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Oklahoma delegates to the summit included, from left, Cheyenne and Arapaho Gov. Reggie Wassana, Peoria Chief Craig Harper, Muscogee Chief David Hill and Muscogee Second Chief Del Beaver. (Photo by LaRenda Morgan, government affairs representative for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes)

Oklahoma tribal leaders say synergy felt at tribal summit

By Gaylord News

Dec 1, 2022

A sign on the Oneida Nation highlights how opioids have affected the community. (Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Interior)

Tribes seek to lead way on opioid treatment

By Gaylord News

Nov 14, 2022

Ambassador Jonodev Chaudhuri provides his testimony during the hearing. (Gaylord News Photo/Beck Connelley)

Tribal leaders cast doubt on Supreme Court ruling

By Gaylord News

Sep 21, 2022

Pictured: Chief Hoskin provides testimony Wednesday to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.

Oklahoma tribes split over status of descendants of their former slaves.

By Gaylord News

Jul 28, 2022

Cherokee Nation reservation feature image

Cherokee Nation makes history with transportation compact

By Gaylord News

Jul 1, 2022

Chilocco Indian School was a federal off-reservation boarding school established to house, civilize, Christianize, educate, and transform American Indian youth. Thousands of Native children and young adults passed under the school's entryway arch. In January 1884, Chilocco opened its doors in 1884 to 150 children from the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Wichita, Comanche, and Pawnee tribes. It closed in 1980. (Photo courtesy Oklahoma History Center)

Truth and Healing Commission subpoena authority jeopardizes support

By Gaylord News

May 31, 2022

The Kaw Nation’s Sacred Red Rock called “Iⁿ ‘zhúje ‘waxóbe, was a place of cultural ceremony and gathering for the Kaw people prior to removal to Oklahoma in 1872. The stone was moved from the Kaw’s homelands near the Kansas River and Shunganunga Creek, just outside Topeka, to Robinson Park in Lawrence, Kan., as part of Lawrence’s 75th anniversary celebration in 1929, and was fitted with a plaque celebrating the pioneers of Kansas. (Photo provided by James Pepper Henry.)

Reclaiming ancestral homelands beyond state borders

By Gaylord News

May 9, 2022

Oklahoma Indian Country. (Oklahoma Department of Transportation)

Oklahoma, tribes tension compared to western states

By Gaylord News

Mar 7, 2022

An artist’s rendering shows plans for the new Cherokee Nation hospital, announced in December 2021, that will replace the 40-year-old Hastings Hospital in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. (Courtesy of the Cherokee Nation)

Tribal leaders expect economic boost

By Gaylord News

Mar 1, 2022

Ione Quigley, the Rosebud Sioux's historic preservation officer, returns to her seat after speaking during a ceremony at the U.S. Army's Carlisle Barracks, in Carlisle, Pa., Wednesday, July 14, 2021. The disinterred remains of nine Native American children who died more than a century ago while attending a government-run school in Pennsylvania were headed home to Rosebud Sioux tribal lands in South Dakota on Wednesday after a ceremony returning them to relatives. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Debate over boarding schools continues

By Gaylord News

Jan 8, 2022

Wilma Mankiller reads to young students. (Photo courtesy of the Wilma Mankiller Foundation)

Design chosen for Wilma Mankiller coin

By Gaylord News

Jan 4, 2022

Rosa Soto Alvarez, of Tucson,, holds a flag of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe as she and other Native Americans stand outside the federal appeals court in New Orleans, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. Parts of a federal law giving Native American families preference in the adoption of Native American children were effectively struck down Tuesday, April 6, 2021 by a sharply divided federal appeals court, a defeat for tribal leaders who said the 1978 law was important to protecting their families and culture. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill)

ICWA experts say state laws could protect Native families

By Gaylord News

Nov 16, 2021

Gov. Reggie Wassana, right, and Lt. Gov. Gib Miles stand together shortly after their reelection the night of Nov. 2. (Photo courtesy of Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes)

Cheyenne and Arapaho leader elected to second term

By Gaylord News

Nov 4, 2021

Muscogee Nation Lighthorse Police gather at the River Spirit Casino in preparation for collaborative efforts with the Tulsa Police Department to respond to citizen demonstrations after the killing of George Floyd. (Photo by Jason Salsman/Muscogee Nation)

Tribal law enforcement officials say McGirt strengthening public safety

By Gaylord News

Nov 3, 2021

Henry Smith and Viola Belle Asrinwine, Za Smith’s great grandparents, (right) Za Smith. (Courtesy photo)

Freedmen descendants hopeful for increased federal care

By Gaylord News

Oct 29, 2021

Quapaw Nation Business Committee Chairman Joseph T. Byrd. (Photo courtesy of Quapaw Nation)

Quapaw addresses new criminal justice center, McGirt application

By Gaylord News

Oct 27, 2021

Quapaw Nation Business Committee Chairman Joseph T. Byrd. (Photo courtesy of Quapaw Nation)

Quapaw Nation land affirmed as Indian Country

By Gaylord News

Oct 22, 2021

Indigenous environmental activists and allies protest in front of the White House at the People Vs. Fossil Fuels rally. (Photo by Robert Viamontes/Gaylord News)

Oklahoma Indigenous activists urges climate emergency declaration

By Gaylord News

Oct 20, 2021

Mining debris is all that remains more than a decade after Picher, Oklahoma, was declared unlivable and evacuated by the U.S. EPA. (Photo by Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality)

Oklahoma tribe awaits action on environmental damages

By Gaylord News

Oct 7, 2021

Joy Harjo inside the Library of Congress building. (Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress)

