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Cherokee Nation officials, as well as state, local and business leaders, recently gathered with current and future filmmakers to commemorate the tribe’s ongoing efforts to expand and amplify media production within the Cherokee Nation Reservation while highlighting its role as a filmmaking hub for all northeast Oklahoma.

A recently announced collaboration between Cherokee Nation and Amazon will provide full scholarships to Cherokee Film Institute’s inaugural class of students. Amazon’s financial contribution will mean the first 25 students accepted into the program can receive full certification completely tuition-free.

Cherokee Nation recently launched the world’s first and only tribally operated education and workforce development center focused specifically on helping Native Americans join the entertainment industry.

Under the Cherokee Film Institute, the tribe and its businesses are investing in a long-term strategy to create educational and career opportunities aimed at removing barriers for Native Americans to enter the film and media industry while creating a sustainable workforce in and around its tribal reservation. The institute’s first courses are set to begin in January 2025.