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Exploring Native America

Infrastructure Updates Choctaw Nation It’s been an exciting summer for the Choctaw Nation, which opened a cultural center on July 23 and will cut the...

Fighting the Good Fight

The Rev. Robert Turner, Ph.D., doesn’t mind admitting he’s tired. For more than a year, the senior pastor of Greenwood’s Historic Vernon Chapel African Methodist...

The Backbone of Oklahoma History

Executive director Trait Thompson gets goosebumps when he looks at the rare copy of a Lewis and Clark speech owned by the Oklahoma Historical Society....

Commemorating
the Fabric of Oklahoma

The long-awaited First Americans Museum has a story to tell to the world, and the visitor experience is vital to the mission. But the museum...

A Return to Adventure

OklahomaLake Guide Beat the heat at one of many Oklahoma lakes. We offer a quick breakdown of a few. Grand Lake O’ The Cherokees:  Perhaps...

The Tulsa Race Massacre: A Retrospective

Perhaps the ugliest, largest and most shameful blot on Oklahoma’s history is the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. And until recently, it was an event...

Empowering Women in Oklahoma

Groups that Inspire Certain inequities are glaring for Oklahoma women, and nonprofits across the state are tackling the problems by providing direct services and fighting...

An Art and
a Science

Experienced bushcrafters know that a sharp knife and a good hatchet are the tools of the trade … especially the knife. Fire-building is the skill...

Climate Change’s Effects

When Neil Garrison first started spotting birds not known for wintering in Oklahoma, he thought they were injured and couldn’t fly south. But he eventually...

Springtime Modifications

Before You Start Before the first hammer swing of a home remodeling project, one of the first things to decide is whether to stay in...