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Congress intensifies scrutiny over USDA’s handling of tribal food distribution programs By Brian Edwards On Monday, congressional leaders from the powerful Senate and House appropriations committees ramped up pressure on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), seeking answers and swift action to address food shortages impacting Native American

Federal Government acknowledges wrongdoing in Native boarding school policy, DOI report finds by Thomas Jackson, Mvskoke Media WASHINGTON D.C. – On July 30, United States Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the release of the final report by the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative. The initiative was designed as

Muscogee Nation announces new casino in Coweta KOSU | By Cait Kelley The Muscogee Nation announced plans to break ground in September on a $100 million casino in Coweta. The 35,000-square-foot casino will include a hotel with 46 upscale rooms, a pool, a fitness center and more, according to officials.

Feds say wind farm owes millions for turbines in Osage County; wind farm attorneys disagree A federal judge says a wind farm must pay the Osage Nation for illegally mining on Osage land, but the court hasn’t decided how much. At closing arguments this week, federal prosecutors argued those

ICYMI: Final Arkansas gaming license awarded to CNE BY D. SEAN ROWLEY  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Years ago, before there was a COVID-19 pandemic, Cherokee Nation Entertainment applied for one of the four gaming licenses approved by the Arkansas electorate in 2018. It seemed the CNE lost its bid, then won

Oklahoma's Bacone College filing for bankruptcy, president vows to keep fighting Bacone College in Muskogee is filing for bankruptcy. By Katie Hallum “Indian University,” now known as “Bacone College” was Oklahoma’s first higher education institution and America’s first Native college. It opened its doors in 1881