Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: 17-043

• File #: 17-043
• Version: 1
• Name: N/A
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/29/2017
• In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
• On agenda: 4/10/2017
• Final action: 4/17/2017
• Enactment date: 4/10/2017
• Enactment #: R-028-17
• Title: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (BIA) TO REVISE AND UPDATE THE CHEROKEE NATION'S INVENTORY OF TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES
• Sponsors: Don Garvin, Buel Anglen, Keith Austin, Jack D. Baker, Harley Buzzard, Joe Byrd, Shawn Crittenden, Frankie Hargis , Wanda Hatfield, Rex Jordan, Dick Lay, Curtis Snell, Janees Taylor, David Thornton, Sr. , Victoria Vazquez, David Walkingstick, Bryan Warner
• Indexes: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Tribal Transportation Program
• Code sections: N/A - Not Applicable

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/17/2017	1	OFFICE OF THE CHIEF	Signed
4/10/2017	1	TRIBAL COUNCIL	Approved	Pass
4/10/2017	1	COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE	Approved and Forwarded to Council	Pass

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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (BIA) TO REVISE AND UPDATE THE CHEROKEE NATION'S INVENTORY OF TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES

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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 and continual government to government relationship with the United States of America;

WHEREAS, Title 23 United States Code provides for tribal determination of its own needs and priorities for the allocation of Tribal Transportation Program funding (formerly Indian Reservation Roads);

WHEREAS, the implementing regulations promulgated in 25 CFR Part 170 provides for the documentation of Tribal Transportation Facilities through a long-range transportation plan;

WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation has conducted extensive research to document its transportation needs and in doing so has adopted a long-range transportation plan of Tribal Transportation Program Facilities.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION, that this resolution hereby affirms the adopted long-range transportation plan and authorizes the BIA to update the Nation’s Inventory of Tribal Transportation Facilities to include the following roads:

BIA Route #	Route Name	Submittal Type	Mileage	County	Maintenance Responsibility	Construction Need	Functional Class
1562	Porum West Extension	New	0.5	Muskogee	County	2	4
	TOTAL MILEAGE		0.5