Native Oklahoma

SULPHUR, Okla.— Acclaimed First American films and filmmakers will be in the spotlight during the Chickasaw Cultural Center’s 10th annual Holbaꞌ Pisachiꞌ Native Film Festival, Friday, Aug. 8-Saturday, Aug. 9. The Chickasaw Cultural Center is located at 867 Cooper Memorial Road, Sulphur, Oklahoma. This special event will feature a

The eighth annual FireLake Fireflight Balloon Festival will return to the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Festival grounds Aug. 8-9, 2025. The festival offers two days of balloon glows, balloon launches and rides, live music and family friendly entertainment. In 2024, the festival drew over 60,000 attendees. Admission to the festival

DURANT, Okla. – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed a new rule Tuesday that addresses and enables Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations for drones, also called unmanned aircraft systems or UAS. This is part of larger efforts to safely integrate new emerging aviation technologies into the national airspace system.

WEWOKA, OK — The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, in partnership with Symbiotic, LLC—an Oklahoma-based, Native-owned company—is set to install a commercial ground-mounted solar array on tribal land located at the historic Mekusukey Mission site. The solar project is expected to offset more than $100,000 in annual energy costs

"If you're Catholic, you don't need a Congressional Act to pray. If you're Jewish or if you go to a temple or if you're Muslim, you don't need a congressional act because your religion is not prescribed, but theirs

Tribal nation sounds alarm over potential legislation hindering its economic, trust land rights The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians is sounding the alarm over a draft of Congressional language. UKB leaders say the language would terminate the tribe’s right to trust land as well as its basic economic