{"id":789997,"date":"2026-08-31T00:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=789997"},"modified":"2026-08-31T11:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:36:46","slug":"chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-creates-opportunities-close-to-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/08\/31\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-creates-opportunities-close-to-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation creates opportunities close to home"},"content":{"rendered":" <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/08\/31\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-creates-opportunities-close-to-home\/cherokeenation-129\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-790077\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" data-attachment-id=\"790077\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/08\/31\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-creates-opportunities-close-to-home\/cherokeenation-129\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31\/CherokeeNation-4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1350,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Cherokee Nation\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Cherokee Nation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Leaders of the Cherokee Nation and Rogers State University sign a memorandum of understanding formalizing a partnership aimed at expanding clinical training opportunities for nursing, behavioral health and allied health students during a ceremony in Claremore, Oklahoma, on August 18, 2026. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/cherokee-nation-rogers-state-university-sign-mou-to-strengthen-healthcare-workforce-pipeline&gt;Anadisgoi \/ Cherokee Nation&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31\/CherokeeNation-4.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31\/CherokeeNation-4.jpg\" alt=\"Cherokee Nation\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-790077\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Leaders of the Cherokee Nation and Rogers State University sign a memorandum of understanding formalizing a partnership aimed at expanding clinical training opportunities for nursing, behavioral health and allied health students during a ceremony in Claremore, Oklahoma, on August 18, 2026. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/cherokee-nation-rogers-state-university-sign-mou-to-strengthen-healthcare-workforce-pipeline>Anadisgoi \/ Cherokee Nation<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Building Career Pathways Close to Home with RSU <\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, August 31, 2026<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. <A href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckHoskin_Jr\"><I aria-hidden=true class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/I><\/A><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Cherokee Nation<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><A \r\nhref=\"https:\/\/www.cherokee.org\/\">cherokee.org<\/A><\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe best investments we make in rural Oklahoma are the ones that give our people the chance to learn, work and build up their home community. Seizing those opportunities is a priority for the Hoskin-Warner Administration and at the heart of how we govern the Cherokee Nation.<P><\/P>\r\n\r\nOne example is our efforts to strengthen partnerships with colleges and universities across the Cherokee Nation Reservation. Two new collaborations with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsu.edu\/\">Rogers State University<\/a> in Claremore show what is possible when our tribal government and higher education work with a shared purpose: building an easier pathway from the classroom to a career.<P><\/P>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/cherokee-nation-rogers-state-university-sign-mou-to-strengthen-healthcare-workforce-pipeline\">Cherokee Nation and RSU recently signed an agreement<\/a> that expands clinical training opportunities for nursing, behavioral health and allied health students throughout the Cherokee Nation Health Services system. Students will gain hands-on experience at W.W. Hastings Hospital and at our health centers across the region, including Claremore, Nowata, Salina, Sallisaw, Stilwell, Tahlequah and Vinita.<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_anadisgoi-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/cherokee-nation-rogers-state-university-sign-mou-to-strengthen-healthcare-workforce-pipeline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/05\/rsumou.jpg\" alt=\"Cherokee Nation, Rogers State University sign MOU to strengthen healthcare workforce pipeline\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/cherokee-nation-rogers-state-university-sign-mou-to-strengthen-healthcare-workforce-pipeline\">\n\t\t\tCherokee Nation, Rogers State University sign MOU to strengthen healthcare workforce pipeline\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/cherokee-nation-rogers-state-university-sign-mou-to-strengthen-healthcare-workforce-pipeline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"Anadisgoi\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tAnadisgoi\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe agreement also establishes a joint workforce group focused on nursing, behavioral and mental health, scholarships, and future education opportunities. It builds on our earlier $4 million commitment toward RSU\u2019s Center for Science and Technology, along with a 10-year pledge to cover tuition and mandatory fees for up to 10 Cherokee citizens each year in RSU\u2019s nursing program.<P><\/P>\r\n\r\nThese investments matter because Oklahoma\u2019s rural communities need more health professionals. And I believe the best way to address that critical need and build that workforce is to upskill the people already living and working in our communities. Health professionals should be able to get their education here, complete their clinical training here, find careers here, and then heal the communities they call home.<P><\/P>\r\n\r\nAt the same time, <a href=\"https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/cherokee-nation-rogers-state-university-launch-college-credit-pathway-for-film-students\">Cherokee Nation and RSU are opening another pathway<\/a> in a very different, but growing, industry in our state: film and media production.<P><\/P>\r\n\r\nBeginning this fall, students who complete eligible courses through the Cherokee Film Institute can earn three college credit hours per course at RSU, with as many as 15 hours applied toward a Bachelor of Arts in communications with a film arts option.<P><\/P>\r\n\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_anadisgoi-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/cherokee-nation-rogers-state-university-launch-college-credit-pathway-for-film-students\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/05\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Cherokee Nation, Rogers State University launch college credit pathway for film students\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/cherokee-nation-rogers-state-university-launch-college-credit-pathway-for-film-students\">\n\t\t\tCherokee Nation, Rogers State University launch college credit pathway for film students\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/cherokee-nation-rogers-state-university-launch-college-credit-pathway-for-film-students\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"Anadisgoi\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tAnadisgoi\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cherokeefilminstitute.com\/\">Cherokee Film Institute<\/a> offers hands-on instruction in commercial areas like production office work, location management, camera operation and postproduction sound. It is the only tribally operated education-and-workforce-development center actively preparing Cherokees and other Natives for these kinds of jobs.<P><\/P>\r\n\r\nHealthcare and filmmaking are very different industries, but as investment opportunities, they both represent fulfilling careers for Cherokees right here at home. For our citizens and our neighbors alike, we want to enable them to stay, raise a family and contribute close to home.<P><\/P>\r\n\r\nWhen Cherokee Nation and valuable partners, like RSU, connect education to real workforce needs, we are doing more than helping individual students. We are strengthening rural communities, growing our local economy and creating opportunities that will change lives for generations to come.<P><\/P>\r\n<HR><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-3\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/23\/chuckhoskinavatar.jpg\" alt=\"Chuck Hoskin Jr\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" class=\"rounded-circle\" \/><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-md-9\"><EM><A href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckHoskin_Jr\">Chuck Hoskin Jr.<\/A> \r\nis the 18th elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, the largest Indian \r\ntribe in the United States. He is only the second elected Principal Chief of the \r\nCherokee Nation from Vinita, the first being Thomas Buffington, who served from \r\n1899-1903. Prior to being elected Principal Chief, Hoskin served as the tribe\u2019s \r\nSecretary of State. He also formerly served as a member of the Council of the \r\nCherokee Nation, representing District 11 for six years.<\/EM><\/div><\/div><HR>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We are strengthening rural communities, growing our local economy and creating opportunities that will change lives for generations to come.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":790077,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,19,9],"tags":[77,76,121,110,127],"class_list":["post-789997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-health","category-opinion","tag-cherokee","tag-chuck-hoskin","tag-employment","tag-film","tag-oklahoma","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-3jvT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31\/CherokeeNation-4.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789997"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":790078,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789997\/revisions\/790078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}