How 'Reservation Dogs' sparked a Native filmmaking boom in Tulsa (National Geographic)

This story about Indigenous filmmaking in Tulsa appeared in the July 2024 issue of National Geographic.

Mullin: ‘volunteer walk’ comment referred to Old Settlers

Cherokee Phoenix - Nov. 2, 2018

TAHLEQUAH – U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin says he was referring to Cherokees who left the Cherokee Nation East before the Trail of Tears when he spoke on Fox News about his ancestors ending their “volunteer walk” in eastern Oklahoma. 

During an Oct. 16 interview on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” the CN citizen discussed his family’s roots in eastern Oklahoma while addressing Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s DNA test that showed she had some Native ancestry.