Oklahoma
On Sept. 8, the Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education voted to prohibit discriminatory school branding and begin removing Native American mascot imagery at Webster and Central schools. Pictured are some of the supporters who helped make this change possible. Written By: Russell Sun Eagle and Nico Berlin (TULSA, Okla.
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Written By Sarah Liese (Twilla) | KOSU Radio (GROVE, Okla.) Six years after Aubrey Dameron, a 25-year-old transgender Cherokee woman, disappeared from a popular summer destination on the Cherokee Nation reservation, multiple law enforcement agencies in the state have worked on her case. Yet, no details regarding her death have emerged,
Photo Courtesy: Muscogee Nation Written By: Rachael Schuit, Brittany Harlow, Russell Sun Eagle (MUSCOGEE RESERVATION) An agreement was reached between the Muscogee Nation and the City of Tulsa, ending a jurisdictional legal battle that began in November of 2023. Under the terms of the agreement, the City of Tulsa will
On June 3, 2025, VNN | VNN Oklahoma President and CEO Kelly Tidwell (Muscogee and Cherokee) sent the following letter to Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols, requesting a meeting to discuss how the City plans to acknowledge and respond to the injustice it helped facilitate against Indigenous people during the Allotment and
Written By: Brittany Harlow, Rachael Schuit Editor's Note: This story has been updated to include information after lawmakers voted to override Governor Kevin Stitt's veto of House Bill 1137. (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) Update: Tribal leaders from across the state are praising lawmakers for taking action to
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Written By: Chelsea T. Hicks | Osage News (OSAGE RESERVATION) Amidst cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP), it is uncommon for missing persons to be unhoused, according to Olivia Gray, who is the chair of Northeastern Oklahoma Indigenous Safety and Education’s (NOISE) Board of Directors. Read this story
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Written By Allison Herrera A newly acquired archive gives clues about what happened to Indian land and wealth after Oklahoma statehood in 1907. VNN Oklahoma is sharing those stories in a new series that puts names and faces to them. (TULSA, Okla.) In 1923, Martha Axe Roberts (Washington) was searching
Written By: Brittany Harlow and Rachael Schuit (TAFT, Okla.) Oklahoma has one of the highest incarceration rates in the United States, with a significant number of women behind bars. This summer, two organizations teamed up to give incarcerated women at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center and Eddie Warrior Correctional Center a
Written By: Rachael Schuit and Brittany Harlow (OKLAHOMA) After years of work and countless hours put in by numerous criminal justice advocates, the Oklahoma Survivor’s Act (OSA) finally went into effect this past Thursday. Senate Bill 1835, signed by Governor Kevin Stitt in May, allows courts to issue lower
This is a VNN Collaboration produced by VNN Oklahoma in partnership with Pursuit Films Written By: Rachael Schuit and Brittany Harlow Narrated By: Trista Vaughn (CHEROKEE NATION) Genes are the code of life. A continuous pathway of one living being to another, carrying what has been into what will be.
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Written By: Cait Medearis and Brittany Harlow (NATIONAL) Established in Philadelphia in 1882, the Indian Rights Association (IRA) became a pioneering force in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, dedicated to advancing the rights and welfare of Native American communities across the United States, as they saw fit. Founded
Written By: Rachael Schuit Produced By: Brittany Harlow (TULSA, Okla.) “When you leave your service or branch, you tend to find out real quick that you’re gonna miss that. And I felt like it was just pulled from me.” More than a hobby, more than an art, and definitely