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2022 Annual Tribal Festival Guide-September

32th Annual Wyandotte Pow Wow September 9th-11th, 2022 Wyandotte Nation Pow Wow Grounds, Wyandotte, Oklahoma Witness traditions come to life at the Wyandotte Powwow, a tribal celebration featuring a variety of dance contests. Watch as all ages, dressed in traditional regalia, compete for cash prizes in categories including women’s

Give God Control

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not My ways.” This is the Lord’s declaration. “For as heaven is higher than earth, so My ways are higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” —Isaiah 55:8-9 I’m a big believer that

Digital Bank for Natives Launches in Indian Country

The only neobank for Natives is partnering with tribes to improve financial health and access to benefits for Native Americans nationwide. Tulsa, Oklahoma — More Native American households are unbanked than any other racial/ethnic group in the U.S. Two Oklahoma-born entrepreneurs are looking to change the status quo with

Sour Sofkee

By Fus Yvhikv September, 2022 Who or What is Native? Blood + Community Recognition/Acknowledgement = Native? Who, are what, is Native? And what does it mean to be Native in 2022? Today, being Native is generally defined as possessing a tribal enrollment card. However, there are notable problems with that. Most

10 saving and lifestyle adjustments can be difference-makers as retirement looms

By Jessica Jones Senior Financial Advisor, BOK Financial Only 37% of non-retiree adults said their retirement savings were on track in the 2019 Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households. Another 25% reported having no retirement savings at all. You’re not alone if you’re feeling behind.

September 2022 Festival Guide

Have a chance to check out this month's issue yet? Get your September 2022 festival guide below! September 2022 Festival Guide Click to download your FREE issue now! NOK September.pdf 46 MB download-circle

Federal report finds Native Americans had sharpest decline in life expectancy in 2021

Native health expert says stats are likely an undercount due to poor data collection Seattle, WA—The National Center for Health Statistics, a federal agency under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a report titled Provisional Life Expectancy Estimates for 2021, which found that the American Indian
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