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Indigenous Affairs reporter for @KOSURadio former @pritheworld @AIRmedia @pulitzercenter . I like coffee, news tips and 80's music retweets don’t =endorsements
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A scathing dissent from Gorsuch, “Tribes are not private organizations within state boundaries. Their reservations are not glorified private campgrounds. Tribes are sovereigns.”
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From Justice Gorsuch: a 🧵
Often, Native American Tribes have come to this Court seeking justice only to leave with bowed heads and empty hands. But that is not because this Court has no justice to offer them.
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Watching Lily Gladstone getting a standing ovation was amazing. She is this film. She carried this film
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If anyone is interested in the topic of abortion Oklahoma and how that applies with the McGirt decision in place, I will be holding a twitter spaces for that next week with an expert. I will moderate . Stay tuned
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BREAKING:
@MuscogeeNation
files suit against
@cityoftulsagov
for unlawful criminal prosecution of Native people for traffic’s offenses committed within reservation boundaries
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I attended the premiere of
#killersoftheflowermoon
at
@Festival_Cannes
for
@KOSURadio
and I have so much to say about the film. First, it was so great to see Osages walk down the red carpet, because their story is the heart of this movie.
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“It’s Oklahoma’s dirty little secret,”said Margaret Sisk, an Osage citizen who has a part in the movie. She wants the history of the Osage murders to be told.
@KOSURadio
@Osagenation
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“Martin Scorsese laid down a new foundation here that I hope other filmmakers take into consideration. I hope other studios and writers go to the community, go to the people, speak with them.” Said
@TatankaMeans
@KOSURadio
NPR
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I’m sorry to interrupt everyone’s
#GarWeek
with some personal news: after nearly four incredible years of covering Indigenous Affairs for
@KOSU
I will be stepping aside. I’ve taken a role as senior reporter for
@apmreports
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During press conference Leonardo DiCaprio said it felt really special to have Osages here side by side with him and the rest of the crew.Walking down the red carpet. Addressing the audience
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Because of
#McGirt
decision, A lot of folks who report on tribal affairs in Oklahoma are getting a lesson in Indian law-including myself. And I think that’s a pretty positive thing.
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Julie O’Keefe and Moira RedCorn attending the premiere of
#KillersoftheFlowerMoon
@Festival_Cannes
Moira’s dad Charles Red Corn wrote a Pipe for February which was one of the first books written from an Osage perspective about the murders. Julie was the cultural adv on the film
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Tribal nations in Oklahoma are expanding vaccine availability in a huge way. The
@QuapawTribe
announced this week that people in Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma will be available to get the Moderna vaccine through a partnership with NE Tribal Health System
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I don’t know who needs to hear this : but if you’re going to do a story about Native women and reproductive care-please center Native women’s voices in your story.
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INBOX: From
@IHSgov
on the status of Seminole Freedmen: IHS has reviewed the eligibility status of Seminole Freedmen in accordance with IHS eligibility requirements and has determined that the Seminole Freedmen are eligible for health care services.
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Our Constitution reserves for the Tribes a place—an enduring place—in the structure of American life. It promises them sovereignty for as long as they wish to keep it. And it secures that promise by divesting States of authority over Indian affairs
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.
@JoyHarjo
said that now Wilma Mankiller’s face is on a quarter it will lead to young Indigenous and non-Indigenous women asking more about her incredible life and all she did for
@CherokeeNation
Wado Wilma!
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Breaking: Haaland v Brackeen :court rejects all of the challenges to the 45 year old law some on merits others for lack of standing in a 7-2 decision
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Very happy to have gotten this letter today. I’ve been paying on my student loans for more than 20 years.
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they please; the right of Indian children to grow in their culture; and the right of Indian communities to resist fading into the twilight of history. All of that is in keeping with the Constitution’s original design.
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OMG!!!!! I finally made it!!!!! The best day of my life (besides having my daughter, of course)
Allison Herrera. Reporter for KOSU. Tulsa, Oklahoma.
@alisonaher
@KOSURadio
@pritheworld
@AIRmedia
@pulitzercenter
@CPRNews
#NPRmageddon
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.
