Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and other Cherokee Nation leaders joined the tribe’s Language department to sign an amended Durbin Feeling Language Preservation Act on Thursday, June 25.

Cherokee Nation leaders gathered Tuesday at the Chota Conference Center in Tahlequah for the Cherokee Nation Healthcare Economic Impact Summit, highlighting the findings of a newly released report examining the far-reaching economic contributions of the Cherokee Nation healthcare system across the state of Oklahoma.

The Cherokee Nation observed Juneteenth at the Cherokee National Peace Pavilion in Tahlequah, marking the holiday with updates from the Principal Chief's Advisory Committee on Freedmen Art and History and the announcement of a loan agreement with Northeastern State University on an archive map created by students at the Cherokee Freedmen High School in 1903.

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and other Cherokee Nation leaders joined the tribe’s Language department to sign an amended Durbin Feeling Language Preservation Act on Thursday, June 25.