Native American Tribes Provide COVID-19 Vaccinations to the Public

KUAF

Published March 23, 2021 at 4:53 PM CDT

Jason Stanfill, 44, traveled from Broken Arrow to receive his COVID-19 vaccine at the Cherokee Nation Outpatient Health Center in Tahlequah Mar. 18, 2021.

The Cherokee and Chickasaw Nations have started providing COVID-19 vaccines to the general public. While the Quapaw Nation will host free, mass vaccination clinic open to the public on Apr. 13 at Downstream Casino and Resort in Quapaw, Oklahoma.

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