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Cherokee Nation: ‘A profound moment for Native people’ (October 25, 2024)
“Oklahoma was home to 87 boarding schools in which thousands of our Cherokee children attended,” said Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. 
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation celebrates Juneteenth (June 24, 2024)
Juneteenth marks a joyous moment in American history — the final emancipation of enslaved African Americans. 
As we come together this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I hope we can all reflect on his life and ideals.
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation works to empower every tribal citizen (October 9, 2023)
Together, I know we can build a future where every Cherokee Nation citizen can thrive and contribute to the legacy of our tribe. 
Indian Country is finally seeing progress on a long-overdue update to the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) although victory is not yet at hand.
Markwayne Mullin is poised to make history as the first tribal citizen in the U.S. Senate in nearly two decades but not all Native voters are happy.
The Cherokee Nation, Chickasaw Nation, Choctaw Nation, Muscogee Nation and Seminole Nation signed treaties that include provisions addressing formerly enslaved persons in their territories.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing titled “Select Provisions of the 1866 Reconstruction Treaties between the United States and Oklahoma Tribes.”
Native America Calling: Honoring Wilma Mankiller (June 15, 2022)
Wilma Mankiller’s image on the U.S. quarter is the latest recognition for the pioneering Cherokee Nation leader. 
Native America Calling: Black Wall Street (February 9, 2022)
As the nation just marked the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre along what was known as Black Wall Street, there’s one story that is largely overlooked. 
Gabe Galanda: Biden administration takes a stand on Indian civil rights (January 25, 2022)
Indigenous representation does matter. 
Lawmakers rejected a proposal that would have added $154 million to the Bureau of Indian Affairs budget to address a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
The House Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance holds a hearing entitled “NAHASDA Reauthorization: Addressing Historic Disinvestment and the Ongoing Plight of the Freedmen in Native American Communities.”
An Oklahoma man has been arrested and charged after citing the Trail of Tears and the Muscogee Nation’s treaty when making violent threats against President Joe Biden.
No nation can truly prosper when any of its citizens are victims of discrimination.
Secretary Deb Haaland approved a new constitution for the Cherokee Nation that explicitly ensures the protection of the political rights and citizenship of all tribal citizens, including the Freedmen.
Native America Calling: Momentum for Choctaw Freedmen? (March 17, 2021)
The Choctaw Nation is now facing a fight pitting sovereignty against formal recognition for Choctaw Freedmen. 
The leader of one of the largest tribes in the U.S. is fighting a behind-the-scenes battle with Congress that pits racial justice against tribal sovereignty.
Chuck Hoskin: The Cherokee Nation must honor its word (February 24, 2021)
Breaking the Treaty of 1866 could be our undoing.
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