Looks like Fauxcahontas will have competition.
So will the next step be to appoint a delegate from all 574 tribes recognized by the US Government?
no one should be double represented in Congress. When citizenship was granted to all indigenous people within our borders giving all the right to vote in their local congressional district, the alternative of representation for internal “nations” was ended
This cannot be another broken promise.”
Why not? Its been “broken” since 1835. Is the Treaty of New Echota even still in force?
I think that particular sentence needs to be rewritten. After all I remember voting several time for Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a member of the Northern Cheyenne tribe. Then there was Charles Curtis, a member of the Kaw tribe.
I think the sentence needs to be: “For the first time in nearly 200 years, an Indigenous tribal nation may have a representative in Congress.”
But then again, history is there to be changed to fit the current narrative
The Cherokees were the primary tribe that Andrew Jackson packed up and sent onto the “Trai of Tears”. There is still a Cherokee reservation on the North Carolina side of Smoky Mountain National Park. The delegate would be a reminder that tribes, like the Cherokees, are sovereign nations within the United States.
i congratulate the representative!
Maybe Princess Gray Beaver Warren will roll out the buffalo carpet for her…
Gee and I thought Ben Nughthorse was an indigenous member of the Cheyenne tribe
it’s about allegiance...two master’s is out...who are the indians given...check the monies we give them every year...millions and millions. it’ll be all about retribution.
Hey, no fair. What about the Iroquois Nation? I demand equal representation for us with Seneca heritage.
The HRC is still run by the democrats until January.
The most likely reason to grant Kim Teehee a seat is if she is a democrat. While they can't vote, could they add to the numbers of democrats in the House?
House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern, (D-Mass.) said at the conclusion of last week's hearing, “This can and should be done as quickly as possible. That is my view. The history of this country is a history of broken promise after broken promise to Native American communities. This cannot be another broken promise.”
Oh, this smarmy astard does NOTHING unless it is political. Bet his reasons are far from a concern for fairness!
Ok, the Cherokees will have a delegate in Congress. What about the Navajos, Hopi, Blackfeet, Mohegan, Pequots, Hawaiians, the Seminoles and other of our recognized nations? Should they have a delegate?
These are the Cherokee from northeast OK. The tend to be very conservative. When they settled in the 1830s they were probably more Christianized than their white counterparts.The mother of evangelist Oral Roberts was an Oklahoma Cherokee.