My understanding also, is that the Cherokee receive funding from the US
Government for other tribes. I am told that the other tribes see little of
that money, in other words it is mismanaged by the Cherokee. There is little
oversite by our government, and there should be. The tribes are suffering
from grinding poverty at the hands of those who are exploiting their
finances (imho). We should be writing letters of complaint to our
representatives.
Anita
>From: Sunshine49 <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
> <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Cherokee Election March 3rd Q&A
>Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 13:33:42 -0500
>
>I agree, and while I can be aware of the suspicion that the vote was
>evidently driven by an agenda and those who were pushing it [and those who
>bothered to get out and vote], it does seem a sad day for the Tribe as a
>whole, they will all be tarred by this, including many who no doubt had no
>racial agenda. They just had better things to do on a nice spring
>Saturday.
>
>Nancy
>
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>
>
>On Mar 4, 2007, at 1:17 PM, Anita Wills wrote:
>
>>You can continue to say that, but the backlash is going to be on the
>>Cherokee. They were one of the Five Civilized Tribes, those who wanted to
>>emulate the white man. In the end the white man treated them just like
>>the rest of the Tribes (the ones they sold out), and sent them on, The
>>Trail of Tears. The Cherokee are the first to talk about the US
>>Government not honoring Treaties, and then you do the same thing. You can
>>keep pointing that finger at the government, but your own leaders are
>>gloating and bragging (on the news), that this is democracy at work.
>>What is good for the goose is good for the gander.
>>
>>Anita
>>
>>
>>>From: Coats Family History <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Reply-To: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
>>> <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>Subject: Re: Cherokee Election March 3rd Q&A
>>>Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 08:14:14 -0800
>>>
>>>Once again this is a Cherokee by Blood issue....Cherokee democracy at
>>>work...
>>>
>>>The Freedment didn't sign the 1866 treaty and the US forced the
>>>Cherokees to enter into that treaty...
>>>
>>>Once again not the Cherokee Nation's fault, the Dawes choose to record
>>>the information the way they did...
>>>
>>>I have no family stories of slaves among my Cherokee ancestors...so I
>>>admit no knowledge of slaves and their owners....
>>>
>>>Charlotte
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On 3/4/07, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>There is a United Cherokee Tribe of Virginia that celebrates their
>>>>ancestry
>>>>in the state. They were mostly located in the mountains in the SW part
>>>>of
>>>>the state.
>>>>
>>>>The Cherokees were slaveowners and while they banned the ownership of
>>>>Indian
>>>>slaves in the early 18th century as a tribal matter, they collected and
>>>> kept
>>>>Black slaves up until 1866 when that ended via treaty with the US.
>>>>See,
>>>>Theda Perdue, Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society. The
>>>>Cherokee were
>>>>notoriously cruel slave owners and developed great skill in tracking
>>>>down
>>>>runaway slaves for white owners; however some had a habit of killing
>>>>the Black
>>>>slaves once they found them and so the Cherokee fell out of favor as
>>>>slave
>>>>catchers. Seems like this dislike for their Black brothers goes a
>>>>ways back.
>>>>76% is a pretty telling indication of how the tribal members still
>>>>feel.
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