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Cover: Artwork from “We Speak In Secret” by Roy Boney, Jr.; this spread: Chickasaw Cultural Center in Sulphur, Dreamcatcher Images

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ELGIN > Learn Comanche A Beginner’s Packet is free to enrolled tribal members, $70 for others, includes shipping. http://www.comanchelanguage.org clcpc@comanchelanguage.org

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PARK HILL > Cherokee Heritage Center Cultural Classes Upcoming classes: Round Reed Basketry on March 6 and Cherokee Pottery on April 11. For more information: http://www.cherokeeheritage.org/cultural-outreach/ cultural-classes.

Contact Tonia Weavel at 918-456-6007 x6161 http://www.cherokeeheritage.org

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PERKINS > Iowa Nation Grey Snow Eagle House 2 mi S of Perkins on Hwy 177 Weekend tours by appointment, call 405-334-7471 http//:www.facebook.com/GreySnowEagleHouse

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TULSA AREA

RADIO > Chickasaw Community Radio KCNP 89.5 FM

> Indians For Indians Saturdays at 10 am on KACO 98.5 FM

> Kiowa Voices Sundays at 12 noon on KACO 98.5 FM Music and more from the Kiowa and area tribes.

> Seminole Nation Weekly Radio Show Live on Tuesdays, 11 am on KWSH 1260 AM

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WWW > Mvskoke Trail of Tears Virtual Tour http://www.muscogeenation-nsn.gov/Pages/Tourism/ virttot.html

> Research Your Indian Ancestry Oklahoma Historical Society website http://www.okhistory.org/research/dawes

> Eye on NDN-Country with dg smalling Saturdays, 9 am on http://www.thespyfm.com Conversations with Native leaders.

> Tribal Scene Radio Fridays, 8 am live on http://www.kbga.org Conversations with host Jodi Rave

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WASHINGTON, DC

> Greater Tulsa Indian Art Festival

> Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations

Weekend of Feb 13-15, Glenpool Conference Center Art market, storytelling, food, music, cultural demonstrations, dancing, and poetry. http://www.tulsaindianartfestival.com

National Museum of the American Indian/ Smithsonian Institution 4th St & Independence Ave SW http://nmai.si.edu

Send us details or photos of your Gathering: edit@dreamcatchermag.net

GATHERINGS

ANCIENT CANOE EXHIBIT IN SULPHUR > “Dugout Canoes: Paddling Through The Americas” Chickasaw Cultural Center Through May 6 > In 2000, a group of Florida high school students stumbled onto what is believed to be the largest treasure trove of dugout canoes in the world, 101 of them dating from 500 to 5,000 years old, according to experts.

That discovery gave birth to this world-class exhibit on display at the Chickasaw Cultural Center. On display is a 400-year-old pine tree dugout canoe, along with tools dating to 600 A.D. Come see this unique glimpse of the past.

> 867 Charles Cooper Rd Sulphur, OK 73086 580-622-7130 http://chickasawcultural center.com/

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SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE OF ROY BONEY

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TORYTELLING PROVIDES A MEANS of teaching moral behavior, but more importantly, these stories serve as ancient wisdom distilling the nuances of leadership, social fairness, passing along tribal and personal histories, and teaching the complex philosophy of each community. The creation stories that abound in Indian Country have been published largely as children’s stories, prepared for the sensibilities of the youngest generation with bright colors and adorable creatures bringing the tribal genesis to life. The move to publishing them has been an important effort to preserve them for the future and to share them with the world. However, what is often sweetened, if not completely edited out, in these stories is the dark, sinister side. But it is in the shadows of the stories where the richest part of the lesson is to be found. If that version of the stories is ever published, Roy Boney, Jr. (b. 1978, Cherokee), is certain to be the illustrator.

> Roy’s hypnotic imagery draws from his deep, abiding passion for his culture and personal interest in the comic book genre. His activation of the cosmologic figures through visual art is both imaginative and fantastical. The colors are dark, capturing the mystery surrounding the primordial time during which many of the epochs occur. Characters are visualized as contemporary figures wearing suits, high-heels, or sneakers, part-animal, part-human, even cyborg. Roy gives life to these characters and makes their lessons more accessible for a generation whose world is defined through the internet and other media.

