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Cherokee Phoenix: State supreme court refuses to hear compact lawsuit
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. released a statement supporting the court’s decision not to hear the case. “As with Gov. Stitt’s attempts to destabilize this process and prevent inter-government agreements with the tribes, the OCPA’s arguments are...
Cherokee Phoenix: Chief Hoskin, Deputy Chief Warner propose minimum $18M annual funding for Cherokee Nation Language Department efforts
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. addressed the largest gathering of first-language and fluent Cherokee speakers in modern history on Oct.10 and announced his and Deputy Principal Chief Bryan Warner’s intent to ask that the Council make the Durbin...
Tulsa World: Cherokee Nation approves $3.8 billion budget
Cherokee budget: The Cherokee Nation last week approved a record $3.8 billion budget that includes nearly $70 million for courts, prosecutors and law officers. “This isn’t just a historic budget, but also an era with a record number of infrastructure projects on the...
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Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby and Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. announce support for federal authorization of criminal jurisdiction compacting
Acting on long-standing calls for progressive legislation, Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby and Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. said today they support narrow federal legislation that would authorize Tribal-State compacting on criminal subject...