Bloodlines: Tales of Indigenous Women

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

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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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Isabella Clifford is a citizen of the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma and a Cherokee descendant. She is a private practice therapist at Thrive Counseling Services in Miami. Isabella serves on The Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma Business Committee as Third Councilman (June 2018-present).

Contact: [email protected]

Website: https://peoriatribe.com/

Tonya Stand Mathews is a member of the Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma, Quapaw Tribe, and the Shawnee Tribe. Tonya is the Executive Director of the Peoria Tribal Gaming Commission, Secretary of the Business Committee, Judge of Combative Sports for the State of Oklahoma. 

Peoria Tribe Link: https://peoriatribe.com/

Quapaw Tribe Link: https://www.quapawtribe.com/

Shawnee Tribe Link: https://www.shawnee-nsn.gov/

Contact: [email protected]

Kiyah Hummingbird- Sisco is a member of the Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma and the Muskogee Creek Nation. Kiyah is the founder, creative force and president of the Indigenous Candle Company. While running her growing candle company, Kiyah is also a full time college student. 

Peoria Tribe Link: https://peoriatribe.com/

Muskogee Creek Nation Link: https://www.muscogeenation.com/

To find a source for the Indigenous Candles you can contact Kiyah here: [email protected]

Syd Colombe is an enrolled member of the Modoc Nation and always has Rosebud Sioux descendancy. She currently works for the Modoc Tribe.  

Modoc Nation Link: https://modocnation.com/

Rosebud Sioux Link: https://www.rosebudsiouxtribe-nsn.gov/

Contact: [email protected]