Potential Cherokee Nation House Delegate Optimistic She Will Join CongressJacob Bliss 24 Nov 2022 Washington, DC
Kim Teehee, who was nominated to be the Cherokee Nation’s first delegate to Congress, said she feels optimistic about House lawmakers allowing her to be seated in the lower chamber.
Nearly 200 years after the Treaty of New Echota was ratified in 1835, the Cherokee Nation hopes Teehee will be its first delegate in Congress. Teehee, who was first nominated for the position in August 2019 by the Cherokee Nation’s Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., would be part of a group of non-voting delegates in the House, similar to those from the District of Columbia, Guam, and other United States territories.
Last week, the House Rules Committee held a “first-of-its-kind” hearing to consider adding a non-voting delegate in Congress to represent the Cherokee Nation, which is part of a provision in the Treaty of New Echota. NBC News noted the Cherokee Nation was promised a delegate in exchange for their tribal land.
Teehee, sounding optimistic about the going Congress, said last Thursday, “It’s never been done before.”
“What impressed me was how well informed the members were, how thoughtful they were. But also, more importantly, the comments they made were made on a bipartisan basis, and they were supported,” she said about the members of the congressional hearing.
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