He brings that experience and his own growing up as a citizen of Cherokee Nation and the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma to his debut novel "Calling for a Blanket Dance." Hokeah joins Here & Now 's Jane ...

President Obama Dons Ceremonial Hat and Blanket at White House Tribal Nations Conference. 2 minute ... He is Chairman of the Swinomish Tribe and president of the National Congress of American Indians.

At 16, Oscar Hokeah read Robert J. Conley’s “Mountain Windsong,” a historical novel set during the Trail of Tears, the violent relocation of Cherokee people from their homeland to Oklahoma ...