WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:02.640 Morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome. 2 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:08.320 It is time now for our community connection, and we have Chief Chuck Hoskin, 3 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:13.160 Junior Principal Chief Cherokee Nation, and we also have a Counselor, Dora 4 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:18.079 Patskowski here with us too. Welcome. And there's a word I'm supposed to 5 00:00:18.120 --> 00:00:22.199 be saying, and it starts with an oh. Well, it's Olco Tom 6 00:00:22.239 --> 00:00:25.800 and I'm glad to be with my dear friend, counsel Lady Dora Smith Patskowski. 7 00:00:26.879 --> 00:00:31.320 We've got a lot going on in Cherokee Nation. It never stops, 8 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:35.159 it just keeps going and going and going, and that's great. I understand 9 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:41.399 we have a counselor a very special announcement. Yes we do. Let's start 10 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:46.560 off with the big news. Huh. The big news is a donation that 11 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:52.240 is being made on behalf of Cherokee Nation to the Washington County Fair Building. 12 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:56.359 Yes, I understand. He took a little tour of there. I did 13 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:59.920 you know that day. I just kind of happened by there because I know 14 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:06.599 the work was going on, and I learned from Jason Mantooth that the project 15 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:10.159 was not going to be able to be totally completed. Because of funding. 16 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:17.280 And so I stood there and I looked, and I spoke with Chief and 17 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:23.560 I just decided, you know, this would be a great generational type donation 18 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:29.480 and we agreed on that, and it's going to be fifty seven thousand dollars 19 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:36.280 to complete the ceiling part of the project there at the Fair building. Thank 20 00:01:36.319 --> 00:01:38.599 you very much. For a lot of us who use that building, it 21 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:44.480 was like it's almost done, yeah, and we kind of would look at 22 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:47.560 it and go, well, it'll be nice. Thank you for helping everybody 23 00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:51.680 getting that, taking care of who needs to be be a part of that. 24 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:57.000 That's wonderful. That's just a sample of what good things partnerships we have 25 00:01:57.079 --> 00:02:00.719 here with Cherokee Nation. It really is. And that's to a well used 26 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:05.079 space. And if you go across the reservation, Tom you see the Cherity 27 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:07.800 Co Nation's impact in ways big, small, and in the middle. But 28 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:14.240 it's always, you know, working towards building up communities. And so for 29 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:15.960 every one of these types of projects, we could take it to a lot 30 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:20.199 of other places see and see similar ones. But this is such a huge 31 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:23.159 investment and you know, we're here to celebrate it, and we just had 32 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:28.080 a great visit at the site. I'm just proud of to work with the 33 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:31.479 Council Lady. We're making huge investments across the cherry connation. I can remember 34 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:35.479 years ago, Council Lady was fairly new on the council. I was new 35 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:38.439 in the office of Principal Chief. We're hit with the pandemic, but then 36 00:02:38.479 --> 00:02:44.719 we also had the opportunity to recover from the pandemic, respond to the pandemic 37 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:49.360 with a lot of federal dollars. We turned all that into huge investments across 38 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:52.599 the reservation. This is one of those investments, and I just think it's 39 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:57.680 good to remind folks that we took a crisis turned it into an opportunity to 40 00:02:57.759 --> 00:03:01.599 heal and also build towards the future. It says generational impact. And speaking 41 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:08.159 of building, you've got a historic one point one seven billion dollar capital infrastructure 42 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:13.439 project under construction. Now that's with the beat. I can't count that high. 43 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:16.159 I run out of ingers and toast you, but this just seems like 44 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:23.199 this is just awesome. It's it's huge. It's the largest period of capital 45 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:25.439 investment in the history of the Cherygon nation. That says something. Given the 46 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:29.840 things that we've already built. I mean, you can look at the outpatient 47 00:03:29.919 --> 00:03:34.759 facility in Tahlequa, the biggest in Indian country. We're recently celebrating OSU med 48 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:38.080 students walking across the stage for the first time. That's the result of the 49 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:42.840 OSU Medical School. You could go across the reservation and see millions and million, 50 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:46.520 tens of millions of dollars really, I think two hundred million dollars in 51 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:50.680 healthcare infrastructure. This is one point one seven billion. And the list is 52 00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:53.719 so long we don't have time here. But let's get it closer to home. 53 00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:59.000 In Dewey, the council lady found this amazing property, a former church. 