Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: R-67-97

• File #: R-67-97
• Version: 1
• Name: N/A
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/1/1997
• In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
• On agenda: N/A
• Final action: 8/11/1997
• Enactment date: 8/11/1997
• Enactment #: R-67-97
• Title: AUTHORIZING THE HEALTH SERVICES DIVISION TO ESTABLISH A TRIBAL REVIEW BOARD TO REVIEW HEALTH RESEARCH PROPOSALS INVOLVING THE CHEROKEE NATION PRIOR TO TRIBAL COUNCIL REVIEW
• Sponsors: Unknown
• Indexes: Health
• Code sections: N/A - Not Applicable
• Related files: 24-095

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RESOLUTION NO.67 .97
Authorizing the Health Services Division to establish a Tribal Review Board to review health research proposals involving the Cherokee Nation prior to Tribal Council Review.
WHEREAS: the Cherokee Nation 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 an historic and continual government to government relationship with the United States of America, and;
WHEREAS: the Cherokee Nation has always sought the protection and rights of tribal members;
WHEREAS: the Cherokee Nation receives numerous requests for health research projects involving the Cherokee Nation;
WHEREAS: a Tribal Review Board will set forth conditions to which research can be conducted;
WHEREAS: the Tribal Review Board will insure the protection of the rights and welfare of tribal members involved in the research and will insure that research is for the benefit of the Cherokee people and will pose no unnecessary risks;
WHEREAS: a Tribal Review Board will have full authority to recommend approval or disapproval on requests for research proposals and to monitor approved research projects;
WHEREAS: the Tribal Review Board members will have representation from professionals in health care, law and justice, the community, and tribal administration;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the Cherokee Nation do fully support the authorization for the establishment of a Tribal Review Board and to exercise full power to receive, review, recommend action and monitor research proposals and projects in the Cherokee Nation Health Services Division.
CERTIFICATION
The foregoing resolution was adopted by the Council of the Cherokee Nation at a duly called meeting on the 11TH day of AUGUST, 1997, having 14 members present, constituting a quorum, by the vote of 14 yea, a nay, 0 abstaining.
ATTEST:
Cherokee Nation Tribal Council
Approved and si...