By: Value News | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: May 2026
The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club annual picnic, featuring Cherokee games and storytelling, arts activities along with vendors, music and a traditional hog fry, will return to Claremore’s Will Rogers Stampede Park in Claremore, 13601 E Blue Starr Dr, Claremore, OK on Saturday, May 16, 2026.
By: Value News | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: March 2026
The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club welcomes you to celebrate the tradition of the “Wild Onion Feast”. The tradition started many years ago. The Cherokee people welcomed spring with the harvesting of wild onions after a long, cold winter.
By: Debra West | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: September 2025
The Indian Women's Pocahontas Club is focused on the future and encourages young people to further their education by providing a variety of scholarships.
By: Debra West | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: June 2025
Attention: High School Graduates & College Undergraduates!!!! Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club Higher Education Scholarship applications for the upcoming 2025-2026 academic school year are available.
By: Aarika Copeland | Category: Recreation/Leisure | Issue: May 2025
Get ready for a day filled with history, tradition, and fun! The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club is bringing its much-loved Old-Fashioned Picnic and Cultural Hog Fry to a brand-new venue this year. Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 17, 2025, as the festivities unfold at Will Rogers Stampede Park near Claremore Lake.
By: Debra West | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: March 2025
The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club annual picnic will take place at Claremore’s Will Rogers Stampede Park Saturday, May 17, 2025. Gates open at 9 a.m. The main event is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
By: Debra West | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: March 2025
The Wild Onion Feast celebrates the beginning of Spring and the gathering of Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club members with the community to raise money for the Club’s Higher Education Scholarship Program.
By: Debra West | Category: Special Interest | Issue: March 2025
Introducing the Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club Officers for 2025, President, Monta Ewing, Vice-President Dr. Tamara Hall, Secretary Joanna Wilson, and Treasurer Suanne Crockett.
By: Debra West | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: January 2025
The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club is proud to announce the Higher Education Scholarship Recipients for the upcoming 2024-2025 academic year.
By: Aarika Copeland | Category: Recreation/Leisure | Issue: October 2024
The legacy of Will Rogers, the Cherokee cowboy, philosopher, and movie actor, continues to shine as the city of Claremore, Oklahoma, prepares to host the annual Will Rogers Days.
By: Debra West | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: October 2024
Kicking off the Will Rogers Days celebrations, the Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club will host the “Pocahontas Spirit – 125th Anniversary” Gala on November 1, 2024, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
By: Debra West | Category: Recreation/Leisure | Issue: October 2024
On November 1, 2024, at 6:30 p.m., the Indian Women's Pocahontas Club will host the “Pocahontas Spirit – 125th Anniversary” Gala at Hard Rock Hotel & Resort, Tulsa.
By: Debra West | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: October 2024
November 2 marks the date of the "Hats Off to Will" birthday tribute and Wreath Laying Ceremony as well as the Will Rogers Days Parade.
By: Aarika Copeland | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: May 2024
The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club will host its much-anticipated annual ‘old-fashioned’ Picnic on May 18th, 2024 from 10am-2pm.
By: Aarika Copeland | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: April 2024
The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club will host its much-anticipated annual ‘old-fashioned’ Picnic on May 18th, 2024 from 10am-2pm.
By: Debra West | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: March 2024
The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club has achieved a significant milestone in history! One Hundred Twenty-five years that is comprised of five generations of Cherokee women that evolved out of the female seminaries of higher education.
By: Aarika Copeland | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: February 2024
In the heart of spring, as nature awakens from its winter slumber, the Indian Women's Pocahontas Club hosts its annual Wild Onion Feast. This year, on Saturday, March 16, 2024, from noon to 2 pm, the First Methodist Church will come alive with the scents and sounds of this time-honored tradition.
By: Debra West | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: January 2024
The Indian Women's Pocahontas Club Higher Education Scholarship selects recipients for the 2023-2024 academic year.
By: Haylie Smart | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: October 2023
Traditions are what keep memories alive and that is what the Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club does on the first Saturday every November to remember Will Rogers.
