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Despite tribal citizenship, traffic tickets for Freedmen descendants to remain in city court
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Written By: Clifton Adcock and Allison Herrera
(OKLAHOMA) A deal for the City of Tulsa to send traffic and other municipal cases involving Muscogee Nation citizens to tribal court...
As tribes shoulder most of the harm, hope for full remediation of Tar Creek continues
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Written By Trista Vaughn, Brittany Harlow and Russell Sun Eagle
(MIAMA, Okla.) “EPA… won’t you come and take the chat piles away… so we can swim, fish, and play…”
A chorus of LEAD...
Weather across America 8/17/2025
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(NATIONAL) Rounds of thunderstorms with a heavy rainfall and flash flood threat for the Upper Midwest, scattered thunderstorms expected across portions of the Northeast/Carolinas,...
ON Ranch pursues leads in cattle theft, deaths
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Written By: Chelsea T. Hicks
(OSAGE RESERVATION) The investigation of 12 missing calves and five cows, as well as the death of 11 cows at the Osage Nation Ranch is underway. The Osage...
Oklahoma Historical Society to steward The W.E. Dode and Lulu McIntosh collection
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Written By: Frances Herrod
(OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) The descendants of the last federally appointed Muscogee (Creek) Nation Principal Chief, W.E. Dode McIntosh, have donated his personal...
More than a gathering: 73rd Annual Tulsa Powwow to celebrate tradition, community and generations
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(MUSCOGEE RESERVATION) The 73rd Annual Tulsa Powwow returned August 16 and 17, 2025, taking place at the Arvest Convention Center at 100 Civic Center. Hosted by the Tulsa Indian Club, the...
Matriarchal leadership on horizon for Seminole Nation as incumbent leadership ousted
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Written By: Sarah Liese (Twilla)
(SEMINOLE RESERVATION) The Seminole Nation will soon have new leadership.
After a tight race, Seminole Nation citizens ousted both the incumbent...
Listen Frontier: ‘We’ve lost five years’: Cherokee Chief says next governor must rebuild tribal relations
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Photo Credit: Dylan GoForth/The Frontier
(OKLAHOMA) Chuck Hoskin Jr. has served as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation since 2019, leading the tribe through a period of historic...
UKB leadership says secret legislation would terminate its rights
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This story was updated on August 12 to include additional information about the UKB's FOIA request process.
(OKLAHOMA) Tribal officials from the United Keetowah Band of Cherokee...
Weather across America 8/10/2025
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(NATIONAL) Repeated rounds of heavy rain likely to produce instances of flash flooding from the central Plains to the Midwest, severe thunderstorms pose a threat of large hail, damaging...