Native Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, January 19, 2023  The largest in-state scholarship program for Oklahoma high school students is underway. ­Knowing your Oklahoma history can help pay for college. More than $770,000 in cash scholarships and tuition grants to Oklahoma universities and colleges is available to high school students across the state

Kill the Indian, Save the Man. That is the goal of the Dawes Commission, a federal agency. The Commission is charged with destroying the Muscogee-Creek Nation by allotting communally owned tribal lands to individual members. Forced assimilation is the zeitgeist of 1920s Oklahoma. SAM DAVIS is a handsome, roguish, half-breed.

The Chickasaw Foundation offers the Inchokkaalaali’ (I’m Visiting) Assistance Request Program to Oklahoma schools. Qualifying schools receive an educational, hands-on field trip to the Chickasaw Cultural Center (CCC) in Sulphur, Oklahoma. While at the CCC, students and faculty learn about the exciting history and culture of the Chickasaw people.

There will be a public meeting on the proposed rules Wednesday, Feb. 8 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Osage Casino and Hotel in Skiatook Written by Shannon Shaw Duty In 2011, the Osage Nation made history when it signed a $380 million settlement with

By: Janice Francis-Smith After taking the oath of office last week, Oklahoma’s new attorney general, Gentner Drummond, wasted little time distinguishing himself from his predecessor, John O’Connor. First, Drummond laid out his agenda for his four-year term, which includes improving relations with the Native American tribes in Oklahoma.

Are you or do you know an Indigenous emerging public health leader… we are encouraging applicants to apply to our Indigenous Public Health Leaders Cohort (2023) * Interested individuals may apply: Indigenous Public Health Leaders Cohort 2 Application. Questions may be directed to indigenousleaders@nnphi.org * NNPHI Website: About the Indigenous

John Morris ““I am the true vine, and My Father is the vineyard keeper. Every branch in Me that does not produce fruit He removes, and He prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit. You are already clean because of the word I have