"the People's Paths!" Cherokee News Path - CN Supports Habitat for Humanity

"Cherokee Nation Tribal Councilor Tina Glory-Jordan, Tahlequah Habitat for Humanity President Linda Cheatham and Cherokee Nation Tribal Councilor
Bill John Baker tour
through the newest Habitat home currently under construction in Tahlequah."

TAHLEQUAH, OK - Helping a community organization build homes for area families, the Cherokee Nation recently contributed $15,000 to the Tahlequah Area Habitat for Humanity.

“It’s important to support Oklahoma organizations that help provide a better quality of life to Cherokee citizens and our Oklahoma neighbors,” said Chad Smith, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. “The Cherokee Nation is proud to partner with the Habitat for Humanity to help provide homes to families in need.”

Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization that seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses with the help of the homeowner families. Habitat houses are sold to the partner families at no profit and financed with affordable loans. The homeowners’ monthly mortgage payments are used to build more Habitat houses.

Cherokee Nation Tribal Councilor Bill John Baker of Tahlequah is proud that the Cherokee Nation can be a part of the Habitat for Humanity program and feels that it not only makes the tribe a better partner with the community but is another way that the Cherokee Nation can serve its citizens.

Cherokee Nation Tribal Councilor Tina Glory-Jordan, also of Tahlequah, agreed, and said the group was a positive thing for the community and a positive organization to partner with. She noted that the organization is helpful to Cherokee citizens and to Tahlequah.

“Without the contribution from Cherokee Nation this building project would have been difficult to complete,” said Linda Cheatham, President of Tahlequah Area Habitat for Humanity. “This money has come in at a time that was particularly needful. We are very grateful to the Cherokee Nation and want to say thank you.”