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For Muscogee Nation citizen and Freedman descendant Eli Grayson, Indigenous Peoples’ Day brings a personal upset around the issue of tribal sovereignty.

Descendants of the freed Black people enslaved by Native American nations once owned much of the land under Tulsa.

Americans are about to commemorate a long-suppressed part of U.S. history

The foundation of the wealth: Why Black Wall Street boomed This photo provided by the Department of Special Collections, McFarlin Library, The University of Tulsa shows an African American woman and girl sitting on a porch swing, both dressed in coats and hats, by the side of a house. Provenance is unknown; however, it is believed that these photos were taken in Tulsa, Okla. prior to the Tulsa Race Massacre. (Department of Special Collections, McFarlin Li...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — In a century-old family story about a teenage aunt who liked to drive her luxury car down the trolley tracks of Tulsa, Kristi Williams still savors

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — In a century-old family story about […]

TULSA, Okla. — In a century-old family story about a teenage aunt who liked to drive her luxury car down the trolley tracks of Tulsa, Kristi Williams still savors a tiny, lingering taste of how different life could have been for all Black Americans after slavery. On Monday, Tulsans commemorate the 100th anniversary of a…

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — In a century-old family story about a teenage aunt who liked to drive her luxury car down the trolley tracks of Tulsa, Kristi Williams still savors a tiny, lingering taste of ho

KOSU and Focus: Black Oklahoma are proud to collaborate with The HISTORY Channel and WNYC Studios in the production of season two of the highly-acclaimed podcast “Blindspot” with the launch of “Blindspot: Tulsa Burning.”

Tribes to Confront Bias Against Descendants of Enslaved People The Choctaw Nation and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma said they would consider granting citizenship to the Freedmen. David Hill, the principal chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, wrote to the tribe’s national council proposing town hall events and a period of public comment to discuss citizenship for Creek Freedmen.Credit...Chris Creese for The New York Times May 28, 2021Updated 1:17 p.m. ET With pressure growing from t...