Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: 25-012

• File #: 25-012
• Version: 1
• Name: N/A
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/29/2025
• In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
• On agenda: 2/10/2025
• Final action: 2/14/2025
• Enactment date: 2/10/2025
• Enactment #: R-008-25
• Title: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (BIA) TO REVISE AND UPDATE THE CHEROKEE NATION'S INVENTORY OF TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES
• Sponsors: Mike Shambaugh, Daryl Legg
• Indexes: BIA Funds, BIA Indian Highway, Roads, Tribal Transportation Program
• Code sections: N/A - Not Applicable

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/14/2025	1	OFFICE OF THE CHIEF	Signed
2/10/2025	1	TRIBAL COUNCIL	Approved	Pass
2/10/2025	1	COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE	Approved and Forwarded to Council	Pass

Title

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (BIA) TO REVISE AND UPDATE THE CHEROKEE NATION’S INVENTORY OF TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES

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WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation since time immemorial has exercised the sovereign rights of self-government on behalf of the Cherokee people;

WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation is a federally recognized Indian Nation with a historic and continual government to government relationship with the United States of America;

WHEREAS, Title 23 United States Code provides for tribal determination of its own needs and priorities for the allocation of Tribal Transportation Program funding (formerly Indian Reservation Roads);

WHEREAS, the implementing regulations promulgated in 25 CFR Part 170 provides for the documentation of Tribal Transportation Facilities through a long-range transportation plan;

WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation has conducted extensive research to document its transportation needs and in doing so has adopted a long-range transportation plan of Tribal Transportation Program Facilities.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION, that this resolution hereby affirms the adopted long-range transportation plan and authorizes the BIA to update the Nation’s Inventory of Tribal Transportation Facilities to include the following roads:

TTFI Route #	Route Name	County	Mileage	Submittal Type	Maintenance Responsibility	Construction Need	Functional Class
B884	NS-4700 Road	Adair	0.8	New	City/County	2	5
B885	Young Avenue	Adair	1.0	New	City	2	5
B966	East Willis Road	Cherokee	1.5	New	County	2/4	5
A657	NS-439 Road Part 1	Mayes	2.4	New	County	2	4
15B7	NS-4370/EW-10800 Road	Muskogee	3.0	New	County	2	5
15B8	Howland Cemetery Road	Muskogee	5.0	New	County	2	5
0149	EW-0190 West Ext. Road	Ottawa	3.0	New	County	2	4
0560	NS-4220 Road	Rogers	5.8	New	County	2	4/5
16F7	Old Stagecoach Road	Sequoyah	5.5	New	County	2	5
1119	E 106th St N Part 2	Tulsa	1.0	New	County	2	4
1120	NS-3950 road	Tulsa	3.0	New	County	2	5
1121	176th St N/EW-3950 Road	Tulsa	2.0	New	County	2	4
	Total New Mileage		34.0