We have struggled for several years in attempts to create a constitution “by the people for the people”. The most recent failed attempt was six years in the making.
The Department of the Interior's opinion says the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians is entitled to a presumption of jurisdiction over 7,000 square miles of northeastern Oklahoma.
A memorandum of understanding was signed Jan. 16 between the Cherokee Nation, Bureau of Indian Education, the Native American Agriculture Fund, and the Tribal Agriculture Fellowship, to form a ...