TAHLEQUAH – The Cherokee Nation recently received a nearly $300,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration for five new transit vehicles that will replace older vans and expand services in Tahlequah and Stilwell.
The tribe’s Department of Transportation is one of three tribal programs in Oklahoma and one of 36 total projects in 14 states to receive a FTA’s Tribal Transit Program grant. The Tribal Transit Program funds help tribes such as the CN connect citizens to jobs, health care, schoo