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

TUPELO, Miss. – Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby led groundbreaking ceremonies June 26 to kick off construction of the Chickasaw Heritage Center located within the tribe’s historic Homeland in Mississippi. “We gather to commemorate what I consider to be a monumental leap forward in the Chickasaws’ ability to preserve and

ICYMI: Groundbreaking begins for new Eufaula casino EUFAULA, Oklv. – Key figures from both Muscogee (Creek) Nation and its subsidiary, Muscogee Nation Gaming Enterprises took part in a groundbreaking ceremony in Eufaula to celebrate the construction of a new 78,000 square-foot hotel and casino. The casino, known as the Lake