ernest L. Stevens, Jr. easily retained his office. The Tradeshow featured the latest in games, products, services and technologies. The evenings featured dance performances, the Wendell Chino Humanitarian Award banquet, and the American Indian Business Network closing reception.

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Compact Fees Increase Gaming Pays $118 Million to the State of Oklahoma in 2010

The fees paid to the state of Oklahoma by gaming tribes have grown each of the six years of compacting. Tribal-State compacts are agreements that establish the rules for conducting Class III gaming activities (Card games played against the house, slot machines, dog and horse racing, jai alai, and all other types of casino gaming). A compact is negotiated between a tribe and a state, but the Secretary of Interior must also approve the compact. Oklahoma gaming compacts expire on January 1, 2020 but may be extended or terminated by mutual consent of the Tribe and the State of Oklahoma.

It’s important to realize that tribes are overdelivering on our deal with the state. We’ve created thousands of jobs while the state is far exceeding revenue projections. The gaming compact has been a great deal for the state of Oklahoma, really very beneficial to both tribal and state governments.“1 — Principal Chief Chad Smith, Cherokee Nation

Our gaming compact with the state of Oklahoma is the result of negotiations which ultimately provide benefits to everyone concerned. It has contributed to an increasingly positive and mutually benefi-cial relationship with the state of Oklahoma. We are also making a significant contribution toward expanding tourism in the state. Construction of the Chickasaw Cultural Center, expansions of our casi-nos, renovation of Remington Park and construction of new hotels are a few examples of that.”1 — Governor Bill Anoatubby, Chickasaw Nation

1 Tulsa World, 2 Oklahoma Office of State Finance

2010 State Tribal Compact Revenues $

Chickasaw Nation 33,330,424Choctaw Nation 22,753,832Cherokee Nation 12,208,041Muscogee (Creek) 8,637,622Quapaw Tribe 5,706,714Citizen Potawatomi 5,499,238Otoe-Missouria Tribe 5,051,241Osage Nation 4,858,437Cheyenne & Arapahoe Tribes 2,850,210Tonkawa Tribe 2,451,375Kiowa Tribe 2,414,545Comanche Nation 2,277,850Fort Sill Apache 1,461,604Eastern Shawnee Tribe 1,453,270Iowa Tribe of 1,141,585Sac & Fox Nation 1,050,365Kickapoo Tribe 895,422Seneca-Cayuga Tribe 601,760Peoria Tribe 470,940Wyandotte Nation 436,897Kaw Nation 394,151Delaware Nation 374,533Miami Tribe 343,742Apache Tribes 336,199Absentee Shawnee Tribe 278,389Pawnee Nation 267,580Seminole Nation 250,537Ottowa Tribe 196,563Thlopthlocco Tribal Town 12,116

Total 118,624,111

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