AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATIVE ENFORCEMENT 

AND CROSS-DEPUTIZATION 

BY AND BETWEEN THE OSAGE NATION, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, 

THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, OSAGE COUNTY OKLAHOMA 

AND VARIOUS OKLAHOMA MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS 

This agreement is entered pursuant to the authority ofthe Indian L<1w 

Enforcement Reform Act, 25 U.S.C. Sections 2801 et seq., the Oklahoma Inter-local 

Cooperation Act, 74 O.S. Sections 1001 et seq., and the State-Tribal Relations Act, 74 

O.S. Sections 1221 et seq .. and the formal resolution and approval ofthe Osage Tribal 

Council, attached hereto, which provide for cooperative agreements to promote better law 

enforcement services. 

It is recognized by the Parties hereto that there exist many uncertainties and 

difficulties concerning the proper jurisdiction and authority ofthe respective agencies, 

Parties hereto, regarding criminal offenses committed in Osage County, Oklahoma, 

dependent upon whether or not the victim or suspect is an Indian and whether or not the 

offense occurred in Indian country as defined by 18 U.S.C. Section I 151. 

It is further recognized by the Parties hereto that due to the uncertainties and 

difficulties described above, law enforcement officers ofthe respective agencies, Parties 

hereto, are sometimes reluctant to act in their respective law enforcement capacities. 

The Parties further expressly recognize the manifest intent of the Indian Law 

Enforcement Reform Act to eliminate the above-described uncertainties and the resultant 

reluctance of law enforcement officers to act. 

Therefore, it is the intent ofthis Agreement to provide for the cross-deputization 

of law enforcement officers employed by the various agencies, Parties hereto, such that 

each agency's officers will be authorized to provide law enforcement services to all 

citizens within Osage County, Oklahoma, at all locations within Osage County, 

Oklahoma, and further to provide for and allow complete cooperation and assistance 

between the various agencies, Parties hereto, such that all citizens ofOsage County, 

Oklahoma, receive the proper law enforcement services to which they are ent\tle9. 

THE PARTIES, THEREFORE, AGREE AS FOLLOWS: 

1. DEFINITIONS: These definitions shall be effective only regarding the terms of 

this agreement. 

Agency: The government, department, agency or political subdivision which is a 

party to this agreement; 

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Applicant Agency: The agency requesting a commission for its peace officers; 

BIA: The Bureau of Indian Affairs; 

Board: The Board of County Commissioners of Osage County, Oklahoma; 

CLEET: The Council ofLaw Enforcement, Education, and Training; 

Commissioning Agency: The agency conferring a commission to a peace officer 

of a different law enforcement agency or the chief administrative officer ofthat 

agency, as applicable; 

Geographic Location: Divided into two categories (I) Indian countcy, (2) 

General county. Indian countcy is that area commonly and universally recognized 

as Indian countcy, to-wit: The Osage Agency grounds, the Indian Villages at 

Pawhuska, Hominy, and Greyhorse, all other lands to which the title to the surface 

is held by the Osage Tribe in common for its members in restricted fee status or is 

held in trust by the United States Government for the benefit of members of the 

Osage Tribe; lands to which the title to the surface is held in restricted fee status 

by individual members ofthe Osage Tribe or which is held in trust by the United 

States Government for the benefit of an individual member ofthe Osage Tribe; 

dependent Indian communities and any other lands which final judicial authority 

has determined to be Indian countcy, all pursuant to the statutocy definitions set 

forth in 18 U.S.C. Section 1151. General county is defined as alt areas within 

Osage County, Oklahoma, other than Indian countcy; 

Indian Arrestee: A person who is a member or descendant of a member of a 

federally recognized Indian tribe under arrest for the commission of an offense for 

which the Federal, BIA, or Tribal court has judicial jurisdiction; 

Judicial jurisdiction: The jurisdiction, state, federal, or tribal, established in law 

for the prosecution of a particular criminal offense; 

Osage Nation Officer: The law enforcement officers of the Osage Na_tiop. police . 

department; 

Peace Officer: Any law enforcement officer commissioned by an agency who is a 

party to this agreement including police officers, sheriffs, agents, troopers, 

marshals, game rangers and deputies, or subordinates of each; -

State: Means the State of Oklahoma, its political subdivisions, and their law 

enforcement agencies and departments. 

