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January 2024 Delaware Indian News Is Now Available
The January 2024 issue of the Delaware Indian News is now available online. To view the newspaper, click the link below:
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Inaugural Delaware Indian News Self-guided Movie and Book Club: Killers of the Flower Moon
Celeste Amadon
The Delaware Indian News warmly invites our readership community to join in our new self-guided movie and book club. Club recommendations are for recently released or published movies, television series, and books that resonate with Indigenous experiences. Club selection postings include a list of discussion topics and/or links to articles about the work to facilitate your thinking and engaging discussions about our stories, their portrayal, and the power of narrative in shaping understanding and awareness.
2024 Selection #1
Our first club selection is Killers of the Flower Moon. The film, nominated for several Golden Globe awards and a strong contender for Academy Awards, is an adaptation of the best selling non-fiction book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann, which is also strongly recommended. It tells the tragic story of the 1920s murders of Osage Nation members in Oklahoma.
Streaming Availability
Killers of the Flower Moon is available on Apple TV+ and other streaming platforms, making it accessible for our community members to view before the discussion. The novel is available on Amazon.com and the Audible audiobook version makes excellent driving entertainment.
Key Discussion Questions:
- How does the film balance the portrayal of Native American history with the demands of a mainstream movie narrative? It reportedly does an excellent job of representing Osage culture, but it allso exploits Native tragedy for art/profit (DiCaprio was paid $40M).
- In what ways did the extensive involvement of Osage Nation consultants impact the film’s authenticity?
- The film’s focus on Ernest Burkhart (DiCaprio) has been a point of contention. How does this choice affect the representation of the Osage community’s experiences?
- Despite the casting of many (around 65!) Native actors, the film is primarily a creation of non-Indigenous filmmakers. How does this influence its storytelling and perspective?
- The film has been critiqued for lacking broader historical context about Indigenous genocide, oppression, and land theft. Context the nonfiction novel on which it is based did a much better job of provided.How does this impact its message?
- What are the implications of the film’s portrayal of Native American history for contemporary Indigenous representation in cinema?
Interesting Articles
NPR: How Osage people stepped in to be sure ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ got things right
Slate: Killers of the Flower Moon Is Not the Story an Osage Would Have Told. You Should Still See It.
The New York Times: In Indigenous Communities, a Divided Reaction to ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
The Wall Street Journal: Killers of the Flower Moon’ Puts New Indigenous Stars on the Map
Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals Offering 2024 Summer Internships
The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) is offering several 8-week paid internships for summer 2024. The programs on offer include Air Quality, Indigenous Climate Change, and Water Resources and Land Management. Requirements are as follows:
- U.S. Citizen
- Identify as an Indigenous person (preferred)
- Full-time college student during Spring 2024
- 2.5 cumulative GPA
- Majoring in an environmental or related field
- Strong interest in working with Tribal and Indigenous communities
- Other requirements listed on each program
There are more details in the flyer shown below, and you can also send email to kim.shaw@nau.edu for more information or visit http://www7.nau.edu/itep/main/Internships to apply.
Title VI Christmas Donations Welcome
Donations will go to the Lenape Early Learning Center. Donations can be brought to the Front Desk or directly to Trudy Kerby. See the flyer below for more details.
Download a 2024 Lenape Calendar
A 2024 Delaware Calendar has once again been compiled by Jim Rementer, secretary of the Culture Preservation Committee.
Click on the link below to download the file. You may then save and/or print it. To use as a wall calendar, we suggest printing at legal size (8.5″ x 14″).
Register for Matchcoat Class From Cultural Preservation Committee
Matchcoat Class
Hosted by The Cultural Preservation Committee
Taught by Jeremy Turner (via Zoom) and Levi Randoll
Registered tribal members will have the opportunity to learn how to make a matchcoat, worn by both men and women. Materials will be provided. Registration is on a first come, first served basis for qualifying applicants.
If selected, you will be required to sign an agreement for class rules, which will include leaving materials in class and forfeiting materials if you’re unable to complete the class.
Please do not sign up if you feel you cannot attend every class.
Coffee and light snacks will be provided.
Please see the flyer below for further details.
To register, please send email to Chairman Levi Randoll at Lenape75@gmail.com
20 Spots in the class are available, and sign-ups are open until the class is full
The Intro to Matchcoat Making Class will be held on November 28 at 6:00 P.M. Central Time. All registered tribal members are able to join this class via Zoom (Ask Levi Randoll for the meeting link). Those signed up, or unable to join Zoom from home, may meet at the Family and Children Services Building. Classes will resume on December 6 at 6 P.M. Central Time and will continue through the month of December.
Classes will be held in the Family and Children Services Building at the Delaware Tribal Complex at 5100 Tuxedo Blvd. Bartlesville, OK.
Tribal Complex Closed November 23-24 For Thanksgiving
The Delaware Tribe of Indians would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. The Tribal Complex will be closed 11/23 & 11/24 in observance of the holiday.
Statement from Chief Brad KillsCrow Concerning Tribal Tags
November 10, 2023
As you may be aware, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol at the direction of Governor Stitt has started issuing tickets to motorists with tribal tags who do not live within the boundaries of their Tribe’s jurisdiction. This should not affect Delaware Tribal members with Delaware Tribal tags issued through Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Nation has a compact with the State of Oklahoma therefore it is our understanding that this new directive from the State does not apply to any tags, including Delaware tags, issued by Cherokee Nation. If you are pulled over by OHP and issued a citation for having tribal tags, please contact my office immediately.
Brad KillsCrow, Chief
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