{"id":35169,"date":"2022-09-01T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=35169"},"modified":"2022-09-08T16:38:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T21:38:29","slug":"sharing-indigenous-oklahoma-stories-at-field-museum-exhibit-really-inspiring-for-stilwell-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2022\/09\/01\/sharing-indigenous-oklahoma-stories-at-field-museum-exhibit-really-inspiring-for-stilwell-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing Indigenous Oklahoma stories at Field Museum exhibit \u2018really inspiring\u2019 for Stilwell students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-radius: 6px; overflow: hidden;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.captivate.fm\/episode\/e52db824-7409-4025-85f7-691d172c966b\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">StateImpact is on a listening tour with Oklahoma\u2019s youth. And we\u2019ve brought along our microphones.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reagan and Jimma are students at Stilwell High School.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier this year, the pair, along with their classmate Tyla, got to share some of the poetry they worked on at the Field Museum in Chicago as part of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fieldmuseum.org\/exhibitions\/native-truths-our-voices-our-stories\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Native Truths exhibit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cJust bringing something from Oklahoma and putting it in this big place for people to see it, it&#8217;s just really inspiring,\u201d Reagan said. \u201cTyla and Jimma, their poems really are\u2026 really beautiful and they really inspire me also to keep creating things not only like poetry and writing and stuff.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both credited their creative writing teacher <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/phillips_faith\/status\/1528157551686213633\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faith Phillips<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for connecting them to the experience. <\/span>Hear some of their poetry below.<\/p><p>&#8220;Blackbird Flats,&#8221; by Jimma:<\/p><p><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]--><br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-35169-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/08\/Blackbird-flats.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/08\/Blackbird-flats.mp3\">https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/08\/Blackbird-flats.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p><p>&#8220;Control,&#8221; by Reagan:<\/p><p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-35169-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/08\/Control.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/08\/Control.mp3\">https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/08\/Control.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This conversation was produced by grants from the Education Writers Association and America Amplified.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mission of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewa.org\/about-ewa\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Education Writers Association<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is to strengthen the community of education writers and improve the quality of education coverage to better inform the public.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americaamplified.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">America Amplified<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> initiative using <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">community engagement to inform and strengthen local, regional and national journalism. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">America Amplified is a public media initiative funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>StateImpact is on a listening tour with Oklahoma\u2019s youth. 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