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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American lawyer and politician (born 1950)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other people named Chad Smith, see <a href="/wiki/Chad_Smith_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Chad Smith (disambiguation)">Chad Smith (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Chad Smith</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;">Ugista</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:ChadSmithByPhilKonstantin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/ChadSmithByPhilKonstantin.jpg/220px-ChadSmithByPhilKonstantin.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="352" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/ChadSmithByPhilKonstantin.jpg/330px-ChadSmithByPhilKonstantin.jpg 1.5x, 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style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Byrd_(Cherokee_chief)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Byrd (Cherokee chief)">Joe Byrd</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Crittenden" title="Joe Crittenden">Joe Crittenden</a> (acting)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1950-12-17</span>) </span>December 17, 1950<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Pontiac,_Michigan" title="Pontiac, Michigan">Pontiac, Michigan</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Bobbie Scott</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia" title="University of Georgia">University of Georgia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin,_Madison" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Wisconsin, Madison">University of Wisconsin, Madison</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Public_Administration" title="Master of Public Administration">MPA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Tulsa" title="University of Tulsa">University of Tulsa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Nevada,_Las_Vegas" title="University of Nevada, Las Vegas">University of Nevada, Las Vegas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">MBA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://chadsmith.com">Official website</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Chadwick</b> "<b>Corntassel</b>" <b>Smith</b> (<a href="/wiki/Cherokee_language" title="Cherokee language">Cherokee</a> name <b>Ugista</b>:ᎤᎩᏍᏔ derived from Cherokee word for "Corntassel", <b>Utsitsata</b>:ᎤᏥᏣᏔ; born December 17, 1950)<sup id="cite_ref-Cheropedia_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cheropedia-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Cherokee_Nation" title="Cherokee Nation">Cherokee Nation</a> politician and attorney who served as <a href="/wiki/Principal_Chiefs_of_the_Cherokee" class="mw-redirect" title="Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee">Principal Chief</a> of the Cherokee Nation. He was first elected in 1999. Smith was re-elected to a second term as Chief in 2003 and a third term in June 2007 with 59% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was defeated in his attempt to get elected to a fourth term in office by <a href="/wiki/Bill_John_Baker" title="Bill John Baker">Bill John Baker</a> 54% to 46% in the 2011 election<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he lost again to Baker in 2015, receiving 28% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to being elected Principal Chief, he worked as a lawyer for the tribe and in private practice.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chad_Smith_(politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chad Smith was born in <a href="/wiki/Pontiac,_Michigan" title="Pontiac, Michigan">Pontiac, Michigan</a>, where his father had gone for work. His parents were Nelson Smith, a Cherokee, and Pauline Smith, (western European ancestry).<sup id="cite_ref-Cheropedia_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cheropedia-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He grew up in <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>. As a boy, Smith achieved the rank of <a href="/wiki/Eagle_Scout_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)">Eagle Scout</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America" title="Boy Scouts of America">Boy Scouts</a> in Nashville.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>He grew up with stories of his Cherokee ancestors. He is the great-grandson of <a href="/wiki/Redbird_Smith" title="Redbird Smith">Redbird Smith</a>, a Cherokee Nation Senator and a traditionalist who founded the <a href="/wiki/Original_Keetoowah_Society" title="Original Keetoowah Society">Nighthawk Keetoowah Society</a>, a religious, cultural, and political organization dedicated to reviving the Cherokee way of life. Redbird Smith fought the <a href="/wiki/Dawes_Act" title="Dawes Act">allotment policy</a>, under which the United States government took more than 7,000,000 acres (28,000 km²) of land from the Cherokee. Rachel Quinton, Chad Smith's grandmother, was a lifelong advocate for the Cherokee people and the treasurer for the <a href="/wiki/United_Keetoowah_Band_of_Cherokee_Indians" title="United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians">United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians</a>. </p><p>Smith received a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's degree</a> in education from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia" title="University of Georgia">University of Georgia</a> in 1973, a <a href="/wiki/Master%27s_degree" title="Master's degree">master's degree</a> in public administration from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Wisconsin">University of Wisconsin</a> in 1975, a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tulsa_College_of_Law" title="University of Tulsa College of Law">University of Tulsa</a> in 1980, and an MBA in Hospitality Management