Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: 08-129

• File #: 08-129
• Version: 1
• Name: N/A
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/3/2008
• In control: RESOURCE COMMITTEE
• On agenda: 10/13/2008
• Final action: 10/13/2008
• Enactment date: 10/13/2008
• Enactment #: R-87-08
• Title: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TAHLEQUAH, INC., THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREEN COUNTRY, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SEQUOYAH COUNTY, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NOWATA, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF DELAWARE COUNTY AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHELSEA TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MENTORING PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK TRIBAL YOUTH AND TO ACCEPT FUNDING ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THE MENTORING PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK TRIBAL YOUTH
• Sponsors: Bill John Baker, Meredith Frailey
• Indexes: Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma
• Code sections: N/A - Not Applicable

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/21/2008	1	OFFICE OF THE CHIEF	Signed
10/13/2008	1	RESOURCE COMMITTEE	Approved and Forwarded to Council	Pass
10/13/2008	1	TRIBAL COUNCIL	Approved	Pass

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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TAHLEQUAH, INC., THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREEN COUNTRY, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SEQUOYAH COUNTY, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NOWATA, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF DELAWARE COUNTY AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHELSEA TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MENTORING PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK TRIBAL YOUTH AND TO ACCEPT FUNDING ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THE MENTORING PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK TRIBAL YOUTH
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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 continuing government to government relationship with the United States of America; and

WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council is the governing body of the Cherokee Nation; and

WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council is empowered, under the Constitution and Bylaws of the Cherokee Nation to promote and protect the health, peace, morals, education and general welfare of the Cherokee Nation, the communities and its citizens; and

WHEREAS, the safety and well-being of the Cherokee Nation, the communities and its citizens is a high priority to the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP) announced the MENTORING PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK TRIBAL YOUTH to establish a program based on one-on-one or group mentoring with at-risk youth; and

WHEREAS, in 2008, The Boys & Girls Clubs of Tahlequah, Inc., The Boys & Girls Clubs of Green Country, The Boys and Girls Clubs of Sequoyah County, The Boys and Girls Clubs of Nowata, The Boys and Girls Clubs of Delaware County and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Chelsea were selected as mentoring sites in Indian Country to participate in the MENTORING PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK TRIBAL YOUTH; and

WHEREAS, The Boys & Girls Clubs of Tahlequah...