The grand opening of the Turtle Stop II in Grove, Oklahoma. Photo by William Swaim / Wyandotte Nation / Facebook

The Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma opened a new convenience store and gas station last week.

The Turtle Stop II is located in Grove. The 4,248 square-foot facility offers gas, food and other items 24 hours a day.

“Anytime when we can do a venture like this, it goes right back into helping other people,” Chief Billy Friend said at the grand opening ceremony, The Grand Lake News reported. "This helps to provide more scholarships, it helps us to provide better health care, it helps to provide senior assistance and elder housing."

font class=copyright> The Turtle Stop II is located at 3517 US Highway 59 in Grove, Oklahoma. Photo by William Swaim / Wyandotte Nation / Facebook

The business is not located on trust land. But the tribe has no plans to submit a land-into-trust application for the site, the paper said.

The original Turtle Stop is located on tribal land in Wyandotte.

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Wyandotte tribe opens Turtle Stop II in Grove (The Grand Lake News 7/20)