May News Byte 2025
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(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.
This story contains descriptions of alcohol misuse, domestic abuse, exploitation, racial violence, and historical trauma related to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit and Transgender People (MMIWG2T). Some readers may find this material distressing. Reader discretion is advised. If you or someone you know is struggling with substance use,
Written By Sarah Liese (Twilla) Mainstream media outlets have often overlooked stories of missing and murdered Indigenous people for more than a century. The story of Akey Ulteeskee, a Cherokee woman who suffered sexual and financial abuse at the hands of her alcoholic guardian in the early 1900s, highlights a
Photo Courtesy: Library of Congress Written By Noel Lyn Smith (OKLAHOMA) Ronald Barnett recalled a time in 2022, when he stood on a patch of eastern Oklahoma land that once belonged to his great-great-great-uncle. “It was just like a one room hut, and the fireplace was right in the center