Por: WPLG Local 10 Health February 14, 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY – As a child welfare specialist for the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma more than a decade ago, Juli Skinner saw firsthand the impact of the opioid crisis on Cherokee families.Parents who began using the powerful painkillers after a surgery or injury became hooked and were losing custody of their children, babies were being born addicted and young people who ended up in foster care were aging out of the system and becoming addicted... + full article
New York Daily News USA Nation February 14, 2023
The Cherokee Nation on Monday unveiled plans for an $18 million substance abuse treatment center, funded with a portion of $98 million in opioid settlement money it received from drug manufacturers and distributors. The first tribally operated addiction treatment center will be... + más
Cherokee tribes turn to K Street to fulfill a 187-year-old promise for a seat in Congress | Politico
Cherokee Nation announces plans for $18M treatment center | Associated Press
Associated Press USA Health February 13, 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — As a child welfare specialist for the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma more than a decade ago, Juli Skinner saw firsthand the impact of the opioid crisis on Cherokee families.Parents who began using the powerful painkillers after a surgery or injury became... + más
Cherokee Nation announces plans for $18M treatment center | WPLG Local 10
Politico USA Politics January 10, 2023
Three Cherokee tribes are pushing aggressively for the U.S. government to make good on a nearly 200-year-old promise to award them a sitting delegate in the House of Representatives. But, sensing that lawmakers may finally act amid the Biden administration’s historic advances... + más
Cherokees ask US to make good on promise: A seat in Congress | ABC News
Cherokees Ask U.S. to Make Good on a 187-Year-Old Promise, for a Start | The New York Times
ABC News USA Politics November 28, 2022
The country's largest Native American tribe, the , is ramping up calls on the U.S. government to fulfill nearly 200 years ago.The historic treaty, which forced the Cherokee people off their ancestral lands across the Southeast and onto the infamous in 1835, was supposed to... + más
Protecting bison is critical to Native American ecosystem, culture | WPTV
WPTV USA Nation November 25, 2022
TULSA, Oklahoma — When it comes down to preserving Indigenous culture, nothing speaks louder than the fight to protect native languages.When tribes are talking about saving their language they're really talking about saving their culture,” said Chuck Hoskin Jr., the... + más
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For Oaxacans in L.A., city councilmembers racist remarks cut deep | Los Angeles Times
ABC7 USA Politics November 17, 2022
signed in 1835, which provided the legal basis for the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation from its ancestral homelands east of the Mississippi River and led to the Trail of Tears, but it has never been exercised. A separate treaty in 1866 affirmed this right, Hoskin said.The... + más
Cherokee Nation Delegate Kim Teehee says it's time for America to fulfill its promise | ABC News
Cherokee delegate pushes for Congress to honor 200-year-old promise | Newsweek
ABC News USA Politics November 09, 2022
The House Committee on Rules is expected to hold a hearing this month about whether the Cherokee Nation will have a delegate serve in Congress, according to The New York Times.The Cherokee Nation has been campaigning to uphold their right to a non-voting delegate in Congress, a... + más
After 187 years, the Cherokee Nation wants its seat in Congress | Portland Press Herald
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