Brittany Harlow

journalist
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Court reinstates Nation’s claim to stop Hickory Ground desecration

National
Photo Courtesy: Muscogee (Creek) Nation (ATLANTA, Ga.) The Muscogee (Creek) Nation (MCN) is celebrating a historic court victory after the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the...

Third person dies following heavy Green Country fog

Oklahoma
(TULSA, Okla.) A third person has died following heavy morning fog in Green Country last week.  Tulsa Police Department said 43-year-old Krystal Martin was driving on US-412 between the...

Child who died at Indian board school returned to Seminole Nation

Oklahoma
(TVLSE, Okla.) 17-year-old Albert Mekko, who died at Carlisle Indian School in 1881, finally returned home Tuesday. Seminole Nation in partnership with Muscogee Nation, Tulsa Police,...

Woman killed in hit-and-run crash

Oklahoma
(TISHOMINGO, Okla.) A Native American woman is dead after a hit-and-run in Johnston County Thursday.  Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the fatal collision happened just before 4:30 a.m. on...

New Tulsa police chief announced, Indigenous representation appears to be left out of decision-making

Oklahoma
(TULSA, Okla.) Deputy Chief Dennis Larsen was named Tulsa’s next police chief on Friday afternoon, overcoming fellow internal candidates Deputy Chief Jonathan Brooks, Deputy Chief Eric...

100th Anniversary of the Indian Citizenship Act Commemoration Event to be held June 2

Oklahoma
(OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) Rock the Native Vote is organizing in a big way this June, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Indian Citizenship Act.  Despite the United States founding...

In Oklahoma, theft of Indigenous land was swift and relentless following statehood

Oklahoma
(TVLSE, Okla.) As Oklahoma closes the book on another year of ‘89er Day” celebrations, the real history of the land continues to be overlooked by most, including the state’s governor...

Wall-breaking announced for new Native-owned coworking space in Broken Arrow

Oklahoma
(BROKEN ARROW, Okla.) Though officially platted as a townsite in 1902, like many other cities and towns in Northeast Oklahoma, Broken Arrow’s first permanent residents were Indigenous...

Local parents say Owasso student death is tragic but not unexpected

Oklahoma
Pictured is Owasso mother Natasha Rogers and teen daughter (OWASSO, Okla.) A community is in mourning following the death of 16-year-old Nex Benedict, an Owasso High School student who...

16-year-old Owasso student dead following possible hate crime

Oklahoma
Note: An earlier version of this story identified the deceased as a Cherokee citizen following citizenship reports from their obituary, local community members and organizations. VNN has...