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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Sept. 5 appointed Wes Nofire, former Cherokee Nation tribal councilor for District 3, to the post of state Native American liaison.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Native American tribes in Oklahoma will get to keep their existing agreements on how they share money from tobacco sales with the state.
The Oklahoma House has voted to override Gov. Kevin Stitt s veto of a bill to extend existing agreements with Native American tribes on the sale of tobacco for another year.
The Oklahoma Legislature on Monday overrode Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt's veto of a bill expanding Native tribes' tobacco sales compact with the state for another year.Stitt, a Cherokee Nation member himself, has pushed to revise the compact's language to ensure tribes are prevented from expanding where tobacco is sold."I do not believe Oklahomans want eastern