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In the United States, off-reservation trust land refers to real estate outside an Indian reservation that is held by the Interior Department for the benefit of a Native American tribe or a member of a tribe. Typical uses of off-reservation trust land include housing, agriculture or forestry, and community services such as health care and ...
Location of Cherokee County in Oklahoma. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States.
The Cherokee Nation controls Cherokee Nation Businesses, a holding company which owns companies in gaming, construction, aerospace and defense, manufacturing, technology, real estate, and healthcare industries. The Nation also operates its own housing authority and issues Tribal vehicle and boat tags. The Cherokee Nation's estimated annual ...
The Cherokee Outlet was created in 1836. The United States forced the Cherokee Nation of Indians to cede to the United States all lands east of the Mississippi River in exchange for a reservation and an "outlet" in Indian Territory (later Oklahoma). At the time of its creation, the Cherokee Outlet was about 225 miles (360 km) long.
Tahlequah is mentioned several times in Mark Twain's 1892 novel The American Claimant as the origin of a bank robber named One-Armed Pete. Tahlequah is visited by the main characters in "Westward of the Law" by Matt Braun. Tahlequah is the principal location in Larry McMurtry's "Zeke and Ned."
Cherokee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,078. [1] Its county seat is Tahlequah, [2] which is also the capital of the Cherokee Nation.
Jun. 17—Tahlequah is now home to a new Head Start program geared toward migrant and seasonal families that move from region to region in search of agricultural work. The East Coast Migrant Head ...
The Cherokee Nation Courthouse stands in the center of Courthouse Square, bounded by East Delaware Street, South Water Avenue, East Keetoowah Street, and South Muskogee Avenue. It is a two-story masonry building with neoclassical Italianate style, built out of red brick and white-painted wooden trim.