Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: 22-083

• File #: 22-083
• Version: 1
• Name: N/A
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/12/2022
• In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
• On agenda: 10/27/2022
• Final action: 11/18/2022
• Enactment date: 11/14/2022
• Enactment #: R-049-22
• Title: A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF JOHN SPARKS AS MEMBER OF THE CHEROKEE NATION GAMING COMMISSION
• Sponsors: Dora Patzkowski, Keith Austin, Rex Jordan, Daryl Legg, E. O. "JR." Smith, Victoria Vazquez, Joe Deere, Mike Shambaugh, Julia Coates, Johnny Kidwell , Shawn Crittenden, Candessa Tehee
• Indexes: Boards and Commissions, Gaming
• Code sections: N/A - Not Applicable

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/18/2022	1	OFFICE OF THE CHIEF	Signed
11/14/2022	1	TRIBAL COUNCIL	Approved	Pass
10/27/2022	1	RULES COMMITTEE	Approved and Forwarded to Council	Pass

Title

A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF JOHN SPARKS AS MEMBER OF THE CHEROKEE NATION GAMING COMMISSION

Body

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 Principal Chief, as a representative of the Cherokee Nation is authorized to select members of the Cherokee Nation Gaming Commission, subject to the majority vote of the Council of the Cherokee Nation; and,

WHEREAS, John Sparks is duly qualified and should be a member of the Cherokee Nation Gaming Commission and its successors.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION, that John Sparks is hereby confirmed as a member of the Cherokee Nation Gaming Commission, serving a term of (3) three years from November 2022 through November 2025.