James Ellis Recall Charges

Pursuant to the Constitution of and for the Western Cherokee and reserving unto ourselves the "Traditional Principals or Tradition" clause of Section 6 to the Bill of Rights of and for the Western Cherokee,  we, the undersigned Cherokee Persons, do hereby demand the immediate suspension from tribal and corporate office, titles, duties and responsibilities, pending the timely recall and subsequent removal from office, the following persons, for cause:

Name                                                          Title
James D. Ellis                                            Principle Chief

Generalities and Specifications in support of the demanded actions:

James D Ellis:  Ellis has continually and habitually shirked his tribal and corporate responsibilities. Furthermore, Ellis has proven to be inattentive to the needs of his office and of the Western Cherokee people.  Overall, Ellis's inefficient and ineffective management style has proven to be a hindrance to tribal progress.  His mismanagement of the Tribal Services Center has resulted in lost document(s and lost record(s), lost revenue, and has compromised the Tribe and Corporation legally.  This coupled with the indigenous communities' negative perception of the Tribal Services Center results in a less than positive public image of the Western Cherokee. 

Ellis: 

Specification 1:  Ellis did, and continues to; willfully and knowingly violate both his oath of office and his constitutional duties as defined by Constitution for the Western Cherokee.

Specification 2:  Ellis did willfully and knowingly violate the rights of all Western Cherokee Tribal Peoples, rights guaranteed in the BILL OF RIGHTS that is delineated in ARTICLE VIII of and in the Constitution for the Western Cherokee as is incontrovertibly evidenced by his executive order and/or direction requiring that tribal and corporate records be withheld from the Western Cherokee Peoples.

Specification 3:  Ellis did willfully and knowingly  use revenue inappropriately, did not oversee the timely payment, and brought the Western Cherokee to disgrace by allowing unpaid debts to accumulate to the point that debtors had no recourse but to file suit against the tribe.

Specification 4:  Ellis did willfully and knowingly use aggressive language and body behavior to intimidate tribal members.

Specification 5:  Ellis did willfully and knowingly interfere with a sanctioned election by inappropriate contact with the Election Board and Election Ballots.

Specification 6:  Ellis did willfully and knowingly fail to keep the Tribal Services Center open to Tribal Members and failed to keep communication lines open to Tribal Members.

Specification 7:  Ellis did willfully and knowingly fail to keep the Western Cherokee Non Profit Corporation open to the public during normal working hours as required by Missouri Law.

Specification 8:  Ellis did willfully and knowingly encourage Tribal Council to Create The Pow Wow Committee to be autonomous(of another government) from the Western Cherokee Tribe and the Western Cherokee Non-Profit Corporation.  That he did willingly and knowingly encourage and allow the Pow Wow Committee to Create debts under the name of the Western Cherokee Non-profit Corporation using the Tax Identification number assigned to the Western Cherokee Non Profit Corporation in contradiction to the council’s order that the Tax Identification Number assigned to the Western Cherokee Non Profit Corporation no longer be used in any context.

Specification 9:  Ellis did willfully and knowingly ignore the debts created by members of the Pow Wow Committee allowing them to compile against the Western Cherokee Non Profit Corporation and the Western Cherokee Tribe.

Specification 10: Ellis willfully and knowingly allowed Tribal Council which must mirror the Board of Directors of the Non Profit Corporation and must have a 3-5 quorum  to hold meetings and do business when a quorum was not present.

Specification 11: Ellis willfully and knowingly has allowed the Tribal Complex to fall into a state of disrepair by not attending to the repair of the main and cafeteria buildings roofs, by ignoring plumbing water leaks and allowing damage to the cafeteria building, by ignoring City Notifications that the grass must be mowed, by allowing trash and debris to pile up on the exterior as well as interior of the cafeteria building.

Specification 12:  Ellis encouraged and obtained permission from the Council to spend revenues as he saw fit.

Specification 13:  Ellis willingly and knowingly used the Tribal Complex to stage his recent campaign without proper compensation.

Submitted for Immediate Removal and Action

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Mail petition to:
WC Petition, P.O.Box 1346, Salem Missouri 65560