OKMULGEE, Okla. – The Muscogee (Creek) Nation National Council held the monthly Land, Natural Resources, and Cultural Preservation Committee session at the Mound Building on April 18.
Passed legislation is subject to Full Council approval during the Regular Session held the last Saturday of each month.
The committee addressed the following legislation, the interpretation of which is attributed to language in the bills:
TR 23-030 Authorizing the Principal Chief to execute a MCN Department of Housing contract with Hersh Properties, LLC. Representative Joseph Hicks sponsored the legislation with Representative Patrick Freeman Jr. and Representative Galen Cloud as co-sponsors, which passed 4-0.
The contract will include the cost of eight duplexes ($3,100,000) from the Indian Housing Block Grant/American Rescue Plan Act funds to add to the MCN Dept. of Housing Rental Program.
TR 23-031 Authorizing The Principal Chief to execute a Purchase Sale Agreement for property located in Okmulgee County. Representative Thomasene Yahola Osborn sponsored the legislation, which passed 3-0-1.
The property at 5005 North Wood Drive will be used for additional office space for tribal employees.
TR 23-034 Authorizing The Principal Chief to execute a Repatriation Agreement with the Alabama Department Of Archives and History for the transfer of human remains and funerary objects at the Muscogee Ancestral Town Sites Of Pintlala in Lowndes County, Al, and Hoithlewalli In Montgomery County, Al, to the MCN. Rep. Cloud sponsored the legislation with Rep. Hicks as co-sponsor, which passed 3-0.
The MCN formally claimed human remains and funerary objects on November 29, 2022. Oversight and transfer will be provided by the MCN Historic and Cultural Preservation Department.
NCA 23-024 Appropriating funds to be used toward the purchase of property located in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. Rep. Osborn sponsored the legislation, which was forwarded to BFJ for funding 3-0.
The property at 5005 North Wood Drive will be used for additional office space for tribal employees. The total cost will be $1,020,000.
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