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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation will begin taking applications for a limited supply of heirloom seeds on Feb. 6 for tribal citizens interested in growing traditional Cherokee crops and plants. “I’m very proud to see the Cherokee Nation seed bank continue to offer a vital link to our Cherokee

Removing Osage Wind farm leaves school district with huge funding gap by Curtis Killman, Mike Simons Tulsa World Five years ago, the Shidler School District was in a tough spot. Located in northwestern Osage County, the district’s high school and middle school facilities — nearly 100 years old — had seen

Cherokee Council unanimously supports Chief Hoskin, Deputy Chief Warner proposal for tribe’s largest language investment TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Leaders of the Cherokee Nation gathered on Wednesday, Jan. 24, to celebrate the permanent reauthorization of the historic Durbin Feeling Language Preservation Act inside the Durbin Feeling Language Center in Tahlequah. The

The Chickasaw Nation and the State of Oklahoma have agreed to tobacco and vehicle license tag compacts that will continue current programs for another decade. The new tobacco terms improve upon and implement what the Chickasaw Nation proposed last summer for avoiding a substantive impasse over jurisdictional disputes in prior

Ada, Okla. – Chickasaw Lighthorse Police had been protecting Chickasaw citizens for the better part of seven decades when Oklahoma became a state in 1907. Following Oklahoma statehood, tribal government changed drastically, and all the Chickasaw Nation’s governmental buildings, agencies, and responsibilities, including law enforcement, were transferred to the U.

Oral arguments to be heard in tribal income tax protest case by Curtis Killman, Tulsa World The Oklahoma Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case to decide whether the state can tax the income of a Muscogee Nation tribal member and employee who lives and works within

Intertribal competition hosted April 6-May 11 TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The longest-running Native American art show and competition in Oklahoma is seeking artwork for its upcoming spring event. The 53rd annual Trail of Tears Art Show is presented April 6-May 11 in the gallery at Cherokee Springs Plaza and online at www.