Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

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Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord News
Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

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SPECIAL REPORTS
Tiffany Crutcher introduces a group of Japanese-American panelists at the Black Wall Street Legacy Summit. Maria Nairn/Gaylord News
Legacy and history are different concepts, Black Wall Street panelists say at festival
Teegan Smith and Ana Castillo • June 1, 2024
Sandy Harris, left, and Jonnette Paddy, right, with Indigenous Women Rising talk about abortion care and reproductive health with attendees at the “Women Are Sacred” conference on June 27, 2023, in Albuquerque, N.M. (Photo by Noel Lyn Smith/News21)
Indigenous Americans unite to navigate abortion access after Roe
Noel Lyn Smith and Maddy Keyes • February 21, 2024
Shabnam Khalilyar during a more pleasant time in Kabul, Afghanistan, inside the presidential compound. Photo provided.
Aug. 15: a day that a generation of Afghanistans grew old overnight
Shabnam Khalilyar • August 15, 2022
POLITICS
The House of Representatives passed H.R. 9747, a continuing resolution to continue current levels of government funding until December 20 and avoid a government shutdown. The bill passed 341-82 with support from the Democratic Party and the majority of the Oklahoma House delegation. Photo by Kevin Eagleson/Gaylord News
Congress avoids government shutdown: Passes bipartisan spending legislation
Kevin Eagleson, Reporter/writer • September 25, 2024

After weeks of delays, a failed vote on a previous spending bill and a looming government shutdown, Congress...

ENVIRONMENT
The Environmental Defense Fund has mapped orphaned wells in Oklahoma. There are at least 15,965 orphaned wells throughout the state, not including those located within the boundaries of the Osage Nation. Copyright © 2024 Environmental Defense Fund. Used by permission. The original material is available at http://edf.org.
Two Indigenous Nations in Oklahoma to receive funds for orphaned wells
Kevin Eagleson • September 9, 2024

The Biden-Harris administration recently announced over $12 million in grant funding will be distributed...

WASHINGTON
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond standing outside the Supreme Court Tuesday conceded that errors were made in Glossip’s prosecution. He supported Glossip’s efforts to seek a new trial and authored a brief calling for the court to order a new trial. Ireland Fitzer/Gaylord News
‘False is false:’ Justices hear arguments in Glossip case
Kevin Eagleson • October 9, 2024

WASHINGTON - Supreme Court justices appear keen to rule in favor of a new trial for Richard Glossip after...

NATIVE AMERICAN
Dora Morning, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, is buried in the Carlisle Indian Cemetery on the former grounds of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, where she died in 1885. The Carlisle Indian Industrial School sits on the grounds of the present-day U.S. Army War College. Photo by Addison Kliewer/Gaylord News.
Services Saturday for 15-year-old Wichita child who died at Carlisle boarding school
Analyse Jester • September 20, 2024

Leaders of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes in Anadarko, who have been waiting for the return of its...

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LIFESTYLE
OK3 members Sierra Sikes, Courtney Hooker and Kenna Fields. Photo provided.
Rising stars on music scene credit nurturing from Oklahoma
Shelby Emery • April 18, 2024
Dante Biss-Grayson models one of his ranch shirt designs. This one is called “Ace High.” Photo provided by Sky Eagle Collections.
Oklahoma designers making mark in fashion industry
Analyse Jester and Lisa Maslovskaya • February 15, 2024
HEALTH
Hannah Sizemore, with Remi and Foster, delivered in November at the same hospital where she was born 26 years ago. (Photo courtesy of Hannah Sizemore)
New subcommittee looking to combat maternity care deserts
Kayden Anderson • April 15, 2024
A sign on the Oneida Nation highlights how opioids have affected the community. Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Interior.
Tribes seek to lead way on opioid treatment
Zoë Blume • October 31, 2022
SCIENCE
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Oklahoma City) comments during a hearing about drone technology. (Gaylord New photo/Gabriela Tumani)
Oklahomans taking lead in drone technology and advanced air mobility
Gabriela Tumani • March 27, 2023
Hispanic STEM Convention
Oklahoma students attend Hispanic STEM convention to move state up in science and technology innovation ranks
Zaria Oates • December 3, 2021
MOST READ
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Dora Morning, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, is buried in the Carlisle Indian Cemetery on the former grounds of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, where she died in 1885. The Carlisle Indian Industrial School sits on the grounds of the present-day U.S. Army War College. Photo by Addison Kliewer/Gaylord News.
Services Saturday for 15-year-old Wichita child who died at Carlisle boarding school
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The Vernon AME (African Methodists Episcopal) Church in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, was founded before Oklahoma statehood. During the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, people of the neighborhood sheltered in the church’s basement. Vernon AME continues to serve and support the largely Black community of North Tulsa. SOURCE: Google Street Maps.
Faith and trauma define two neighborhoods 700 miles apart
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Field Parsons stands on an aircraft at the Max Westheimer airport on March 24. (Gaylord News/ Zaria Oates)
OU School of Aviation focuses on securities and student well-being post-9/11
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Osage Nation maintains the only remaining reservation of tribal territory in Oklahoma. Headquarters for the government is centered in Pawhuska. (Photo Credit U.S. National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau)
Exiled to Indian Country: Osage Nation