Native Air with Hugh Foley - 1600 KUSH

Excessive Heat Warning for Kushing, OK - Click for Details
Updated: Thu Jul-18-19 08:40am UTC
Effective: Thu Jul-18-19 04:00pm UTC
Expires: Fri Jul-19-19 01:00am UTC
Severity: Moderate
Urgency: Expected
Certainty: Likely
Status: Actual
Type: Alert
Category: Met
Areas affected: Garfield; Grant; Kay; Kingfisher; Lincoln; Logan; Noble; Oklahoma; Payne

Instructions: Take extra precautions, if you work or spend time outside. when possible, reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening. know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. wear light weight and loose fitting clothing when possible and drink plenty of water. young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances. this is especially true during warm or hot weather when car interiors can reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes.
Message Summary: ...excessive heat warning remains in effect from 11 am this morning to 8 pm cdt this evening...
* heat index values...up to 110.
* timing...thursday afternoon and early evening.
* impacts...the heat and humidity may cause heat stress during outdoor exertion or extended exposure.

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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

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.

The Native Air Blog

Posted on Wednesday, February 20

This space will be a place to keep track of current stories pertinent to Indian Country, especially ones related to the tribes, bands, nations, and tribal towns in Oklahoma, once known as Indian Territory. As… Read More.