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Crews are working to contain thousands of gallons of crude oil that leaked into a creek in northern Oklahoma. Oklahoma Corporation Commission spokesman Matt Skinner said Wednesday oil extends for ...
The Oklahoma State of Bureau Investigations (OSBI) announced on Monday that seven bodies were found in the Henryetta property of 39-year-old convicted rapists Jesse McFadden.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court heard arguments on Gov. Kevin Stitt’s lawsuit challenging the validity of two new laws extending state-tribal tobacco and motor vehicle registration compacts.
Oklahoma, the Cherokee Outlet, and Indian reservations established in the state and in the Cherokee Outlet. The Cherokee Outlet, or Cherokee Strip, was located in what is now the state of Oklahoma in the United States. It was a 60-mile-wide (97 km) parcel of land south of the Oklahoma–Kansas border between 96 and 100°W. The Cherokee Outlet ...
The Modoc tribe in Oklahoma later reorganized independently and gained federal recognition in 1978. They have also acquired a land base and have introduced bison to their area. They have pursued several avenues of economic development in what was an inhospitable environment compared to northern California.
The State of Sequoyah was a proposed state to be established from the Indian Territory in eastern present-day Oklahoma.In 1905, with the end of tribal governments looming, [1] Native Americans (the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole) in Indian Territory proposed to create a state as a means to retain control of their lands.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, who toured the twister's damage on Tuesday, said it was rated by weather researchers as a violent tornado with wind speeds up to 200 mph (322 kph).
It was one of the last stops on the Trail of Tears before heading into Indian Territory, also known as present day Oklahoma. SEE MORE: Freedmen Fight For Tribal Citizenship On Legal Path Marred By ...