Graham Lee Brewer
Graham Lee Brewer was KOSU's Indigenous Affairs editor from December 2020 to April 2021.
The Cherokee Nation citizen previously was an associate editor for Indigenous Affairs at High Country News and a regular contributor to NPR and The New York Times. He also previously worked for The Oklahoman, Oklahoma Watch and eCapitol.
In 2018, Brewer teamed up with Buzzfeed News to produce a story about Navajo voters in San Juan County, Utah. The story received critical acclaim and won several Native American Journalist Association Awards.
In 2020, Brewer teamed up with Simon Romero from The New York Times to report a story about Governor Kevin Stitt's falling out with the Tribes over the state's gaming compacts. The story shined a light on the unique situation Tribes in the state find themselves in as generators of revenue for the state as well as their citizens.
As a board member of the Native American Journalists Association, Brewer has trained large news organizations on how to ethically tell Indigenous stories.
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The wording in the Cherokee Nation's legal doctrine has been used to exclude Black people whose ancestors were once enslaved by the Cherokees — known as Freedmen — from their full tribal rights. -
The Cherokee Nation Supreme Court ruled the nation must remove "by blood" from its tribal constitution in response to a U.S. government decision to include descendants of those enslaved by the tribe.
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KOSU is excited to announce the addition of Graham Lee Brewer to the Indigenous Affairs team, where he will be working with reporter Allison Herrera as an… -
Native Americans made fry bread by turning government rations turned into a delicious, warm food that brings people together. Fry bread is the subject of a new children's book.
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Former Obama adviser Kimberly Teehee is being appointed as the tribe's first delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. The position is outlined in an 1835 treaty but had never been filled. -
At the heart of a case going to the U.S. Supreme Court during its upcoming session is this question: Are there Indian reservations in Oklahoma?
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About a third of Native Americans say they have experienced discrimination in the workplace when seeking jobs, or when getting promotions or earning equal pay, according to a new poll by NPR -
Te Ata is about the true story of Mary Thompson Fisher, a Chickasaw storyteller who was born and raised in the Chickasaw Nation. She became one of the…
