Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: 21-044

• File #: 21-044
• Version: 2
• Name: CHEROKEE NATION TRIBAL YOUTH COUNCIL ACT
• Type: Legislative Act
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/16/2021
• In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
• On agenda: 4/29/2021
• Final action: 5/21/2021
• Enactment date: 5/17/2021
• Enactment #: LA-25-21
• Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CHEROKEE NATION TRIBAL YOUTH COUNCIL ACT
• Indexes: Stipends, Youth, Youth Council , Youth Leadership
• Code sections: Title 70 - Schools and Education
• Related files: R-94-89

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/21/2021	2	OFFICE OF THE CHIEF	Signed
5/17/2021	2	TRIBAL COUNCIL	Approved	Pass
4/29/2021	1	RULES COMMITTEE	Approved and Forwarded to Council	Pass

Title
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CHEROKEE NATION TRIBAL YOUTH COUNCIL ACT
Body
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:

Section 1. Title and Codification

This act shall be known as the "Cherokee Nation Tribal Youth Council Act" and codified at Title 70, Chapter 4 of the Cherokee Nation Code.

Section 2. Purpose

The purpose of this act is to provide for the codification of the youth leadership program for Cherokee Nation students in the fourteen counties of the Cherokee Nation Reservation previously established as the Youth Leadership Program under the Indian Education Act.

Section 3. Legislative History

Article VI, Section 7 of the Cherokee Nation Constitution states that the Council shall have the power to establish laws which it shall deem necessary and proper for the good of the Nation. The Youth Leadership Program was established under the Indian Education Act pursuant to Resolution No. 94-89.

Section 4. Findings

The Council of the Cherokee Nation finds that:

1. The Cherokee Nation Education Department has previously established a need for a youth leadership program for Indian students in the fourteen counties of the Cherokee Nation Reservation; and

2. The Youth Leadership Program was previously expanded to reach Cherokee youth and communities within the Cherokee Nation's jurisdictional areas; and

3. The Youth Leadership Program was previously funded under the Indian Education Act establishing the Youth Leadership Program; and

4. The Youth Leadership Program should be codified to preserve its purpose and funding.

Section 5. Substantive Provisions

CHAPTER 4
CHEROKEE NATION TRIBAL YOUTH COUNCIL ACT

Section
501. Short title
502. Purpose
503. Tribal Youth Council

? 501. Short title

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Cherokee Nation Tribal Youth Council Act.

? 502. Purpose

The purpose of this act is to provide for the preservation of the purpose and funding of the Cherokee Nation Tribal Youth Council previously establishe...