from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-Cheropedia_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cheropedia-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_life">Professional life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chad_Smith_(politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1979 to 1980, Smith served a consultant in Indian Law and Tribal Management to the Cherokee Nation's Tribal Operations. From 1982 to 1986, he served as Assistant <a href="/wiki/District_Attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="District Attorney">District Attorney</a> in <a href="/wiki/Creek_County,_Oklahoma" title="Creek County, Oklahoma">Creek County, Oklahoma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cheropedia_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cheropedia-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On two separate occasions, Smith served as the Estate Tax Attorney of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Treasury" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Department of Treasury">United States Department of Treasury</a>, from 1980 to 1982 and from 1987 to 1989.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He was a prosecutor for the Cherokee Nation during 1985–1995 (during the <a href="/wiki/Wilma_Mankiller" title="Wilma Mankiller">Wilma Mankiller</a> administration).<sup id="cite_ref-Cheropedia_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cheropedia-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1989 to 1995 and from 1997 to 1999, he operated a private law practice out of <a href="/wiki/Tulsa,_Oklahoma" title="Tulsa, Oklahoma">Tulsa, Oklahoma</a>, representing clients in civil rights litigation and appeals, criminal defense, and general civil litigation, with a focus on Indian law.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Smith served as an Assistant <a href="/wiki/Public_Defender" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Defender">Public Defender</a> and served as counsel to economically deprived defendants in the District Court of Tulsa County.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Prior to his service as Principal Chief, Smith taught Indian law at <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_State_University" title="Northeastern State University">Northeastern State University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rogers_State_University" title="Rogers State University">Rogers State University</a>, and for a semester at <a href="/wiki/Dartmouth_College" title="Dartmouth College">Dartmouth College</a> while he was a visiting fellow. </p><p>From 1999 to 2011,<sup id="cite_ref-Griffin_2019_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Griffin_2019-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smith served as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, the second largest Indian tribe in the United States with more than 285,000 citizens. </p><p>Before becoming Principal Chief, Smith taught Indian law at Dartmouth College, Northeastern State University and Rogers State University. He served two previous Cherokee Nation chiefs as Director of Tribal Planning, Legal Historian, Cherokee Nation Prosecutor, Director of Justice and Advisor to the Tribal Tax Commission. He also successfully operated his own law practice, served Tulsa County as an assistant public defender and worked as an assistant district attorney in Creek County.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chad_Smith_(politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ChadSmithByPhilKonstantin2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/ChadSmithByPhilKonstantin2.jpg/210px-ChadSmithByPhilKonstantin2.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/ChadSmithByPhilKonstantin2.jpg/315px-ChadSmithByPhilKonstantin2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/ChadSmithByPhilKonstantin2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="343" data-file-height="458" /></a><figcaption>Chad Smith, 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>Smith completed his third 4-year term as Principal Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Cherokee_Nation" title="Cherokee Nation">Cherokee Nation</a> in 2011. The Principal Chief is the head of the <a href="/wiki/Executive_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive branch">executive branch</a> of the tribal government. The position is responsible for the execution of the laws of the Cherokee Nation, establishment of tribal policy, and delegation of authority for the day-to-day operations of the tribe.<sup id="cite_ref-exec_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-exec-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before his election, Smith served under two Cherokee Nation chiefs as Director of Tribal Planning, Legal Historian, Attorney, Cherokee Nation Prosecutor, Director of Justice and adviser to the tribal tax commission. </p><p>Smith was elected Principal Chief on July 24, 1999, defeating the incumbent Principal Chief <a href="/wiki/Joe_Byrd_(Cherokee_Chief)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Byrd (Cherokee Chief)">Joe Byrd</a> in a runoff election. Byrd's first term was marked with tension and constitutional crisis issues. Smith received 7,204 votes (56.48%) to Byrd's 5,552 votes (43.52%). During his first term, <a href="/wiki/Hastings_Shade" title="Hastings Shade">Hastings Shade</a>, a Cherokee traditionalist, language teacher, artist, and author, served as deputy chief. </p><p>Smith was re-elected to subsequent terms in 2003 and 2007, with Joe Grayson as deputy chief, who is a bilingual, full-blood community organizer and military veteran. </p><p>In 2006, Smith supported amending the constitution of the Cherokee Nation to restrict citizenship to those having "Indian blood".