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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

Date Wednesday, October 19, 2022 - 9:30amContact Info Public AffairsPA@usda.gov(202) 720-8998 Release No. 187-22 WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2022 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service today awarded over $64 million for 185 grant projects to expand and strengthen local and regional

Tribe gives $100K in support of service members, veterans and their families TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation and American Red Cross have a long history of working together toward shared goals. The tribe and its businesses continue to pledge support for the nonprofit’s lifesaving services and vital programs. Recently,

Paige Willett, Citizen Potawatomi Nation Public Information Department Since 2010, Chicago photographer and Citizen Potawatomi Nation tribal member Sharon Hoogstraten has been documenting members from the Potawatomi nations across North America for her book Dancing for Our Tribe: Potawatomi Tradition in the New Millennium. Throughout the last 12 years, she

Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby announced the Chickasaw Business Network is creating a small business incubator program, Apelachi (Support) Business Center, during his annual State of the Nation address, Oct. 1. The Apelachi Business Center will assist First Americans with their entrepreneurial endeavors. Program participants will begin being accepted fall

by Michael Overall Expanding services at the tribe’s new hospital in south Tulsa, the Muscogee Nation considered several organizations to provide surgical care. “There are going to be people come and go over the years, organizations that come and go,” said Shawn Terry, the tribe’s secretary of health.