From left to right, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Council of the Cherokee Nation Speaker Johnny Jack Kidwel are pictured at a signing ceremony on Sept. 23, 2025. (Photo provided by the Cherokee Nation)
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Cherokee Nation has signed an agreement with the federal government to take over operation of the Claremore Indian Hospital.
The Claremore facility is the last Indian Health Service facility on the Cherokee Nation’s land still operated by the federal government, according to a news release…