TULSA, Okla. — The Heartland Regional Emmy Awards recently recognized Cherokee Film Production’s “Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People,” or OsiyoTV as it’s commonly known, with four additional Emmys.
The 2025 Heartland Regional Emmy Awards brings OsiyoTV’s total Emmy wins to 33, continuing the docuseries’ decade-long run as one of the most-awarded Native shows on television.
“We are thrilled to continue a legacy of award-winning storytelling through OsiyoTV,” said Jen Loren, executive producer and host. “Cherokee People have important stories to tell, and we appreciate the recognition from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, providing further evidence that no one can tell our stories as well as we can.”
This year, the tribe’s popular docuseries received 11 Emmy nominations in categories covering arts, entertainment, diversity, history, culture, youth, human interest, nostalgia, lifestyle and magazine program. OsiyoTV received its latest statuettes for stories aired during its ninth and 10th seasons, as well as its “Let’s Talk Cherokee” segment.
Since premiering in 2015, “Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People” has vibrantly featured hundreds of Cherokees from both past and present. The first-of-its-kind series, hosted and directed by Cherokee Nation citizen, filmmaker and Emmy-winning journalist Jen Loren, is breaking barriers and helping change how Native Americans are represented by bringing the rich traditions and compelling modern stories of the Cherokee people to viewers across the globe.
“We are excited to bring four additional Heartland Emmys back to the Cherokee Nation Reservation,” said Danielle Culp, senior manager for Cherokee Film Productions. “The OsiyoTV team is a group of dedicated filmmakers who are each grateful to the Cherokee People for trusting us to share our culture, history, language and more with the rest of the world.”
Cherokee Film includes four distinct branches — Cherokee Film Productions, Cherokee Film Studios, Cherokee Film Commission and Cherokee Film Institute — all working toward a shared goal of innovating narrative sovereignty while creating economic development within the tribe’s reservation. Cherokee Film Productions develops, produces, promotes and distributes a variety of original content, including the popular and award-winning OsiyoTV, in film, TV and other media that tells authentic Cherokee stories on behalf of the tribe, its people and its businesses.
Founded in 1947, the National Academy of Television Arts & Science and the Emmy Award recognize and celebrate the best in the television industry.