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Cherokee Nation Opens First Tribally Operated Film School: ‘We Need More Native Americans Working at Every Level of This Industry’
The Cherokee Nation has unveiled plans to open the first tribally operated film education program: The Cherokee Film Institute.'Magic Ring,' One of Two Winning Short Films From One Story Up Program Selected By Topic and Roger Ross Williams, Set to Premiere at NYFF - Film News in Brief Launched through its filmmaking arm Cherokee Film, CFI is a 120-hour program designed to educate aspiring filmmakers in below-the-line production in hopes of bolstering the entertainment workforce within the Cherokee Nation and across its home state of Oklahoma. Although CFI was primarily created to help Native Americans pursue careers in entertainment, it’s open...
Months after his release from prison, Jimcy McGirt arrested, accused of failure to register
The man whose appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed the status of tribal reservations in Oklahoma has been arrested, accused of failure to register as a sex offender. Jimcy McGirt, 75, was arrested in Seminole. He allegedly had not told his federal parole officer that he was staying on the Seminole Nation reservation. ...
OK federal judge questions legality of piloting out-patient mental competency treatments
A federal judge has given the parties attempting to resolve a mental health competency restoration lawsuit filed against the state less than two weeks to address an issue in a proposed settlement agreement. U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell said Friday in an order that the proposed settlement contained a provision not authorized by...
Hundreds of Oklahoma childcare teachers could leave job with loss of federal funding
Many childcare providers across Oklahoma will be scrambling to find a way to keep teachers in classrooms. On September 30, 2024, $15 billion in federal funding will expire. The pandemic relief funds, or ARPA funds, were used to help parents afford childcare and childcare providers to staff facilities.
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