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Cherokee Nation integrates culture into new treatment center built with opioid settlement funds
Cherokee Nation integrates culture into new treatment center built with opioid settlement funds
Cherokee Nation integrates culture into new treatment center built with opioid settlement funds

Published on: 05/19/2026

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Rolling hills and grazing cattle surround the Cherokee Nation's new residential and intensive outpatient addiction treatment center in Tahlequah, Okla., March 26, 2026. (Sarah Liese/KOSU via AP)

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — Culture is vital for recovery. That’s a lesson Juli Skinner, a citizen of the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, learned during her time in foster care, years later working in child welfare and now, as the senior director of the Cherokee Nation’s behavioral health center.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/native-american-news/2026/05/cherokee-nation-integrates-culture-into-new-treatment-center-built-with-opioid-settlement-funds.html

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