Annette Arkeketa
Annette Arkeketa is a writer, poet, and playwright, and a member of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma. She has conducted professional workshops in these fields, in addition to the creative process, script consulting, and documentary film making. She directed Native American film studies at Comanche Nation College. Career. Arkeketa also has Muscogee Creek ancestry. Her essay, "Repatriation: Religious Freedom, Equal Protection, Institutional Racism", was published in "American Indian Thought" (2004), a philosophical reader anthology, edited by Anne Water. Arkeketa says, Plays. Arkeketa's play "Hokti" has been produced by the Tulsa Indian Actors' Workshop (1997), Tulsa, Oklahoma  and The Thunderbird Theatre (1998), Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, Kansas. "Hokti" is published in "Stories of Our Way: An Anthology of American Indian Plays", UCLA American Indian Studies Center, 1999. Her play "Ghost Dance" has been performed at public readings at the Gilcrease Museum (2001), Tulsa, Oklahoma; Tulsa University (2002); American Indian Community House (2003), New York, New York. It has been performed with acting workshops in Lawton, Oklahoma. In spring 2004 the full-length drama was produced by the Institute of American Indian Arts, Drama Department. "Ghost Dance" is published in "Keepers of the Morning Star: An Anthology  of Native Women's Theater", UCLA American Indian Studies Center, 2003. Documentaries. More recently Arkeketa has worked as a documentary producer and has formed the production company Hokte Productions. Hokte means 'woman' in the Muscogee language. Her first documentary production was about Jimmy Pena, a visual artist from Corpus Christi: it is titled "Intrinsic Spirit: The Artway of Jimmy Pena" (2002, approximately 24 minutes). Pena's work is shown through his pieces as visual artist and muralist. Her next work was "Muh-Du Kee: Put Them Back" (2004), a 1-hour documentary that follows Jimmy Arterberry, Comanche Nation NAGPRA coordinator , through the consultation process with Colorado state and federal institutions to repatriate the remains of his people. This documentary explores Arterberry's views about the NAGPRA process, archaeologists, policies, and solutions to a controversial human rights issues for Native Americans. "Pahdopony: See how deep the water is" (2005) is a 21-minute film about the life of Juanita Pahdopony (Comanche), an artist, educator and activist. "Chief George" (2009) examines Rev. George Akeen (Cheyenne/Wichita) and his peacekeeping mission to the Middle East. Arkeketa is reported to be co-producing a piece called "Being Indian in Oklahoma". She is seeking a  producer for a family feature film screenplay "A Good Day to Dance". This a story of dance, family love, and what it takes to win.