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Members of the Sequoyah High School basketball team celebrate after winning the Oklahoma state championship.] Members of the Sequoyah High School basketball team celebrate after winning the Oklahoma state championship.

TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - Sequoyah High School has planned a victory celebration for the boy’s basketball team’s recent win in the class 3A state tournament.

The celebration will be held on March 25 and will begin at 1:35 p.m. with a pep assembly in the Sequoyah High School gymnasium. The pep assembly will be followed by a victory parade through downtown Tahlequah to the Cherokee Nation Court House where the basketball team will unveil the state championship trophy and address the crowd. Festivities will continue at 5:00 with dinner served at the Cherokee Nation Cultural Grounds followed by a victory pow wow lead by Jake Chanate, master of ceremonies, Pat Oyebi, head singer, Joseph Byrd, head man dancer, and Kryste Benge, head lady dancer.

The public is invited to attend and show their support for the Sequoyah High School basketball team. For more information call 918-456-0631.

Mike Miller, Cherokee Nation Director of Communications Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2210) Fax: 918-458-5580 E-mail: Communications@cherokee.org Larry Daugherty, Advertising Manager Cherokee Nation - Public Affairs Phone 918-456-0671 (Ex.2324) E-mail: ldaugherty@cherokee.org

Bradley D. Peak, Cherokee Nation Natural Resources Specialist Phone: 918-456-0671 (ex.2843) E-mail: bpeak@cherokee.org Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma Attn: (Department Name) P.O. Box 948, Tahlequah, OK 74465 Telephone: 918-456-0671 (Toll Free OK) 1-800-256-0671