Sec. 142.1 Intent of Cherokee Nation Council

Statutes | Cherokee Nation Code Annotated Title 21, § 142.1 | 2019

It is the intent of the Cherokee Nation Council to provide a method of compensating and assisting those persons within the Nation who are victims of criminal acts and who suffer bodily injury or death. To this end, it is the further intent of the Council to provide compensation in the amount of expenses actually incurred as a direct result of the criminal acts of other persons.