Cherokee Nation recently contributed $195,000 to eight Boys & Girls Club programs throughout Northeast Oklahoma.
Recipients of the funding include clubs in Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Sequoyah and Washington counties.
Donation amounts are based on the number of Native American students in each program. In total, the eight area programs serve nearly 13,000 students, with about 60 percent being Native American.
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