Fun Fact For Turkey Day

Going Native

November 24, 2022

Well, isn’t this a special Thanksgiving Day. Apparently the United States (a shamelessly stolen land) House of Representatives is considering – considering, mind you – honoring an 1835 treaty. The same document the federal government used to remove the Cherokee and take their homeland — the Treaty of New Echota — also guaranteed the tribe a voice (a non-voting voice) in Congress. Yes, that’s right, that would be the same treaty that sanctioned the brutally disgraceful Trail of Tears which murdered a quarter of the Cherokee Nation. Yet, not so much as an essentially ceremonial presence in the government that waltzed in and usurped their ancestral homeland without so much as a fare-thee-well.

Bruce Cockburn - Stolen Land

So, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands all have non-voting seats in the House, but the Cherokee Nation does not. The Choctaws also have a similar treaty but are even further from being seated than the Cherokee.

The good news is we no longer have Sarah Palin to kick around anymore - she lost to Native American Mary Peltola for Alaska's House. 

Happy Thankstaking, white devils.

Just thought you might like to know.
Alright, so that maybe wasn't as much fun as you'd hoped, but it's a fucking fact. So sue me.

Walela – Cherokee Morning Song

Either way, this has been your Paying Attention™ Fun Fact For Turkey Day.