Politics

By: Paige Willett, Citizen Potawatomi Nation Public Information Department As a young professional, lawyer and Citizen Potawatomi Nation Supreme Court Associate Justice, Jennifer Lamirand can list accomplishments from her 20s and 30s that many hope to achieve in their entire career. This year, her employer Crowe & Dunlevy nominated her

By: Janice Francis-Smith The Oklahoma Tax Commission disavowed the findings of its own report, as well as the findings of its own administrative law judge, in order to reject a tribal citizen’s claimed exemption from state income tax. While Gov. Kevin Stitt heralded the decision as a win for

OKLAHOMA CITY — Leaders of the five largest tribes in Oklahoma announced today they officially endorse State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister as Oklahoma’s next Governor, citing her respect for tribal sovereignty and her commitment to work with the state’s nearly 40 federally recognized tribes for the betterment

National Native organization responds Washington DC—Representative Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) sent a letter to President Biden co-signed by 42 members of Congress, asking him to expand Tribal co-management of U.S. public lands, waters, and resources. The statement below from Judith LeBlanc (Caddo), executive director of Native Organizers Alliance, can

By Lauren Green Gaylord News WASHINGTON – Oklahoma’s five largest tribes on Wednesday spilt on their willingness to comply with terms of treaties signed more than 150 years ago regarding descendants of their former slaves. “They’re going through a long conversation happening among the tribes that is resolved in

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Native American is being appointed U.S. treasurer, a historic first.The White House announced President Joe Biden's intent to appoint Marilynn “Lynn” Malerba as his administration establishes an Office of Tribal and Native Affairs at the Treasury Department, which will be overseen by the

QUAPAW, Oklahoma - The Quapaw Nation today responded to the Supreme Court of the United State's ruling in Oklahoma v. Castro Huerta. The case presented a jurisdictional question about whether the federal government has exclusive jurisdiction to prosecute certain major crimes in Indian Country or whether the federal