Proposed improvements to federal tribal consultations include standardizing processes, enhancing website access, and funding tribal experts.
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March 5, 2025Native Nations Center
This panel brings together tribal leaders and experts to discuss the impact of AI on sovereignty, ethical technology use in tribal communities, and key legal and policy considerations. Featuring Warren Queton (Kiowa Tribe Legislator for District 7), Dr. Matthew Beattie (Professor of Applied Artificial Intelligence, OU Polytechnic Institute), and Alex Pearl (Chickasaw Nation Citizen & OU Law Professor), the discussion explores privacy, ethics, and responsible AI adoption in tribal governance. Watch now to gain valuable insights into AI’s role in tribal decision-making and sovereignty.
December 19, 2024Native Nations Center
Proposed improvements to federal tribal consultations include standardizing processes, enhancing website access, and funding tribal experts.
December 15, 2024Tribal Business News
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Grace Harris is a member of the Cherokee Nation and senior undergrad double majoring in Political Science and Native American Studies. Her aspirations include going to law school after graduation and focusing on Native law, in hopes of working for either a tribe or the federal government in tribal advocacy. Her time at the Native Nations Center was spent updating a spreadsheet on federal and tribal government relationships, specifically on the consultation process. This spreadsheet includes federal agency liaisons to tribes as well as any important contact information needed in the consultation process. She was also held responsible for completing a research memo on this process, as well as any recommendations for future administrations in attempts to improve the federal and tribal government relationship. Other tasks such as cleaning and setting up for events in the event center, as well as attending important affairs were completed.
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I [Scout Huggins] am a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. I am a senior who transferred to the University of Oklahoma in the Fall of 2022 after completing my associate degree in Kansas at Coffeyville Community College where I played baseball. I am a Native American Studies major with a Political Science minor. I am also a member of Pi Kappa Alpha. I plan to attend law school after I graduate, specializing in tribal law. As a NAS Mellon Impact Undergraduate Fellow and an intern at the Native Nations Center, I am a beginning researcher who takes pride in helping my people however I can.
April 29, 2025
8:30 am - 12:00 pm CT
Native Nations Event Center, Copeland Hall, Room 233 - OU Norman Campus
Join us for a casual come-and-go gathering as we close out the Spring 2025 semester. Stop by for a free light breakfast as we express our gratitude to our community partners and OU faculty, staff, students, and researchers for their continued support.
June 17, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm CT
Streaming Online via Zoom
Robert M. Bird Library Inasmuch Foundation Atrium Room - 1105 N. Stonewall Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73117
Long before the University of Oklahoma was established, the land on which the University now resides was the traditional home of the “Hasinais” Caddo Nation and “Kirikirʔi:s” Wichita & Affiliated Tribes.
We acknowledge this territory once also served as a hunting ground, trade exchange point, and migration route for the Apache, Comanche, Kiowa, Osage, and Quapaw nations.
Today, 39 tribal nations dwell in the state of Oklahoma as a result of settler and colonial policies that were designed to assimilate Native people.
The University of Oklahoma recognizes the historical connection our university has with its Indigenous community. We acknowledge, honor and respect the diverse Indigenous peoples connected to this land. We fully recognize, support and advocate for the sovereign rights of all of Oklahoma’s 39 tribal nations. This acknowledgement is aligned with our university’s core value of creating a diverse and inclusive community. It is an institutional responsibility to recognize and acknowledge the people, culture and history that make up our entire OU Community.
Copeland Hall Room 225
860 Van Vleet Oval
Norman, OK 73019
nnc@ou.edu | (405) 325-4553