Joy Harjo rings in third term as US poet laureate

By Gaylord News

Oct 2, 2021

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers. (Photo courtesy of Honorée Fanonne Jeffers)

Exploring the Afro-Indigenous experience

By Gaylord News

Sep 28, 2021

Kim Duncan’s three adopted daughters, from left, Shalyn, Shyanne and Shelbi, sit smiling with their watermelon in the summer heat, September 2021. (Courtesy photo)

Reaction to developments in Indian Child Welfare Act review

By Gaylord News

Sep 27, 2021

I Voted stickers

Oklahoma looks at new Native voting rights bill

By Gaylord News

Sep 15, 2021

Jaime Pinkham, Nez Perce, is the acting assistant secretary of the Army Corps of Civil Works. (Photo courtesy of Army Pentagon Visual Office)

Recovering history in the Army Corps of Engineers

By Gaylord News

Sep 3, 2021

U.S. Representative Markwayne Mullin. (Photo by Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, ICT)

Markwayne Mullin whereabouts unknown, attempted to enter Afghanistan

By Gaylord News

Sep 1, 2021

A worker greets a patient at Chickasaw Nation Emergency Operations Facility in Ada, Oklahoma. (Photo by Chickasaw Nation)

Tribes prep for vaccine booster after FDA approval

By Gaylord News

Aug 29, 2021

Cherokee Nation citizens and those from federally recognized tribes eligible for services with Cherokee Nation Health Services get COVID-19 vaccines at the new Cherokee Nation office located at 402 West Locust Street in Stilwell on Wednesday.

Tribes canceling events in response to COVID-19 uptick

By Gaylord News

Aug 19, 2021

Kim Holmes at work in her office at the Altamont Apartment complex in Tulsa where she works as a property manager for the Mental Health Association of Oklahoma. (Gaylord News photo/ John Gott)

Despite tragedies, Cherokee woman continues to help

By Gaylord News

Aug 11, 2021

The House passes a seven-bill package along party lines. (Photo courtesy of C-SPAN)

House passes appropriations bill, Oklahoma amendments voted down

By Gaylord News

Jul 30, 2021

Jacob Keyes, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, owner and operate of SkyDance Brewing Company. (Photo courtesy of Gaylord News)

Tribal citizen to expand brewing company

By Gaylord News

May 13, 2021

Gary Tsoodle poses with Kiowa elder Dorothy WhiteHorse, who coached the 10-year-old star of “News of the World,” on set in New Mexico. (Photo courtesy of Lynda DeLaune via Gaylord News)

Oklahoma man 'honored' to play Kiowa chief in film

By Gaylord News

Mar 20, 2021

Tom Hanks (hat) gets his picture with Dorothy WhiteHorse (sitting) and the Kiowa cast of “News of the World.” (Photo by Lynda DeLaune via Gaylord News)

Kiowa elder bonds with young actress

By Gaylord News

Mar 19, 2021

House votes to reauthorize Violence Against Women Act

By Gaylord News

Mar 18, 2021

Cherokee Nation citizen Betty Frogg receives a COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 17, 2020. The Cherokee Nation dedicated early coronavirus vaccines to front-line health care workers and Cherokee language speakers. (Photo courtesy of Cherokee Nation)

Oklahoma vaccinations push forward despite bad weather

By Gaylord News

Feb 25, 2021

Truman ‘TL’ Leon Baker, Kiowa. (Photo by the Kiowa Tribe via Gaylord News)

Record snow, cold kills Kiowa citizen

By Gaylord News

Feb 24, 2021

Kiowa volunteers work to provide nearly 45,000 pounds of boxed-up food to tribal members and non-Native members of the community. (Photo by the Kiowa Tribe via Gaylord News)

Kiowa volunteers hand out supplies amid harsh weather

By Gaylord News

Feb 18, 2021

Citizen Potawatomi Health Services workers give out COVID-19 vaccinations on Jan 22, 2021. (Photo courtesy of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation)

Oklahoma tribes step up to protect their own

By Gaylord News

Jan 31, 2021

A statue of Will Rogers smiles down from his pedestal in the House connecting corridor on the second floor of the Capitol. (Photo courtesy of Architect of the Capitol/aoc.gov)

Will Rogers witnessed two Capitol riots

By Gaylord News

Jan 27, 2021

Recent arrivals at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School pose with upperclassmen. About 80,000 students attended the school before it closed in 1918. (Photo courtesy of the Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center)

Boarding school stories still echo

By Gaylord News

Jan 25, 2021

A mural by artist Elizabeth Janes depicts the arrival of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma in the 1830s. Painted from 1938-39, the 8-by-15-foot mural is on display at the Oklahoma Historical Society in Oklahoma City. (Image courtesy Oklahoma Historical Society)

Trail of Tears wasn't isolated incident

By Gaylord News

Jan 10, 2021

Isabella Aiukli Cornell’s 2018 prom dress is on display in “Girlhood,” a new exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Designer Della Bighair-Stump chose red to bring attention to the peril faced by Indigenous women. (Photo by Emma Sears/Gaylord News)

Prom dress promoting MMIW joins Smithsonian show

By Gaylord News

Jan 9, 2021

Kiowa Tribal Chairman Matthew Komalty. (Kiowa Tribe via Facebook)

Kiowa chairman’s impeachment hearing delayed

By Gaylord News

Jul 30, 2020

Kiowa Tribal Chairman Matthew Komalty. (Kiowa Tribe via Facebook)

Kiowas seeking to impeach chairman

By Gaylord News

Jul 26, 2020

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