Candidates Uriah Grass and Janis Dearman are heading to a runoff election July 26, 2025, for the Cherokee Nation District 4 ...

The Cherokee Nation Tribal Council approved a multimillion-dollar appropriation Thursday afternoon that would pay for a new health care facility in Claremore.

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… ...

In Oklahoma, Juneteenth highlights tribal slavery descendants’ fight for recognition and citizenship While many across the country recognize Juneteenth as the end to the institution of slavery ...

While many across the country recognize Juneteenth as the end to the institution of slavery in America in 1865, some tribal nations in Oklahoma continued to own slaves until the following year ...

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… ...

While many across the country recognize Juneteenth as the end to the institution of slavery in America in 1865, some tribal nations in Oklahoma continued to own slaves until the following year, 1866.

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 ...

Seminole Nation Chief Lewis Johnson did not respond to requests for comment. Starting in 1885, the Choctaw Nation had given citizenship to Freedmen descendants, but in 1983 the tribal nation adopted a ...