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Cherokee Nation welcomes two Yellowstone bison to herd in Delaware CountyThe Cherokee Nation recently welcomed two bison bulls from Yellowstone to its herd in Delaware County. The InterTribal Buffalo Council awarded the Cherokee Nation the surplus bison in July. The new additions traveled over 1,000 miles from Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming to the tribe’s bison ranch in Northeast Oklahoma, where they arrived this week.
Posted by Cherokee Nation on Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Growth of Cherokee Nation agribusiness means access to healthy food, jobs
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Cherokee Nation
Agriculture is vital to any economy, and Cherokee Nation’s is no exception. Likewise, agribusinesses, or economic activity in the agriculture arena, are essential in meeting the basic healthy food needs for Cherokee people. Food security is always an issue for our citizenry and it has only been magnified during the COVID-19 crisis, which has hit northeast Oklahomans hard.
Early on during the pandemic, the Cherokee Nation launched an elder emergency food distribution program so Cherokee elders could shelter in place and stay safe without worrying about access to food. Under this program, Cherokee Nation has distributed more than 30,000 boxes with enough food to provide almost 6 million meals. Additionally, we served more than 28,000 ready-made meals after many senior nutrition sites were temporarily closed.
In taking on this challenge, we found that dry goods, canned goods and produce were easy to come by, but getting enough protein from markets across the country proved difficult and costly. To break down these barriers, we will be taking on a more direct role in food production. Cherokee Nation is repurposing one of our properties in Tahlequah – a 12,000-square-foot building off Highway 51 that once housed a horticultural nursery — to construct a new meat processing facility.
Chuck Hoskin Jr. is the 18th elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, the largest Indian tribe in the United States. He is only the second elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from Vinita, the first being Thomas Buffington, who served from 1899-1903. Prior to being elected Principal Chief, Hoskin served as the tribe’s Secretary of State. He also formerly served as a member of the Council of the Cherokee Nation, representing District 11 for six years.
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