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2. DURATION 

This Agreement shall be in effect for a period of one year from and after 

its approval. It shall continue in effect from year to year, unless any party hereto 

gives written notice of intent to terminate and not renew at least thirty (30) days 

prior to the expiration in any given year. Said written notice shall be sent to all 

other Parties to this Agreement. 

3. ORGANIZATION 

No separate legal or administrative entity is to be created by this 

Agreement. 

4. PURPOSE 

The purpose of this Agreement is to provide for efficient, effective, and 

cooperative law enforcement efforts in Osage County, Oklahoma, including those 

areas defined as Indian country, and its terms shall be interpreted in that spirit. 

Accordingly, all Parties to this Agreement shall cooperate with each other to 

provide comprehensive and thorough law enforcement protection, including but 

not limited to effecting arrests, responding to calls for assistance from all citizens 

and other law enforcement officers, performing investigations and providing other 

assistance as necessary or further agreed upon in Osage County, Oklahoma. 

5. FINANCES 

The activities of each ofthe respective Parties hereto will be financed by 

each ofthe respective Parties except as expressly provided herein. 

6. TERMINATION 

This Agreement may be terminated by any party hereto upon thirty (30) 

days written notice oftermination to all other Parties hereto setting out the 

effective date of termination. 

7. ADMINISTRATION 

The provisions of this Agreement shall be administered by a board 

comprised ofthe chief administrative officer of each agency which is a party to 

this Agreement. Said board may appoint an employee of one of the party agencies 

to act as clerk to facilitate the transfer of communications between the respective 

agencies. Delivery of notices or communications shall be sent to each 

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participating chief administrative officer. 

8. PROPERTY 

No real or personal property is to be acquired or held under this 

Agreement. When personal property is loaned from one party to another it shall 

be returned as soon as possible upon request ofthe owner-party. 

9. COMMISSIONS 

A. Each agency which is a party to this Agreement may, in its 

discretion, issue special law enforcement commissions to law enforcement 

officers of other agencies which are Parties to this Agreement upon the 

application for such by an agency Party as follows: 

(!) The Osage Nation may issue a Special Osage Nation Tribal Police 

Officer commission to each officer ofthe other agencies; 

(2) The BIA may issue a Deputy Special Officer (DSO) commission to 

officers of the other agencies; 

(3) The Osage County Sheriffs Office may issue Special Deputy 

Sheriffs commissions to officers of the Osage Nation and the BIA; 

(4) The District Attorney of Osage County, Oklahoma, may issue 

Special District Attorney's commissions to officers ofthe other agencies; 

Such commissions shall grant officers the same law enforcement authority 

as that of officers ofthe commissioning agency unless specifically limited by. the 

terms of the commission; Provided, however, the exercise of said authority shall 

be consistent with the provisions of paragraph number IO of this Agreement. 

When an agency issues such a commission, it shall provide notice ofthe 

commission, including the name of the officer receiving the commission, to each 

of the other agencies who are Parties to this Agreement. 

B. A commission shall not be granted unless an officer has complied 

with all the prerequisites for appointment as a police officer as set forth in 

70 O.S. Section 3311 et seq., or 68 BIA Manual Section 9.1., et seq., and 

with specific requirements of the commissioning agency, Those 

prerequisites must include the following; 

(I) United States Citizenship; 

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(2) A high school diploma or equivalent; 

(3) No conviction for a felony or other crime involving moral 

turpitude; 

(4) Documentation of annual weapons qualifications; 

(5) A finding that the applicant is free from any physical, 

emotional or mental conditions which may adversely affect 

his or her performance as a police officer; 

(6) The commissioning agency may require an applicant to 

attend an orientation relating to the specific law, regulations 

and procedures enforced. and used by the commissioning 

agency. 

