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This agreement, one of 30 the Cherokee Nation has entered with Oklahoma municipalities on reservation land, ensures revenue sharing from traffic citations issued to tribal citizens, giving the city all but $30 of every ticket written by a tribal police officer.

A memorandum of agreement signed Thursday, Nov. 30, between the city of Tahlequah and Cherokee Nation details how revenue from traffic citations will be split between the two governments. “As we reaffirm our friendship with the city of Tahlequah and reaffirm some...

The City of Tahlequah and the Cherokee Nation have signed an official agreement today, making the tribe’s capital city the 30th municipality within the Cherokee Nation Reservation to sign an agreement such as this one. Both entities have signed an agreement stating...