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After 184 years, Cherokees seek House delegate seat promised in treaty

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Posted by 3dc 2019-12-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 not satisfied with having just one Senator from MA

Posted by lord garth 2019-12-16 04:11|| 2019-12-16 04:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Like present day USA is not tribalized enough?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-12-16 04:13|| 2019-12-16 04:13|| Front Page Top

#3 How can they have tribal sovereignty for their Indian "nations" AND representation in Congress as members of the non-Indian, US nation?

Posted by Lex 2019-12-16 07:02|| 2019-12-16 07:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Another little problem for the Cherokees were that they were slavers and sided with the South during the Civil War, and yes they did have sex with their slaves. Watch the Black Caucus spin in circles it that comes up.

Posted by Gomez Flugum6633 2019-12-16 07:15|| 2019-12-16 07:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Pocahontas didn't satisfy the treaty requirement?

Posted by JohnQC 2019-12-16 07:57|| 2019-12-16 07:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Let them have not voting seats like Washington DC.

Posted by ruprecht 2019-12-16 08:14|| 2019-12-16 08:14|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm all for procrastination, but waiting 184 years to do something suggests it wasn't real high on the To Do list.

Posted by SteveS 2019-12-16 08:47|| 2019-12-16 08:47|| Front Page Top

#8 Plenary power doctrine: Congress, and not the Executive Branch or Judicial Branch, has ultimate authority with regard to matters affecting the Indian tribes. Federal courts give greater deference to Congress on Indian matters than on other subjects.

Wiki on Tribal sovereignty in the United States

Check the numerous Acts which determined the relationships.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-12-16 08:52|| 2019-12-16 08:52|| Front Page Top

#9 What would happen if all the 'reservations' were cut free and allowed/forced to become one or more independent nations. Or a geographically disconnected 51st state? Would they sink or swim?

Posted by rjschwarz 2019-12-16 09:51|| 2019-12-16 09:51|| Front Page Top

#10 ^Sink. I live next to one and it's not a good idea.

Posted by Secret Master 2019-12-16 10:49|| 2019-12-16 10:49|| Front Page Top

#11 Would they sink or swim?

Those who were able to hire good management companies for their c@$inos might do alright.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-12-16 11:32|| 2019-12-16 11:32|| Front Page Top

#12 ..yep. Have two big ones in the immediate area. Watched the before and after. Far better off than when they were at the tit of the Bureau of Indians Affairs. Have a policy that basically says 'he who will not work will not eat'. The communities did it right. Biggest discovery was the power of lobbyists and their benefits.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-12-16 12:11|| 2019-12-16 12:11|| Front Page Top

#13 3dc great read!

Posted by Woodrow 2019-12-16 13:41|| 2019-12-16 13:41|| Front Page Top

#14 Some of them make damned good destroyer commanders.

Posted by Matt 2019-12-16 18:41|| 2019-12-16 18:41|| Front Page Top

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