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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PLACEMENT OF LAND IN TRUST - CHILOCCO 2667.94 ACRES
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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, Cherokee Nation owns a tract of land located in Kay County, Oklahoma, known as Chilocco, more particularly described as follows:
Section 13 Lots 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7; SW4 NE4; W2 SE4; and the parts of SE4 NW4 and E2 SW4 and Lot 3 all lying East of the East right-of-way line of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, containing 339.53 acres;
Section 16 Lots 3 and 4; S2 NW4 and SW4, containing 313.85 acres;
Section 17 Lots 1 and 2 LESS AND EXCEPT that part described as Beginning at a point 39 rods South of the NE corner of the NE4 of said section; thence 24 rods South; thence 33 1/3 rods West; thence 24 rods North; thence 33 1/3 rods East to the Point of Beginning, containing 5 acres; Lots 5, 6 and 7; SE4 NE4 and E2 SE4, containing 313.62 acres;
Section 20 Lots 1 and 2 and E2 NE4 LESS AND EXCEPT that part described as Beginning at a point 67 rods North of SE corner of the NE4 of said section; thence North 20 rods; thence West 50 rods; thence South 10 rods; thence East 20 rods; thence South 10 rods; thence East 30 rods to Point of Beginning, containing 5 acres; Lots 3 and 4 and E2 SE4, containing 316.36 acres;
Section 21 Those parts of the NW4 and SW4 lying West of the West right-of- way line of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad, containing 150.26 acres;
Section 24 Lots 1,2,3 and 4; W2 NE4; W2 SE4; and those parts of the E2 NW4 and SW4 lying East of the East right-of-way line of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, containing 398.39 acres;
Section 25 Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7; W2 NE4; NW4 SE4 and those parts of the NW4 and N2 ...
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