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Votes at a glance: Cherokee Nation council passes membership, fund and land resolutions and several acts
Summary
At its Sept. 25 meeting the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council passed items including membership in the National Congress of American Indians, amendments to the Public Health and Wellness Fund Act, land-lease actions, the Historic Cemetery Preservation Act, a trail system act, and amendments to the Cherokee Heritage Center Act.
The Cherokee Nation Tribal Council passed a slate of resolutions and acts during its Sept. 25 meeting. The following is a summary of each item, the motion as stated in the meeting record, and the recorded outcome.
- National Congress of American Indians membership (Agenda item 1): "A resolution authorizing Cherokee Nation to become a member of the National Congress of American Indians and to appoint the tribal delegate and alternates." Motion moved by Councilman Joe Dear. The council voted in favor by voice vote; the motion passed with no recorded opposition in the meeting minutes.
- Public Health and Wellness Fund Act, 2025 amendments (Agenda item 5): Motion to adopt the 2025 amendments to the Public Health and Wellness Fund Act. The item was moved from the health committee and passed on a roll-call vote recorded in the transcript as "Motion passes 17." (Yes: 17)
- Amendment to lease GO8-3492 (Agenda item 6): "Resolution authorizing an amendment to add an option to renew to business lease number GO8-3492 to the Tinkular Utilities Authority (TUA) on land held in trust for Cherokee Nation." Motion passed by voice vote; no roll-call tally recorded in the transcript.
- Lease of Bridal Trust Lane to Cherry Tree Rural Water District, Inc. (Agenda item 7): "Resolution authorizing Cherokee Nation to lease Bridal Trust Lane in the Cherokee Nation Industrial Park to Cherry Tree Rural Water District, Incorporated." Motion passed by voice vote; no roll-call tally recorded.
- Cherokee Nation Historic Cemeteries Preservation Act (Agenda item 8): Motion to adopt the Historic Cemetery Preservation Act. Passed via roll-call vote recorded as "Motion passes 17." (Yes: 17)
- Cherokee Nation Trail System Act (Agenda item 9): Motion to adopt the Trail System Act to fund planning for a long-term trail vision and to authorize the secretary of natural resources to engage planning expertise. Passed via roll-call vote recorded as "Motion passes 17." (Yes: 17)
- Support for Joe Deere as candidate for regional vice president, NCAI (Agenda item 10): "Resolution confirming support of Joe Deere as candidate for regional vice president of the National Congress of American Indians." Motion passed by voice vote; council recorded support.
- Cherokee Heritage Center Act, 2020–2025 amendments (Agenda item 11): Motion to approve amendments to the Cherokee Heritage Center Act. Passed on roll-call with the transcript recording "Motion passes 17." (Yes: 17)
Where roll-call counts were published in the transcript, they are noted above. Several items passed by voice vote and the meeting record does not include a roll-call tally for those items. The transcript does not include item-specific text for some resolutions beyond the titles read into the record; where details were not provided in the meeting text, the article indicates that content is "not specified."
