Chippewa Cree Business Committee
The Chippewa Cree Business Committee (Tribal Council) is the governing body of the Tribe. The eight (8) Council members and Chairman are elected at large; they serve 4-year terms on staggered schedules of elections.
The Tribe elected to 'consolidate' the Bureau of Indian Affairs (FY 93) and Indian Health Service (FY 94) programs under Title IV of the P.l. 93-638 Act. The historical Act allowed Tribes the opportunity to determine priorities and to become truly self-governing and to exercise the tribal sovereignty.
The sitting members of the Chippewa Cree Business Committee are the following:
- Kenneth Blatt-St. Marks, Chairman
- Rick Morsette, Vice-Chairman
- John "Chance" Houle, Business Committee Member
- Dustin Whitford, Business Committee Member
- Ted Demontiney, Committee Member
- Harlan Baker-Gopher, Business Committee Member
- Gerald Small, Sr., Business Committee Member
- Ted E. Whitford,Sr., Business Committee Member
- Ted Russette III, Business Committee Member
On May 23, 2011 former chairman Raymond "Jake" Parker, Jr. resigned as chairman of the Business Committee before pleading guilty in federal court for theft from a tribal organization. Bruce SunChild, Sr. was elected Chairman on July 5, 2011. An election to fill his vacated member seat was held on August 18, 2011 with Stacey Small winning the remainder of SunChild's term. In the October 2012 General Election, Small and SunChild were defeated.
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