C. If requested by the commissioning agency, the applicant's agency 

shall provide a National Crime Information Center background check on 

the applicant. 

D. The commissioning agency may, at any time, suspend or revoke an 

officer's commission for reasons solely withing the commissioning 

agency's discretion. The commissioning agency shall notify the officer's 

agency in writing of the suspension or revocation and the reasons therefor, 

if any exist. Within ten (IO) days after such notification the officer's 

agency shall cause the commission card and any other evidence of the 

commission to be returned to the commissioning agency. 

10. SCOPE OF POWERS GRANTED AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

ASSUMED 

A. Officers carrying DSO commissions issued by the Bureau 

of Indian Affairs pursuant to this Agreement are given the power to 

enforce (i) all federal criminal laws applicable to Indian country, !ncluding 

the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C.Section1153, and the Code oflndian 

Tribal Offenses in 25 C.F.R. Part 11, where applicable, and (ii) BIA 

approved Osage Nation tribal laws, where the Osage Nation has authorized 

the Secretary of the Interior to enforce such laws and to make other arrests 

on Indian Land for criminal purposes where applicable. ~ 

B. Officers carrying Osage Nation Police Officer Commissions issued 

by the Osage Nation are given the power to enforce all Osage Nation 

Tribal Ordinances and to make arrests in Indian country for criminal 

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offenses where applicable. 

C. Officers carrying commissions issued by a state agency, a sheriffs 

department, or a city police department are given the authority to enforce 

all Oklahoma State criminal laws and city ordinances, and to make arrests 

for criminal offenses where applicable. 

D. The Parties to this Agreement note that the applicability of federal 

and tribal laws in Indian country may depend upon whether the suspect or 

victim is Indian and that state laws have been held generally to be 

inapplicable to Indians in Indian country; and the Parties agree that 

nothing in this Agreement makes any law applicable to a certain person or 

certain conduct where it would not otherwise be applicable. Accordingly, 

the purpose of this Agreement is to provide cross-deputized officers with 

the authority to enforce applicable law only. 

E. Nothing in this Agreement alters or conveys any judicial 

jurisdiction, including the authority to issue warrants for arrest or search or 

seizure or to issue services or process. Similarly, nothing in this 

Agreement is intended to impair, limit, or affect the status of any agency 

or the sovereignty of any government. 

F. Officers of each of the respective agencies shall have the primary 

responsibility of providing law enforcement services in cases for which 

they have 'judicial jurisdiction", to-wit: 

State, county and city officers shall have primary responsibility for cases 

which shall be prosecuted in state courts and BIA and tribal officers shall 

have primary responsibility for cases which shall be prosecuted in Federal, 

BIA or tribal courts. Officers of each of the respective agencies shall have 

the primary responsibility for patrolling and responding to calls for 

assistance from citizens in their respective geographic location, to-wit: 

state, county and city officers shall patrol and respond to calls primarily in 

"general county" areas and BIA and tribal officers will patrol and respond_ 

to calls primarily in "Indian country." It is not expected or desired by the 

parties hereto that officers act under authority oftheir cross-deputization in 

day to day activities unless called for assistance by another officer or a 

citizen. Upon determination ofjudicial jurisdiction the agency primarily 

responsible for providing law enforcement services shall assume 

responsibility for completion of said services and shall relieve any officer 

determined to be acting under cross-deputization from further service: 

except where the primary agency may request assistance from other 

agencies and the cooperation ofthe other agencies is expected. Any and 

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all items or evidence coming into the possession of a cross-deputized 

officer shall be given to and surrendered to an officer having primary 

responsibility for investigation of the particular crime. The parties 

expressly recognize that peace officers of state, county, and city agencies, 

regardless ofwhether they possess or do net possess BIA or tribal deputy 

special officer commissions, have the lawful authority to arrest nonIndians who commit crimes against other non-Indians or who commit 

victimless crimes in Indian country where such Indian country lies within 

the overall geographic jurisdiction of such agencies. 

