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Oklahoma Casinos & Entertainment JANUARY 2011 3101 N Flood Ave Norman, OK 73069 405-360-8805 405-360-2228 FAX info@dreamcatchermag.net http://www.dreamcatchermag.net James T. Lambertus, Publisher james@dreamcatchermag.net Advertising Inquiries: ads@dreamcatchermag.net Letters & Editorial Submissions: edit@dreamcatchermag.net Laurie Haigh, Operations Manager laurie@dreamcatchermag.net N AT I V E A M E R I C A N OW N E D
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ORIGINAL TRIBAL NAMES
Muscogee CREEK
KITIKITI’SH WICHITA
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CHAHTA CHOCTAW
Hinono’ei ARAPAHOE
HASINAI Wah Zah Zhi CADDO
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Caddo Language
American Indian Chamber of Commerce
Wednesdays, 6 pm Caddo Nation Cultural Building, Binger (App Now Available on Android Market)
Second Wednesdays, 11:30 am Meinders School of Business/OCU NW 26th St & McKinley Buffet Luncheon, $20
DEWEY Battle of the Plains Youth Competition Contest Pow-Wow between Dance Groups Saturday, January 15, 1 to 5 pm Grand Entry at 1 pm Washington County Fair Building For more information: 918-337-0130
LAWTON Fort Sill Indian School, The Boarding School Experience Thru April 2011 Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center 701 NW Ferris Ave Photographs and memorabilia documenting the life and times of the school. http://www.comanchemuseum.com, 580-353-0404
State Capitol Galleries Bobby C. Martin (Creek) East Gallery Prints, Paintings and Digital Collages Above: “Collaboration #2 (with Tony Tiger)”
Red Earth Museum & Gallery 6 Santa Fe Plaza, downtown http://www.redearth.org; 405-427-5228 ‘The Indian Pony,’ Twenty original paintings and historical artifacts from the permanent collection.
“Eye on NDN-Country” with dg smalling
NORMAN Kiowa Language Class Thursdays, 6 to 7:30 pm, Jacobson House Facilitated by Carole Willis and Dane Poolaw Jacobson Art House, 609 Chautauqua Ave 405-366-1667, jacobsonhouse@gmail.com http://www. jacobsonhouse.com
Saturdays, 9 am, ‘the spy’ 105.3 FM or http://www.thespyfm.com Conversations with Native leaders and friends of NDN-Country on current affairs in Oklahoma.
RED ROCK Otoe-Missouria Encampment Benefit Dance Saturday, January 15 Call 405-598-0636 or 580-233-7509
Send details of your Gathering to edit@dreamcatchermag.net
$50,000 GuaraNteed Giveaway every Saturday in January & February! beginning January 3
Now through February 26 Contest winners and hot seat drawings during the week will determine the 38 qualifiers to compete in the “Big Spin� every Saturday night at 9 pm through February 26, where a total of $50,000 will be given away!
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CHEROKEE ROCKS All-Cherokee Band Auditions january 15-16, 2011 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa Are you ready to rock? Are you Cherokee? Cherokee Nation Entertainment is holding open auditions to put together our first-ever all-Cherokee band. Auditions will lead to becoming part of a band that will play at Cherokee Nation Entertainment venues. For more details visit CherokeeRockBand.com or email us at Cherokee.Rock@cnent.com
All participants must be 21 years of age or older and possess a Cherokee tribal registration card. Auditions are open to enrolled citizens of the Cherokee Nation only.
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Charity of Choice Oklahoma City’s leading American Indian charity. We need your support! The Oklahoma City Indian Clinic has been providing culturally sensitive health care to American Indians in central Oklahoma since 1974. As a non-profit 501 (C) (3) charity Clinic we provide services to over 15,000 American Indian patients. These patients represent 220 federally recognized tribes. Fifty-seven percent of our patients have no health insurance at all.
Our mission is to be the national model for American Indian health care by providing accessible, comprehensive health and social services in an urban medical center. ♦ 4913 W. Reno OKC, Oklahoma 73127 ♦ 405-948-4900 ♦ www.okcic.com Accredited by the
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We revisit the people, places and events of the past year.
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Bah Kho-Je-Xla Chi (Grey Snow Eagle House) http://www.iowanation.org, 888-336-4692
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Kaw Pow Wow http://www.kawnation.com, 866-404-5297
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Red Earth Festival http://www.redearth.org, 405-427-5228
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Chickasaw Cultural Center http://www.chickasawtribe.com, 580-622-7130
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Choctaw Nation Labor Day Festival http://www.choctawnation.com, 800-522-6170
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Miss Indian Oklahoma Pageant Oklahoma Federation of Indian Women, http://www.ofiw.org
Laguna Pueblo Feast Days http://www.lagunapueblo.org, 505-552-6654
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Cherokee National Holiday http://www.cherokee.org, 918-453-5000
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site http://www.nps.gov/waba, 580-497-2742
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