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Native American musical featuring Spencer Battiest heads to Oklahoma City

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Some of the main characters in “Distant Thunder” are from left, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Ryan Duncan, Spencer Battiest and Xander Chauncey. (Photo Lyric Theatre) OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma will open its 2022 season this spring with the Native American musical “Distant Thunder,” whose cast includes Spencer Battiest from

Four Seminole musicians earn NAMA nominations

by Beverly Bidney -

Spencer Battiest, right, was nominated in the best pop video category for "Dream." (Courtesy image) Tribal members Doc Native, Spencer Battiest, Carradine Billie and Anthony Balentine, who is commonly known as Aye Five, have earned Native American Music Award (NAMA) nominations. “That’s what makes this super special,” Battiest said. “We are nominated

Cynthia Chavez Lamar to lead NMAI as Smithsonian’s first Native female museum director

by Kevin Johnson -

Cynthia Chavez Lamar Cynthia Chavez Lamar (Pueblo of San Felipe) has been named director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), effective Feb. 14. The Smithsonian Institution, whose 19 museums include the NMAI, made the announcement Wednesday. Chavez Lamar is the first Native woman to be a Smithsonian

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