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Chickasaw Nation Announces Election Results
Chickasaw Nation Election Secretary Rita Loder announced results of the July 25, 2023, primary election.
Tishomingo District Seat 3 incumbent legislator Steven Woods, Davis, received 729 votes, while Dusk Monetathchi, Sulphur, received 653 votes and Shane Langford, also of Sulphur, received 89 votes.
A runoff election for Tishomingo District Seat
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Oklahoma Senate overrides GOP governor's vetoes on Native American compacts
The Republican-controlled Oklahoma Senate met in a special session Monday and overrode GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt’s vetoes of two bills to extend existing agreements with Native American tribes for another year.
The overrides were the latest development
FY 2022 Indian Gaming Revenue Breaks Records at $40.9 Billion
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) released Fiscal Year 2022 (FY 2022) Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) numbers totaling $40.9 billion, an increase of 4.9% over FY 2021.
Chairman E. Sequoyah Simermeyer and Vice Chair Jeannie Hovland made the announcement live from
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This long-running lawsuit is the latest dispute over Oklahoma tribal relations
by Molly Young
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond wants to take the lead in representing the state in a long-running tribal gaming lawsuit. But Gov. Kevin Stitt’s office says he has no plans to hand over the reins.
Chickasaw Nation, FAM awarded grant to develop education resource
The Chickasaw Nation recently was awarded a federal grant to develop an online curriculum resource for educators in collaboration with the First Americans Museum (FAM), Oklahoma City.
Through the grant, dubbed the Chickasaw Nation Online Educator Resource Planning Grant, the Chickasaw Nation will partner with FAM to develop a publicly
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$60 Billion Might Cover It
by Mark Fogarty
How much money would it take to solve the Native American housing crisis?
That is one tough question. Tribal Business News took a crack at estimating it, and we also asked several Native housing leaders to give a ballpark figure.
The short