Moving mountain, election shakeup, and fashion history
VNN Weekly Digest July 18-24
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What to expect at a powwow: A first-time visitor’s guide
(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
Multilingual bookstore celebrating Hispanic and Indigenous cultures opens in Tulsa
(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,
Trump Shrinks Bears Ears National Monument, Rolling Back Protections for Sacred Tribal Lands
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
Experiencing homelessness as a Native youth
(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...