Cherokee Nation seeks House delegate

[neverfstop]

I though this was a cool story- I hope they get it.

www.axios.com/2022/09/22/cherokee-nation-launches-campaign-to-congress

The Cherokee Nation is launching a campaign to force Congress to seat a nonvoting U.S. House delegate, holding them accountable to a 19th-century treaty that has never been honored.



Driving the news: The 1835 Treaty of New Echota, which was signed by then-President Andrew Jackson and ratified by the Senate, promised a nonvoting House delegate to the nation.



The treaty then forced the Cherokee Nation to eventually head to Oklahoma, after moving from their ancestral homelands in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. About 4,000 people died along the way.

Kim Teehee, a citizen of the nation, was named the tribe's first delegate in 2019 by principal chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. Teehee, if seated, would be able to give House floor speeches and vote in committee, but wouldn’t have the ability to vote on final legislation.

[basilosaurus]

So, much like Guam, PR, American Samoa? About damn time.

[seeyalater52]

Every time I learn about another damn treaty that US leaders signed and then refused to honor - INCLUDING RIGHT THIS MOMENT - I am so disgusted.

I hope they prevail.

[mrspez07]

I hope they are successful, it is long overdue.

there is an artist I follow on IG that does broken treaty quilts as art. Powerful to see.
www.ginaadamsartist.com/broken-treaty-quilts

[msmerymac]

This seems like a simple thing to accomplish. Important, but easy to implement, you know?

[penguingrrl]

About damned time.

[rubytue]

Sept 22, 2022 7:45:33 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

So, much like Guam, PR, American Samoa? About damn time.

And DC.