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2016

Season 2, Episode 7

Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People

In This Episode

OsiyoTV soars to new heights with artist and skydiver Crystal Acuff Walters, shares Lorene Drywater’s priceless technique of creating dolls from Northeastern Oklahoma’s buffalo grass, and talks football with NFL wide receiver Wes Welker. Join us for the stories of the Cherokee People!

In This Episode

OsiyoTV soars to new heights with artist and skydiver Crystal Acuff Walters, shares Lorene Drywater’s priceless technique of creating dolls from Northeastern Oklahoma’s buffalo grass, and talks football with NFL wide receiver Wes Welker. Join us for the stories of the Cherokee People!

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Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Episode 1

Season 2 of OsiyoTV begins with a bang! We follow professional boxer and Cherokee Nation citizen Wes Nofire to Miami, Florida, for his biggest bout yet. We learn how mountain music and fiddling made its way into Cherokee country and meet the modern-day musicians keeping the music alive. Finally, we cook the traditional Cherokee dish called kanuchi with elder Edith Knight.

Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Episode 2

On this episode of OsiyoTV we bring you the stories of three Cherokee Nation citizens, taking on the world. At 99-years old Joe Thornton talks about making bows and arrows as a child and then becoming a world champion archer. Brian Jackson takes us along as he attempts to break his 13th and final world record. Finally, singer-songwriter Kalyn Fay Barnoski captivates us with her voice and tells us how living in two separate worlds influences her art.

Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Episode 3

Come along with OsiyoTV host Jennifer Loren as she introduces us to three Cherokee Nation citizens: a White House Champion of Change, Miss Teen Oklahoma 2015 and an artist who paints Cherokee history. We also learn about the month of March in the Cherokee language and about a historic Supreme Court case that shaped the Cherokee Nation.

Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Episode 4

OsiyoTV sits down with Cherokee National Treasure and basket weaver Bessie Russell, four-time high school state wrestling champion Wyatt Sheets and contemporary artist Ryan Lee Smith. The Cherokee Almanac shows us why some Cherokees emigrated west years before the Trail of Tears and we learn about spring in this month’s language lesson.

Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Episode 5

OsiyoTV follows four Cherokee fisherman in the annual Gigging Tournament on Lake Eucha, talks Major League hopes with professional baseball player Ryan Helsley and tells the story of Andy Payne, the winner of the 1928 Transcontinental Footrace. Get ready for summer by learning how to say “strawberry” in Cherokee and discover the Cherokee baseball players who gained recognition in the early years of the game.

Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Episode 6

On this episode, OsiyoTV hits the road to visit California. Get in the ring with Ty Elliott, an accomplished Muay Thai fighter and trainer, visit Will Rogers’ great-granddaughter, Jennifer Rogers Etcheverry’s almond farm, and learn how Charles Twist keeps Cherokee heritage and traditions alive far from the Cherokee Nation’s borders.

Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Episode 7

OsiyoTV soars to new heights with artist and skydiver Crystal Acuff Walters, shares Lorene Drywater’s priceless technique of creating dolls from Northeastern Oklahoma’s buffalo grass, and talks football with NFL wide receiver Wes Welker. Join us for the stories of the Cherokee People!

Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Episode 8

On this episode of OsiyoTV, we travel to the New Mexican desert with two Cherokee Native Explorers, join Oklahoma State University’s women’s tennis coach Chris Young on the court, and hear about Gary Davis’s rise from Oklahoma rapper to Indian Country entrepreneur. The Cherokee Almanac tells of a pioneering female pilot and the language lesson teaches the words for “home,” “groundhog,” and “September.”

Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Episode 9

Meet New York Times best-selling science fiction author Daniel H. Wilson who draws inspiration from robots, philosophy and his roots in the Cherokee Nation. Learn about the game of Cherokee marbles that has been passed down through centuries and generations. Plus, Cherokee National Treasure Eddie Morrison shows us how he turns big, blank stones into works of art and tells the stories behind them.

Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Episode 10

This episode of Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People honors Cherokee veterans and heroes. Meet Echo Rider, a “Cherokee Rosie the Riveter”, learn about the career of Admiral Jocko Clark, the highest-ranking Cherokee Nation citizen in the history of the U.S. armed forces, and pay tribute to a recently fallen soldier, Master Sergeant Joshua Wheeler, the first American to be killed in combat with ISIS. Get ready for the holidays with Buddy Stacy, who creates handcrafted wooden toys for Cherokee children in his own Santa’s workshop and learn Cherokee words and phrases in the language lesson.