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A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF CERTAIN HEALTH CARE CAPITAL PROJECTS UNDER THE RESPOND, RECOVER AND REBUILD PLAN
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WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation ("Nation") since time immemorial has exercised the sovereign rights of self-government on behalf of the Cherokee people;
WHEREAS, the Nation is a federally recognized Indian Nation with a historic and continual government to government relationship with the United States of America
WHEREAS, The Cherokee Nation received pandemic response funding under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA);
WHEREAS, the Council of the Cherokee Nation previously approved a broad framework for spending ARPA funds in specified categories under the Cherokee Nation Respond, Recover and Rebuild plan, retaining all relevant constitutional and statutory appropriation and oversight authority, by Resolution 26-21 enacted May 27, 2021;
WHEREAS, among the categories specified under Resolution 26-21 were healthcare infrastructure and community partnership opportunities;
WHEREAS, Cherokee Nation Health System has a number of health care infrastructure opportunities to be developed in future years, but replacement of its two most aging structures, W.W. Hastings Hospital in Tahlequah and the A-Mo Health Center in Salina are high priority opportunities;
WHEREAS, Cherokee Nation has a decades long partnership with Northeastern State University College of Optometry and such partnership has been indispensable to both the provision of optometric services to more than 30,000 patient annually and the development of educational opportunities for Cherokees pursuing a career in optometry;
WHEREAS, Northeastern State University has determined that replacement of its College of Optometry facility is necessary in order to continue providing a high level of optometric education and services at a total estimated cost of $33 million;
WHEREAS the Council supports, subject to all relevant constitutional and statutory appropriation and oversight authority, the following ...
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