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11/27/2009 2:19 AM Last Modified: 11/27/2009 2:19 AM Cherokee Nation tribal member Daniel McCarty thought he had found a new job in Tahlequah and decided to leave his job at an advertising agency in Tulsa.
Tags: Cherokee Nation Career Services, cherokees nation, Cherokee Nation Principal, AM Cherokee Nation, Jeff Vance, Daniel McCarty, Tahlequah, Cherokee heritage groups, Chad "Corntassel" Smith, Cherokee Nation, Cherokee, Cherokee people, Year of birth missing, Labor, Wilma Mankiller
The Cherokee Nation told a federal appeals court Monday that a judge in Tulsa erred in excluding it from Oklahoma's lawsuit against the poultry industry regarding pollution in the Illinois River watershed. The Cherokee Nation is seeking to overturn the...
Tags: Oklahoma, poultry industry, Denver, Domestic turkey, Perdue Farms, Industrial agriculture, Meatpacking, Tyson Foods, Cherokee people, Gregory Kent Frizzell, Year of birth missing, Cherokee freedmen controversy, Native American history, Native American tribes, Cherokee Nation, Cherokee, Law Crime, Frizzell, Manure
OK, which assists with the planning, development, construction, leasing and marketing at Oakmont which opened in Catoosa. For lack of funding and direction, the Catoosa Economic Development Authority was languishing by the middle part of this decade,...
Tags: Tulsa Port of Catoosa, Catoosa Economic Development Authority, Rita Lamkin, Tony Wolters, Oakmont Apartment Homes, Catoosa, Tulsa Oklahoma, Claremore Oklahoma, Cherokee Nation, Business Finance, Tulsa Metropolitan Area, Rogers County Oklahoma, Wagoner County Oklahoma
The tribe's Executive Finance Subcommittee voted Tuesday night to send a $2,400 campaign donation to Democrat Felton Newell and $5,000 donation to a political action committee called New Leadership PAC for Newell. Newell is challenging Rep. Dianne Watson...
Tags: actions committee, political actions, Dianne Watson, freedmen descendants, Felton Newell, Oklahoma City, Cherokee freedmen controversy, Diane Watson, Native American history, Cherokee Nation, Cherokee, Dawes Rolls, Politics
The partnership enables the communications specialists to align graphic design, interactive and other services as warranted to offer a range of services and specialties unique to the market. "With the fast-paced growth of minority buying power, it just...
Tags: United States District Court, Cherokee Nation, Northern District of Oklahoma, buying power, Oklahoma Hispanics, Chase Osburn, Oklahoma City, Tulsa County District Court, Cherokee, Business Finance, McAfee & Taft, Oklahoma, Social Issues
Last Modified: 11/14/2009 2:23 AM Clara Mooris goes to Iron Gate for a free, hot meal about once a week. On Friday, she and other American Indians enjoyed a traditional native meal, including hominy and fry bread. "It's delicious," she said. "I really...
Tags: iron gate, Connie Cronley, American Indians, Cherokee Nation, fry bread, Tulsa, Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribes, Cherokee, Fish fry, Hospitality Recreation
Cherokee officials filed papers in federal court in Tulsa late Wednesday that say the case cannot be “fully concluded” unless the tribe is made a party to the 4-year-old lawsuit. The state, led by Edmondson, is suing 12 poultry companies, claiming that...
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Honoring the tribe’s warrior heritage, they intend to raise the environmentally friendly structure not with the nation’s construction company arm, but by volunteer effort. “We encourage everyone to honor their family veterans by making the commitment...
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The state of Oklahoma cannot continue to pursue damages totaling more than $600 million in its lawsuit against the poultry industry because it failed to properly include the Cherokee Nation, a federal judge ruled Wednesday...District Judge Gregory Frizzell...
Tags: northeast Oklahoma, Cherokee Nation, Northwest Arkansas, Judge Gregory Frizzell, Judge Greg Frizzell, poultry companies, federally judge, poultry lawsuit, poultry industry, judge rules
Gary Walker, 24, (from left), Johnny Christie, 16, and Dallas Smith, 16, prepare their bikes for a practice ride. The three plan to take part in a nearly 1,000-mile journey that begins Saturday and will take them along a Trail of Tears route. The cyclists'...
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