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☆ Why a Native American Nation Is Challenging the U.S. Over a 1794 Treaty
  + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Grace Ashford | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Four or five years ago, Sidney Hill’s young son came to him with a question that Mr. Hill didn’t know how to answer. “We lost all this land,” Mr. Hill recalled his son saying. “How can that be?”In many ways, Mr. Hill was the best person to answer that question. As Tadodaho, the spiritual leader of the Onondaga Nation, he was responsible for protecting its legacy and guiding it into the future. The younger generation needed to know, he said.
Persons: Sidney Hill’s, Hill, “, ” Organizations: State, Onondaga Nation Locations: Onondaga, New York, Syracuse
☆ The US promised the Cherokee Nation a seat in Congress in a treaty that fueled the Trail of Tears. 188 years later, the Cherokee say lawmakers may finally fulfill that promise.
  + stars: | 2023-02-04 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
The Cherokee Nation was promised a seat in Congress in the 1835 Treaty of New Echota. The Cherokee Nation appears closer than ever to finally seating a delegate. She said lawmakers asked tough questions, but she felt "very optimistic" the Cherokee delegate was something the committee ultimately supported. The Cherokee Nation is continuing to galvanize support and encourages US citizens to reach out to their representatives in Congress and tell them to fulfill the treaty promise. "I think the stars are aligned for a Cherokee Nation delegate to be seated," she said.
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