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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) FOR AN INDIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (ICDBG) APPLICATION FOR THE CHEROKEE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER AND A FOOD DISTRIBUTION SITE IN COLLINSVILLE
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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 has a responsibility to promote the well being of tribal citizens and it has identified a population of tribal citizens whose needs could be met more appropriately for self-sufficiency and economic development if the tribe had a proper facility and business opportunity to do so;
WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation seeks to apply to HUD's ICDBG program for financing to build a food distribution center in Collinsville and create a microenterprise program targeting artists as entrepreneurs, which would both low and moderate income Cherokees to receive services and strengthen communities;
WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation has administered economic development and microenterprise businesses, as well as a food distribution services, for many years and has extensive experience in providing these needed services to Cherokee Nation citizens.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION, that the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council agrees to provide a $266,667 match for an application to HUD's ICDBG Program to create a microenterprise program targeting artists and a food distribution center in Collinsville. .