"The Congressional Black Caucus, in attacking the sovereign status of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is placing in question and in jeopardy, the sovereign status of all Indian nations. At least that is the conclusion drawn by many tribal leaders across America.
In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the CBC, of which Presidential Candidate Barack Obama is member, demanded that he support their efforts to deny federal funding to the Cherokee Nation. The letter reads:
When H. R. 2786, the Native American Housing and Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2007, was considered and passed the House Members of the Congressional Black Caucus and others insisted that the bill include a provision that would prevent the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma from receiving any benefits or funding under the bill until the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma is in full compliance with the Treaty of 1866 and recognizes all Cherokee Freedman and their descendants as tribal citizens.
We understand that the Senate may be considering a version of this bill that does not include these critically important requirements. We are writing to advise you that the members of the CBC will not support, and will actively oppose, passage of a NAHASDA bill that does not include this limitation. We must send the unequivocal message to the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma that failure to provide full citizenship rights to the Cherokee Freedmen will have severe consequences.
This is probably the first time in history that a Congressional Black Caucus, or any other Black organization for that matter, has severely threatened not only the sovereign status of an Indian nation, but also the withholding of funds that could cause widespread damage to the citizens of an Indian nation.
The people of the Cherokee Nation exercised their democratic rights when 70 percent of them voted to extinguish the tribal citizenship to the Cherokee Freedmen. The Freedmen are former Black slaves that became a part of the Cherokee Nation under the provisions of the Treaty of 1866.
The bill was introduced by Representative Diane Watson (D-CA). Tribal leaders across America feel that this bill could threaten Indian housing nationwide. They also believe that this action by the Congressional Black Caucus could set a precedent where any Indian legislation could be threatened by any special interest group.
In a memo sent out by Indian activist Ron Andrade it was noted that Obama is also a member of the CBC. "Someone needs to ask him how he can reconcile his support of the Congressional Black Caucus and his rhetoric about supporting the sovereign status of tribal governments," Andrade wrote.
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina met on Wednesday of last week in a joint tribal council meeting. At the meeting they denounced legislation that would cut federal funds to the Cherokee Nation unless the Freedmen are restored to citizenship. The Eastern Band of Cherokee would not be affected by the legislation.
A joint resolution issued after the meeting reads, "This alarming, inappropriate and unacceptable overreach could set a precedent that undermines the sovereign tribal governments throughout Indian country. These proposed legislative actions threaten to turn back the clock on hard-won rights and to cease a nation's right to exist."
Full Article and Source Click Below
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-giago/congressional-black-caucu_b_97111.html
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
a Promise Never to Make War on the White Man
R
Stole Horses, Stole County, Could Not Fight Guns,
they Gave All for Peace. They Gave all For Peace.
r
My Heart is Sick and Sad.
r
Time To Hear
r
Justice, Nothing is done for My People
r
Now We Stand for the Indian Nation
Now We Choose
R
We Listen Now
R
Give Voice NOW to the Indian Nation.
r
There need be No Trouble.
r
we are ALL Created by the Same
Great Spirit.
r
Meriwether Lewis, Me, the Indian Nation of Montana and This Blog.. Time to Listen to the Tribes of Montana.
Let's Get Started here by saying I don't have a Clue.
r
I don't know what the Montana Tribes have been through, what they are experiencing today, what issues they face, or what I can do to be a part of the Greater Good or to enhance their quality of life, to heal old wounds and better new lives.
r
I do not know what will bring a better daily life to the Indian Nation, the tribes in Montana, I do not know what it is like to live on a reservation, to grow up in a 2 room house on Hill 57.
r
I have no idea what the Montana Tribes are experiencing today, what they hold in their heart, if they are being heard, respected or treated with dignity.
r
However, I Do intent to find out as I create this blog and as I learn all I can about Melinda Gopher and the people of Montana of whom she is giving voice to.
r
I am a descendant of Meriwether Lewis, in my blood runs the blood of the "opening of the west" and to me this a bit of a disgrace, I intend to tell you why I feel that way, and to bridge the gap between those of us who had nothing to do with life forced on the Indian Nation, ..those of us who feel kin to the Indian Nation though we are not... and bridge that gap Between the Indian Nation of today. As together we move forward to Heal Old Wounds, Make a Stand for the Rights of the Montana Tribes and to Support the Needs of the Native Americans in Montana.
r
It is time to listen, to talk about what has happened to heal the past and to get NEEDS met Right Now in the Present.
r
It is time, not for a better then though but for an Equality. Time to Listen to the Indian Nation.
r
I will be talking a whole lot about this as I feel very passionate about it.. Stay Tuned.. I am sure, as Always, many will not appreciate what I have to say, oh well, it is my Truth and hey it is My Blog....
r
So with Honor, Respect and Gratitude I begin this Journey of this New Blog added to My Montana News by the People for the People News Network.
r
r
I don't know what the Montana Tribes have been through, what they are experiencing today, what issues they face, or what I can do to be a part of the Greater Good or to enhance their quality of life, to heal old wounds and better new lives.
