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2010 TULSA INDIAN ART FESTIVAL An Annual Project of NIMI

February 2010

STUDENT ART WINNERS

Best Of Show

Jessica Vick, 12th Grade, East Central H.S.

Best of Division

Cara Martin, 11th Grade, Muskogee H.S.

Drawing Black and White

1st - Cara Martin, 11th Grade, Muskogee H.S.

2nd - Anna Muselmann, 12th Grade, B.T. Washington H.S.

3rd - Hayden Jackson, 10th Grade, Glenpool H.S.

H.M. - Amanda Wilson, 12th Grade, East Central H.S.

Drawing Color / Mixed Media

1st - Roxa nne Harmon, 12th Grade, Sequoyah H.S.

2nd - Colt Tiger, 10th Grade, Glenpool H.S.

3rd - Jazmine Logan, 12th Grade, East Central H.S.

H.M. - Olivia Cole, 12th Grade, B.T. Washington H.S.

Painting

1st - Anna Muselmann, 12th Grade, B.T. Washington H.S.

2nd - Brittney Holman, 12th Grade, Glenpool H.S.

3rd - Colt Tiger - 10th Grade, Glenpool H.S.

H.M. - Anna Muselmann, 12th Grade, B.T. Washington H.S.

Traditional

1st - Roxanne Harman, 12th Grade, Sequoyah H.S.

2nd - Emily Proctor, 9th Grade, Grove H.S.

3rd - Nikki Tillery, 10th Grade, Ft. Gibson H.S.

H.M. - Megan Chancellor, 10th Grade, Grove H.S.

Sculpture

1st - Jarrod Foster, 11th Grade, East Central H.S.

2nd - Amanda Wilson, 12th Grade, East Central H.S.

3rd - Neisha Whitaker, 11th Grade, Central H.S.

H.M. - Paige Wilson, 12th Grade, Glenpool H.S.

Drawing Black/White

1st - Christ Newman, 7th Grade - Lone Star

2nd - Alissa Hall - 7th Grade - Lone Star

3rd - Rylee Reece, 6th Grade - Lone Star

TIAF 2010 Student Scholarship Winners Anna Muselmann, Cherokee - Washington H.S.

Selma Lea Brewer, Cherokee - Grove H.S.

Danyelle Snow, Cherokee - Grove H.S.

Kayla Ferguson, Cherokee - Grove H.S.

Roxanne Harmon, Cherokee- Sequoyah School / Tahlequah

Crystal Littlehead, Muscogee Creek - Glenpool H.S.

 

 


News & Events:

Governor Brad Henry proclaimed September 22, 2009 as "National Indian Monument and Institute Day" in the State of Oklahoma.

NIMI is located at the historic Perryman Ranch (www.perrymanranch.com)

The Perryman Ranch was established before Oklahoma statehood and is the Creek allotment of Mose S. Perryman, son of Tulsa's first family, George and Rachel Perryman. The ranch is still a working ranch and is owned by Monetta J. Trepp, NIMI Founder and CEO. Our address is P.O. Box 2140, Tulsa, OK 74101 / Physical: 11524 S. Elwood, Jenks, OK 74037.

Phone: (918) 298-2300

Fax: (918) 298-2306

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PRESS RELEASE

Commemorative Commissioners Reception

To commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Ratification of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Constitution of 1979, the National Indian Monument and Institute (NIMI) hosted a Commissioners Reception on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at the Perryman Ranch, 11524 S. Elwood in Jenks. Traditional foods were served.

Rob Trepp hosted the ceremony. Trepp is the only remaining living member of the five man commission that supervised the ratification of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Constitution. Invitations were sent to the family members of the previous commissioners, which include Lewis Fish, Virginia Watson Thomas, Allan Harjo and Bryant Jesse.

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2010 TULSA INDIAN ART FESTIVAL

JURIED ART WINNERS

BEST OF SHOW

Ruth Fallon - Wedding Quilt

PEOPLE'S CHOICE

Jeanne Rorex-Bridges

PAINTING

1st - Matthew Bearden - "Over The Hills & Far Away"

2nd - Victoria McKinney - "Sun Spirit"

3rd - Anita Caldwel Jackson - "Custer's Last Stand"

SCULPTURE

1st - Debbe Edwards - "Lazy Days"

2nd - Debbe Edwards - "Fearless"

3rd - Troy Anderson - "Storyteller"

CULTURAL CRAFTS

1st - Dan Townsend - "Gator Clan"

2nd - Ramona TallBear - "Tall Girl"

3rd - Katrina Mitten - "Woodland Dreams"

JEWELRY

1st - Dan Townsend - "Ripples of Medicine"

2nd - Nelson Garcia - Exquisite Azurite Set

3rd - Andy Marion - Copper Bracelet with Feather

POTTERY

1st - Mel Cornshucker - "Round Dancers at Night" Jar

2nd - Scott Roberts - Mississippian Ceremonial

3rd - Scott Robetts - Three Tiers Ceremonial

GRAPHICS

1st - Skip Rowell - Keeper of Bird Flute

2nd - Skip Rowell - Old Stories

3rd - Peter Boome - Birds of a Feather

 
Indian Institute Moves to Jenks
By Lillie-Beth Brinkman
The Oklahoman
Published: September 14, 2009

"JENKS — Oklahoma’s tribal and ranching history will converge next week when the National Indian Monument and Institute (NIMI) celebrates the move of its headquarters from Tulsa to an Oklahoma ranch in Jenks that was established before statehood.

At 10 a.m. Sept. 22, the nonprofit institute that has a mission of
honoring, preserving, sustaining and celebrating American Indian culture
will hold a ceremonial blessing and ribbon cutting at its new offices at
the Perryman Ranch, 11524 S Elwood Ave.

"The heritage of yesterday is preserved and blended with the reality of today and the vision of tomorrow,” Clark Inkanish said in a news release. He will perform the blessing.

The Perryman Ranch is the Creek allotment of Mose Perryman, son of Tulsa’s 'first family,' George and Rachel Perryman, who helped name Tulsa. The ranch is a working ranch owned by Monetta Trepp, NIMI’s founder and chief executive, and granddaughter of Mose Perryman.

'We are excited about NIMI’s move to the Perryman Ranch,' NIMI'Board
President Rob Trepp said. 'Monetta Trepp spent her summers at the ranch, and this move brings NIMI full circle, back to its American Indian heritage.' The Perryman House also contains Tulsa’s first post office, and mail once was delivered from there to Tulsa by Pony Express.

Active since 1990, the National Indian Monument and Institute offers
cultural programs to the community, organizes the annual Tulsa Indian Art
Festival and has launched online a virtual National Wall of Warriors
dedicated to veterans. The people involved with the Institute include
artists, educators, historians, linguists, actors, storytellers and lifelong students.

With NIMI’s new offices comes a plan to start a fundraising drive to build
an American Indian Cultural Center and Museum Complex with the intention of providing cultural exchanges of language, theater, arts, cuisine history and friendship with a focus on American Indian tribes.

Monetta Trepp said the Institute does not aim to compete with the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum in Oklahoma City, which is under construction.

'There’s room for a place at each end of the turnpike,' Trepp said about
the plans to build a center. 'We’re in Indian Territory.' "