Tribal Council approves polling precincts for June tribal elections
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. —The Cherokee Nation Tribal Council approved polling precincts for the June 27 tribal elections, including 15 new voting sites in some counties.
Counties with new polling sites include Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Sequoyah and Tulsa counties.
The list of polling sites was submitted by the Cherokee Nation Election Commission to the Tribal Council in the April Rules Committee, and Tribal Council approved the precincts during Monday night’s May meeting.
“The Election Commission worked meticulously to select the most accessible and accommodating voting precincts for our citizens in the upcoming elections,” said Cherokee Nation Tribal Council Speaker Tina Glory-Jordan. “We must ensure our tribal elections are fair and transparent, and having dozens of voting precincts in the heart of our communities offer the opportunity for the Cherokee people to exercise one of our most cherished rights.”
Voting precincts and locations for each county are as follows:
Adair County
Bell – Bell Public School, Rt. 5 Box 4470, Stilwell, OK
Cave Springs – Lyons Community Association Building, 463101 E. 914 Road, Bunch, OK
Chewey – Illinois River Ranch Clubhouse, 63320 S. 4625 Road, Proctor, OK
Stilwell – Ozark Electric, 470479 Hwy. 51, Stilwell, OK
Westville – Westville Public Schools, 500 W. Chincapin, Westville, OK
Cherokee County
Briggs – Briggs Public School, 17210 S. 569 Road, Tahlequah, OK
Hulbert – Hulbert Community Building, 316 Rider Lane, Hulbert, OK
Keys – Keys Community Building, 19083 E. 840 Road, Park Hill, OK
Lowrey – Lowrey Fire Department, 9775 Hwy. 82 A, Tahlequah, OK
Tahlequah – Sequoyah High School, 17091 S. Muskogee Ave., Tahlequah, OK
Craig County
Vinita – Vinita Health Center, 27371 S. 4410 Road, Vinita, OK
Welch – Gateway Assembly of God Church, 440 W. 10th St., Welch, OK
Delaware County
Grove – Grove Community Center, 104 W. 3rd St., Grove, OK
Jay – Jay Senior Citizen Center, 816 S. Main St., Jay, OK
Kansas – Kansas Town Hall, 150 S. Cherokee, Kansas, OK
Kenwood – Kenwood Public School, 48625 S. 502 Road, Salina, OK
Mayes County
Locust Grove – Locust Grove Upper Elementary, 720 N. Hwy. 82, Locust Grove, OK
Pryor – St. Mark Catholic Church, 1507 S. Vann St., Pryor, OK
Salina – A-Mo Health Center, 900 N. Owen Walters Blvd., Salina, OK
Spavinaw – Spavinaw City Hall, 117 S. Main, Spavinaw, OK
Muskogee County
Fort Gibson – Fort Gibson Community Building, 200 W. Poplar, Fort Gibson, OK
Muskogee – Three Rivers Health Center, 1001 S. 41st St. E., Muskogee, OK
Warner – Warner Public School Event Center, 1301 N. Hwy. 64, Warner, OK
Nowata County
Nowata – Nowata Senior Citizen Center, 238 N. Maple St., Nowata, OK
South Coffeyville – South Coffeyville Community Building, 215 S. Oklahoma St., South Coffeyville, OK
Ottawa County
Afton – Afton Senior Citizen Center, 201 SW. 1st St., Afton, OK
Rogers County
Catoosa – Catoosa Public Library/Community Center, 105 E. Oak, Catoosa, OK
Chelsea – Boys & Girls Club of Chelsea, 119 N. Ash St., Chelsea, OK
Claremore – Rogers County Building, 416 S. Brady, Claremore, OK
Oologah – Oologah Assembly of God Church, 13462 S. Hwy. 169, Oologah, OK
Sequoyah County
Belfonte – Belfonte/Nicut Community Center, 474894 Hwy. 101, Muldrow, OK
Gore – Gore City Hall, 201 S. Main St., Gore, OK
Marble City – Marble City Town Hall, 120 A North Main, Marble City, OK
Muldrow – Cherokee Community Center, 603 N. Main, Muldrow, OK
Sallisaw – Cherokee Nation Housing Authority, 2260 W. Cherokee Ave., Sallisaw, OK
Sallisaw – Sallisaw United Methodist Church, 2100 McGee Drive, Sallisaw, OK
Vian – Vian Public Schools, 203 W. Hunter, Vian, OK
Tulsa County
Collinsville – Collinsville Public Library, 1223 W. Main, Collinsville, OK
Skiatook – Skiatook City Municipal Building, 220 S. Broadway St., Skiatook, OK
Tulsa – Tulsa Career Services Office, 10837 E. Marshall St. – Suite 101, Tulsa, OK
Wagoner County
Okay – Okay Senior Citizen Center, 3701 E. 75th St. N., Okay, OK
Washington County
Bartlesville – Keeler Heights Office, 1003 S. Virginia Ave., Bartlesville, OK
To find your voting precinct, call the Cherokee Nation Election Commission at 918-458-5899 or 800-353-2895.
The Cherokee Nation Tribal Council also honored Cherokee citizen Dawn Stover, of Norman, for her dedication to Native American crime victims. Stover received the Bonnie Heavy Runner Victim Advocacy Award at the bi-annual Indian Nations Conference in Palm Springs, California, in December 2014.
“With domestic violence in Indian Country reaching unprecedented levels, it is truly remarkable to see a Cherokee woman working so diligently to eradicate this epidemic,” said Tribal Councilor Victoria Vazquez. “Ms. Stover has the heart of a servant and genuinely cares for her fellow Native women. The work of Ms. Stover is to be commended, and I hope her example will lead to many other Native women taking up the cause of stopping domestic violence.”
Stover currently serves as the executive director for the Oklahoma Native American Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalition, and was invited by President Barack Obama to the signing of the 2013 Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization. Stover joins Tribal Council Attorney Dianne Barker Harrold as the only two Cherokee citizens to receive the Bonnie Heavy Runner Victim Advocacy Award.
In other business, the Tribal Council took the following actions:
- Appointed Cherokee linguist Durbin Feeling, of Tahlequah, to serve a one-year term on the Cherokee National Treasure Advisory Committee. Feeling, a graduate of Northeastern State University and University of California-Irvine, received the distinction of Cherokee National Treasure in September 2011 for his dedication to the preservation of the Cherokee language.
- Honored the Sequoyah Lady Indians basketball team for winning the class 3A state championship in March. The Lady Indians finished with a 23-6 record in route to the program’s fourth girls basketball state championship.
- Honored the Locust Grove Lady Pirates basketball team for winning the class 4A state championship in March. The Lady Pirates finished with a 26-3 record in route to the program’s first girls basketball state championship.
The next Tribal Council meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, June 15, at the W.W. Keeler Complex in Tahlequah.
