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<v Speaker 1>Good pony, good money, good morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome. It's

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<v Speaker 1>time now for our community connection right here on K one.

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<v Speaker 1>The one you trust and standing by patiently is the

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<v Speaker 1>principal chief of Cherokee Nation, Chief Chuck Hoskin Junior. Welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>How you doing, Tom?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing well yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to try this, Oh CEO. Is that correct?

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<v Speaker 2>He nailed it? Man here right up with me now.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, Cherokee Nation has been bustling because I got a

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<v Speaker 1>long lust here of things that we really need to cover.

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<v Speaker 1>First of all, I know that there are a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people looking for jobs or maybe looking for what

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<v Speaker 1>you call another job, perhaps a better job. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>something that you've got going on down in Tulsa, don't you.

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<v Speaker 2>We do. It's the first time we've done it at

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<v Speaker 2>this location, that is Greenwood Cultural Center. So what's going

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<v Speaker 2>on as a career event as well as a contractor event.

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<v Speaker 2>So we are large employer, Tom. We've got about fourteen

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<v Speaker 2>thousand employees worldwide the ball co from here north east Oklahoma.

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<v Speaker 2>We're always hiring on our business side or a government side.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're just bringing some human resources staff out to

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<v Speaker 2>the Greenwood Cultural Center. From ten am to two pm,

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<v Speaker 2>so that folks who are interested can look for that

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<v Speaker 2>job or at least get in our system. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>all electronic and so you can set up aile profile

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<v Speaker 2>to do that. The other thing is we're doing a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of construction. You and I've talked about this a

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<v Speaker 2>lot on this show. A billion dollar construction portfolio. A

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<v Speaker 2>lot of that is far into the completion phase, but

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<v Speaker 2>there's still a lot more to do. One of the

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<v Speaker 2>things we've got to do is try to get contractors

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<v Speaker 2>local where we're building. And so at North Tulsa we're

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<v Speaker 2>building a two million dollar community center, which we'll break

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<v Speaker 2>ground on here in a few months. We've got about

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<v Speaker 2>two million dollars worth of housing planned, along with some

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<v Speaker 2>other partners coming up. And so we just want to

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<v Speaker 2>make sure that folks out there that are contractors, vendors,

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<v Speaker 2>all sorts of folks that could do business with the

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<v Speaker 2>Chairy Nation can do business with the Chag Nation. Ten

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<v Speaker 2>am to two pm, three twenty two, North Greenwood Greenwood

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<v Speaker 2>Cultural Center in Tulsa.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, that's great. It's going to be an interesting set

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<v Speaker 1>up there. Imagine you're gonna have a lot of folks

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<v Speaker 1>I hope, so Chernky Nation, you have a one million

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<v Speaker 1>dollar public Health and Wellness Partners program going on. Tell

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<v Speaker 1>us about that.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's a way to help small towns and even

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<v Speaker 2>larger towns, even cities that are within the reservation, public schools,

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<v Speaker 2>and nonprofits with primarily capital investment that supports wellness. So

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<v Speaker 2>I'm talking about you know, your local park, Tom that

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<v Speaker 2>the town may want to improve and maybe they need

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<v Speaker 2>to put some dollars together. We want to help them

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<v Speaker 2>with that. Maybe the school, as many schools do, serve

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<v Speaker 2>both the students, but it also serves you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>little league after school, and they've got a ball field,

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<v Speaker 2>they need to fix that up. We want to be

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<v Speaker 2>helpful there. We want to be helpful with that nonprofit

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<v Speaker 2>that maybe operates some kind of a facility that maybe

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<v Speaker 2>serves elders and nutritious meal. Maybe it's your Senior Citizen

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<v Speaker 2>Center and they need to do some capital improvement. We

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<v Speaker 2>want to be there for the long haul. During ARPA,

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<v Speaker 2>those ARPA funds that came down, we shared a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of that. We talked about that on your show a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of time. I mean, I would guess forty fifty

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<v Speaker 2>million dollars we shared we've got to keep doing that.

