Sarah Liese
KOSU Indigenous Affairs ReporterSarah Liese is Diné and an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. She is passionate about heart-centered storytelling and works as an Indigenous Affairs reporter at KOSU. She joined the team in April 2024.
Liese is from Saint Louis, Missouri, and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi in 2019. Following graduation, she worked at WLOX-TV in Biloxi, Mississippi, as a Producer-In-Residence Fellow and Digital Content Producer. She hungered for more schooling and enrolled at Ohio University to pursue a Master of Science degree. While in graduate school, she was awarded the Outstanding Master's Student Award in 2022 from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.
Liese has presented her findings at the International Indigenous Climate Change Research Summit and International Indigenous Research Conference and has received multiple fellowships from the Sundance Institute and the Indigenous Journalist Association.
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The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is trying to figure out how to navigate a conflict between Gov. Kevin Stitt and Attorney General Gentner Drummond over what licenses tribal citizens need when hunting in Indian Country. -
The Muscogee Nation is sounding the alarm over the need to revitalize two Indigenous languages. Principal Chief David Hill recently issued an executive order outlining actions to safeguard the Muscogee and Euchee languages. -
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has appointed a special prosecutor to go after Indigenous hunters who are cited for hunting without a state license on tribal reservations. -
Cherokee Nation issues state of emergency to combat food insecurity ahead of SNAP benefit suspensionSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are going to expire Saturday, leaving hundreds of thousands of Oklahomans without food assistance. The Cherokee Nation is declaring a state of emergency and calling on state leaders to step up. -
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving Gov. Kevin Stitt's brother, Marvin Keith Stitt, who is also a Cherokee Nation citizen. The case questioned a state's criminal jurisdictional authority over tribal citizens on tribal land absent Congressional authorization. -
The Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations are suing social media giants for their role in the growing mental health crisis for Indigenous young people. -
The Comanche and Quapaw Nations are condemning inaccurate depictions of their tribes in a well-known book and television series. -
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) is standardizing tribal boundary signs across the state, but not all Indigenous nations welcome this one-size-fits-all approach. -
An event organized by the tribes’ Administration of Aging aims to bring older tribal members into the community, but it also continues a legacy of a centuries-old guessing game. -
Catholic Church leaders launched the Oklahoma Catholic Native Schools Project to expand their understanding of Indigenous students’ experiences at Catholic-run boarding schools from 1880-1965.
