Cherokee Nation is amplifying the national Missing or Murdered Indigenous People movement through an exhibit at the Cherokee National History Museum in downtown Tahlequah through May 30.

For the Cherokee people, history is not something confined to bookshelves or archives. It shapes who we are and guides where we are going. Our history is the living foundation for our modern Cherokee identity.

As we celebrate Earth Day with a monthlong series of awareness events, we are reminded that protecting our land, water and air is inseparable from protecting our culture, our citizens and our future.

The day-to-day work of being a public servant is to inch, nudge, shift, and — whenever possible — lunge toward opportunities that benefit Cherokee Nation citizens. Whether it is from my desk, a tribal councilor’s desk, or the front desk of a Cherokee Nation Tag Office, our…