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ADA, Okla. -- Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby led groundbreaking ceremonies Feb. 16 to begin construction on expansions to the Chickasaw Nation Medical Center (CNMC), 1921 Stonecipher Blvd., which are designed to enhance health care services for First Americans. Governor Anoatubby said the expansion is part of a continued investment

TUNICA, Miss. – CNE Gaming Holdings LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Cherokee Nation Businesses, officially assumed operations of Gold Strike Casino Resort after receiving approval from the Mississippi Gaming Commission. “This is a historic day of growth for our hospitality portfolio as we enter the commercial gaming industry, and we welcome

By Cheyenne Leach The U.S. Mint released a new $1 coin this month, featuring five Native American women known as the Five Moons Ballerinas. In the foreground of the coin is Osage ballerina Maria Tallchief behind the rest of the ‘Five Moons Ballerinas,’ on this year's $1

Standing Bear: ‘The proposed rules are too long, too detailed and too complicated’ Written by Shannon Shaw Duty SKIATOOK, Okla. – It’s clear the officials of the Osage Nation, the Osage Minerals Council and the oil and gas producers of Osage County, soundly reject the U.S. Department of Interior’

By: Associated Press A few months after South Dakota banned abortion last year, April Matson drove more than nine hours to take a friend to a Colorado clinic to have the procedure. The trip brought back difficult memories of Matson’s own abortion at the same clinic in 2016. The

Angel Goodrich will be inducted into the National American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame this year. Born in Glendale, Arizona, to parents Jonathan and Fayth Lewis. She has two siblings, an older brother Zach and a younger sister Nikki. She is a member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee

By Dacoda McDowell-Wahpekeche Sovereign Community School is looking for ways to continue teaching Native American youth after being notified their funding could end in June. Members of the State Board of Education voted Jan. 26 to issue a notice of termination, which could close the school if a new sponsor