54 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:02.159 We've turned that in to a community building and we're actually bringing services closer 55 00:04:02.199 --> 00:04:06.800 to Cherokees in Washington County. That's where some of those dollars are going. 56 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:11.400 And then you can go up and down the highways and through the communities. 57 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:14.840 You can see community centers, you can see this big hospital we're building, 58 00:04:15.479 --> 00:04:19.759 you can see wellness centers. We're trying our best to marshal one point seven 59 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:24.759 one point one seven billion dollars into things that will really make as a Councilate 60 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:28.120 says, a generational impact. But you don't have to drive far from this 61 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:30.079 station to see it. Tom, That's true. Back to Dora, we 62 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:33.439 were up there about a year ago. I think it was. I think 63 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:36.319 it was weather was nice, it's all I remember, and it was even 64 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:42.079 nicer inside. And the chief you were there too once we got that building 65 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:46.399 opened up and everybody got to take a look at the fresh coat of paint 66 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:49.160 and everything else that had gone on in there too. And you've been getting 67 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:53.120 a lot of use out of that building. Yes, yes, we have. 68 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:58.560 We have monthly meetings there. The Cherokee Cultural Community Organization meets there once 69 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:03.160 a month, and we also it's open to the general public for rental. 70 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:10.360 And we now currently have career services operating there Monday through Friday from eight to 71 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:15.199 five, and soon to join them will be human services. And a lot 72 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:20.319 of the Cherokee citizens are saying thank you because that's a long drive, it 73 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:25.240 is, and this is right in our backyard, and as opposed to going 74 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:29.879 down to Tallifuaha anyplace else, they really appreciate that. You know it, 75 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:32.399 it was found, it was discovered, it was taken care of, it 76 00:05:32.439 --> 00:05:36.399 was renovated, it was turned into what it is today and what it's going 77 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:41.279 to be tomorrow too, absolutely, and that's all thanks to the leadership of 78 00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:45.720 Chief Hoskin. Well there you go. Yes, Well, I appreciate that. 79 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:49.600 It's a big team, and we've got a good team. So you're 80 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:54.319 doing just a ton of different things here too. But another one of the 81 00:05:54.360 --> 00:05:59.399 things we want to talk about is the OSU Medical School graduation. This is 82 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:02.120 a big one. This is the inaugural, this is the numeral owners it's 83 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:05.079 the first one, and I mentioned it before, but it really it's hard 84 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:08.879 to overstate the importance of this time. I mean, think about this. 85 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:13.160 In rural America, you don't find a medical school. You don't find a 86 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:16.000 medical school in a town the size of Tallequah, you don't find one in 87 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:20.920 Indian country. And yet that is what exists in our capital of Tallequa. 88 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:25.920 Chief Baker, my predecessor, had this vision of bringing medical education to the 89 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:29.759 reservation because we have this problem. We're building big buildings. I think we're 90 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:32.519 doing great things in healthcare. It's the pipeline of talent. And I'm talking 91 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:36.600 now about doctors, but it's the whole array of healthcare professions that's our biggest 92 00:06:36.680 --> 00:06:41.879 challenge. And so building a medical school in a rural area on a reservation 93 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:45.720 in our capital. Means that we're flipping the script on those stats that worked 94 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:47.879 against us, the stats that worked against us. Is a met student, 95 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:51.639 she's going to practice within driving distance of where she goes to school. They 96 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:55.639 all go to school in urban areas, but not here in Oklahoma, not 97 00:06:55.639 --> 00:06:59.480 with Oklahoma State University. So we've got all these graduates crossing the stage. 98 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:04.600 Native three y are Cherokee. Now that number may strike some people as small, 99 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:10.079 but look, that is twenty percent of the graduating class across the country. 100 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:14.120 It's less than one percent. We're blowing the roof off the stats. 