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US Congress considers seating Native American tribal delegate

Cherokee Nation Chief Chuck Hoskin speaks during a House Rules Committee hearing on November 16, 2022 [Mariam Zuhaib/AP Photo]

The United States Congress is exploring the possibility of honouring a promise made nearly 200 years ago: seating a delegate from the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, a Native American tribe, in the US legislature.

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin testified on Wednesday before a US House Rules Committee, the first to examine the prospect of seating a Cherokee delegate in the chamber of Congress.

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