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Stand up for Missing Murdered Indigenous Women at the MMIW-Chahta Women’s Leadership Conference on October 21st at 12:00 pm cst! 💪🏽
“Proceeds help towards missing person searches, community education and events, healing events, funeral expenses, and domestic violence relocation.” ❤️
Located at the Choctaw Cultural Center, 1919 Hina Hanta Way in Calero, OK
Tickets are $25
Y’all…a dream came true for me yesterday. My tribe is featuring myself/Native ChocTalk in their Together We’re More campaign airing in the spring! 🎉
But not only that…Choctaw Nation’s production team was fantastic to work with!
In addition, we recorded a podcast about Together We’re More, so stay tuned for that as well. 🤩
Yvnvsh (🦬)and I are honored to be featured and we’ll share more with you soon!
Many thanks to all! .sircy
Yesterday I had the privilege of interviewing Chief Gary Batton, Seth Fairchild (Choctaw Nation’s Executive Director of Cultural Services) and Sam Guerrero Stitt, sculptor and creator of the Eternal Heart monument for which we celebrated yesterday at Tushkahoma.
I also interviewed the lovely and talented Public Arts Manager at Choctaw Nation, Claire Green Young a couple of days prior, who shared about her time as a recipient of the Irish/Choctaw scholarship and completed her masters in Ireland. 👏🏽
A special thanks to Irish Heritage Trust, the Government of Ireland Emigrant Support Programme, the National Famine Museum Strokestown Park, and the Sharing Lands research group and other Irish entities who made this episode possible, as well as Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma!
The beautiful Eternal Heart sculpture commemorates the Choctaw gift from our people to the Irish during the Great Hunger. 💜 💚
I also had a opportunity to meet the Ireland Minister of State, Thomas Byrne who was one of several officials in town for the ceremony.
Stay tuned for this episode to launch soon!
I'm excited to join in on this special evening - who else is planning to go?
Choctaw-Irish Connection Celebration:
Thursday, August 29, 2024, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Choctaw Cultural Center, 1919 Hina Hanta Way Calera, OK 74730
The Choctaw Cultural Center will host a Choctaw-Irish Connection Celebration on Thursday, August 29, featuring the story of the Irish gift, traditional Choctaw dancing and a concert by the acclaimed Celtic roots band RUNA. Free admission can be reserved by visiting https://chocta.ws/irish-connection
For more information about the Choctaw-Irish connection, visit www.choctawnation.com/about/history/irish-connection/
Two ancient peoples. A modern-day connection. Nothing divides the Choctaw people from the Irish except for the ocean.
I am so very proud to be commissioned by the Government of Ireland Emigrant Support Programme, the National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park, the Irish Heritage Trust, and the Sharing Lands research group to conduct a Native ChocTalk podcast at the Choctaw Labor Day Festival on August 30th at 1:00 pm cst!
This project will pertain to the unveiling of the Eternal Heart sculpture created by Choctaw, Sam Guererro Stitt. This monument is a companion piece to the "Sacred Feathers" sculpture in Midleton Cork, Ireland, in commemoration of the Choctaw monetary gift sent to the Irish during the Great Famine.
If you’re in Tushkahoma on August 30th, I hope to see YOU at the unveiling! And stay tuned for the episode to air this season.
I’d like to thank Choctaw Nation for providing support for this project as well – yakoke!
You may recall, I interviewed Sam Guerrero Stitt in Season 5, where he discussed the meaning behind the creation of his Eternal Heart monument. Check it out!
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I2Uuu35sgg
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijynqv3iUsg
Sam Guerrero Stitt Strokestown Park Irish Heritage Trust
Last year was the 175th anniversary of the Irish gift*, in which the Choctaw people donated money to the Irish during the potato famine. This November, we on...
Tomorrow, Native ChocTalk launches Season 7! 🦬
My guests have so many wonderful stories to share, and there are new things on the horizon, including a new logo launch!
