This time on CNTV News, Brad Clonch and Quin Tran begin the episode with an update on COVID-19 vaccinations. The Chickasaw Nation Department of Health is now offering vaccinations to all Oklahomans at any of the tribe's vaccination locations. One such location is the new COVID-19 Emergency Operations Facility in Ada. Now open, the 40,000-square-foot renovated property will serve as the Chickasaw Nation's COVID-19 incident command center and help facilitate coordination among local, state, tribal and federal emergency management systems. The positive impacts of the vaccination efforts are already being seen. Quin speaks to a panel of healthcare professionals about these impacts and how increased vaccinations are curbing the spread of COVID-19. For the latest information about the vaccination efforts or to register and make an appointment, please visit www.covidvaccine.chickasaw.net.

As we reach the one-year mark of the pandemic, the Chickasaw Nation is hosting a virtual event to honor those who have lost their lives to COVID-19, complications from the disease or other tragic events. To learn more about the memorial or submit information about a loved one, please visit www.chickasaw.net/covidmemorial. Information must be submitted by March 17. Next, Quin speaks with nurse and Chickasaw citizen Kinsha Walker. After recovering from her own battle with COVID-19, she returned to the frontlines to help patients with the illness. As a surge nurse, she has traveled to hospitals outside of her home state of Louisiana over the past year and has been a healing connection for families who are separated from loved ones.

Doctors and nurses are not the only healthcare heroes who have worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic. Quin speaks with Shari West, Director of Facilities Services & Landscaping, to spotlight the unsung heroes who keep hospital rooms clean and safe. To close the episode, CNTV News continues its celebration of Women's History Month by highlighting Chickasaw women who are making a difference in the lives of others. Elizabeth Ruhle is an accomplished academic, college professor, researcher and writer. As a professor at George Washington University and Director of the AT&T Center for Indigenous Politics and Study in Washington, D.C., she's using her platform to highlight contemporary issues faced by native people.