About Native Air with Hugh Foley
Dr. Foley is a widely respected Oklahoma music historian, an author and founding board member of the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
His primary areas of scholarship are American Studies with an emphasis on Oklahoma music and culture, Native American studies and cinema. On the air since 1998, Native Air is a community-oriented radio program featuring traditional and contemporary American Indian music, news of interest to Indian Country, and announcements of local activities such as powwows, benefits, exhibits, and other events of interest to Native Americans.
KUSH broadcasts from within the historic and contemporary boundaries of the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma with multiple tribes and tribal people within the KUSH listening area.
Tribes in the KUSH Listening Area:
Sac and Fox Nation
Pawnee Nation
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Iowa Tribe of OK
Osage Nation
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Cherokee Nation
Absentee Shawnee
Otoe-Missouria Tribe
Ponca Tribe
Kickapoo Tribe of OK
Primary News Sites:
Indianz.com
Native Times
Indian Country News
Powwows.com
Federal Register for Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs
National Congress of American Indians
American Indian Mascot Updates
Current Stories of Significance (as of 2/9/2019)
Half of Oklahoma Is An Indian Reservation?
Federal Judge Clueless About Political Status of Native Americans
Kansas Mulls Indigenous Peoples Day Instead of Celebrating Invader Columbus
Pawnee Nation Getting Into the Hemp Business
