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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
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe tours the rapid field issue facility, where the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team soldiers are fitted for and issued the gear they will use during deployment. (Provided/ U.S. Army)
Inhofe Slams Biden’s Federal Vaccine Mandate
Robert Viamontes • November 4, 2021

WASHINGTON -- Oklahoma’s senior senator on Thursday called on President Biden to roll back his mandate...

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
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe tours the rapid field issue facility, where the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team soldiers are fitted for and issued the gear they will use during deployment. (Provided/ U.S. Army)
Inhofe Slams Biden’s Federal Vaccine Mandate
Robert Viamontes • November 4, 2021

WASHINGTON -- Oklahoma’s senior senator on Thursday called on President Biden to roll back his mandate...

NATIVE AMERICAN
(Left) First grade yearbook photo of Oney M. Roubedeaux at the Concho Indian Boarding School in 1970, (Provided); (Right) headshot of Roubedeaux, (Provided).
Alumni support Haaland’s boarding school initiative: “Boarding schools were a learning experience”
Nancy Marie Spears • December 10, 2021

Tribes across the Southwest dread the possibility that thousands of unmarked graves might be uncovered...

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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
Hispanic STEM Convention
Oklahoma students attend Hispanic STEM convention to move state up in science and technology innovation ranks
Zaria Oates • December 3, 2021
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
MOST READ
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Cherokee Ballard has been the communications manager for Oklahoma Natural Gas since 2011. Her career spans a variety of experiences as a journalist, Cherokee Nation leader, nonprofit advocate and cancer survivor. (Photo provided)
Native advocate talks “new normal” after loss, pandemic
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Korean War Memorial to get new wall for names
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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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(Left) First grade yearbook photo of Oney M. Roubedeaux at the Concho Indian Boarding School in 1970, (Provided); (Right) headshot of Roubedeaux, (Provided).
Alumni support Haaland’s boarding school initiative: “Boarding schools were a learning experience”

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