@GovStitt
decides not to renew tribal hunting and fishing compacts, an agreement he previously praised
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Hello all! Im looking for some recommendations for Indigenous businesses and shops in Oklahoma that people can go to for their holiday gift buying! This is for a story I’m working on. Send your recs via dm or put it here in the thread. Thanks All! 🎁🎁
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United States District Court in the Western District of Oklahoma denies Oklahoma’s motion for summary judgement in surface mining dispute. Under SMCRA, state regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation w/in Muscogee, Choctaw and Cherokee Nations are now prohibited
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I’m excited to announce that I am a
@USCAnnenberg
health journalism fellow. I’m going to report on tribal mental health programs and how they’re helping citizens and if they’re making a difference in tribal law enforcement
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and by giving the federal government certain significant (but limited and enumer- ated) powers aimed at building a lasting peace. In adopting the Indian Child Welfare Act, Congress exercised that law- ful authority to secure the right of Indian parents to raise their families as
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It's official!
@PRI
decided to update their style guide. We are now officially capitalizing the word Indigenous. An important step in our coverage here. Thanks to
@najournalists
for providing us guidance on this important issue.
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doing some research about the KKK in Osage County and found this from the Avant Derrick circa 1911-10years before the Tulsa Race Massacre! White people threatened Black people with dynamite unless they left town. How can we talk about this history without mentioning race
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BREAKING
#SCOTUS
decides that Oklahoma has concurrent jurisdiction and can prosecute non-Indians on reservation boundaries when they commit crimes against Indians
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An opinion was issued today by a federal judge involving the 4 gaming compacts Governor Stitt signed in 2020 that were deemed illegal by Oklahoma State Supreme Court. Two key takeaways: DOI has a legal duty to make sure these compacts were validly entered into AND(see next tweet)
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OCCA rules that
@QuapawTribe
reservation was never disestablished: two treaties cited in OCCA ruling: 1833 and 1867 treaty with Seneca, Shawnee and Quapaw
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Some exciting news to end the year on. I'm going to get to work with
@grahambrewer
again! Welcome aboard the
@KOSURadio
I promise to get my copy in on time!
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Thanks to the
@Osagenation
for vaccinating people! Said Lily Gladstone. During the pandemic, tribal nations in Oklahoma vaccinated Native and non-Native people.
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.
@MuscogeeNation
judge rules in favor of two Muscogee “Creek”Freedman Rhonda Grayson and Jeff Kennedy-both are now eligible for citizenship
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.
@KiowaTribe
acquires 200 acres of land into trust. Known as Indian City, USA. “We’re taking back our land a little bit at a time,” said Chairman Komalty
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Here with
@SecDebHaaland
and boarding school survivors at Riverside Indian School for first stop on the
#Roadtohealing
Haaland and Sec Newland will hear from survivors today
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An exhibit at
@CherokeeNation
history museum. An incredible exhibit about the Cherokee Freedmen.
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THREAD!!! Just FYI for all the eyes on Tulsa right now for the
#TrumpRallyTulsa
local media there have been working so hard for weeks. So, before you got to any national outlets, please tune into these folks
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@davejorgenson
I think there needs to be a dance correction here. Minnesota received a “want their citizens to die” dance. But, we’re still on stay at home orders here until May 18th 🤔
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This is not accurate. Both
@cityoftulsagov
Police and
@MuscogeeNation
Lighthorse have cross deputization agreements. Muscogee Nation updated all their criminal and civil codes to be in line with state and local laws. There are no two systems here
If any individual member of an American Indian tribe wants to ignore the speed limit in Tulsa, that individual can do so without fear of facing a ticket or charges by city police under a new ruling issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.
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Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma prevails over Treasury Secretary in CARES act suit in DC circuit court. Story coming soon
@KOSURadio
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.
@CNB_Media
says all of their 9 Cherokee Casinos and Hard Rock Tulsa will close tonight and reopen (tentatively) on Wednesday @ 1pm to ease the stress on Oklahoma's power grid.
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something that can come out of this movie and the attention it’s sure to bring
@Osagenation
-passing a bill to return Osage Headrights. According to the BIA about 500 of the 2,229 headrights are in non-Osage hands.
@racheladhe
and mines story
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INBOX: Today, HHS Secretary Becerra announced that staff at the Indian Health Service who serve in federally-operated health care facilities and interact with, or have the potential to come into contact with, patients will be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
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My story will be out on
@kosu
and NPR this week. More from me after the press conference tomorrow. What do you want me to ask?
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Another person who is steals the show is
@Osagenation
minerals council chairman Everett Waller who tells it like it is in the movie-stop these people from killing our women.
