NEWS OF THE SOUTHERN CHEROKEE NATION

The next meeting of the Council of the Southern Cherokee Nation will be held September 25, 2010 at the tribal headquarters in Webbers Falls, Oklahoma.  All tribal members are welcome to attend.  If you have any questions, please contact the tribal office.

Anyone who is presently an enrolled member of the Southern Cherokee Nation needs to be contacting the tribal office at your earliest convenience.  And this is limited to those who have received a tribal photo ID enrollment card issued by the tribal office here in Webbers Falls, Oklahoma and not one that has been issued by any one of the other groups claiming to represent the Southern Cherokee Nation.

After the completion of the ratification process of the new Constitution, ratified by an affirmative vote by three-fourths of all eligible voting members of the tribe, the election of tribal officials for the Southern Cherokee Nation is now final. The election, as called for by the Council of the Southern Cherokee Nation in order to be in full compliance with the new Constitution, has been held in order to fill the positions outlined in the new Constitution. Positions have been filled as follows:

COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN CHEROKEE NATION

Kathern S. Medlin
Leroy Light
Nancy L. Scott
Darrell W. Bunton
Brian E. Light
Kimberly S. Miller
David M. Light Jr.

PEACEMAKER

Jerry G. Light

PRINCIPAL CHIEF

Andrew D. Light

All parties have been sworn in to their respective elected positions and are prepared to move forward as a tribe. Each and every member of the government of the Southern Cherokee Nation is here to serve the people of this tribe and welcome any and all contact with their constituents.