The Oklahoma History Center will show the documentary "Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family" on November 15 from 3-5 p.m. This film, produced by the Oklahoma Historical Society and Six14 Productions, highlights the life of the influential Oklahoma American Indian artist Allan Houser and highlights some of the pieces in the "Born to Freedom: Allan Houser Centennial" exhibit located in the Gaylord Special Exhibits Gallery. The event is free with museum admission. For more information please contact the Oklahoma History Center Education Department at  education@okhistory.org or 405-522-3602.

"Same Traditions, New Reasons" explores the experiences of American Indian women in Wild West shows. A discussion of federal Indian policy leads to motivations for Native families to join these enterprises and the conflicting messages put forth by Euro-American organizers and American Indians. Native women had many common experiences along the show route and within the arena, from food and friendships to entrepreneurship. Finally, popular figures such as Viola Shaw and Princess Wenona can tell us much about how eastern audiences perceived Native American women.

Presenter Alyce Vigil is a native of Pawnee, OK. She is working on a doctoral degree in History of the American West and Public History at Oklahoma State University. She has previously worked for both the Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum and the Pioneer Woman Museum, and is excited to share her love and knowledge of women in the Wild West.

The free presentation will be held in the education meeting room at the Pioneer Woman Museum on Saturday, November 8, 2014 and will begin at 11 a.m. Contact the Pioneer Woman Museum for more information and at 580-765-6108 or  piown@okhistory.org.

The Pioneer Woman Museum, a division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, is located at 701 Monument Road in Ponca City. The mission of the Oklahoma Historical Society is to collect, preserve and share the history and culture of the state of Oklahoma. Founded in 1893 by members of the Territorial Press Association, the OHS maintains 32 museums, historic sites and affiliates across the state. Through its research archives, exhibits, educational programs and publications the OHS chronicles the rich history of Oklahoma. For more information visit www.okhistory.org.

Grab some popcorn and prepare to view some of the best in Native American film at the 11th annual Comanche Nation College Film Festival, November 7-8 inside the Comanche Nation College James Cox Auditorium, 1608 S.W. 9th Street on the CNC campus in Lawton.

The festival will take place from 1-3 p.m. Friday,  November 7, with the workshop "From Script to Concept" by Choctaw filmmaker Tvli Jacob. This workshop will include examples of Jacob's film career as a producer, writer, director and cinematographer. Jacob's productions include "American Indian Graffiti", "Search for the World's Best Indian Taco", "Shouting Secrets" and the PBS series "We Shall Remain".

The primary screenings will be 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, November 8. Documentaries on the bill include "Forty Winters", a film about the planning of a 40-year commemoration of the Alcatraz occupation of 1969, and "Indian Relay", a film about horse relay racing by the tribes of Idaho and Montana.

One of the feature films in the festival is "The Daughter of Dawn", an 80-minute silent film shot in May-July 1920, in the Wichita Mountains of southwest Oklahoma. The film has an all-Indian cast of 300 Kiowa and Comanche, who had been on the reservation less than 50 years. The actors and extras brought with them their own tipis, horses, clothing, and material culture. The lead actor is White Parker, the son of Comanche leader Quanah Parker. 

Additional entries include "Shouting Secrets", written by Jacob and Mickey Blaine, starring Gil Birmingham and Chaske Spencer of "Twilight" fame; the Native American Paranormal Project's new production "Wheelock Academy"; "Wolverine," a short documentary about the James Bay Cree's fight to protect their water and land by keeping uranium mining out of their territory; "The Big Lizards Are Camping" a stop-motion animated short by 12-year-old Chado Daffron; and "Itsy Bitsy Spider" by nine-year-old twins Kateri and Matthias Daffron.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call Phyllis Narcomey at CNC, 580-591-0203.