101 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:16.959 And this is just the first class. So this is generational changing, not 102 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:21.000 just for the Cherokee people, which is our first and foremost concern, but 103 00:07:21.279 --> 00:07:26.959 all the people in rural northeast Oklahoma. And it's a template of what we 104 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:30.079 can do across the country. And we need to because it's one of the 105 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:33.160 great challenges of this century to have enough healthcare workforce to take care of all 106 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:35.560 of us. Tom, you and I aren't getting any younger, oh no, 107 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:40.439 but the whole country's facing this and we need to have doctors. This 108 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:44.040 is a great story a great impact. Counsel Lady's been part of it because 109 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:46.680 when she and I took office, the thing wasn't even out of the ground 110 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:49.120 yet, and we had to make sure it got built during a pandemic and 111 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:53.160 to make sure we were there to support OSU and the students. And I 112 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:56.839 think as a team we all did. We absolutely did. You know what 113 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:01.439 you must have quite the team. As you talk about getting things done and 114 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:07.439 making things happen, it's always moving forward and that doesn't always happen in elective 115 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:11.319 office. There are a lot of different voices in a lot of different ideas 116 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:16.639 and everything. But the ability to take each voice melded the best ideas and 117 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:22.319 then move forward, really that's really something about your leadership, Jeep. Well, 118 00:08:22.519 --> 00:08:26.680 look, Cherokee people are certainly people that have different views. If we 119 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:31.000 agreed on everything, you would recognize us. We wouldn't be Cherokee. But 120 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:33.879 one of the things I like about our government is that we are very much 121 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:39.360 into collaboration getting to a good result. We're not mired in what we see 122 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:43.039 in a lot of state legislatures, certainly in the federal government, where they 123 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:45.679 can sometimes they can't even keep the lights on. They can't even keep the 124 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:50.039 government moving. We do and it allows us to look deep into the future 125 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:52.480 together. So our s U or other state university had a great example. 126 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:58.240 We recently committed formingllion dollars to build a STEM building and science technology education on 127 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:01.240 a campus where a lot of Cherokees go and a lot of other people go. 128 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:07.200 The council unanimously backed that. They did it because they know higher education 129 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:11.440 is a great investment. It's what our ancestors believed in. But we leverage 130 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:15.799 that gift to turn it into also ten scholarships a year for the next decade 131 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:18.480 for Cherokees to become nurses. So we talked about medical school, now we're 132 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:24.080 talking about nursing school. We didn't get bogged down into who gets credit, 133 00:09:24.960 --> 00:09:28.720 whether the next election really is gonna affect somebody. We just wanted to get 134 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:31.639 things done. And I think people in this country, in this region, 135 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:35.200 in the state, in every community want to see that out of government. 136 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:39.200 We're not perfect at the Cherokey Nation, but there's an example of seeing a 137 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:41.519 problem, finding a solution, and just getting it done. And Dora, 138 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:45.799 I want to get back to what you do as counselor. You represent our 139 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:48.440 area and people in Bartlesville and do we know you. But those aren't the 140 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:52.759 only two talents you represent. You got a whole lot of Oklahoma around here 141 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:58.600 that you represent. Tell everybody where about your location is so yes, I 142 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:03.279 do represent all of Washington County and about the southern half of No Water County, 143 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:11.440 so that's Delaware, no Wata Talala Wan. And then I go, 144 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:16.720 I have a small portion of Tulsa County and Rogers County, so I serve 145 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:22.159 part of Skiatook as well as Collinsville. You're stretched out, yeah, but 146 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:24.200 you know what, you know what everybody says, you're accessible, Well, 147 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:28.440 thank you. I sure try to be. I see you every now and 148 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:31.879 then on Facebook answer questions there. And I know that people call you. 149 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:35.799 You know, boy, do I know people call you and and you know, 150 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:41.360 you do your work, you listen and you respond. It might not 151 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:46.759 always