By: Haylie Smart | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: May 2023
What started out as Cherokee fellowshipping with each other over a meal to celebrate the end of the year (which was in May, not December), became an official event in 1902 as a way to educate the community about Cherokee life.
By: Haylie Smart | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: April 2023
Old-Fashioned Picnic will be a fun-filled day.
By: Haylie Smart | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: March 2023
Make plans to the annual Wild Onion Feast, a scholarship fundraiser for qualifying Cherokee students. Be sure to reserve a table as soon as possible, as the event books up quickly.
By: Debra West | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: February 2023
The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club recently introduced their Officers for 2023 who will continue the neighborly work of the Pocahontas members in the club's objectives of Indian welfare and education.
By: Haylie Smart | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: February 2023
Make plans to the annual Wild Onion Feast, a scholarship fundraiser for qualifying Cherokee students. Be sure to reserve a table as soon as possible, as the event books up quickly.
By: Christy Stephens | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: November 2022
For more than 120 years, the Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club has upheld the values, the culture and the customs of the Cherokee people.
By: Debra West | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: October 2022
For more than 120 years, the Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club has upheld the values, the culture and the customs of the Cherokee people. Will Rogers Days, City of Claremore Indigenous Heritage Day and National Native American Heritage Month begins the first Saturday of November, commemorating Will Rogers birthday (November 4, 1879).
By: Debra West | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: September 2022
The Indian Women's Pocahontas Club sponsors ten Cherokee students scholarships for 2022-2023.
By: Debra West | Category: Rogers County | Issue: September 2022
The Pocahontas Club has been celebrating Will’s birthday since the Will Rogers Memorial Museum was opened in 1944 with a Wreath Laying Ceremony that begins at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum Rotunda with a procession down to the tomb of Will Rogers.
By: Tom Fink | Category: Rogers County | Issue: May 2022
In America, there are few things more traditional than the family picnic. This May, the members of the Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club are bringing back one of their own community friendship traditions with the annual “Old Fashioned Picnic” in northeast Oklahoma – and the public is invited.
By: Tom Fink | Category: Recreation/Leisure | Issue: April 2022
In America, there are few things more traditional than the family picnic. This May, the members of the Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club are bringing back one of their own traditions with the annual “Old Fashioned Picnic” in northeast Oklahoma – and the public is invited. “The (Old Fashioned) picnic is an event that’s been happening ever since the Pocahontas Club was founded in 1899, when picnics were the social gatherings of the day,” said Ollie Starr, longtime Pocahontas Club member. “As our club members are caretakers of the (Cherokee) culture, heritage and communities, we’ve continued to have this picnic every year, as it’s become one of our many traditions.”
By: Debra West | Category: Rogers County | Issue: March 2022
Introducing the Officers for 2022, President Celeste Tillery, Vice President Monta Ewing, Secretary Linda Coleman and Treasurer Alice Meledeo. With a new year beginning, we are hopeful and we are continuing to plan and prepare for upcoming events, that are open to the public, such as the “Old Fashion Picnic” in May at the Will Rogers birthplace ranch, the “Hats off to Will” Will Rogers Days, birthday tribute and the Wreath Laying Ceremony at Will Rogers Memorial Museum in November, not to mention all the other social and cultural events that we promote and participate in, throughout the year.
By: Debra West | Category: Rogers County | Issue: March 2022
Attention graduating seniors, Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club Higher Education Scholarship applications for the upcoming 2022-2023 academic school year are available.
By: Tom Fink | Category: Rogers County | Issue: February 2022
Spring is coming. As the cold of winter ebbs and the warmth of spring returns to Oklahoma, the sights, sounds, and traditions of the season return along with it. For the members of the Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club that means the annual welcoming of the season with the Wild Onion Feast.
