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BIA announce National Tribal Broadband Strategy

BY STAFF REPORTS --

01/23/21 10:00

Indian Affairs Assistant Secretary Tara Sweeney says connectivity within Native communities has been a top priority for the BIA.

BIA invests more than $760K for tribal businesses, commercial projects

BY STAFF REPORTS --

01/19/21 15:00

The grants are for feasibility studies of proposed economic development projects, businesses and technologies located in designated opportunity zones.

Cherokee Nation services intake increases amid pandemic

BY LINDSEY BARK -- Reporter

01/18/21 14:00

Waiting to shop for groceries, two clients wait outside the Cherokee Nation’s Food Distribution building in Tahlequah. In the second half of 2020, the CN provided directed assistance to a total of 125,300 citizens, not including the additional 112,000 Cherokee families helped through the tribe’s emergency food distribution efforts. LINDSEY BARK/CHEROKEE PHOENIX

Cherokee Nation COVID-19 relief efforts saw the tribe serving more than 30 times the normal volume of CN citizens in an average year.

2021 hunting, fishing licenses see largest mailing

BY LINDSEY BARK -- Reporter

01/18/21 10:00

More than half of the 137,000 licenses annual hunting and fishing licenses have been mailed.

Cherokee Nation establishes hunting, fishing reserves

BY STAFF REPORTS --

01/15/21 13:30

From left to right are Secretary of Natural Resources Chad Harsha and Tribal Councilors Daryl Legg and E.O. Smith as they tour a new hunting and fishing reserve area in Sequoyah County on Jan. 11. COURTESY

Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. presented the Cherokee Nation Park and Wildlands, Fishing and Hunting Reserve Act of 2021 to the Tribal Council on Jan. 11. Under the act, the tribe has allotted 4,000 acres of woodland in Sequoyah County, and acreage in Craig County as the first hunting and fishing preserves. In Adair County, space is dedicated for cultural use. COURTESY

The lands will be for the beneficial use of citizens, conservation of natural resources and preservation of Cherokee culture.

Seasonal program assists low-income households with heating, cooling

BY CHAD HUNTER -- Reporter

01/15/21 12:00

LIHEAP helped more than 2,000 clients in 2020.

Cherokee Nation offers VITA tax prep services

BY LINDSEY BARK -- Reporter

01/08/21 9:00

Cora Lathrop Cherokee Nation mortgage loan officer and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance coordinator, helps Eric and Christy Young, of Tahlequah, file their taxes as part of the tribe’s free VITA program. ARCHIVE

The Cherokee Nation is in its 11th year helping individuals help prepare their tax returns at no cost.

Native land wills even more important during pandemic

BY D. SEAN ROWLEY -- Senior Reporter

12/27/20 10:00

Those wishing to get started making out a Native landowner will can download a planning and preparation checklist from the Indian Land Tenure Foundation at iltf.org. COURTESY

The Indian Land Tenure Foundation wants to resume its will planning clinics once the pandemic subsides.

CN Department of Transportation seeks self-governance

BY LINDSEY BARK -- Reporter

12/16/20 11:30

The tribe’s Department of Transportation is looking into a self-governance compact through federal government.

Building expands Cherokee language preservation, food security

BY STAFF REPORTS --

12/14/20 15:00

The Cherokee Nation is securing a multi-use site in Rogers County, which will house both a virtual production soundstage and warehouse for food and PPE storage and distribution. COURTESY

The tribe’s purchase of a multi-use site in Rogers County will ensure safer communications and strategic food warehousing.

Cooper leaving HACN for role with HUD

BY D. SEAN ROWLEY -- Senior Reporter

12/10/20 13:00

Deputy Chief Bryan Warner, left, and Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., right, thank Gary Cooper for his service on Dec. 4, Cooper’s last day as Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation executive director. Cooper left to work with the Office of Native American Programs at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. CHEROKEE NATION

Gary Cooper was with the Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation for 22 years, and its executive director for eight years.

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