be the answer that what that's right? Yeah, that is that's human, 152 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:50.559 you know. But the thing is that so many times in government there 153 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:54.679 are times people don't feel like to be in hurt that didn't happen here. 154 00:10:56.759 --> 00:11:00.759 And when we talk about other things that are going on with Cheroke, of 155 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:03.799 course, with graduation, with the infrastructure and everything else like that. How 156 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:11.960 do people connect with Cherokee Nation government. You've got that communication thing, you 157 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:15.360 got a real good infrastructure there going to we do and it's kind of all 158 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:18.440 the above. So we're very prominent on social media. People can go to 159 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:22.279 our Cheroke Nation Facebook page. I have a Facebook page. Principal Chief Chuck 160 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:24.360 cost Con Junior, the Council Lady has a Facebook page. Many of us 161 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:28.039 are on other platforms on social media. You can find us there. The 162 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:33.519 Godoogi Portal, which revolutionize how we interact directly with our citizens, means that 163 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:39.120 we can not only get emails out on vital information, but increasingly citizens can 164 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:43.639 go there and apply for programs and services. And so that's where we're moving. 165 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:46.360 We're moving and the whole country's moving that way, the whole world's moving 166 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:48.120 that way, but we're moving in a way that we can interface with our 167 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:52.440 citizens through the Godoogie Portal. That's going to continue to improve. In fact, 168 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:58.279 it recently got high accolades in the industry for what it's done, and 169 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:01.480 I think the Council Lady and I see it work every day. We're both 170 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:03.960 optimistic though that it's going to continue to expand. One thing I could tell 171 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:07.679 you is that people are using it. There are folks when that first came 172 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:11.120 out, they looked at it. I don't know, but and you know, 173 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:15.000 just like anybody else, change has kind of hard. But now you 174 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:16.960 know, I'm talking to some of the same people who I would know. 175 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:20.799 I don't know about this. Well, now that's how they get things done, 176 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:24.840 and they've made friends with it, and all of a sudden it's now 177 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:28.960 part of what they do. And it's really simple once you get past that 178 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:33.799 first, you know, entry into it and get things rocking. You know, 179 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:35.639 they find out to be a really helpful tool. So that's off. 180 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:41.240 What else we got you Well, I know, we've got two big dates 181 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:45.320 coming up. One is a lot of fun. One is very serious. 182 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:48.039 I'm going to ask the conculated to talk about the really fun one, and 183 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:52.360 that's SunFest that's coming up. The serious one, though we both care deeply 184 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:56.759 about, and that's I think an election that's the most important in generations for 185 00:12:56.840 --> 00:13:01.320 Cherokees. June the fifteenth, there'll be a constitutional convention question. Cherokee voters 186 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:05.639 will decide whether to open the whole constitution up for a convention or whether to 187 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:11.039 keep what we have. It's important people need to get knowledgeble about the counseling, 188 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:13.559 and I've been talking about a lot publicly. I never speak for the 189 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:16.799 council Lady, but we've talked a lot about it. We're opposed to opening 190 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:20.559 up the Convention. The government's working, we're very stable. There's ways to 191 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:28.679 change the constitution through the existing constitution, through initiative petition, council approved referendum. 192 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:31.279 But the most important thing is get knowledgeable. Go vote on June the 193 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:35.600 fifteenth, and there's lots of information out there about that. So that's a 194 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:39.120 very serious topic that we could spend a lot of time on. I don't 195 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:41.679 know if Counselated has any thoughts to share, but she and I talk a 196 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:45.960 lot about this subject. Well. It's very unique that we get to have 197 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:50.080 that opportunity to address the Constitution. There are several ways of doing it, 198 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:58.519 though, and this particular vote, I personally will be voting no because there 199 00:13:58.600 --> 00:14:07.519 is a lot of other safer avenues to addressing the Constitution and I just really 200 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:15.840 I really encourage those to read to call me, contact me, let's visit 201 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:20.799 about it. I've been going out to the community organizations here in District twelve 202 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:26.159 to visit with them about this special election coming up. And I want everybody 203 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:33.600 to know that I will be voting no for that because what we have at 204 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:39.120 this time is working, and it's working very well and we just need to 205 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:45.360 continue with it for what I feel very good. Yeah, that's serious. 