Cite as: 31 CNCA § 802

A. Cherokee Artist Recovery Fund: For fiscal years 2023 and 2024 a total of $3,000,000 is authorized for expenditure under this Act, with an additional authorization for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 of any appropriated but unexpended funds from prior fiscal years plus $1,000,000.

B. The primary funding source is federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds under the Cherokee Nation COVID-19 Respond, Recover and Rebuild Plan (RRR). Other funding sources include dividends received from those for-profit corporations in which Cherokee Nation is the sole or majority shareholder, and that are incorporated under Cherokee Nation law and grants, miscellaneous sources and contributions, revenues of enterprises, taxes, and special and general fund sources.

C. All funding authorized herein is subject to the Council appropriations process.

Historical Data

LA 32-22, eff. October 11, 2022. Amended LA 05-25, eff. February 10, 2025.