<sup id="cite_ref-Byblood_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Byblood-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This action expelled about 2,800 people from the tribe who were known as the <a href="/wiki/Cherokee_freedmen" class="mw-redirect" title="Cherokee freedmen">Cherokee freedmen</a>, as they were descended from people who had been enslaved by Cherokees rather than being Cherokee by blood. Smith argued that since the Cherokee were a sovereign nation, they could establish their own rules for qualification of citizenship. The action was contrary to a post–Civil War treaty that said the Nation had given full citizenship rights to the formerly enslaved people, and was disputed in both U.S. federal courts and Cherokee Nation courts.<sup id="cite_ref-Byblood_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Byblood-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smith ran for a fourth term in 2011. His running mate was Chris Soap, son of Charlie Soap, husband of the late Principal Chief <a href="/wiki/Wilma_Mankiller" title="Wilma Mankiller">Wilma Mankiller</a>. He was challenged by Bill John Baker, who supported inclusion of descendants of freedmen in the tribe. The election was held on June 25, 2011. Both candidates have twice been declared the winner, because voting was so close. Because the results could not be determined with mathematical certainty, the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court ordered a second vote for Sept. 24, 2011. As the Cherokee Nation constitution does not allow elected officials to remain in office past Inauguration Day, Smith left office on Aug. 14, 2011. S. Joe Crittenden was sworn in as deputy chief, and elevated to acting principal chief in accordance with the constitutional chain of succession. </p><p>During his tenure as principal chief, Smith focused on three initiatives: economic self-reliance for the tribe, Cherokee language and cultural revitalization, and community development in Northeastern <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>. Language immersion programs for Cherokee children and youth have been established. Smith popularized the term <i><a href="/wiki/Gadugi" class="mw-redirect" title="Gadugi">gadugi</a></i>, which in Cherokee refers to the spontaneous work crews communities formed as needs arose. It has come to mean coming together to work for the good of all Cherokee. </p><p>The modern Cherokee Nation has had steady economic growth. During Smith's tenure, agricultural growth, and business, corporate, real estate expansion occurred. Some has been funded by revenues from numerous <a href="/wiki/Native_American_gambling_enterprises" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American gambling enterprises">casino</a> operations. The Cherokee Nation controls <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_Nation_Entertainment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cherokee Nation Entertainment (page does not exist)">Cherokee Nation Entertainment</a>, a gaming and hospitality company with several thousand employees in Eastern Oklahoma, as well as Cherokee Nation Industries, a defense contractor. . </p><p>Since 1992 the Cherokee Nation has served as the lead tribe for the <a href="/wiki/Inter-Tribal_Environmental_Council" title="Inter-Tribal Environmental Council">Inter-Tribal Environmental Council</a> (ITEC).<sup id="cite_ref-itec_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-itec-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mission of ITEC is to protect the health of Native Americans, their natural resources, and their environment as it relates to air, land, and water. To accomplish this mission, ITEC provides <a href="/wiki/Technical_support" title="Technical support">technical support</a>, training and environmental services in a variety of environmental disciplines. There are 39 ITEC member tribes in Oklahoma, <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>. </p><p>In February 2021, the Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation rejected the citizenship restriction that had been passed at the instigation of Smith, saying "The 'by blood' language found within the Cherokee Nation Constitution, and any laws which flow from that language, is illegal, obsolete, and repugnant to the ideal of liberty. These words insult and degrade the descendants of the Freedman much like the Jim Crow laws found lingering on the books in Southern states some fifty-seven years after the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act."<sup id="cite_ref-Byblood_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Byblood-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The restriction had also been rejected in a U.S. district court in 2017. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chad_Smith_(politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smith is married to Bobbie Gail Smith,<sup id="cite_ref-Navajo-Hopi_Observer_News_2007_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Navajo-Hopi_Observer_News_2007-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a full-blooded Cherokee from the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountain,_Oklahoma" title="Rocky Mountain, Oklahoma">Rocky Mountain</a> community of <a href="/wiki/Adair_County,_Oklahoma" title="Adair County, Oklahoma">Adair County, Oklahoma</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Published_works">Published works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chad_Smith_(politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Published works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Smith, Chadwick Corntassel and Rennard Strickland with Benny Smith. <i>ᎥᎪᏢᏍᎬ ᏌᏊ ᎠᏥᎸ: Building One Fire, Art and World View in Cherokee Life.</i> Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-61658-960-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-61658-960-8">978-1-61658-960-8</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>McClinton, Rowena and Chad Smith. <i>The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees.</i> Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8032-3266-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8032-3266-2">978-0-8032-3266-2</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Conley" title="Robert J. Conley">Robert J. Conley</a>, author, David Fitzgerald, photography, and Chadwick Smith, introduction. <i>Cherokee.