Daryl Legg
Cherokee Nation Tribal Councilor for the 6th district
Assumed office
August 14, 2019
Preceded byBryan Warner
Sallisaw, Oklahoma Ward 4 Commissioner
In office
2015 – May 2018
Preceded byVicki Sawney
Succeeded byShannon Vann
Personal details
EducationNortheastern State University

Daryl Legg is a Cherokee Nation politician who has served as the member of the Cherokee Nation tribal council for the 6th district since 2019.

Early life, education, and career

Legg served three prison sentences for drug possession (two in Arkansas and one in Oklahoma) before attending classes with the Cherokee Nation re-entry program, which assists formerly incarcerated Cherokee Nation citizens with finding jobs, housing, and school after release. He later graduated from Northeastern State University in 2006. After graduation he started working with the Cherokee Nation and by 2009 he was a director in the Cherokee Nation vocational education program.[1] From 2013 to 2019, Legg worked as the Cherokee Nation's Career Services Coming Home Re-entry Program director.[2] In 2014, he was named a "Champion of Change" by the Obama administration for going from being sentenced three times for drug possession, to running a re-entry program for Native Americans.[1] He was elected in Sallisaw, Oklahoma as the Ward 4 commissioner and served between 2015 and May 2018.[3]

Cherokee Nation tribal council

Legg ran for the Cherokee Nation's 6th district seat being vacated by Bryan Warner in 2019; he faced Ron Goff and Gary Trad Lattimore in the general election.[4] He won the general election and avoided a runoff with 56% of the vote.[5] He was sworn on August 15, 2019.[6] Legg said of his election to the tribal council "I feel like I carry a big torch for those that are also convicted felons. My story is out there. If people can see somebody like me make it, it gives them hope."[7] He ran for re-election in the 2023 Cherokee Nation tribal council elections and was re-elected with 76% of the vote.[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Legg honored at White House as 'Champion of Change'". Cherokee Phoenix. August 14, 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Bark, Lindsey (March 8, 2017). "CN helps formerly incarcerated citizens". Cherokee Phoenix. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Ward 4 Commissioners". sallisawok.org. City of Sallisaw. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  4. ↑ Hunter, Chad (February 8, 2019). "36 file for Cherokee Nation government seats". Cherokee Phoenix. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  5. ↑ Bark, Lindsey (June 2, 2019). "UPDATED: Legg wins Dist. 6 Tribal Council seat". Cherokee Phoenix. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  6. ↑ Hunter, Chad (August 15, 2019). "Hoskin, Warner, 8 councilors sworn in at inauguration ceremony". Cherokee Phoenix. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  7. ↑ Bark, Lindsey (September 1, 2019). "Legg assumes Dist. 6 Tribal Councilor position". Cherokee Phoenix. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "CN Election 2023: District 6 Tribal Council candidates Q&A". Cherokee Phoenix. April 11, 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  9. ↑ Hunter, Chad (August 23, 2023). "Cherokee Nation election panel OKs vote count". Cherokee Phoenix. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
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