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$60 Billion Might Cover It
by Mark Fogarty
How much money would it take to solve the Native American housing crisis?
That is one tough question. Tribal Business News took a crack at estimating it, and we also asked several Native housing leaders to give a ballpark figure.
The short
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $12.9 Million Grant Award for Road Improvements to Enhance Tribal Safety for Cherokee Nation as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda
Cherokee Nation to receive grant under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of $130.5 million investment package for seven projects of national significance
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the award of $12.9 million to the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma for
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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