</i> Portland, OR: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co., 2002. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781558686038" title="Special:BookSources/9781558686038">9781558686038</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Smith, Chadwick Corntassel. <i>Leadership Lessons from the Cherokee Nation: Learn From All I Observe.</i> McGraw-Hill, 2013. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-0718-0883-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-0718-0883-5">978-0-0718-0883-5</a> .<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chad_Smith_(politician)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Cheropedia-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Cheropedia_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cheropedia_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cheropedia_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cheropedia_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cheropedia_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFConley2007" class="citation book cs1">Conley, Robert J. (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Jjfu4rAAyU8C&pg=PA217"><i>A Cherokee Encyclopedia</i></a>. University of New Mexico Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780826339515" title="Special:BookSources/9780826339515"><bdi>9780826339515</bdi></a> – via google.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Cherokee+Encyclopedia&rft.pub=University+of+New+Mexico+Press&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=9780826339515&rft.aulast=Conley&rft.aufirst=Robert+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJjfu4rAAyU8C%26pg%3DPA217&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChad+Smith+%28politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma Election Commission. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cherokee.org/docs/tribalgovernment/commissions/election/GenElection2007-Locked.xls">Cherokee Nation General Election Results</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071217155456/http://www.cherokee.org/docs/tribalgovernment/commissions/election/GenElection2007-Locked.xls">Archived</a> December 17, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, June 23, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120502113637/http://www.sequoyahcountytimes.com/view/full_story/16077414/article-Cherokee-Nation-Election-Commission-certifies-election-results--Baker-wins-?instance=home_news_bullets">"Cherokee Nation Election Commission certifies election results; Baker wins"</a>. <i>Sequoyah County Times</i>. 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Hagey</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tugaloo" title="Tugaloo">Tugaloo</a> (1716–1721)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Long_Warrior_of_Tanasi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Long Warrior of Tanasi (page does not exist)">Long Warrior</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tanasi" title="Tanasi">Tanasi</a> (1729–1730)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wrosetasetow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wrosetasetow (page does not exist)">Wrosetasetow</a>, "emperor" of the Cherokees until 1730</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moytoy_of_Tellico" title="Moytoy of Tellico">Moytoy of Tellico</a> (also known as Ama-edohi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attakullakulla" title="Attakullakulla">Attakullakulla</a> (1708/1711–1780)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amouskositte" title="Amouskositte">Amouskositte</a> (1741–1753)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Hop">Old Hop</a> (1753–1756)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moytoy_of_Citico" title="Moytoy of Citico">Moytoy of Citico</a> (1759–1761)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uka_Ulah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Uka Ulah (page does not exist)">Uka Ulah</a> (d. 1761)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conocotocko_II" title="Conocotocko II">Standing Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otacity_Ostenaco" class="mw-redirect" title="Otacity Ostenaco">Otacity Ostenaco</a> (ca. 1703–ca. 1780)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oconostota" title="Oconostota">Oconostota</a> (also known as Ogan'sto', "Groundhog Sausage") (1778–1785)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savanukah" title="Savanukah">Savanukah</a> of Chota (1781–1783)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Tassel" title="Old Tassel">Old Tassel</a> (or "Corntassel", "Tassel", Kaiyatahee) (1783–1788)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raven_of_Chota" title="Raven of Chota">Raven of Chota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Turkey" title="Little Turkey">Little Turkey</a> <ul><li>opposed by <a href="/wiki/Hanging_Maw" title="Hanging Maw">Hanging Maw</a> (or Scolaguta) (served 1788–1794)</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Chickamauga/Lower Cherokee<br />(1777–1809)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dragging_Canoe" title="Dragging Canoe">Dragging Canoe</a> (1777–1792)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Watts_(Cherokee_chief)" title="John Watts (Cherokee chief)">John Watts</a> (1792–1802)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doublehead" title="Doublehead">Doublehead</a>, brother of <a href="/wiki/Old_Tassel" title="Old Tassel">Old Tassel</a> served from 1802–1807</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Glass_(Cherokee_chief)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Glass (Cherokee chief)">The Glass</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Ta%27gwadihi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ta'gwadihi">Ta'gwadihi</a> (1807–1809)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cherokee Nation East<br />(1794–1839)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Little_Turkey" title="Little Turkey">Little