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New museum explores U.S. justice in Indian Territory
by Chad Hunter
FORT SMITH, Arkansas – The highly anticipated, $48 million U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith, Arkansas, opened its doors to the public on July 1 complete with exhibits detailing the federal agency’s sometimes storied relationship with Cherokees
Federal appeals court rules Pre-Statehood Law doesn’t apply to Tulsa speeding ticket
Tribal Nations are celebrating another win in federal court, following a ruling that a Choctaw citizen was improperly prosecuted for a speeding ticket in Tulsa.
The City of Tulsa argued it should have the ability to prosecute Native Americans in the wake of the McGirt v. Oklahoma decision because of
“Access to capital”: Oklahoma tribes are recipients of federal money to help tribal small businesses
By Dacoda McDowell-Wahpekeche
Gaylord News
WASHINGTON – Three Oklahoma tribal nations will receive almost half the initial funding from a new small business initiative from the Biden-Harris Administration announced this week.
The Osage, Chickasaw and Citizen Potawatomi nations will receive small business funding from the American Rescue Plan, created by Congress
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Tribal tobacco compact veto override fails in Oklahoma Senate, but that's not the end of the line
By Peggy Dodd, Allison Herrera
The Senate failed to produce the two-thirds vote requirement to overturn Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto of Oklahoma’s tribal tobacco compact during special session Monday
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Realty Department assists in ad valorem taxes for at-risk sale of land
An emergency one-time appropriation helped citizens with land taxes
by Morgan Taylor
MVSKOKE RESERVATION – The Muscogee Nation Realty and Trust Services Department provided a one-time, emergency payment to counties within the reservation to prevent the sale of property
Supreme Court rejects challenges to a federal law that prioritizes the adoption of Native American children by Native families or tribes
by Ariane de Vogue
The Supreme Court on Thursday left intact a decades-old law that prioritizes the placement of Native American children with Native families or tribes in child custody proceedings, rejecting challenges brought by several adoptive parents.
The law was passed in 1978 to protect tribal sovereignty after Congress
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Window opening on $11B in energy funding opportunities for tribes
by Chez Oxendine
Two upcoming funding opportunities could help tribes pay for renewable energy projects if the USDA’s Rural Utility Service can coax them to take advantage of the historically underutilized federal loans.
The Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE)