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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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02.02.1887 : THE COMMISSIONER OF

INDIAN AFFAIRS DECREES THAT NATIVE

LANGUAGES WILL NOT BE SPOKEN IN

ANY RESERVATION SCHOOL.

02.23.1911 : COMANCHE CHIEF QUANAH

PARKER PASSES AWAY AT STAR HOUSE.

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

PARK HILL>Cherokee Heritage Center Cultural ClassesUpcoming classes: Round Reed Basketry on March 6and Cherokee Pottery on April 11. For more information:http://www.cherokeeheritage.org/cultural-outreach/cultural-classes. Contact Tonia Weavel at 918-456-6007 x6161http://www.cherokeeheritage.org>>

PERKINS>Iowa Nation Grey Snow Eagle House2 mi S of Perkins on Hwy 177Weekend tours by appointment, call 405-334-7471http//:www.facebook.com/GreySnowEagleHouse>>

TULSA AREA>Greater Tulsa Indian Art Festival Weekend of Feb 13-15, Glenpool Conference CenterArt market, storytelling, food, music, cultural demonstrations, dancing, and poetry. http://www.tulsaindianartfestival.com

RADIO>Chickasaw Community RadioKCNP 89.5 FM>Indians For IndiansSaturdays at 10 am on KACO 98.5 FM>Kiowa VoicesSundays at 12 noon on KACO 98.5 FMMusic and more from the Kiowa and area tribes.>Seminole Nation Weekly Radio ShowLive on Tuesdays, 11 am on KWSH 1260 AM>>

WWW>Mvskoke Trail of Tears Virtual Tourhttp://www.muscogeenation-nsn.gov/Pages/Tourism/virttot.html >Research Your Indian AncestryOklahoma Historical Society websitehttp://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 RadioFridays, 8 am live on http://www.kbga.org Conversations with host Jodi Rave>>

WASHINGTON, DC>Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian NationsNational Museum of the American Indian/Smithsonian Institution4th St & Independence Ave SWhttp://nmai.si.edu

June 5, 1836 Seminole Tribe arrives

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ANCIENT CANOEEXHIBIT 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 RdSulphur, OK 73086580-622-7130http://chickasawcultural center.com/

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by heather ahtone>

STORYTELLING 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 “Sketch-A-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.>>

THE 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.

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All images courtesy the artist. > > > She Wants To Dream A Good Dream

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“The ringing in my earswon’t stop. The shelling

we experienced yesterdaywas just a little too

close to home.”

“What I wouldn’t giveto be soaking my feet

down at the creekand looking for

some crawdads.”

“They call me runabout -

Runabout SMoke.”

“In Cherokee It’s ’ . ’ It meansI habitually run.”

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“as a kid, I was always runningand playing. These days, all I

run into is Battle.”

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> > > Excepts from We Speak In Secret

I still can’tbelieve what theyare doing to us. We

all know it’svery wrong.

They just declaredmomma incompetent

on account she’sa Fullblood.

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

“twelve years ago I was a naive six year old. Backthen, OKlahoma was stillcalled Indian Territory.”

“uncle was alwaysstraight to the point.”

“My little brother and I wouldhelp our dad anduncle chop wood.”

“WHile we were too youngto exactly understandeverything they would

talk about, It was stillfun to be around them.”

allotment. fancyword for stealin’.

“Dad was a bit longerwinded, but still just

as serious.”

They say the territory is gonna be a state soon.

“OKlahoma.” we all know what kind of

scheming Is going on.

No matter what they say,this’ll always be Cherokee

nation to me.

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one of thegreatest

was sequoyah.he was a warrior

and a scholar.

as you go away,remember, our longhistory as warriors.

we Always fought with intelligence

and heart.

I sometimeswonder 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.

“Right before I enlisted, I visited o . She was

always a source ofwisdom and comfort.”

“we all grew up withpride knowing whosequoyah was and

what he did for us.”

“ made surewe knew his story.

she proudly taughtus how to write In

our language.”

“I’m glad they did.”

We have ways ofdoing 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.

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> > > Excepts from We Speak In Secret

“We heard from anothercamp about a German

Solider they captured.”

“using our language provedto be a winning strategy.

we confounded the enemy.”

Cherokees were among many tribes who lent their tongues to the

service. Their efforts wereso successful and vital their

contributions were kept secretfor many decades.

“our voices remained secret fordecades. Time marched on, and

most of us faded from memory...”

“Before even asking forbread and water, he wanted

to know what kind ofcode we were using.”

“They just laughed andlet him wonder.”

While many remainanonymous In the

fog of history,their service Isnot forgotten.

The Cherokee Nation wasgiven a medal recognizing

the Code Talkers on November 20, 2013.

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

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WORKING 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.>>

WHAT 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.comwww.facebook.com/roy.boneyu p c o m i n g s h o w s :The Sherwin Miller Museum, Tulsa, now thru MarchFive Civilized Tribes Museum, Muskogee, MarchCherokee 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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