Legacy Of The Trail Of Tears Complicating Bid For Cherokee Representation In House
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. at the announcement in August 2019 that the tribe planned to ask Congress to seat a non-voting Che...
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. at the announcement in August 2019 that the tribe planned to ask Congress to seat a non-voting Cherokee delegate, as called for in a 19th century treaty. Tori Holland's family is split. Her husband and her children are enrolled citizens of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. She belongs to a different, much smaller federally recognized tribe of Cherokees, the United Keetoowah Band. In fact, she is who the United Keetoowah Band wants to send to Washington as a delegate to represent the Cherokee under a 19th-century treaty signed by the government.