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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
Medical marijuana is a booming industry in Oklahoma with over 12,000 marijuana business licenses issued.
Marijuana growers struggling to navigate changing legal landscape
Pepper Purpura • May 9, 2022

WASHINGTON – Medical marijuana is a booming industry in Oklahoma with over 12,000 marijuana business...

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
Hern speaks with a reporter in his office the day after the State of the Union, Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2022 (Gaylord News/Mikaela DeLeon)
Oklahoma delegation pans Biden’s State of Union speech
Mikaela DeLeon • March 2, 2022

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden drew mixed reviews from both sides of the aisle to his State of the...

NATIVE AMERICAN
The Kaw Nation’s Sacred Red Rock called “Iⁿ ‘zhúje ‘waxóbe, was a place of cultural ceremony and gathering for the Kaw people prior to removal to Oklahoma in 1872. The stone was moved from the Kaw’s homelands near the Kansas River and Shunganunga Creek, just outside Topeka, to Robinson Park in Lawrence, Kan., as part of Lawrence’s 75th anniversary celebration in 1929, and was fitted with a plaque celebrating the pioneers of Kansas. (Photo provided by James Pepper Henry.)
Oklahoma tribes increasingly reclaim out-of-state ancestral homelands: “We Are Still Here”
Nancy Marie Spears • May 2, 2022

Tribes across the nation are increasingly buying back or being gifted back property in their ancestral...

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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
Medical marijuana is a booming industry in Oklahoma with over 12,000 marijuana business licenses issued.
Marijuana growers struggling to navigate changing legal landscape
Pepper Purpura • May 9, 2022
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
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
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The Kaw Nation’s Sacred Red Rock called “Iⁿ ‘zhúje ‘waxóbe, was a place of cultural ceremony and gathering for the Kaw people prior to removal to Oklahoma in 1872. The stone was moved from the Kaw’s homelands near the Kansas River and Shunganunga Creek, just outside Topeka, to Robinson Park in Lawrence, Kan., as part of Lawrence’s 75th anniversary celebration in 1929, and was fitted with a plaque celebrating the pioneers of Kansas. (Photo provided by James Pepper Henry.)
Oklahoma tribes increasingly reclaim out-of-state ancestral homelands: “We Are Still Here”
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Domestic violence survivor aims to help others following violent attack
Domestic violence survivor aims to help others following violent attack
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Oklahoma Indian Country. (Oklahoma Department of Transportation).
Oklahoma’s tension with tribes attracts attention of western states
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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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