MARLA NAUNI  (pronounced NO-NIGH)

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ETHNICITY:            NATIVE AMERICAN - Comanche, Seneca, and Huron Band Potawatomi Nations

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ATTRIBUTES:

         EYES:               BROWN

         HAIR:               BROWN, Long

         

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Summer 2023 - Performed in “TEXAS” Outdoor Theater Production, Palo Duro Canyon, TX

• Mar. 2023 – “Bass Reeves” (TV), Ft. Worth, TX

• Nov. 2022– “Yellowstone” (TV), Season 5, Background, Ft. Worth, TX

• Oct. 2022 – “Yellowstone” (TV), Season 5, Background, Ft. Worth, TX; “A Christmas…Present” (Film), Background, Claremore, OK; NIEA Conference, Oklahoma City, OK; Bacone College, Muskogee, OK; ECU, Ada, OK

• Sept. 2022 - "Fancy Dance" (Film), Background, OK; "Walker" (TV) Background, TX

• Aug. 2022 - "Fancy Dance" (Film), Background, OK

• July 2022 - Marvel’s “ECHO” (Film), Background, GA; Performed in “TEXAS” Production, Palo Duro Canyon, TX

• June 2022 - Performed in “TEXAS” Production, Palo Duro Canyon, TX; Winstar Commercial, Thackerville, OK (Lead)

• May 2022 – Marvel’s “ECHO” (Film), Background Actor; Disney/FX’s “Reservation Dogs” (TV) S2, Stand In Actor, Tulsa, OK; Paramount+ “Tulsa King” (TV) S1, Background Actor

• Apr. 2022 - Stand-In Actor in Disney/FX "Reservation Dogs" Season 2 (TV), Tulsa, OK; Voice -Over and Looping Experience in "Prey" (Film) in Comanche/English Vocals and Lyrics, Tulsa, OK,  "Nauni Legacy" (3rd album) Released

• Mar. 2022 - Performed in Disney/FX "Reservation Dogs" Season 2 (TV) and Paramount+ “Tulsa King” (TV), Tulsa, OK

• Feb. 2022 – Worked on 3rd Album – “NAUNI LEGACY”

• Dec. 2021 – Paramount+ “1883” (TV), S1E8 Amarillo, Texas; and Jackie Cooper Commercial, OK

• Sept. 2021 – Performed First American Museum Grand Opening, Oklahoma City, OK and                                           in Apple’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Film), Bartlesville, OK

• Aug. 2021 – Performed in Apple’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Film), Bartlesville, OK

• Jul. 2021 – Performed in Apple’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Film), Bartlesville, OK

• Jun. 2021 – Performed in Apple’s “Killers of the Flower Moon”(Film), Bartlesville, OK

• Summer 2021 - Performed in “TEXAS” Production (Theater), Palo Duro Canyon, TX

• May 2021 - Performed in Disney/FX "Reservation Dogs" (TV), Season 1, Tulsa, OK

• Apr. 2021 - Performed in Disney/FX "Reservation Dogs" (TV), Season 1,Tulsa, OK

• Mar. 2021 - "Thistle Creek" won "Best Original Score," First Run Film Festival, New York City, NY 

• Jan. 2021 – Starred in Back in Time: Osage Murders - The Reign of Terror, (Film), Big Productions, OK, Played Lead Role of "Anna Brown", an Osage head right owner who mysteriously disappears in the 1920's. This documentary explored the systematic murders of the Osage from 1910 to 1930 in an organized effort to rob them of their oil and money.

• Dec. 2020 - Premiere of "Thistle Creek"(Film), Fort Worth, Texas

• Dec. 2020 – Performed Comanche Hymns Lawton Indian Hospital, Lawton, OK

• Nov. 2020 – Performed “Comanche Blessing Song” at Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, Texas

• Feb. 2020 - Led Comanche Hymn Singing at Norman First American United Methodist Church, Norman, OK

• Nov. 2019 – Performed “Comanche Blessing Song” at Ft. Sill, Austin Powwow 2019, and “A Lord of the Plains Blessing,” Quanah Parker Art Mosaic Opening, both events held in Austin, TX

• Sept. 2019 – “Diabetes Foot Care” (Film) Good Health TV, Hokte Productions, Lawton, OK; Performed Comanche Blessing Song at: Fall Festival 2019, Quanah, TX; and “Diversity Enrichment,” WTAMU, Canyon, TX

• August 2019 – Performed in Paramount's “Yellowstone” S3E6 (TV), Park City, UT

• Summer 2019 - Performed in “TEXAS” Production (Theater), Palo Duro Canyon, TX

• Spring 2019 - Performed Vocals (Film), “Thistle Creek,” worked with Nathan Prillaman, Juilliard School, NYC

• Nov. 2018 - Austin Powwow, Austin, TX; Sacred Springs Powwow, San Marcos, TX 

• Summer 2018 - Performed in “TEXAS” Production (Theater), Palo Duro Canyon, TX

• Mar. 2018 – Performed Vocals (Film), “Thistle Creek,” Comanche, TX

• Feb. 2018 - Performed English/Comanche Vocals for AMC's (TV) Series, “The Son” S2E8, Austin, TX

• Dec. 2017 – Performed at the Comanche Nation Elder’s Christmas Celebration, Lawton, OK

• Nov. 2017 - Keynote Speaker/Performer, Native American Celebration, Ft. McCoy, Wisconsin

• Summer 2017 - Performed in “TEXAS” Production (Theater), Palo Duro Canyon, TX

• Dec. 2016 – Performed Comanche Vocals for AMC's (TV) Series, “The Son” S1E10, Los Angeles, CA

• Oct. 2016 – Performed “Corazon de Manteca” (Film), Lawton, OK; Lead Role, “Maria”, a wife who learns about becoming a borderline Diabetic if she does not change her eating habits, and makes a decision to change her eating habits and lifestyle, even is causes some conflict with her husband.

