Native Air with Hugh Foley

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Cushing High School Represented at Native American Language Fair

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... Read More.

A lot going on everywhere

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... Read More.

The Native Air Blog

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,... 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

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