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Seminole Nation women leaders show what's possible for future generations By Sarah Liese (Twilla), KOSU The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma has hit a historic milestone: two women are leading the tribal nation for the first time in history. Seminole Nation tribal citizens trickled into the Mekusukey Mission Arena

As federal solar tax credits end, here's how one Oklahoma tribal nation used them Federal incentives to lessen the financial burden of solar panel installations are ending earlier than originally planned after the July 4 passage of the tax and spending law. By Chloe Bennett-Steele, KOSU Although the

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