Katie Hallum
KOSU Indigenous Affairs ReporterKatie Hallum covers Indigenous Affairs at KOSU.
She joined the team in April 2024 after working at KGOU in Norman as a host and producer for All Things Considered and Here & Now. During her time there, she received several awards, including Best Newscast in the 2024 Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts.
A citizen of the Cherokee Nation, Katie grew up in Tahlequah and attended Sequoyah High School. As a student pursuing degrees in Journalism and International Security at the University of Oklahoma, she worked for The OU Daily and Gaylord News covering tribal affairs, health care and politics. She briefly spent time at OU Nightly as their floor director.
When Katie is not reporting, she is a patient advocate and ambassador for the American Kidney Fund. As an organ recipient, she travels as a keynote speaker for medical research conferences discussing the future of innovation in solid organ transplantation.
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The Cherokee Nation is pulling out of an intertribal council with its fellow Cherokee tribes. -
Cherokee Nation has been awarded $32 million in funds by the U.S. Department of Transportation, as part of the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America grant program. -
Five of Oklahoma’s largest tribal nations have endorsed the retention of three eligible Oklahoma Supreme Court justices in the Nov. 5 election. -
The man behind the landmark McGirt v. Oklahoma U.S. Supreme Court case, which reaffirmed the sovereignty of several Oklahoma tribes, was back in court this week. Jimcy McGirt conceded there’s enough evidence to charge him for violating his federal probation in court on Tuesday. -
Oklahoma has proposed a new car tag compact deal to save negotiations with the Cherokee Nation. -
A proposed law would allocate $40 million toward housing needs as part of a reauthorization of the Cherokee Nation’s Housing, Jobs and Sustainable Communities Act for a three-year cycle. -
Jimcy McGirt, the man behind the landmark McGirt case, is slated to appear before the Seminole Nation District Court Tuesday. -
A lawsuit filed by Otoe-Missouria citizen and Osage descendant Lena Black was voluntarily dismissed with prejudice last week, meaning the case is permanently closed. -
America's first higher-education institution for Native Americans opened over a century ago. But the college has recently struggled to stay afloat amid financial struggles. It now faces a grim choice: fight for what's left or close the doors forever. -
Bacone College in Muskogee is filing for bankruptcy.
