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First Cherokee tribe member nominated for NC House

SWAIN COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) – The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has selected the first ever tribe member to serve as a representative in the State House. Anna Ferguson was selected as the Republican ...
WRAL

The Cherokee Nation wants a representative in Congress, taking the US government up on a promise it made nearly 200 years ago

The Cherokee Nation announced Thursday that it intends to appoint a delegate to the US House of Representatives, asserting for the first time a right promised to the tribe in a nearly 200-year-old ...
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The Cherokee Nation's demand for a congressional delegate gets a hearing in the House

Nearly two centuries ago, the US government promised the Cherokee people a seat in Congress in exchange for giving up their homelands. So far, it hasn't delivered. But that promise came one step ...
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Bill to return land in Monroe County to Cherokee tribe passes U.S. House for fifth time

MONROE COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — A bill returning historical sites in Monroe County to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians passed the U.S. House of Representatives for the fifth time. Representative ...

Cherokee people confront America250 with pride, pain

CHEROKEE - The face in the painting is split down the center. On one side is the seal of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ...