Valentines for Veterans

Valentines for Veterans
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Valentines for Veterans

The Cherokee Nation is organizing its annual Valentines for Veterans campaign to honor elderly, disabled and hospitalized veterans by presenting them with handmade valentines. For more information on how you can participate visit http://www.cherokee.org/NewsRoom/FullStory/3094/Page/Default.aspx.

Cancer Service Award

The Cherokee Nation has extended award nominations for the Cherokee Nation Cancer Service Award. The award 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. For more information visit http://cancer.cherokee.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=%2bC1PLlMEY64%3d&tabid=2592&mid=4681.

New Children’s Choir Program

The Cherokee Nation is developing a new program that will allow Cherokee children in grades three through six to participate in nine local children’s choirs within their tribal district. For more information please visithttp://www.cherokee.org/NewsRoom/FullStory/3105/Page/Default.aspx.



Wado! (Thank you)
Cherokee Nation
P.O.Box 948
Tahlequah, OK 74465
918 453-5000
communications@cherokee.org

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Cherokee Nation Offers Home Business 101 Workshop Series: 1/29/2010 8:14:00 AM
(C) Cherokee Nation
Home-based businesses are growing faster than ever. In an economy full of uncertainty and unemployment, many entrepreneurs are turning to home-based options for income. If you are considering a home-based business of your own, Cherokee Nation and Northeastern State University are partnering to offer a series of three workshops that can help you get started.
http://www.cherokee.org/news.aspx?id=3116

Cherokee Nation Makes Contributions to Two Rogers County Organizations: 1/28/2010 8:24:00 AM
(C) Cherokee Nation
The Cherokee Nation recently contributed more than $16,800 to two local non-profit organizations in Rogers County. The Will Rogers Memorial Museums received $10,000 from the tribe and Tri-County Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc. received $6,842.
http://www.cherokee.org/news.aspx?id=3115

Cherokee Nation Offers Home Business 101 Workshop Series: 1/27/2010 3:03:00 PM
(C) Cherokee Nation
If you are considering a home-based business of your own, Cherokee Nation and Northeastern State University are partnering to offer a series of three workshops that can help you get started. “Setting Up Your Home Based Business” is the topic of the first workshop, covering the basics needed to operate a home-based business. It will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 24, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

http://www.cherokee.org/news.aspx?id=3114

Sequoyah Schools Retains National Accreditation: 1/27/2010 8:37:00 AM
(C) Cherokee Nation
Sequoyah Schools recently received notification that it has once again maintained the high standards to achieve national accreditation. The school has been named an AdvancEd accredited school by the North Central Accreditation Association Commission on Schools Accreditation and School Improvement.
http://www.cherokee.org/news.aspx?id=3113

Cherokee Nation Partnering with Tahlequah Schools for Early Head Start Unit: 1/27/2010
(C) Cherokee Nation
The Cherokee Nation and Tahlequah Public Schools have joined forces to begin an Early Head Start program at Tahlequah High School, set to begin sometime in the spring. The effort will help teenage mothers at the school continue their education while their infants are cared for on campus.
http://www.cherokee.org/news.aspx?id=3112

Sequoyah Student Earns Chair in Honor Band : 1/25/2010 10:06:00 AM
(C) Cherokee Nation
Sequoyah Schools’ sophomore Christie Tiger recently auditioned and earned a chair in an honor band. Tiger is the first Sequoyah student to earn this honor. She will play the trumpet in the Eastern Oklahoma Band Directors Honor Band concert on Feb. 6.
http://www.cherokee.org/news.aspx?id=3111

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Beulah Benton Edmondson Croker, a Cherokee and descendant of Sequoyah, led the first women's suffrage parade down New York's Fifth Avenue on horseback.