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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A TRIBAL SOIL CLIMATE ANALYSIS NETWORK (TSCAN / WEATHER STATION)
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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;
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, The Council of the Cherokee Nation recognizes the importance of addressing Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource needs within the exterior boundaries of the Cherokee Nation jurisdictional area through the utilization of the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Services (NRCS) and the Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); and
WHEREAS, the BIA and NRCS combined their technical and financial resources through an Interagency Reimbursable Agreement to purchase and deploy Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) weather stations to eligible Tribes and Nations to support agricultural operations and Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION, that the Tribal Council hereby authorizes the submission of an application for a SCAN weather station.