Muscogee Nation Names Dr. Lance Frye Tribe's 1st Surgeon General

The Muscogee (Creek) Nation named Doctor Lance Frye the first Surgeon General in the tribe's history.

Frye served as Oklahoma's Health Commissioner from May 2020 to October 2021, through the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

He was the Air Surgeon for the Oklahoma Air National Guard before that.

You can hear from Doctor Frye and Muscogee Principal Chief David Hill in the later News On 6 newscasts on Tuesday.