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<v Speaker 2>ARPA is gone, but we got to keep doing that

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<v Speaker 2>because it's just the right thing to do. And so

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<v Speaker 2>we're taking a portionable color Public Health and Wellness Funds,

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<v Speaker 2>which is a million dollars for this purpose. People can

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<v Speaker 2>go on our website, Cherokey dot org and find out

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<v Speaker 2>more about it Public Health and Wellness phw H at

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<v Speaker 2>Cherokee dot org. We'll get that website for your wether.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll get that email adress for your website corrected, and

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<v Speaker 2>so folks can reach out.

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<v Speaker 1>I see you're extending your Artist Recovery Act to help

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<v Speaker 1>Cherokee artists. I've had to do with some of the

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<v Speaker 1>lag that took place during the pandemic.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right. So coming out of the pandemic, one of

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<v Speaker 2>the concerns we had was not purely economics, but partially economics,

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<v Speaker 2>but as it related to something that's more important, which

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<v Speaker 2>is our culture, our life ways and perpetuating those and

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<v Speaker 2>that's in the hands and the hearts and minds of

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<v Speaker 2>our artists. And a lot of them are elders, and

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<v Speaker 2>even if they're not elders, they took it on the

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<v Speaker 2>chin economically during COVID as many many people did, but

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<v Speaker 2>they took it on the chin in terms of accessing

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<v Speaker 2>streams of commerce to sell their art, they took it.

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<v Speaker 2>They had it tough in terms of not being able

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<v Speaker 2>to teach classes like they used to to, particularly young

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<v Speaker 2>people coming up that want to learn art ways the communities.

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<v Speaker 2>So what did we do. We put initially three million

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<v Speaker 2>dollars in to buy art, just buy art, but also

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<v Speaker 2>give them some tools to access modern streams of commerce,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, using digital tech anology to do that, or

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<v Speaker 2>just paying for them to be able to go out

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<v Speaker 2>to art markets across the country. And then we also

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<v Speaker 2>funded a lot of art classes that helped them get

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<v Speaker 2>back into the classroom and get students back into the classroom.

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<v Speaker 2>Talk about community art classes. That's helped. It's meant we've

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<v Speaker 2>helped sustain them economically. We put another million dollars in

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<v Speaker 2>that time, and we extended the law through the end

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<v Speaker 2>of twenty twenty six because we've got some more to

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<v Speaker 2>do in terms of lifting them up. The good thing

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<v Speaker 2>is is when it's all said and done, Tom will

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<v Speaker 2>have hundreds and hundreds of art pieces created by Cherokee artists,

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<v Speaker 2>great artists that'll be owned in the perpetuity by the

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<v Speaker 2>Cherokee people, held by the government of the Cherokee Nation,

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<v Speaker 2>placed in some of those facilities that we're building.

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<v Speaker 1>Wonderful. Now, you know this is a big deal about

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<v Speaker 1>this time every year, but boy does it go fast.

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<v Speaker 1>You just wrapped up your heirloom seed bank and we

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<v Speaker 1>had the councilwoman Dora spent Vatskowski telling this that it's

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<v Speaker 1>a it's kind of a crowd that gets into the

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<v Speaker 1>portal trying to get those seeds. How well did it

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<v Speaker 1>go this year?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we did it different this year. We did it

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<v Speaker 2>as a as a random draw, and so we think

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<v Speaker 2>it'll go. We think it a little better in terms

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<v Speaker 2>of you know, I guess I guess you could say fairness.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, not everybody. You know, it's like you know this,

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<v Speaker 2>you've probably been on the receiving end of this through

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<v Speaker 2>your career time. But you know many of us would

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<v Speaker 2>call the local radio stration trying to be the fifth calling,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, to get to win a to win a prize,

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<v Speaker 2>so so you know, or get up early and make

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<v Speaker 2>the phone call. So rather than do that, we wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to do a random draw. You sign up on our

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<v Speaker 2>doogie portal and get chosen for the seeds thing. It's

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<v Speaker 2>going to go well because I think it's going to

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<v Speaker 2>spread it across the population across the country doing something

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<v Speaker 2>else tho time, We've got a lot of community organizations

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<v Speaker 2>and cancer Patkowski's helped develop some of those organizations, including

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<v Speaker 2>one in Dewey Uh. There's an example of an organization

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<v Speaker 2>that if they chose to, they could get a special

