Ottawa Tribe News Today

The Ponca, Ottawa and Kiowa tribes have elections scheduled in May and June 2024. Kiowa voters will face two constitutional amendments June 1.

MIAMI, Okla. — A graveside service for Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma Chief Ethel Cook is set for Saturday at Ottawa Indian Cemetery.   Cook, 72, died on September 17. A direct descendant of Chief Joseph Badger King, Cook was the first woman elected to the tribe’s highest office in May 2011 and held the position […]

The Oklahoma governors compact offer attempts to get tribal governments on record as not seeking to extend their taxing jurisdictions.

Oklahoma City – Fourteen Oklahoma tribes whose compacts with the state government will lapse on December 31 have received offers to extend the accords for one year.

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled two more tribal reservations were never disestablished, bringing the number of tribes impacted by the McGirt ruling to eight.

Acclaimed Cheyenne and Arapaho writer offers first public sample of hotly awaited novel at Native American Program event.

TULSA, Okla. – Four Ottawa County American Indian tribes are challenging an Oklahoma law requiring their sovereign citizens accused of wrongdoing be prosecuted in state court. The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, and the Seneca-Cayuga Nation filed separate federal lawsuits against Oklahoma State Attorney General […]

 

A beautiful state park in Illinois actually got its name from a pretty gruesome situation.

A beautiful state park in Illinois actually got its name from a pretty gruesome situation.