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#Foodsovereignty
Chief Jeff Wachoche reminds us that food sovereignty is more than growing our own food, it’s about preserving our identity, our land, and our future. By restoring traditional food systems, we strengthen Cherokee self-reliance and pass down the knowledge that sustains our people for generations to come.

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AI Helps Cherokee Nation Health Services Reduce Burnout

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Minute Massage closes after 30 years at Tulsa International AirportBy

After 30 years serving travelers at Tulsa International Airport, Minute Massage has closed. Founded by Helen Nelson Wormuth and later run by her daughter Dan’niel, the family business became a Tulsa icon. Cherokee Nation citizen Jeanie Renfrow, part of the team for 17 years, will continue offering massage services by appointment at 918-845-3888.

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Cherokee language at risk, but Western Carolina University leads efforts to preserve it

Cherokee Nation citizen Tom Belt warns that losing the Cherokee language means losing a unique way of seeing the world. With only about 140 fluent speakers remaining in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, preservation efforts at Western Carolina University are working to turn the tide. Through classroom study, art, and music, the university’s Cherokee Language Program is helping to keep a 13,000-year-old culture and worldview alive.

Culture & Travel

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Cherokee-language film ‘Siren of the Wood’ reimagines the Deer Woman legend

Cherokee filmmaker Christopher Corsy’s Siren of the Wood brings the Deer Woman legend to life in a fully Cherokee-language film. Produced by Native Fable Movie Production with an all-Native cast and crew, the film blends horror and heritage while promoting language revitalization. Its festival debut marks a growing movement of Indigenous filmmakers creating original, culture-rooted stories beyond documentaries.

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#MMCP Zachary Grimmett

Zachary was last seen in Tulsa OK on 10/23/2025 near the Day Center. Please call Muskogee Creek Nation Lighthorse at 918 732-7800

Murdered &Missing Cherokee People

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The Roots of a Red Fern: Wilson Rawls and the Heart of Cherokee County

On the banks of the Illinois River, where mist settles between the Ozark hills and the sound of coonhounds once echoed through the night, a quiet boy from Cherokee County dreamed of becoming a writer. His name was Wilson Rawls, and though few could have imagined it at the time, his story would come to define rural Oklahoma for generations of readers. 🛒 Buy the Book Born in Scraper, Oklahoma, in 1913, Rawls grew up on his mother’s Cherokee allotment land tucked deep in the c

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State of Emergency SNAP Available

The Cherokee Nation is providing one-time emergency payments of up to $185 per individual to Cherokee Nation citizens who were receiving SNAP benefits and reside anywhere in the United States.

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