Lynda Kay Sawyer is a multidisciplinary artist (photography, jewelry, writing, filmmaking), devoted to preserving and inspiring appreciation for First American Native history and culture, featuring her Choctaw heritage. She creates art based on stories handed down and extensive research.    

Her photography depicts the Chahta spirit in people, artifacts, nature, and historical places. She captures images from the mountaintops where the last strain of Choctaw horses roamed, to the faces of those keeping the spirit alive today. Her photos have been published in national magazines and on the book covers of Touch My Tears and Anumpa Warrior: Choctaw Code Talkers of WWI, and coincide with historical fiction books by author Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer. Photographing images across the United States, Lynda Kay views the world through her camera lens by the light of her Christian faith in the Creator. 

Inspired to preserve and honor the legacy and faith of her ancestors, Lynda Kay's jewelry designs tells their stories. With imagistic form, coordinate colors and creative stories, she journeys through the lives of her forebears. 

As a filmmaker, Lynda Kay had the opportunity of producing an artist profile documentary for the Artist Leadership Program of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institute. Producing short films to hone her skills, she hopes to immortalize her ancestors' dedication to future generations by putting their stories on the big screen.

Lynda Kay Sawyer is a registered artist of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. You can discover her work at ChoctawSpirit.com

Lindsay Hickey is a proud member of the Quapaw Nation and has been with O-Gah-Pah Coffee for four years, where she manages operations with a focus on community and cultural pride. Lindsay is dedicated to creating an environment that reflects both her heritage and her passion for connecting people through quality service and genuine relationships. Known for her welcoming nature, she is always ready with a smile and a cup of coffee, ensuring that everyone feels like part of the community. 

Outside of work, Lindsay enjoys spending time with her husband and two boys, cherishing the balance and joy of family life. She loves participating in powwows, where she connects with herculture and community through traditional dance.

Lindsay is committed to contributing to the well-being of those around her, both at O-Gah-Pah Coffee and in herbroader community.

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Rosanna Dobbs is a Peoria Tribal citizen and currently serves her tribe as the Second Chief since 2021.  She is a wife, mother of 3, and a grandmother of 5. As a lifelong resident of Miami, Oklahoma, she has worked for local Native American tribes for 26 years in various capacities including grant writing, social services, and natural resources. Her focus as Second Chief of the Peoria Tribe is preserving the history, fostering the language and culture, and enriching the present for a future that not only serves but empowers the citizens for years to come.

Hollie Wall Dalenberg is a member of the Cherokee Nation. She was born in Tulsa, and went on to get her BS in Molecular Biology at Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO and then her MS in Entomology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, with a thesis focused on honey bee health. In 2021 she moved back to Tulsa, OK with her husband and two small children. Now she works at John 3:16 Mission as the entomologist on staff for the Refuge Farm and BeeLoved Trading Company. Her focus is on regenerative agriculture and sustainable beekeeping practices that benefit the most vulnerable members of our community

Email: Hollie Wall Dalenberg [email protected]

Jordan Flick is a proud Cherokee Nation citizen from the Longhair Clan, whose experience in public health began in 2016 when she awarded the Gates Millennium Scholarship from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. While obtaining her degree in Politics, Philosophy, & Economics, she served as a Public Health scholar at Columbia University in New York and studied Global Health & Development Policy in Geneva, Switzerland. She has served as a Population Health Coordinator for a rural hospital; an Executive Director for a county coalition; a program evaluator for federal and state grant programs; and a Prevention Program Developer for multiple tribes within the of Oklahoma. She now works as a Senior Project Director for C.A.R.E. Consulting Group, and owns her own strategic consulting business, The Flick Framework, LLC.

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Cheyenne Sixkiller-Lasiter is a writer, photographer,Dental Hygiene student and Full time mom. Her photography and writing is focused on nature and Native American history . Her photography work has received honorable mention and published in College literary magazine Crowder Quill. She is the original creator of  “In Honor of the Thousands” that pays tribute to the victims, survivors and families of residential schools, it has been published Native Hoop Magazine, Carthage Chronicle, Peoria Newsletter and by Indian Residential School Survivor Society.

