Words of the People

We are excited to invite you to our 2026 Rematriation Retreat: Language as Resistance. This is a hybrid event and all events on 4/10 and 4/11 at the Mckeon Center for Creativity will be live streamed! Here’s the webcast link: https://tulsacc.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=b330d8eb-a9dc-4e2b-87aa-b3fb0153fa2e Words of the People welcomes artists, language workers, educators, and community members to its…

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Join us on Friday, October 10th for our monthly Rematriation Writing Support Group. This is a hybrid event with limited in person seating at Four Mothers’ Collective in Tulsa, OK. Register for the event here: https://forms.gle/dZ17DkdWR7xN2Tmd7

Rematriation Writing Support Group August 25th 6:30pm CST Register here: https://forms.gle/iLzJSj5UAbLRDKp48 Virtual: meet.google.com/kai-bbxc-mab Donation: $10 suggested  Rooted in the concept of rematriation—the return to Mother Earth, cultural restoration, and the re-centering of Indigenous women and matrilineal knowledge—this group nurtures creative expression as an act of healing, resistance, and sovereignty.

Claire Campo is a Kanienʼkehá:ka (Mohawk) member of the Six Nations of the Grand River. Raised in Tulsa, OK (Muscogee, Osage and Cherokee lands). As Executive Director of Words of the People, they empower Indigenous language creative production and lead initiatives that bring Indigenous language and creative production into contemporary spaces- because fluent futures demand…

The Words of the People Rematriation Retreat brings together Indigenous language learners for a transformative experience focused on healing, cultural empowerment, and revitalizing endangered languages. Source: ‘Words of the People’ hosts rematriation retreat for Indigenous language learners

Check out a news segment on rematriation on Tulsa’s News on 6! https://www.newson6.com/story/67f9211f3c2df0b5fac8fa12/words-of-the-people-rematriation-retreat-indigenous-language

𐒹𐒰𐓏𐒷 𐓒𐒰𐓁𐒻 Hawe Zani Hello All! Greetings and congratulations to any of you who may be competing and supporting Indigenous youth of your tribes at the Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair! Words of the People would like to send our appreciation for your work. We also want to bring some upcoming readings featuring Indigenous…

Hawe Zani! Words of the People is so happy to present a rematriation retreat with Ndn Girls Book Club and support from the Poetry Foundation! Please register at the link here as space is limited and you all are officially the first to know: https://forms.gle/AgszLn957zfsrs1C7 Hope to see you there. Words of the People