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flag The Cherokee Nation took over the Claremore hospital, renaming it a health center, becoming the final IHS facility on its reservation under tribal control.

flag The Cherokee Nation assumed control of the former Claremore Indian Hospital on October 1, 2025, renaming it the Claremore Outpatient and Emergency Health Center, marking the final IHS facility on the reservation to be transferred to tribal management. flag The move, part of a broader federal effort, aims to improve healthcare through tribal self-determination, with the Nation planning major renovations and a new $245 million clinic. flag Cherokee Nation leaders and federal officials, including IHS’s Rear Admiral Travis Watts and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., cited better performance under tribal operation, noting 63% of IHS facilities are now tribally managed.

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