The 26th Annual Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival is about a month away!
The festival will be June 8-10 at the Cox Convention Center in downtown Oklahoma City.
Visitors to the state Capitol got a bit of a preview of the American Indian dancing and artwork showcased at Red Earth earlier this week during Arts Day at the Capitol. Red Earth was among about 40 different organizations who turned out at the Capitol to support the Oklahoma Arts Council and arts activities and education in the state.
Andrew Whiteshirt, 19, dances Friday during the Red Earth Festival outside the Cox Convention Center. (Photo by Ashley R. West, The Oklahoman)
From Saturday’s The Oklahoman.
Red Earth celebrates silver anniversary Since 1987 Oklahoma City festival has been bringing together American Indian artists, dancers and tribes to share and honor their culture.
In a dazzling display of feathered, beaded and belled finery, hundreds of dancers wound into the Cox Convention Center Friday afternoon as the 25th Annual Red Earth Native American…
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. For more on the Red Earth Festival, click here.
BAM column: Nationally known artist-educator named 2011 Red Earth Honored One Oklahoma native Ruthe Blalock Jones considers the festival’s master visual artist designation “a lifetime achievement award.”
Ruthe Blalock Jones doesn’t recall ever aspiring to become an artist: That’s just what she always was.
A participant dances during a grand entry at the 2010 Red Earth Festival at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City. (Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman Archives)
Isaac Fire, 6, of Yukon, a member of the Arapaho Tribe, waits for the start of the day's activities at the 2010 Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma CIty. (Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman Archives)
Participants march in Friday's Red Earth Festival parade. (Photo by Mitchell Alcala/The Oklahoman)
The Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival has been selected to be featured in the 2011 Rand McNally Road Atlas and Festival Guide, representing the best of Oklahoma events.
Other events included in the 2011 guide include the 89er’s Celebration in Guthrie, the Azalea Festival in Muskogee, Fried Onion Burger Day Festival in El Reno, Ponca City Herb Festival and Festival of the Arts in Oklahoma City.
A participant in Friday's Red Earth Festival parade gives a thumbs-up sign. (Photo by Mitchell Alcala/The Oklahoman)
Today’s featured event:
Take in American Indian dancing, a juried art market, children’s activities and more during the final day of the Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival from 11 a.m to 6 p.m. today at the Cox Convention Center in downtown Oklahoma City.
Staff Sgt. Jay Tiger leads the Oklahoma National Guard's 145th Army Band at the front of Friday's Red Earth Festival parade. (BAM photo)
From Saturday’s The Oklahoman.
Red Earth Festival honoring veterans, reservists and active duty military
Face suitably solemn, shiny mace gripped firmly in his gloved hand, Staff Sgt. Jay Tiger smartly marched the Oklahoma National Guard’s 145th Army Band down E.K. Gaylord Avenue Friday morning.
Behind the band, feathers, beads and bells fluttered in the wind as American Indian dancers showed off their…
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly over the 2008 Star Spangled Salute at Tinker Air Force Base. (Photo by Paul Hellstern/The Oklahoman Archives)
Here is a list of events happening around Oklahoma this weekend (June 18-20), which includes Father’s Day on Sunday. For more activities, go to www.wimgo.com.
- See the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and other thrilling aerial and static displays, live music and more at the free Star Spangled Salute Air Show Saturday and Sunday at Tinker Air Force Base. Gates open at…
Gordon Yellowman Sr. has been named the 2010 Red Earth Honored One.
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Red Earth Honored One dedicated to preserving tribal culture
Gordon Yellowman Sr. becomes the fifth Cheyenne & Arapaho artist to be named the Honored One.
Growing up, Gordon Yellowman Sr. always knew what he was getting in his Christmas presents.
“Every Christmas, I’d get art supplies. I never got toys. I already knew what I’d get for Christmas. Later on, you know, it…
