Nation Oct 18 ‘We are not going to wait.’ How the Cherokee Nation is trying to solve a housing crisis By Adam Kemp
Nation Jun 03 Watch 4:04 Medical school in Cherokee Nation gives students experience serving Native communities A first-of-its-kind medical school in the Cherokee Nation recently graduated its inaugural class. Oklahoma communities correspondent Adam Kemp reports on how the program was started and why the need for these doctors is so great. By Adam Kemp, Rachel Liesendahl
Nation May 23 First-of-its-kind medical school in Cherokee Nation graduates inaugural class of doctors Oklahoma State University partnered with the Cherokee Nation to open the College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2020 to help erase the shortage of Indigenous doctors nationwide. By Adam Kemp
Nation Feb 01 A new federal program helps provide meals to kids when school is not in session. These states opted out Oklahoma is one of 15 states that declined to administer the program, though three of the state’s Native American tribes have announced their intent to offer the benefits to any child on their reservations. By Adam Kemp
Nation Jul 11 This new partnership is helping the Cherokee Nation preserve plants and culture Under a new agreement with the National Park Service, the Cherokee Nation will set aside a 1,000-acre site along the banks of the Buffalo National River in Arkansas that is rich with plants and natural resources deemed historically important to… By Adam Kemp
Jun 07 How a 950-mile bike ride is helping Cherokee youth reclaim their history By Adam Kemp, Gabrielle Hays, Hannah Grabenstein For the 15th straight year Cherokee youth are retracing the Trail of Tears on bikes in hopes of achieving a deeper understanding of their homeland and the forced removal that took it away. Continue reading
Nov 22 Bison’s relocation to Native lands reconnects Indigenous people to tradition By Bobby Ross Jr., Associated Press Decades after the last bison vanished from their tribal lands, the Cherokee Nation is part of a nationwide resurgence of Indigenous people seeking to reconnect with the humpbacked, shaggy-haired animals that occupy a crucial place in centuries-old tradition and belief. Continue reading
Nov 17 Congress considers fulfilling 200-year-old promise to seat Cherokee Nation delegate By Sean Murphy, Associated Press The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma is moving a step closer to having a promise fulfilled from nearly 200 years ago that a delegate from the tribe be seated in Congress. Continue reading
Jul 01 As COVID swept the state, Native communities in Oklahoma raced to preserve culture By Adam Kemp The COVID-19 pandemic took a disproportionate toll on Indigenous Americans. In Oklahoma, tribes rallied to save life and culture. Continue reading
Nov 24 How the Cherokee Nation has curtailed the pandemic By Usha Lee McFarling, STAT While the United States flounders in its response to the coronavirus, another nation — one within our own borders — is faring much better. Continue reading