Posted on 11/25/2022 3:43:25 AM PST by blueplum
For the first time in nearly 200 years, a member of an Indigenous tribal nation may have a seat in Congress.
The House Rules Committee held a first-of-its-kind hearing last week to discuss potentially adding a non-voting delegate to represent the Cherokee Nation in Congress. The provision was written into the Treaty of New Echota in 1835, which promises the Cherokee Nation a delegate in Congress in exchange for...
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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.
Lakota Sioux, Ben Reifel, served five terms in the US House of Representatives from 1961-1971. He was a Republican.
Sovereign? Do they have passports? Does any other nation or international organization recognize them as such? (The U.S. does not recognize Taiwan as a sovereign.) I would say that they are subordinate to the U.S. Government and dependent on it. Otherwise, why would they consider sending a representative to Congress?
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
And you can be assured that the only reason this has now come up is because she’s a good democrat and will serve as another useful idiot in securing ballots for the dems.
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.
Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R CO) was also a Cheyenne chief.
Going to need a bigger Capital building. Probably cost $25 billion.
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!
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