Native Air with Hugh Foley - 1600 KUSH

Dr. Foley is a widely respected Oklahoma music historian, an author and founding board member of the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.

His primary areas of scholarship are American Studies with an emphasis on Oklahoma music and culture, Native American studies and cinema. On the air since 1998, Native Air is a community-oriented radio program featuring traditional and contemporary American Indian music, news of interest to Indian Country, and announcements of local activities such as powwows, benefits, exhibits, and other events of interest to Native Americans.

KUSH broadcasts from within the historic and contemporary boundaries of the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma with multiple tribes and tribal people within the KUSH listening area.

Tribes in the KUSH Listening Area:

Sac and Fox Nation
Pawnee Nation
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Iowa Tribe of OK
Osage Nation
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Cherokee Nation
Absentee Shawnee
Otoe-Missouria Tribe
Ponca Tribe
Kickapoo Tribe of OK

Primary News Sites:

Indianz.com
Native Times
Indian Country News
Powwows.com
Federal Register for Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs
National Congress of American Indians
American Indian Mascot Updates

Current Stories of Significance (as of 3/2/2019)

Cherokee Nation Donates 5.7 Million to Public Schools in NE OK
Half of Oklahoma Is An Indian Reservation?
Federal Judge Clueless About Political Status of Native Americans
Kansas Mulls Indigenous Peoples Day Instead of Celebrating Invader Columbus
Pawnee Nation Getting Into the Hemp Business

Principal Chief Justin F. Wood Elected as Chairman of the United Indian Nations of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas

Posted on Friday, September 13

News release (Tulsa, Oklahoma) – At the annual meeting of the United Indian Nations of Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas (UINOKT), Sac and Fox Nation Principal Chief Justin F. Wood was elected chairman of UINOKT for… Read More.

Sac and Fox Nation Announces Donation to North Rock Creek Public Schools

Posted on Friday, August 23

Media Release (Shawnee, Oklahoma) – North Rock Creek Public Schools (NRC) will be able to expand their health and wellness programming and purchase new physical education equipment thanks to a $10,000 donation from the Sac… Read More.

Sac and Fox Nation Business Committee Passes Resolution Regarding Tribal-State Gaming Compact

Posted on Friday, August 2

Media Release (Stroud, Oklahoma) – The Business Committee of the Sac and Fox Nation unanimously voted to pass a resolution that states the Nation will not request to renegotiate the terms of the Tribal-State Gaming… Read More.

2019 Sac and Fox Powwow

Posted on Saturday, June 15

Cushing High School Represented at Native American Language Fair

Posted on Tuesday, April 16

Submitted (Cushing, Okla) — The Native American Language Fair was held on April 2, 2019 at the Sam Noble Museum on the University of Oklahoma campus where Cushing High School was represented by four Native… Read More.

A lot going on everywhere

Posted on Tuesday, March 5

(Cushing, Okla.) — March 2, 2019 By Hugh Foley Aho, Ani, Hensci, Osiyo, Halito, and Greetings, Native Air listeners. We have a new blog here where I will have a chance to write a few… Read More.