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Five to Be Inducted Into Chickasaw Hall of Fame The Chickasaw Times Post Office Box 1548 Ada, OK 74821 Chickasaw Times Vol. XLIX No. 3 Official publication of the Chickasaw Nation www.chickasawtimes.net March 2014 Digby, Mitchell, Hampton, Wolf and Blackwell Five to be inducted into Chickasaw Hall of Fame Irene L. Digby Marvin E. Mitchell James Wilburn Hampton Silas C. Wolf, Jr. Charles Blackwell NORMAN, Okla. – A culture Governor Bill Anoatubby will Mr. Blackwell will be inducted nities, healing the sick and serv- saw culture, heritage and tradi- bearer, a pillar of the community, participate in the induction cer- posthumously. ing others epitomizes the spirit tion with her friends and neigh- a dedicated educator, a devoted emonies. “It is our privilege to honor and perseverance of the Chicka- bors in her hometown of Davis physician and a Native American The 2014 Chickasaw Hall of these individuals who have made saw people.” and beyond. diplomat comprise the 2014 class Fame inductees are Irene L. Digby, significant contributions to the A distinguished Chickasaw of the Chickasaw Nation Hall of Davis, Okla.; Marvin E. Mitchell, Chickasaw Nation and the larger Irene Lois storyteller, Mrs. Digby can often Fame. Fitzhugh, Okla.; James Wilburn community,” Gov. Anoatubby be found sharing Indian tales Hall of Fame ceremonies will Hampton, M.D., Oklahoma City; said. “Their commitment to shar- Pettigrew Digby and teaching Chickasaw ways to take place at 5:30 p.m., May 1 at Silas C. Wolf, Jr. Norman; and ing tribal history, culture and A true diplomat of the Chicka- children at Davis Public Schools. Riverwind Showplace Theater in Chickasaw Ambassador Charles heritage, protecting sovereignty, saw Nation, 92-year-old Irene Lois Norman. Blackwell. promoting educational opportu- Pettigrew Digby shares Chicka- SEE HALL OF FAME, pagE 12 Chickasaw elder, Remington WAAC vet Beaulah Park to host Shavney dies at 91 Red Earth June 5-7 OKLAHOMA CITY – After 28 years celebrating Native Ameri- can culture, arts and diversity in the Cox Convention Center down- town, Red Earth has found a new home for 2014. The premiere festival will kick off June 5-7 at Remington Park in Oklahoma City. This year, the event gets under way Thursday and ends Saturday afternoon. Remington Park is owned and operated by the Chickasaw Na- Beaulah Shavney tion. A revised dance competition, SAND SPRINGS, Okla. – A art market, food booths, chil- beloved Chickasaw elder and dren’s activities, and live music decorated military veteran was are all planned. On Friday morn- laid to rest here Feb. 26. ing, June 6, the Red Earth Parade, Beaulah Shavney was born Oklahoma City artist Christopher Nick, center, accepts congratulations from Gov. Bill Anoatubby, right, Feb. 19 after a painting of famed Chickasaw aviator a festival tradition, will proceed April 2, 1922, in Marlow, Okla., and former Chickasaw Nation legislator Pearl Carter Scott was unveiled in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The work, shown far right, received a through downtown as it has since the eldest of six children born standing ovation from lawmakers and a packed chamber gallery. The piece will be displayed in the House Lounge in the Oklahoma Capitol. Joining Mr. Nick the festival’s inception. to O.L. and Sylvia Pope. She and Gov. Anoatubby for the dedication are, left, Dan Boren, president of corporate development for the Chickasaw Nation, and Sen. Don Barrington, R-Lawton. “It’s going to be a big change, died Feb. 22, 2014. Her grand- Jacquelyn Sparks but I think it’s going to be a really mother, Emily Gibson, was a Famed Chickasaw aviatrix honored good fit,” Red Earth deputy direc- full-blood Chickasaw. tor Eric Oesch said. “What worked Mrs. Shavney was educated in 1987 doesn’t necessarily work at Chilocco Indian School in Pearl Carter Scott work unveiled at capitol in 2014, so we’re kind of chang- far northern Oklahoma. She ing with the times.” joined the Women’s Army Aux- OKLAHOMA CITY – When the sentatives chamber echoed with person to fly around the world This year’s Red Earth will be- iliary Corps in 1943 earning black linen was removed, Bill thunderous applause during the in 1931. The trip took eight days. gin on a Thursday evening and the World War II Victory Med- Scott drew a deep breath. His painting’s Feb. 19 unveiling. The In 1933, he broke his own record, continue all day Friday and Satur- al, Good Conduct Medal, the eyes filled with tears and a smile portrait’s formal dedication was accomplishing the feat in seven day. Art competition winners will WAAC Service Medal and the crossed his lips. attended by more than a dozen of days, 18 hours and 49 minutes. announced opening night. American Campaign