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2023 Cherokee Nation Deputy Chief Election
The 2023 Cherokee Nation deputy chief election was held on June 3, 2023, concurrently with the 2023 Cherokee Nation tribal council elections and 2023 Cherokee Nation principal chief election, to elect the Deputy Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Incumbent deputy chief Bryan Warner ran for re-election to a second term in office with incumbent principal chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. as his running mate. Warner won re-election with over 61% of the vote. Candidates *Meredith Frailey, former tribal councilor *Bill Pearson, U.S. Navy veteran and chair of the Rogers County Republican Party *David Walkingstick, former tribal councilor for District 3 (2011-2019) **Running mate: Cara Cowan Watts, former tribal councilor (2003-2015) *Bryan Warner, incumbent deputy chief (2019–present) and former Cherokee Nation tribal councilor for District 6 **Running mate: Chuck Hoskin Jr., incumbent principal chief (2019–present) Results Legal issues The Cherokee Nation The Cherokee Nation (Che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meredith Frailey
Meredith Frailey is a Cherokee Nation politician who served on the Cherokee Nation tribal council from 2003 to 2013. Education Meredith Frailey graduated from Locust Grove High School and went on to earn her bachelor's degree from Northeastern State University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Tulsa College of Law. Tribal Council Frailey was first elected to the Cherokee Nation tribal council in 2003 in the multi-member district 6 alongside incumbent Johnny Keener, and defeating incumbent Stephanie Wickliffe-Shepherd. In 2006, she was elected Speaker of the Tribal Council for a two-year term. After an amendment to election law split multi-member districts, Frailey ran unopposed for the new District 6, Seat 2 in 2007. In 2009, Frailey attended the inauguration of President Barack Obama. After another round of redistricting, Frailey lost her re-election campaign for the new 15th district to Janees Taylor in 2013. Principal Chief Chad Smith filed a lawsuit on her behalf r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Walkingstick
David Walkingstick is a Cherokee Nation politician who served on the Cherokee Nation tribal council between 2011 and 2019. Education and career David Walkingstick graduated from Sequoyah High School in 1999, and went on to earn his bachelor's degree from the University of Central Oklahoma and a master's degree in school administration from East Central University. He was the Muskogee Public Schools' Indian Education Program director from 2010 to 2018. He resigned after a petition was presented to the school board asking for him to be fired for his stance in the Cherokee freedmen controversy. He was appointed by Governor Mary Fallin to the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education in 2014. Cherokee Nation tribal council Walkingstick first ran for the Cherokee Nation tribal council district 1, seat 2 in 2007; he placed fourth in the general election. In 2011, he ran for the new District 1, Seat 3 in an eight candidate general election. He lead the general election with 36% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Warner
Bryan Warner is a Cherokee Nation politician who has served as the deputy chief of the Cherokee Nation since 2019 and who served as the Cherokee Nation tribal councilor for the 6th district from 2015 to 2019. Early life and education Warner graduated from Northeastern State University in 2009 with a Bachelor's degree in organismic biology. He later earned a master's degree from East Central University and taught science courses at Carl Albert State College. Cherokee Nation tribal council Warner ran for the Cherokee Nation tribal council district 6 in 2015 in a four candidate race against: Ron Goff, Natalie Fullbright, and B. Keith McCoy. Incumbent Janelle Fullbright was term limited. Warner advanced to a runoff alongside Natalie Fullbright after placing second in the June 27 election. Warner won the runoff with 54% of the vote and was sworn on August 14, 2015. In 2017, he was appointed to a two-year term on the Center for Disease Control Agency for Toxic Substances and Diseas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherokee Nation
The Cherokee Nation (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ ''Tsalagihi Ayeli'' or ᏣᎳᎩᏰᎵ ''Tsalagiyehli''), also known as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is the largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States. It was established in the 20th century and includes people descended from members of the Old Cherokee Nation who relocated, due to increasing pressure, from the Southeast to Indian Territory and Cherokee who were forced to relocate on the Trail of Tears. The tribe also includes descendants of Cherokee Freedmen, Absentee Shawnee, and Natchez Nation. As of 2021, over 400,000 people were enrolled in the Cherokee Nation. Headquartered in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation has a reservation spanning 14 counties in the northeastern corner of Oklahoma. These are Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa, Wagoner, and Washington counties. History Late 18th century through 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Cherokee Nation Tribal Council Elections
The 2023 Cherokee Nation tribal council elections took place concurrently with the 2023 Cherokee Nation principal chief election and 2023 Cherokee Nation deputy chief election on June 3, 2023, with runoff elections, where necessary, held on July 8, 2023. The Cherokee Nation's Tribal Council is made up of seventeen Tribal Councilors elected from the fifteen districts within the reservation boundaries and two at-large seats. In 2023, tribal council elections were scheduled to be held for districts 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, and for one of the at-large seats. Background The 2023 Cherokee Nation elections were scheduled to take place on June 3, 2023, with runoff elections scheduled for July 8, 2023. The swearing in of elected officials took place on August 14, 2023. The election was the first election where the Cherokee Nation Election Commission had an in-house investigator to investigate election code violations. The election also utilized 70 new voting machines to replace the ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Election
