Tag: Cherokee
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Via Indianz.com: Cherokee tribes work to keep language alive for new generations
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina are working to preserve the Cherokee language for future generations. Only about 3,000 Cherokee Nation citizens speak the language on a regular basis, language program manager Roy Boney Jr. told The Wall Street Journal. That’s less than 1 percent of…
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Cherokees give more than $4 million in car tag revenue to area schools
From Tulsa World, here. An excerpt: CATOOSA — Cherokee Nation officials handed out more than $4 million in car-tag revenue funds to area school districts Friday as part of its annual Public School Appreciation Day at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa. Each year, the tribe allocates 38 percent of the revenue generated by its…
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Oklahoma SCT Decides Case in Favor of Indian Football Players at Sequoyah High School in Talequah
Here is the opinion in Scott v. Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Assn.: 2013-10-01 OSSAA Opinion A summary of the case by Chad Smith, who represented the players: The OSSAA suspended 12 students at Sequoyah High School in Tahlequah and did not let compete in the state football championships. Sequoyah is an Indian boarding school run by…