Natural beauty and outstanding opportunities for recreation abound within the hills, lakes, and rivers of this part of Oklahoma. Add to these attributes a very cooperative climate, and the result is a mecca for fishermen, canoeists, water skiers, and devotees of sailing.
Accommodations range from the rustic to the plush to fit every taste and budget.
The proximity of excellent educational and cultural sources round out the picture of the good life in northeastern Oklahoma, traditional home of the Cherokee Nation. By means of a contract between the Oklahoma City Area Office of the Indian Health Service and the Health Services Authority of the Cherokee Nation. Federal dollars are earmarked for tribal use each year and technical assistance is provided by IHS personnel. Under a special memorandum of agreement between the Indian Health Service and the Cherokee Nation, physicians and other health care professionals can accept assignments at the facilities of this service unit either as commissioned officers of the U.S. Public Health Service or as direct employees of the Cherokee tribe. Compensation, fringe benefits, working conditions, and personnel policies that accompany the two situations are comparable.