CherokeeLink Newsletter

CherokeeLink Newsletter
CherokeeLink Newsletter
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AOL - http://www.cherokee.org/..home.aspx?section=newsletter&..Date=11/9/2009">11/9/2009 Newsletter
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The Cherokee Nation will host a ceremony to pay special tribute to our veterans. This will be a time to honor those who have given their lives to protect our country and Nation. Events will take place at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 10th. For more information please visithttp://www.cherokee.org/..NewsRoom/FullStory/3015/Page/..Default.aspx.

Native American artists who want to learn about the business side of art will have a great opportunity to do so this November when the Cherokee Nation hosts Art Marketing and Professional Development: A Comprehensive Training Session for Native Artist Entrepreneurs on Nov. 13 -14, at the Best Western Motel in Locust Grove. More information about this event is available at http://www.cherokee.org/..NewsRoom/FullStory/3026/Page/..Default.aspx.

Nominations for the Cherokee Nation Third Bi-Annual Summit Awards, which honors individuals and organizations who have made outstanding contributions promoting cancer control in the Cherokee Nation Service Area by demonstrating significant achievement in cancer prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment, survivorship and quality of life, and cancer surveillance. The nomination form is available athttp://cancer.cherokee.org/..LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=%..2bC1PLlMEY64%3d&tabid=2592&..mid=4681



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Cherokee Nation
P.O.Box 948
Tahlequah, OK 74465
918 453-5000
communications@cherokee.org

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***Cherokee Nation News***
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Sequoyah Cheerleader is First to Make All-Region: 11/6/2009 3:45:00 PM
(C) Cherokee Nation
Symone Ross likes to be first. She was the first born, the first in the family to attend school at Sequoyah and now she’s the first Sequoyah cheerleader to be named an all-region cheerleader. Ross, the captain of the Sequoyah cheerleading squad, tried out against 50 other high school seniors to earn one of 16 spots on the All-Region squad.
http://www.cherokee.org/news...aspx?id=3033

Sequoyah Standout Accepts Offer to Play Division One Basketball: 11/6/2009 3:15:00 PM
(C) Cherokee Nation
Macon, Georgia will soon be the home of another one of Sequoyah Schools’ best basketball players. Lindsey Hammer recently verbally committed to play college basketball for the Mercer Lady Bears. Hammer’s older sister, Lorin, a 2008 Sequoyah graduate and Gates Millennium Scholarship winner, already dons a Mercer uniform as a guard for the Mercer women’s basketball team. Next year, her younger sister will follow in her footsteps.

http://www.cherokee.org/news...aspx?id=3032

Cherokee Nation Receives Finance Award: 11/5/2009 2:05:00 PM
(C) Cherokee Nation
For the eighth year in a row, the Cherokee Nation has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for its comprehensive annual financial report.

http://www.cherokee.org/news...aspx?id=3031

Cherokee Nation, County Health Department Offering H1N1 Vaccine: 11/3/2009
(C) Cherokee Nation
As part of a joint partnership, the Cherokee Nation and the Cherokee County Health Department will be offering an H1N1 Flu Vaccine clinic on Saturday, November 7, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Cherokee County Health Department East Building, located at 912 S. College

Avenue in Tahlequah.


http://www.cherokee.org/news...aspx?id=3030

Sequoyah Cross Country, State Runner-Up: 11/2/2009 4:51:00 PM
(C) Cherokee Nation
The Sequoyah boys cross country team recently “ran” away with the Oklahoma Class 3A state runner-up position. Until the state meet, the team had gone undefeated for the entire season, earning the regional championship.
http://www.cherokee.org/news...aspx?id=3029

Cherokee Nation Selected As Accreditation Test Site: 10/30/2009 4:20:00 PM
(C) Cherokee Nation
The Cherokee Nation has been selected as one of only 30 public health departments that will participate in a test of a national voluntary public health accreditation program to be licensed through the Public Health Accreditation Board.
http://www.cherokee.org/news...aspx?id=3028

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**** Cultural Tidbits ****
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1970: U.S. Supreme Court ruling confirms Cherokee, Choctaw and Chickasaw Nation's ownership of 96-mile segment of Arkansas Riverbed.