Culture
Chickasaw Nation survives with culture, perseverance
When Andy Fraizer was 5 years old, he made the treacherous passage with his father from his Chickasaw homeland to Indian Territory.
According to stories...
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...
Quarantine: A rear window into our worried minds
Are we all quarantined yet? No, I guess not in Oklahoma, but some are locking down in isolation. You know there's got to be...
Bills to address murdered, missing Indigenous women
WASHINGTON — When Pam Smith found out that her niece had been radio silent for hours, she started to worry. She called family, friends...
COVID-19: A buzz kill for state’s bars and restaurants
Bars and restaurants will be closed in Oklahoma's largest cities as the world navigates the seemingly endless tumult created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In order...
From wipes to swipes, social (distance) life impacted
With the spread of COVID-19 and the subsequent cancelling of just about every event for the next two months, I was thinking it would...
COVID-19 could decimate Oklahoma events calendar
Public address announcers deliver all kinds of information to crowds or travelers in airports. Most of the time, their voices are background noise.
But not...
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...
Ghosts of Ursino: Unspoken animosities
(Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from the novel Ghosts of Ursino, which was inspired by the author’s great-great-grandparents’ interracial marriage. The author...
New Yorker homage: Birds of a feather draw together
With Andrea DenHoed joining the NonDoc staff, I thought I'd have a little fun with the comic this week since she previously worked at...
