The Cherokee freedmen

[TheMercenary]

So basically you still failed.... Ok, I got that.

[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

So basically you still failed.... Ok, I got that.

???
Who is "you" ?
What still "failed" ?

But then if you got "that", I guess not all is lost.

[Lamplighter]

This has been a long road, and as Chief Baker said "not always a positive image"
Actually, the US Congress could learn a lot from all this.

Tulsa World
11/7/11

Cherokees come together at Baker inauguration ceremony

TAHLEQUAH - The Cherokee Nation stood largely united Sunday night
as freedmen, state leaders, all the Cherokee chiefs and thousands of Cherokees
welcomed for the first time their new principal chief, Bill John Baker.

Baker's speech at Sequoyah High School promised unity and prosperity among the Cherokees,
who have been split in many ways throughout their modern history.

Baker addressed the recent controversial election and former Chief Chad Smith,
thanking him for his sacrifices and making a better nation during his time as chief.
The crowd applauded loudly despite Smith's absence at the event.
Baker further asked for the nearly half of all Cherokees who did not vote for him to give him a chance.

"If you voted against me, I respect that and only ask that you now give me an opportunity to gain your trust," he said.

.

[Lamplighter]

This was a turbulent time for this community, but in the short run it has come out well.
The Carter Center focused only on the election processes, itself.
It has given it's blessings to the results, and come to some rather obvious conclusions.

Maybe those who attempted to divide and exclude will reconcile with the results,
and in the long run this election will help build a stronger Nation.

NewsOn6.com
Russell Hulstine
3/15/12

Carter Center Issues Final Report On Cherokee Nation Elections Last Year

TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma - The Carter Center has released its final report
regarding the Cherokee Nation's 2011 principal chief election in 2011
and in that report, issued a list of recommendations and changes
before another election is held next year.

The report, titled "The Carter Center Limited Observation Mission
To The Cherokee Nation Special Election for Principal Chief"
says throughout the election process, the Cherokee Nation's Election Commission
was strained by a series of last minute court ruling, but it still managed
to hold an election that followed the law.

In November 2011, Chief Bill John Baker was inaugurated as the tribe's principal chief.
It took months of controversy, two elections, and multiple recounts before Baker could take office.

During the middle of that process, the Cherokee Nation's Election Commission
asked the Carter Center to observe the election process.
The Center says in their report, there exists a communication gap between
the Cherokee Nation Election Commission and the Tribal Council
regarding the creation of election-related legislation.

.

[Lamplighter]

It takes the current Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, Bill John Parker,
to show Sen Scott Brown (R-MA) that you can't tell heritage by just looking.



NY Times
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
September 26, 2012

Scott Brown Says He ‘Regrets’ His Staff’s ‘Unacceptable’ Behavior

BOSTON — Senator Scott P. Brown’s campaign issued a statement
Wednesday evening saying he “regrets” what he called “unacceptable” behavior
by some staff members who participated in the tomahawk chops
and Indian war whoops at a campaign rally.<snip>

Mr. Brown said Tuesday that he did not condone such behavior but added
that Ms. Warren was the one who needed to apologize for claiming to be,
as he phrased it at last week’s debate, “a person of color” which, he said, “clearly she is not.”

As he put it on Tuesday when he said he would not apologize:
“The apologies that need to be made and the offensiveness here is
the fact that Professor Warren took advantage of a claim, to be somebody
– a Native American — and using that for an advantage, a tactical advantage.”<snip>

Mr. Brown is also airing a television ad on the matter and began
his first debate by saying that Ms. Warren’s claims regarding her
ancestry showed she was of questionable character.<snip>

Or was this another Republican attempt at "plausible deniability" ?

[Cyber Wolf]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

It takes the current Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, Bill John Parker,
to show Sen Scott Brown (R-MA) that you can't tell heritage by just looking.

Wow, I coulda told him that. I'm a documented 1/8 Choctaw and it doesn't immediately show.

[tw]

Originally Posted by Cyber Wolf

I'm a documented 1/8 Choctaw and it doesn't immediately show.

How.