Western Cherokee
a Missouri nonprofit corporation
a registered 501.C.3 corporation


Western Cherokee N.P. Corp.
c/o Western Cherokee Nation Capitol Complex
301 East Tenth Street
Post Office Box 262
Salem, Missouri 65560
573.729.2233

 
   
  To visit the Western Cherokee Nation Tribal Government's informational web site, please click here  
 
Board of Directors:

Principal Chief James D. Ellis
Chairperson

Vice Chief Wanda Nash
Vice Chairperson

Elizabeth Coen
Treasurer

Councilperson Lancer Blair
Board Member

Councilperson Neekisha Spencer
Board Member

Councilperson Lisa Thompson
Board Member

Council Person Albert Hobaugh
Board Member

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Welcome to the official website of  WESTERN CHEROKEE, a registered Missouri nonprofit corporation.  We understand that your time is valuable, therefore, follows a brief synopsis of the scope and scale of the mission of this tribe's nonprofit corporation.

  • This corporation serves as conduit for the Western Cherokee Nation to conduct business for the benefit of the Citizens of the Western Cherokee Nation (the tribe). The purpose of the Western Cherokee nonprofit corporation is to maintain a structured entity for the sole benefit of the indigenous people collectively and commonly known as the Western Cherokee
  • All actions of the Western Cherokee nonprofit corporation continue to be directed towards the goals of improving the quality of life of the Western Cherokee people in the areas of education, health care, economic development, religious and cultural preservation and education, heritage preservation, tribal owned lands infrastructure and commerce, natural resources management, as well as tribal land acquisitions and divestments.
  • Please note that the tribe is not a corporation; the intent in the creation of the Western Cherokee nonprofit corporation is and continues to be for the purpose of improving the overall standard of living of the people of the Western Cherokee and the betterment of the communities they live in.

Please take a moment to surf this site to perhaps gain a small amount of knowledge of the People of the Western Cherokee Nation.  If you would be interested in donating to assist the people of the Western Cherokee Nation to improve their overall quality of life, please feel free to contact us.  This corporation is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit corporation, assigned such status by the Internal Revenue Service.  All earmarked donations do go toward the donor's specified project or fund.

Thank you for visiting,

The People of the Western Cherokee Nation

 
 
Announcements:

10 November, 2007
At the direction of the Western Cherokee Nation Tribal Council, this corporation is again in full compliance with the by-laws of and for same.  Technical noncompliance occurred when the Board of Directors complied with a circuit court ordered election in direct contravention to said bylaws.  The Internal Revenue Service has acknowledged the aforementioned compliance issue and has worked with the Board of Directors; said efforts having resulted in the mutually satisfactory and timely resolution of this issue.