| This is a really strange story with so many angles and issues. You have Uncle Sam the Indian Giver. You have a founding force of the Democrats Andrew Jackson. A bill signed by a president and congress. A bill that should have really been an Amendment to the Constitution so therefore signed by 2/3rds of the states. Since it wasn't, maybe it should be unconstitutional. If it is unconstitutional then is the treaty with the Cherokee Nation invalid? Is it a still-pending amendment to the constitution waiting for 2/3rds of the states to vote on it? Is there an expiration time on amendments? Oh, and the lady who would win the seat is an activist who was in political alignment with Obama. Lots of interesting questions. |
Kim Teehee was an intern combing through dusty archives when she first learned of a largely forgotten agreement between her Cherokee tribe and the federal government.
More than 25 years later, that document has placed Teehee at the center of a historic reckoning of the way Congress treats Native Americans, while raising questions about what representation in Washington really means.