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Voices of Rebirth: A Reading List on Being Indigenous in America

by Autumn Fourkiller August 23, 2022October 20, 2022

Our lives are so much more than you could possibly imagine.

She Never Hurt Her Kids. So Why Is a Mother Serving More Time Than the Man Who Abused Her Daughter?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands August 10, 2022October 19, 2022

Oklahoma incarcerates more women than almost any other state. Under its punishing, under-the-radar “failure to protect” law, mothers — even those who are victims of domestic violence — can be sent to prison because of their supposed failure to keep their children out of harm’s way. In this devastating read, Samantha Michaels tells the story […]

A Year After the Centennial of the Tulsa Massacre, Reparations Are a Distant Hope

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 16, 2022October 19, 2022

Tulsa built a history center, Greenwood Rising, to commemorate the centennial of the Tulsa Massacre. But, as Jesse Washington reports for Andscape, many community members say it does little to compensate the victims and their families. The spiritual heart of Greenwood is the corner of Greenwood Avenue and Archer Street. Standing here 101 years ago, […]

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‘The City Just Lied’: Remembering the 1921 Tulsa Massacre

by Seyward Darby May 31, 2021October 19, 2022

One hundred years later, journalists look back on the massacre of “Black Wall Street.”

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Oklahoma: A Reading List

by Jacqueline Alnes May 28, 2019October 19, 2022

“I am leaving this state very soon, and it’s filled me with the kind of ache for understanding that so often accompanies a goodbye, a sense that I can never know quite enough.”