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On her first day of work, Patti Mitchell walked into the National Indian Women’s Health Resource Center filled with pride. The walls were covered with black and white photographs of
Emails confirm that the nonprofit was not fulfilling federal requirements, jeopardizing millions in public funds that support those programs.
This story was reported in collaboration with KGOU reporter Hannah France and supported by a grant from the Oklahoma Media Center funded by the Native American Journalists Association.
An Oklahoma Watch investigation shows how the lack of oversight resulted in years of mismanagement and allegations of fraud and embezzlement, leaving Native American women without the aid the nonprofit was designed to provide.