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  But that's not the only group of Cherokees. There's also the "United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians", and the "Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians". There's three different Cherokee tribes. 
  There may be some confusion with the name Cherokee Nation here. The Treaty of New Echota was made between the US government and "the Cherokee Nation". But that was the united Cherokee Nation which was abolished as an entity by the government around 1900. The modern "Cherokee Nation" is a later institutional creation which does not consist of all Cherokees or even all Cherokee tribal institutions (hence the United Keetoowah Band and the Eastern Band existing as their own separate things). Since New Echota was between the US and the Cherokee in general as a united people, it doesn't necessarily legally make sense to assume that the modern creation of the Cherokee Nation inherits the seat as opposed to the broader Cherokee people in general which would be inclusive of the other two tribes too
context: Not if republicans have anything to say about it >
  
  They have a lot to say about it - they control the House and vote in lockstep >
  
  Did you read the article? They're not likely to vote in lockstep. >
  
  Have you seen their actions? >
  
  I can't read the minds of every member of congress, no. But if a republican member from Oklahoma who is also a member of the Chickasaw nation says they're interested, that seems like if anyone is going to vote for this, it'd be them. >
  
  So 1 out of 215 >
  
  Oh my god. Lockstep. That was the claim. Lockstep. Lockstep means unanimous. If one Republican breaks from the group it's no longer lockstep. 
  And anyways democrats and republicans have had literally centuries to sign this; blaming only Republicans is like blaming only Biden for the debt. (Not that I really care about the debt) >
  
  It's almost like words don't have meanigs to some people. >
  
  So fucking frustrating. Watch the person never reply again too. Watch them do it again too. Reminds me of the most annoying kids in middle school that would stop talking to you mid conversation because they realized they were gonna look stupid. >
  
  If you want to get the dictionary out sure you're right. But for the most part they vote lockstep in everything and 1 out of 215 is pretty damn close. Saying "tHiS iSnT lOcKsTeP" just makes you look like an ass. And your comment here proves that. >
  
  Narrator: Under no circumstances will Republicans allow this. >
  
  My understanding is this is a non-voting seat. Republicans can take the W on this with no cost to their majority. >
  
  Even at no cost I doubt they’ll support giving a minority a voice. They’ll find some bullshit reason to justify it. >
  
  "It's not what the founding fathers would have wanted." >
  
  Honestly, the only time they may be right when they say that… >
  
  And maybe we should stop taking our ethical cues from people who died 250 years ago? Regardless of who they were at the time, either Founder or slave-owner, the world has moved well past them. >
  
  A separate article on this was posted yesterday on the IndianCountry subreddit.  The above link goes to the native people's comments there. >
  
  I see this ending up at the supreme court where they will rule that lying to natives is historically part of our culture... >
  
  Citing the landmark case of finders, keepers v losers, weepers >
  
  How will Republicans not make this happen? >
  
  1) say no
  2) if anyone challenges them, see step 1 >
  
  3) Say Yes and make it a non voting seat. >
  
  If they say yes it will piss off their base…won’t happen >
  
  If they haven’t been given the right in 188 years then allow them to add 188 lawmakers for the next year to makeup for it. >
  
  I think I'd settle for 18 for each of the next 10 years >
  
  Andrew Jackson: I'm altering the deal. >
  
  An ancestor, William Wirt, argued the cherokee case before the supreme court.  He won the case.  Andrew jackson chose to ignore the court.  Hence Trail of Tears.  A seat in congress is a start.  Like virgin islands.  You sit on committee but dont vote on the floor. >
  
  Andrew Jackson used to be the most disgusting President. >
  
  About damn time wtf. American Indians have a badass and rich history. They need some representation! >
  
  This is for a non-voting seat, like Puerto Rico >
  
  so like the first pitch of a baseball game >
  
  The main issue is that it's not really clear which Cherokee group should be the one to decide who is sent to Congress. And we can't just do something like giving the multiple different groups each their own delegate - or at least, that would probably require changing the treaty by law or something, which we likely wouldn't see with the GOP in control in the house and being able to filibuster in the Senate >
  
  Teehee is already nominated by the Cherokee Nation