> Few are better prepared to take Cherokee stories to the digital masses than Roy. He has drawn since he was a child, earning money by selling sketches in middle school. He developed a following for his comics in high school, then earned an undergraduate degree in Graphic Design at Oklahoma State University and a mater’s degree in Studio Art at the University of Arkansas/Little Rock. His formal art training worked

in tandem with his family’s nurturing of his interest in his tribal culture. During his graduate studies he worked at the Sequoyah Center intently studying the existing body of Indian art. Like many artists of an older generation, he is able to use his technical skills in concert with a vast body of knowledge about his tribal stories. Combined with a ripe sense of humor and highly developed technical skills, this has become a powder keg ready for Roy to trigger. Three years ago, he initiated a self-direct project he called a “SketchA-Day” which was a resolution to create at least one sketch each day to foster his love for drawing. He self publishes these drawings every day on his Facebook page, which has drawn its own audience and following.

The images are bold and provocative, as Roy gives voice to his imagination. Thankfully, he has yet to run out of stories to tell.

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HE COMBINATION OF NARRATIVE storytelling with comic book composition has been used to great success to tell the epic sagas of superheroes from many worlds. Roy borrows this format to tell his stories. Recently, he developed a comic book that celebrates the heroic feats of the Cherokee code talkers. This project was as much a tribal story as it was personal. Roy was interested in “paying tribute to the Cherokees that have served in various wars… and honoring my family’s service.” While he doesn’t have any direct family members that served as code talkers, a role that began in World War I and continued through the Korean War, his family has a long tradition of military service. Roy grew up hearing his father tell of his service. His dad, Roy Boney, Sr., helped with the story and provided much of the language. An interesting challenge for Roy was that while the Cherokee have their own syllabary, it has not been translated into a comic book-style font that looks handwritten. For this reason, Roy’s handwriting provides the Cherokee within the strips. [co n t i n u e d o n pag e 16]

All images courtesy the artist.

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“The ringing in my ears won’t stop. The shelling we experienced yesterday was just a little too close to home.”

Written/ Illustrated by “What I wouldn’t give to be soaking my feet down at the creek and looking for some crawdads.”

“They call me runabout Runabout SMoke.”

“In Cherokee It’s ’ DC i T. ’ It means I habitually run.”

“as a kid, I was always running and playing. These days, all I run into is Battle.”

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I still can’t believe what they are doing to us. We all know it’s very wrong.

“twelve years ago I was a naive six year old. Back then, OKlahoma was still called Indian Territory.”

“My little brother and I would help our dad and uncle chop wood.”

“WHile we were too young to exactly understand everything they would talk about, It was still fun to be around them.”

They just declared momma incompetent on account she’s a Fullblood.

She didn’t plan on selling the place or nothing, but It was still a big insult.

allotment. fancy word for stealin’.

“uncle was always straight to the point.”

They say the territory is gonna be a state soon.

“OKlahoma.” we all know what kind of scheming Is going on.

“Dad was a bit longer winded, but still just as serious.”

No matter what they say, this’ll always be Cherokee nation to me.

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“Right before I enlisted, I visited o . She was always a source of wisdom and comfort.”

as you go away, remember, our long history as warriors. we Always fought with intelligence and heart.

“we all grew up with pride knowing who sequoyah was and what he did for us.”

“ made sure we knew his story. she proudly taught us how to write In our language.”

one of the greatest was sequoyah. he was a warrior and a scholar.

I sometimes wonder what he would think about us living in a place called Oklahoma.

Our Choctaw neighbors gave this place Its name. remember you live in Sequoyah County. It’s full of good Cherokee people.

We have ways of doing and saying things that’s different -- even from other tribes. We might share some things, and that’s good, too. But remember how we say things -- how we mean things when you’re over there. It’ll help you.

If you Go with the right thoughts in your heart, you’ll be all right. we’ll go to water for you every day.

“I’m glad they did.”

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“using our language proved to be a winning strategy. we confounded the enemy.”

15 “We heard from another camp about a German Solider they captured.”

“Before even asking for bread and water, he wanted to know what kind of code we were using.”

“They just laughed and let him wonder.”

“our voices remained secret for decades. Time marched on, and most of us faded from memory...”

Cherokees were among many tribes who lent their tongues to the service. Their efforts were so successful and vital their contributions were kept secret for many decades.

While many remain anonymous In the fog of history, their service Is not forgotten.

The Cherokee Nation was given a medal recognizing the Code Talkers on November 20, 2013.

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SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE OF ROY BONEY

> > > Excerpts from Cherokee Syllabary: From Paper To Screen

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ORKING WITH THE LANGUAGE is more than an artistic hobby for Roy, it is also his profession. As the Manager of the Cherokee Language Program, he oversees the Language Technology Program, the Community Language Program and the Translation Program.

