I don’t know who was on the desk last night, but can hear the exasperation in this headline.
Lenzy KB
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Lenzy KB
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@tulsaworld #oklaed & Indigenous affairs reporter, OK St grad x3, trivia buff, ᏣᎳᎩ, parent. @alphapiomega BOD & @indigenousJA lifer. She/her/hers
- Some personal news on a Friday afternoon: after almost 10 years as a FT freelancer, I am joining the Tulsa World staff come mid-January to cover education.
- And then there were 6. The Intertribal Council of the 5 Civilized Tribes votes unanimously this morning to call for the repeal of HB 1775, citing in part the "capricious and poorly reasoned enforcement of the law." #oklaed
- .@choctawnationOK Tribal Council unanimously approved a bill this morning in special session to allow its citizens to use their tribal ID in lieu of a state-issued hunting/fishing license within its rez boundaries in southeastern Oklahoma.
- Couldn't tweet due to signal issues, but Bixby Public Schools' board of education voted tonight to uphold recommendations from a district committee to keep "13 Reasons Why" and "Me & Earl & the Dying Girl" on the BHS library shelves.
- Walters repeats claim that TPS board removed Gist, said he required it. The board approved a mutual separation agreement last night -- they did not fire her.
- In light of Hulbert’s decision to require masks, @CherokeeNation PC @ChuckHoskin_Jr announces this afternoon that the tribe will donate masks to any district w/in the tribe’s car tag area that follows suit.Hulbert Public Schools in Cherokee County had to switch middle and high schoolers to distance learning earlier this week after quarantines caused absences surpassing one-fourth of the student population. #oklaedPhotos: Tulsa Public Schools starts the year tulsaworld.com/news/local/edu…
- The tribal regalia bill, SB 429, passes the Oklahoma House 90-1 and goes on to the governor's desk. The lone no vote is from J. Olsen, whose district is entirely within the Cherokee reservation. #oklaed
- Inbox: Cherokee Nation is temporarily suspending elective surgeries at its hospitals due to increase in #COVID19 cases and is reactivating its surge plan. 600 new cases reported within its health care system just last week.
- This is the front page of today’s @tulsaworld Metro section. The contact listed for each story is a Native journalist. Might seem small, but when Natives account for >0.5 percent of newsrooms nationwide...
- In a 5-4 decision written by Gorsuch, SCOTUS says land held by the Creek Nation is Indian Country.
- Just clicked that this week marks one year since I joined the Tulsa World full time. Wow.
- If approved, TPS would be one of 6 districts statewide to partner with the Kiowas for the coming school year to offer language classes. #oklaedThe Tulsa Public Schools' board will consider an agreement Monday with the Kiowa Tribe to offer language and culture classes in the upcoming school year. If approved, it is thought tulsaworld.com/news/local/edu…
- A @TulsaSchools spox confirms that Council Oak ES is modifying its pickup procedures today in light of a volunteer with BOE candidate Jared Buswell’s campaign openly carrying firearms across the street from the school during the a.m. dropoff window. #oklaed
