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Sterlin Harjo

What’s A Truthstorian, Anyway?

Lee Roy Chapman didn’t fit the typical mold of a historian or a journalist. Good.

November 18, 2025

Sterlin Harjo Is Proud He Made Tulsa Look Like Tulsa

As ‘The Lowdown’ wraps up, we talked to Harjo about noir, skepticism, telling the truth about Oklahoma, and that land run scene

November 5, 2025

In ‘The Lowdown,’ Lee Raybon’s Name Might Suggest Another Influence: Bill Rabon, Real-Life Tulsa Vagabond

The Tulsa artist helped shape some of the best Tulsa art of the ‘70s and remains a well-collected painter after his death in 2017

October 23, 2025

The Time Jeanne Tripplehorn Got Starstruck

We talked to a certified Tulsa queen about The Lowdown, her deep Tulsa lore and working with Sterlin Harjo

October 8, 2025

Before You Watch ‘The Lowdown,’ Get To Know The Real Lee

A letter from our publisher on Lee Roy Chapman, The Lowdown and the importance of stories from the middle of America.

September 22, 2025

After He Was Chicago Pope, And Before He Was Pope-Pope, He Was Tulsa Pope

That and more in this week’s roundup of Tulsa scuttlebutt

May 15, 2025