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Legacy Of The Trail Of Tears Complicating Bid For Cherokee Representation In House
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. at the announcement in August 2019 that the tribe...
Treaty promise for a Cherokee voice in Congress places tribes on different paths
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 10 months agoTAHLEQUAH — In a valley among the rolling foothills of the Ozark Mountains sits this quiet town of...
US House eyes prospect of seating Cherokee Nation delegate
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma moved a step closer on Wednesday to having a promise fulfilled from...
Almost 200 Years Late, House Hears Cherokee Case For Representation
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPrincipal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. of the Cherokee Nation, and Mainon Schwartz, attorney at the...
Cherokee Nation’s Case For Congressional Delegate To Get A House Committee Hearing
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., left, at the 2019 announcement that he intended to...
Cherokees ask US to make good on promise: a seat in Congress
ABC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe country's largest Native American tribe, the Cherokee Nation, is ramping up calls on the U.S....
The US promised the Cherokee Nation a seat in Congress in a treaty that fueled the Trail of Tears....
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKim Teehee has been proposed to serve as the Cherokee Nation's first congressional delegate.iStock;...
Guest: Why a Cherokee Nation delegate to Congress cannot represent all tribes
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Delaware Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe and is a successor in interest...
Oklahoma tribes need more money for policing, Cherokee, Muscogee officials tell Congress
Gannett via AOL· 3 weeks agoOklahoma tribes need more money from Congress to expand and maintain their criminal justice systems...
Cherokee Nation wants to send a delegate to the House – it's an idea older than Congress itself
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAt the Cherokee Heritage Center in Park Hill, Oklahoma, life-size sculptures depict the walk of the...