Post by Okwes on Jan 26, 2006 14:35:19 GMT -5
Delawares elect chief
E-E Staff Report
www.examiner-enterprise.com/articles/2006/01/25/news/2573.txt
The ballots have been counted and Jerry Douglas has been elected
chief of the Bartlesville-based Delaware Tribe of Indians.
Douglas, who was formerly the tribe's vice chief, garnered the most
votes in a special election last weekend after members recalled
former chief Joe Brooks in November, 2005.
Douglas will finish the unexpired term of Brooks, which extends until
November.
He is scheduled to be sworn in to office on Saturday.
Douglas had served as assistant chief for more than three years. He
had also served as acting chief beginning Nov. 5, 2005, when Brooks
was recalled. According to published reports, Douglas' run for chief
was motivated by the "still unfinished business confronting (the)
Delaware people and tribe."
The Delaware are currently negotiating to regain their federal
recognition, which was stripped in March 2005 by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs.
The 10,000-member group lost a 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
decision that recognized a treaty agreement between the Delawares and
the Tahlequah-based Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
Due to the withdrawel of federal recognition and the funding that
goes with it, the tribe was recently forced to close Delaware Health
Center.
The national headquarters building was put up for sale last year.
Before its federal recognition was stripped, the Delaware Tribe
received about $9 million in federal and state funds.
E-E Staff Report
www.examiner-enterprise.com/articles/2006/01/25/news/2573.txt
The ballots have been counted and Jerry Douglas has been elected
chief of the Bartlesville-based Delaware Tribe of Indians.
Douglas, who was formerly the tribe's vice chief, garnered the most
votes in a special election last weekend after members recalled
former chief Joe Brooks in November, 2005.
Douglas will finish the unexpired term of Brooks, which extends until
November.
He is scheduled to be sworn in to office on Saturday.
Douglas had served as assistant chief for more than three years. He
had also served as acting chief beginning Nov. 5, 2005, when Brooks
was recalled. According to published reports, Douglas' run for chief
was motivated by the "still unfinished business confronting (the)
Delaware people and tribe."
The Delaware are currently negotiating to regain their federal
recognition, which was stripped in March 2005 by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs.
The 10,000-member group lost a 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
decision that recognized a treaty agreement between the Delawares and
the Tahlequah-based Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
Due to the withdrawel of federal recognition and the funding that
goes with it, the tribe was recently forced to close Delaware Health
Center.
The national headquarters building was put up for sale last year.
Before its federal recognition was stripped, the Delaware Tribe
received about $9 million in federal and state funds.