Susan Shannon

Need A Job? The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Wants You

Susan Shannon — Sat, 11 May 2013 23:06:00 +0000

The Citizen Potawatomi Nation is looking to expand its business enterprises by adding on a hotel to the Grand Casino. And the by-product of this expansion is jobs.

In addition to preparing for the opening of the Grand Casino Hotel and Resort , Paul Vanraamsdonk, Director of hotel operations, says the tribe is planning a job fair to fill those positions.

Native American Women, Once Denied, Can Now Recieve Emergency Contraceptives

Susan Shannon — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:32:48 +0000

Emergency contraception is now being offered at most Indian Health Service clinics around the country but it’s not certain the medication will be offered in the future.

Online Degree Targets Federal Indian Law

Susan Shannon — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:58:53 +0000

The University of Oklahoma’s Law School will be offering a new online degree from the OU Law School. It’s a Master of Legal Studies in Indigenous Peoples Law.

The OU Law School is located in the heart of the original Indian Territory with nationally and internationally known faculty.

Taiawagi Helton, of United States Supreme Court this week heard the case Adoptive Couple vs Baby Girl which concerns the return of a three year old girl to her Cherokee Nation member father via the Indian Child Welfare Act, but is it a valid law or an out-dated race based law?

University of Oklahoma law professor,American Indian Cultural Center and Museum has been given more time to see if it can develop a plan to fix its funding problems.

Native American Youth Language Fair has record attendance

Susan Shannon — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:07:13 +0000

Dr. Mary Linn is the assistant curator for Native Languages at the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History in Norman, Oklahoma. This past week the 11th annual Native American Youth Language Fair took place at the Sam Noble Museum.

They Say You Can't Go Home Again... But Can a Tribe?

Susan Shannon — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:20:59 +0000

Dee Ketchum, former chief of The Delaware Tribe of Indians in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, is now a consultant with the tribe. Ketchum said the Delaware Tribe has a problem that most other tribes don’t, they are under the jurisdiction of another tribe.

“The Delaware Tribe has been here since 1867. The federal government moved our tribe here and put us kind of right on top on the Cherokee Nation. A few years ago, you know, we've been on again off again with our federal recognition. Each time we would

Buffy Sainte-Marie Brings Her Special Kind of Activism to Norman

Susan Shannon — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:04:30 +0000

In the early 1960’s Buffy Sainte-Marie all alone toured North America’s colleges, reservations and concert halls. She came after the beatniks and before the hippies. She was met with enthusiasm by audiences and record executives who were expecting an Indian princess in fringes but were instead entertained and educated by a dose of Native American reality in the flesh.

Indian Times: Two Oklahomans named as Board Trustees to the NMAI

Susan Shannon — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:00:00 +0000

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. announced last week that five new members have been admitted to its Board of Trustees for a three year term.

Two of the five are from Oklahoma tribes and in fact are their tribal leaders: Governor Bill Anoatubby of the Chickasaw Nation and Chief Gregory Pyle of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

Ohio's Miami University collaborates with Miami Tribe of Oklahoma

Susan Shannon — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:19:28 +0000

The Western Hemisphere has more distinctly different native languages than any other part of the world. Language is an important part of cultural identity. When Europeans first arrived in what is now the United States, more than 300 different languages were spoken. Today, only 175 remain, but many are only spoken by a small number of elderly people, and are in danger of disappearing.