Title
THE CHEROKEE HERITAGE CENTER ACT OF 2020 - 2025 AMENDMENTS
Body
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
Section 1. Title and Codification
This legislative Act shall be titled and codified as the "Cherokee Heritage Center Act of 2020 - 2025 Amendments," and shall be codified at Title __, Historical Societies and Associations, Chapter 1, of the Cherokee Nation Code.
Section 2. Findings
The Council of the Cherokee Nation finds that:
A. The property, buildings and archival holdings housed at the Cherokee Heritage Center are precious and irreplaceable resources for the Cherokee Nation and the Cherokee people, with such property described as:
East 230.0 feet of E/2 ofNE/4 ofNW/4, less and except the South 205.20 feet thereof, in Section 15, Township 16 North, Range 22 E.I.M, Cherokee County, State of Oklahoma, containing 6.00 acres, more or less,
and
S/2 ofNW/4 ofNE/4 and NE/4 ofSW/4 ofNE/4 and the S. 400.0 feet ofSW/2 of NE/4 of NE/4 and W/2 of NW/4 of SE/4 of NE/4, and a tract of land described to wit: Beginning at a point of 200.0 feet E. of the NE corner of W/2 of SW/4 of SE/4 ofNE/4; thence S. 200.0 feet; thence W. 1115.0 feet, to a point 200.0 feet S. and 75.0 feet E. of the NW comer of the SE/4 of SW/4 of NE/4; thence NW on a direct line to the NW comer of said SE/4 of SW/4 of NE/4; thence E. 1190.0 feet, more or less to the point of beginning; in Section 15, Township 16N, Range 22 I.B.&M., Cherokee County, State of Oklahoma, containing 44 acres, more or less.
B. A state of emergency exists concerning the safe storage of the Nation's archival records held at Cherokee Heritage Center due to insufficient storage facilities at Cherokee Heritage Center, requiring immediate action;
C. Since 1963, the Cherokee National Historical Society (CNHS) has served an indispensable role in the preservation and management of the Cherokee Heritage Center and its archival holdings, particularly during periods of time in which the Cherokee Nation lacked sufficient resour...
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