WASHINGTON (AP) — A Native American is being appointed U.S. treasurer, a historic first.The White House announced President Joe Biden's intent to appoint Marilynn “Lynn” Malerba as his administration establishes an Office of Tribal and Native Affairs at the Treasury Department, which will be overseen by the

By Kellie Matherly On July 23, 2022, the Choctaw Cultural Center in Durant, Oklahoma, will celebrate its first anniversary with a bang. The state-of-the-art facility opened in July of 2021 with the mission of sharing the Choctaw story with the world. Since then, visitors from all over have come to

ST. LOUIS – When the Major League Baseball All-Star Game gets underway on July 19, the National League roster will include a Cherokee Nation citizen.St. Louis Cardinals right-handed pitcher Ryan Helsley is in the All-Star Game for the first time since he made his Major League debut in April 2019.

Season 2 20 July 2022 Native ChocTalk presents: Native ChocTalk presents: “From Red Dirt to Mechanical Engineer: Phil Cross, Kadohadacho (Caddo); Guest Appearance by Lowell Edmonds, Caddo.” He was raised in a home with no electricity and no running water on his family’s Indian allotment land in western Oklahoma

QUAPAW, Oklahoma - The Quapaw Nation today responded to the Supreme Court of the United State's ruling in Oklahoma v. Castro Huerta. The case presented a jurisdictional question about whether the federal government has exclusive jurisdiction to prosecute certain major crimes in Indian Country or whether the federal

U.S. Supreme Court restores state criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country

By Lauren Green Gaylord News The Biden administration took another step to improve relations with the nation’s nearly 575 Native American tribes by signing an agreement giving the Cherokee Nation greater control over road improvements within its reservation.The Tribal Transportation Self-Governance compact allows the tribe to plan and