The 2023 Cherokee Nation principal chief election was held on June 3, 2023, concurrently with the 2023 Cherokee Nation tribal council elections and 2023 Cherokee Nation deputy chief election, to elect the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Incumbent principal chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. ran for re-election to a second term in office with incumbent deputy chief Bryan Warner as his running mate and was re-elected to a second term. Candidates Declared *David Cornsilk, genealogist and former Bureau of Indian Affairs researcher * Cara Cowan Watts, former Deputy Speaker of the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council and candidate for principal chief in 2015 **Running mate: David Walkingstick, former tribal councilor and candidate for principal chief in 2019 * Chuck Hoskin Jr., incumbent principal chief **Running mate: Bryan Warner, incumbent deputy chief *Wes Nofire, tribal councilor and candidate for in 2022 Campaign Chuck Hoskin Jr. pledged that if re-elected, he would continue his work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Hoskin Jr
Chuck is a masculine given name or a nickname for Charles or Charlie. It may refer to: People Arts and entertainment * Chuck Alaimo, American saxophonist, leader of the Chuck Alaimo Quartet * Chuck Barris (1929–2017), American TV producer * Chuck Berry (1926–2017), American rock and roll musician * Chuck Brown (1936–2012), American guitarist and singer * Chuck Close (born 1940), American painter and photographer * Chuck Comeau (born 1979), Canadian drummer * Chuck D (born 1960), stage name of Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, American rapper * Chuck Garric, rock bassist of Alice Cooper * Charlton Heston, "Chuck", (1923–2008), American actor and political activist * Chuck Holmes (entrepreneur) (1945–2000), American entrepreneur and philanthropist, founded Falcon Studios * Chuck Jones (1912–2002), American animator, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films * Chuck Leavell (born 1952), American pianist and keyboardist * Chuck Lorre (born 1952), American tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherokee Phoenix
The ''Cherokee Phoenix'' ( chr, ᏣᎳᎩ ᏧᎴᎯᏌᏅᎯ, translit=Tsalagi Tsulehisanvhi) is the first newspaper published by Native Americans in the United States and the first published in a Native American language. The first issue was published in English and Cherokee on February 21, 1828, in New Echota, capital of the Cherokee Nation (present-day Georgia). The paper continued until 1834. The ''Cherokee Phoenix'' was revived in the 20th century, and today it publishes both print and Internet versions. 19th century In the mid-1820s the Cherokee tribe was being pressured by the government, and by Georgia in particular, to remove to new lands west of the Mississippi River, or to end their tribal government and surrender control of their traditional territory to the United States (US) government. The General Council of the Cherokee Nation established a newspaper, in collaboration with Samuel Worcester, a missionary, who cast the type for the Cherokee syllabary. The Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rogers County
Rogers County is located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 95,240, making it the sixth-most populous county in Oklahoma. The county seat is Claremore. Rogers County is included in the Tulsa, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area. Created in 1907 from the western Saline District of the Cherokee Nation, this area was named the ''Cooweescoowee'' District, and Cooweescoowee County at the time of statehood. However, the residents protested, and the name was changed to Rogers County, after Clem Vann Rogers, a prominent Cherokee rancher, and father of Will Rogers.Thomas, Sarah C"Rogers County,"''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society, 2009. Accessed April 5, 2015. History According to the ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', the Arkansas Band of the Osage Nation settled in the Three Forks area (the junction of the Arkansas River, Grand River, and Verdigris River during the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP ("Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. The GOP was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed for the potential expansion of chattel slavery into the western territories. Since Ronald Reagan's presidency in the 1980s, conservatism has been the dominant ideology of the GOP. It has been the main political rival of the Democratic Party since the mid-1850s. The Republican Party's intellectual predecessor is considered to be Northern members of the Whig Party, with Republican presidents Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, and Benjamin Harrison all being Whigs before switching to the party, from which they were elected. The collapse of the Whigs, which had previously been one of the two major parties in the country, strengthened the party's electoral success. Upon its founding, it supported c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cara Cowan Watts
Cara Cowan Watts (born April 23, 1974) is a Cherokee Nation politician. She served on the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council from 2003 to 2015 and was a candidate for Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation in the 2023 Cherokee Nation principal chief election. Early life and family Cara Cowan Watts was born on April 23, 1974, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, to Beverly (Leerskov) and Clarence "Curly" Cowan. She has a brother named Brett. She is a descendant of Cherokee "Old Settler" Chief, John Rogers. Cowan Watts graduated from Seminole High School in Seminole, Oklahoma. She then attended Oklahoma State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1997, a Master of Science degree in engineering with a focus on Telecommunications in 2002, and a Ph.D. in Biosystems Engineering in 2015. Early career In 2003, Cowan Watts worked for WilTel Communications in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Cherokee Nation political career In 2003, Cara Cowan won her f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