A tribal member of the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma and bloodlines in both Cherokee and Creek tribes. She is pursuing a career in Dental hygiene with intentions of serving as a health care provider in tribal communities and future missionary work as a hygienist among Native American Reservations.

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Martha Nunnallee Armitage believes in honoring and sharing her culture through her life’s work. From the very beginning of her life, growing up on a working ranch in Cherokee Nation and as a Cherokee woman herself, Martha learned that business and heritage go hand in hand. 

After graduating from Oklahoma State University, Martha married Mike Armitage in the winter of 1985, and together they built a successful livestock marketing business while raising two sons. She made a strategic point to instill Cherokee culture into their family life and business. Following Mike’s death in 2020, Martha has kept her ranching business and passion for Indigenous heritage with much to come on the horizon. 

SARAH ELISABETH SAWYER is a story archaeologist. She digs up shards of past lives, hopes, and truths, and pieces them together for readers today. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian honored her as a literary artist through their Artist Leadership Program for her work in preserving Choctaw Trail of Tears stories. She is the creator of the Fiction Writing: American Indians digital course. (americanindians.fictioncourses.com) 
A tribal member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, she writes historical fiction from her hometown in Texas, partnering with her mother, Lynda Kay Sawyer, in continued research for future works. Learn more at SarahElisabethWrites.com and Facebook.com/SarahElisabethSawyer

MARLA NAUNI, Cache, OK

(Seneca, Comanche, and Huron Band of Potawatomi Nations)

Ms. Marla Nauni obtained her Bachelor’s of Business Administration (BBA) and Master's in Human Relations (MHR), from the University of Oklahoma.  In April 2022, she released her 3rd Album titled "Nauni Legacy."

Ms. Nauni's latest Film accomplishments include performing in Apple's "Killers of the Flower Moon" (Film), Bartlesville, OK, which was filmed throughout Osage county, Oklahoma.  "Prey" (Film) in Comanche/English Vocals and Lyrics.

Ms. Nauni also starred in OETA's Big Productions documentary, “Back in Time: Osage Murders - The Reign of Terror” (Film), where she played the Lead Role of "Anna Brown", an Osage headright owner who mysteriously disappears in the 1920's. This documentary explored the systematic murders of the Osage from 1910 to 1930 in an organized effort to rob them of their oil and money. This documentary won an Emmy, July 2022.

Ms. Nauni's latest TV accomplishments include performing

"Yellowstone," "Walker" (TV) and 

Paramount+ “1883” (TV), "Tulsa King" (TV), and Disney/FX "Reservation Dogs" (TV), Tulsa, OK. She also performed in Paramount’s “Yellowstone” (TV), and performing the English/Comanche Vocals for AMC’s “The Son” (TV), in Los Angeles, CA. In the summers, she performs the Comanche blessing song in the “TEXAS” Outdoor Musical, Palo Duro Canyon State Park, TX.

Ms. Nauni's talents cross boundaries of theatre, music, singing, language, history and culture. She has been involved in researching 1860’s Comanche regalia; assisting with Comanche language translation and spent hours assembling wardrobe to complete actors’ clothing for a film project, “Thistle Creek”. She is set to assist in its final sound track at The Juilliard School in New York City. “Thistle Creek” (Film) premiered in Fort Worth, Texas on December 5, 2020. "Thistle Creek" won "Best Original Score," First Run Film Festival, New York City, NY. 

Ms. Nauni is an accomplished Recording Artist, Model, and Actress.

Website: www.marlanauni.com

Email: [email protected]

Erin Detherage is a member of the Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma. She is a full-time musician, playing guitar in a variety of music bands and projects. Erin is also a Regional Operations Associate working for and supporting Medical Physicists. 

Website: www.erindetherage.com

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