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State officials envision drones, call monitoring and AI technologies as the future of Oklahoma prisons, but advocates worry the tools create risks that extend beyond incarceration.

The Muscogee National Council is choosing to remain neutral in the jurisdictional fight between the Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, after the council voted 9-4 to postpone Tribal Resolution 25-079 indefinitely.

The only tribal casino in the Panhandle, the Golden Mesa Casino, is expanding. Leaders involved in the project said this $78 million investment will boost not only the city of Guymon's economy, but the welfare of Shawnee tribal citizens.

Pregnant Oklahomans have a new resource: the state's first psychiatrist dedicated to their mental health.

After the landmark Freedmen citizenship ruling in the Muscogee Nation Supreme Court, the tribal nation's citizenship board petitioned for a rehearing of the case. On Wednesday, the court denied their motion.

The Oklahoma County Commissioners are officially nudging the state to pay them back $1.5 million.

First Americans Museum is hosting the first public screening of its 45-minute documentary film this Saturday, highlighting the reunification of tribal members in Oklahoma with cultural items relevant to their family lines.

Peppered chubs are small, speckled fish that used to dart around in northern and central Oklahoma's rivers. Now they only live in a small section of the South Canadian River north of Amarillo, Texas, and have been on the endangered species list since 2022.

"It's not just the home, but it's what the home represents," said Deon Osborne, one of the two campaign organizers. The GoFundMe page has a hefty $1 million goal.

Forty-five people living in an encampment along General Pershing Boulevard in Oklahoma City have moved into housing through the city's Encampment Rehousing Initiative.