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NOAA’s Climate Program Office (CPO) announced today a total annual award of $15.2 million to support 63 new, innovative and impactful projects that will improve our nation’s resilience at a critical time in the fight against the climate crisis. “The window of time to avoid costly, deadly

Tribe and its businesses open USDA-certified meat processing facility TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Cherokee Nation leadership and executives from Cherokee Nation Businesses joined federal and state officials, as well as local community leaders, farmers and ranchers in celebrating the opening of 1839 Cherokee Meat Co. on Tuesday. The tribe commemorated the opening

Today, the Indian Health Service is announcing recipients for the Fiscal Year 2022 Tribal Self-Governance Planning Cooperative Agreements, administered by the Office of Tribal Self-Governance, and two tribes that have entered the IHS Tribal Self-Governance Program. These annual IHS cooperative agreement awards support tribes and tribal organizations with the planning

The 12th annual Lowak Sho'li First American Humanities Forum is set for 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 3, at the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center, 830 E. Main St., Ada, Oklahoma. The theme for this year’s forum is “First Americans in Language Revitalization.” “The Lowak Sho&

by Theresa Hinman Parable: There are 39 frogs on lily pads. Five make the decision to jump. How many frogs remain on the lily pads? The answer is 39 because a decision without action has no impact. On Oct. 11, the Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes held a

BY ELYSE WILD PAWNEE, Okla. — Pawnee Nation has signed an intergovernmental agreement with Pawnee County in Oklahoma to collaborate on infrastructure projects that affect residents. The agreement establishes a policy to collaborate and cooperate on a government-to-government basis for planning, building and maintaining Pawnee Nation streets and roadways within the

By Allison Herrera Documents obtained by KOSU show Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has retained outside legal counsel in an effort to advance contested gaming compacts with four Oklahoma tribes, and state legislative leaders didn’t know anything about it. In a notice sent to Timothy J. Kelly, a judge in