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Oklahoma Delegation Seeks Millions for Community Projects

President Joe Biden speaks as he commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, at the Greenwood Cultural Center, Tuesday, June 1, 2021, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Biden vows to repair Greenwood in Tulsa but stops short of saying reparations

View of the National African-American Museum of History and Culture from 14th street on May 26. The museum is located to the northeast of the Washington Monument. PHOTO BY: Kolby Terrell

Black Lives Matter

Signature event canceled by Tulsa Race Massacre centennial organizers

Gordon Yellowman is one of Four Principal Chiefs for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. Yellowman is also a father, husband, administrator, artist, educator, historian, and community leader. (Photo provided)

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Cheyenne chief discusses heritage, resiliency

Cafeteria manager Yanet Viamontes hugs library assistant Mais Shalabi in the hallway at Prairie Vale Elementary School. The staff celebrated Viamontes with chants and applause after she passed her citizenship exam. (Photo provided by Prairie Vale Elmentary School)

education

Oklahoma school a beacon of acceptance amid challenging times

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The CDC vaccine tracker showing Oklahoma’s vaccine distributions as of Feb. 15. Graphic by Jessie Christopher Smith, Gaylord News

Oklahoma vaccinations pushing forward despite record winter storm

Jessie Christopher Smith and Nancy Marie Spears • February 21, 2021

Cherokee Tribe details its COVID-19 vaccination plan. Source: Cherokee Tribe

Tribes preparing for vaccine distribution

Nancy Marie Spears, Reporter • December 11, 2020

A model of the novel coronavirus. Stigma associated with COVID-19 infection has affected how people manage their health and communicate with others. (Gaylord News)

Coronavirus stigma affects pandemic response

Bennett Brinkman, Reporter • December 11, 2020

POLITICS

Freshman Oklahoma congresswoman named Republican class president

Skylar Tallal, Reporter • April 20, 2021

WASHINGTON — Stephanie Bice is Oklahoma's freshman Congresswoman, but the first 100 days of her term...

Split within Republican lawmakers on earmarks support
Inhofe defends Electoral College vote
Inhofe breaks with Trump, Republicans over election fraud

ENVIRONMENT

Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., speaking in Congress about the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in spring 2020. Haaland is the first Native American selected to run a Cabinet agency after the Senate confirmation of her nomination to be the next secretary of Interior. Photo courtesy House of Representatives

Senate makes history with confirmation of Deb Haaland as Interior secretary

Sarah Oven, Reporter • March 15, 2021

WASHINGTON – The Senate made history Monday with its confirmation of New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as...

Oklahoma farmers relieved following upholding of water rule
Close congressional race feeds off negative energy
Oklahoma technicians key to fixing D.C. radar

WASHINGTON

Oklahoma Delegation Seeks Millions for Community Projects

Kaitlyn Deggs and Kaleigh Tingelstad • June 8, 2021

WASHINGTON -- For the first time in a decade, lawmakers representing Oklahoma have submitted requests...

Signature event canceled by Tulsa Race Massacre centennial organizers
Oklahoma delegation reacts negatively to Biden’s joint session address
Senate Republicans Vote to Oppose Earmarks

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Cheyenne chief discusses heritage, resiliency

KaraLee Langford and Brooklyn Wayland • May 19, 2021

NORMAN — A chief for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes spoke on the Gaylord News “Survive & Thrive”...

Iowa Nation member to expand first Native-owned brewery
Muscogee Nation drops colonial era name
Run the land: Native women across the U.S. take to the roads and trails

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The BeetBox Truck parked outside of Vanessa House Brewery on March 26, 2021. Photo by Zaria Oates.

Fast, mobile veganism on the rise

Zaria Oates, Reporter • May 13, 2021

Edibles made from low THC strains of cannabis, such as these gummies, are typically recommended for patients over 65 who are not accustomed to smoking. Photo courtesy of Lawrence Cagigal.

For Oklahoma seniors, legal marijuana is a new frontier

Wendy Weitzel, Reporter • July 29, 2020

HEALTH

Arizona National Guard Spc. Paige Curtiss speaks with a COVID-19 patient at an alternate care facility on the Navajo Nation in Chinle in this June photo. The Navajo Nation was hit hard by the coronavirus, with some of the highest infection rates in the country at one point. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Matkin/National Guard).

Tribes welcome COVID-19 relief funds, say deep-rooted problems remain

Molly Hudson, Reporter • March 25, 2021

Colonel Robert Walter, Oklahoma National Guard Joint Task Force Commander, said he expects all Oklahomans to have received the COVID-19 vaccine by midsummer. Photo courtesy ngaok.org

Oklahoma Guard comes to vaccine aid

Kolby Terrell, Reporter • March 15, 2021

SCIENCE

The Radar Operations Center, located at the National Weather Center (pictured) in Norman, Okla., coordinates meteorological and engineering support for 122 weather forecasting offices across the US. Photo courtesy University of Oklahoma

Oklahoma technicians key to fixing D.C. radar

Jessie Christopher Smith, Reporter • October 5, 2020

For Oklahoma seniors, legal marijuana is a new frontier

Wendy Weitzel, Reporter • July 29, 2020