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<v Speaker 2>batch of these seeds to grow as a community. We

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<v Speaker 2>got to find ways to spread the joy and the

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<v Speaker 2>interest in this subject. There's a huge demand and one

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<v Speaker 2>of the ways we can do that is having people

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<v Speaker 2>share their seeds, and so community organizations sharing their seeds

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<v Speaker 2>is a way to at the end of the year

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<v Speaker 2>is a way to do that. Now, Tom, I try

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<v Speaker 2>to grow every year. Sometimes I do good, sometimes I

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<v Speaker 2>don't do good. Last year I had like two years

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<v Speaker 2>of corn, so I kept them all for seeds. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>I'll try to grow those again, so we'll see it.

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<v Speaker 1>Now. This is great. The story behind this is that

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<v Speaker 1>these seeds come right, they come from long before the

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<v Speaker 1>trail tears.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right. We've done genetic Yeah, we've done genetic testing

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<v Speaker 2>on these to determine the origins, or at least to

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<v Speaker 2>take it back. You know a few centuries that coupled

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<v Speaker 2>with oral traditions. You know, stories that have been handed

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<v Speaker 2>down and other evidence shows that these seeds were with

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<v Speaker 2>us before removal. So it's a great connection. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>great cultural connection. Does something else, Tom, which is, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we can't all grow our own food to support our

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<v Speaker 2>families in this modern era, but we can do things

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<v Speaker 2>to think about and teach, particularly our kids and other

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<v Speaker 2>young people in our lives, where food comes from and

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<v Speaker 2>the scarcity of food that can happen and why it's

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<v Speaker 2>important to have some control over your food. And you

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<v Speaker 2>can't have that control if you don't have knowledge. And

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<v Speaker 2>so there's another reason to do that. There's lots of

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<v Speaker 2>reasons to try to grow food and to share that knowledge,

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<v Speaker 2>both historical, cultural, and just sustaining ourselves.

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<v Speaker 1>Wonderful program. Wonderful Program. Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. Is our guest,

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<v Speaker 1>and he is the principal chief of Cherokee Nation. You

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<v Speaker 1>made an announcement this week regarding the Health Work Group.

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<v Speaker 1>What's going on with this?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, from time to time in our health system, there

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<v Speaker 2>are some issues that kind of percolate to the top,

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<v Speaker 2>and there were of sort of formally studying. And so

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<v Speaker 2>three issues have come up, particularly through our council in

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<v Speaker 2>the past. You know, six seven months. One of telemedicine, now, Tom,

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<v Speaker 2>during the pandemic, there was an increase in telemedicine across

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<v Speaker 2>this country, and many of your listeners, maybe you certainly

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<v Speaker 2>I participated in telemedicine. Telemedicine personally. Now, that's not going

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<v Speaker 2>to cut it for every type of health care visit,

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<v Speaker 2>but it can help in some visits and in some occasions,

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<v Speaker 2>and it can't help spread access to healthcare. So here's

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<v Speaker 2>the question, what can we do to increase access to telemedicine,

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<v Speaker 2>particularly Tom, when you think about the fact that we

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<v Speaker 2>have hundreds of thousands of Cherokees living across the country.

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<v Speaker 2>Can there be a future in which we have telemedicine

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<v Speaker 2>for them. Well, we can't do it if we don't

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<v Speaker 2>study it. So that's one thing we're studying. The second

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<v Speaker 2>thing we're studying is dialysis. Now, dialysis, Tom, anybody who's

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<v Speaker 2>dealing with you know, die be these things of that nature,

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<v Speaker 2>UH is going to unfortunately at some point maybe need

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<v Speaker 2>dialysis because it could be some kidney issues that you're

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<v Speaker 2>dealing with, and that's a really you know, difficult process

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<v Speaker 2>to go through. We don't do a lot of that directly.

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<v Speaker 2>We do that for our inpatient system, but not our

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<v Speaker 2>outpatient system. So council members said, look, can we study

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<v Speaker 2>ways to expand that for Cherokee citizens. We're going to

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<v Speaker 2>look at that. The third is Medicare. Now, health insurance

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<v Speaker 2>is important for everybody, tom everybody qualifies for Medicare A

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<v Speaker 2>when you get of age, and Tommy, you and I

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<v Speaker 2>aren't there yet, So I am okay. So tom you

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<v Speaker 2>may be are in house expert, but you know, Medicare

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<v Speaker 2>A is the basic plan. There's Medicare B, C and D.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a range of benefits and sometimes it's difficult to understand.

