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<v Speaker 1>Ten am. Also a little bit later on it's Todd

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<v Speaker 1>Starns after our noontime news block. And right now I

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<v Speaker 1>do believe we have the Chief with us. Good morning,

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<v Speaker 1>is this Chief, Chuck Hoskins Jr. Yes, it is, hey, Chief?

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<v Speaker 1>How are you doing? Sir?

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<v Speaker 2>Doing well? Ill?

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<v Speaker 1>Sorry for un like That's okay. That happens to everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>especially had some state. So the Chief with the Jerry kenation,

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<v Speaker 1>we've been hearing a little bit about this new Economic

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<v Speaker 1>Impact report. Can you fill us in? Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>I can we do this every two years. This report

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<v Speaker 2>came out recently and it's a result of really us

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<v Speaker 2>opening our books to a very skilled economists and taking

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<v Speaker 2>a look at really everything we spend on our business side,

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<v Speaker 2>on our government side, seeing where those dollars go to

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<v Speaker 2>small businesses and towns that your listeners are in right now,

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<v Speaker 2>or big businesses that are nearby. All of the spending

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<v Speaker 2>that we do in terms of programs and services, and

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<v Speaker 2>you add all that up and it's three point one

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<v Speaker 2>four billion dollars annually. I think what's most important though,

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<v Speaker 2>is again where those numbers come from. It's all that spending,

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<v Speaker 2>all that investing, all the roads we fix, the kids

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<v Speaker 2>we send to college on scholarship, the people we employ

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<v Speaker 2>to the tune of about fourteen thousand, five hundred plus worldwide,

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<v Speaker 2>mostly in Northeast Oklahoma. And the most important number to

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<v Speaker 2>me when I look at it is the twenty three

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<v Speaker 2>thousand jobs that are created or supported because of all

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<v Speaker 2>this spending, and that time gets back to those small businesses,

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<v Speaker 2>those medium sized businesses, those big businesses that employ a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people. So it's good news for the chair

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<v Speaker 2>co nation and.

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<v Speaker 1>Really everywhere, well, it's good to know. Good note somebody's

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<v Speaker 1>doing better these days. Also, this year the four year anniversary,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is the story we ran yesterday of the

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<v Speaker 1>man Killer Soap Water Act. And what does this all entail?

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<v Speaker 1>I know it has a lot to do with water quality.

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<v Speaker 2>It does water quality, water quantity, and the just assurance

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<v Speaker 2>that they'll be adequate water systems. What the law says

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<v Speaker 2>is we're going to spend at least two million dollars

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<v Speaker 2>above the federal funding that we might get. And Thomas,

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<v Speaker 2>we talked about on this show federal funding ebbs and flows,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's never adequate to meet all of the water

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<v Speaker 2>infrastructure needs in Northeast Oklahoma. But we say, and increasingly

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<v Speaker 2>this is our philosophy. We're not going to go to

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<v Speaker 2>the United States to come to the rescue. So we're

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<v Speaker 2>taking some of our business dollars and putting it into

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<v Speaker 2>the kind of water projects that Chief Mankeller before she

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<v Speaker 2>was chief, and her husband, Charlie Soap, actually before they

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<v Speaker 2>were married. We're organizing Cherokee people around. There's a history

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<v Speaker 2>lesson here. In the early nineteen eighties, the community of

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<v Speaker 2>Bell did not have running water. The United States didn't

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<v Speaker 2>seem to be coming to the rescue. What a Chief

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<v Speaker 2>man Keller before she was chief due she said, let's

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<v Speaker 2>to organize, let's dig our own water line, and so

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<v Speaker 2>the community got organized with the help of the Cherry

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<v Speaker 2>Connation to do it. On that basis. We've named this

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<v Speaker 2>law after her and her husband who's still with us,

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<v Speaker 2>Charlie Selp became the Council of the other day. We

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<v Speaker 2>put millions TOM into mostly small water systems that need help.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm talking about just replacing lines, replacing water, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>sanitation facilities, replacing pumps, replacing meters. Those things are making

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<v Speaker 2>a big difference. We've also done surveys tom to find

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<v Speaker 2>out what the Cherry keep people need in terms of water.

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<v Speaker 2>Are they on rural water, are they on well water?

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<v Speaker 2>Are they on municipal What do they think about their water?

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<v Speaker 2>Where can we help? And so, Tom, it's four years

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<v Speaker 2>in millions of dollars to help everybody with water. We're

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<v Speaker 2>just going to keep our foot on the gas and

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<v Speaker 2>keep fixing water systems.

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<v Speaker 1>Very good. Now, schools is in the news. You had

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<v Speaker 1>your public schools a preciation day.

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<v Speaker 2>We did so. Every year, Tom, we cut a check

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<v Speaker 2>to schools across northeast Oklahoma, one hundred and seven school

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<v Speaker 2>districts within our reservation and in adjacent areas, seven point

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<v Speaker 2>six million dollars shared among the schools. It's a time

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<v Speaker 2>to number one, provide funds with no strings attached to

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<v Speaker 2>public schools. They like that, they need that. It makes

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<v Speaker 2>a difference in the day to day lives of students

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<v Speaker 2>and teachers and all the other folks that make schools operate.

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<v Speaker 2>But the other thing is it's a good time to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about public education. Celebrate what it means to be

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<v Speaker 2>a teacher, Celebrate people who give up their time to

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<v Speaker 2>be school board members. Celebrate people who are the administrators

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<v Speaker 2>and the staff of the schools. They need that uplift

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<v Speaker 2>from time to time, because there's plenty of reasons in

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<v Speaker 2>public education to sort of feel like you're up against it.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think if you look at budgets in the

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<v Speaker 2>state of Oklahoma, we adjusting for inflation and student counts,

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<v Speaker 2>spend less really than we spent about a decade ago.

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<v Speaker 2>There's got to be more funds for public education. We

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<v Speaker 2>know they're out there, but the Cherokee Nation is always

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<v Speaker 2>there for our schools, and we were there once again

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<v Speaker 2>this year.

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<v Speaker 1>Also a little bit about the tags don't doesn't that

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<v Speaker 1>help school with their moneys as well?

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<v Speaker 2>It does. That's the source of these funds. And so

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<v Speaker 2>the Tag Compact was renewed by Governor and I placing

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<v Speaker 2>our signature on a compact last year. Tom It's that

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<v Speaker 2>it was the seasons of Miracles last December, not only

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<v Speaker 2>celebrating Christmas, but celebrating that Chief Chuck Hoskin and Governor

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<v Speaker 2>Kevin stid could agree on something. So there we go.

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<v Speaker 2>We agreed on this car Tank Compact, resolved a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of issues, significantly, kept in place a framework that provides

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<v Speaker 2>funds to public schools, law enforcement, roads and bridges, and

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<v Speaker 2>maintain something that we have to have the state to

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<v Speaker 2>agree to, which is tags for Cherokees who live outside

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<v Speaker 2>of the Cherokee Nation. So we accomplished all of that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's helping a lot of people.

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<v Speaker 1>Wonderful news. Hey, Chief, thank you very much for visiting

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<v Speaker 1>with us. I know you've got a tight schedule, but

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for making room for us. Always to thank

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<v Speaker 1>you very much. That is Chief Chuck Hoskins Junior right

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<v Speaker 1>here from Cherokee Nation, Principal Chief thereup. We've got our

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<v Speaker 1>group from a Truity Credit Union coming in in just

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<v Speaker 1>a moment here for one on one with the pro

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<v Speaker 1>somehow you get the feeling it's going to be two

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<v Speaker 1>on one today.