Tahlequah, Okla., — On the first Monday of November, Keetoowah members will have many decisions to make up and down the UKB election ballot. At the top is a race for chief and an election for the next assistant chief of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. Closer to the bottom off the ballot will be a race for all officer and council positions in UKB.
Ahead of the 2024 UKB election, Giduwa Cherokee News is tracking candidacies in these races. Here is the complete official list of the candidates for Chief, Assistant Chief, Secretary, Treasurer, and the rest of the council:
CHIEF
Roxana Wilden
Jeffery Wacoche
Archie Buzzard
ASSISTANT CHIEF
Ernestine Berry
Jamie Thompson
Amos Ketcher
SECRETARY
Susan Adair
Caleb Grimmett
Joyce Hawk
TREASURER*
Sonja Gourd
GOINGSNAKE
Willie Christie
Sharon Benoit
Elmer Panther
DELAWARE*
Tishaleta Guevara
FLINT*
Frankie Still
SALINE
Charles Smoke
John Mouse
TAHLEQUAH
Sammy Allen
Teresa Hair
COOWEESCOOWEE
Clifford Wofford
Jeannie Tidwell
SEQUOYAH*
Donald Adair
CANADIAN
ILLINOIS*
Janelle Adair
*IF THERE IS ONLY ONE CANDIDATE LISTED UNDER AN OFFICE OR DISTRICT THEN THAT CANDIDATE IS UNOPPOSED.
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