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🗳️ Native Vote 2026 is LIVE tonight. ICT and FNX bring 3 hours of results, Indigenous candidate interviews and field reports, 8-11 p.m. Central / 9 p.m.-midnight Eastern.
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EBCI citizen David Armenti shares research on Big Cove ancestors and Eastern Band Cherokee boarding school experiences in the Chesapeake region. Free lecture, noon Nov. 19, Maryland Center for History and Culture, Baltimore. Via @Baltimoremag baltimoremagazine.com/sectio… #Cherokee411
GSA will audit contracts of 689 firms suspended from SBA's 8(a) program, worth up to $5.5B, and refer suspected fraud to DOJ. No word on whether any are owned by Cherokee Nation, EBCI or individual Cherokee citizens. Via Wiley: wiley.law/alert-Sweeping-8-a… #Cherokee411
A 20-foot neon Colt, the "Big Red Gun," now lights Route 66 outside Claremore's J.M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum, inside Cherokee Nation and UKB boundaries, a week before the Route 66 centennial. Via the Claremore Progress claremoreprogress.com/commun… #Cherokee411
OSDA ᎣᏍᏓ MOMENT: Cherokee Nation citizen Seyton Thomas of Pryor, RSU's accessibility and disability resources coordinator, is Miss Collinsville 2027. She'll compete for Miss Oklahoma in June 2027.
Via @RogersStateU rsu.edu/rsu-accessibility-an… #Cherokee411
Leadership dispute clouds Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town's Kalshi prediction market deal. A Cherokee Nation citizen worked on it; Oklahoma tribal gaming leaders say prediction markets threaten compact exclusivity.
Via @journalrecord journalrecord.com/2026/10/29… #Cherokee411
New Oklahoma laws in effect today include GPS bail monitoring in domestic violence cases and limits on kid-appealing THC edibles. Off Tribal lands, they apply to Cherokee Nation and UKB citizens. Is tribal law keeping up?
Via @TulsaWorld tulsaworld.com/news/state-re… #Cherokee411
NPS: An elk punctured a Great Smoky Mountains visitor's arm during the rut, and the visitor was cited. Approaching elk within 75 feet is illegal in the park. Elk often cross roads near Oconaluftee, just outside Cherokee, N.C. Via @6NewsWATE wate.com/news/smoky-mountain… #Cherokee411
No plans to euthanize Smokies bull elk seen charging a visitor, park superintendent told EBCI Principal Chief Michell Hicks in a statement. Elk rumors are false, park says. The EBCI and park co-manage the herd. Via @WLOS_13 wlos.com/news/local/great-sm… #Cherokee411
Greenwood was built on Cherokee lands and allotments. Tulsa City Council passed a first-of-its-kind ordinance protecting its artifacts and burials, Tulsa World reports, with a 7-member review panel, 4+ of them descendants. Via @TulsaWorld tulsaworld.com/news/local/ra… #Cherokee411
EBCI Tribal Council unanimously recognized rights for Longperson, the river system Cherokees see as a living relative, after a group of Indigenous girls ages 10 to 17 brought the resolution forward. Via @AP fox8.com/news/national/ap-us… #Cherokee411
Open Corporation Commission seat on Tuesday's Oklahoma ballot: GOP Rep. Brad Boles vs. Democrat Rhonda Eastman, who backs Inola smelter opponents. The site is about 3 miles from Cherokee Nation and UKB jurisdiction. Via @TulsaWorld tulsaworld.com/news/state-re… #Cherokee411
Election Day is Tuesday. In the Okla. Corporation Commission race, Democrat Rhonda Eastman backs Inola smelter foes; GOP Rep. Brad Boles says data centers could lower rates. Smelter site is 3 miles from CN and UKB boundaries. Via @TulsaWorld tulsaworld.com/news/state-re… #Cherokee411
EBCI and Cherokee Nation citizens led Cherokee Cultural Weekend at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown in September, marking 250 years since the Cherokee War of 1776. Via Williamsburg Families williamsburgfamilies.com/che… #Cherokee411
A 1,500-year-old Moche tomb in northern Peru likely holds an elite toddler buried with copper and 32 ceramics, the only child among 80+ burials there given such a lavish burial, archaeologists say. Via @LiveScience livescience.com/archaeology/… #Cherokee411
Cherokee Nation citizen Rep. David Hardin, R-Stilwell, led a House study on Oklahoma prison pay: DOC has 641 vacancies, and most officers start at $21.48/hr. Via The McCarville Report mccarvillereport.com/archive… #Cherokee411
Oklahoma elects a U.S. senator and 5 House members Tuesday. Tulsa World sees the GOP favored in all six; Democrats' best shots are the 1st and 5th. The 1st and 2nd districts cover most of Cherokee Nation and UKB jurisdiction. Via @TulsaWorld tulsaworld.com/news/state-re… #Cherokee411
Tulsa draft data center rules: hyperscale only in moderate or heavy industrial zones, 1,500-ft setbacks from homes and farmland, 500-ft landscape buffers. Moratorium ends in December. Tulsa County is in CN and UKB boundaries.
Via @TulsaWorld tulsaworld.com/news/local/go… #Cherokee411
UKB citizen Lillye Smith was crowned 2026 Miss Indian NEO Oct. 22 at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in Miami, with Cherokee Nation citizen Landry Roland named runner-up. Congratulations to all three contestants! Via @1310kzrg newstalkkzrg.com/2026/10/27/… #Cherokee411
Cherokee Nation Government Solutions, part of the Cherokee Nation-owned Cherokee Federal, won a $99.3M, 5.5-year US Navy contract to maintain sailors' protective gear, firefighting and life-support equipment.
Via @DefensePost thedefensepost.com/2026/10/2… #Cherokee411
