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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>Idiot's time now for our community connection right here on

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<v Speaker 1>K one, the one you trust, and on the telephone

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<v Speaker 1>line with it, we have a principal Chief of Cherokee Nation,

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<v Speaker 1>Chief Chuck Hoskin Junior. How are we doing today? Chief?

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<v Speaker 2>And then Tom yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, well, you know what, every day above ground is

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<v Speaker 1>a good one for me.

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<v Speaker 2>But same here.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got a lot going on in Cherokee Nation. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>first of all talked about some investments in healthcare facilities.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this has been a great public interest and that

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<v Speaker 2>is the clam Or Indian Hospital. And it gets complicated,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'll try to break it down to really what

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<v Speaker 2>I think is essential and I think very positive, which

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<v Speaker 2>is the Cherokee Nation is taking over the Clamor Indian

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<v Speaker 2>Hospital October first of Tom. It was a little less

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<v Speaker 2>than a year ago actually on your show that I

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<v Speaker 2>one of the first times I talked about this Indian

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<v Speaker 2>Health Service operates Clamor Indian Hospital has operated it since

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen thirty is actually born and what they call the

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<v Speaker 2>old plan Or Indian Hospital Tom in nineteen seventy five.

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<v Speaker 2>Then they shut the place down and built a new one.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm in the old one. There's a new one,

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<v Speaker 2>but that new one is now old. That new one's

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<v Speaker 2>about as old, and the old one was when I

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<v Speaker 2>was born. So here we are fifty years later. That

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<v Speaker 2>facility needs to be replaced, as just about any facility

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<v Speaker 2>like that would need to be. Get this, the federal

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<v Speaker 2>government no plans to replace it, and not only that,

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<v Speaker 2>has not taken care of it, and it's really abysmal.

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<v Speaker 2>So here's what we did. Since you and I talked

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<v Speaker 2>about this a little less than a year ago, we

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<v Speaker 2>sent in a team to say, we want to really

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<v Speaker 2>get inside clam or Inning Hospital see what's going on,

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<v Speaker 2>operation wise, physical plant wise, the facilities. And here's what

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<v Speaker 2>we found. Great people working there, compassionate people, mostly Native

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<v Speaker 2>people working there in a system that just is operated

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<v Speaker 2>like the federal government operates a number of things, not

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<v Speaker 2>as well as other institutions, governments, et cetera. Could do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't even that, So we knew operationally we can do

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<v Speaker 2>it better. And we also were shocked by the conditions

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<v Speaker 2>of clam Wore. When you sort of get behind the scenes,

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<v Speaker 2>kind of peel back the wallpaper a little bit. Tom

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<v Speaker 2>look behind the paneling, go into the places that the

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<v Speaker 2>public doesn't get to go into, so the boiler room,

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<v Speaker 2>the electrical room where they don't even test the big

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<v Speaker 2>breakers tom because they don't think they'll come back on.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what we're talking about. So here's what we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to do. Not only we're going to take it over,

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to build a new one. So I asked

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<v Speaker 2>the council for two hundred and fifty five million dollars

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<v Speaker 2>to build a new clam More Health facility. It will

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<v Speaker 2>take us two years. In the meantime, we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>have to put about eleven million dollars into the old facility.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know that sounds like a lot of money,

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<v Speaker 2>comp it is a lot of money. But we got

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<v Speaker 2>to do it because when we take the keys October

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<v Speaker 2>the first, we're going to be held to the same

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<v Speaker 2>standard the rest of the country's held to on operating

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<v Speaker 2>a healthcare system, not the sort of shielded way clam

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<v Speaker 2>Moore has operated. I'm just telling the truth here, man.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a difficult situation, but we've got to take it over.

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<v Speaker 2>One really important thing, we're not continuing the hospital. That

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<v Speaker 2>concerns a lot of folks. Until you understand that that

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<v Speaker 2>facility sees less than four patients a day. We can't

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<v Speaker 2>sustainably continue the hospital right now, but we can take

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<v Speaker 2>care of that less than for patient to day patient

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<v Speaker 2>load in our system, So good times ahead. We're unfortunately

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<v Speaker 2>going to lose about ten positions because we're transitioning away

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<v Speaker 2>from inpatient, but three hundred and eighty seven people that

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<v Speaker 2>work there got the exclusive right to apply for all

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<v Speaker 2>of those jobs, So I think it's good time.

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<v Speaker 1>To hit good job way to go there. Now. I

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<v Speaker 1>understand that you're also working with a greater tolls so

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<v Speaker 1>YMCA for something kind of big.

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<v Speaker 2>We are so earlier in the year we announced something

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<v Speaker 2>called the publicalth and Wellness Fitness Partners Grant. Really important

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<v Speaker 2>element of this is number one, there's not a penny

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<v Speaker 2>of federal dollars that goes into this new program of ours.

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<v Speaker 2>We're simply taking a little bit of revenue that our

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<v Speaker 2>health system generates from That means revenue from Medicare and Medicaid,

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<v Speaker 2>Blue Cross Blue Shield that we always put into expanding healthcare.

