August 16

Ready to live a tobacco-free life? Cherokee Nation is offering a free, six-week tobacco cessation course that will be taught virtually on Wednesdays. A noon class will be taught by Pawnee Kingfisher and a 5:30 p.m. class will be taught by Steven Hatcher. You do not have to be Native American to enroll, but you must be 18. Contact Cherokee Nation Tobacco Prevention Coordinator Kasey Dirteater-Elliott at 918316-1977 or 918-772-4196 to sign up.

Looking for a job with the Cherokee Nation? Cherokee Nation Human Resources will be conducting open job interviews from 10 a.m. to noon in Muskogee at the Three Rivers Health Center, 1001 S. 41st St. East. For more info, contact Human Resources by calling 918-772-4278 or by emailing penny-holmes@cherokee.org.

August 17

Ribbon Skirt Class: Cherokee textile artist Matt Anderson will be teaching how to make your very own ribbon skirt at the Cherokee National Prison Museum in Tahlequah from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost of the class is $25 and space is limited. Learn more, including materials that you will need to bring, and sign up at https://shop.visitcherokeenation. com/collections/cultural-classes/products/0817-2023-make-your-own-ribbon-skirt-class.