Katie Hallum (ᏧᏟ)
Indigenous Affairs reporterKatie Hallum (ᏧᏟ) 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.
Her Cherokee name is ᏧᏟ, which means "Fox."
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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Stemming from a $4.1 million allocation from the U.S. Treasury, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma will establish three distinct programs offering credit support for tribal members to access resources necessary to grow their businesses. -
The Muscogee Nation filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the City of Henryetta and its attorney, John Insabella, for violating jurisdictional laws as established in McGirt v. Oklahoma. -
Indian Country in Oklahoma was redefined five years ago today through the U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt v. Oklahoma ruling. -
Descendants of people formerly enslaved by the Choctaw Nation are asking for the U.S. Department of the Interior’s intervention in an upcoming tribal election. -
Conservative pundit Ann Coulter was unequivocal in her social media post. -
From fireworks to food trucks, here's how to celebrate Independence Day in Oklahoma. -
A Muscogee citizen who works for her tribe and lives on its reservation still must pay income tax to Oklahoma, despite her tribal nation’s redefinition as Indian Country after the McGirt case. -
Questions are swirling around a gaming compact between Oklahoma and the United Keetoowah Band. -
The Claremore Indian Hospital has served northeastern tribal patients since 1930. Now, the Cherokee Nation is proposing a $255.5 million investment to replace its aging facilities. -
House Bill 1137, authored by Choctaw citizen Rep. Ronald Stewart, D-Tulsa, was an amendment to Ida’s Law, which provided tribal liaisons to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations for MMIP cases. It would’ve removed the federal funding requirement, allowing the state to fund the office instead.
