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Your friendly neighborhood Keetoowah Cherokee: Photographer • Journalist • Amplifying Native voices • Tim Giago Free Press Award Winner • Oklahoma Press Association Award Winner • #ᏂᎦᏓᎢᏗᎦᏚᏩ

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Journalists covering immigration raids and protests have been pepper-sprayed and tear-gassed—even after identifying as press. We call on law enforcement to respect the First Amendment and protect journalists on the front lines. https://bit.ly/4k8oIMr
#PressFreedom #FirstAmendment #ProtectJournalists

04.02.2026 00:05 — 👍 3    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Sovereignty was never meant to protect power from people. It was meant to protect people from power...

Especially when that power forgets who it belongs to.

30.01.2026 17:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The seal on the shoulder: Ralph Keen brings Cherokee sovereignty to the sidelines By Troy Littledeer | @troylittledeer NORMAN, Okla. — For many, Native American Heritage Month is a time to look back at history. For Ralph Keen, it is a living reality, visible even in the middle of ...

Keen, a senior aviation major, stands on the sidelines of Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium as a member of the Ruf/Neks, the university’s oldest spirit squad. #cHEROkee

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30.01.2026 12:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Junior Miss Cherokee reflects on leadership, culture and achievement At just 16 years old and a junior at Westville High School, Dayci Starr managed to fit a lifetime of experiences into one unforgettable year as a cultural ambassador for

At just 16 years old and a junior at Westville High School, Dayci Starr managed to fit a lifetime of experiences into one unforgettable year as a cultural ambassador for the Cherokee Nation. #cHEROkee

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30.01.2026 12:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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At the Reins of Tradition Brianna Howard Makes History as OU’s First Native American Woman to Drive Sooner Schooner By Troy Littledeer | @kituwahpunk NORMAN, Okla. — Long before kickoff, the University of Oklahoma’s RUF/NEK ...

Brianna Howard Makes History as OU’s First Native American Woman to Drive Sooner Schooner #boomersooner

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27.09.2025 16:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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COMMENTARY: Kinship, not governments, defines the Cherokee People - The Cherokee One Feather For centuries, the Cherokee people were united not by a single central government but by kinship, clans, and shared values. Our ancestors built their lives on responsibility to one another, not bureau...

Cherokee people were united not by a single central government but by kinship, clans, and shared values. Our ancestors built their lives on responsibility to one another, not bureaucracy. What held us together was culture, language, and family bonds. Governments came later.

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27.09.2025 15:59 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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MCNNC caught in the middle - MVSKOKE Media Arguments between the UKB and Cherokee Nation took over the MCNNC Regular Session on Aug. 23

Research Sen. Markwayne Mullin's rider slipped into legislation targeting the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians. It threatens self-governing rights and sets a dangerous precedent for all of Indian Country. How can anyone claim to support sovereignty while undermining it?

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27.09.2025 15:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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