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File #: 23-040    Version: 1 Name: N/A
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 8/16/2023 In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
On agenda: 8/31/2023 Final action: 9/6/2023
Enactment date: 8/31/2023 Enactment #: R-023-23
Title: A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE RENOMINATION OF STANLEY JOE CRITTENDEN AS SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR THE CHEROKEE NATION
Sponsors: Mike Shambaugh, Dora Patzkowski, Victoria Vazquez, Joe Deere, Danny Callison, E. O. "JR." Smith, Daryl Legg, Joshua Sam, Candessa Tehee, Johnny Kidwell , Mike Dobbins
Indexes: Boards and Commissions, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Code sections: N/A - Not Applicable
Attachments: 1. R-23-23

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A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE RENOMINATION OF STANLEY JOE CRITTENDEN AS SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR THE CHEROKEE NATION

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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, pursuant to Article VII, Section 12 of the Cherokee Nation Constitution the Principal Chief is authorized to appoint the Secretary of Veterans Affairs subject to majority vote of the Council of the Cherokee Nation;

 

WHEREAS, the Principal Chief has nominated Stanley Joe Crittenden as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of the Cherokee Nation to fulfill the duties thereof under the Constitution;

 

WHEREAS, Stanley Joe Crittenden is duly qualified to fill this vacancy.

 

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION that Stanley Joe Crittenden is hereby confirmed as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of the Cherokee Nation as authorized by Article VII, Section 12 of the Cherokee Nation Constitution. Serving a term from August 2023 to August 2027.