Wichita and Affiliated Tribes

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter was unequivocal in her social media post.

The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, headquartered in Anadarko, and the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California filed a legal complaint last week to hold the United States accountable for the federal Indian boarding school system and its policies.

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.

Four Wichita and Affiliated Tribes leaders traveled more than 1,300 miles to bring two relatives home from the cemetery at Carlisle Indian Industrial School: Kate Ross and Alfred Charko. They only returned with Kate due to faulty labeling.

The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes is undertaking a solar energy project with a newly-announced grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

The Iowa Tribe, Kickapoo Tribe, Wyandotte Nation and the Wichita & Affiliated Tribes will all receive a portion of more than $11 million provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

A giant snake is slithering in the tall grasses of Rice County, Kansas — 75 miles northwest of Wichita.