Weekly Newsletter
Oklahoma governor argues tribal tags a fairness issue
By: Carmen Foreman, Oklahoma Voice
OKLAHOMA CITY – Gov. Kevin Stitt said he didn’t know an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper was going to ticket an Otoe-Missouria citizen for having a tribal license plate while living outside her tribe’s boundaries, but that
Cherokee Nation kicks off 2023 Angel Project adoptions
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Over 3,000 angels are ready to be adopted as part of the 2023 Cherokee Nation Angel Project that kicked off on Tuesday.
The project will provide items like clothing, toys and other holiday needs for Cherokee children across the 14-county reservation.
Joined by the Cherokee National Youth
Weekly Newsletter
Traffic tickets, tributes, tribal leader doll
Conflict continues with state, numbers of Natives, icon’s heritage challenged and new tributes
by Gary Fife
OKMULGEE, Okla. – Well, it seems that tribal and state governments will be squaring off in another legal arena. This time, it’s over traffic tickets.
Let’s
Comanche Nation Entertainment Hosts Thanksgiving Feast on Thursday, November 26
Comanche Nation Entertainment team members will be provided with a complimentary Thanksgiving dinner at all locations, and guests can enjoy the traditional holiday flavors for $16.99 at Comanche Red River Hotel Casino at 196747 Highway 36 in Devol or Comanche Nation Casino at 402 SE Interstate Drive in Lawton.
Blues Traveler Shows Downstream Casino a Night of Blues, Soul and Some Psychedelic Rock
by Ryann Gordon
Blues Traveler kicked off Thursday night in the Pavilion at the Downstream Casino Resort. Fans loaded in as the doors opened, fresh from dinner and for many, fresh from the casino slot machines.
The mood was anticipatory as the band’s opener neared, cheers erupting as the
Lowak Sho'li First American Humanities Forum to take place Nov. 28
The 11th annual Lowak Sho'li (Carry the Fire) First American Humanities Forum will take place at 6 p.m., Nov. 28, at the Chickasaw Nation Community Center in Ada, Oklahoma, 700 N. Mississippi. This year’s theme for the forum is “First Americans in History.”
“The theme was
THE MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION FILES SUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF TULSA
Okmulgee, Okla.— Today, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation (“Nation”) filed suit against the City of Tulsa in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
The Nation’s suit alleges that Tulsa is deliberately and unlawfully prosecuting tribal citizens for conduct occurring within the Nation’s Reservation boundaries