Medal. Before him was a portrait of his Pearl Carter Scott’s descendants. Despite a limited formal educa- Remington Park’s quarter She was honorably discharged mother, famed Chickasaw aviator The House gallery was packed. tion and blinded in his left eye horse racing season ends June 1. in December 1945 obtaining a Pearl Carter Scott. “Mother loved to fly,” Louise in an oil patch mishap, Mr. Post The racing facility will be turned rank equivalent to sergeant. The oil on canvas depicts the Scott Thompson said during a re- conceived, designed and tested over to Red Earth for events. Ap- She met and married Dick dynamic Chickasaw woman as a ception following the unveiling. the first fully pressurized flying proximately 90,000 square feet Shavney, a veteran and mem- 13-year-old girl. She wears leath- “He (artist Nick) captured her suit and helmet. His design was of indoor exhibition space will ber of a tank battalion who er aviator clothing. Goggles and eyes perfectly. I have my mother’s the genesis of the suits worn by be available to festival planners. served in the Philippines. a protective leather cap are held eyes,” she said proudly. American astronauts. He reached The festival-going public will be They were in uniform when loosely in her left hand. A white Between Mrs. Scott and Mr. the then unheard of altitude of able to park for free. they married at Vine Grove, scarf is tied around her neck. Post, aviation history was writ- 55,000 feet in the super-charged Organizers intend to set up Kentucky, in December 1944. A frequent Oklahoma summer ten. She was the youngest pilot in Winnie Mae airplane. He is cred- booths for the juried art market After his discharge in 1946, sight – puffy cumulus clouds – the U.S. to fly solo in September ited with proving the existence of on the ground and clubhouse the couple resided in Arizona rises above the scene created by 1929. She later performed as a the jet stream. levels, Mr. Oesch said, while the and New York before finally acclaimed Oklahoma City artist stunt pilot before giving up the Mrs. Scott was inducted into dance competition will take place settling in Sand Springs. Mr. Christopher Nick. controls to begin her family and the Oklahoma Aviation and Space outside in the saddling paddock. Shavney died in 1968. In the background is a 1929 raise three children. Mr. Nick, in Hall of Fame, the Chickasaw Na- A children’s tent, tepee display Mrs. Shavney was a char- Curtiss Robin aircraft. This is his remarks before Oklahoma tion Hall of Fame, the Interna- and food booths, along with an ter member of the WAAC and the plane presented to Mrs. Scott House lawmakers, was awestruck tional Women’s Air and Space expanded live music lineup, are traveled to Washington, D.C. in by celebrated Oklahoma pilot with all she accomplished in a Museum Hall of Fame and is a planned for the trackside plaza. 2008 to partake in the Celebra- and inventor Wiley Post. Mr. Post flying career that lasted a mere charter member of the National “They have the closed-circuit tion of the Women in Military presented the craft to her after five years. Museum of the American Indian television throughout the build- Service Memorial. teaching her to soar high above “Capturing someone’s likeness at the Smithsonian Institution ing and one of the things we’re “I felt like it was my duty,” the Oklahoma prairie. Mr. Post is on canvas isn’t difficult,” Mr. Nick in Washington, D.C. She served hoping and planning to do is si- Mrs. Shavney said in a 2012 depicted in the portrait as well. said. “It is capturing the spirit – three terms as a Chickasaw tribal mulcast the dancing,” Mr. Oesch Profiles of the Chickasaw Na- He is shown inspecting the tail the DNA signature – of that per- legislator later in her life. She died said. “So no matter where you tion interview. “It was a good section of the Curtiss Robin. son. She is a beautiful, elegant, in March 2005 at age 89. are in the building — looking at feeling to put that uniform A genuine smile of happiness graceful woman. What an abso- Her portrait will be displayed artwork or out on the trackside on.” and gratitude radiates from the lute gem she was to the Chicka- in the lounge of the Oklahoma listening to a band or whatever — face of the young Pearl Carter saw Nation and to Oklahoma.” House of Representatives in the you’ll be able to see the dancing SEE SHAVNEY, pagE 2 Scott. Mrs. Scott was trained by the state capitol building. going on.” The Oklahoma House of Repre- very best. Mr. Post was the first CONTRIBUTED BY Gene Lehmann, Media Relations. CONTRIBUTED BY Gene Lehmann, Media Relations. 2 chickasaW TIMES March 2014 CONTINUED SHAVNEY | FROM pagE 1 Miss Indian Oklahoma Pageant hosted Mrs.
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