Join Us for Our Eastern Chapter Power Hour Thursday, April 17th, 2025, from 6pm – 8pm!
Event Topic: Hollywood & Heritage
Event Speakers: Yancey Red Corn and Talee Redcorn, “Killers of the Flower Moon” Actors and Osage Nation Citizens
Where: Osage Casino Tulsa 951 West 36th St, North Tulsa, OK 74127
Cost: $20 Members $25 Non-members
Visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eastern-chapter-power-hour-tickets-1295281745569 to secure your spot!
Please RSVP by COB on April 15.
Questions? Contact Julie Aldridge julie@apelaok.com OR 918-703-2751
Speaker Information:
As a citizen of the Osage Nation through his father Charles Red Corn and with Caddo and Potawatomi lineage through his mother Jeri Red Corn, Yancey Red Corn grew up steeped in the old ways. He learned from his father, novelist and tribal statesman, Charles Red Corn, who authored the novel A PIPE FOR FEBRUARY and who also co-authored the Osage Nation Constitution. He also learned from his mother who was Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2022, Yancey’s mother, Jeri Red Corn is a national treasure. Single handedly, she revived the lost art of her Caddo Tribe’s pottery making tradition. Through his mother’s Pottawatomi ancestry, Yancey is a cousin to the Olympian, Jim Thorpe.
Yancey, a SAG-AFTRA member is also collaborating as an executive producer/writer where he works with a team which includes his mother Jeri Red Corn, sister-Dr. Moira Red Corn and his son Miles Thorpe Red Corn, on the adaptation of A PIPE FOR FEBRUARY for audio, stage and television. Specifically for the television series, their team is being mentored by Academy Awarding winning and legendary Director Martin Scorsese.
Talee Redcorn is a member of the Osage Nation and resides in the Pawhuska Indian Village in Oklahoma. Currently Talee is the Project Manager for the Tribal Development department at the Osage Nation. Talee was also elected to the Osage Minerals Council four times and leads investigations in orphan well and enhanced oil recovery projects. Talee has a MS and BS in Engineering and an AT in Building Construction. Talee is very active in Osage and tribal cultural activities and also speaks the Osage language.
In 2022 Talee was cast in Martin Scorsese’s movie Killers of the Flower Moon (movie to show in Oct 2023). Talee has a 29 year old daughter Wilma, a 25 year old son Tahlee Karl (“TJ”), and a 5 year old grandson named Adrian Tiger.
Thank you to the Artesian Bottleless Water, Native American Coffee and Royal Thrones Luxury Restrooms for sponsoring this event!