Cherokee Nation Tribal Council Re-nominates Gaming Commissioners
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Cherokee Nation Tribal Council voted unanimously to approve the Principal Chief’s re-nominations of Dennis Springwater and Jason Soper as commissioners of the Cherokee Nation Gaming Commission.
Springwater, of Park Hill and Soper, of Oklahoma City, have served on the Gaming Commission for the past three years.
“The Gaming Commission is charged with overseeing and regulating all gaming facilities owned and operated by the Cherokee Nation,” said Jamie Hummingbird, Gaming Commission Director. “I am looking forward to working with Chairman Springwater and Commissioner Soper to maintain the high level of integrity they and the other members of the Commission have worked so hard to achieve.”
Deputy Chief Joe Grayson read the State of the Nation address in place of Principal Chief Chad Smith, who was away on business. Deputy Chief Grayson honored three Cherokee veterans, Vietnam War era veterans Jack Pettit and Jerry Ice, and Desert Storm and Iraq War veteran Jerry Ice, Jr. He also congratulated employees who were recognized for their Cherokee attributes.
In other business, the Council voted to authorize the Department of Children, Youth and Family Services to submit an application for funding for emergency youth shelter services and passed an act relating to the tribe’s mixed beverage sales act. The Council also voted to pass an act relating to tribal representative districts.
The entire July 14 Cherokee Nation Tribal Council meeting can be viewed on the Cherokee Nation’s Web site at www.cherokee.org.
The next Cherokee Nation Tribal Council meeting is scheduled for August 11 at 6 p.m. in the Tribal Council Chambers at the W.W. Keeler Tribal Complex on Highway 62 south of Tahlequah.