I commend our Registration department who has worked tirelessly to process the record number of citizenship applications received during COVID, as well as our IT department to ensure our Gadugi Portal was up and that citizens were successfully registered, Deputy Chief Warner said. Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner's proposed spending plan for the funds will provide every Cherokee citizen with a total of $2,000 in direct relief assistance while also bolstering the tribe's mental health and wellness initiatives, assisting Cherokee-owned small businesses, reinforcing tribal health care services, The Cherokee Nation has launched an online portal for qualifying Cherokee elders age 62 and older to apply for COVID-19 relief assistance. The Cherokee Nation announced that its citizens will receive two $1,000 stimulus checks over a two-year period. The pandemic has been overwhelming, stressful, and in many instances, it has isolated our families and our communities away from the fellowship we love and need as Cherokee people. As part of the Cherokee Nation Respond, Recover and Rebuild spending plan, Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. recently announced the $45 million elder assistance initiative which will help Cherokee elders and those in need with costs related to COVID-19 relief, including food security and utility expenses. Tracing Your Cherokee Roots - TravelOK.com Applications will be made available in early June to individuals who have been enrolled tribal citizens for at least a year. Hoskin said that the funding would be focused on: "ensuring the Cherokee Nation is able to heal together and rebuild to be a stronger tribe with stronger and healthier Cherokee families and communities. Cherokee Nation passes $3.5 billion budget, largest in tribe's history To help with the massive influx which has caused major backlog, the Registration Department has added 12 employees to its 45-person team. New scholarship recipients and awards are as follows Adair County Rosalynn Catron, Sequoyah High School: Sequoyah High School Alumni Association Scholarship Cherokee Nation leaders gathered Tuesday afternoon to officially break ground on a $10 million, state-of-the-art Career Readiness Campus southwest of Tahlequah. The Cherokee Nation will begin launching applications for its Respond, Recover and Rebuild COVID-19 assistance using FRF funds through the tribes online Gadugi Portal. Will new Biden $6 trillion plan include new stimulus checks? 2022 Jeep Cherokee Monthly Car Payment Calculator | U.S. News The June 1, 2022 deadline for the assistance payments is approaching so we hope our Cherokee citizens who have not yet registered on our Gadugi Portal for the assistance payment will do so before the deadline as Deputy Chief and I are allowing for Cherokee citizens with pending citizenship applications to receive the funds after June 1 as long as their application is in.. Starting this month, Cherokee Nation citizens can sign up for thousands of dollars in COVID-19 relief money. You can cancel at any time. The funding comes from the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (FRF), which is expressly targeted at easing the economic consequences of the pandemic. This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC.