STILLWELL, Okla. –
The Cherokee Nation is setting aside $10 million for a new outpatient drug use disorder recovery facility in Stilwell.
The planned 10,000-square-foot center will be located at 82102 Highway 59. Cherokee Nation leaders signed legislation earmarking the funding for the project, which will use opioid settlement dollars.
The new facility is part of the tribe’s investment in behavioral health and addiction treatment through its Behavioral Health Capital Fund.
The fund was established in 2022 after Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., Deputy Chief Bryan Warner and the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council amended the Public Health and Wellness Fund Act. The changes directed most opioid settlement funds toward behavioral health and addiction treatment construction projects.
The Stilwell center is one of several recovery facilities planned across the Cherokee Nation reservation. Construction has also begun on an inpatient addiction treatment center in Tahlequah and outpatient recovery centers in Tahlequah and Vinita. Those projects are scheduled for completion in 2027.
