August 10, 2018 | Absentee Shawnee Governor's Report
Hello Absentee Shawnee Tribal Members!! I hope everyone is staying cool in this hot Oklahoma weather. I want to congratulate Lt. Governor Kenneth Blanchard, Treasurer Phillip Ellis and Representative Atheda Edwards Fletcher for their win in the June E...
August 10, 2018 | Choctaw Voices
Our annual Labor Day festival is right around the corner. Soon the capital grounds will be filled with thousands of visitors. The festival is so much more than concerts and carnival rides. The 5-day long event is a great time for the Choctaw people to gather an...
August 9, 2018 | Cherokee Nation Notes From The Chief
Osiyo - Each Labor Day weekend, the Cherokee Nation capital city of Tahlequah bustles with more than 100,000 visitors, and in 2018 we plan to have the biggest and best Cherokee National Holiday ever. This will be our 66th annual homecoming celebration,...
August 3, 2018 | Cherokee Nation Notes From The Chief
Osiyo - Across America at least 95 percent of people incarcerated in state prisons will be released back into their communities at some point. Successful transitions are challenging, as reintegrating into life on the outside is hard for all parties...
July 31, 2018 | Cherokee Nation Notes From The Chief
Osiyo - The Cherokee Nation recently acquired more than 60 acres of land in Delaware County. The site is one of the historic endpoints of the Trail of Tears, which is especially significant in 2018 as we commemorate the 180th anniversary of the forced ...
July 27, 2018 | Choctaw Voices
The grounds of Tvshka Homma were full of people on May 19, all honoring the thousands of Choctaws removed from Mississippi to start a new life in a new land. As I always do, I looked at the families gathered together on that beautiful, warm ...
October 28, 2016 | Events
The American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma (AICCO) celebrated their first-ever graduation of Oklahoma’s first Native leadership flagship “Leadership Native Oklahoma” (LNO) program on Sunday night, October 23, 2016. “LNO is ...
October 24, 2016 | Events
Two Election Commission clerks tendered their resignations on Feb. 27, with one employee citing a negative work environment and lack of communication from the commission and election director as the reasons for her resigning.Clerk III Elizabeth Catron and Cler...
October 13, 2016 | Events
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation will soon begin taking applications for the tribe’s Angel Project.The program allows the public to purchase and donate clothing, toys and other gifts for Cherokee children who live within the 14-county tribal j...
