
OPMX
This report was produced by the Oklahoma Public Media Exchange, a collaboration of public media organizations in the state.
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Tribal Nation leaders are urging Oklahoma lawmakers to override Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto on a public safety bill concerning tribal judicial systems and state agencies.
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Muscogee Nation is moving ahead with plans to file a lawsuit seeking relief from state taxation for tribal citizens.
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Tulsa Police are looking for the person who cut down the statue of Marjorie Tallchief and sold it for scrap metal at a local recycling center.
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StateImpact is on a listening tour with Oklahoma's youth. And we've brought along our microphones. In the first session, two transgender high school juniors from Tulsa share how they feel about their education and their place in the state.
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The Cherokee Nation signed the region’s first agreement between a Tribal Nation and The National Park Service to protect the medicinal plants in Buffalo National River Park. A tribal executive order will also make land in Adair County serve as the Cherokee Nation Medicine Keepers Preserve.
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Oklahomans are seeing higher prices for goods like dairy products and eggs in their local grocery stores.
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A former Kay County Detention Center supervisory corrections officer faces up to 10 years in prison for violating the civil rights of three Black detainees.
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The album, ᎠᏅᏛᏁᎵᏍᎩ (Anvdvnelisgi), is sung entirely in the Cherokee language and features metal, hip hop and folk artists. Its creators want to get more people speaking the language while jamming out.
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The Cherokee Nation is giving $7.5 million to schools in northeastern Oklahoma for its annual Public School Appreciation Day, at least $1 million more than the tribe’s past contribution.
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A political shift in Norman: Incumbent mayor Breea Clark was voted out of office Tuesday in favor of Larry Heikkila.