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TAHLEQUAH – On May 8, the Cherokee Nation celebrated northeast Oklahoma rural fire departments, distributing nearly half a million in funding to more than 130 departments. For the last 17 years, the tribe has celebrated and provided funding to rural volunteer fire departments in the Cherokee Nation reservation, helping them to purchase or update equipment as they provide a needed service to their communities.
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Video Player is loading. Current Time 0:00Duration -:-Remaining Time -0:00Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. End of dialog window. PEGGS – After being inundated with poultry farms near homes in Delaware and Adair counties in Oklahoma, the smell of chicken waste is more than what most residents can handle as the waste seeps into nearby waterways such as Spring Creek, posing a risk to human health.
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TAHLEQUAH – Northeastern State University senior Bradon Bean was inducted to NSU’s Hall of Fame this year due to his many leadership efforts while attending the university. “Being one of three students selected to represent the university in the historic recognition of Hall of Fame is an incredible honor,” Bean said.
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MULDROW – Dawson Lynch, a Muldrow High School senior, was named valedictorian of his graduating class and accepted to Harvard University. Lynch, a Cherokee Nation citizen, said he strived to be named valedictorian by taking all the AP courses his school offered. “Our school doesn’t offer all that many, but all the ones that were available I took them, and I passed, all of them. Got an A in all of them, and I strive to do my best … every assignment that we did,” he said.
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MCALESTER – Makenna Manning, a McAlester High School senior, is the first female student in school history to sign a letter of intent to wrestle in college. Manning, a Cherokee Nation citizen, signed her letter of intent to wrestle at Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa starting in the fall. She is a member of the first female wrestling team at McAlester, which started her freshman year.
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STILWELL – The Wilma P. Mankiller Health Center in Adair County launched “Wilma’s Warriors – An Employee Service Project” in January 2024 to offer volunteer opportunities. Wilma’s Warriors is named in honor of former Principal Chief Wilma P. Mankiller, who was the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation.
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NORMAN – The University of Oklahoma Sam Noble Museum hosted the 22nd annual Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair with 1, 700 student participants on April 7-8. Participants gather each year in one of the largest linguistic diversity events in the state, representing more than 35 Indigenous languages in live song, speech and story categories including Cherokee, Choctaw, Comanche, Potawatomi, Kansa/Kaw, Kiowa, Caddo, Osage, Euchee, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Apache and Chickasaw languages.
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cherokeephoenix.org | Lindsey Bark
STILWELL – Cherokee Nation citizen Brad Doublehead transitioned from a 15-year job with a municipal insurance company to general manager of Stilwell Utilities in December. He leveraged his experiences from his years-long work in municipalities into his new role where he manages day-to-day operations, overseeing four supervisors and 28 employees at the utility department that serves the county seat of Adair County.
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2 months ago | 
cherokeephoenix.org | Lindsey Bark
TAHLEQUAH – For an effective Cherokee Nation election day, precinct officials are assigned to each precinct to ensure that election day voting is successful. There are five precinct officials at each polling place including an inspector, judge, clerk, Sergeant at Arms and a challenge ballot officer. “Their jobs are very labor knowledgeable, intensive,” Connie Parnell, Cherokee Nation election director, said.
