Katie Hallum
Indigenous Affairs reporterKatie Hallum covers Indigenous Affairs at KOSU.
She joined the team in April 2024 after working at KGOU in Norman as a host and producer for All Things Considered and Here & Now. During her time there, she received several awards, including Best Newscast in the 2024 Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts.
A citizen of the Cherokee Nation, Katie grew up in Tahlequah and attended Sequoyah High School. As a student pursuing degrees in Journalism and International Security at the University of Oklahoma, she worked for The OU Daily and Gaylord News covering tribal affairs, health care and politics. She briefly spent time at OU Nightly as their floor director.
When Katie is not reporting, she is a patient advocate and ambassador for the American Kidney Fund. As an organ recipient, she travels as a keynote speaker for medical research conferences discussing the future of innovation in solid organ transplantation.
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Oklahoma has proposed a new car tag compact deal to save negotiations with the Cherokee Nation. -
The United States Department of Justice awarded nine Oklahoma tribal nations $6.2 million under two programs. -
The Cherokee Nation voted to permanently reauthorize its 2019 Housing, Jobs and Sustainable Communities Act, which helped fund 2,800 housing and community projects. -
The Muscogee Nation is appearing before a federal appeals court in Georgia demanding accountability from another tribe in Alabama. -
The battle between the Cherokee Nation and Gov. Kevin Stitt over the tribe’s tag compact renewal is approaching the deadline. -
Funded by a grant from the National Congress of American Indians, the United Indian Nations of Oklahoma is launching its “Warrior Up To Vote” campaign. -
A proposed law would allocate $40 million toward housing needs as part of a reauthorization of the Cherokee Nation’s Housing, Jobs and Sustainable Communities Act for a three-year cycle. -
The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards bring a historic number of Indigenous nominees to the stage. -
Jimcy McGirt, a Seminole Nation citizen and the man behind the landmark McGirt case, faced Seminole Nation Chief District Judge Steve Barnes through a conference call for his arraignment in the Seminole Nation tribal court. -
Jimcy McGirt, the man behind the landmark McGirt case, is slated to appear before the Seminole Nation District Court Tuesday.
