Native Oklahoma

By Troy Littledeer  | @kituwahpunk  TULSA, Okla. — As a federal government shutdown freezes services for millions across the country, tribal nations in Oklahoma are keeping their doors open, with leaders attributing their stability to self-governance, tribal business revenue and advance appropriations for key federal health services. At the quarterly meeting of

DURANT, Okla. – Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Chief Gary Batton released a statement regarding Tribal members’ rights to fish and hunt on reservations without an Oklahoma state license. The statement is in response to an Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation press release claiming they will enforce regulations which disregard tribal treaties

By Taylor Ann Barnes, Gaylord News WASHINGTON—Two of the state’s largest tribes are hoping that new lawsuits, aimed at holding social media companies accountable, will help address mental health issues sweeping youth across their reservations.  The lawsuits, filed in mid-September 2025 in the U.S. Northern District Court

Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby: ‘The best is yet to come.’ Governor says the state of the Chickasaw Nation is remarkably strong TISHOMINGO, Okla.— During his Oct. 4 State of the Nation Address, Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby said the preservation of sovereignty and self-determination are the result of a

Tribal leaders, state and federal officials, and community partners will gather to discuss issues critical to Oklahoma's Tribal Nations TULSA, Oklahoma — The United Indian Nations of Oklahoma (UINO) will hold its next quarterly meeting on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at Osage Casino Hotel Tulsa at 951 W. 36th

From The Office of Governor Reggie Wassana: CONCHO, Okla. — In a solemn and historic undertaking more than two years in the making, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, in partnership with the U.S. Army, have begun the sacred process of returning 16 children with Cheyenne and Arapaho bloodlines to their

ICYM: Ernest L. "Ernie" Stevens Jr., tribal gaming leader and youth advocate, dies at 66 by Tribal Business News staff Ernest L. "Ernie" Stevens Jr. — who led the Indian Gaming Association for more than 20 years and helped oversee unprecedented growth in tribal gaming — died suddenly