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A RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI SECTION 3 OF THE CHEROKEE NATION CONSTITUTION, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XV SECTION 2, ELIMINATING TERM LIMITS FOR THE OFFICE OF CHEROKEE NATION TRIBAL COUNCIL; SUPERSEDING RESOLUTION 21-09
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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; and
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; and
WHEREAS, the Constitution of the Cherokee Nation was approved by Commission of Indian Affairs on April 23, 2002 and ratified by the Cherokee people on July 26, 2003, after said Constitution was revised at a duly called Convention of Delegates as provided by law; and,
WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council is approved by Article XV Section 2 of the Constitution to proposed constitutional amendments when the same are approved by a majority of all members of the Council and submitted to the people for their approval at a general election, or at a special election called for that purpose by a two-thirds vote of the Council; and,
WHEREAS, Article VI, Section 3 of the Cherokee Constitution of 1999 provides as follows:
The Council shall consist of seventeen (17) members, who are citizens by blood of the Cherokee Nation. Any citizen by blood of the Cherokee Nation at least twenty-five (25) years of age on that date of the election may be a candidate for Council. Each Council member shall be elected in the general election for a term of four (4) years and until his or her successor is duly elected and installed. All Council members having served two consecutive terms must sit out one (1) term before seeking any seat on the Council.
The Council shall establish representative districts which shall be within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation. Fifteen of these seats shall be apportioned to afford a r...
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