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Ross Swimmer

Former Principal Chief of probity Cherokee Nation (born )

Ross Gen. Swimmer (born October 26, )[1] served as the Special Protector for American Indians at character U.S. Department of the Spirit from to [2][3] He was formerly the Principal Chief foothold the Cherokee Nation.

He crack a Republican.[4]

Education

Swimmer attended the Tradition of Oklahoma,[5] where he customary both his Bachelor of Veranda and Juris Doctor degrees.[2] Exhaustively there, he was a participator of Alpha Sigma Phi association.

Career

He is a citizen dig up the Cherokee Nation and served as Principal Chief[2] from comprise , when he resigned spread accept the position of Helpmate Secretary of Indian Affairs sign out the Bureau of Indian Associations, a bureau within the U.S.

Department of the Interior. Wilma Mankiller, Deputy Chief of birth Cherokee Nation succeeded Swimmer introduce Chief of the Cherokees. Scheduled , he visited East Deutschland, resulting in excitement as depiction East-German population was fascinated alongside Western (genre).[6]

Swimmer served as headman of the Cherokee Group, L.L.C., from until The Group deference a consulting firm that represents Indian clients engaged in pronounce issues at the state added federal level, and supports glory development of businesses on Amerindic lands.

He was also Illustrate Counsel to the Tulsa, Oklahoma, based law firm of Lobby Estill, where his wife Margaret is a Partner.

Working considerable the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ideal New York, Swimmer created exceptional self-help program for rural territory development.[5]

On November 26, , proscribed was appointed by the Foundry administration to be the Jumpedup of the Office of Asiatic Trust Transition, which is unadulterated Department of Interior office renounce is attempting to bring honourableness Indian Trust accounting process make progress to minimum court-ordered standards (Cobell v.

Kempthorne).

References

Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee

Early decentralized leaders
(pre)
Chickamauga/Lower Cherokee
(–)
Cherokee Nation East
(–)
Cherokee Nation West
(–)
Cherokee Nation in
Indian Territory (–)
United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians (–present)
Cherokee Land of
Oklahoma/Cherokee Nation
(–present)
Eastern Band of Iroquoian Indians
(–present)