December 21, 2018 | Absentee Shawnee Governor's Report
Hello Tribal PeopleHope everyone is doing well in this cold weather that we have been experiencing lately.As the holidays are fast approaching, the Tribe will be very busy planning different activities. The Absentee Shawnee Tribal Christmas Party will be d...
December 21, 2018 | Choctaw Voices
The family of U. S. Army Pvt. Charles G. Kaniatobe was honored by Chief Gary Batton during the annual Choctaw Nation Veterans Ceremony held in the heart of Choctaw Nation, Tvshka Homma, on Saturday, Nov. 10. The Christmas season is a time of faith and family. ...
December 19, 2018 | Cherokee Nation Notes From The Chief
America’s veterans, including many Cherokee men and women, committed a portion of their lives to preserve our collective freedoms. They deserve the best possible health care we, as a country, can provide. I am proud the Oklahoma Veterans Commission recen...
December 19, 2018 | Corinne Oestreich
Though November is over, and Native American Heritage month is done, the celebration of our heritages never stops. So I will be continuing with a few more Tribal Nation Mini-lessons. Today's mini-lesson is on the great Chickasaw Nation. Traditional Chickasaw t...
December 14, 2018 | Cherokee Nation Notes From The Chief
Osiyo - All children deserve the joy of a bountiful Christmas morning and the experience of tearing open a gift especially selected and wrapped for them. As a father, grandfather and now great-grandfather, it is a tradition I never grow tired of watch...
December 13, 2018 | Cherokee Nation Notes From The Chief
Cherokee Nation is embarking on a huge undertaking: surveying our citizens for an accurate number of fluent Cherokee speakers. Knowing our baseline number of speakers is essential as we continue our aggressive work in Cherokee language revitalization. As of to...
November 26, 2018 | Corinne Oestreich
Today we are going to learn a little about the Seminole nation! The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma's ancestral lands are in Florida. During the Second Seminole War of the 1830s, 3,000 Seminole and 500 Black Seminole were forced to move to Oklahoma. The Black Semi...
November 26, 2018 | Corinne Oestreich
Today's mini-lesson is on the Caddo Nation in Oklahoma. While the Caddo reservation is in Oklahoma, traditional Caddo territory covers the Southeast part of Oklahoma, the North East corner of Texas, the Northwest corner of Louisiana, and the western half of Ar...
November 26, 2018 | Corinne Oestreich
Today's Mini-lesson is on the Kiowa Nation! The red splotch in the image above is the traditional lands of the Kiowa nation people. For most of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Kiowa couldn't be bothered by European Settlers. The Kiowa and Comanche con...
November 26, 2018 | Corinne Oestreich
Today we are going to learn about the Modoc Nation in Oregon and Oklahoma. No that wasn't a typo. The Modoc nation's original tribal lands were in what is now known as Klamath Oregon and extended down into Northern California. The Modoc existed just south of t...
November 14, 2018 | Absentee Shawnee Governor's Report
Hello Tribal People.I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying this fine weather we have been having. I would like to mention the General Council Meeting has been set for October 27, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. in the Multi-Purpose Building on the Absentee Sh...
November 14, 2018 | Choctaw Voices
Our Choctaw veterans are courageous warriors–tvshka–who have defended this land through centuries of battles. There are approximately 1.3 million men and women on active duty, with 200,000 of them stationed overseas. Reports also show th...
