In addition to the $3200 paid out by the IRS since the beginning of the pandemic – $1200 in March 2020, $600 in December 2020, and $1400 in March 2021 – members of the Cherokee Nation are receiving an additional $2000 stimulus payment.
Paula Burkes
Special to Oklahoman
TAHLEQUAH In a novel and innovative partnership, Oklahoma State University and the Cherokee Nation recently opened the country’s first medical school on tribal land a move observers hope will improve care in rural northeastern Oklahoma by easing the shortage of primary care providers in the region.
In January, the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation welcomed an inaugural class of 54 students to a new $40 million, 84,000-square-foot facility, which boasts anatomy, neurology and clinical skills labs; speaking and breathing “patient” mannequins on which to practice; and the latest audio-visual equipment for teleconferencing lectures between OSU’s Tulsa and Tahlequah campuses.
The CEO of Stellantis (center) says he is open to changing the name of two of his top-selling Jeep vehicles, the Cherokee and the Grand Cherokee (left).
Cherokee Nation adopts vaccine plan
TAHLEQUAH – The Cherokee Nation recently received nearly 1,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, the first approved vaccine, and has launched a three-phase plan for vaccine distribution.
In the first phase, health care professionals, front-line health care workers and emergency responders already have begun being vaccinated. Also in the first phase, Cherokee speakers, Cherokee National Treasures, and elders over the age of 65 will be vaccinated, Cherokee Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. said.
“These culture keepers, elders, and speakers hold in their talents and memories so much of our priceless Cherokee heritage, but they have sadly been hit the hardest by the pandemic. We must defend every elder so they can pass down essential cultural lessons to our younger generations,” Hoskin wrote in a letter to Cherokee citizens.