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Mcn Historic and Cultural Preservation Receives Grant the Andrew W TUCCÊNENNATIVE AMERICAN JOURNALISM ASSOCIATION ANDTHE SOCIETY MVSKOKE OF PROFESSIONAL NEWS JOURNALIST AWARD WINNING PUBLICATIONPAGE 1 FEB 1, 2021 | “HOTVLE HVSE” WIND MONTH | VOL. 51, ISSUE 3 MCN HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION RECEIVES GRANT THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION GRANTS $100,000 FOR ORAL HISTORY PROJECT Morgan Taylor “This project is going to allow REPORTER us to create a historical record about the COVID-19 pan- demic in the Muscogee (Creek) OKMULGEE, Oklahoma Nation,” Dellinger said. “Our – The Muscogee (Creek) Nation ancestors experienced, suffered, Historic and Cultural Preserva- and survived many adverse events tion Department was awarded during their lifetimes including grant funding of $100,000 from pandemics but this time through the Andrew W. Mellon Founda- this project we are going to be tion. able to add to our historical nar- The funds will be used rative and record what the Mus- towards a new oral history project cogee people of 2020 and 2021 titled “A Twenty-First-Century have experienced and suffered Pandemic in Indian Country: because of COVID-19.” The Resilience of the Muscogee This project will take course (Creek) Nation Against COVID- over the next two-years before 19.” being presented to the Andrew The MCN Historic and Cul- W. Mellon Foundation. tural Preservation Oral Histo- Dellinger adds, “We all know rian Midge Dellinger says the that Mvskoke oral traditions have grant will help with the purchase played a key role in our survival of oral history recording supplies since time immemorial. Given and fund other developments our current global situation with including the creation of a digital the COVID-19 pandemic, and archive and website which will be the uncertainty of life and eco- accessible to citizens once created. nomic stability, projects such Forty interviews will be col- as the COVID-19 project are lected and recorded over the critical to the very existence of course of this project from MCN Mvskoke Peoples.” citizens who will tell their stories Mvskoke Media plans to and how their lives were affected The Historic Council House has been a part of preserved culture for the Muscogee people located in Okmulgee, OK the report on upcoming events during the pandemic. capitol of the MCN. (Clinton Sinclair) regarding the oral history project. EFFORTS MADE IN SUPPORT RESERVE OFFICER OF MMIP PHILLIPS STEPS INTO INVOLVEMENT AND COOPERATION HELP BRING NEW LEADERSHIP EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO FALL VICTIM FOR DEPARTMENT TO BEING MISSING PERSONS RICHARD PHILLIPS SERVES AS ACTING CHIEF OF LIGHTHORSE DEPARTMENT or an Indian defendant and it was shifted to the United States. “That means for us at the U.S. Attorneys office where we are the chief federal law enforcement officials in our neck of the woods, we have seen a 300 percent increase in total cases per month,” Shores said. These numbers reflect total criminal cases. Shores adds, “We have had to pri- oritize by looking at major crimes, any crime involv- ing an in-custody defen- dant, any violent crime, any crime involving a child victim making sure every victim experiences a mea- sure of justice.” Shores is a member of the Choctaw Tribe and Photo from MMIP Advocacy Day 2020 at the OK State Capitol. throughout his career has (MCN Communications) worked in Indian Country Newest Acting Chief of Lighthorse Richard Phillips receives pin for his as criminal prosecutor deal- new role. (Submission) Morgan Taylor the Missing and Murdered ing with domestic violence REPORTER Indigenous Women Initia- victims and child victims. Lani Hansen cer. After MCN National tive. According to Shores, the SENIOR REPORTER Council did not pass Daniel With the decision of change of the name from Wind III to serve as Chief OKMULGEE, Okla- the McGirt case back in MMIW to MMIP was due of Lighthorse, Phillips had homa – On Jan. 6, U.S. July, the Muscogee (Creek) to the high numbers of not OKMULGEE, Okla- then applied for the acting Attorney Trent Shores vis- Nation reservation was rec- just women but men that homa– On Dec. 28, 2020 Chief position. ited Mvskoke Radio to dis- ognized as never had been are also considered missing Richard Phillips was “I had found out that I cuss the impact of the disestablished and was now and murdered. In OK par- selected to be the acting got the position on Monday, McGirt Decision and the able to assert tribal jurisdic- ticularly, the cases in miss- Chief of the Muscogee December 28,” Phillips said. impact it has made on the tion over tribal members. ing persons for men are cur- (Creek) Nation Lighthorse Phillips career started at initiative to support the This is also meant that the rently higher than that of Police Department. Drumright Police Academy Missing and