Allison Herrera
Indigenous Affairs reporterAllison Herrera is a radio and print journalist who's worked for PRX's The World, Colorado Public Radio as the climate and environment editor and as a freelance reporter for High Country News’ Indigenous Affairs desk.
While at The World, she covered gender and equity for a reporting project called “Across Women’s Lives,” which focused on women’s rights around the globe. This project took her to Ukraine, where Herrera showcased the country’s global surrogacy industry, and reported on families who were desperate to escape the ongoing civil war that they moved to abandoned towns near the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site. In 2019, she received a fellowship from the International Women in Media Fund to report on the issue of reproductive rights in Argentina, a country scarred by the effects of the Dirty War and a legacy of sexual and physical abuse directed towards women.
In 2015 and 2016, Herrera co-created and produced the Localore project “Invisible Nations” with KOSU. The project included video, radio and live events centered on telling better stories about Native American life in Oklahoma. Invisible Nations received several awards from the Associated Press and the Society of Professional Journalists.
In 2017, she and her colleague Ziva Branstetter received an Emmy Award nomination for their Reveal story “Does the Time Fit the Crime,” which centered on criminal justice in Oklahoma.
in 2019, Herrera’s story for High Country News and Center for Public Integrity titled When Disaster Strikes, Indigenous Communities Receive Unequal Disaster Aid received a Scripps Howard nomination for best environmental reporting along with the One Disaster Away series.
Herrera’s Native ties are from her Xolon Salinan tribal heritage; her family’s traditional village was in the Toro Creek area of the Central California coast.
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The letter was signed by 24 tribal nation leaders, asking to come back to the table and negotiate on the issue of tribal-state compacts with Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt. -
Muscogee Nation Judge Donette Mouser sent the case back to a citizenship board for reconsideration.
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The legal saga surrounding Gov. Kevin Stitt's gaming compacts with two tribal nations continues.
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Osage Wind LLC was back in federal court to revisit some of the same issues argued before the 10th Circuit six years ago. Osage Minerals Council and the U.S. government contend the company continues to trespass and should be liable. Osage Wind says tearing down all 84 wind turbines would be too costly.
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Principal Chief David Hill and Second Chief Del Beaver received more than 50% of the vote in this month's primary. A second term will mean both will secure their legacy as leaders who implemented policy in the wake of the landmark McGirt v. Oklahoma decision.
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Osage Nation Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear says his nation has been approached by the Oklahoma Historical Society about returning headrights formerly belonging to Lillie Morrell Burkhart, who willed it to the state agency when she died in 1967. The return would mean that the Osage Nation would manage Burkhart's trust.
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A decade-long fight will continue in a federal courtroom in Tulsa Wednesday as the Osage Nation is asking a federal judge to consider several motions, including whether some of the rocks used to create the base for the large wind turbines is considered a form of mineral development. Ultimately, the Osage Nation wants the wind turbines taken down.
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State Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat talked to members of the press on Wednesday about Gov. Kevin Stitt's request for yet another special session.
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Another trailer was released on Wednesday, giving away more details of the hotly anticipated film, Killers of the Flower Moon.
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Gov. Kevin Stitt says the former Cherokee Nation tribal council member will be "a bridge" between his office and the state's tribal nations.
