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TheCherokee Nation Warriors Society is a society ofCherokee Nation tribal members who are also military veterans, and who were honorably discharged from military service. The society is based inTahlequah,Oklahoma, and is administered by the Cherokee Nation Office of Veterans Affairs. Most of the society members participate in theGourd Dance.
Membership in this society is open to all veterans of the Cherokee Nation of any branch of military service. The Cherokee Nation Warriors Society members and those veterans who gave their lives in military service have bricks with their names inscribed paving the Cherokee Nation Warriors Memorial and Pavilion located at the Cherokee Nation Headquarters in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The memorial is dedicated to all Cherokee Citizens and their families who served honorably in the United States Military and to those who gave their lives in defense of theUnited States and the Cherokee homeland.
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