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<v Speaker 2>And we said, let's think about healthcare in a more

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<v Speaker 2>holistic way. Tom, Let's say do people want an incentive

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<v Speaker 2>to go get it, go to their local nonprofit gym.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's subsidize some memberships in these gyms. Let's give it

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<v Speaker 2>a trial, Let's see if it is impactful. So YMCA

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<v Speaker 2>is one of the nonprofit gyms that have taken advantage

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<v Speaker 2>of this. We've been to Muscovie, We've been to Prior,

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<v Speaker 2>We've been to Grove and Tulsa of course has I

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<v Speaker 2>think seven YMCA sites that are participating. So we're looking

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<v Speaker 2>all over and so people can get in touch with

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<v Speaker 2>or i should say gyms, nonprofit gens, not for profit

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<v Speaker 2>gyms can get in touch with our Public Health Wellness

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<v Speaker 2>team at the Cherokee Nation PHWF dot Cherokee dot org

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<v Speaker 2>is the email address for those nonprofit gyms that want

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<v Speaker 2>to participate in this program. And essentially what it is, Thomas,

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<v Speaker 2>you have a household with a Cherokee in it, the

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<v Speaker 2>whole household gets a half price discount at the local

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<v Speaker 2>nonprofit gym. But YMCA was the biggest of the partner.

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<v Speaker 1>So forth, Wow, that's good news. Last you know, Oklahoma's

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<v Speaker 1>been like the big place where movies are made the

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<v Speaker 1>last three or four years. And Cherokee Nation has not

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<v Speaker 1>been left out by any means, but I understand that

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<v Speaker 1>thanks to all the movies being made and a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of participation at the nation level, you've got a special designation.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we have designated. We've sort of taken a page

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<v Speaker 2>out of the playbook of a number of states and

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<v Speaker 2>communities who have designated themselves film ready. In other words,

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<v Speaker 2>they're saying, look, we're ready for production companies to come

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<v Speaker 2>to town. We're ready to provide the support, we're thinking

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<v Speaker 2>about workforce infrastructure. We declared that as the first tribe

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<v Speaker 2>in the country to do it. But of course it's

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<v Speaker 2>not just declaring it. People can see the real substance

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<v Speaker 2>behind it. And you're right, Tom, Oklahoma is increasingly a

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<v Speaker 2>place where movies are produced. That's good news for Oklahoma

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<v Speaker 2>because that generates a lot of local economic development and

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<v Speaker 2>our sense and the state sense we work well with

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<v Speaker 2>the states as if we sustain this and it's not

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<v Speaker 2>just a one off shot, and look, Killers of the

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<v Speaker 2>Fireman was huge. What we need, though, is to make

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<v Speaker 2>sure that there are continual productions throughout Oklahoma because that's

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<v Speaker 2>how you build an economy around the film and TV industry.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're doing it I've talked before on the show

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<v Speaker 2>about our state of the yard led Greens Greens studio

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<v Speaker 2>we expanded earlier this year into a massive conventional studio.

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<v Speaker 2>There's two different places for people in the movie biz.

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<v Speaker 2>They know what that means to bring production. And then

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<v Speaker 2>Oklahoma and Northeast Oklahoma, including the Cheroke Nation, has something

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<v Speaker 2>that money can't buy, Tom, and that is the beautiful landscape.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, the short distance from your studio is just

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<v Speaker 2>beautiful planes, you know, just just grasslands. And then in

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<v Speaker 2>Bartlesville Proper, you know, one of the more beautiful downtowns

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<v Speaker 2>around with some historic buildings. You multiply that times a

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<v Speaker 2>few dozens across Northeast Oklahoma. That means we can do this, Tom,

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<v Speaker 2>but we've got to be prepared to do it. We've

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<v Speaker 2>got to be ready to do it. We've got to

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<v Speaker 2>put dollars on the table. We've done that at the

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<v Speaker 2>Cherokee Nation. We're also doing a lot of job training

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<v Speaker 2>so that people, and this is important to me, Tom,

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<v Speaker 2>young Cherokees can look at a movie production and not

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<v Speaker 2>just dream one day I might go to Hollywood. I

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<v Speaker 2>might leave home go to Hollywood. They can say one

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<v Speaker 2>day I might just go to Owasso, to the studio

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<v Speaker 2>and still live near my people. I bet I can

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<v Speaker 2>be in the movie business. Bad is what tomorrow's about, Tom,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're doing it today.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the many investments with Cherokee Nation. You know

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<v Speaker 1>when it comes to healthcare, well, listen, then a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of entertainment. Sounds like you got a pretty good

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<v Speaker 1>picture and a darn good story to tell this month. Chief,

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<v Speaker 1>that's right, that's right.

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<v Speaker 2>Good times, the best summer ever, Tom.

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<v Speaker 1>Invest Indeed, I want you to take care of yourself,

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<v Speaker 1>and I can't wait till next month. It seems like

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<v Speaker 1>we always get a treasure trove of stories from you here.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm really looking forward to hearing more about the

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<v Speaker 1>Claremore facility. Once you get the keys and once you

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<v Speaker 1>get things going to break ground on the new one.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that's gonna be big.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll do it, Tom. Thank you sir, all

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<v Speaker 1>Right, Chief Chuck Hoskins, Junior, Cherokee Nation, thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>being with us today on Community Connection