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2. Cherokee Nation - Wikipedia

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   Health. The Cherokee Nation has constructed health clinics throughout Oklahoma, contributed to community development programs, built roads and bridges, constructed learning facilities and universities for its citizens, instilled the practice of Gadugi and self-reliance, revitalized language immersion programs for its children and youth, and is ...

3. Wilma Mankiller - Wikipedia

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   Wilma Mankiller. Wilma Pearl Mankiller ( Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎳᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯᏗᎯ, romanized: Atsilasgi Asgayadihi; November 18, 1945 – April 6, 2010) was a Native American activist, social worker, community developer and the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, she lived on ...

4. Bill John Baker - Wikipedia

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   Education. Northeastern State University ( BA) Bill John Baker (born February 9, 1952) is a Native American ( Cherokee Nation) politician who served as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. First elected in October 2011, Baker defeated three-term incumbent Chief Chad "Corntassel" Smith. [1] Prior to his election as Chief, Baker served 12 ...

5. Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month promotes colonoscopies

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   Mar. 6—Every year in the United States, 38.1 people per 100,000 — and in Oklahoma, 41.2 of that number — are diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and the mortality rate in Oklahoma from the ...

6. Cherokee Nation reports surge in COVID cases - AOL

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   Jan. 13—The Cherokee Nation, on Wednesday, Jan. 12, reported numbers that point to increasing cases of COVID infection throughout the nation. On Jan. 10, Cherokee Nation Health Services saw 827 ...

7. ONE FIRE FOCUS: Cherokee Nation's victim service ... - AOL

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   Oct. 28—After increases in domestic violence cases over the past year, and the murder of a woman that hit close to home for the Tahlequah community, the Cherokee Nation and its ONE FIRE Victim ...

8. Tahlequah, Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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   Tahlequah (/ ˈ t æ l ə k w ɑː / TAL-ə-kwah; Cherokee: ᏓᎵᏆ, daligwa [dàlígʷá]) is a city in Cherokee County, Oklahoma located at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains.It is part of the Green Country region of Oklahoma and was established as a capital of the 19th-century Cherokee Nation in 1839, as part of the new settlement in Indian Territory after the Cherokee Native Americans ...

9. Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences

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   The Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences opened the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Classes commenced in the fall of 2020. This is the first Native American tribally-affiliated medical school in the United States. Notable alumni