By: Debra West | Category: Rogers County | Issue: February 2022
Introducing the Officers for 2022, President Celeste Tillery, Vice President Monta Ewing, Secretary Linda Coleman and Treasurer Alice Meledeo. With a new year beginning, we are hopeful and we are continuing to plan and prepare for upcoming events, that are open to the public, such as the “Old Fashion Picnic” in May at the Will Rogers birthplace ranch, the “Hats off to Will” Will Rogers Days, birthday tribute and the Wreath Laying Ceremony at Will Rogers Memorial Museum in November, not to mention all the other social and cultural events that we promote and participate in, throughout the year.
By: Debra West | Category: Rogers County | Issue: November 2021
The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club is Oklahoma’s oldest, continuous chartered club. Established in the summer of 1899 at Oowala, in the Cooweescoowee District of the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory, it began as a ‘past-time club’ for Native women returning home in the summers from seminaries and colleges. Today, the club remains active in cultural preservation and community service. Based in Claremore, the membership’s dedication to Cherokee and local history is inspiring and commendable. More than a century since its inception, the women of the Pocahontas Club still gather to preserve Cherokee values.
By: Value News | Category: Rogers County | Issue: October 2021
For more than 120 years, the Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club has upheld the values, the culture and the customs of the Cherokee people. Among the club’s traditions are its annual “Hats off to Will” Will Rogers Tribute and Wreath Laying Ceremony, held near Will Rogers’ birthday. This year, however, the group is adding several surprising tours and new activities to the day of remembrance and celebration.
By: Debra West | Category: Rogers County | Issue: September 2021
The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club is Oklahoma’s oldest, continuous chartered club. Established in the summer of 1899 at Oowala, in the Cooweescoowee District of the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory, it began as a ‘past-time club’ for Native women returning home in the summers from seminaries and colleges. Today, the club remains active in cultural preservation and community service.
By: Debra West | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: March 2021
Introducing the Officers for 2021, President Jennifer Brunn, Vice-President Celeste Tillery, Secretary Jennifer Weber and Treasurer Alice Meledeo. We are continuing to plan and prepare for the upcoming year. Thank you to Cherokee Nation Businesses, the Oklahoma Arts Council and to the many individuals who support, encourage and help us achieve our scholarship goals and bring cultural awareness to our community.
By: Value News | Category: Education | Issue: March 2021
The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club sponsor ten (10) Cherokee students, male or female, entering college, with a $600.00 per academic year scholarship or endowment.
By: Debra West | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: February 2021
Introducing the Officers for 2021, President Jennifer Brunn, Vice-President Celeste Tillery, Secretary Jennifer Weber and Treasurer Alice Meledeo. We are continuing to plan and prepare for the upcoming year. Thank you to Cherokee Nation Businesses, the Oklahoma Arts Council and to the many individuals who support, encourage and help us achieve our scholarship goals and bring cultural awareness to our community.
By: Value News | Category: Rogers County | Issue: October 2020
Steeped in tradition, the Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club pay homage to Will Rogers Birthday. This is a free public event to be held at 2 p.m. on November 7, 2020, at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum located at 1720 W. Will Rogers Blvd., Claremore, OK.
By: Value News | Category: Rogers County | Issue: October 2020
The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club sponsors ten (10) Cherokee students, male or female, entering college or vocational school, with a $600.00 per academic year scholarship, along with one (1) recipient of the Oklahoma State University Foundation, Dawson-Nelson Akanadi Endowed Scholarship Fund and three (3) recipients of the Rogers State University Foundation, Foreman Faulkner Scholarship Endowment. Join us in congratulating these outstanding students and wishing them success in their academic endeavors.
By: Tom Fink | Category: Rogers County | Issue: March 2020
Indian Women's Pocahontas Club members preserve Cherokee heritage while sharing it with younger generations. Club members will host their annual Wild Onion Feast this March to reenact the annual springtime tradition. A live auction also will be held to help fund scholarships for young members of the tribe. Find out more at ValueNews.com.
