Baker Shaw won the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council's At-Large seat in the June 3, 2017 election.
[1] Baker Shaw was one of nine Cherokee Nation Tribal Councilors sworn into office on August 14, 2017, at a ceremony held in the Sequoyah High School gymnasium.
[2] She represented Cherokee citizens living outside the tribe's jurisdictional boundaries as one of two at-large councilors alongside Wanda Hatfield.
[3] She served as chair of the Health Committee, where she addressed the issue of physician turnover.
[3] Baker Shaw supported the launch of cherokeesatlarge.org to provide timely information to the at-large Cherokee population.