Within the boundaries of the city and surrounding county are tribal lands belonging to and governed by various Native American nations.
[2] The Chair and Vice-Chair of the Tulsa City Council are one year appointments which are nominated and elected by the Councilors each December.
[3] Until 2007, City Hall was located in the civic center, a sector of downtown that included most governmental services, including the Federal Courthouse, Tulsa County Courthouse, Tulsa City-County Library, and The Convention Center.
[5] The move then allowed the former City Hall property to be redeveloped into a new Aloft Hotel,[6] to support the BOK Center.
[9] The city quickly outgrew that facility and began renting office space in the privately owned Reeder Building.