Cite as: 51 CNCA § 103

For the purposes of this act:

1. "Administration" shall mean the Executive Branch of Cherokee Nation as provided for in Article VII of the Cherokee Nation Constitution.

2. "Agency" shall mean commissions, departments, government-owned companies, or other instrumentalities of Cherokee Nation.

3. "Council" or "Tribal Council" shall mean the Council of Cherokee Nation as provided for in Article VI of the Cherokee Nation Constitution.

4. "Government-owned company" or "instrumentalities" means those entities in which Cherokee Nation is the sole or majority stockholder or owner, including, but not limited to: Cherokee Nation Enterprises, Cherokee Nation Businesses, and Cherokee Nation Industries.

5. "Nation" shall mean Cherokee Nation.

6. "Person" means an agency, individual, a corporation, an estate, a trust, a general partnership, a limited partnership, a limited liability company, an association, or any other legal, commercial, government-owned company, or governmental entity.

7. "State" means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, a federally-recognized Indian tribe, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

Historical Data

LA 12–07, eff. March 19, 2007.