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2015
Becky Hobbs: A Cherokee Crescendo

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Join OsiyoTV as we celebrate Cherokee Nation citizen and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame inductee Becky Hobbs’ outstanding music career. She’s written songs for numerous country artists, including Alabama, Loretta Lynn and George Jones. Hobbs tells us how her ancestry and career eventually led her to co-write the musical “Nanyehi, The Story of Nancy Ward.”

In This Episode

Join OsiyoTV as we celebrate Cherokee Nation citizen and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame inductee Becky Hobbs’ outstanding music career. She’s written songs for numerous country artists, including Alabama, Loretta Lynn and George Jones. Hobbs tells us how her ancestry and career eventually led her to co-write the musical “Nanyehi, The Story of Nancy Ward.”

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OsiyoTV documents the 2015 Remember the Removal Bike Ride as 19 Cherokees retrace their ancestors’ steps on the Trail of Tears. It’s an emotional journey meant to teach the cyclists what it means to be Cherokee. Each cyclist spends months preparing for the three-and-a-half-week experience.
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As the cyclists arrive in the capital of the Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, they tell us what they’ve learned from the three-week-long journey and how they’ll carry a message forward.
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