Cherokee Nation

And so here's a story about my dad.

My dad was a card-carrying member of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma.

And in Oklahoma, which was Indian territory until 1907, And so almost every treaty has been broken with the native indigenous people of America, but there still are things that are a benefit to those who have a tribal association.

And you can get a free license plate in Oklahoma if you're a member of one of the tribes.

That's not right that they would be getting that free thing.

And every time, every time he saw those license plates in Oklahoma, he would call it out.

As his Alzheimer's progressed and he couldn't drive anymore, my mom was driving him to the doctors with a Cherokee Nation's plate on her car and he never knew.

And she still has one.

I'm here to tell you that there are more tribes that are against data centers than are for them." Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes is the latest nation to join tribes protesting data centers.

Cherokee Nation, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma have all imposed similar bans.

Osage Nation is also considering comparable legislation, while Muscogee Nation is investigating data center impacts.

[ding] And that's a wrap for today's edition of Good News for Lefties.

Big plans at the Oklahoma City Airport.

And the Cherokee Nation is making an important addition to public schools in parts of northeast Oklahoma.

This is your PM news brief for Thursday, October 15, 2026.

I'm Keith Merks.

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In Oklahoma City, I'm Grayson Wheeler.

The Cherokee Nation plans to put feminine hygiene products in public schools across the reservation.

Thomas Pablo has more on a new initiative announced this week.

Let's just back up on that for a sec, 'cause it's just so great, and it's just they're all frauds.

2019, NPR, "More than three months after the widely criticized decision to release the results of a DNA test to prove her Native American ancestry, Senator Elizabeth Warren, who is exploring a run for the presidency, has apologized to the Cherokee Nation, according to Julie Hubbard, a spokesman with the Cherokee Nation.

'Senator Warren has reached out to us and has apologized to the tribe,' Hubbard said in a statement.

'We are encouraged by this dialogue and understanding that being a Cherokee Nation tribal citizen is rooted in centuries of culture and laws, not through DNA tests.

We are encouraged by her action and hope that the slurs and mockery of tribal citizens and Indian history and heritage will now come to an end.' The Massachusetts Democrat initially released her DNA tests in October, indicating she has Native American ancestry dating back six to 10 generations.

It was part of a highly choreographed move that included video of family members in Oklahoma rallying to her ancestry defense, and it was an attempt to silence a controversy that has followed her for years." So again, she was 1/164 Native American.

On the other side, in our final segment, looking forward to being joined by Keith Nobles.

He is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.

He is also a former longtime military intelligence contractor.

We're gonna talk about Russia, Ukraine, and Columbus Day.

I've been there many times.

But should the onus be put on Zelensky like President Trump is doing here? For more on all of this, I'm pleased to speak once again here on KOA with Keith Nobles, longtime former military intelligence contractor during the latter part of the Cold War.

He's also, and this will be relevant when we shift gears in a moment to Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and the author of multiple books.

Keith Nobles returns.