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Window to close soon for PLP applications
By: Mary Leaver, Citizen Potawatomi Nation Public Information Department
The window will be closing soon for the chance for Potawatomi youth to apply for this summer’s Potawatomi Leadership Program.
The program, which welcomes college-aged Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribal members, will run from June 14 to July 27, 2024.
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Cherokee Nation accepting applications beginning Feb. 6 for limited supply of heirloom seeds
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation will begin taking applications for a limited supply of heirloom seeds on Feb. 6 for tribal citizens interested in growing traditional Cherokee crops and plants.
“I’m very proud to see the Cherokee Nation seed bank continue to offer a vital link to our Cherokee
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Removing Osage Wind farm leaves school district with huge funding gap
by Curtis Killman, Mike Simons Tulsa World
Five years ago, the Shidler School District was in a tough spot.
Located in northwestern Osage County, the district’s high school and middle school facilities — nearly 100 years old — had seen
Chief Hoskin signs permanent reauthorization of historic Durbin Feeling Language Preservation Act
Cherokee Council unanimously supports Chief Hoskin, Deputy Chief Warner proposal for tribe’s largest language investment
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Leaders of the Cherokee Nation gathered on Wednesday, Jan. 24, to celebrate the permanent reauthorization of the historic Durbin Feeling Language Preservation Act inside the Durbin Feeling Language Center in Tahlequah.
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Chickasaw Nation and Oklahoma agree to tobacco and vehicle license tag compacts
The Chickasaw Nation and the State of Oklahoma have agreed to tobacco and vehicle license tag compacts that will continue current programs for another decade. The new tobacco terms improve upon and implement what the Chickasaw Nation proposed last summer for avoiding a substantive impasse over jurisdictional disputes in prior
Chickasaw Lighthorse Police Department marks 20 years of service
Ada, Okla. – Chickasaw Lighthorse Police had been protecting Chickasaw citizens for the better part of seven decades when Oklahoma became a state in 1907.
Following Oklahoma statehood, tribal government changed drastically, and all the Chickasaw Nation’s governmental buildings, agencies, and responsibilities, including law enforcement, were transferred to the U.
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Oral arguments to be heard in tribal income tax protest case
by Curtis Killman, Tulsa World
The Oklahoma Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case to decide whether the state can tax the income of a Muscogee Nation tribal member and employee who lives and works within