A handful of newly introduced bills bring Indigenous communities in Oklahoma to the forefront, specifically in the areas of law enforcement, compacts and education.

Two national Indigenous organizations are reminding tribal citizens how to assert their rights during encounters with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents amid growing ICE presence across Indian Country and Oklahoma.

Amid growing mass deportation efforts across the U.S., Indigenous leaders in Oklahoma are warning tribal citizens to be prepared if they are stopped in Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeps, especially after multiple incidents in other states.

Tribal programs addressing mental health and substance abuse in Oklahoma lost federal funding overnight Tuesday. Roughly 24 hours later, the Trump administration moved to reinstate that support without additional explanation. But tribal leaders say they are still reeling from "political whiplash."

The Muscogee Nation filed a federal lawsuit arguing its authority to regulate hunting and fishing activity of its tribal citizens in its reservation, free from state interference. The tribe is suing Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Director Wade Free and special prosecutor Russell Cochran.

Cherokee Nation leaders are proposing tribal legislation that would create a $30 million nursing school campus in Tahlequah, created in partnership with the University of Oklahoma.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond says tribal wildlife plans in Oklahoma supersede the state's on their reservations.

In an effort to revitalize and protect the Choctaw language, the tribal nation and Rosetta Stone announced a new partnership. Interested language learners will be able to access Level One of the new resource this June, which also integrates Choctaw culture.

About an hour's drive outside Oklahoma City is one of the first active foreign trade zones in Indian Country — an economic tool for tribes and companies seeking stability amid fluctuating tariffs. Meet Citizen Potawatomi Nation's Iron Horse Industrial Park.

Muscogee Nation leaders are beginning to change tribal policy in response to a court order requiring the tribe to grant citizenship to Freedmen descendants, or those whose ancestors were formerly enslaved by the tribal nation.

Oklahoma's new Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples task force is holding meetings around the state to identify the gaps in solving the MMIP crisis. The task force, created by the Attorney General's Office, held its first public listening session last Friday at the Cheyenne Arapaho Service Center in Oklahoma City.

Indigenous people in the U.S. are killed by guns more than nearly any other segment of the population. They rank second behind the Black community, according to a newly published Violence Policy Center report.