Joe Crittenden (né Stanley Joe Crittenden; born 1944) is a Cherokee Nation politician who has served as the Cherokee Nation Secretary of Veteran Affairs since 2019.
Crittenden was elected to the Cherokee Nation tribal council in 2003.
[2] After Bill John Baker was elected, he succeeded Crittendon who resumed his position as deputy chief.
[3] In 2019, the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court ruled that Crittendon could not run for a third consecutive term in 2019, even though he did not serve the entirety of his first term due to serving as acting Principal Chief, because the Cherokee Constitution limits elected officials to two consecutive terms.
[1] In 2019, he was appointed as the first Cherokee Nation Secretary of Veterans Affairs by Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.[5][6]