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

Gaylord News

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

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Jill Momaday stands next to a poster honoring her father, Pulitzer Prize-winning Kiowa author N. Scott Momaday, and adjacent to the engraved floor stone near the entrance of the Oklahoma History Center. (Gaylord News Photo/Katie Hallum)

Native American storytelling cemented with N. Scott Momaday ceremony

Katie Hallum June 2, 2023

The importance of Native American storytelling was cemented on Thursday when Oklahoma’s preeminent history museum dedicated a Legacy Stone in honor of Pulitzer Prize-winning Kiowa author N. Scott Momaday. Momaday,...

Choctaw artist D.G. Smalling honors Delaware Nation with artwork. Photo courtesy Delaware Nation.

Cherokee Chief Hoskin, other tribal leaders hope to improve Indian Arts and Crafts Act

Blake Mullen May 22, 2023

WASHINGTON — Native American artists say they continue to struggle with the theft of their work, and tribal leaders are urging Congress to strengthen the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. IACA was passed...

Drums at the Voices from the Drum Exhibit at the First Americans Museum. (Gaylord News photo/Jay Toyebo)

Drums represent life, Osage artists say

Jay Toyebo March 28, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Voices from the Drum exhibit at First Americans Museum  is designed to teach about community and spirituality in the Osage Nation. It might look like a typical art exhibition,...

Lane Factor, second from right, with members of the Reservation Dogs cast.  (Photo courtesy FX)

Oklahoma Star Lane Factors Talks Reservation Dogs Television’s Breakthrough of Native American Representation

Annabella Potts March 17, 2023

It will be another five months before the third season of the hit television series “Reservation Dogs,” filmed in Oklahoma airs. But the theme of bringing together classic Native American actors...

Sovereign Community School is looking to supporters in hopes of keeping the school doors open. The Oklahoma State Board of Education voted Jan. 26 to end its agreement to be Sovereign’s charter sponsor. 
(Dacoda McDowell-Wahpekeche/Gaylord News)

Indigenous charter school seeking answers to state termination notice

Dacoda McDowell-Wahpekeche February 1, 2023

Sovereign Community School is looking for ways to continue teaching Native American youth after being notified their funding could end in June. Members of the State Board of Education voted Jan. 26...

Quapaw Nation Chairman Joseph Byrd poses with U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. Photo provided by the Quapaw Nation.

Oklahoma tribal leaders say synergy felt at Tribal Summit

Zoë Blume December 2, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than a thousand miles from home, Oklahoma tribal leaders found themselves in Washington this week as tribes from every corner of the United States assembled in one room to hear...

Ranking member Tom Cole and chairman Jim McGovern deliver arguments during the hearing.

House committee meets to consider historic Cherokee delegate

Beck Connelley November 16, 2022

WASHINGTON – The first steps toward potentially seating an appointed Cherokee Nation delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives were taken Wednesday by the House Rules Committee. The two-hour hearing...

Celebration participants march across the National Mall.  Gaylord News/Beck Connelley

Thousands of Native Americans Attend Long Awaited Veteran’s Memorial Dedication

Beck Connelley November 12, 2022

WASHINGTON – More than two years after its opening, the Native American Veteran’s Memorial in the nation’s capital was finally dedicated Friday in a ceremony lasting more than three hours. Tribal...

The future of Native childrens custody rests with divided Supreme Court

The future of Native children’s custody rests with divided Supreme Court

Beck Connelley November 9, 2022

The future of a federal law designed to protect Native American children landed in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday in a case that could potentially reshape the tribal sovereignty landscape...

Tribes say Supreme Court adoption case could upend decades of federal Indian law

Tribes say Supreme Court adoption case could upend decades of federal Indian law

Beck Connelley and Zoë Blume November 8, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear four cases on Wednesday that will ultimately determine whether the state or federal government bears legal responsibility for the protection of Native children. At...

Ambassador Jonodev Chaudhuri provides his testimony during the hearing. Gaylord News Photo/Beck Connelley.

Federal Committee Hearing Casts Doubt on Castro vs. Huerta Ruling

Beck Connelley September 21, 2022

WASHINGTON – A congressional subcommittee investigating the impact of a Supreme Court ruling that overturned decades of Native American law was told Tuesday that the court ignored tribal sovereignty...

Cherokee Chief Chuck Hoskin spoke on his Nation’s shift to abide by the 1866 treaty regarding the citizenship of Freedmen.

State’s largest tribes split over status of descendants of their former slaves

Lauren Green July 28, 2022

WASHINGTON – Oklahoma’s five largest tribes on Wednesday spilt on their willingness to comply with terms of treaties signed more than 150 years ago regarding descendants of their former slaves. “They’re...

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