Tulsa's Director of Tribal Policy, Electric transmission corridor canceled, and Tribal Liaison assault allegation
VNN Weekly Digest Month December 9-15
Here’s a look at the week’s top stories:
Amanda Swope to serve as Tulsa’s Director of Tribal Policy & Partnerships
(OKLAHOMA) The administration of recently elected Mayor Monroe Nichols is fulfilling his campaign promise to make Tulsa a more inclusive place for native voices.
This week Nichols announced Amanda Swope, a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and a descendent of the Osage Nation will serve as city’s Director of Tribal Policy & Partnerships.
Energy Department cancels electric transmission corridor
(OKLAHOMA) The Biden Administration’s Department of Energy is scrapping an 18-mile-wide electric transmission corridor proposed to span Oklahoma, just one day after Attorney General Gentner Drummond and incoming state Speaker of the House Kyle Hilbert asserted their opposition to the plan. Both leaders cited conversations with senior department officials informing them of the cancellation.
Mvskoke Nation Associate Tribal Liaison Michael Berryhill Faces allegation of Sexual Assault
(OKLAHOMA) Summer Wesley is many things: Attorney. Writer. Advocate Summer Wesley is many things: Attorney. Writer. Advocate.
After reading a Facebook post by The MCN Tribal Liaison Anne Townsend Gover-Miller on November 27, 2024, announcing Michael Berryhill as the new Associate Tribal Liaison, she knew, as a survivor of an alleged sexual assault by Berryhill, it was time to speak.
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NATIVE COMMERCE NEWS
Film studios tour highlights Cherokee excellence
(CHEROKEE RESERVATION) Lights. Camera. Action. A group tour organized by the Tulsa Chapter of the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma (AICCO) recently had the opportunity to experience a behind-the-scenes look at Cherokee Film Studios in Owasso, a tribally owned entity promoting economic opportunity and the accurate representation of Indigenous people through industry innovation.
WEATHER ACROSS AMERICA
(NATIONAL) Wintry mix expected for portions of the central Appalachians, northern Mid-Atlantic, southern New York and southern New England, showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall possible across the Ohio Valley, and unsettled weather for the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies.
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