Gatewood, 34, who grew up in a city between the Chickasaw Reservation and Oklahoma City, first attended medical school at the University of Missouri. She said it was a great program, but it didn't ...

Special Reports > Features Medical School on Cherokee Reservation Will Soon Send Doctors to Tribal, Rural Areas — "It really comforts patients to know that someone like them is taking care of ...

The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) identified a case of measles within the Cherokee Nation Reservation on April 24. Officials contacted the individuals who may have been exposed during ...

A new bill was filed that would allow marijuana sales across the state to anyone 21 or older. The only place legally selling marijuana is on the Cherokee reservation, which is marking one year ...

As a tribe, the Cherokee fought opioids by suing multiple drugmakers and pharmacy chains. They've won more than $100 million. Some of that money funds the harm reduction program.

Out of these funds, Cherokee Nation has spent $23.8 million in the past four years to increase water quality access for citizens across the 14-county reservation.

Here's NPR's Brian Mann. BRIAN MANN, BYLINE: When Brenda Barnett was pregnant with her son Ryan, she says the Cherokee Reservation around Tahlequah, Okla., was flooded with pain pills.

The Cherokee Reservation spreads across roughly 7,000 square miles in eastern Oklahoma. It's home to about 150,000 Cherokee citizens, most of whom live in rural areas, said Principal Chief Chuck ...

The Cherokee Reservation spreads across roughly 7,000 square miles in eastern Oklahoma. It’s home to about 150,000 Cherokee citizens, most of whom live in rural areas, said Principal Chief Chuck ...

Then, in 2019, six years after dropping out of the Missouri medical school, Gatewood learned about Oklahoma State's new campus in Tahlequah. She decided to once more pursue her dream of becoming a ...