Litmus Test To Arkansas Derby; ‘Monster’ Cherokee Nation To Santa Anita Derby

Next races for Bob Baffert trainees Litmus Test and Cherokee Nation have been identified, Thoroughbred Daily News reports.
Cherokee Phoenix

Six years later: Remembering the loss, Measuring the growth

In February 2020, Cherokee Nation Public Health Medical Director Dr. David Gahn warned it would only “take a few cases” for ...
The Morning Sun

Westernaires end Native American dancing program after decades of Indigenous pushback

The Westernaires have been teaching horsemanship to kids in Colorado and performing equine entertainment with Wild West ...

Despite recent gains, tribal citizens descended from slaves face disparate treatment

Federal reforms have made Native American health care and education programs more accessible to tribal citizens descended ...
WUNC

Noquisiyi (Nikwasi) Mound officially returns to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

Town and tribal officials, along with community members, gathered for a ceremonial deed-signing to return the Noquisiyi Mound ...
KRMG

Cherokee Nation examines history of enslavement during Black History Month event

TULSA, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation celebrated Black History Month Tuesday afternoon with major announcements centered on honoring Cherokee Freedmen and expanding community investment. The event, held ...
KTHV

Former Cherokee Nation Supreme Court justice killed by wife, officials say

SEQUOYAH COUNTY, Okla. — According to the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office (SCSO), a 70-year-old woman was arrested after reportedly killing her husband on Feb. 5. SCSO says they received a report of ...
Yahoo

Cherokee Nation Plans Reentry Housing Using Opioid Settlement Money

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner have proposed placing more than $6.5 million in new opioid settlement funds into the tribe’s Public Health and Wellness ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

City of Lincoln, Cherokee Nation drop out of Heartland Advanced Medical Manufacturing Regional Cluster

FARMINGTON -- A local city and the Cherokee Nation have dropped out of the Heartland Advanced Medical Manufacturing Regional Cluster due to expense concerns. The cluster is a two-state organization ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Cherokee Nation, U of Oklahoma to open nursing school

Cherokee Nation and the University of Oklahoma are partnering to establish a $30 million satellite campus of the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing in Tahlequah, Okla. The current W.W. Hastings ...
Cfr.org

Forcible Removal of the Cherokee Nation

In the early nineteenth century, white settlers in the eastern United States increasingly encroached upon the lands of Native Americans. Although the U.S. government had signed treaties demarcating ...
KRMG

Cherokee Nation, OU propose $30 million nursing school in Tahlequah to address workforce shortage

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation has proposed a $30 million partnership with the University of Oklahoma to repurpose a former tribal hospital into a new OU nursing school in a project that ...