By Blake Madden, Gaylord News WASHINGTON—Kalyn Free, an Oklahoma Democrat and Choctaw tribal citizen, will move on to a runoff for a vice chair seat of the Democratic National Committee following Tuesday's vote, where no candidate earned a majority. With 410 votes cast, Free received 36.59%

Cybersecurity was a hot topic at the National Native American Human Resources Association IT summit this week. Paul Tucker, Chief Information Security Officer for BOK Financial discussed the overlap of cybersecurity and human resources within tribal organizations. Tucker said there are some risks specific to tribal organizations associated with cybersecurity

By Emmet Jamieson, Claremore Daily Progress The Cherokee Nation says it will assume control of Claremore Indian Hospital Oct. 1, with plans to build a new facility by 2027. The federal Indian Health Service presently runs the hospital, the only federally-operated Native health care facility in the Cherokee Nation reservation.

By Kylie Caldwell, Gaylord News WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (R, Moore), an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation, has spent 22 years in Congress fighting to protect tribal funding and says he won’t allow cuts to the Indian Health Service budget, even as the Trump administration moves

Tribes’ economic impact exceeded $23 billion in 2023 OKLAHOMA CITY – First American tribal nations in Oklahoma contributed $23.4 billion to the state’s economy in 2023, according to a new study released Wednesday. Tribal leaders announced the results of the study – commissioned by United for Oklahoma and the Oklahoma