# Matthew Box

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{{Short description|Chairman of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe}}
'''Matthew James Box''' (born 1968) is the former chairman of the [Southern Ute Indian Tribe](/source/Southern_Ute_Indian_Reservation) in southwestern [Colorado](/source/Colorado), [USA](/source/United_States). He was elected in 2008 for a three-year term and assumed the chairmanship on 21 December 2008.<ref name="NFIC-1">[http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5351&Itemid=111 "New Ute tribal chairman Matthew Box sworn in "] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003235505/http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5351&Itemid=111 |date=2021-10-03 }} ''News From Indian Country'' December 2008</ref> Box replaced Clement Frost as chairman.<ref name="NFIC-1" />

In December 2010, Box faced a [recall election](/source/recall_election) amid accusations of mismanagement and fraud,<ref>Butler, Ann (23 April 2010) [http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20100423/NEWS01/304239963/Southern-Utes-meet-to-mull-recall "Southern Utes meet to mull recall: Tribal members worry about investment losses"] ''Durango Herald''</ref> but the required 50% of registered voters did not vote, so the recall failed.<ref>[http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10631&Itemid=5 "Effort to oust Southern Ute chairman fails"] ''News From Indian Country'' December 2010</ref><ref>Scofield, Heather (7 December 2010) [http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20101207/NEWS01/712079999/Effort-to-recall-Southern-Ute-chairman-fails "Effort to recall Southern Ute chairman fails"] ''Durango Herald''</ref>

Box resigned from his post as Chairman of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe on February 10, 2011.<ref>Scofield, Heather (Feb. 11, 2011) [http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20110211/NEWS01/702119931/Southern-Ute-leader-resigns;-acting-chairman-named "Southern Ute leader resigns; acting chairman named"] ''Durango Herald''</ref>

Box is the Bear Dance Chief of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.<ref>Shockley, Jeremy Wade (14 August 2009) [http://www.suaellc.com/Docs/SouthernUteDrum_SolixBioFuel.pdf "The Native American Heritage Train; The Southern Ute Legacy"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716160434/http://www.suaellc.com/Docs/SouthernUteDrum_SolixBioFuel.pdf |date=2011-07-16 }} ''Southern Ute Drum'' 41(16): pp.&nbsp;1–2</ref> He is divorced from Hope Box, with whom he has three children, Jakob, Morgann, and Noah.{{clarify|date=March 2016}}

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{{s-bef|before=[Clement Frost](/source/Clement_Frost)}}
{{s-ttl|title=Chairman of the [Southern Ute Indian Tribe](/source/Southern_Ute_Indian_Tribe)|years=2008–2011}}
{{s-aft|after=[Pearl Casias](/source/Pearl_Casias)}}
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Category:1968 births
Category:Living people
Category:21st-century Native American politicians
Category:Chairpersons of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe
Category:People from La Plata County, Colorado
Category:20th-century Native American people
Category:Native American people from Colorado

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