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This photo provided by Mattel shows a Barbie doll of Wilma Mankiller. Toy maker Mattel is honoring the late legendary Cherokee leade with a Barbie doll as part of its "Inspiring Women" series. A ceremony honoring Mankiller's legacy is set for Dec. 5, 2023 in Tahlequah, where the tribe is based. Mankiller, who died in 2010, was the first female chief of a major Native American tribe and led the Cherokee Nation from 1985 to 1995. (Mattel via AP)

Barbie doll honoring Cherokee Nation leader is met with mixed emotions

By Sean Murphy - Associated Press

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt delivers his State of the State address, Feb. 6, 2023, in Oklahoma City. Stitt's ongoing feud with many of the Oklahoma-based Native American tribes has grown so contentious that fellow Republicans in the Legislature and the state's attorney general are now considering wresting control of Stitt's ability to negotiate tribal agreements. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Oklahoma governor’s feud with Native American tribes continues over revenue agreements

By Sean Murphy - Associated Press

Cherokee Nation Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., speaks during a House Rules Committee hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 16, 2022. The largest Native American tribe in the U.S., the Cherokee Nation, is set to elect a new leader to guide the tribe for the next four years. Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. is among four candidates seeking the tribe’s top position, similar to that of a state’s governor. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, file)

Hoskin seeks second term as leader of powerful Cherokee Nation

By Sean Murphy - Associated Press

People walk outside the U.S Capitol building in Washington, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Cherokee Nation demands a delegate in Congress, citing provisions in 1835 treaty

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Kathaleen Pittman, administrator of Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, La., displays abortion reading materials in her office, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. She tells people seeking information, "We're still open, we're still fighting, and we have a court hearing on Friday." Nearly two weeks after the 1973 Roe vs Wade decision was overturned, the abortion clinic is still providing abortions. But the Hope Medical Group for Women faces a looming court case on Friday that could spell an end to that. (AP Photo/Ted Jackson)

Legal scholars, tribes nix using reservations for abortions

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

This undated photo released by NASA shows astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. (Associated Press/NASA). File photo.

Sally Ride, Maya Angelou among women to be honored on quarters, U.S. Mint announces

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LeEtta Osborne-Sampson is pictured outside her home Monday, April 26, 2021, in Oklahoma City. Sampson-Osborn, a Seminole Freedman who has a tribal identification card and serves on the tribe's governing council, said when she went to the Indian Health Services clinic to get a vaccination in February, a worker at the clinic told her the Seminole Nation doesn't recognize Freedmen for health services. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Black Freedmen struggle for recognition as tribal citizens

By SEAN MURPHY - Associated Press

Cherokee Nation AG: Congress must allow state-tribe compacts

By KEN MILLER - Associated Press

This photo provided by Fiat Chrysler shows the 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which can tow up to 6,000 pounds with its standard V6 engine or 7,200 pounds with the more powerful V8. (Courtesy of FCA US via AP)

Cherokee chief asks Jeep to stop using tribe’s name: ‘It certainly doesn’t honor us’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Cherokee Nation high court orders term ‘by blood’ removed

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Israel’s pre-‘67 borders indefensible

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2020 file photo, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt speaks during a news conference in Oklahoma City. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a request from Gov. Stitt's administration to allow the state, not tribal nations, to regulate environmental issues in Indian Country.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki File)

EPA grants Stitt request for state oversight on tribal lands

By SEAN MURPHY - Associated Press

AG Barr promises more federal aid, manpower to help Oklahoma

Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, July 9, 2020 file photo, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt speaks during a news conference in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt recommended three Native Americans and two Black Oklahomans as national heroes who should be considered for inclusion in a new National Garden of American Heroes. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Stitt suggests Native and Black Oklahomans for monument

By SEAN MURPHY - Associated Press

First Lady Melania Trump hopes to visit Cherokee Nation

Associated Press