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The Cherokee Nation Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2026-27 academic year. The nonprofit awarded a record $500,000 in scholarships last year and continues to expand opportunities for Cherokee students. Applications, including new awards like the Luke Horton & Justin Phillips Memorial Scholarship and the Cherokee Nation Freedmen Descendants Scholarship, are due Jan. 31, 2026.

Two Cherokee-owned law firms ,Sterling Oaks Law Firm of Broken Arrow and Gifford Law, PLLC of Oklahoma City , have been named among Oklahoma’s best for Native American law in the 2025 Best Law Firms rankings, recognizing their leadership and expertise in tribal and federal legal matters.

Cherokee composer Anjelica Lindsey’s Eroica for Wind Trio debuts Nov. 14 at Houston’s Good Medicine Indigenous Music Festival.

Annella Marie Revis, age 70, of Sapulpa, and most recently residing in New Mexico, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 15, 2025.

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.

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.