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Lily Gladstone was given a standing ovation because of her performance.
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🧵 1/4Lots of folks in Oklahoma are talking about “what if’s” in terms of Indigenous doctors being able to perform abortions within reservation boundaries. I talked with
@ailahoss
yesterday about it and
@SarahDeer72
-both of whom said “it’s complicated”
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$15.6 billion-that’s how much tribal economies in Oklahoma have contributed to the state in 2019 according to a report released today by the Oklahoma Tribal Finance Consortium. $5.4 billion in wages and benefits to Native and non-Native workers
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.
@KOSURadio
fact checked
@GovStitt
claims that Native drivers have a different set of rules. Here’s what
@pegdodd
and I found
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Over the last few weeks, I’ve seen a lot of solidarity between Indigenous and Black leaders and community members speaking out against experiences of police brutality and supporting each other. Here’s my story for
@KOSURadio
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I see a few news outlets in Oklahoma that report on Indigenous communities that don’t follow
@APStylebook
by capitalizing Indigenous. Editors, please make these corrections and put this in place for your newsroom. Thanks.
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I got to attend the cast party and talk to people involved in the film-who painted the sets, consulted on the language and culture and people who had parts in the film. They put their heart and soul in this movie and we’re so proud
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Muscogee (Creek) Nation has been awarded more than $500,000 dollars to support their tribal justice system. The Nation will hire 4 more prosecutors 1/3
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BREAKING:
#SCOTUS
grants cert to Oklahoma’s petition on whether or not the state can prosecute non-Indians on Indian crime when they occur on reservation land.
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.
@MuscogeeNation
voters approve
#FreePress
protections. It's now enshrined in the Nation's constitution. This is a HUGE deal for them. Congratulations! This is a huge win for tribal sovereignty a huge win for the people.
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Honored and just speechless! proud to work with the fierce
@rebeccanagle
on this piece
Wow! Justice Sotomayer referencing
@alisonaher
and my article in the
@TheAtlantic
during oral arguments.
#impactjournalism
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BREAKING: Oklahoma Supreme Court rules Governor doesn’t have authority to enter into gaming compacts with sports betting. Story coming soon
@KOSURadio
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The Brackeen decision handed down today cannot be underestimated. This is a HUGE win for Native families and communities. A 7-2 decision with the majority of the court agreeing that Congress’ plenary power must remain and that the challengers in this case lacked standing
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Statement from
@MuscogeeNation
“Today’s ruling also purports to expand the state of Oklahoma’s authority on reservation lands to unprecedented levels to include concurrent jurisdiction on trust and restricted land. This will have a ripple effect throughout Indian Country in US”
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“What we have seen over the last several years is that there is a concerted effort on the part of a conservative group that is looking to unwind federal Indian law,”
@WNormanNDNLaw
told
@KOSURadio
about
#ICWA
which will be decided by
#SCOTUS
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Let’s confront the past-like the Tulsa Race massacre, like this story.-said DiCaprio
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I really want to go out on a boat with someone on Grand Lake and play Fleetwood Mac and drink Sonic Seltzers. Can someone help me out here?
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Really excited for everyone this weekend who’s going to go to the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City. I got a tour last week and it was stunning
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Here’s the whole quote: “where the court once stood firm, it wilts. After the Cherokee’s exile to what became Oklahoma, the federal government promised the Tribe that it would remain ever free from interference by state authorities”
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"It was a really great step forward and hopefully it will actually lead to something," said Tirzah Anderson, a Choctaw Freedman descendant.
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While it’s heartbreaking when anyone goes missing, I just want to point out the inequitable coverage around this issue-especially when it comes to Indigenous women:
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Martin Scorsese said it’s not a whodunit it’s a who didn’t do it! Leonardo DiCaprio said, ‘where’s the heart of this story?’
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Martin Scorsese just praised a the book A Pipe for February by Charles Red Corn and that he hopes to get it made into a movie
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My colleague
@CathJSweeney
reported on a surge in COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma-mostly among unvaccinated people. If you haven't gotten your shot,
@ChickasawNation
is offering a family drive through vaccination event in Ada Tues 6/29-open to anyone-tribal and non-tribal citizens1/2
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This thread 👇🏼excellent work being done
@propublica
THREAD
Imagine: you’ve been sexually assaulted.
