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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING DISCLAIMER OF INTEREST OR QUITCLAIM DEED RELATED TO SETTLEMENT OF QUIET TITLE ACTION
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WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation since time immemorial has exercised the sovereign rights of self-government in 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 defendant in Stalcup v. United States, et al., U.S. District Court Case No. 10-CV-272 TCK PJC, an action brought by two individuals who seek to quiet title in a tract within the Vinita city limits that is approximately two/tenths of an acre in size, and that is more particularly described as:
A tract of land situated in the North Half of Section Twenty-two (22), Township Twenty-five (25) North, Range Twenty (20) East of Indian Meridian, in the City of Vinita, Oklahoma, Craig County, Oklahoma, more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the Northwest Corner of Block 113, according to the Recorded Plat of the City of Vinita; thence along the South right of way line of Illinois Avenue, if extended, Northwesterly having an assigned bearing of North 64º 25’ West a distance of 20.00 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence South 25º 37’ West 145.00 feet; thence North 64º 25’ West 60.00 feet; thence North 25º 37’ East 145.00 feet; thence South 64º 25’ East 60.00 feet to the Point of Beginning; LESS AND EXCEPT that part deeded to the Department of Transportation of the State of Oklahoma in Warranty Deed recorded in Book 572 at Page 679 of the Craig County, Oklahoma records.
(hereinafter referred to as “Subject Property”); and
WHEREAS, the Subject Property is located within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation domain acquired by the Cherokee Nation by patent dated December 31, 1838 and was never allotted to an individual Cherokee citizen; and
WHEREAS, the Subject Property is a small portion ...
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