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Absentee Shawnee Tribe celebrates new art acquisition at Jacobson House Native Art Center, September 11th-12th.

The Absentee Shawnee Tribe is excited to announce their recent acquisition of an original artwork by twentieth century Woodland artist, Ernest Spybuck (1883–1949). The artwork, which was donated to the tribe in early 2025, underwent extensive restoration work, led by Dallas based art conservator, Lyzanne Gann. The art reception

OCU hosts ‘Sovereign Worlds’ reading series

OKLAHOMA CITY – Addressing pressing questions surrounding tribal sovereignty, law and identity, Oklahoma City University will host “Sovereign Worlds,” a community book discussion series beginning Sept. 15. The Let's Talk About It: Abridged Version, a statewide reading and public discussion program presented by Oklahoma Humanities, will feature two book

Statement from the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition on the Repatriation of Twelve Carlisle Indian Industrial School Students

MINNEAPOLIS — The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) honors the families, Alaska Native communities, and Tribal Nations who have worked to bring their relatives home from the Carlisle Barracks Post Cemetery. On September 1, 2026, the U.S. Army intends to begin the repatriation of 12 Native American

In House District 86, Democrat Hannah Cole Challenges Hardin on the Distance Between Home and a Doctor

By Troy Littledeer | @troylittledeer  ROSE, Okla. — Her father has been gone since 2024. She moved back onto his land after his death — ground near Teresita, outside Rose in Cherokee County, not far from Tahlequah, where she was born at W.W. Hastings Hospital. Now 33, she’s the Democratic nominee

Choctaw Resorts Expands Partnership with Moody Center

Adds luxury Choctaw Club experience Durant, Okla. – Choctaw Resorts is expanding its partnership with Moody Center by introducing the Choctaw Club, a premium hospitality space that offers guests an elevated concert and event experience. The announcement comes one year into the multi-year partnership between Choctaw Resorts and Moody Center.

SPEED ART MUSEUM RETURNS 24 SACRED AND CULTURAL BELONGINGS TO NATIVE COMMUNITIES

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Speed Art Museum, the largest art museum in Kentucky, marked an important moment in its history last week with a public program about the Museum’s first return of 24 sacred and cultural belongings to Native communities under the federal law known as NAGPRA. That August 19
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