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Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton Students in Tulsa Public Schools may soon have access to classes in an additional language.Monday night’s school board agenda includes a memorandum of understanding with the Kiowa Tribe to offer Kiowa language and culture classes to any interested TPS student in the 2022-23 school year, as

www.jerodtate.com “Tate’s connection to nature and the human experience was quite apparent in this piece… rarer still is his ability to effectively infuse classical music with American Indian nationalism.” – The Washington Post New York, NY (July 27, 2022) – Internationally acclaimed composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, citizen of

by Alendria Williams OKLAHOMA CITY — A Native Oklahoman and film professor is bringing Kiowa tribe history to the big screen. Crews are still working hard on the short film called "Ghosts."A majority of the crew are Native Oklahomans with one goal: bringing this untold historic story to

OWASSO, Okla. — Cherokee Nation and its film office celebrated the opening of the Cherokee Film Studios, Owasso Campus, with a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday. The tribe’s state-of-the-art facility is the first of its kind in Oklahoma and Indian Country. Cherokee Nation leadership and executives from the tribe’

Associated Press MASKWACIS, Alberta (AP) — Pope Francis’ apology Monday for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system and the abuses that took place within it was a full-throated denunciation of a decades long policy of forced assimilation that aimed to strip Indigenous children of their culture

Cherokee Nation continues to help change the Native narrative TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Heartland Regional Emmy Awards recognized Cherokee Nation’s “Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People” with three awards during the 2022 Emmys on Saturday, July 16.The tribe’s cultural television series, and the short documentaries within it, continue

BY LEVI RICKERT ANADARKO, Okla. — In the packed Riverside Indian School gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) and Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland (Bay Mills Indian Community) began the Road to Healing Tour. Haaland and