Two Native American tribes in Oklahoma are planning to construct separate meat processing facilities. The Cherokee and Osage nations have announced plans for processing plants, to be operational by early 2021.
According to the Tulsa World, the Cherokee Nation is planning to convert a shuttered horticulture nursery into a 12,000-square-foot facility, west of Tahlequah. The facility will be used to process beef, pork and bison and is expected to employ seven people. According to the Anadisgoi News Room, the plant will first serve Cherokee citizens with food insecurities before potentially expanding into the larger commercial marketplace.