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Cherokee Nation Plans to Appoint Representative to US Congress

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Aug 27, 2019
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The Cherokee Nation announced on August 22 it will appoint a delegate to the US House of Representatives, a right granted to the Native American nation by the federal government in a nearly 200-year-old treaty.

“As Native issues continue to rise to the forefront of the national dialogue, now is the time for Cherokee Nation to execute a provision in our t…

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