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File #: 10-057    Version: 1 Name: N/A
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/5/2010 In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
On agenda: 6/14/2010 Final action: 6/14/2010
Enactment date: 6/14/2010 Enactment #: R-50-10
Title: A RESOLUTION HONORING DEREK RYAN PRATHER FOR RECEIVING THE LEVEL OF EAGLE SCOUT FROM THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Sponsors: Cara Cowan Watts
Indexes: Resolution Honoring......
Code sections: N/A - Not Applicable
Attachments: 1. R-50-10
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A RESOLUTION HONORING DEREK RYAN PRATHER FOR RECEIVING THE LEVEL OF EAGLE SCOUT FROM THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
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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; and,
 
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; and,
 
WHEREAS, the Boy Scouts of America is an honored institution which teaches young men integrity, patriotism, self-reliance, honesty and respect; and
WHEREAS, Derek Prather, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, has received the highest honor that the Boy Scouts of America can bestow on a member, which is the status of Eagle Scout; and
 
WHEREAS, the honor of becoming an Eagle Scout takes years of dedication and hard work and shows that the person receiving such honor is a valued citizen to his community; and
      
WHEREAS, it is beneficial to the Cherokee Nation to recognize tribal citizens who achieve great honors such as receiving the honors earned by Derek Prather.
 
      NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION TRIBAL COUNCIL that it recognizes Derek Prather, a tribal citizen, for receiving the status of Eagle Scout from the Boy Scouts of America Troop 497 chartered by Baylor University in the Indian Nations District of Longhorn Council.