Graham Lee Brewer is an accomplished reporter and Cherokee Nation citizen, who knows little of his family’s history. He joins the Cherokee Nation’s genealogists to learn more of his heritage and what makes him Cherokee.
During law school, Mary Kathryn Nagle discovered her passion for writing for the theater. She has since become an accomplished playwright and attorney who uses her skills to tell the stories of and to benefit Indian Country.
Daniel Horsechief’s sculptures can be seen throughout the United States. Hear about his creative inspirations and the legacy he is leaving through his art.
Active in Oregon’s Mount Hood Cherokees group, JoEllen Marshall keeps in touch with her Cherokee roots, and stays grounded by taking to the water as a member of a dragon boat paddling team.
At the peak of her career, Barbara McAlister travelled the world, singing in opera houses from Germany to Hong Kong. Today, this acclaimed soloist has returned to her roots in Oklahoma where she mentors the next generation of Cherokee singers.
Dee Keener is an Indian National Finals Rodeo World Champion calf roper turned horse trainer. One of the country’s leading paint horse trainers in the racing circuit, Keener shares his methods for shaping a young gelding into a winner.
Phil McSpadden went from knowing nothing about softball to leading Oklahoma City University’s team to championship after championship. He now has more wins under his belt than any other coach in the history of college softball.
As a child, she learned to cook from the Cherokee women around her. Watch Cherokee National Treasure Betty Jo Smith prepare traditional foods and share a meal – and her kitchen secrets – with the next generation.
Growing up, Taelor Barton’s favorite dish was her grandmother’s kanuchi. Now, as the executive chef of a downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, restaurant, she merges traditional cooking with modern cuisine to bring an appreciation of Native foods to the public.
Amy Staton, or Dame Eden as she’s known in the jousting list, is keeping medieval games alive – on horseback, and in armor – at a castle in the faraway land of Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Dr. Robert Martin is the president of the premier Native Arts school, the Institute of American Indian Arts, and an esteemed leader who has revolutionized Indian education across the country.
Cherokee National Treasure Dorothy Ice is one of the original weavers from the celebrated Sequoyah Indian Weavers Association. She shares her memories of growing up in the small, rural community of Briggs, Oklahoma, and how she learned to make her well-known diamond-weave blankets.
Will Chavez, a 22-year-veteran reporter for the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper, comes full circle on the 2017 Remember the Removal Bike Ride. A participant of the first ride in 1984, he tells OsiyoTV how retracing his ancestors’ steps more than 30 years later affected his experience this time.
Whether he’s creating digital animation or engraving copper, Joseph Erb possesses the unique talent of flawlessly incorporating the traditional and modern. Contemporary icons routinely find their way into traditional artwork, and symbols of Cherokee lore come alive through computer-generated imagery, the technology of the future. See how his love for past and present drive his passion to keep the culture alive for future generations.
