{"id":13,"date":"2026-05-28T15:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukbhistory.com\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:27:09","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ukbhistory.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13\" class=\"elementor elementor-13\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29c8d2f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29c8d2f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdbc3de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cdbc3de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UKB History is committed to bringing the story of the UKB to Tahlequah and beyond &#8211; from its founding to today. <br \/><\/span><strong>Follow the UKB History Facebook page to learn more about the project and stay up to date. <\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-161111f e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-6141753 \" data-id=\"161111f\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"161111f\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-id=\"161111f\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b58675 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9b58675\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09242d7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"09242d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7ef185 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c7ef185\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b4d6b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9b4d6b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is the UKB?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d7a3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8d7a3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The United Keetowah Band has been around for less than a century, but they already have a storied history here in Tahlequah.<br \/><br \/>The UKB is a band of federally recognized Cherokee Native Americans headquartered in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. 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