Tar Creek

The ghost town of Picher is known for its dark and disheartening history. But the Quapaw Nation is actively working to change that narrative.

The deadCenter Film Festival took place in Downtown Oklahoma City last weekend. More than 150 films screened at the festival, and many were Indigenous-centered, including one that covers a prominent tribal issue in northeast Oklahoma.

After decades of frequent flooding in Miami and other Northeastern Oklahoma towns along the Neosho River, a federal regulatory agency has determined the Grand River Dam Authority is responsible. Now, GRDA has been ordered to purchase frequently flooded lands upstream of Grand Lake.

Standing in the water as it winds between a disc golf course and a nursing home, Rebecca Jim and her companions are soaking up the natural beauty of autumn in Miami, Okla.

A survey from Waterkeeper Alliance found chemicals known as PFAS were found in surface waters across the United States, with particularly high concentrations found in some rivers in the Midwest.

A 2020 landmark Supreme Court ruling returned criminal jurisdiction to six Oklahoma tribes. The Quapaw Nation wants to use their re-affirmed sovereignty to better steward the land they're on and enforce more environmental regulation over time.

Citizens of the Quapaw Nation will get more of the settlement money disbursed to the Tribe to pay for environmental damage done to Quapaw land by the lead and zinc mines in the Tar Creek area of northeast Oklahoma.

Contamination from what was once the world’s largest zinc and lead mines have turned Tar Creek’s water orange. One million gallons of contaminated water per day is released into the creek. The effort to clean the site has extended 42 years. That’s why the environmental advocacy organization American Rivers ranked it one of the most endangered rivers in the country.

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