Cherokee Nation and the American Indian Resource Center Inc. signed an agreement Dec. 17 providing $800,000 from the Cherokee Nation to support AIRC’s Little Cherokee Seeds program in 2026.

Northeastern State University and the Cherokee Nation have launched the Cherokee Futurists Leadership Program, a yearlong initiative designed to strengthen tribal leadership capacity while advancing technology integration across Cherokee Nation departments.

The Cherokee Nation will receive $10 million from the Federal Transit Administration to construct a new state-of-the-art transit facility in Tahlequah.

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner recently proposed to lock down over $6.5 million in new opioid settlement funds into the tribes’ Public Health and Wellness Fund Act and to use $4 million of the funding to build and operate transitional living housing for formerly incarcerated citizens.