{"id":33799,"date":"2022-03-04T08:12:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T13:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/northern-cheyenne-primary-set-for-march-24\/"},"modified":"2022-03-04T08:12:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T13:12:05","slug":"northern-cheyenne-primary-set-for-march-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/northern-cheyenne-primary-set-for-march-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Cheyenne Primary set for March 24"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Northern Cheyenne Primary set for March 24<\/p>\n

By Clara Caufield,<\/p>\n

\u00a0NSNT Columnist<\/p>\n

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LAME DEER, Mont. \u2013 The primary election to fill the vacancy of the Tribal President of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe will be held on March 24, 2022.<\/p>\n

In accordance with the Tribal election procedures, six candidates have filed and paid the necessary fee to be on the ballot, recently posted by the tribal secretary on February 23, 2022.\u00a0 In the primary race, write-ins are also allowed, an up-hill challenge, but possible.\u00a0 The list of candidates is interesting.<\/p>\n

It includes Donna Fisher, recently removed as Tribal President, but under tribal law still eligible to run again as she has not been charged or convicted of any crime other than \u201cgross negligence\u2019 (broad umbrella) by the Tribal Council, In the election of 2020, Fisher, a former Tribal Council member garnered a huge margin of votes, representing a large extended family and support base, what some might refer to as the \u2018mixed-blood\u2019 contingent.<\/p>\n

Serena Wetherelt, Vice-President and current acting Tribal President is also a contender, in her first year or so of public service, instrumental in Fisher\u2019s removal. \u00a0\u00a0She also secured top votes in the 2020 election.\u00a0 If unsuccessful in the bid for Tribal President she would still hold her seat as Vice-President.\u00a0 A fluent language speaker, she appeals to that community within the Tribe.<\/p>\n

Others on the ballot include R.D. Bailey, former Tribal Council member; Christina Red Bird, a younger vocal community advocate; Rick Wolfname, former Tribal Vice-President and Curtis George Elkshoulder, Jr., manager of the Cheyenne Depot convenience store. Lame Deer\/<\/p>\n

The primary votes will determine the top two vote-getters, who will then run in a general election for the Tribal President\u2019s seat, an election to be held shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n

To say the least, Northern Cheyenne tribal politics are interesting.\u00a0 This writer, a tribal member, predicts that Donna and Serena will soon be pitted against one another again.\u00a0 That could provide fodder for more interesting stories, as a local wit, Floyd Highwalker predicted \u201cMore Trouble in the Hen House.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(Clara Caufield can be reached at acheyennevoice@gmail.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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By Clara Caufield,<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0NSNT Columnist\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LAME DEER, Mont. \u2013 The primary election to fill the vacancy of the Tribal President of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe will be held on March 24, 2022.<\/p>\n

In accordance with the Tribal election procedures, six candidates have filed and paid the necessary fee to be on the ballot, recently posted by the tribal secretary on February 23, 2022.\u00a0 In the primary race, write-ins are also allowed, an up-hill challenge, but possible.\u00a0 The list of candidates is interesting.<\/p>\n

It includes Donna Fisher, recently removed as Tribal President, but under tribal law still eligible to run again as she has not been charged or convicted of any crime other than \u201cgross negligence\u2019 (broad umbrella) by the Tribal Council, In the election of 2020, Fisher, a former Tribal Council member garnered a huge margin of votes, representing a large extended family and support base, what some might refer to as the \u2018mixed-blood\u2019 contingent.<\/p>\n

Serena Wetherelt, Vice-President and current acting Tribal President is also a contender, in her first year or so of public service, instrumental in Fisher\u2019s removal. \u00a0\u00a0She also secured top votes in the 2020 election.\u00a0 If unsuccessful in the bid for Tribal President she would still hold her seat as Vice-President.\u00a0 A fluent language speaker, she appeals to that community within the Tribe.<\/p>\n

Others on the ballot include R.D. Bailey, former Tribal Council member; Christina Red Bird, a younger vocal community advocate; Rick Wolfname, former Tribal Vice-President and Curtis George Elkshoulder, Jr., manager of the Cheyenne Depot convenience store. Lame Deer\/<\/p>\n

The primary votes will determine the top two vote-getters, who will then run in a general election for the Tribal President\u2019s seat, an election to be held shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n

To say the least, Northern Cheyenne tribal politics are interesting.\u00a0 This writer, a tribal member, predicts that Donna and Serena will soon be pitted against one another again.\u00a0 That could provide fodder for more interesting stories, as a local wit, Floyd Highwalker predicted \u201cMore Trouble in the Hen House.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(Clara Caufield can be reached at acheyennevoice@gmail.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Northern Cheyenne Primary set for March 24 By Clara Caufield, \u00a0NSNT Columnist \u00a0 LAME DEER, Mont. \u2013 The primary election to fill the vacancy of the Tribal President of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe will be held on March 24, 2022. In accordance with the Tribal election procedures, six candidates have <\/p>\n

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