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Photo Courtesy: Muscogee Nation  Written By: Rachael Schuit, Brittany Harlow, Russell Sun Eagle (MUSCOGEE RESERVATION) An agreement was reached between the Muscogee Nation and the City...

Acknowledging Indigenous Injustice: An Open Letter to Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols

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On June 3, 2025, VNN | VNN Oklahoma President and CEO Kelly Tidwell (Muscogee and Cherokee) sent the following letter to Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols, requesting a meeting to discuss how...

UPDATE: Lawmakers override Governor Stitt's MMIP veto

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Written By: Brittany Harlow, Rachael Schuit Editor's Note: This story has been updated to include information after lawmakers voted to override Governor Kevin Stitt's veto of House Bill...
Written By: Brittany Harlow and Rachael Schuit (TAFT, Okla.) Oklahoma has one of the highest incarceration rates in the United States, with a significant number of women behind bars...
Written By: Rachael Schuit and Brittany Harlow (OKLAHOMA) After years of work and countless hours put in by numerous criminal justice advocates, the Oklahoma Survivor’s Act (OSA) finally...

Indigenous Roots: Natural pathways between history and today

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This is a VNN Collaboration produced by VNN Oklahoma in partnership with Pursuit Films Written By: Rachael Schuit and Brittany Harlow Narrated By: Trista Vaughn (CHEROKEE NATION) Genes...
Written By: Rachael Schuit  Produced By: Brittany Harlow  (TULSA, Okla.) “When you leave your service or branch, you tend to find out real quick that you’re gonna miss that. And I felt...

Oral History Project preserving voices of Native boarding school survivors

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Written By: Rachael Schuit and Brittany Harlow (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) It is a dark history that still impacts many families across Oklahoma and the rest of the United States. Between...