James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮Mar 2

https://apnews.com/article/freedmen-slavery-cherokee-muscogee-seminole-choctaw-chickasaw-adc518e2cf7a1cd544527a50bcf1f61f

#Freedmen #Cherokee #Choctaw #Muscogee #Creek #Chickasaw #Seminole #Oklahoma #Indigenous #AfricanAmerican

Tribal citizens descended from slaves face disparate treatment

Federal reforms have made Native American health care and education programs more accessible to tribal citizens who are descended from slaves held by citizens of several tribal nations in Oklahoma. But Freedmen descendants still face barriers when exercising their rights. A report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office ahead of Black History Month shows that enrolled Cherokee and Seminole Freedmen descendants are still sometimes asked for proof of “Indian blood” while seeking federal services. The Muscogee, Chickasaw and Choctaw nations deny their Freedmen descendants citizenship altogether.

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Dorothea LangeJan 13

Children from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, in a potato pickers' camp near Shafter, California

#Chickasaw #Oklahoma #Shafter #California #B3741 #9-720AS #Arabic #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017769916/

Writers Digest (unofficial)Dec 11
Writing From Traditional Chickasaw Stories https://www.writersdigest.com/writing-from-traditional-chickasaw-stories #AuthenticRepresentation #RepresentationInFiction #WriteBetterFiction #TraditionalStories #WritingTechniques #StorytellingForms #storytelling #Retellings #Chickasaw
Writing From Traditional Chickasaw Stories

Author G. M. DiDesidero discusses the importance of writing traditional Chickasaw stories in a way that is respectful to earlier works.

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IndieAuthors.Social NewsDec 11

Writing From Traditional Chickasaw Stories

Author G. M. DiDesidero discusses the importance of writing traditional Chickasaw stories in a way that is respectful to earlier works.
The post Writing From Traditional Chickasaw Stories appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/writing-from-traditional-chickasaw-stories

#WriteBetterFiction #WritingTechniques #AuthenticRepresentation #Chickasaw #RepresentationInFiction

Writing From Traditional Chickasaw Stories

Author G. M. DiDesidero discusses the importance of writing traditional Chickasaw stories in a way that is respectful to earlier works.

Writer's Digest
Dorothea LangeDec 8

Two families, fifteen people, from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, camped by the roadside near Santa Maria, California. Heading for the pea harvest but stalled because they have no money to buy a trailer's license

#Chickasaw #Oklahoma #SantaMaria #California #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017769665/

Old and TiredOct 11

>>Hoskin Jr. pointed the blame at Gov. Kevin Stitt for refusing to renew hunting and fishing compacts with his nation and the Choctaw Nation in 2021, as did Muscogee Nation Principal Chief David Hill.<<

https://www.kosu.org/news/2025-10-09/do-tribal-citizens-need-state-issued-hunting-fishing-licenses-off-trust-lands-oklahoma-officials-say-yes
#Indigenous #Hunting #Fishing #TrustLands #Oklahoma #KOSU #KevinStitt #Cherokee #Choctaw #Muscogee #ChuckHoskinJr #Chickasaw #Seminole #McGirt #WildlifeManagement

Do tribal citizens need state-issued hunting, fishing licenses off trust lands? Oklahoma officials say yes

Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation shared a press release on Wednesday, drawing disapproval from several tribal leaders of the five largest tribes in Oklahoma and tribal lawyers. It highlighted a gray area of where tribal citizens can hunt and fish with tribally issued licenses.

KOSU
Blog OklahomaSep 26

Choctaw, Chickasaw Nations sue social media giants over youth addiction, mental health issues
https://nondoc.com/2025/09/26/choctaw-chickasaw-nations-sue-social-media-giants-over-youth-addiction-mental-health-issues/

#Oklahoma #Choctaw #Chickasaw

Choctaw, Chickasaw Nations sue social media giants over youth addiction, mental health issues

Two Oklahoma tribal nations, the Choctaw and Chickasaw, have sued social media giants, claiming their apps fuel a mental health crisis.

NonDoc
Blog OklahomaSep 23, 2025

Chickasaw, Choctaw Nations wage legal fights against social media companies for roles in mental health crisis
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-regional/2025-09-22/chickasaw-choctaw-nations-wage-legal-fights-against-social-media-companies-for-roles-in-mental-health-crisis

#Oklahoma #Chickasaw #Choctaw

Chickasaw, Choctaw Nations wage legal fights against social media companies for roles in mental health crisis

The Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations are suing social media giants for their role in the growing mental health crisis for Indigenous young people.

TULSA
Show threadPablonius Monk 🇺🇦Aug 3, 2025

Morning cup of coffee getting too expensive? Try Yaupon 🍵

Naturally sweet, no tannin, clear.

Tariffs on coffee and tea could give a boost to North America's only native caffeinated plant. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Abianne Falla, owner of CatSpring Yaupon.

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https://www.npr.org/2025/08/03/nx-s1-5487264/morning-cup-of-coffee-getting-too-expensive-try-yaupon

#Chickasaw #TrailOfTears #Tea #CatSpringYaupon #Caffeine #Texas #Tariffs #NativeAmerican

James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮Jul 25, 2025

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/muscogee-creek-supreme-court-ruling

Very good news for the #Freedmen of the #Muskogee / #Creek Nation.

Now it is time for the #Chickasaw, and #Choctaw nations to grant their Freedmen citizenship rights, and for the #Seminole nation to lift their freedmen citizens from their current second-class citizenship status.

#Indigenous #NativeAmerican #FirstNations #Oklahoma #NativeAmericanLaw #IndianLaw

Muscogee court affirms citizenship for descendants of people enslaved by tribe

Muscogee (Creek) Nation had earlier argued that only lineal descendants of tribe qualified for citizenship

The Guardian