206 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:48.559 Well, what's to date again? June? That's doing the fifteenth, that's 207 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:50.240 a Saturday. And there's lots of info out there about how to vote, 208 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:54.480 where to vote. People can go to our website cherokey dot org find out 209 00:14:54.519 --> 00:15:01.840 more, stay connected on Facebook before people go vote though weeks before good times 210 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:05.000 at SunFest and uh and you can actually you could even go and ask cancer 211 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:11.200 Pats Caski about the Constitution at SunFest. Oh, yes you can. With 212 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:16.120 the big smile, you'll be happy to talk to you. Yes. I 213 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:20.120 encourage all of you all to come to SunFest and I will have a booth 214 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:26.320 there. I will be. My goal there is to really help people update 215 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:31.480 your address. The Kaduki Portal is a great avenue for that. It does 216 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:37.440 not quite and totally reach all of the entities of Cherokee nations. So I 217 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:46.000 have put a lot of thought into this and I have some strategies on how 218 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:56.000 to fulfilly full hopefully get people's addresses updated and from the Nowada County area in 219 00:15:56.039 --> 00:16:00.080 particular because they've just started their nine to one one program. We really need 220 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:06.039 to get focused over there and help those citizens with that. So that's a 221 00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:10.919 goal that I have now for as long as I probably alive. I guess 222 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:15.120 well, we'll see at sunfast and you'll be very alive. Yes, everyone 223 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:18.639 just has fun. You know what at sunfasts, they have a lot of 224 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:21.639 food there, but it's calorie neutral because you have to walk it off in 225 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:25.039 a play room to walk, so you could be as good. I'll be 226 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:29.840 in good as shape is cheap right now. My shape is round, but 227 00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:33.200 it's a shape, that's true. What else we got, guys and gal, 228 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:36.480 You know, there's so much. We surely can come back and talk 229 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:38.799 about more. But one of the things that's on my mind always is housing. 230 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:41.480 There's some good things going on in housing in this there's a council lady 231 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:45.279 said, look, we've got to meet the challenge that we have in this 232 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:48.039 area for housing. So we looked at Oceanleda. We're doing something innovative there. 233 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:56.320 We're using something called the worker the Section one a force skilled workers program 234 00:16:56.559 --> 00:17:00.360 so that we can build housing to help with the workforce we need in the 235 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:03.480 area that includes healthcare workers. And so people are going to see some exciting 236 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:08.079 housing going on in Ocean Leda Right now, we've got two hundred and fifty 237 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:12.640 housing units underway across the reservation. Of talking about housing additions, I'm talking 238 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:18.319 about new home construction. And that doesn't even count helping elders and people with 239 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:22.240 disabilities with home accessibility fixing their home. We're spending more on housing than we 240 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:26.720 have in history, but closer to where we are now. People are going 241 00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:29.759 to see something really innovated in Oceanlada. And I know the council lad and 242 00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:33.519 I've visited the site. We'll visit it again because there's some contracts that have 243 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:37.079 been awarded to start the work there. There's gonna be a lot of excitement 244 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:40.920 when that happens. Yes, and so all you contractors out there listening, 245 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:47.720 please check the Cherokee Nation Procurement website. There's a lot of opportunity work opportunity 246 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:51.759 there. Check them out, put in your bid and see if we can 247 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:55.400 work together. That sounds great. Yeah, I want to thank you both 248 00:17:55.440 --> 00:18:00.559 for coming in and I'm going to attempt this. What oh fool, You're 249 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:00.799 nailing a tone in a row.