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Cherokee

The Cherokee story of preserving an endangered culture

In the early spring of 2018, former Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Joe Byrd found a seat on the airport shuttle headed to Tulsa International...
Scott Sapulpa sues The Oklahoman defamation trial

‘Egregious’: In libel lawsuit, man wrongly identified by The Oklahoman seeks damages

(Editor's note: The following article about a civil defamation lawsuit contains references to a racial slur and to court documents that have been temporarily...
Oasis Fresh Foundation, Aaron Johnson

Seeking $30 million for food deserts, innovative grocery store proposal faces oversight questions

A proposal to provide a nonprofit organization $30 million of federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to build four grocery stores in underserved areas...
Tulsa Race Riot

Silenced Cries: A poem on the Tulsa Race Riot

Silenced Cries by James Coburn I don’t remember the terror in Greenwood. I wasn’t there. Never was it taught to me in history books. 1921 burning of the...
cockfighting

Cockfighting fight turns back time at Oklahoma Capitol

Feathers are flying in the Oklahoma Legislature again, and this time it's over an old topic — cockfighting — that has been born anew...
Muscogee Creek Indian

Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen: ‘They basically voted us out’

Five years after petitioning the Bureau of Indian Affairs for status as a separate tribe, members of the Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band remain in...
Trail of Tears

Exiled to Indian Country: Trail of Tears shaped Oklahoma

WASHINGTON — Known as the Trail of Tears, the forced removal of Native Americans to Oklahoma was one of the most inhumane policy implementations...
Swadley's Bar-B-Q

Pinnell: State will amend Swadley’s Bar-B-Q contract

Amid mounting concerns from lawmakers and a criminal investigation, the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department will be amending its contract with a Swadley's Bar-B-Q...
Tulsa County asks Oasis nonprofit to return ARPA funds

As Tulsa County asks Oasis nonprofit to return ARPA funds, former employee calls out ‘lie’

Citing "material breaches" and questionable expenses, Tulsa County officials are asking Oasis Fresh Foundation to return more than 30 percent of the $500,000 in...
Downtown Edmond brewery

Planned downtown Edmond brewery faces delays, questions on city’s RFQ process

Efforts to add year-round commerce in downtown Edmond’s Festival Market Place have stalled as construction costs for a planned brewery have soared. Meanwhile, the...

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