G. For the purposes of the preceding paragraph only, the term 

"determination ofjurisdiction" shall mean the determination initially made 

by the officers based upon the facts known or reasonably believed to exist 

and based upon the rules regarding judicial jurisdiction commonly 

recognized by the officers. Official jurisdiction for the prosecution of the 

alleged offense shall be determined by the prosecuting attorney of one of 

the various judicial jurisdictions. 

11. DISPOSITION AND CUSTODY. 

A. Any person arrested by an officer commissioned pursuant to this 

Agreement shall be taken to a responsible official ofthe prosecuting 

jurisdiction. For the purpose of this section in order to ascertain the proper 

prosecuting jurisdiction, the officer shall ask the arrestee where 

practicable, whether he or she is Indian or non-Indian and shall rely upon 

that representation. The officer shall make a determination of whether or 

not the alleged offense occurred on Indian country based upon information 

reasonably available to him at the time of arrest and immediately 

thereafter. 

B. An arrestee shall be taken before a judge ofthe appropriate 

jurisdiction for a probable cause hearing within forty-eight hours from the 

time of his arrest. 

C. Whenever feasible and practicable all emergency and immediately. 

necessary medical and dental needs of Federal, BIA and tribal jurisdiction 

arrestees (Indian arrestees) shall be provided by an Indian Health Service 

(!HS) or tribal health care facility. If an officer of any state, county, or city 

agency holds custody of said arrestee, such officer shall notify a BIA 

officer or tribal officer of such needs and afford the BIA or tribal officer 

the opportunity to arrange for the treatment and the transportation for 

treatment or to otherwise advise the state, county, or city officer on the 

action to be taken. In cases of extreme emergency where it is not feasible 

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or practicable to seek BIA or tribal officer advice in advance, the state 

county or city officer may obtain such care for such arrestees at any facility 

as the emergency needs dictate. In such instance, the care provider should 

be advised to contact the nearest !HS facility for further instructions and 

for claims advice within 72 hours of first furnishing of care or treatment. 

The state, county or city agency shall promptly notify the BIA or tribal 

officer of actions taken when such emergency circumstances occur. The 

Osage Nation or the BIA, as appropriate according to the tribal or federal 

nature ofthe Indian arrestee's alleged offense, will take all appropriate and 

· 1awful action to prevent the burden of payment for said medical and dental 

services from falling upon the state, county or city agency, upon timely 

notice to the Osage Nation or the BIA ofthe Indian arrestee's medical and 

dental needs. Any provisions regarding medical and dental care contained 

in separate detention agreements between any parties to this agreement 

shall be binding as to those parties. In the event it is necessary that an 

Indian arrestee must be hospitalized and security is required to detain said 

arrestee in a health care facility, the BIA or tribal police shall immediately 

assume the responsibilityi for such security and relieve any state, county or 

city officer. 

A list oflndian Health Service and Indian tribal health care facilities in 

Eastern Oklahoma is attached hereto and made a part hereof. 

A listing of Indian Health Service and Indian tribal health care facilities in 

Eastern Oklahoma follows: 

