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How did the news spread to Oklahoma when those who were enslaved were freed after the Civil War?

Monday marked 158 years since the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the U.S.

Descendants of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s former slaves say it is time the tribe finally honors the commitment it made in 1866 to give them citizenship.

The descendants of formerly enslaved tribal citizens have been fighting on a rocky legal path for two decades for their right to be citizens.

The descendants of formerly enslaved tribal citizens have been fighting on a rocky legal path for two decades for their right to be citizens.

Here is a summary of Native American-related news around the U.S. this week: Haaland not hindered by leg injury Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, is recovering from an injury she incurred while hiking in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park on...

Nancy Marie Spears, a Gaylord News reporter based in Washington, is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of

The friend-of-the-court, or amicus, briefs were filed in the United States Supreme Court by law enforcement agencies, business groups, four states and two cities in support of Oklahoma's petition to overturn McGirt v. Oklahoma, the landmark ruling that affirmed the tribal reservation status of much of eastern Oklahoma.

The Greater Tulsa Indian Affairs Commission held an emergency meeting on Wednesday night in response to the decision by the cities of Tulsa and Owasso last week to file a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Oklahoma's petition to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the McGirt v. Oklahoma decision.