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Representatives of the Cherokee Nation, including Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., shake hands after signing an extension to affordable housing legislation for Cherokee citizens. Photo provided by Cherokee Nation

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

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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

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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

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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

Flowing waters alongside the banks of the Buffalo National River in Arkansas
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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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