Last week, Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law that merges Native American Day and Columbus Day into one holiday, which is like honoring vegan awareness and slaughterhouse operators at the same time. Stitt, who is a member of Cherokee Nation and the only governor in the country who is a recognized member of […]
Native American Heritage Month
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Chicken-Fried News: Columbus circled
Oh my! Gov. Mary Fallin is in hot water again with the state’s Native American communities. This time, it has nothing to do with daughter Christina’s photos in a red Plains headdress or mimicking a war dance on the 2014 Norman Music Festival stage. In early May, Fallin vetoed House Bill 2661, proposed by Rep. […]
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Dakota pipeline protests swell local and national sovereignty and human rights struggles
Seven months after they began, the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protests at North Dakota’s Standing Rock Indian Reservation have converged with Native American Heritage Month, bringing even greater focus on the thousands of people from various indigenous tribes and nations working to halt pipeline development on Standing Rock Sioux Tribe lands. The tribe’s goals are, […]
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Class celebrates Native footwear by reproducing it
The Cherokee Nation will host a class on making moccasins 10 a.m. Tuesday at John Ross Museum, 22366 S. 530 Road, in Park Hill. The class coincides with Native American Heritage Month and Rock Your Mocs Day, a day on which members of all tribes are encouraged to wear moccasins. Nov. 15 is this year’s […]