Governing Documents Review Committee Report 6-2-11

Materials Collected and Presented to Qualla Public LibraryDecember 2010 - May 20111. 1817, Jul 8 Treaty of Cherokee Agency, 7 Stat. 1562. 1819, Feb 27 Treaty of Washington, 7 Stat. 1953. 1824, Jun Doe on demise of Eu-che-lah v. Welsh, 2 Hawks 155, Supreme Court ofNorth Carolina4. 1870-1875 Unattributed printed copy of Lloyd 1 Welch Constitution, markedAppendix “A,” text is incomplete5. 1875 Typewritten version of Loyd Welch Constitution, abstracted version,unauthenticated6. 1882, Feb 25 U.S. House of Representatives, 47 th Congress: Eastern Cherokees in NorthCarolina, letter from the Secretary of the Interior. (Pages 6-12 aremissing)7. 1883, Oct 10 Handwritten, certified version of Loyd Welch Constitution transmitted toOffice of Indian Affairs (includes 1868, 1870 and 1875 organizingdocuments of the North Carolina Cherokees)Governing Documents Review Committee8. 1883, Oct 10 Typewritten version of Loyd Welch Constitution, including cover letterfrom Sam B. Gibson, Agent, N.C. Cherokees to Hon. H. Price9. 1886, Mar 1 The Cherokee Trust Funds; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. UnitedStates and Cherokee Nation, commonly called Cherokee Nation West,117 U.S. 2881 The best representation of the Loyd Welch Constitution, the 1883 handwritten documentcertified by the Swain County Superior Clerk of Court (document 7.), transcribes Principle ChiefWelch’s first name as “Loyd.” Subsequent typewritten documents spell the name “Lloyd.” TheCommittee adhered to the spelling contained in the 1883 certified document.15