(MVSKOKE RESERVATION) Indigenous Roots is getting bigger this year. Registration opened Thursday for the Indigenous Roots Community Summit, a three-day gathering Oct. 2-4 that will bring organizations and community members together for programming centered on Native culture, wellness, connection and celebration. Now in its third year, the Crosswinds
(TULSA, Okla.) As Tulsa entrepreneurs and tech companies gear up for Tulsa’s second annual Tech Week from September 21-26, two Native-led companies are working hard to find solutions in health and internet technologies to address community needs. Although Native Americans remain significantly underrepresented in STEM and technology
(WYANDOTTE, Okla.) If your tribe or tribal program has ever tabled at a conference, pow wow or event, you’ve probably had to make decisions about what types of promotional merchandise to hand out. Pens, business cards, water bottles - nearly anything can be customized with your tribe or tribal department’
(TULSA, Okla.) For more than 20 years, Native women have gathered at Women Empowering Women for Indian Nations (WEWIN) to connect, inspire and empower one another. This year, hundreds gathered July 26-29 at River Spirit Casino Resort in Tulsa for the 2026 WEWIN conference. The theme for 2026 was
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge refused on Friday to block the Trump administration from taking steps to build 62 miles of international border wall along part of a Native American tribe's reservation without its consent. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington,
By WUFEI YU Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — It’s been over eight decades since Thomas H. Begay, 101, and his fellow Navajo Code Talkers helped end World War II using the same language that he grew up speaking — at home and herding sheep, he said Friday after a commemoration in
By LAURA HERBERG, JUSTIN A. HINKLEY and KELLY HOUSE/Bridge Michigan Bridge Michigan (NATIONAL) The US Army Corps of Engineers has permitted construction of the controversial Line 5 tunnel project in the Straits of Mackinac. The project, which would divert a section of the Line 5 petroleum pipeline from the
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By SAVANNAH PETERS Associated Press CHANDLER, Okla. (AP) — On opening day at the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma's new Harrah’s-branded casino, the tribe's chairman watched customers pack the gambling floor while a queue of cars spilled out of the parking lot. “We couldn’t let
(TVLSE, Okla.) Tulsa residents gathered at Edison Preparatory School on Tuesday, August 4, to offer input on one of the city’s most important hiring decisions: the search for the next police chief. While the city’s charter authorizes the mayor to select the chief of police, Mayor Monroe Nichols
By SAVANNAH PETERS Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Senate voted Friday to confirm Mark Cruz, a citizen of the Klamath Tribes, to lead the federal agency that provides healthcare for some 2.8 million Native American and Alaska Native patients. Cruz was confirmed to serve a
(TULSA, Okla.) While many Americans picture tribal members living on rural reservation land, more than 70% of Native people now live in urban areas. That demographic shift accelerated in the 1950s, when federal relocation policies uprooted Native families, disrupted communities and, in many cases, contributed to the development of Native
The 74th Annual Tulsa Powwow 2026 Album is now available on Flickr! July 25-26, 2026 Head Singer: George Valliere Emcees: Warren Queton, Marshal Williamson Arena Directors: Daniel Roberts, Chuck Bread Host Northern Drum: Host Southern Drum: Head Man: AJ Leading Fox Head Woman: Chalene Toehay-Tartsah Head Gourd: Hinglu
Happy July, Crosswinds Community! We hope your summer has included time with family and friends and perhaps a few of the many gatherings happening across northeast Oklahoma. July carried the Crosswinds team from Tulsa to Massachusetts, Mi’kma’ki and Portland. Along the way, we continued reporting on issues affecting
Written By Rachael Schuit and Troy Littledeer (TURTLE ISLAND) The United States recently marked the 250th anniversary of its founding. But long before the United States or Canada existed, Indigenous Nations across North America, known by many Indigenous people as Turtle Island, maintained their own governments, trade networks, cultures and
(TULSA, Okla.) Native American community members in Tulsa are another step closer to seeing an intertribal community center become a reality after years of conversations. In late June, Crosswinds News, in partnership with representatives from the Tulsa Indian Club, the City of Tulsa Office of Tribal Policy and Partnerships and
(TVLSE, Okla.) For someone who has never attended a powwow, the experience may feel overwhelming at first. The steady, loud beat of a drum echoes across the arena. Dancers wearing brightly colored regalia move in rhythm as attendees greet and visit with one another. For a first-time visitor, it
(TULSA, Okla.) Tulsa is now home to a new multilingual bookstore. Palomino Books and Music celebrated its grand opening in the Kendall Whittier neighborhood on July 1. Paloma Lopez, the Mexican American author of the illustrated children’s book Popo the Xolo, designed the space with her husband Agalisiga Mackey,
By MATTHEW BROWN and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Revisiting actions from his first term that were reversed, President Donald Trump announced Monday that he will scale back the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah. The Republican’s actions undo proclamations from his
(TULSA, Okla.) Recent data from Tulsa’s 2025 Equality Indicators Report showed that Native youth in Tulsa are more than four times as likely to experience homelessness as white youth. For every 1,000 Native Tulsans between the ages of 13 and 24, 38.5 were homeless in 2025. Among white youth...