Melanie Frye

mfrye@ou.edu
Copeland Hall Room 332

• Language
• History
• Culture revitalization
• Perpetuation

Ms. Frye is a proud citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and her Tribal Town is Eufaula Canadian. She has worked with various institutions and Tribal Nations.

Ms. Frye attended the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology and Native American Studies. In 2020 she completed her Masters in Native American Studies with an emphasis on Language, History and Culture. Currently, she is working on her PhD in Sociocultural & Linguistics.

Her interest is to continue working in the revitalization and perpetuation of the Mvskoke (Creek/Seminole) language and cultural knowledge, through materials development, research, and other language cultural endeavors.

• B.A,. Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, 2007
• B.A., Native American Studies, University of Oklahoma 2007
• M.A., Native American Studies, University of Oklahoma, 2020 (Emphasis on Language, History, and Cultural Knowledge.)
• PhD, Anthropology: Sociocultural & Linguistics, University of Oklahoma, (In Progress)

• Maskoke ‘Punvyvs! Speak Maskoke!: Maskoke Language Level 2 Textbook. 2015

• CREK 1715: Beginning Creek/Seminole
• CREK 1725: Beginning Creek/Seminole, Continued
• CREK 2733: Intermediate Creek/Seminole