, 2023-01-12 21:30:00, GARDINER — Hundreds of bison congregated just inside the edge of Yellowstone National Park’s northern border on Thursday afternoon. Not far away, vehicles lined Old Yellowstone Trail road outside of the park, where hunters and their families pulled bison carcass parts on sleds. Driven in part by strong winter weather, bison have […]
, 2023-01-08 00:00:00, An ongoing effort based in Tulsa that hopes to have a nationwide impact on Native Americans with chronic pain has been approved for more federal funding to make it happen. The Oklahoma Native American Pain Risk Study, which is trying to find out why Native people suffer from pain at greater rates […]
, 2022-11-21 05:00:00, Anthropologist David W. Kriebel introduced his book, “Powwowing between the Pennsylvania Dutch,” 15 years ago by pointing out that those who believed the practice of “faith healing” was extinct were wrong. No, he explained, the powwow had simply “retired into the shadows in the face of scientific and religious opposition.” Powwow, he […]
, 2022-11-23 09:30:00, TAHLEQUAH — Cherokee Nation Health Services recently received two national Indian Health Service awards, including the Pandemic Heroism Award for its COVID-19 Task Force and the Director’s Customer Service Award for the efforts of the tribe through the Pandemic Vaccine Task Force. The Cherokee Nation received the awards during a ceremony in […]
, 2022-10-31 14:22:59, Kimberley Walsh couldn’t tell Sarah Harding about her third pregnancy because she didn’t want to cause her any more “pain” amid her battle with cancer. The 40-year-old beauty found out that she and husband Justin Scott were expecting another baby in September 2020, just a month after her former Girls Aloud bandmate, […]
, 2022-09-17 10:24:33, THUNDER BAY, Ont. — The 51st annual general meeting of the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) is underway in Thunder Bay. More than 200 people participate in the conference, which can be accessed in person or online. Cora McGuire-Cyrette, Executive Director of ONWA, says this year’s theme is billed as “Indigenous Women’s […]
, 2022-08-30 22:20:00, Although the numbers don’t reflect the mid-winter spike, Oklahoma doctors are noticing an increase in COVID-19 case counts among a specific age group lately. Speaking to reporters via Zoom on Tuesday, doctors from the Healthier Oklahoma Coalition noted that even with reduced reporting, thanks to available home tests, they are seeing an […]
, 2022-08-21 10:00:00, TAHLEQUAH – To recognize Cherokee citizens who make notable contributions to Cherokee language, culture, community, service, education, health and business, Cherokee Phoenix has named the honorees of the fourth annual Seven Feathers Awards. For language, Cherokee Phoenix selected Ed Fields of Tahlequah. Fields, who is also a National Treasure of the Cherokee […]
, 2022-08-15 08:30:00, NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top public health agency on Thursday relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines, removing a recommendation that Americans self-quarantine if they come into close contact with an infected person. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also said that people no longer need to stay at least 6 feet […]