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Photo Courtesy: Broken Arrow Public Schools (NATIONAL) Promoting inclusion for everyone, regardless of intellectual abilities, is what the Special Olympics aims to do. Broken Arrow High School is part of that mission in a big way. Not long after becoming a Special Olympics Oklahoma State Banner Champion, BAHS recently received
(OSAGE NATION) For over 40 years, Osage News has kept their community members informed with accurate, in-depth reporting and timely information. In the early 2000s, Osage Nation updated their constitution to ban tribal leadership from making or enforcing laws that would restrict a free press. The tribe later banned defunding
Native Commerce News is sponsored by the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma (AICCO), dedicated to expanding Indian Country commerce across the globe. Written By Rachael Schuit (WATONGA, Okla.) For thousands of years, Native American people inhabited land that today encompasses states like Oklahoma. Despite this fact, it has
(NATIONAL) Losses of land, wealth, and life have plagued the Osage Nation for the last 100 years following the “Reign of Terror”. Questions remained about what happened to Osage headrights sitting on a wealth of oil fields and mineral resources, as well as how those who originally owned them ended
(DETROIT, Mich.) In a world where information is coming from every direction and people are constantly on the go, many are looking for a few minutes of peace and calm. Meditation, yoga, and sound baths have increased in popularity over the last few years in the quest for wellness combined
(MUSCOGEE NATION) The Muscogee Creek Nation Election Office has released the unofficial election results from Saturday’s primary election. Incumbents Principal Chief David Hill and Second Chief Del Beaver were both re-elected after receiving the majority of the votes in their respective contests. Hill received 58.37 percent of the
(GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) According to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), it’s estimated that one in ten young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 will experience homelessness at some point in their lives. The unique situations and challenges that contribute to and impact youth homelessness are
(MICHIGAN) Cleanup efforts are still underway across southern Michigan after Thursday's storms. Michigan was hit with a total of seven tornadoes on Thursday night spanning from the Grand Rapids area to Metro Detroit. Hundreds of thousands of Consumers Energy Customers and DTE customers lost power as a result
Native Commerce News is sponsored by the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma (AICCO), dedicated to expanding Indian Country commerce across the globe. Written By Brittany Harlow (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) Capitalism, the system in which goods are owned privately by people and businesses, is believed to have been born
Photo Credit: Missy Beck (MICHIGAN) The National Weather Service has confirmed that seven tornadoes touched down in Michigan on Thursday night. One of those was an EF-1 Tornado that touched down in Kent County, in Comstock Park. At least four people are dead and thousands were without power Friday after
Photo Credit: West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) On your mark, get set, go! Those are the words hundreds of runners and walkers will hear Saturday after they lace up their shoes for the Latino Health 5K. The event will take place at Roosevelt Park and is