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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

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SPECIAL REPORTS
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
Indigenous environmental activists and allies protest in front of the White House at the People Vs. Fossil Fuels rally. (Robert Viamontes/Gaylord News)
Oklahoma Indigenous activists urge Biden to declare climate emergency during D.C. rallies
Robert Viamontes • October 14, 2021

WASHINGTON -- Oklahoma Indigenous activists came to the nation’s capital this week to urge President...

ENVIRONMENT
Mining debris is all that remains more than a decade after Picher, Oklahoma, was declared unlivable and evacuated by the U.S. EPA. (Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality)
Quapaw Tribe awaits action on bill to settle environmental damages
Nancy Marie Spears • October 6, 2021

WASHINGTON -- Members of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma are awaiting action on legislation that would authorize...

WASHINGTON
Source: Oklahoma Department of Transportation and U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Quapaw Nation’s reservation affirmed as Indian Country under federal law
Nancy Marie Spears, Gaylord News • October 21, 2021

Washington -- The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled unanimously Thursday that Congress never disestablished...

NATIVE AMERICAN
Source: Oklahoma Department of Transportation and U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Quapaw Nation’s reservation affirmed as Indian Country under federal law
Nancy Marie Spears, Gaylord News • October 21, 2021

Washington -- The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled unanimously Thursday that Congress never disestablished...

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LIFESTYLE
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
Patients are served at the Chickasaw Nation Emergency Operations Facility, 1300 Cradduck Road in Ada. Photo from the Chickasaw Nation.
Oklahoma tribes pivot to booster shots in COVID-19 battle
Nancy Marie Spears • August 30, 2021
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
MOST READ
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Mining debris is all that remains more than a decade after Picher, Oklahoma, was declared unlivable and evacuated by the U.S. EPA. (Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality)
Quapaw Tribe awaits action on bill to settle environmental damages
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Tom Hanks gets his picture with the Kiowa cast and Dorothy WhiteHorse DeLaune from the film News of the World. Photo by Lynda DeLaune.
Kiowa elder bonds with 10-year-old actress on ‘News of the World’ movie set
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-Joy Harjo signs into the Poetry and Literature Centers historic guest book as the nations 23rd poet laureate. (Shawn Miller/Library of Congress)
Oklahoma native Joy Harjo rings in third term as US poet laureate
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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

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