Indian Health Center Pawhuska (918) 287-4491 

Claremore Indian Hospital Claremore (918) 341-8430+ 

Sam Hider Jay Community Clinic Jay (918) 253-4371 * 

PHS Indian Health Center Miami (918) 542-1655 

Okemah Indian Health Center Okema (918) 623-0555•• 

Salina Community Clinic Salina (918) 434-5397* 

Sapulpa Health Center Sapulpa (918) 224-9310·• 

W.W. Hastings Indian Hospital Tahlequah (918) 458:3100· 

Eufaula Health Center Eufaula (918) 689-2457* 

Cherokee Nation Health Clinic Sallisaw (918) 775-9159* 

Cherokee Nation Health Clinic Stilwell (918) 696-6911 * 

Choctaw Nation Health Services Talihina (918) 567-2211·• 

Choctaw Nation Health Center Broken Bow (918) 58402740* 

Hugo Health Center Hugo (918) 326-7561 * 

McAlester Health Center McAlester (9 I 8) 423-8440* 

+ Open 24 hours, 7 days per week • A tribally operated facility 

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12. DETENTION, TRAVEL, AND EXPENSES 

A. All Indian arrestees shall be detained in Federal, BIA, or tribal 

detention facilities, or in a facility pursuant to a separate contract for said 

purpose and upon such c:mditions as established in said contract. 

B. Any necessary travel performed by state, county or city personnel 

in court attendances in tribal or CFR Court may be reimbursed to the 

appropriate agency by the Osage Nation or BIA, as appropriate, at the rate 

provided by the Oklahoma State Travel Reimbursement Act (74 O.S. 

Section 500.2 et seq.) upon the filing of an appropriate claim with the 

Osage Nation or BIA. Reimbursement shall be subject to the availability 

of funds appropriated and lawful for such purposes. 

13. SUPERVISION 

It is understood and agreed by the Parties to this Agreement that the 

respective agencies, their agents, employees and insurers, have no authority nor 

any right to control in any manner the day-to-day discharge of the duties of 

officers who have been cross-commissioned pursuant to this Agreement. 

14. LIABILITIES AND IMMUNITIES 

A. It is understood and agreed that each agency which is a party to this 

Agreement, its agents, employees, and insurers, do not, by virtue of this 

Agreement, assume any responsibility or liability for the actions of officers 

commissioned pursuant to this Agreement which are performed outside the scope 

of their duties. 

B. While performing an official act for a commissioning entity under 

authority of a commission authorized by this Agreement, officers shall have the 

same powers as though employed by and shall be deemed to be acting within the 

scope of authority of the commissioning entity in whose or under whose territorial 

jurisdiction they are serving. 

C. An officer ofthe TRIBE or State Party officer holding a DSO 

commission while performing any official act for the purpose of federal law 

enforcement in the TRIBE's Indian country under authority of said commissions 

shall be afforded all protections extended by the Indian Law Enforcement Act, 25 

U.S.C. Section 2804, including coverage under the Federal Tort Claims Act and 

other applicable Federal law. Nothing in this Agreement shall be read as waiving 

or limiting any defenses to claims of liability otherwise available to law 

enforcement officers, such as the defense of qualified immunity. 

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D. A BIA officer or an officer ofthe TRIBE holding a State Party 

commission while performing any official act for the purpose of state or local law 

enforcement in the State under authority ofsaid commission shall be afforded all 

protections allowed by applicable federal, tribal and state laws. 

E. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of any 

government's sovereign immunity, not otherwise expressly waived by legislative 

act. 

F. All officers acting under authority of an Osage Nation Police 

Officer commission shall act under the protection of the Osage Nation, including 

said Nation's sovereign immunity, and the Osage Nation shall assist in providing 

said protection. 

G. Salaries, insurance and other benefits shall not be the responsibility 

of an entity that is not the employing entity for the officer. Each entity's property 

acquisition, possession and disposition shall be the separate responsibility ofthat 

entity. Nothing herein contained waives or limits the responsibility of each party 

to provide Worker's Compensation coverage for its own officers who are crossdeputized pursuant to this Agreement. Where a claim for Worker's 

Compensation is made, the officer's entity is responsible for providing the 

Worker's Compensation coverage regardless ofwhere the action occurred and 

regardless ofthe law being enforced, provided however, that any benefits 

authorized by the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act, 25 U.S.C. Section 

2804(£)(2), and applicable Federal law referenced therein, may be obtained in 

lawful and proper circumstances involving personal injury sustained while in the 

performance of duty under authority of a commission issued by the BIA to 

officers ofthe TRIBE and State Party officers. 

