[1] Starr Scott initially worked as a hairdresser, running her own business out of her home in Bixby, Oklahoma, for many years.

[1] In addition to her career in healthcare, Starr Scott and her husband, Arthur Calvin Scott, whom she married on November 13, 1958, started a family business, the "Lil Indian Smoke Shop," in Jay, Oklahoma.

[1] Starr Scott's political involvement began with her election to the Cherokee Nation tribal council.

[1] In 1987, Starr Scott ran for deputy chief of Cherokee Nation, placing second to incumbent John Letcher 4,763 votes to 3,906.

[3] At the 1999 Cherokee Nation constitutional convention, Starr Scott supported a proposal to create two at-large districts on the tribal council, which became the successful "Starr-Scott proposal" that was included in the 1999 Cherokee Nation constitution.