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2 weeks ago | 
cherokeephoenix.org | Lindsey Bark
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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2 weeks ago | 
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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3 weeks 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.
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1 month ago | 
cherokeephoenix.org | Lindsey Bark
MUSTANG – Mother-daughter beading duo and Cherokee Nation citizens Jennifer Saenz and Vicky Watson, along with designer Debbie Franklin Richard, will have their work showcased in “Threads of Untold History,” a beadwork portrait exhibit of Freedmen and Freedmen descendants of the Five Civilized Tribes.
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1 month ago | 
cherokeephoenix.org | Lindsey Bark
CLAREMORE – Known for winning the International Trans-Continental Footrace in 1928, Andy Payne’s contributions to Cherokee history will be celebrated with the inaugural Andy Payne Route 66 Race – a 5K and fun run set for April 12. The event is hosted by the Claremore Museum of History and presented by Cherokee Nation. At 20 years old, Payne ran the footrace in 1928 starting in Los Angeles and ending in New York City less than 24 days later.
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1 month ago | 
cherokeephoenix.org | Lindsey Bark
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. GREASY – The Cherokee Nation’s Johnson O’Malley Program held the annual Cherokee Language Challenge Bowl at Greasy Immersion School during the week of March 10.
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1 month ago | 
cherokeephoenix.org | Lindsey Bark
TAHLEQUAH – The Oklahoma Rural Elementary Schools (ORES) state basketball tournament saw several schools that are located in the Cherokee Nation make it to the tournament, with two winning state championships on Feb. 15 in Shawnee and bringing the gold ball back to their communities. ORES is an organization that promotes and protects rural schools, with students from those schools continuing to be top performers in the state in academic and sports competitions.
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1 month ago | 
cherokeephoenix.org | Lindsey Bark
CARTHAGE, Mo. – Cherokee Nation citizen James “Jim” Muskrat, a 98-year-old CPA, has been volunteering for the VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) program since 2013, helping people file their tax returns. Muskrat started doing taxes in 1951 and became a certified public accountant in 1956. He worked in Joplin, Missouri, for 40 years before retiring at age 65. He now lives in Carthage, Missouri, but makes the daily trek to Joplin during tax season as a volunteer tax preparer.
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1 month ago | 
cherokeephoenix.org | Lindsey Bark
TAHLEQUAH – Cherokee Nation citizen and artist Sarah (Seli) Stewart’s latest venture is creating cornhusk dolls in the likeness of living Cherokee National Treasures. She recently completed a doll of storyteller Robert Lewis, with an interactive feature of recordings of his stories. Cornhusk dolls in the Cherokee culture stem from a story about how the doll has no face or features to teach the lesson that vanity should not get in the way of helping friends.
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1 month ago | 
cherokeephoenix.org | Lindsey Bark
ORLANDO – A mechanical engineering student at the University of Central Florida, Cherokee Nation citizen Devin Brizuela was sworn into the Navy's Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate (NPOC) program in January. He emphasized the importance of focusing on engineering basics and joining programs like NPOC for financial support and career advancement.
