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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eric Garcia

Cherokee Nation seeks seat in US House of Representatives, 200 years after US promised it one

RSU Public TV

The Cherokee Nation is once again requesting that the US House of Representatives seat a congressional representative to fulfill a treaty it made in 1835.

The Cherokee Nation released a video last week citing the Treaty of New Echota, which forced them to give up their homeland and move to what would become the Trail of Tears, the forced removal of Cherokees.

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