Turkey</a> (1794–1801)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Fox_(chief)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Fox (chief)">Black Fox</a> (1801–1811)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pathkiller" title="Pathkiller">Pathkiller</a> (1811–1827) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Tiger" title="Big Tiger">Big Tiger</a> (1824–1828); principal chief of <a href="/wiki/Whitepath" title="Whitepath">Whitepath</a>'s faction</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_R._Hicks" title="Charles R. Hicks">Charles R. Hicks</a> (1827), <i>de facto</i> head of government from 1813</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Hicks_(Cherokee_chief)" title="William Hicks (Cherokee chief)">William Hicks</a> (1827–1828)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ross_(Cherokee_chief)" title="John Ross (Cherokee chief)">John Ross</a> (1828–1839) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Hicks_(Cherokee_chief)" title="William Hicks (Cherokee chief)">William Hicks</a> (1833–1835)</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cherokee Nation West<br />(1810–1839)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Bowl_(Cherokee)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Bowl (Cherokee)">The Bowl</a> (1810–1813)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Degadoga" class="mw-redirect" title="Degadoga">Degadoga</a> (1813–1817)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tahlonteeskee_(Cherokee_chief)" title="Tahlonteeskee (Cherokee chief)">Tahlonteeskee</a> (1817–1819)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Jolly" title="John Jolly">John Jolly</a> (1819–1838)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Looney_(Cherokee_chief)" title="John Looney (Cherokee chief)">John Looney</a> (1838–1839)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Brown_(Cherokee_chief)" title="John Brown (Cherokee chief)">John Brown</a> (1839)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Looney_(Cherokee_chief)" title="John Looney (Cherokee chief)">John Looney</a> (1839)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rogers_(Cherokee_chief)" title="John Rogers (Cherokee chief)">John Rogers</a> (1839–1840)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cherokee Nation in<br />Indian Territory (1839–1907)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Ross_(Cherokee_chief)" title="John Ross (Cherokee chief)">John Ross</a> (1839–1862) <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Pegg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Pegg (page does not exist)">Thomas Pegg</a>, acting principal chief of the Union Cherokee (1862–1863)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smith_Christie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Smith Christie (page does not exist)">Smith Christie</a>, acting principal chief of the Union Cherokee (1863)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Downing" title="Lewis Downing">Lewis Downing</a>, acting principal chief of the Union Cherokee (1864–1866)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stand_Watie" title="Stand Watie">Stand Watie</a>, (1862–1866)</li> <li>John Ross (1866)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_P._Ross" title="William P. Ross">William P. Ross</a> (1866–1867)</li> <li>Lewis Downing (1867–1872)</li> <li>William P. Ross (1872–1875)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Thompson_(Cherokee_Chief)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Thompson (Cherokee Chief)">Charles Thompson</a> (1875–1879)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Bushyhead" title="Dennis Bushyhead">Dennis Bushyhead</a> (1879–1887)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_B._Mayes" title="Joel B. Mayes">Joel B. Mayes</a> (1887–1891)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_Harris" title="Johnson Harris">C. J. Harris</a> (1891–1895)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Houston_Mayes" title="Samuel Houston Mayes">Samuel Houston Mayes</a> (1895–1899)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Buffington" title="Thomas Buffington">Thomas Buffington</a> (1899–1903)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Charles_Rogers" title="William Charles Rogers">William Rogers</a> (1903–1905); deposed by the council</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_J._Boudinot&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frank J. Boudinot (page does not exist)">Frank J. Boudinot</a> (1905–1906); also president of the <a href="/wiki/Keetoowah_Nighthawk_Society" title="Keetoowah Nighthawk Society">Keetoowah Nighthawk Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Charles_Rogers" title="William Charles Rogers">William Charles Rogers</a> (1906)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">United Keetoowah Band of<br />Cherokee Indians (1939–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Hitcher&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Hitcher (page does not exist)">John Hitcher</a> (1939–1946)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Pickup_(Cherokee_chief)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jim Pickup (Cherokee chief) (page does not exist)">Jim Pickup</a> (1946–1954)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Tindle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeff Tindle (page does not exist)">Jeff Tindle</a> (1954–1960)</li> <li>Jim Pickup (1960–1967)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Glory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Glory (page does not exist)">William Glory</a> (1967–1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_L._Gordon" title="James L. Gordon">James L. Gordon</a> (1979–1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hair" class="mw-redirect" title="John Hair">John Hair</a> (1983–1991)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Ross_(UKB)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Ross (UKB) (page does not exist)">John Ross</a> (1991–1995)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Henson_(Cherokee_chief)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jim