Mark Maxey
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Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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In the Muscogee Creek Nation, the free press isn’t free
OKMULGEE, Okla.—“I think it’s just this second go-round is the tribe exploiting its rights,” Sterling Cosper, former Mvskoke Media manager, said. “It has sovereignty to decide what’s best for it. → Read More
Picking up sticks and stones at Woody Fest 2018
OKEMAH, Okla.—“I am out to sing songs that will prove to you that this is your world and that if it has hit you pretty hard and knocked you for a dozen loops, no matter what color, what size you are, how you are built, I am out to sing the songs that make you take pride in yourself and in your w... → Read More
Navajo nation stands up to USA
PADEN, Okla.—“Stop giving federal rights to the states that were formed after our Treaty of 1868,” says President Russell Begaye, Navajo Nation. “If you are moving forward with this reorganization, tribes must be involved. → Read More
Robert Mitchell case: Delayed justice might be the answer
WEWOKA, Okla.—As Charles Mitchell hung his head in sweltering heat outside the Seminole County Courthouse, he wept. “I was so glad to see him, just to be a few feet away,” he sobbed. “But it hurt so deeply to see him sitting by himself in chains. → Read More
15 is too young for life without parole, especially if you’re innocent
LITTLE, Okla.—“Daddy, I didn’t do it,” said Robert Mitchell to his father. Robert didn’t blink an eye when he answered Charles “Gabby” Mitchell's question. → Read More
Tribe’s mental illness safety course may deter police shootings
VINITA, Okla.—“They murdered our son,” says Melissa Goodblanket. One tribe in Oklahoma is trying to prevent this from ever happening again. Law enforcement engagement with persons with mental illness may be safer due to Native American tribal programs. → Read More
Sovereignty runs deep in farewell to Indigenous warrior Sugar Montour
“I need a ride to New York for a funeral,” my friend stated. “In the middle of a Nor'easter?” I replied. “Yes, I would not ask if it was not important,” said my friend. → Read More
Norman, Oklahoma: Police “treated him like he was an animal”
NORMAN, Okla.—“With a heart rate of 116 and complaining of an excruciating headache, my nephew, Marconia Kessee, was turned away from the hospital and arrested by the Norman Police Department for trespassing,” Michael Washington said. → Read More
“On a Knife Edge”: Coming of age on the Pine Ridge reservation
A few weeks ago I talked to Leonard Peltier, American Indian Movement (AIM) member and political prisoner. He asked me to work with Eli Cane, producer of the film On a Knife Edge. → Read More
Corporations and governments collude in prison slavery racket
Whose money is it? Many departments of corrections (DOCs) supplement their state budgets with business deals. These deals mean free or under 50-cents-per-hour use of prison workers. It's a billion-dollar industry that many Americans know nothing about. → Read More
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier speaks with People’s World
On the day People’s World posted my Florida Strike article, out of the blue, I received a phone call from federal prisoner Leonard Peltier. He is also in federal prison in Florida. In fact, he and the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee were early supporters of #OperationPUSH. → Read More
Indigenous rights and environmental rights overlap in Tar Creek, Oklahoma
GROVE, Okla.—“Our existence is the resistance,” Jim Wikel, Seneca-Cayuga tribal member here told People’s World in an exclusive interview. Wikel was speaking of Native environmental issues at the 19th National Environmental Conference at Tar Creek, in late September, in Miami, Oklahoma. → Read More
“Being deaf is not a crime”: Protests after OKC police shooting
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — More than 150 protesters marched on City Hall here on Sunday, demanding justice for Magdiel Sanchez, a deaf man shot to death by police last week. → Read More
Oklahoma imam says coexistence the only way to peace in Jerusalem
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.— Dr. Imam Imad Enchassi, the senior imam at the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City (ISGOC), says imams in the West like him could play a helpful role in resolving the Al-Aqsa Mosque clashes in Jerusalem. → Read More
Oklahoma tries to crush Native American environmental protesters
When Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed HB 1124 into law in May, 2017 it was yet another strike against Native Americans and the entire nationwide working class of which they are a part – a strike against the 99 percent. → Read More