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Indigenous Peoples Day receives formal designation from Oklahoma City leaders (opens the original)
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Sarah Adams, a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, has worked with other community members for over a decade to make this designation happen. For her, it pushes back against the longstanding tradition of the erasure of Indigenous people. "It is significant because it is on Columbus Day," Adams said. "So it not only is a time to reflect, but it's a time to celebrate how our Indigenous communities are thriving today. It's an opportunity to talk about sovereignty." While Mayor David Holt (Os
Outgoing Eastern Shawnee Chief redefined leadership in her 20 years at helm of tribe in Oklahoma (opens the original)
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Wallace became the first female leader of her tribal nation headquartered in northeast Oklahoma near the Missouri border. She encountered patriarchal views and doubts because of her gender in the early 2000s. Despite initial pushback, she won reelection four times and saw more women in neighboring tribes in Ottawa County elected to leadership roles. Wallace credits her childhood as a key time when she learned responsibility and the importance of setting goals — a mindset she has carried with her
$31M in federal grants target Oklahoma tribal nations' mental health, substance abuse prevention (opens the original)
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Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is set to receive the most money from the awards through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or SAMHSA, announced earlier this month. The funding totals $2.2 million and will flow to three programs: trauma-informed services in schools, tribal behavioral health substance use prevention and support for 988 tribal response cooperative agreements. Lacey Callahan, the tribe's behavioral health operations manager, said Project Embrace is a Choctaw
Cherokee Strip exhibit in Enid catalyzes conversations about racism, stereotypes (opens the original)
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Thrift stores across the nation receive donations every day. Some of them have not aged well — Mammy salt shakers from the Jim Crow era or a feathered headband made for an "Indian costume." Should thrift stores throw out these objects or sell them? That question is at the heart of the Sorting Out Race exhibit that recently arrived at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid. Curator Amy Johnson-Cranfield said she first learned about the exhibit several years ago and decided to bring i
Eastern Shawnee Tribe elects new chief after 20 years (opens the original)
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Eastern Shawnee tribal citizens elected Chris Samples to lead the tribe in the election held Sept. 21. Samples most recently served as second chief and won 75 percent of the vote, running only against Shawn Daughtery, a former business committee member. Samples described himself as a family man of faith who regularly participates in Shawnee traditions in a letter to tribal citizens shared in the tribe's newsletter, Shooting Star. His platform focused on collaboration and continuing to strengthen
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