For UKB tribal members, families, and everyone in our community across the United Keetoowah Band's jurisdictional area—including all or parts of the 14 counties in the Cherokee Reservation in Oklahoma: Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa, Wagoner, and Washington. I'm sharing this update to help keep our people safe and prepared. A major winter storm is heading our way, and from my years in the field responding t

U.S. House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Oversight Hearing on “ Modernizing the Implementation of 638 Contracting at the Indian Health Service ” Chairman Hurd, Ranking Member Leger Fernandez, and members of the Subcommittee: It is my distinct honor to submit this testimony for the record on this hearing on behalf of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma (UKB). I do so to correct the record related to testimony provided by Cherokee Nation of Ok

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TAHLEQUAH, OK – The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma (UKB) yesterday, Dec. 16, 2025, completed the acquisition of a new Healthcare Administration Building, a historic milestone that significantly expands the Tribe’s physical footprint, strengthens its healthcare system, and reinforces its sovereign authority to administer health programs for its Members. The newly acquired 3.88-acre property features a 7,700-square-foot building tha