Choctaw Nation

Northeast Oklahoma District Attorneys Matthew Ballard (District 12) and Carol Iski (District 25) have filed parallel motions of dismissal for a lawsuit filed against them from the Department of Justice.

Federal offices crucial to Indigenous success — Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, Department of the Interior and others— are undergoing layoffs. The Trump administration’s decision to empty those seats will trickle down into Indigenous communities in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma was home to an estimated 83 Indian boarding schools — the most in the country. These schools were popular in the early 20th century and had a genocidal campaign known under its unofficial slogan, “kill the Indian, save the man.”

Oklahoma’s 39 tribal nations play a significant role in state laws, and this year, lawmakers will again hear a variety of bills regarding Indigenous affairs.

The Cherokee, Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations are throwing their support behind a federal effort to sanction Northeast Oklahoma prosecutors accused of violating the McGirt v. Oklahoma precedent.

Colleen Thurston is an Oklahoma filmmaker, curator, educator and Choctaw citizen. Her most recent feature documentary is Drowned Land, a film about protecting the Kiamichi River from extraction. The film is personal for Thurston as she narrates her family’s relationship with the land and water in what is now southeast Oklahoma on the Choctaw reservation.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, and one Choctaw elder is being honored next month for his role in helping to win the war.

Tribal nations in Oklahoma are pleased two state Supreme Court justices will keep their seats, though they’re disappointed one will lose her spot on the court.

The Chickasaw Nation has entered into a new memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development. This kind of agreement serves as an outline of intentions and responsibilities for collaborative work.

Five of Oklahoma’s largest tribal nations have endorsed the retention of three eligible Oklahoma Supreme Court justices in the Nov. 5 election.