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News Release Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. spoke to thousands of Cherokee citizens and guests from the heart of the tribe’s capital city Saturday morning for his fourth State of the Nation address, emphasizing the strength of the tribe and its more than 430,000 citizens who

Tribe’s film office and OsiyoTV at Cherokee National Holiday Sept. 2-3 TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Cherokee Nation Film Office is seeking tribal elders and fluent Cherokee language speakers to help share and preserve their stories. CNFO is also inviting citizens of any federally recognized tribe to join its all-inclusive Native

On this episode I have artist, cinematographer, photographer Brittany Bendabout. join us as we talk about working in tv & film, getting started on reservation dogs, indigenous storytelling, and a lot of catching up. follow her on instagram @britti3 to keep up with everything she has going on. I want

Alexandra Skores, The Dallas Morning News Some folks may not remember the bingo hall that once stood in southeastern Oklahoma 35 years ago. But Janie Dillard does. “We built high-stakes bingo,” Dillard said, basically because that’s all the tribe could afford. Eventually, it started to dabble in casino gaming.

Written by Cherokee Citizen and Trial Attorney - Michael Moore During the first Cherokee Nation civil jury trial in 120 years, a Cherokee jury awarded a Cherokee man $615,000. David Comingdeer alleged tribal administrators retaliated against him for whistleblowing about the imminent loss of a fire protection grant and

Using $3 million in ARPA funds, the Nation proposes building a new 293,000-gallon tank and new water lines for families and businesses west of Pawhuska Written by Louise Red Corn Allan Richards, a civil engineer with the Osage Nation’s water consulting firm, turned the tables at a meeting

By Cassidy Mudd The U.S. Department of the Interior awarded Oklahoma an initial $25 million to help address legacy pollution caused by orphaned oil and gas wells left abandoned across the state. The funds will be utilized to plug nearly 1,200 documented, orphaned wells on state, federal, private,