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Sequoyah National Research Center preserving Native documents

BY LINDSEY BARK -- Reporter
09/20/19 8:15
Dan Littlefield, Ph.D., the Sequoyah National Research Center’s director, stands amid preserved newspapers at the SNRC in Little Rock, Arkansas. COURTESY
The Sequoyah National Research Center contains a library catalogued with books from Indian removal and the Dawes Commission to the Spiro Mounds. It’s located in Little Rock Arkansas at the University of Arkansas. COURTESY
Acid-free boxes contain the works of the late Cherokee author Robert J. Conley at the Sequoyah National Research Center at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock. The SNRC provides a large collection of resources used to study Native American life and culture. COURTESY
The Sequoyah National Research Center provides a large collection of resources used to study Native American life and culture.
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Tribe to host fifth annual Cherokee Nation Elders Summit

BY STAFF REPORTS --
09/19/19 21:30
The Cherokee Nation Elders Summit not only promotes the importance of Cherokee elders, but serves as an information hub for elder services.
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Cherokee Nation Businesses increases its minimum wage

BY CHAD HUNTER -- Reporter
09/19/19 20:45
Employees at Cherokee Nation Industries in Stilwell applaud the Sept. 18 announcement of an increase to the Cherokee Nation Businesses minimum wage. CHAD HUNTER/CHEROKEE PHOENIX
Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. announces a minimum wage hike for employees of Cherokee Nation Businesses on Sept. 18 in Stilwell. CHAD HUNTER/CHEROKEE PHOENIX
More than 2,500 employees are expected to get raises.
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Nimmo named NSU Outstanding Young Alumna

BY STAFF REPORTS --
09/19/19 16:00
Chrissi Nimmo
Chrissi Nimmo is selected as the 2019 Outstanding Young Alumna at Northeastern State University.
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Cherokee Phoenix calls for 2020 homecoming T-shirt concepts

BY TRAVIS SNELL -- Assistant Editor – @cp_tsnell
09/19/19 12:00
Shown are two Cherokee Phoenix homecoming T-shirts from 2016-17. The Cherokee Phoenix is accepting design ideas from Cherokee artists for its 2020 T-shirt until midnight on Jan. 1. ARCHIVE
Shown are two Cherokee Phoenix homecoming T-shirts from 2018-19. The Cherokee Phoenix is accepting design ideas from Cherokee artists for its 2020 T-shirt until midnight on Jan. 1. ARCHIVE
The Cherokee Phoenix will accept rough drafts from artists who are Cherokee Nation, United Keetoowah Band or Eastern Band citizens until midnight on Jan. 1.
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Cherokee Nation Transit serves commuters in NE Okla.

BY D. SEAN ROWLEY -- Senior Reporter
09/19/19 8:15
The Cherokee Nation contracts with Ki Bois Area Transit System for use of seven vehicles, but KATS has more than 200 vans and buses covering routes throughout eastern Oklahoma. COURTESY
A Ki Bois Area Transit System driver helps a passenger into a KATS bus by holding her bag and the door for her. The Cherokee Nation contracts with KATS, as well as Pelivan Transit, Muskogee County Transit and Cimarron Public Transit to conduct daily operations. ARCHIVE
Geremy Chuculate, a Cherokee Nation citizen and Pelivan Transit bus driver in Grove, Oklahoma, helps a load a wheel chair-bound man into the Pelivan bus Chuculate drives. ROGER GRAHAM/CHEROKEE PHOENIX
Cherokee Nation Transit offers reliable, affordable and safe transport for American Indians to their destinations by contracting with agencies to provide more than 100,000 rides per year. ARCHIVE
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The transportation program contracts with four agencies to provide more than 100,000 rides per year.
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Hundreds of Oklahoma inmates may be released under new law

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS --
09/18/19 16:00
A statewide referendum adopted in 2016 made simple drug possession a misdemeanor and increased the threshold for felony property crimes from $500 to $1,000.
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Cherokee Language Master Apprentice Program accepting applications

BY STAFF REPORTS --
09/18/19 12:00
After completing the program, students will have 4,000 contact hours with the Cherokee language and will have spent more than 40 hours each week studying and speaking the language.
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Tribal Council backs $1.1B budget

BY CHAD HUNTER -- Reporter
09/18/19 10:00
Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. gives his first monthly address during the Sept. 16 Tribal Council meeting in Tahlequah. CHAD HUNTER/CHEROKEE PHOENIX
The largest budget in the Cherokee Nation’s history includes a higher minimum wage.
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3 Cherokee medical students look to serve their people

BY WILL CHAVEZ -- Assistant Editor – @cp_wchavez
09/18/19 8:45
Cherokee medical students Breanna Carlson, left, Sheridan Evans and Ryan Young will begin their second year of medical school this fall at the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Tulsa. WILL CHAVEZ/CHEROKEE PHOENIX
Breanna Carlson
Sheridan Evans
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Breanna Carlson, Sheridan Evans and Ryan Young begin their second year of medical school this fall.
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Enrollment opportunities available at Talking Leaves Job Corps

BY STAFF REPORTS --
09/17/19 16:00
The program helps people ages 16 through 24 complete their high school education, earn college credits, train for meaningful careers and connect with other opportunities.
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Sequoyah National Research Center preserving Native documents

LINDSEY BARK

09/20/19 8:15

The Sequoyah National Research Center provides a large collection of resources used to study Native American life and culture. ...

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Health

3 Cherokee medical students look to serve their people

WILL CHAVEZ

09/18/19 8:45

Breanna Carlson, Sheridan Evans and Ryan Young begin their second year of medical school this fall. ...

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Culture

Cherokee Phoenix calls for 2020 homecoming T-shirt concepts

TRAVIS SNELL

09/19/19 12:00

The Cherokee Phoenix will accept rough drafts from artists who are Cherokee Nation, United Keetoowah Band or Eastern Band citizens until midnight on Jan. 1. ...

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Council

Tribal Council backs $1.1B budget

CHAD HUNTER

09/18/19 10:00

The largest budget in the Cherokee Nation’s history includes a higher minimum wage. ...

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