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    Being there in the final moments of someone’s life confirms Kanda’s decision for her education and career. Though no one in her family is a nurse, Kanda Jackson found her purpose [...]

  With dirt smudged faces, gloves on the wrong hands and big grins, the students of the Choctaw Nation Durant Child Development Center buzzed from station to station in their new edible [...]

  Growing up in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, within a musically talented family fed Jace Caldwell’s fascination with music and the thought of making it his career. His dad’s side of the family were [...]

  Ambyr Childers didn’t grow up knowing she was Choctaw. Born in Cottonwood, Arizona, she spent time with her great-grandparents in Prescott, and most especially, with her grandmother’s [...]

  Letters, a shawl, pottery, a family tale. While history books record facts about the past, personal items and recollections shape the heart of our stories and the lessons we hand down to [...]

  Remember those days? The excitement and anticipation as your turn came closer and closer to approach the man in red? Now it’s time to make those memories with your children or [...]

  Hundreds of Choctaw veterans gathered beneath a steel gray sky at the Choctaw Nation Capitol Grounds in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma. Red, white, and blue draped the backs of chairs facing a [...]

  The yellow school bus doors opened and out poured Durant Head Start Program students bundled in jackets, hats, and gloves for the chilly October morning. Guided by their teachers, the [...]

  Nurtured by the family reunion-like atmosphere at the Choctaw Nation Labor Day Festival, we invited elders to share their life stories. Inside the Bertram Bobb Chapel on the Choctaw Nation [...]