Your town is so remote that you have to take a plane — without showering — to a larger city in order to have a sexual assault exam or forensic interview.
For some people living in rural Alaska, this is real life.
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Statement from
@ChuckHoskin_Jr
and
@CherokeeNation
“with today’s decision, the US Supreme Court ruled against legal precedent and the basic principles of of congressional authority and Indian law.”
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Shaamósh everyone and happy Indigenous People's Day to all my relatives here. Thanks to my mom, my grandmas aunties and uncles who guided me here and for all those whose shoulders I stand on that sacrificed so much so I can be here- Felista, Antonia, Clara, Anna
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Happy
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
I’m honored to report on and with Indigenous communities in Oklahoma a huge s/o to my fellow Indigenous affairs reporters in Oklahoma
@OsageNews
@CherokeePhoenix
@MvskokeMedia
@LenzyKB
@mollykyoung
@dljames0001
@rebeccanagle
& so many more!!
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Lawnmowers AND leaf blowers- enemies of work at home radio journalists
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Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear said it was amazing to see Robert De Niro speak Osage in the movie and how amazing it was to see the actors working hard
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.
@MuscogeeNation
will now be able to repatriate remains and funerary objects from
@UofAlabama
after a NAGPRA finding that they were culturally affiliated “5,892 of our ancestors deserve a proper burial they don’t deserve to be in a box” Chief Hill said
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Message from
@najournalists
to Non-Indigenous News Orgs: this Thanksgiving commit to year round Indigenous Affairs coverage. Here’s the full release:
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.
@rebeccanagle
says what's at stake isn't just the legality of the Indian Child Welfare Act- she says some of the players fighting to undo the law, including the Goldwater Institute, have an ulterior motive to undo the legal status of tribes
@KOSURadio
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Lily Gladstone talked about William Hale-who’s name still graces a window above a drug store in Fairfax-some Osages attended his funeral she said. And, the Shoun Brother’s names are still on a building-they are the ones responsible poisoning Molly and Minnie
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Robert De Niro talks about systemic racism and how it’s part of this story. Indeed, there’s a scene where the KKK March down the street of Fairfax
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‘Let’s use Ernest as a template to portray love trust and betrayal-betrayal of Osagesby white people, betrayal by federal government. Marty said he listened to the community of Grayhorse.
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I’m so happy to have
@grahambrewer
as my editor. He’s helped with difficult reporting assignments and understands the nuance and complexity that the Indigenous Affairs beat requires. Couldn’t do this job w/o you!
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Just talked to
@Sen_GregTreat
who said he plans on bringing up another vote to override
@GovStitt
‘s veto of both tag tobacco compacts during extended spec. Session. Story coming soon on
@KOSURadio
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BREAKING: 10th Circuit court sides with Justin Hooper rejecting
@cityoftulsagov
argument that it has criminal jurisdiction over Indians per the Curtis Act. Here is the opinion:
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Another big win for tribal sovereignty as 10th circuit rejects Tulsa’s argument that the Curtis Act-a pre-statehood law that was meant to force allotment ceased to exist when Oklahoma became a state Here’s my story about it
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.
@ChuckHoskin_Jr
talking about education in the state and says that he’s proud to endorse
@joy4ok
“demonstrated an eagerness to work together” tribes and the state
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I like to think this is the moment Justice Sotomayor mentioned
@rebeccanagle
and mine’s reporting at the bench during yesterday’s
#CastroHuerta
arguments. Thanks to court artist Art Lien for letting us post this.
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Reverend Turner leading a prayer before tonight’s candle light vigil for the
#TulsaRaceMassacre
. All lights in Greenwood will go dark and organizers are asking for 10 min of silence
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BREAKING: The Tenth Circuit just denied Tulsa’s request to stay Hooper pending appeal.
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This Pieces the veil of what society tells us what we should care about. “why the hell do we not know about these stories.” Lily said Leo was there in Osage Nation as a human being and an ally
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Just want to say that having a teenage daughter is a humbling affair. I sent a picture of some new patio furniture I bought and was super proud. The response: ok???
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Martin said he tapped into what Osage Nation values are-so important and reoriented him “the more I found out the more I wanted to put in.
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I just talked with a couple within the
@CherokeeNation
who are about to adopt their grandniece. They said, “we won” This law, they say helped them keep their soon to be daughter in the family raising her in the culture. 👂🏼 for my story on
@noteswithkai
soon about their story
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