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Native Americans struggling with substance use find healing and connection through sweat lodges
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Photo Courtesy: Osage Nation Health
This story is part of VNN Oklahoma’s “Returning to Balance” Solutions Journalism Series. Using a solutions journalism approach, these stories...
Tensions Rise At Tvlse Meeting Over Native Mascot Representation
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Written By: Frances Danger, Brittany Harlow, Russell Sun Eagle
(TVLSE, Okla.) At Monday night's Tulsa Public Schools meeting, community members gathered to discuss the future of the...
Mystery of Mary Elkins: Was she another unaccounted victim of the Reign of Terror?
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A portrait of E-ne-ke-op-pe (Mary Elkins) in Osage clothing. Courtesy Photo/Osage Nation
Written By: Chelsea T. Hicks
(OSAGE RESERVATION) Candace Shelton is the granddaughter of...
Native inclusion gains ground under Tulsa’s new leadership
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(TULSA, Okla.) Many Native American tribes located in Northeast Oklahoma were forced here from their ancestral homelands after the signing of the Indian Removal Act in 1830 and subsequent...
Weather across America 9/28/2025
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(NATIONAL) A Slight Risk of excessive rainfall over parts of the Southwest and Southern Rockies, a Slight Risk of excessive rainfall over parts of the Southeast Coast, and a weakening...
Belle’s Kitchen: Live cook-off returns to Tulsa, supporting culinary dreams and community
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(TULSA, Okla.) Final preparations are underway for the 2025 Belle's Kitchen Cook-Off and Graduation, taking place Friday at 4 p.m. at Crossover Community Impact, located at 1010 E 36th St...
Children of the sun shine at zOyaha Festival 2025
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(GLENPOOL, Okla.) Excitement is building as the Yuchi Language Project prepares to host zOyaha Fest 2025, a two-day cultural gathering taking place this weekend in Glenpool. The free,...
Fine Arts Center: From blank canvas to student masterpiece
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Written By: John Dobberstein
(BROKEN ARROW, Okla.) The ribbon is cut and the curtain is up after community leaders celebrated the opening of the Broken Arrow Public Schools’ new Fine...
Judge dismisses Nation’s lawsuit against Interior Department
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Written By: Allison Herrera
(OSAGE RESERVATION) In March of 2024, the Osage Nation sued the Department of the Interior after years of back-and-forth negotiations over functions...
Oklahoma’s harm reduction law inches toward expiration
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Written By: Kayla Branch
(OKLAHOMA) Volunteers for Shred the Stigma gather every other Saturday to build kits containing fentanyl testing strips and clean syringes.
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