TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma, Dec. 15 -- The Cherokee Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following statement on Dec. 14, 2023, by Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.: * * * Cancer is a terrible disease that has taken an especially harmful toll on Native Americans. Each year, there are nearly 400 cancer cases within the Cherokee Nation health system, and nationwide, American Indians have some of the lowest cancer survival rates. Lack of access to early detection and cutting-ed  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Dec. 15 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: More than 900 Oklahomans attended a series of Open Meetings and Open Records seminars presented this fall by the Oklahoma Attorney General's Office and the Oklahoma Press Association in different regions of the state. The series, which wrapped up this week in Oklahoma City, kicked off Sept. 25 in Lawton. Other stops included Tulsa, Enid and McAlester. Deputy General Counsel Thomas  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: Oprah Winfrey's portrait is now on display at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. Chicago-based artist Shawn Michael Warren painted Winfrey in a purple taffeta dress amidst a lush garden at her California home. The full-length portrait with the frame, approximately 6 feet 10 inches by 5 feet 8 inches, is commissioned for the museum's permanent collection. It will be on view on the mus  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, Dec. 15 -- The University of Tulsa College of Law issued the following news: The University of Tulsa College of Law has been educating students since 1923. Founded by a group of Tulsa attorneys, the Tulsa Law School, as it was then known, was first located in downtown Tulsa at the former Central High School with the law library housed at the Tulsa County Courthouse. Faculty members were Tulsa attorneys who practiced during the day and taught students in the evening. In 1925, u  more