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Cherokee Nation To Have A Seat In The House Of Representatives
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Sep 1, 2019, 1:21:03 PM9/1/19
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Everything old is new again. In this case, hundreds of years old. If you
thought our government couldn’t wind up entrenched in any other really
obscure issues, how about our ongoing relations with the Cherokee Nation?
It appears that they’re going to be sending a representative to Congress
in the near future. If that sounds like something they shouldn’t be able
to do, I’d probably agree with you were it not for the fact that we
apparently promised them a seat back in 1835 and our government today is
probably still on the hook to make good on the deal. (CNN)
The Cherokee Nation announced Thursday that it intends to appoint a
delegate to the US House of Representatives, asserting for the first time
a right promised to the tribe in a nearly 200-year-old treaty with the
federal government.
It was a historic step for the Oklahoma-based Cherokee Nation and its
nearly 370,000 members, coming about a week after Chuck Hoskin Jr. was
sworn in as principal chief of the tribe. The Cherokee Nation says it’s
the largest tribal nation in the US and one of three federally recognized
Cherokee tribes.
The move raises questions about what that representation in Congress would
look like and whether the US will honor an agreement it made almost two
centuries ago.
So will we agree to this? Particularly in the current climate of social
justice activity, it would be a massively unpopular choice to turn them
down. Not to mention the fact that we’re supposed to honor our treaties.
Keep in mind that the treaty in question was the one that resulted in what
came to be known as the Trail of Tears as the Cherokee were moved out to
new lands with massive numbers of them dying in the process. And then, of
course, there’s the whole genocide thing. We promised them a seat in the
House as part of that deal. It would be pretty ugly if we didn’t make good
on the promise now.
Provided this is a non-voting seat, I don’t see why it would be much of a
problem. We already have several of those, representing the District of
Columbia and a few territories. That gives them the chance to have their
voices heard without upsetting the balance of power. Now, if they want a
voting seat, that’s going to complicate matters considerably.
Getting back to that whole idea of honoring our treaties, this could wind
up being a slippery slope. We drew up a lot of treaties with the Native
Americans back in the day and some of them are still floating around out
there. Growing up, I still remember seeing news reports about the tribes
of the former Iroquois Nation in New York State having one that promised
them all of the land in New York west of the Hudson River and north of the
Mohawk River “for as long as the winds shall blow and the sun shall shine”
or something along those lines. That’s well over half the state.
Still, a deal’s a deal, right? Don’t be shocked if you see some more of
these documents turning up in court in the coming years.
--
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
The Obama-led Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
approved Uranium One in fall 2010. With a little luck, we'll see
compulsive liar Hillary Clinton in jail before she dies.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.
house-representatives/
Everything old is new again. In this case, hundreds of years old. If you
thought our government couldn’t wind up entrenched in any other really
obscure issues, how about our ongoing relations with the Cherokee Nation?
It appears that they’re going to be sending a representative to Congress
in the near future. If that sounds like something they shouldn’t be able
to do, I’d probably agree with you were it not for the fact that we
apparently promised them a seat back in 1835 and our government today is
probably still on the hook to make good on the deal. (CNN)
The Cherokee Nation announced Thursday that it intends to appoint a
delegate to the US House of Representatives, asserting for the first time
a right promised to the tribe in a nearly 200-year-old treaty with the
federal government.
It was a historic step for the Oklahoma-based Cherokee Nation and its
nearly 370,000 members, coming about a week after Chuck Hoskin Jr. was
sworn in as principal chief of the tribe. The Cherokee Nation says it’s
the largest tribal nation in the US and one of three federally recognized
Cherokee tribes.
The move raises questions about what that representation in Congress would
look like and whether the US will honor an agreement it made almost two
centuries ago.
So will we agree to this? Particularly in the current climate of social
justice activity, it would be a massively unpopular choice to turn them
down. Not to mention the fact that we’re supposed to honor our treaties.
Keep in mind that the treaty in question was the one that resulted in what
came to be known as the Trail of Tears as the Cherokee were moved out to
new lands with massive numbers of them dying in the process. And then, of
course, there’s the whole genocide thing. We promised them a seat in the
House as part of that deal. It would be pretty ugly if we didn’t make good
on the promise now.
Provided this is a non-voting seat, I don’t see why it would be much of a
problem. We already have several of those, representing the District of
Columbia and a few territories. That gives them the chance to have their
voices heard without upsetting the balance of power. Now, if they want a
voting seat, that’s going to complicate matters considerably.
Getting back to that whole idea of honoring our treaties, this could wind
up being a slippery slope. We drew up a lot of treaties with the Native
Americans back in the day and some of them are still floating around out
there. Growing up, I still remember seeing news reports about the tribes
of the former Iroquois Nation in New York State having one that promised
them all of the land in New York west of the Hudson River and north of the
Mohawk River “for as long as the winds shall blow and the sun shall shine”
or something along those lines. That’s well over half the state.
Still, a deal’s a deal, right? Don’t be shocked if you see some more of
these documents turning up in court in the coming years.
--
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
The Obama-led Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
approved Uranium One in fall 2010. With a little luck, we'll see
compulsive liar Hillary Clinton in jail before she dies.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.
BeamMeUpScotty
Sep 1, 2019, 5:55:46 PM9/1/19
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That's Karma
A democracy is two wolves and a sheep, voting on what's for dinner....
Our republic has a Constitution that limits the POWER of the wolves.
Byker
Sep 1, 2019, 6:02:00 PM9/1/19
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"BeamMeUpScotty" wrote in message news:C7XaF.76667$G14....@fx13.iad...
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> Is the Cherokee Tribe a NATION or a State?
In most cases, "nation" is a synonym for "reservation"...
> Is the Cherokee Tribe a NATION or a State?
BeamMeUpScotty
Sep 1, 2019, 7:42:10 PM9/1/19
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districts of the States.
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That's Karma
*Rumination*
126 - The common thread isn't "gun violence" it's *violence* .
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