Chuck Hoskin: “these actions have made the Cherokee Nation a better nation for having recognized full and equal citizenship of Freedmen…”

Those programs have proven successful so far, and as we go into our next fiscal year, we are determined to commit even more resources to those types of opportunities for homeownership.

The Cherokee Nation shall have a delegate.

I think the Framers of this treaty plainly were concerned about the governmental interests of the Cherokee Nation having a place in this body.

It is a moral imperative that I be here, and that the Cherokee Nation recognize equality.