Wes Nofire

As an amateur, Nofire was named Oklahoma State Champion in the Super Heavyweight Division and went on to participate in the 2010 National Golden Gloves boxing tournament as the Kansas-Oklahoma regional representative.

[6][7] In 2011, Nofire moved to Miami, Florida, where he met John David Jackson, a former two-time world champion.

[8] Nofire made his heavyweight debut on August 26, 2011, at The Joint's Xtreme Fight Night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.

[18] Nofire topped a field of seven candidates in the general election that occurred on June 1, 2019, advancing himself to the July Runoff.

[20] Nofire received endorsement from Incumbent David Walkingstick and former Cherokee Nation Principal Chad Smith .

Hoskin described the allegations as "unhinged conspiracy theory.” [23] Nofire ran for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district in 2022.

She described his statements as "border[ing] on being treasonous and traitorous to Cherokee Nation.”[26] He placed seventh and failed to qualify for the runoff.

[28] He lost the election to incumbent principal chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.[29] On September 5, 2023, Nofire was appointed the Native American Affairs Liaison of Oklahoma by Governor Kevin Stitt.

"[23] Shambaugh later published an op-ed in the Cherokee Phoenix comparing Nofire to General George Armstrong Custer's Native American scouts and criticizing his appointment because of his "peddl[ing] in fact-free unhinged and ideologically extreme conspiracy theories that pose a danger of political violence" such as the Jewish Indian theory, implying principal chief Hoskins is "the biblical 'beast'" otherwise known as Satan, and accusing the Cherokee Nation of child trafficking.

[31][32] The Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes unanimously voted to approve a resolution expressing no confidence in Nofire and describing the Native American Affairs Liaison position as ineffective under Governor Stitt.