>>Brian Whitacre, one of the paper’s authors and a professor of agricultural economics at Oklahoma State University, told The Frontier that the issue of increased home prices was not on the researchers’ radar until people at a community meeting in Okemah brought it up.

“We didn’t expect to see a big impact on the housing values, but when we went to Okemah, people were telling us they can’t afford to buy a house in the place where they grew up,” Whitacre said. “We heard stories of cash offers for places when they weren’t even for sale.”

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https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/oklahoma-counties-with-more-marijuana-grows-saw-property-values-surge-study-finds/

Live Now from Phillip Deere Roundhouse in #Okemah, #Oklahoma: Third Convening of the Four Winds

Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024

"The gathering began this morning with good words from Casey Camp Horinek, #Ponca, and traditional Traditional #Mvskoke and #Chahta (#Choctaw) from Oklahoma and Mississippi.

"'Water is the first medicine,' William Dan Issac, Mississippi Chahta.

"Movement Rights: We have a powerful line-up of women speakers at the next Convening of the #FourWinds, happening next week September 7-8!

- Casey Camp-Horinek
- Dr. Crystal Cavalier-Keck
- Jokay Dowell
- Talia Landry
- Heather Milton Lightening
- Shannon Biggs
- Isabella Zizi
- Nina Berglund

Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09/live-now-from-phillip-deere-roundhouse.html

Listen live:
https://www.ienearth.org/

Join us in Okemah, Oklahoma next week! Register now:
Movementrights.org/4winds

#NativeAmericanWomen #ConveningOfTheFourWinds