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Department of Interior: United Keetowah Band shares Cherokee Nation reservation

Jan 17, 2025 | kosu.org | Katie Hallum

The US Department of the Interior's legal opinion allows the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians to build a casino in Tahlequah. The memorandum’s central finding is the latest twist in a battle over jurisdiction between the two Cherokee tribes. In 2012 the Department of Interior granted the UKB’s fee-to-trust application so the tribe could build a casino within the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Nation later challenged that approval in federal court.
Cherokee Nation receives federal grant to boost electric vehicle charging network

Jan 15, 2025 | kosu.org | Katie Hallum

The money is part of President Biden’s initiative to increase the spread of EV stations across the U.S., along with his Justice 40 initiative to assist disadvantaged communities through clean energy federal investments. The money will be used to install 112 electronic vehicle chargers in 12 separate locations across the Cherokee Nation reservation. Proposed sites include Ochelata, Jay, South Coffeyville, Nowata, Tahlequah, Stilwell, Grove, Salina, Vinita and Tulsa.
Prominent Chickasaw politician Neal McCaleb dies at 90

Jan 10, 2025 | duncanbanner.com | Katie Hallum

A defender of tribal sovereignty and Native rights, Chickasaw politician and Oklahoma City native Neal McCaleb died on Thursday at 90. McCaleb, an Oklahoma Hall of Fame and Chickasaw Hall of Fame inductee served eight years in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, with four of those as the Republican House minority leader. He was appointed Oklahoma’s first Secretary of Transportation under Gov.
Prominent Chickasaw politician Neal McCaleb dies at 90

Jan 9, 2025 | oklahomavoice.com | Katie Hallum

A defender of tribal sovereignty and Native rights, Chickasaw politician and Oklahoma City native Neal McCaleb died on Thursday at 90. McCaleb, an Oklahoma Hall of Fame and Chickasaw Hall of Fame inductee served eight years in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, with four of those as the Republican House minority leader. He was appointed Oklahoma’s first Secretary of Transportation under Gov.
Prominent Chickasaw politician Neal McCaleb dies at 90

Jan 9, 2025 | kosu.org | Katie Hallum

McCaleb, an Oklahoma Hall of Fame and Chickasaw Hall of Fame inductee served eight years in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, with four of those as the Republican House minority leader. He was appointed Oklahoma’s first Secretary of Transportation under Gov. Henry Bellmon and headed the Oklahoma Department of Transportation during the initiation of urban and rural turnpikes. In 2001, President George W.
Tulsa prosecutor takes on case of Cherokee citizen on Muscogee land after criminal appeals decision

Jan 8, 2025 | kosu.org | Katie Hallum

Late last year, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that the state has concurrent jurisdiction over tribal members who commit a crime on a reservation they are not members of. The decision was made after Tulsa v. O’Brien, a case where Osage citizen Nicholas O’Brien was ticketed and charged with a DUI on Muscogee Nation land. In that case, the appeals court ruled in favor of the state, citing Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta.
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma gears up for opening of Indigenous food market | KGOU

Jan 5, 2025 | kgou.org | Katie Hallum

The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma in is working to increase food security and support local businesses.
Cherokee Nation celebrates 5 day schools being placed into trust

Dec 10, 2024 | kgou.org | Katie Hallum

Day schools featured prominently during the boarding school-era. More than a century ago, thousands of Native children were taken from their families and forced into government or religiously run institutions. These children faced domestic and sexual abuse at these schools. Many died, and some bodies are still missing today.
Cherokee Nation celebrates 5 day schools being placed into trust

Dec 10, 2024 | kosu.org | Katie Hallum

Day schools featured prominently during the boarding school-era. More than a century ago, thousands of Native children were taken from their families and forced into government or religiously run institutions. These children faced domestic and sexual abuse at these schools. Many died, and some bodies are still missing today.
Northeast Oklahoma law enforcement signs letter panning United Keetowah Band Light Horse Police

Dec 6, 2024 | kgou.org | Katie Hallum

In October, a person accused of drunk driving had their charges dismissed after their attorney argued a UKB officer pulled them over without jurisdiction. In the affidavit, the UKB officer pulled the defendant over on the Cherokee Nation reservation, but the arresting officer was a Cherokee County Sheriff who was cross-deputized with Cherokee Nation Marshals. The UKB has 76 acres in trust in Tahlequah and is surrounded by the Cherokee Nation reservation.