15. ADDITIONAL PARTIES 

It is understood by the Parties to this Agreement that additional agencies 

with law enforcement responsibilities may choose to join as parties hereto but that 

no amendment will be made to the terms ofthis Agreement without the agreement 

of all the Parties signatory to it. · · 

16. APPROVAL 

This Agreement shall be effective between the Osage Tribe of Indians and 

the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the date it is officially executed by both ofthem. It 

shall be effective among all other parties on the last date of execution, after 

execution by all officials set forth below. This Agreement shall become effective 

as to additional law enforcement agencies of the State within the geographic area 
of the Osage Nation on the date of execution of an addendum to this Agreement. 

A copy of the resolution ofthe governing body of the state, county or city 

governmental entity authorizing entry into this Agreement shall be attached to the 

Agreement. 

17. INDIAN COUNTRY IDENTIFICATION 

The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Osage Nation shall prepare and 

furnish to the state, county or city agencies current maps and legal descriptions of 

all known Indian country within the County of Osage, Oklahoma, and shall 

promptly update the same as necessary. 

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APPROVED: 

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Chairman, Boar of County Commissioners Date 

Chairman, State Tribal Relations Committee Date 

Attorney General, State of Oklahoma Date 

Governor, State of Oklahoma Date 

ornmander, District II, Law Enforcement Services 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

c9. olt#rJ tdf2l /)eiinJ Field Solicitor Date 

U. S. Department of the Interior 

Date ' 

APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY: 

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CITY ADDENDUM 

ADDITION OF CITY TO 

INTER-GOVERNMENTAL CROSS DEPUTIZATION AGREEMENT 

OF 199_ 

FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE OSAGE NATION 

The undersigned City hereby joins into the Inter-governmental Cross Deputization 

Agreement for law enforcement in the Osage Nation dated _________, 

pursuant to Section 2 ofthis Agreement, effective on ___________, 

199 . 

Approved: 

Mayor, City of _____ Date 

Approved: 

Chairman, City Council Date 

City of____________ 

Approved: 

Chief of Police Date 

City of_____________ 

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RESOLUTION NO.·____ 

WHEREAS, the Board ofCounty Commissioners ofOsage County, Oklahoma, passed 

Resolution No. 4521 on the 8th day of September, 1995, for the purpose of entering into an 

inter-local governmental agreement with the Bureau ofIndian Affairs and the Osage Tribe of 

Indians to provide cooperative law enforcement through the cross-deputizing ofstate, county, 

federal and tribal law enforcement officers; 

AND WHEREAS, the Osage Tribal Council for the Osage Tribe of!ndians also referred 

to as the Osage Nation passed its Resolution No. 30-431 on the 30th day of June, 1999, 

authorizing the Principal Chief ofthe Osage Tribe of Oklahoma to enter into and execute such 

agreement and the same having been executed by Charles 0. Tillman, Jr., Principal Chief of the 

Osage Tribe on July 6, 1999; 

IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED, that Resolution No. 4521 ofthe Board ofCounty 

Commissioners ofOsage County, Oklahoma is recognized as authority for the Board of County 

Commissioners of Osage County, Oklahoma to enter into and execute an inter-local 

governmental agreement with the Osage Tribe ofOklahoma, and does hereby again authorize 

the Chairman ofthe Board of County Commissioners ofOsage County, Oklahoma and the 

Sheriff of Osage County, Oklahoma to enter into and execute the inter-local governmental 

agreement executed by Principal Chief of the Osage Tribe of Oklahoma and authorized by the 

Osage Tribal Council. 

PASSED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF OSAGE COUNTY, 

OKLAHOMA, THIS 26TH DAY OF JULY, 1999. 

