2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe Indians Are Coming!
Steve Russell
5/12/14
... Cousin Ray Sixkiller and I have been observing the race to succeed Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn. One of the leading contenders is T.W. Shannon, who goes by his initials because his first name is Tahrohon. His father is Chickasaw and his mother is African-American, and he is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. If elected, hell be the first Indian in the Senate since Ben Nighthorse Campbell, and part of a short list of Indians who ever served in that body in addition to Campbell: Robert Owen (Cherokee, who also ran for president) and Charles Curtis (Kaw, who was also elected vice president).
A wealthy rancher and prominent supporter of Shannons primary opponent, Rep. James Lankford, posted on his Facebook page, Indians arent Oklahomans. The New York Times quoted an Oklahoma Tea Party group arguing that Shannon has too many masters to serve, among them Indian tribes.
Like all Republicans in these times, Shannon panders to the crazy vote or he loses the Republican Primary, and in Oklahoma thats tantamount to losing the election. Shannons share of the crazy vote is captured by support from Sarah Palin and Ted Cruz, but what the Times called a whispering campaign against Shannons Chickasaw citizenship will test the amount of overlap in a Venn diagram of crazy voters and racist voters. You have to understand Oklahoma to wrap your head around the racist appeal being directed at Indian blood when African blood is available. Okie racists are versatile ...
Steve Russell, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is a Texas trial court judge by assignment and associate professor emeritus of criminal justice at Indiana University-Bloomington. He lives in Georgetown, Texas.
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/05/12/indians-are-coming
whistler162
(11,155 posts)since those are the only Indians I know of!
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)These were the Five Civilized Tribes.
"The Trail of Tears is a name given to the ethnic cleansing and forced relocation of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The removal included many members of the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations, among others in the United States, from their homelands to Indian Territory in eastern sections of the present-day state of Oklahoma. The phrase originated from a description of the removal of the Choctaw Nation in 1831.[1]"
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Other facts:
http://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/history-of-native-americans/trail-of-tears-facts.htm