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The cunning nature of addiction

By: Dr. Julio Rojas, Citizen Potawatomi Nation Behavioral Health, Licensed Health Service Psychologist and Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor No other illness can conjure up feelings of anger, resentment, frustration, and despair like addiction. For those who suffer, and for those who love them, the journey is agonizing. Addiction can

Expanding the business community and growing capacity: Oklahoma Human Services announces Child Care Desert Startup Grants

OKLAHOMA CITY (Sept. 13, 2022) – Oklahoma Human Services is pleased to announce a Child Care Desert Startup Grant to increase accessibility to quality child care in areas of significant need around the state. In Oklahoma, 34 of the state’s 77 counties are considered child care deserts. Data from the

Sour Sofkee

By Fus Yvhikv September, 2022 Who or What is Native? Blood + Community Recognition/Acknowledgement = Native? Who, are what, is Native? And what does it mean to be Native in 2022? Today, being Native is generally defined as possessing a tribal enrollment card. However, there are notable problems with that. Most

Osage Nation steps in with solutions to help RWD 21 customers

Using $3 million in ARPA funds, the Nation proposes building a new 293,000-gallon tank and new water lines for families and businesses west of Pawhuska Written by Louise Red Corn Allan Richards, a civil engineer with the Osage Nation’s water consulting firm, turned the tables at a meeting

Cyrus Harris first elected Governor of the Chickasaw Nation

In autumn of 1856, Cyrus Harris, along with a few other men, stood in a field near the Chickasaw Council House at Good Spring (now Tishomingo) and waited. During the first gubernatorial election, after adoption of their own constitution following the separation from the Choctaw Nation the previous year, Chickasaw

Archives to return Native American remains, burial objects

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The remains of Native American people who once lived in Alabama were dug up a century ago — often by amateur archaeologists — and given to the state along with the jewelry, urns and other objects buried with them.The Alabama Department of Archives and

Tribal leader concerned HB 1775 affecting how Native history is taught in classroom

Public Radio Tulsa | By Cassidy Mudd A local tribal leader is concerned that House Bill 1775 is affecting how Native American history is being taught to Oklahoma students after hearing that an educator has decided not to teach from the "The Killers of the Flower Moon."According to
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