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  • Tom Coburn's Remarks regarding Cherokee People

    09/17/2004 9:58:48 AM PDT · by eveningrain · 48 replies · 1,634+ views
    Cherokee Nation News ^ | August 21, 2004 | Cherokee Nation
    Who is Coburn to say who is a "real" Cherokee and who isn't? As a Cherokee woman I take great umbrage to the statements he made againt our nations' people. The Cherokee people have always had the "one drop" rule, but then again, as indigenous nations throughout this land we call home, we are the only people to be described in fractions or who have to prove "who we are" with a us governmental card - it's easier to be a terrorist and be more welcomed into this country, than to be an Indian, who were here long before the...