The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Diabetes Wellness Program is planting seeds to promote healthy foods and healthy wallets.

With the cost of groceries continuing to rise and more information about the detrimental health factors of processed foods, a community-based volunteer garden is just what the doctor ordered.

Located on the lands of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes at the headquarters in Concho, the community garden will be located behind the historic building referred to as Building One.

In Oklahoma, you can catch catfish all year long.

In the winter months you can catch blue catfish like they are going out of style. Summer months, you can catch flathead catfish with live bait if you set up at the right spot.

But springtime is when the catfish are getting ready to spawn their new hatches and they must bulk up to prepare for sitting on eggs and not eating all that often.

Michelle Rene Acuff, beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister and aunt, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 22, 2026, at Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. 

She leaves behind a legacy of warmth, generosity and devoted love for her faith, family, friends, and the many students whose lives she touched.

Michelle was born in Okarche to Robert V. and Florence E. (Grellner) Rother on March 8, 1968. She was raised in El Reno and graduated from El Reno High School in 1986, where her strong spirit and kind heart began to shape the remarkable woman she would become. 

Developed for Indigenous communities, Family Spirit is an evidence-based home visiting program now being utilized by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. 

The newly formed Family Spirit Program is an evidence-based curriculum for pregnant mothers and caregivers with children up to 3 years of age.

The curriculum covers lessons over prenatal care, infant care, child development, toddler care, life skill-building, school readiness, maternal health and positive parenting practices.