Gigi Sieke (Osage/ Sac & Fox/ Absentee Shawnee) is from Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Sieke is a broadcast and digital/print journalist and the first Native American Teen Broadway Critic, covering a range of topics from Capitol Hill to Broadway to Oklahoma’s Reservations. Sieke expects to graduate with a Journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma in May 2026.

Sieke started her journalism career in 2019 with Second Nexus, now Comic Sands, as a Broadway critic. With her help, Second Nexus launched the platform, Teen’s Take Broadway, which allowed young voices to write about the arts. In spring 2022, she became an intern at the Osage News and wrote articles ranging from school board issues to personal columns. In summer 2024, Sieke worked as an Indigenous Affairs Reporter for Gaylord News in Washington, D.C. In summer 2025, Sieke interned for The Oklahoman, the largest daily newspaper in Oklahoma, as a Business and Tribal Affairs Reporter, covering the ever-growing Oklahoma City, Tribal economics and developments, and sovereignty. Sieke has been selected as a 2026 Indigenous Journalism Association Fellow and plans to continue writing and giving back to her native people.