Yakoke to all who have supported the show and cheers to Season 7!
By the way, this is my doggo, Taloa and she says, “Halito”. 🧡
Join us in Chicago for the Chickasaw concert, Pa I Sha by Composer, Brandi Berry Benson! 🎵
July 27 at 7:00 pm cst
Goodman Theatre
170 N Dearborn St Chicago, IL 60601
For tickets and info, click the link below.
https://www.goodmantheatre.org/event/the-sweetest-season-2024/
As a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, BBE Artistic Director Brandi Berry Benson grew up looking at her great-great-great-great grandmother Pa I Sha’s portrait, a woman of immense strength who carried the Chickasaw reputation of “unconquered and unconquerable.” This musical work is inspired by Pa I Sha and highlights three major stories in Brandi’s Chickasaw heritage. Brandi (violin) is joined by Rachael Youngman (Choctaw narrator and vocalist), Leighann Daihl Ragusa (BBE Director, Native American flute, traverso), Vannia Phillips (viola), Erica Rubis (cello), and Michaela Marchi (indigenous percussion, Isleta Pueblo). Learn more about the BBE and The Story of Pa I Sha here.
See you there! 🤩
The Sweetest Season: A Gathering of Indigenous Creativity returns to the Goodman, in partnership with The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian.
Stay tuned for Native ChocTalk’s Season 7 🦬 coming up soon, where I’ll interview the hosts of the interesting new podcast, Pretendians!
From the silver screen to the halls of governmental power, for decades, people have been falsely claiming to be Indigenous. So why do these so-called “Pretendians” do it? And what happens when they are exposed? On each episode of Pretendians, from Canadaland, hosts Robert Jago and Angel Ellis dive into audacious stories of Indigenous identity fraud.
Listen at https://link.chtbl.com/pretendians?sidchoctalk
What do some of the most prominent and successful Indigenous artists, leaders and professors have in common? They aren’t Indigenous. There are hundreds of cases of Indigenous identity fraud that we know about, and likely thousands that we do not. So why do these so-called “pretendians” do it? ...
Mark Cudek's range as artistic director of the Indianapolis Early Music Festival is especially impressive as the current festival prepares...
Indianapolis friends! 🤩 If you’re looking for both an entertaining and educational evening this Friday (June 28th), join us at the Pa I Sha concert, written by Chickasaw Composer, Brandi Berry Benson! 🎵
The concert starts at 7:30 at the Frank and Katrina Basile Theater, History Center and free parking is in the IHS lot off New York Street.
See the link below for tickets and more info:
THE STORY OF PA I SHA PRESENTED BY THE BACH & BEETHOVEN EXPERIENCE Presented by The Bach & Beethoven Experience, The Story of Pa I Sha is a through-composed work of Brandi Berry Benson’s original settings and arrangements of hymns, social dances, and traditional songs from the Chickasaw and Chocta...
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The colder weather just makes me want to curl up with a good book, how about you? 📖 Dr. William Meadows, Author of The First Code Talkers and I just completed our first of five recordings on the content of his book, and I’m so excited to share it with you in the spring! And speaking of Code Talkers, I just received the new Otis Leader book by Choctaw Author, Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer! I’m so looking forward to reading this. 👏🏽 Check the books out here: 🦬 The First Code Talkers: https://tinyurl.com/ba3s7shw 🦬 Otis Leader: https://tinyurl.com/a84rtr8z #otisleader #thefirstcodetalkers #sarahelisabethsawyer #drwilliammeadows
I opened my Totem online banking account, y’all! It’s “Banking by and for Indigenous People” created by fellow Choctaw, Amber Buker. 🦬 Totem also has some fantastic benefits for Native Americans on their roadmap, so I’m a fan! You don’t have to be Native to open an account. ✌🏽 Check it out here: https://www.mytotem.app/ #totem #onlinebanking #nativebusiness
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