Native Oklahoma

$1 Million Championship Event DURANT, Okla. - The World Series of Poker Circuit event kicked off inside Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant this week! The tournament began on Wednesday, July 17 with a $130 buy-in senior's event. It will last until Sunday, July 28 with the $1 million

Feds say wind farm owes millions for turbines in Osage County; wind farm attorneys disagree A federal judge says a wind farm must pay the Osage Nation for illegally mining on Osage land, but the court hasn’t decided how much. At closing arguments this week, federal prosecutors argued those

ICYMI: Final Arkansas gaming license awarded to CNE BY D. SEAN ROWLEY  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Years ago, before there was a COVID-19 pandemic, Cherokee Nation Entertainment applied for one of the four gaming licenses approved by the Arkansas electorate in 2018. It seemed the CNE lost its bid, then won

Oklahoma's Bacone College filing for bankruptcy, president vows to keep fighting Bacone College in Muskogee is filing for bankruptcy. By Katie Hallum “Indian University,” now known as “Bacone College” was Oklahoma’s first higher education institution and America’s first Native college. It opened its doors in 1881

DURANT, Okla. (July 1, 2024) – The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma celebrates five graduates from the Family Medicine Residency Program this summer. Doctors Henry Gutierrez, Zachary Cruse, Shanell Gray, Patrick McIntosh, and Daniel Stacy finish their three-year residency with Choctaw Nation and four are remaining on as a physician with Choctaw

Kyle Fincher of Southeastern Recycling named Chahtapreneur of the Year DURANT, Okla. (June 26, 2024)- The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma recognized 12 small businesses at its annual Chahtapreneur Award Ceremony inside Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant on Tuesday night. Each year, Choctaw Nation gives Chahtapreneur Awards to a Choctaw

MACON, GA (June 26, 2024)—The Open Space Institute (OSI) has announced the protection of 931 acres of land in Georgia’s Twiggs and Bibb counties. Conservation of the land will support the long-term protection of the nearby Ocmulgee Mounds and bolster efforts to preserve the Ocmulgee River floodplain as