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Cherokees are one people, and all Cherokee Nation citizens deserve equal treatment under our laws and the laws of the United States. That firm commitment to equality is clear in
Cherokees are one people, and all Cherokee Nation citizens deserve equal treatment under our laws and the laws of the United States. As a tribal nation, we have made great strides in fully including our citizens of Freedmen descent. Since the McGirt decision finally recognized tribal and federal jurisdiction, Cherokee Nation has been empowered to enforce our laws and protect citizens across our reservation.
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. has expanded a 2020 Executive Order on Equality and created a task force that will study whether Cherokee citizens of Freedmen descent are
Cancer is a terrible disease that has taken an especially harmful toll on Native Americans. Each year, there are nearly 400 cancer cases within the Cherokee Nation health system, and nationwide, American Indians have some of the lowest cancer survival rates. Two years ago, Deputy Chief Bryan Warner and I were chatting in my office about building the new W.W. Hastings Hospital when he raised a stern warning: If we didn’t invest now in cancer care, our patients might miss out on the most promising treatments in the coming years.