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By Troy Littledeer OKMULGEE, Okla. — The Muscogee (Creek) Nation National Council voted Saturday to postpone a resolution supporting the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians (UKB) in its dispute over federal legislation that would require Cherokee Nation consent before any other tribe could place land into trust within the Cherokee

Despite tribal citizenship, traffic tickets for Freedmen descendants to remain in city court A deal for the City of Tulsa to send traffic and other municipal cases involving Muscogee Nation citizens to tribal court doesn’t cover the descendants of formerly enslaved people who are also tribal citizens. By Clifton

Tribal nation sounds alarm over potential legislation hindering its economic, trust land rights The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians is sounding the alarm over a draft of Congressional language. UKB leaders say the language would terminate the tribe’s right to trust land as well as its basic economic

New Board Members include a foundational Keepseagle claimant, a former USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator, and a former Small Business Administration Assistant Administrator for the Office of Native American Affairs  BISMARCK, ND - The Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) is proud to announce the appointment of three new leaders to

OKLAHOMA CITY – The former U.S. Secretary of the Interior will deliver the keynote address at the 2025 Sovereignty Symposium, to be held at OKANA Resort in Oklahoma City on June 12-13. Deb Haaland will deliver her remarks at 10:15 a.m. June 13. Secretary Haaland, an enrolled member

Tribal sovereignty issues addressing Indian education, health care, energy and gaming are on the agenda; Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols and Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond are scheduled speakers CATOOSA, Oklahoma – The United Indian Nations of Oklahoma (UINO) will hold its Quarterly Meeting on March 20, 2025, at the Hard Rock

Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby cuts ribbon at now-opened OKANA Resort & Indoor Waterpark Ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the official opening of the resort and indoor waterpark OKLAHOMA CITY – Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby joined other tribal leaders and Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt today in leading ribbon cutting ceremonies marking