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After 30 years serving travelers at Tulsa International Airport, Minute Massage has closed. Founded by Helen Nelson Wormuth and later run by her daughter Dan’niel, the family business became a Tulsa icon. Cherokee Nation citizen Jeanie Renfrow, part of the team for 17 years, will continue offering massage services by appointment at 918-845-3888.

In a motion filed this week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Stitt urged the court to “expedite discussions and break the current impasse” in State of Oklahoma v. Tyson Foods Inc., a case that has loomed over Oklahoma’s environmental and agricultural landscape since 2005.

By Staff Cherokee411 October 21, 2025 WASHINGTON —  Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) warned Tuesday that the Trump administration’s decision to terminate all employees at the Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund could unravel decades of bipartisan investment in underserved communities — including Native nations that rely on the fund’s Native American CDFI Assistance (NACA) Program. (Photo: Sen. Mark Warner via CC BY 2.0 ) Speaking on a press cal

Lynn Wilson, a proud Cherokee Nation citizen and Microenterprise Development Manager for the IDRS Acorn Project, has spent more than two decades empowering Native entrepreneurs across the country. Through free, grant-funded training and one-on-one support, Lynn helps Indigenous small business owners create, grow, and sustain their ventures—blending modern strategies with deep cultural roots.

By Staff Cherokee 411 Published: October 15, 2025 TULSA, Okla. — Cherokee Federal announced it will acquire the Salesforce practice of HigherEchelon, known as HESFP, effective Nov. 1, expanding its digital modernization capabilities and strengthening its technology portfolio. The company announced the acquisition Oct. 7, saying the move adds “highly specialized Salesforce expertise” to Cherokee Federal, the federal contracting division of Cherokee Nation Businesses. HESFP has

By Staff Cherokee 411 CHEROKEE, N.C.  — Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Principal Chief Michell Hicks pushed back Thursday against comments made in Washington that he said mischaracterized the tribe’s legal cannabis business. Chief Hicks EBCI During a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing earlier this week, Sen. Thom Tillis (R–N.C.) questioned U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi about the EBCI’s cannabis enterprise, expressing concern over its packaging, marketing, and a mobi