By: Debra West | Category: Rogers County | Issue: February 2020
Introducing the Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club’s officers for 2020 including President, Jennifer Brunn, Vice-President Ruth Ann Weaver, Secretary Celeste Tillery and Treasurer Alice Brown. The ladies have been planning and preparing for upcoming events including the “Wild Onion Feast” and live auction coming March 14 from noon to 2p.m. To read more about the Pocahontas Club visit ValueNews.com.
By: Debra West | Category: Rogers County | Issue: October 2019
The annual Will Rogers tribute hosted by the Indian Women's Pocahontas Club begins with the Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum on November 2 at 10 a.m. followed by music performances from Jana Jae and Becky Hobbs and a Haute Hat Contest in remembrance of Will's wife, Betty. This event celebrates 120 years of the Indian Women's Pocahontas Club and honors the legacy of Oklahoma's Favorite Son, Will Rogers. Find more details about the event in the October 2019 edition of VALUES News Magazine and at ValueNews.com.
By: Macy Goodnight | Category: Rogers County | Issue: May 2019
The Indian Women's Pocahontas Club is hosting their 13th annual Old-Fashioned Picnic on May 18, 2019 at the Will Rogers birthplace ranch in Oologah, Oklahoma. This event is about embracing the history and traditions of the Cherokee people and celebrating the community between friends and neighbors. The event is open to the public and is free to enter; however, a $10 or more donation is suggested. Guests to the event will find music and entertainment, traditional Cherokee games, hog fry, trout pond, vendors and much more. Find all of the details in the May 2019 edition of VALUES News Magazine and at ValueNews.com.
By: Teresa Bond-Mason | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: March 2019
In Cherokee Indian culture, the harvesting of wild onions signifies the rites of spring. The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club is hosting a Wild Onion Feast March 23 at the First United Methodist Church in Claremore from noon until 2 p.m. For only $25, you can join this 120-year-old tradition featuring a variety of Native American customs and foods. Ollie Starr explained how this event brings friends and families together for fellowship along with the opportunity to celebrate their heritage. Learn more about the Wild Onion Feast in the March 2019 edition of VALUES News Magazine at ValueNews.com.
By: Debra West | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: October 2018
The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club will host their annual tribute to Will Rogers, Saturday at 10:00 a.m. November 3, 2018. The Wreath Laying Ceremony by the Pocahontas Club will begin at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum in the Rotunda. The ceremony begins with the club members, dressed in their Cherokee tear dresses and shawls around the bronze statue of Will Rogers.
By: Amy Beth Dobbins | Category: Rogers County | Issue: October 2017
The purpose of each activity is clear: “…to promote and preserve our Cherokee history and culture and to focus on higher education for Cherokee students,” explains Ollie Starr, IWPC Event Coordinator. Annual events include, among others: the Old Fashioned Picnic each May at Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch in Oologah; an annual Tea and Wild Onion Feast as well as weekly art classes offered at the Boys and Girls Club of Chelsea.
By: Sheryl Sowell | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: May 2016
Founded in 1899, the Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club is continuing one of their most cherished traditions. The group was originally formed as a club focused on creating social activities for local females to get together while they were on summer break from seminary. Men and women both were invited to these gatherings, and Will Rogers was even a member of the club.
By: Debra West | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: October 2015
Calling all ranchers, ropers and wranglers! It’s “Hats Off to Will,” Will Rogers’s birthday celebration. The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club will host their annual “Will Roger’s Day” luncheon and silent auction Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 1 p.m.
By: Debra West | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: May 2015
The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club’s distinguished Honorary Members, and the Chief of the Cherokee Nation, Chief Bill John Baker, are honored to host guests at the c…
By: Debra West | Category: Other | Issue: November 2013
The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club and the Will Rogers Memorial Museum kick off the 75th year of celebrating Will’s birthday, together, during Will Rogers Days this November.
By: Susan Erler | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: May 2013
Many traditions come and go these days. In fact, traditions seem to last only a short time before they fall to the wayside due to lack of interest or lack of support.
By: Lorrie Ward Jackson | Category: Special Interest | Issue: November 2009
November is National Native American Month, and this particular November promises to be a particularly busy one for the Pocahontas Club.
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