TAHLEQUAH â Claims made about Native American culture by a political commentator and former Pennsylvania senator sparked widespread ire, and according to Cherokee Nation leaders, highlight the need to âpick up the burden ourselves to educate on who we are.â
âThereâs no need to have a talking head on a major network trying to pick on Native Americans as though we donât matter,â said Kimberly Teehee, CN Government Relations director and the tribeâs congressional delegate nominee. âWe know we matter, and we know we have real, legal relationships with the United States and that we have real, tangible things that flow from who we are as tribes and as governments, and we have contributed greatly to the fabric of this country.â
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Cherokee Nation s nominee to serve as the tribe s delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives is hopeful she could be seated in Washington soon. I anticipate this administration supporting a delegate to Congress and I anticipate us getting seated this year in this session, knock on wood, Kimberly Teehee, Cherokee Nation s director of government relations, said on a Thursday virtual forum hosted by Cherokee Nation Community and Cultural Outreach.
Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. nominated Teehee for the post in 2019, citing a right granted the tribe under the 1835 Treaty of New Echota with the federal government. That is an effort that we will be pushing even harder in 2021, Hoskin said Thursday. She needs to be seated in the United States House of Representatives. If you want Congress to get better, then our delegate needs to be seated, because she will make Congress better.