• Aug. 2016 – Performed Vocals (Film), with Composer Marcello De Francisci, Pasadena, CA

• Aug. 2016 - Performed at Quanah Parker Celebration in Lubbock, TX

• Summer 2016 - Performed in “TEXAS” Production (Theater), Palo Duro Canyon, TX

• Fall 2015 – Grand Opening Performance for an establishment in Pampa, TX

• Nov. 2014 – Keynote speaker and performer, Honolulu, HI

• Summer 2014 – Performed in “TEXAS” Production (Theater), Palo Duro Canyon, TX

• Summer 2013 – Performed in “TEXAS” Production (Theater), Palo Duro Canyon, TX

• Summer 2012 – Performed in “TEXAS” Production (Theater), Palo Duro Canyon, TX

• July 2011 - 2nd album nominated for Best Spiritual category, Indian Summer Music Awards, Milwaukee, WI

• May 2011 - Performed for "Traveling Trio" (TV) Ep. 13, and Fixer for "Traveling Trio" Episode 13 (TV)

• Apr. 2011 - GON 2011, Albuquerque, NM and American Cancer Society, Relay for Life, Anadarko, OK

• Mar. 2011 - Performed at Quechan Casino Powwow & San Pasqual Valley Unified Schools,  Winterhaven, CA

• Feb. 2011 – Performed at American Indian Expo Veterans Powwow

• Dec. 2010 – Showcased Comanche Hymns at Jacobson House, Norman, OK & Performed at OCCC, OKC, OK.

• Nov. 2010 - Crowned "Ms. Indian Lawton Woman 2011" by Lawton Intertribal Women's League; Performed at OKDHS Native American Celebration Program; Performed at Ft. Sill, Nye Library; Performed at Altus AFB, Altus, OK & Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX

• Oct. 2010 – Performed Opening Act for Battle of the Bands, Comanche Nation Fair, Lawton, OK

• Sept. 2010 – "Comanche Hymns II," (CD) CD Release & Signing, Lawton, OK; Performed at Quanah Parker Celebration in Lubbock, TX

• Jul. 2009 - Performed at Comanche Homecoming, Walters, OK

• Performed at Comanche Nation Fair 2008-2010, Lawton, OK

• Jul. 2005 – Performed at National Museum of the American Indian, Washington D.C.

• Performed at Red Earth, Oklahoma City, OK 2004 - 2006, 2009

• ​Sept. 2004 - "Osage Murders" (Film), Bigbee Productions, OK, Played role of "Anna Brown", an Osage headright owner who mysteriously disappears in the 1920's.

• July 2004 - Debut album nominated for Best Traditional Vocal category, Indian Summer Music Awards, Milwaukee, WI

• Mar. 2004 – CD Signing & Performance, Dallas, TX

• Feb. 2004 – V-Day Indian Country Project, Tulsa, OK; CD Signing &Performance, Lawton, OK & Norman, OK

• Jan. 2004 - Released debut album, "Comanche Hymns performed by Marla Nauni," (CD)

• Nov. 2003 - Veteran Celebration, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Hollywood, FL, Performed the Gourd Dance and the Scalp Dance of Comanche War Pony Society

• Oct. 2003 - "Contest" (Film), Student Short, Played role of “Heather”, Norman, OK

• Sept. 2003 - "Dangerous To Know" (Film), Concert Scene, Dallas, TX

• Sept. 2003 - Comanche Nation Fashion Show, Com-n-Acha, Albuquerque, NM, Modeled Com-n-Acha Wear at Comanche Nation Casino, Lawton, OK

• Feb. 2003 - 2003 Grammy’s, New York City, NY, Modeled Com-n-Acha Wear at ABC Studios – Times Square at the Pre-Grammy Native American Recognition Party sponsored by Four Directions and Oneida Indian Nation

• Nov. 2002 - "Okemah’s Creek" (Film), Okemah, OK, Melody Grant Productions, L.A., CA

       Starring Role, “Liz”, a hot-headed, yet attractive Native American woman who does what she has to         make things work in her life, until making the wrong choice!

• Oct. 2002 - Four Directions Talent, Kansas City, KS

• Jun. 2002 - American Indian Graffiti (Film), Restless Indian Productions, Norman, OK

• Nov. 2001 - Four Directions Talent, held at Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, NY

• Aug. 2001 – Placed 1st in Four Directions Talent, Mashantucket, CT, held at Foxwoods Casino

• Oct. 2001 - Leslie Powell Gallery, Vocal Performance, Art Show Opening, Lawton, OK

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TRAINING

01/01 - Tulsa Indian Actor’s Workshop, Scripted Reading of “Ghost Dance” as role of Eyelashes Tulsa, OK; 04/99 - Kent Bateman Workshop, Tishomingo, OK; SP98 - OU School of Drama, Acting for Non-Majors at OU, Norman, OK

 

CREATIVE ENDEAVORS

• Albums: “Comanche Hymns performed by Marla Nauni” (2004) & “Comanche Hymns II” (2010)

• Published Photography in Saddle Baron Magazine, Amarillo, TX, & Winter 2003 Lawton Arts and Entertainment, Summer 2003

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