![Cherokee Ballard has been the communications manager for Oklahoma Natural Gas since 2011. Her career spans a variety of experiences as a journalist, Cherokee Nation leader, nonprofit advocate and cancer survivor. (Photo provided)](https://gaylordnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Cherokee_Ballard-900x534.jpg)
Native advocate talks “new normal” after loss, pandemic
KaraLee Langford and Brooklyn Wayland
• April 28, 2021
![Source: Oklahoma Department of Transportation and U.S. Bureau of Land Management](https://gaylordnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Oklahoma-Tribal-Nations-900x480.jpg)
Economic impact of tribes increases substantially as tribes anticipate future economic relief
Kaitlyn Deggs, Reporter
• March 29, 2021
![Kimberly Teehee set to become first Cherokee delegate to Congress.](https://gaylordnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Photo-2_Cherokee-Delegate-900x519.jpg)
It may be a year before Cherokee delegate is seated in Congress
Addison Kliewer
• September 20, 2019
![S. Joe Crittenden, Deputy Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, places a hand on the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. (Megan Ross / Gaylord News)](https://gaylordnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Cherokee-Veterans-8-900x600.jpg)
Oklahoma Cherokee Veterans visit DC
Megan Ross, Reporter
• September 19, 2018
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