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well, that's certainly less likely than what i think of you.

in addition to being a self-acknowledged scalawag & turncoat to your home state/the southland, you are crude, seemingly ignorant of the most minimal standards of behavior & VULGAR, besides.

as i've said, "your talents" will "fit in nicely" with the DU creeps. head over there & stay.

free dixie,sw

My home: Born in Oklahoma, never part of the treasonous so called Confederacy.

Wasn't Oklahoma basically Indian Territory in those days? The Choctaws, Cherokees, Seminoles, Chickasaws, and other tribes had treaties or agreements with the Confederacy and many supplied troops to the Confederate Army. Were there similar treaties with the Union?

There were even a few non-voting tribal representatives to the Confederate Congress.

Mr. Hanly offered the following resolution; which was read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs:

Resolved, First. That each Delegate from the several Indian nations with whom treaties have been made and concluded by the Confederate States of America shall have and be entitled to a seat upon the floor of this House, may propose and introduce measures being for the benefit of his particular nation, and be heard in respect and regard thereto, or other matters in which his nation may be particularly interested.

Second. That, furthermore, it shall be the duty of the Speaker of this House to appoint one Delegate from one of the Indian nations upon the Committee on Indian Affairs, and the Delegate so appointed shall have and possess all the rights and privileges of other members of such committee, except the right to vote on questions pending before such committee.

The Speaker announced that he had appointed Mr. Boudinot [a Cherokee] corresponding member of the Committee on Indian Affairs, without the privilege of voting.

I'm curious. Did the Union have tribal representatives to Congress?