Cherokee Nation Helping Unemployed Tulsans Find Work

The Cherokee Nation is helping some people in Tulsa find work. It opened its first career service center in Tulsa Wednesday afternoon, and the help isn't limited to just tribal members.

The Cherokees are the only tribe in the nation to be awarded a grant to help the long-term unemployed.

Career Services Executive Director, Diane Kelley said, "Anybody that's been unemployed for 27 weeks or longer can come in and apply for, through us and we'll be able to assist them, and that one is not Cherokee and it's not just Indian, there will be veterans preference, and it will be anybody who meets the criteria.”

The center will also offer some vocational training and GED classes.

Some of the center's services will be limited to Cherokee Nation members.

You can learn more about the program online.