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File #: 17-019    Version: 1 Name: N/A
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 2/9/2017 In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
On agenda: 4/27/2017 Final action: 5/19/2017
Enactment date: 5/15/2017 Enactment #: R-031-17
Title: A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF AMBER LYNN GEORGE AS A BOARD MEMBER OF CHEROKEE NATION FOUNDATION
Sponsors: Joe Byrd, Rex Jordan, David Walkingstick, Victoria Vazquez
Indexes: Boards and Commissions, Cherokee Nation Foundation formerly CN Education Corp.
Code sections: N/A - Not Applicable
Attachments: 1. R-31-17.PDF

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A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF AMBER LYNN GEORGE AS A BOARD MEMBER OF CHEROKEE NATION FOUNDATION

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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;

 

WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation is a federally recognized Indian Nation with a historic continual government-to-government relationship with the United State of America;

 

WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation Foundation was formed as a nonprofit corporation for the promotion of education to members of the Cherokee Nation, to provide educational assistance to members of the Cherokee Nation and to promote and preserve the language, culture and history of the Nation;

 

WHEREAS, the Principal Chief is authorized to select members of the Board of Directors of the Cherokee Nation Foundation, subject to majority vote of the Council of the Cherokee Nation; and

 

WHEREAS, Amber Lynn George is duly qualified and should be reappointed as an Board Member pursuant to the Bylaws of the Cherokee Nation Foundation;

 

 

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION, that the Council of the Cherokee Nation hereby confirms Amber Lynn George as a Board Member of the Cherokee Nation Foundation for a term beginning May 2017 and expiring May 2021.