Red Earth, Inc. has been named winner in the Best Website category of the 2008 Annual Awards presented by the Oklahoma Museums Association.  The awards recognize outstanding achievement by museums and individuals throughout the state during the past year. 

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Treasured objects and artifacts held by the Red Earth Museum will be preserved for future generations with help from the IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf, a core set of conservation books, DVDs, and online resources donated by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the primary source of federal funding of the nation’s museums and libraries. Read More

Jerry and Carleen Burger will open their historic Nichols Hills home during a “Fun-Raising & Feathers Party” to benefit Red Earth, Inc.  The August 24, Sunday afternoon event, scheduled from 2-5 pm, is hosted by members of the Red Earth Red Earth Board of Directors  and will give guests an opportunity to bid on Native American art while enjoying cool summer wines, champagnes and desserts.

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The beautiful Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club is the site of the 13^th Annual Allie Reynolds Memorial Red Earth Golf Tournament to benefit year-round educational programming at the Red Earth Museum and Festival in Oklahoma City. The golf tournament, scheduled October 13^th, is a fitting tribute to native Oklahoman and Muscogee (Creek) Indian Allie Pierce Reynolds, one of the founding fathers of the Red Earth Festival.

        

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 Seven exceptional cultural events were nominated for the 2008 Grand Prize for Outstanding Cultural Tourism presented recently by central Oklahoma’s Frontier Country Marketing Association.  The 2008 Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival received the prestigious award during ceremonies at the Oklahoma Heritage Museum. Read More

Help Us Meet the Challenge

With your help, Red Earth, Inc. has the opportunity to increase our endowment fund at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation.  Through our participation in the John Kirkpatrick Centennial Endowment Challenge any individual gifts made to our endowment fund through the end of the year will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $5,000 for a possible total fund increase of $10,000. 

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More than 21,000 people from throughout the US experienced a celebration of Native American culture during the 22nd annual Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival.

Nearly 200 Native American artists juried into the Red Earth Fine art market to display their talents in painting, sculpting, beadwork, jewelry, basketry and hand crafted cultural items.  Pawnee/Sioux ceramic sculptor Austin Real Rider from Pawnee, OK was named recipient of the 2008 Red Earth Honored One award, presented annually to a Native American master visual artist whose support of Native American art has been substantial throughout his or her life.  Real Rider was recognized during the Fine Art Preview and Awards Ceremony.

Eight of the most talented Native American drum groups in North America, Dakota Hotain, Thunder Hill, Zotigh, Cozad, Sizzortail, High Noon, Standing Horse and Mesquakie Nation gave over 600 dancers the chance recall their ancestral traditions through dance.

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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Nearly 500 runners are expected to participate in the 2008 Red Earth Festival Run scheduled June 7, at Regatta Park and River Trails along the Oklahoma River in downtown Oklahoma City. The race, open to people of all ages, begins at 8 am and includes a sanctioned 5K Run and a 2K Fun Walk. Registration opens at 7 am that morning and is $25 for adults and $20 for students.

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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Students from throughout the Oklahoma and the region will display their original works of art while competing for cash prizes during the 2008 Red Earth Youth Art Competition planned during the 22^nd Annual Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival scheduled June 6- 8, 2008 in Oklahoma City.

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When the 22nd Annual Red Earth Native American Cultural opens at the Cox Convention Center Friday June 6, 2008 in downtown Oklahoma City, OK, nearly 2,000 American Indian artists and dancers from throughout North America will gather to celebrate the richness and diversity of their heritage with the world.  For three exciting days Oklahoma City will be at the center of Native American art and culture in America. Read More