The current records and source-document update log is maintained at records.truthfocus.net. This is a historical October 2026 update retained for reference. A dated, public-facing log of meaningful changes to records that Truth in Focus has cataloged, corrected, or added to its research collections. This is not an activity log for every internal working file, and a document’s presence in our research collection does not mean it has been published or independently authenticated.
October 8, 2026 — Review of Northern Cheyenne records
Council removal resolutions: Reviewed a copy of DOI-020 and DOI-021 (2026), recording the September 30 vote concerning President Gene Small and the interim appointment. The accompanying October 1 transmittal bears a BIA Northern Cheyenne Agency received stamp dated October 2. A received stamp documents receipt, not necessarily federal approval.
Election records: Reviewed a Council-issued notice addressing the November 3, 2026 Tribal Council election, the decision not to hold a primary, write-in voting, candidacy deadlines, and referenced court orders. See our independently labeled developing election update for the outstanding verification questions.
Financial resolutions: Identified DOI-017, DOI-018 and DOI-019 (2026) for review concerning tribal budgets, a proposed general-fund transfer and the Legacy Fund. These records are being assessed; appearance in this log is not a finding of misuse or an endorsement of the Council’s interpretation.
Council minutes organization: Began checking scanned meeting minutes against their original page headings rather than assuming archived filenames or year folders are correct. Verified and corrected the catalog placement of September 29, 2017 special-session minutes (formerly filed as 9-29.pdf in 2018), January 3, 2023 regular-session minutes (formerly filed as 1.3.23.pdf in 2022), and the filename for October 13–14, 2020 special-session minutes. Original Drive file IDs and document contents were preserved. This organizational work does not mean the complete archive has been verified.
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Last updated: October 8, 2026. Further updates will be dated and distinguish new source material from corrections to existing entries.