Resolution No. 17-97
COUNCIL OF THE CHEROKEE NATION
AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CHIEF, LAW
ENFORCEMENT SERVICES, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS TO TEMPORARILY
RESUME LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES PRESENTLY UNDER COMPACT
WITH THE CHEROKEE NATION AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
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 Cherokee Nation is a Self-Governance Tribe and, pursuant to the Indian Law Enforcement Act, assumed law enforcement power from the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and,
WHEREAS, the Council of the Cherokee Nation recognizes, its highest priority is to provide for the health and safety of the Cherokee people; and,
WHEREAS, the Council of the Cherokee Nation with this declares that a state of an emergency exists.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Council of the Cherokee Nation makes a formal request to the Chief, Law Enforcement Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Area Director, Muskogee Area Office, Bureau of Indian?Affairs, collectively referred to as the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to temporarily assume all law enforcement responsibilities presently under compact with the Cherokee Nation for a period of up to eight weeks; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Council of the Cherokee Nation orders all law enforcement current and former personnel employed in any manner with the Marshal Service of the Cherokee Nation, who are in possession of equipment and/or supplies related to the law enforcement compact between the Cherokee Nation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including but not limited to commission cards, cellular phones, credit cards, vehicles, weapons, and radios, to immediately surrender those items to the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and,
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