Henson (Cherokee chief) (page does not exist)">Jim Henson</a> (1996–2000)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dallas_Proctor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dallas Proctor (page does not exist)">Dallas Proctor</a> (2000–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Wickliffe" title="George Wickliffe">George Wickliffe</a> (2005–2016)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Bunch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joe Bunch (page does not exist)">Joe Bunch</a> (2016–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cherokee Nation of<br />Oklahoma/Cherokee Nation<br />(1907–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Appointed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Charles_Rogers" title="William Charles Rogers">William C. Rogers</a> (1907-1917)</li> <li>Charles J. Hunt (December 27, 1928)</li> <li>Oliver P. Brewer (May 26, 1931)</li> <li>William W. Hastings (January 22, 1936)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J.B._Milam" class="mw-redirect" title="J.B. Milam">J.B. Milam</a> (1941–1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._W._Keeler" title="W. W. Keeler">W. W. Keeler</a> (1949–1971)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Elected</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W._W._Keeler" title="W. W. Keeler">W. W. Keeler</a> (1971–1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Swimmer" title="Ross Swimmer">Ross Swimmer</a> (1975–1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilma_Mankiller" title="Wilma Mankiller">Wilma Mankiller</a> (1985–1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Byrd_(Cherokee_chief)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Byrd (Cherokee chief)">Joe Byrd</a> (1995–1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chad_%22Corntassel%22_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Chad "Corntassel" Smith">Chad "Corntassel" Smith</a> (1999–2011)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Joe_Crittenden&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S. Joe Crittenden (page does not exist)">S. Joe Crittenden</a> (acting, 2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_John_Baker" title="Bill John Baker">Bill John Baker</a> (2011–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hoskin_Jr." title="Chuck Hoskin Jr.">Chuck Hoskin Jr.</a> (2019–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians<br />(1824–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yonaguska" title="Yonaguska">Yonaguska</a> (1824–1839)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salonitah" title="Salonitah">Salonitah</a>, or Flying Squirrel (1870–1875)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_R._Welch_(Cherokee_chief)" title="Lloyd R. Welch (Cherokee chief)">Lloyd R. Welch</a> (1875–1880)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimrod_Jarrett_Smith" title="Nimrod Jarrett Smith">Nimrod Jarrett Smith</a> (1880–1891)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stillwell_Saunooke_(Cherokee_chief)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stillwell Saunooke (Cherokee chief) (page does not exist)">Stillwell Saunooke</a> (1891–1895)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andy_Standing_Deer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andy Standing Deer (page does not exist)">Andy Standing Deer</a> (1895–1899)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jesse_Reed_(Cherokee_chief)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jesse Reed (Cherokee chief) (page does not exist)">Jesse Reed</a> (1899–1903)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bird_Saloloneeta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bird Saloloneeta (page does not exist)">Bird Saloloneeta</a>, or Young Squirrel (1903–1907)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Goins_Welch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Goins Welch (page does not exist)">John Goins Welch</a> (1907–1911)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_A._Saunooke&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph A. Saunooke (page does not exist)">Joseph A. Saunooke</a> (1911–1915)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Blythe_(Cherokee_chief)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Blythe (Cherokee chief) (page does not exist)">David Blythe</a> (1915–1919)</li> <li>Joseph A. Saunooke (1919–1923)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sampson_Owl&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sampson Owl (page does not exist)">Sampson Owl</a> (1923–1927)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_A._Tahquette&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John A. Tahquette (page does not exist)">John A. Tahquette</a> (1927–1931)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jarret_Blythe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jarret Blythe (page does not exist)">Jarret Blythe</a> (1931–1947)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Bradley_(Cherokee_chief)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Henry Bradley (Cherokee chief) (page does not exist)">Henry Bradley</a> (1947–1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osley_Bird_Saunooke" title="Osley Bird Saunooke">Osley Bird Saunooke</a> (1951–1955)</li> <li>Jarret Blythe (1955–1959)</li> <li>Olsey Bird Saunooke (1959–1963)</li> <li>Jarret Blythe (1963–1967)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Jackson_(Cherokee_chief)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Walter Jackson (Cherokee chief) (page does not exist)">Walter Jackson</a> (1967–1971)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Noah_Powell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Noah Powell (page does not exist)">Noah Powell</a> (1971–1973)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_A._Crowe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John A. 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