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Students help cultivate a legacy while planting trees at a nature preserve

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

More than a dozen Chickasaw Head Start students cultivated a legacy as they helped plant trees at the Oka' Yanahli (flowing water) Preserve along the banks of the Blue River Oct. 7.

Sophie Mater: from the cabin to the cockpit

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Sophie Mater cut her teeth on international travel. While her father, Dustin Mater, is Chickasaw, her mother, Titi, is from Indonesia, and they would often fly the 10,000 miles to visit family.

Chickasaw Nation Medical Center surgery team ranked in top 10% in hospital initiative

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

The Chickasaw Nation Department of Health’s Ada Medical Center surgery team has been recognized for achieving meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2023.

Amelia Cook: First American perspectives of science education

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Amelia Cook doesn’t remember a time when she wasn’t interested in science.

Tribes File Federal Suit Over Prosecution of Hunting and Fishing on Tribal Land

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Chickasaw Nation, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and Cherokee Nation filed a federal lawsuit in United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma naming Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt; his recently appointed special prosecutor, Russ Cochran; and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation as defendants.

Jae L. & Crossover Band to appear at McSwain Theatre Nov. 15 with special guests

Monday, November 10, 2025

The historic McSwain Theatre will be rocking with the sounds of Jae L. & Crossover 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15 with special guests.

Jae L. & Crossover Band to appear at McSwain Theatre Nov. 15 with special guests

Monday, November 10, 2025

The historic McSwain Theatre will be rocking with the sounds of Jae L. & Crossover 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15 with special guests.

WWII monument honors First Americans who helped liberate Italy

Monday, November 10, 2025

In September 1943, a major Allied offensive launched on the southwest Italian coast off the Tyrrhenian Sea proved successful in securing a beachhead despite fierce German resistance.

Strong female tribal examples helped forge career

Monday, November 10, 2025

Robin Lee Corley’s Chickasaw heritage was cemented at an early age as she absorbed the subtle lessons of strength she saw in her grandmother and her grandmother’s three sisters.

Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys to perform at the McSwain Theatre, Ada, Nov. 7

Tuesday, November 04, 2025

A legendary Western swing band will entertain the crowd with its quintessential brand of toe-tapping music at the McSwain Theatre 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 7.