Siyo from the Rez

💬 Siyo! We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text! (Make sure you include your name and contact information.) What does it take to create a thriving Cherokee-owned business? This month, we sit down with Deputy Secretary of State Canaan Duncan and Cherokee entrepreneur Dillin Springwater, who went from push-mowing yards as a teenager to now running multiple businesses filled with Native emplo...

💬 Siyo! We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text! (Make sure you include your name and contact information.) Siyo from the Rez is back for Season 2! In our premiere episode, we sit down with Oscar Hokeah, who drew from his Cherokee and Kiowa upbringing and Mexican heritage to write his celebrated debut novel, “Calling for a Blanket Dance.” Oscar reflects on moments from his life and family...

💬 Siyo! We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text! (Make sure you include your name and contact information.) We’re closing out the first season of Siyo from the Rez with an extra special guest: Cherokee National Treasure and host of “Cherokee Voices, Cherokee Sounds” Dennis Sixkiller! 📻❤️ Dennis joins us to talk about hosting his #CherokeeLanguage radio show for 20+ years, his traditional...

💬 Siyo! We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text! (Make sure you include your name and contact information.) Keli Gonzales makes audacious art. It's bold. It's modern. It's rooted in Cherokee culture, but it doesn't shy away from her pop culture influences like The Simpsons. Keli wants her art to pop, using Cherokee syllabary and design motifs in unique ways and swapping...

💬 Siyo! We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text! (Make sure you include your name and contact information.) Baseball holds a special place in our communities, but how much do you know about the Native players who helped shape the game? In our first episode of the new year, we sit down with Rob Daugherty, a Cherokee Nation citizen and first-language Cherokee Speaker, who is a dedicated base...

💬 Siyo! We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text! (Make sure you include your name and contact information.) In this new episode of Siyo from the Rez, meet Ethan Winn and Hondo Kirk, two friends who grew up together, graduated from our Cherokee Immersion School and are now the voices of Snotlout and Hiccup in the Cherokee version of “How to Train Your Dragon”! Ethan and Hondo talk about the...

💬 Siyo! We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text! (Make sure you include your name and contact information.) As we all gather with friends, family and our community this week, we wanted to share the story of our Cherokee Nation Seed Bank and the Cherokee woman in charge of it all: Feather Smith. In this episode of Siyo from the Rez, we sit down with Feather, Cherokee Nation’s ethnobiology m...

💬 Siyo! We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text! (Make sure you include your name and contact information.) Gather ‘round the fire for a special spooky edition of Siyo from the Rez! Just in time for Halloween, we’re joined by celebrated Cherokee storyteller Candice Byrd Boney and former Miss Cherokee Ella Mounce for an episode filled with chills and cultural teachings. Listen as they share...

💬 Siyo! We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text! (Make sure you include your name and contact information.) Robert Lewis is what you might call a fan favorite — not just here in the Cherokee Nation, but everywhere he goes. Especially on the Cherokee Nation TikTok, where his storytelling videos always go viral. In this episode of Siyo from the Rez, this Cherokee National Treasure talks abou...

💬 Siyo! We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text! (Make sure you include your name and contact information.) Deputy Secretary of State Canaan Duncan and our Community Liaison Melissa Payne stop by the podcast for this powerful new episode of Siyo from the Rez.  Canaan and Melissa discuss the long journey for Freedmen descendants to be recognized as Cherokee citizens and how our tribe isn’t...

💬 Siyo! We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text! (Make sure you include your name and contact information.) Tonia Hogner-Weavel is known across the rez — and, really, across the country — for traditional Cherokee clothing and her unique, award-winning design style. In this episode of Siyo from the Rez, Tonia shares her fascinating life story — from growing up in the Oklahoma Panhandle and...

💬 Siyo! We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text! (Make sure you include your name and contact information.) Step into the vibrant world of Simon Washee, a World Champion Fancy Dancer known for his bright and intricate regalia who is Cherokee, Cheyenne and Arapaho. From the powwow circuit to viral TikTok videos, Simon travels the globe with his family to compete against the best of the best...

💬 Siyo! We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text! (Make sure you include your name and contact information.) Deputy Chief Bryan Warner stops by the podcast to talk about his Sequoyah County roots and growing up at the race track in Sallisaw, the secret to being calm and balanced, and why it’s important that Cherokees embrace health and wellness to nurture ourselves and our community.  He al...

💬 Siyo! We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text! (Make sure you include your name and contact information.) Cherokee National Treasure and artist Traci Rabbit stops by the pod! As a second-generation artist and entrepreneur, Traci shares her journey of growing up on the Cherokee Nation Reservation, learning from her father — the legendary Bill Rabbit — carving her own path in the art world...

💬 Siyo! We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text! (Make sure you include your name and contact information.) Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and special guest Todd Enlow, the Executive Director of Housing Programs, stop by the pod!  Chief Hoskin and Todd give some behind-the-scenes insight into many of the exciting projects happening across our reservation. Chief Hoskin als...

💬 Siyo! We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text! (Make sure you include your name and contact information.) Cherokee National Treasure Roy Boney stopped by the studio for our new podcast, Siyo from the Rez! Roy is a celebrated Cherokee artist whose work has been featured by the Smithsonian Institution, Marvel Comics and across the Cherokee Nation Reservation and beyond. In this episode, Ro...

💬 Siyo! We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text! (Make sure you include your name and contact information.) Agalisiga Mackey, known across the rez as “Big Chuj,” stops by the podcast to talk about his debut album — “Nasgino Inage Nidayulenvi (It Started in the Woods)” — how growing up in a small traditional Cherokee community shaped him and his music, and what’s next for this Cherokee sing...