(ANADARKO, Okla.) December is considered by many to be “the most wonderful time of the year”. But for families of missing and murdered loved ones, the holiday season can also increase feelings of sadness and loss. This week, MMIW Indian Capital is recognizing an important milestone while giving back to
(TULSA, Okla.) April Wilkens is continuing to fight for her freedom after spending almost three decades behind bars for killing her abuser, Terry Carlton. In September, Wilkens was denied release during her resentencing hearing under the Oklahoma Survivors’ Act (OSA) despite providing more than 400 pages of evidence of abuse.
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(CUSHING, Okla.) Indigenous reconciliation was front and center during a tour day Enbridge held with dozens of Tribal business leaders and professionals at their Cushing facility on October 8. Enbridge executives spoke with dozens of attendees from across the country about the company’s goals for continuing to work with
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Written By: Frances Danger, Brittany Harlow, Russell Sun Eagle (TVLSE, Okla.) At Monday night's Tulsa Public Schools meeting, community members gathered to discuss the future of the Webster Warriors and Central Braves mascots. During the meeting, multiple heated exchanges took place as Native students and community members shared
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(TULSA, Okla.) Final preparations are underway for the 2025 Belle's Kitchen Cook-Off and Graduation, taking place Friday at 4 p.m. at Crossover Community Impact, located at 1010 E 36th St N in Tulsa. General attendees will watch the cook-off live and enjoy a dinner catered by Carabelle’
(MIAMI, Okla.) “EPA… won’t you come and take the chat piles away… so we can swim, fish, and play…” A chorus of LEAD Summer Campers sings out the end of their “Save Our Creek” documentary, produced in the summer of 2024. It’s a bittersweet folk song with a
(TULSA, Okla.) Room 413 was so packed at the Tulsa County Courthouse on Tuesday that people were turned away, forced to wait in the halls to learn if April Wilkens would be released from prison this week. Tuesday’s hearing related to the petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by
(NATIONAL) The Indian Boarding School Era lasted over a century. It was a time of forced assimilation of Native American children and the attempted erasure of Native American culture, often at the protest of their families and communities. Thousands of children are believed to have died during the process. But
“So you're, A, not getting paid for the work that you've been doing, and B, having to take away time from providing care to patients…” One year after VNN Oklahoma interviewed two mental health professionals about Oklahoma’s transition to Managed Care Oklahoma (MCO) for its
(OKMULGEE, Okla.) After being caught in a deadly tornado one year ago, Candace Harjo says her daughter Ryleigh cannot feel raindrops on her skin without being triggered. “The rain touches her skin, it gives her cringes,” Candace said. “It will completely set her off, or she bawls her eyes out.
Photo Courtesy: West Baton Rouge Museum Story Snapshot 📷 A new historical marker in Louisiana now honors 311 Mvskoke people who died in the 1837 Monmouth steamboat wreck during forced removal to Oklahoma. The relatively unknown wreck was spotlighted during this year’s Ethel Claiborne Dameron Lecture Series near the Mississippi