Oklahoma Tribal News

Illinois River watershed pollution case could advance Thu, Jul 2, 2009 | Add a comment TULSA — A Tulsa federal judge is pushing forward to keep a Sept. 21 trial date in a lawsuit over Illinois River watershed pollution. The defendants — 12 poultry companies — had...

Chickasaw Nation set to honor four Thu, Jul 2, 2009 | Add a comment The Chickasaw Nation plans to induct four into its Hall of Fame. The inductees, who will be sworn in Aug. 13 at Riverwind Casino near Norman, are Lisa Johnson-Billy, Daniel Worcester, the late...

Cherokees may appeal Bureau of Indian Affairs verdict Thu, Jul 2, 2009 | Add a comment TAHLEQUAH — The Cherokee Nation likely will appeal a decision by the new Bureau of Indian Affairs assistant secretary stating that the tribe is not the historical Cherokee tribe. The...

Tulsa federal judge keeps poultry lawsuit moving forward Thu, Jul 2, 2009 | Add a comment A Tulsa federal judge is pushing forward to keep a Sept. 21 trial date in a lawsuit over pollution in the Illinois River watershed. The defendants — 12 poultry companies — had filed a motion...

Osage tribe considers Missouri land Tue, Jun 30, 2009 | Add a comment ST. LOUIS — The last couple of hundred years have been cruel to Sugar Loaf Mound. Quarrying nearly destroyed it in the 1800s; road construction of Interstate 55 further scarred it in the...

Crash scene on Will Rogers Turnpike was ‘like a tornado’ Sat, Jun 27, 2009 MIAMI — Loaded down with ice-chests and bottled water, a second then a third wave of emergency crews raced to the accident scene, where first-responders were worn out from heat and...

Delaware County District Attorney Eddie Wyant explains his inaction after lawsuit Fri, Jun 26, 2009 JAY – Delaware County District Attorney Eddie Wyant said he has not filed charges related to a federal civil lawsuit against the sheriff because there’s been no reason or opportunity....

Bureau of Indian Affairs ruling equalizes tribes Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Add a comment A bombshell decision by the new head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs puts the Tahlequah-based United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians on equal jurisdictional footing with the Cherokee Nation and...

Gifted students get an education at Quartz Mountain Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Add a comment LONE WOLF — Two days into the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute last week, many of the students already felt challenged beyond their comfort zones, whatever art discipline they were studying....

Oklahoma Briefs Thu, Jun 25, 2009 HARRAH Bridge fall was accident Oklahoma County sheriff’s investigators said the 30-foot fall of a 17-year-old from a bridge near Harrah was an accident. The girl, whose name was not...

Norman museum show has artist, music Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — American Indian artist Bob Haozous will be featured during Art After Hours, 6 p.m. Friday at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave. Music performed by University of Oklahoma...

Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit details great American journeys Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Add a comment "There can be no greater work in the world,” Charles Page once said. Page, founder of Sand Springs, was talking about caring for orphans. That was part of the mission that became his...

Government asks judge to drop Geronimo suit Sun, Jun 21, 2009 | Add a comment NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The U.S. Justice Department is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by descendants of Apache leader Geronimo, whose remains were purported to be stolen by a...

Rough reputations follow trooper, medic in scuffle Sun, Jun 21, 2009 | Add a comment State trooper Daniel Martin and Creek Nation paramedic Maurice White Jr., who were thrust into the national media spotlight after a May 24 scuffle, both have reputations as bullies and histories of...

Kathleen Sebelius pledges to improve Indian care Wed, Jun 17, 2009 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says she will launch a new multiyear effort to improve health care for American Indians, which she calls a "historic...

Paramedic Maurice White Jr. calls for trooper Daniel Martin's badge Tue, Jun 16, 2009 | Add a comment The Creek Nation paramedic involved in a May 24 scuffle with an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper said in a nation television interview Tuesday morning the trooper should have his badge and gun taken...

Nation Briefs: Obama names tribal adviser Mon, Jun 15, 2009 WASHINGTON Obama names tribal adviser WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday named a member of the Cherokee Nation to his domestic policy team. Kimberly Teehee, who has been working...

Noted Smithsonian scholar speaks about Kiowa history in Norman Mon, Jun 15, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — Smithsonian scholar Candace Greene will lecture about "One Hundred Summers: A Kiowa Calendar Record,” a special exhibit on display at Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural...

Oklahoma lawmakers report extra income sources Sat, Jun 13, 2009 | Add a comment One worked for Walmart. Many are in real estate. Others are bankers or sell insurance or run law practices. About three-quarters of state lawmakers reported income from sources outside their jobs...

Art Review: OU exhibit features American Indian art Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — There are some startling and edgy as well as delightful and intriguing artistic creations in a show of works from the Rennard Strickland collection at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of...