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Osage-owned fashion brand soars in popularity

After recent success in London, and a fashion show at the Santa Fe Indian Market, Dante Biss-Grayson looks forward to shows at the Cannes Film Festival, New York Fashion Week and more Written by Natasha Lovato After European fashion shows, red carpet debuts, and a Vogue Magazine mention, the

The feds take initiative on boarding school era investigations

Findings of the boarding school report confirm the government’s personal vendetta against natives by Morgan Taylor WASHINGTON D.C. – Not such a new discovery for tribes, the investigative report of the Federal Indian Boarding School systems unfortunately confirms that Native American children were “directly targeted” by the governments’ “pursuit

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

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
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