r
I do not know what will bring a better daily life to the Indian Nation, the tribes in Montana, I do not know what it is like to live on a reservation, to grow up in a 2 room house on Hill 57.
r
I have no idea what the Montana Tribes are experiencing today, what they hold in their heart, if they are being heard, respected or treated with dignity.
r
However, I Do intent to find out as I create this blog and as I learn all I can about Melinda Gopher and the people of Montana of whom she is giving voice to.
r
I am a descendant of Meriwether Lewis, in my blood runs the blood of the "opening of the west" and to me this a bit of a disgrace, I intend to tell you why I feel that way, and to bridge the gap between those of us who had nothing to do with life forced on the Indian Nation, ..those of us who feel kin to the Indian Nation though we are not... and bridge that gap Between the Indian Nation of today. As together we move forward to Heal Old Wounds, Make a Stand for the Rights of the Montana Tribes and to Support the Needs of the Native Americans in Montana.
r
It is time to listen, to talk about what has happened to heal the past and to get NEEDS met Right Now in the Present.
r
It is time, not for a better then though but for an Equality. Time to Listen to the Indian Nation.
r
I will be talking a whole lot about this as I feel very passionate about it.. Stay Tuned.. I am sure, as Always, many will not appreciate what I have to say, oh well, it is my Truth and hey it is My Blog....
r
So with Honor, Respect and Gratitude I begin this Journey of this New Blog added to My Montana News by the People for the People News Network.
r
Time to Align with the Indian Nation. We the People All the People, No one Left Behind. Get Ready To Learn a Whole lot about Melinda Gopher.
they Took the Whole Indian Nation
Locked them all on the Reservation
Their Way of Life
Was Taken Away...
Locked them all on the Reservation
Their Way of Life
Was Taken Away...
Their Native Tongue
Taken Away.
Their Lifestyle, Customs,
their Everything was Brutally Taken,
they were beaten, whipped, kicked, and killed.
Taken Away.
Their Lifestyle, Customs,
their Everything was Brutally Taken,
they were beaten, whipped, kicked, and killed.
The were Dis-Empowered...
Their Way of Life for
generations to come
Was Changed Forever.
Their Way of Life for
generations to come
Was Changed Forever.
Natives of the Land
Made to Wear a Shirt Tie..
It was a Genocide...
ya Think?
ya Think?
Your Way of Life is Next..
We The People,
All People Rise Together
Without the Tribe we Rise with No Soul.
With Out Giving voice to the Indian Nation
We are But Fighting for our Rights
On Hollow Ground.
All People Rise Together
Without the Tribe we Rise with No Soul.
With Out Giving voice to the Indian Nation
We are But Fighting for our Rights
On Hollow Ground.
They Took their Voice
They Took their Pride,
Betrayed their Tradition…
They took these things
Without Justice, without any kind
Of Right Due Process,
without respect for their
Way of Life.
So Proud to Live
So Proud to Die
Just like the Tribes,
Just Like They Took this
From the Indian Nation
Now they Take This
From Us
They Came to this Land
And took the Indians Native Tongue,
Forced their beliefs to either
Be Gone Forever or Not Shown,
Not Practiced..
A Suppressed Indian Nation
By a "They" and Now
to Heal as a One Nation
under God, under The Great Spirit
We Must Heal Together.
They took their way of life and tools
They now are Taking This from Us…
They were forced their Medicine,
Their language, their clothes…
This is Happening to You..
Time to Align with the Indian Nation
You Will Hearing a Whole Lot about a Woman
named Melinda Gopher on My Sites, my Blogs,
My Montana News by the People for the People.
r
She is Running Against Denny Rehberg
and many will certainly NOT Approve,
However, I Stand Behind Melinda Gopher
and our Montana Moxy Network
will have the Guts to do the Right Thing
and Stand Now With the Indian Nation
to Lead us All to Peaceful Days,
back to Tradition, to Respecting Common Ground,
to Never Disrespect the Spiritual Beliefs, Way of life,
way of Dressing of others..
r
We all Deserve to Truly Be Free
TO Truly Be treated Equal
and we Should NOT be Persecuted
for our Faith, Our Lifestyle, our Clothes,
what we like to eat, or who we choose to
"Hang Out" with.
r
Check Out Melinda Gopher on FaceBook
and Expect to Hear a Lot about this on
my Sites Coming Soon...
r
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Melinda-Gopher/76867658224?_fb_noscript=1
Join Melinda Gopher
Become a Fan on Her Facebook Page
This is Not About Party
This is About People..
All People..
r
Not Just Rights for One "Color"
One "Race" - One "Political Party"
Rights for All "We the People".
r
I am in Alliance with the Indian Nation
I am in Great Support of Melinda Gopher.
R
Our Montana News by the People
for the People will Be in Strong Alliance and Support
with Melinda Gopher Running For
U.S. House of Representatives
r
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
RSS Feed (xml)
