Native Oklahoma

By: Citizen Potawatomi Nation Chairman John A. “Rocky” Barrett The Citizen Potawatomi Nation has engaged in discussions with the office of Oklahoma’s Governor, and we have reached terms on an extended tobacco compact. These terms are mutually beneficial to the Nation and to the State. This compact is a

Cherokee Council unanimously supports Chief Hoskin, Deputy Chief Warner proposal for tribe’s largest language investment TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Leaders of the Cherokee Nation gathered on Wednesday, Jan. 24, to celebrate the permanent reauthorization of the historic Durbin Feeling Language Preservation Act inside the Durbin Feeling Language Center in Tahlequah. The

Oklahoma's governor just signed three compacts with tribes. He has many more to go by Molly Young, The Oklahoman Top Oklahoma lawmakers say new state-tribal compacts negotiated by the governor are welcome signs of progress.  But many more agreements still need to be worked out by the end

59th Annual ACM Awards will be held in Frisco, Texas in May   Durant, Okla. – Choctaw Casinos & Resorts is excited to join the Academy of Country Music (ACM) as its official casino sponsor for the 59th Annual ACM Awards show at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas,

The Chickasaw Nation and the State of Oklahoma have agreed to tobacco and vehicle license tag compacts that will continue current programs for another decade. The new tobacco terms improve upon and implement what the Chickasaw Nation proposed last summer for avoiding a substantive impasse over jurisdictional disputes in prior

Travis Owens named president of AIANTA board of directors TULSA, Okla. – Cherokee Nation citizen Travis Owens has been named president of the board of directors for the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association. The national organization works to define, introduce, grow and sustain tourism efforts that honor Indigenous traditions and

Ada, Okla. – Chickasaw Lighthorse Police had been protecting Chickasaw citizens for the better part of seven decades when Oklahoma became a state in 1907. Following Oklahoma statehood, tribal government changed drastically, and all the Chickasaw Nation’s governmental buildings, agencies, and responsibilities, including law enforcement, were transferred to the U.