Intertribal Life Newspaper -

OWASSO, Okla.-Cherokee Nation and its film office celebrated the opening of the Cherokee Film Studios, Owasso Campus, with a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday. The tribe's state-of-the-art facility is the first of its kind in Oklahoma and Indian Country.

Cherokee Nation leadership and executives from the tribe's business arm, Cherokee Nation Businesses, joined state officials, local community leaders and industry professionals in commemorating the area's foremost filmmaking destination.

"The Cherokee Nation Film Office is leading the way in helping grow and diversify Oklahoma...