For descendants of people who were enslaved by tribal nations, Juneteenth is both a celebration of freedom for people of African descent and a reminder of their struggle to be fully embraced by the ...

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation must pay income tax to the state of Oklahoma.

In a state where so many rural communities are struggling to hold on, tribal leadership doesn't just help Indian Country. It ...

Several tribes practiced slavery, and five in Oklahoma — The Cherokee, Seminole, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Muscogee nations — signed reconstruction treaties with the U.S. in 1866 abolishing it ...

Representatives Frank D. Lucas of Oklahoma and Sharice Davids of Kansas have introduced the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) Act, a bipa ...

Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of people in Oklahoma are still fighting for full citizenship in the tribal ...

Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of people in Oklahoma are still fighting for full citizenship in the tribal ...