Mary Baker Shaw

Mary Baker Shaw is a Cherokee politician who served as an at-large tribal councilor for the Cherokee Nation from 2017 to 2021.

Career Baker Shaw won the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council's At-Large seat in the June 3, 2017 election. She secured a victory with 56.77% of the vote, receiving 847 votes out of the total cast. She represented Cherokee citizens living outside the tribe's jurisdictional boundaries as one of two at-large councilors alongside Wanda Hatfield. She served as chair of the Health Committee, where she addressed the issue of physician turnover. She formed a subgroup that implemented solutions, resulting in a reduction in provider turnover from losing 100 out of 125 physicians in a 5-year period to less than 4% turnover. Baker Shaw supported the launch of cherokeesatlarge.org to provide timely information to the at-large Cherokee population. She did not run for reelection when her four-year term concluded in 2021. She was succeeded by Johnny Jack Kidwell.