Contest open to citizens, students, CLPs or apprentices from any of the three Shawnee Nations or Shawnees enrolled in other federally recognized tribes. Entrants must use the official orthography of either the Shawnee Tribe or Absentee Shawnee Tribe for their project. Prizes will be awarded to the top three winners in each category.
1st Place – $500
2nd Place – $375
3rd Place – $250
CATEGORIES & SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
| AGE GROUP | SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT |
| KINDERGARTEN – GRADE 2 | SINGLE-PAGE POSTER |
| GRADES 3 & 4 | 4-PANEL COMIC STRIP |
| GRADES 5 & 6 | 6-PANEL COMIC STRIP |
| GRADES 7 & 8 | 8-PANEL COMIC STRIP |
| GRADES 9 – 12 | 10-PANEL COMIC STRIP |
| ADULT SLIP STUDENT | 10-PANEL COMIC STRIP |
| ADULT CLP / APPRENTICE | 10-PANEL COMIC STRIP |
DEADLINES & EVENTS
| JUNE 1 | DEADLINE EXTENDED! Submit name, grade level (if applicable) and copy of Tribal ID via email to shawneelanguage@shawnee-tribe.com |
| JULY 15 | PROJECT/PRESENTATION DEADLINE |
| JULY 27 | LANGUAGE FAIR & STOMP DANCE Miami Tribe Community Center 2319 Newman Rd., Miami, OK 74354 4:00 PM – Fair & Presentation of Awards 6:00 PM – Dinner 7:30 PM – Stomp Dance Unable to attend in person? The Fair and Stomp Dance will be streamed live on the Tribe’s YouTube channel, @saawanooki! |
QUESTIONS? Contact SLIP at shawneelanguage@shawnee-tribe.com or (918) 542-2441, ext. 118.
The Shawnee Tribe’s Behavioral Health Program is providing information in January for Stalking Awareness Month. Stalking is a serious and often misunderstood form of victimization. It involves a pattern of behaviors that would cause a reasonable person to fear for their safety or experience significant emotional distress. Stalking is not rare, and it is not […]
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Common E-Waste Items: Why does it matter? Key Facts: Sources: World Health Organization
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WHY SHOULD I RECYCLE? HOW DO I RECYCLE? Sources: earth911.com
by A. Gwynn Henderson and David Pollack The original mouth of the Scioto River, in what is now southern Ohio, is far from Oklahoma. So far, perhaps, it has been forgotten. But important events in Shawnee history—in the mid-1700s and thousands of years earlier—took place there. Two painted panels on Portsmouth, Ohio’s floodwall highlight its […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MIAMI, OK — The Shawnee Tribe has declared a state of emergency and released emergency funds to assist citizens who may lose access to food assistance following the federal government’s suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture notified the Tribe on October 22 that SNAP operations will […]