The Creek Nation of Oklahoma held a grand opening on Thursday for a $18 million health facility.

The Koweta Indian Health Facility is being financed by the tribe and the Indian Health Service. The tribe spend $18 million to build the clinic and the IHS is spending $11 million a year on staffing.

The 60,000-square-foot clinic is the largest of the tribe's five health facilities.

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