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TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - The Cherokee Nation Marshal Service recently signed a cross-deputization agreement with District Attorney Richard Gray. Gray’s jurisdictional area covers Adair, Cherokee, Wagoner, and Sequoyah counties.

"It certainly strengthens our law enforcement efforts and it is long overdue", said David Roberts, director of the Cherokee Nation Marshal Service. "We are now cross-deputized through either state, federal, or local law enforcement in each of our fourteen counties."

The Cherokee Nation Marshals have sole jurisdiction over Cherokee restricted land. No state or local agency can enforce the law on Indian land without a cross-deputization agreement with the Marshal Service. The Cherokee Nation Marshal Service is currently cross-deputized with Craig, Mayes, Muskogee and Nowata county sheriff’s offices and has state authority via cross-deputization with District Attorneys in Craig, Mayes, Rogers, Delaware and Ottawa counties.

The marshal service also has cross-deputized with city police departments in Big Cabin, Stilwell, Fort Gibson, Vian, Tahlequah, Grove, Hulbert, Sperry, Jay and Pryor, as well as the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control.

Mike Miller, Cherokee Nation Director of Communications Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2210) Fax: 918-458-5580 E-mail: Communications@cherokee.org Larry Daugherty, Advertising Manager Cherokee Nation - Public Affairs Phone 918-456-0671 (Ex.2324) E-mail: ldaugherty@cherokee.org

Bradley D. Peak, Cherokee Nation Natural Resources Specialist Phone: 918-456-0671 (ex.2843) E-mail: bpeak@cherokee.org Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma Attn: (Department Name) P.O. Box 948, Tahlequah, OK 74465 Telephone: 918-456-0671 (Toll Free OK) 1-800-256-0671