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Cherokee Nation: Closing Gap in Health Care Disparities
July 13, 2024
TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma, July 13 -- The Cherokee Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following statement on July 12, 2024, by Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.:

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A recent Tulsa World report revealed an unfortunate but all-too-real statistic: American Indians in Oklahoma die on average 17 years earlier than their non-Indigenous neighbors. While this finding is alarming, it comes as no surprise to the Cherokee Nation or to . . .

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