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<v Speaker 2>So helping our patients understand that, particular elder patients who

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<v Speaker 2>are just now uh, you know, understand trying to understand

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<v Speaker 2>the world of Medicare. And then are there ways that

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<v Speaker 2>we could financially support these patients. We don't know, But

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<v Speaker 2>again we don't know if we don't study it. So

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<v Speaker 2>those are three issues we're studying. We believe in taking

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<v Speaker 2>at the chair condition. So that's what we announced recently.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, very good.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I.

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<v Speaker 1>Took a little trip. I do this every now and then,

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<v Speaker 1>usually for a funeral. I got to run back and

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<v Speaker 1>forth between here and Indiana. But my goodness sakes, you

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<v Speaker 1>have a beautiful, nice facility right off the big highway

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<v Speaker 1>there in Benita, the Cultural Center. That is really something else.

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<v Speaker 2>That is a great facility at the point of pride

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<v Speaker 2>for many of us. It was something that my wife,

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<v Speaker 2>our first Lady January, encouraged us. Now people would say, well,

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<v Speaker 2>probably didn't hurt Cheese, that that was your hometown. That's

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<v Speaker 2>probably true. But here's the deal, Tom. You were driving,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think I've made many trips in Vienna's wife

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<v Speaker 2>family's from. But you know, you're going up the interstate

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<v Speaker 2>and you see something you could take your family to

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<v Speaker 2>or as a personal interest. If you can get off

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<v Speaker 2>the interstate pretty efficiently and some have a good time

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<v Speaker 2>like that, you're going to do it. Well, that's where

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<v Speaker 2>Benita is. You know, it's right on the Root sixty six.

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<v Speaker 2>It's right off I forty four. And this facility is

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<v Speaker 2>something my wife said, Look, we ought to spread Cherokee

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<v Speaker 2>culture throughout northeast Oklahoma and also try to connect with

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<v Speaker 2>the millions of travelers coming across Oklahoma on the interstate.

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<v Speaker 2>Pull them off the interstate, have them learn something about

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<v Speaker 2>a Cherokee culture. And that's what you can do at

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<v Speaker 2>the Anna Mitchell Cultural Center. I mean, if you exit

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<v Speaker 2>off I forty four time and take it right you're there, man,

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<v Speaker 2>Oh you.

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<v Speaker 1>Right there, data section of sixty six and forty four.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you're right there. That's right, my goodness sake. I

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<v Speaker 1>would invite you folks if you if you have the

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<v Speaker 1>time to do that, please do that or just make

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<v Speaker 1>a day of it. It's really worth your time and

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<v Speaker 1>your effort absolutely alrighty Now, if folks have questions about

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<v Speaker 1>especially Cherokee citizens, you have a website. It's a portal

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<v Speaker 1>that kind of takes you just about anywhere you need

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<v Speaker 1>for a wide range of services.

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<v Speaker 2>What is that, Yes, the god Doogi Portal. So people

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<v Speaker 2>go to Cherokee dot org and click on god Doogie

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<v Speaker 2>portal g A d U G I has got to

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<v Speaker 2>do you Cherokee works for working together. You can access

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<v Speaker 2>sort of your citizen interface with the nation. So when

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<v Speaker 2>we're talking about that feedbank that's where you go. And

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<v Speaker 2>if you go to that website. You know, I fumbled

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<v Speaker 2>around earlier when I was trying to think of the

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<v Speaker 2>email address to our public Health and Wellness Partners grant.

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<v Speaker 2>But if a person just goes to Cherokee dot org,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have to worry about the Chief messing up

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<v Speaker 2>an email address. Says hey, it's all right there, Tom.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, Chief, thank you for being with us. I know

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<v Speaker 1>you're a busy, busy guy, but I really appreciate the

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<v Speaker 1>time you spend with us here at K one.

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<v Speaker 2>You got Tom, take care, Take care.

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<v Speaker 1>What