Board of County Commissioners 

Osage County, Oklahoma 

By: 4 ff !3-.J{,ub 

Chairman 

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RESOLUTION NO. 4 5 z l 

WHEREAS, inter-local governmental agreements for cooperative 

law enforcement efforts between state law enforcement agencies, the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Tribal governaments are 

recognized and authorized by the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act, 

25 u.s.c. Section 2801,et seq., and Oklahoma Law, Title 74 o.s. 

Section 1001, et seq., and the state-Tribal Relations Act, Title 

74 O.S. Section 1221; 

AND WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Osage 

County, Oklahoma finds that it would be in the best interest of the 

citizens of Osage County, Oklahoma to enter into such agreements; 

IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 

OF OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA: 

That Osage County, Oklahoma enter into a cooperative law 

enforcement agreement with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the 

Osage Nation providing for cooperative law enforcement efforts and 

the cross-deputization of law enforcement officers of the Osage 

County Sheriff's office, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Osage 

Nation as proposed and upon the terms agreed to by the Sheriff of 

Osage County, Oklahoma, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Osage 

Nation. 

IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, that said agreement shall not take 

effect until the same is approved by the District Attorney of Osage 

County, Oklahoma, the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, 

the Governor of the state of Oklahoma, ··the Chairman of the Joint 

Committee on State-Tribal Relations of the State of Oklahoma and 

the Secretary of the Interior of the United State of America or 

their respective authorized designees. 

PASSED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF OSAGE COUNTY, 

OKLAHOMA, THIS 18TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1995. 

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RESOLUTION 

OF THE 

OSAGE TRIBAL COUNCIL 

No. 30-431 

WHEREAS, 

1. The Osage Tribal Council, organized pursuant to 

provisions of the Act of June 28, 1906, 34 Stat. 539, as amended, 

and is the elected governing body of the Osage Tribe of Indians; 

and 

2. After full consideration of a cross-deputization 

agreement, attached hereto, among the Osage Tribe of Indians, Osage 

County, Oklahoma, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs which permits 

the law enforcement agencies of those three parties to crossdeputize their law enforcement officers to provide enhanced law 

enforcement services in Osage County, Oklahoma, the Osage Tribal 

Council has determined that said agreement should be approved. 

THEREFORE, BE IT 

RESOLVED, 

1. The cross-deputization agreement attached hereto which is 

entitled "Agreement for Cooperative Enforcement and CrossDeputization between the Osage Nation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

the State of Oklahoma, Osage County, Oklahoma and Various Oklahoma 

Municipal Corporations" is hereby approved; and 

2. The Principal Chief, or in his absence the Acting 

Principal Chief, is authorized to execute said agreement on behalf 

of the Osage Tribe of Indians and to forward ten (10) copies of the 

same to the District Attorney of Osage County, Oklahoma, for 

presentation to the Board of County Commissioners of Osage County, 

Oklahoma. Upon the return of the agreement to the Principal Chief, 

or Acting Principal Chief in his absence, after it has been duly 

approved and executed by the Chairman, Board of County 

Commissioners and the Sheriff of Osage County, Oklahoma, the 

agreement, with sufficient original and executed copies.thereof is 

to be transmitted to the Commander, District II, Law Enforcement 

Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee, Oklahoma, for his 

approval and execution on behalf of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

and for his subsequent transmittal to the Attorney General, the 

State-Tribal Relations Committee, and the Governor of the State of 

Oklahoma for their respective approvals; and 

3. The Principal Chief, or in his absence the Acting 

Principal Chief, is hereby authorized to sign this Resolution. 
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CERTIFICATION 

hereby certify the foregoing Resolution No. 30-431 was considered 

by the Osage Tribal Council at a duly called meeting in Pawhuska, 

Oklahoma, at which a quorum was present and the same was adopted by 

a vote of 8 in favor and 0 opposed, this 30th day of June 1999. 

ATTEST: 

<Jlauc«:~ Secretary