Cherokee Nation Worker Wins $615,000 For Discharge Over Whistleblower Claims

(September 23, 2022, 3:41 PM EDT) -- TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — A Cherokee Nation tribal court jury awarded a former employee of the tribe a total of $615,000 in damages after finding that the tribe violated its own Constitution in firing the worker and constructively discharged him by retaliating against him for leveling whistleblower claims over lost grant money....