Cherokee Nation Foundation is now accepting applications for additional scholarship opportunities for the 2024-25 academic year. The deadline to apply is Feb. 29.
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Cherokee Nation is pumping $95,000 into educating the tribe’s youngest residents by developing new merit scholarships. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. signed the new Comprehensive Cherokee Nation Education Act of 2024 on Jan. 23. The new law combines two existing laws governing the tribe’s higher education program and authorizes new merit-based scholarships […]