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

<https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/25/politics/cherokee-nation-congressional-delegate-treaty/index.html>

"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 treaty with
the federal government."

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