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Native Air with Hugh Foley

Native Air with Hugh Foley


Native Air with Hugh Foley


Wilma Mankiller To Be Featured On US Quarter
The US Mint has announced that former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller, will be featured on a US quarter coin in 2022.

Sac & Fox Nation Candidates Meet & Greet to be held in Cushing
Submitted (Cushing, Okla) -- Carla Wallace, a candidate for the Sac and Fox Nation Treasurer, invites all other candidates to join her for a Meet and Greet in Cushing, OK... Read More.

Sac and Fox Nation Receives Underrepresented Community Award from the National Park Service
Media release   (Stroud, Okla) -- The Sac and Fox Nation Business Committee is pleased to announce the Sac and Fox Nation was awarded a grant from the Underrepresented Community Grant... Read More.

Judge Rules Tribal Gaming Compacts Automatically Renewed Jan. 1, 2020
By Molly Payne (Stroud, Okla) -- U.S. District Judge Timothy DeGiusti ruled yesterday (July 28, 2020) that tribal gaming compacts with the state automatically renewed on January 1, 2020 for... Read More.

Attorney General and Five Tribes Release Agreement in Principle for Criminal, Civil Jurisdiction
Media release (Oklahoma City, Okla)  – Attorney General Mike Hunter and tribal leaders collaborating after the McGirt v. Oklahoma decision today released an agreement in principle for proposed federal legislation... Read More.

Sac and Fox Statement on McGirt v Oklahoma
Media release (Stroud, Okla) -- Today, the United States Supreme Court held that for the purposes of the federal Major Crimes Act, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation's historic reservation remains Indian... Read More.
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About Native Air with Hugh Foley

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
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