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Cherokee Nation celebrates 5-day schools being placed into trust After 40 years of negotiations with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the deeds to the land where five-day schools were located belong to the Cherokee Nation again.  By Katie Hallum (ᏧᏟ), KOSU Day schools featured prominently during the boarding school-era. More

Cole reaffirms commitment to solving missing and murdered Indigenous persons crisis By Kevin Eagleson Gaylord News There are 86 missing Indigenous persons in Oklahoma, according to data from the National Missing and Unidentified Persons Systems.  At a Nov. 20 House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies

Oklahoma City declares Indigenous Peoples' Day at First Americans Museum Tribal citizens from across Oklahoma traveled to the First Americans Museum to celebrate their heritage on Indigenous Peoples Day. By Katie Hallum The event featured food, festivities and an announcement from Osage citizen and Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt.

New federal rules aim to end tax confusion for tribally owned businesses, boost clean energy projects  By Chez Oxendine, TBN Three decades of confusion around the tax status of tribally chartered businesses may soon come to an end with new federal rules announced on Monday.  The Department of the Treasury

Unique car tag agreement being discussed between Oklahoma, Cherokee Nation Oklahoma has proposed a new car tag compact deal to save negotiations with the Cherokee Nation. By Katie Hallum, KOSU Gov. Kevin Stitt has proposed a potential two-compact deal with Cherokee Nation that would differ from the ones signed by

Muscogee Nation brings lawsuit against Alabama tribe back to federal court The Muscogee Nation is appearing before a federal appeals court in Georgia demanding accountability from another tribe in Alabama. KOSU | By Katie Hallum The Muscogee Nation first filed a lawsuit against the Poarch Band of Creek Indians over their