Murdered state of OK lost criminal women. Phillips has been with in 1999 under Lighthorse. Indigenous Persons Ini- jurisdiction over any case MCN Lighthorse for 21 tiative formerly known as involving an Indian victim MMIP- 2 years as a reserve police offi- OFFICER - 3 • P.O. BOX 580 - OKMULGEE, OK 74447 • 918.732.7720 • MVSKOKEMEDIA.COM • @MVSKOKEMEDIA PAGE 2 THE MVSKOKE NEWS HOKKÔLEN FX NETWORK ORDERS A WHOLE SERIES FOR RESERVATION DOGS RESERVATION DOGS IS A COMEDY PRODUCED BY MUSCOGEE CREEK CITIZEN STERLIN HARJO Lani Hansen it was no surprise for Harjo. SENIOR REPORTER He had been in contact with the production since work- ing on this show, so when OKMULGEE, Okla- they shot the pilot episode homa– FX has handed a he was excited when FX series order for the Native eventually wanted this to go American Comedy Reserva- into series. tion Dogs, after a successful “I had been waiting on pilot showing. that information for a while, According to Native because I’ve been work- American filmmaker and ing on that series for a long Muscogee (Creek) citizen time,” Harjo said. “It wasn’t Sterlin Harjo, Reservation a shock, because I knew I Dogs is about four kids who was going to find out soon if live in rural Oklahoma. It is it was going to go to series or based on his and his co-pro- not. I was obviously excited ducer Taika Waititi’s child- because it’s a cool story and hood. I wanted to tell it.” “It’s about these kids get- Harjo is planning to ting into trouble and get- begin filming the rest of ting out of trouble,” Harjo the show around March or added. “It’s really about the April, depending on the beauty of our world, the COVID situation. They humor, lost, home and other will be looking to cast extras things.” Producer and Muscogee Creek citizen Sterlin Harjo, on set of the newest FX series Reservation Dogs, checks a scene before again, when it gets closer The title “Reservation shooting. (Submission) Harjo said they will make Dogs” relates to reservoir an announcement. dogs. Harjo said it is more group “Reservation Dogs,” Jacobs, Paulina Alexis and Bone and others according Harjo added, “I’m of a joke, because the kids because of where they live Lane Factor star as the four to IndieWire. excited, working in Okmul- in the show do not live on according to Harjo. teens in the pilot show and “We haven’t shot the gee was amazing. People a reservoir since the court Just like the pilot epi- will play them in the regu- whole series yet, but we have were nice and everyone ruling of the McGirt case sode, the filming for the lar series. The pilot episode some exciting new young loved it there. Okmulgee is they are now living on a res- rest of the show will be featured some guest stars actors,” Harjo added. a beautiful town, it had so ervation. The four kids in shot in Okmulgee. D’Pha- like Zahn McClarnon, Kirk When “Reservation many cool locations and I’m the show name their small raoh Woon-A-Tai, Devery Fox, Lil Mike and Funny Dogs” was picked up by FX excited to go back.” MMIP of OK 10th nationally for ther efforts on the issue. “The last couple months still remains missing. Continued from Page 1 the number of cases regard- Previously, Golden had we have working on tweak- “When developing this ing MMIW without involv- worked on a similar legis- ing the language of legisla- alert system, we wanted to ing cases in men and boys. lation in 2020 called the tion. Now, legislation has make sure that law enforce- “As we began looking at “We experiences many “Red Alert” with the pur- been finalized to establish ment agencies and the media the issue and pulling num- challenges with num- pose of sending text mes- an alert system for local and would take our cases more bers from the state of OK bers and rankings,” Shores sage notifications when a state wide law enforcement seriously,” Golden said. about missing indigenous explains. “We have looked Native American woman agencies when someone goes “Many times they make people and missing native into to find a total of 67 was reported missing much missing,” Golden said. “It excuses for the person by Americans we found that open cases of missing Native like the Silver Alert for will be introduced on Jan 21 saying they are out partying there were a lot of native Americans that dates to the elders and the Amber Alert where it will receive a house or laying up with their boy- boys and men missing and first one back in 1976. Out from children. bill number.” friend and just blow them we wanted to make sure we of those we have found 29 Along with COVID, Though it is similar leg- off.” didn’t leave out any group of female and 38 male that are Golden said she experienced islation to the Red Alert, Golden explains that the people and victims in Indian currently open, we have to much resistance as legisla- the name has changed to need for this alert system Country,” Shores explains.
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