Guest Opinion. For the first time in Cherokee Nation history, the tribe is looking ahead with a new plan for its policing and public safety with a Five-Year Strategic Plan for the Cherokee Nation ...

CHEROKEE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – A referendum vote on the Cherokee Indian Reservation could have impacts statewide on the recreational use of marijuana. Tribal members are voting on whether to ...

The Indian Health Service, which serves Indigenous patients in mostly rural areas, ... The Cherokee Reservation spreads across roughly 7,000 square miles in eastern Oklahoma.

Growing up in western North Carolina, in the Qualla Boundary—often referred to as the Cherokee Indian Reservation— was much like growing up in any small, rural mountain town. We learned to ...

As they live on the reservation, he said, it is important to recognize Cherokee as an independent sovereign with its own legal structure and unique culture. Woodard hopes that this study away trip to ...

The Cherokee Nation says it is investing $1.3 million into playground equipment and community room upgrades a its rental housing units across the reservation.

Cherokee Nation is investing $1.3 million into playground equipment and community room upgrades at its rental housing units across the reservation. "This is another way we can make community ...

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, PrecisePK announces a transformative partnership with Cherokee Indian Hospital (CIHA), a cornerston ...

CHEROKEE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – A referendum vote on the Cherokee Indian Reservation could have impacts statewide on the recreational use of marijuana. Tribal members are voting on whether to ...

Hattabaugh, who is not Native American, grew up in Muldrow, a town of about 3,300 on the reservation. The 24-year-old said the town sometimes had a doctor but never a hospital or urgent care clinic.

Rural residents make up about 14% of the U.S. population but fewer than 5% of incoming medical students.