On Tuesday, Aug. 5, Cherokee Nation leaders met to celebrate the grand opening of its flagship Early Childhood Unit/Head Start facility in Tahlequah. 

The Council of the Cherokee Nation signed a resolution Monday to support an MOU with Hillcrest Hospital Claremore to solidify labor and delivery and OB services for expectant mothers at the Claremore Indian Hospital.

For generations, the Cherokee Nation has prioritized education and worked to build partnerships that uplift our people and create a better future for Cherokee families and the communities we call home. One of the most enduring and important of those partnerships is with Northeastern State University. 

On the eve of Oklahoma statehood, the federal government shut down the Cherokee Advocate newspaper and seized its printing press, cutting off the primary source of information for the Cherokee people during uncertain times.