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How pathetically hypocritical.
Mar. 4th, 2007 03:58 am"Cherokees revoke freed slaves' membership."
""The Cherokee people exercised the most basic democratic right, the right to vote," tribal Principal Chief Chad Smith said. "Their voice is clear as to who should be citizens of the Cherokee Nation. No one else has the right to make that determination.'"
Just like, 169 years ago, it was "democratic" for President Jackson to declare that the Cherokee's land claims were invalid. I think this vote constitutes a specific forfeiture of the Cherokee Nation's right to _ever_ complain about all the times that the US government screwed them over.
""The Cherokee people exercised the most basic democratic right, the right to vote," tribal Principal Chief Chad Smith said. "Their voice is clear as to who should be citizens of the Cherokee Nation. No one else has the right to make that determination.'"
Just like, 169 years ago, it was "democratic" for President Jackson to declare that the Cherokee's land claims were invalid. I think this vote constitutes a specific forfeiture of the Cherokee Nation's right to _ever_ complain about all the times that the US government screwed them over.