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"Alligator Alcatraz" is the nickname for a planned temporary immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades.
Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of ...
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 11, 2025--First American tribal nations in Oklahoma contributed $23.4 billion to the state’s economy in 2023, according to a new study released Wednesday.
Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association (OIGA), established in 1986, is a non-profit organization of Indian Nations with other non-voting associate members representing organizations, tribes and ...
First American tribal nations in Oklahoma contributed $23.4 billion to the state’s economy in 2023, according to a new study released Wednesday. This press release features multimedia. View the ...
The Caddo Commission introduced a resolution seeking federal recognition for the Adai Caddo Indian Nation. The Adai Caddo, a state-recognized tribe, are descendants of the Caddo Confederacy and ...
It’s believed that in 2020, the Oglala Sioux Tribe, located in South Dakota, became the first tribe to vote to legalize marijuana within a U.S. state where the plant remained illegal. In other states, ...
It’s believed that in 2020, the Oglala Sioux Tribe, located in South Dakota, became the first tribe to vote to legalize marijuana within a U.S. state where the plant remained illegal. In other states, ...
A push by the Shawnee Tribe in Oklahoma to take control of the Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway will not move forward in the Kansas Statehouse this year.State representatives voted against a bill ...
Jackson argued that moving tribes west of the Mississippi River would guarantee their survival. Instead it launched an era of genocide. Thousands died during the forced marches to land designated as ...
Since Oklahoma is home to 39 tribal ... Eric Singleton, the museum's curator of Native American art and ethnology, and Gordon Yellowman, director of language and culture programs for the Cheyenne and ...
Thirty-three of the 38 federally recognized tribes in Oklahoma paid exclusivity fees of operate Class III casino games in fiscal year 2023, a report shows..