Cherokee Nation Signs Historic Self-Governance Agreement with the U.S. DOT
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation signed an historic self-governance agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Tuesday. The pact allows one of Indian Country’s largest tribes to plan and oversee its own road construction planning and transit projects without having to seek federal permission and oversight over projects.
The Cherokee Nation is the first tribe in Indian Country to enter into such an agreement with the Transportation Department.
The Tribal Transportation Self-Governance Program compact and funding agreement was signed by Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr. on behalf of the tribe and U.S. Department Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who did not attend the signing ceremony because he tested positive for COVID-19.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Polly Trottenberg attended the event in Buttigieg’s place. She signed the document as a witness at the ceremony.
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