He and his co-workers have worked diligently to bring Cherokee into twenty-first century. They have worked with Apple and Microsoft to have the Cherokee language syllabary installed as part of the respective operating systems (Apple has supported it since 2003). Then they took the language to Facebook and Google who have since installed it as part of their system. These efforts to bring the Cherokee language into the digital world are in keeping with Cherokee traditions of innovation, imagination, and willful perseverance. Roy is part of that tradition. In fact, he is working on a comic book font in Cherokee so he can continue developing projects like the Code Talkers comic. He understands that it will take the targeted efforts of people like him, telling the stories and using the cultural and the language together to insure that there will be Cherokee people in the twenty-second century.

> In contrast to the shared history of the Code Talkers, another image, “QR Code,” is more personal. Set within a smoky haze, this self-portrait of the Deer Clan member imagines a different version of the adage “the eyes are the windows to the soul.” The tilted boxes of the QR codes protrude from the eye sockets, and if scanned, take the viewer to another dimension – Roy Boney’s blog.

At the website, visitors are provided with an image of Roy’s Cherokee citizenship card. He described that this tech-savvy project was made to “get people thinking about how Natives use technology and how technology is informing Native identity.”

He went on to describe how there is a contingent within the Cherokee Nation that has assumed an active role to “protect” the tribe’s integrity through

a divisive Nationalistic response—publicly “outing” people who claim to be Cherokee but cannot provide the citizenship card to prove it. Roy recognizes that without the technology that is used to produce the photo ID cards, community members would not be able to use it as a measure of Cherokee-ness. And yet having a citizenship card does not imply that the bearer knows the language or the culture. He finds that disconnect concerning.

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HAT ONE CAN SEE ACROSS ALL OF Roy’s projects is his love for all forms of language. Just as important within his creativity is his knowledge of and Cherokee visual vernacular.

He regularly uses images like the “eye in the hand,” which speaks to a connection to the upperworld, among many other iconic cultural references. By using these images, Roy is contributing to their continued importance within Cherokee culture, as well. It is through that strong combination of historic and futuristic vision that Roy Boney’s art becomes its strongest. Reminiscent of classic film noir, the richest part of Roy’s story lays in the shadows of how all his work interfaces, and perhaps the best part of his story is not yet told. And that is every reason to keep watching out for what he’ll do next.

> http://royboney.com www.facebook.com/roy.boney upcoming shows : The Sherwin Miller Museum, Tulsa, now thru March Five Civilized Tribes Museum, Muskogee, March Cherokee Heritage Center, Talequah, April

> > heather ahtone (Choctaw/Chickasaw) is a curator and writer living in Norman, OK. She is the James T. Bialac Assistant Curator of Native American and Non-Western Art at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma.

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> Texas Hold’em is usually played with no ante, but with blinds. The player to the dealer’s left must make a “small blind” bet. The player to the left of the small blind must make a “big blind” bet. The amounts of both should be specified in advance.

> The cards are shuffled and cut, and two cards

POSSIBLE PLAYS CHECK

Pass the action to the next player without placing a bet. Only possible if there is no bet to call.

FOLD

You quit playing the hand and the action passes to the next player.

CALL

Match the current highest bet and pass the action to the next player.

BET

Be the first player of a betting phase to place additional money into the pot.

RAISE

are dealt down to each player, starting with the person to the dealer’s left. Players may look at their two cards and must not show them to another player.

The player to the left of the big blind must either call or raise the big blind bet. The play in turn will go around the table according to poker rules. Table rules will specify any limits on the size or number of raises.

Increase the current highest bet within the limits and pass the action to the next player.

> Three community cards will be dealt face up

Five consecutive suited cards.

in the center of the table. This is called the flop.

There is then a second betting round begun by the first player to the left of the dealer. The dealer then deals one card face up, known as the turn. There is a third betting round, where limits are doubled. The dealer deals a fifth card face up: the river. Then there is fourth and final round of high limit betting.

Four cards of the same rank.

> Players show their hands in clockwise order,

THREE OF A KIND

beginning with the last player to bet or raise in the final betting round. Each player makes the best possible five-card poker hand from the seven available cards: the player’s two cards and the five face-up table cards, known as the board. This can be done in any combination. Are you ready to play?

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Three-of-a-kind and a pair.

FLUSH

Five suited cards.

STRAIGHT

Five consecutive cards.

Three cards of the same rank and two other cards.

Two pairs and any fifth card.

PAIR

Two cards of the same rank and three other cards.

HIGH CARD

Five cards that don’t make any other hand.

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