For the first time, a Native American nation is sending a delegate to Congress in accordance with two treaties: The 1785 Treaty of Hopewell and the 1835 Treaty of New Echota(the one that led to the Tsalagi Nation's removal.) Both of them allow the nation to send a delegate to Congress, but only now is it actually being attempted. Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. is sending Democrat and former Obama adviser Kimberly Teehee to Washington as the nation's first delegate. The Tribal Council will be meeting to consider her confirmation this week. No one's sure quite what will happen if she's confirmed.
My question to you, NSG, is two fold: Do you think she'll be allowed to take a seat as a delegate? Should more nations be allowed the right to do this?
Personally, I think that she will be allowed to sit as a non-voting member without too much trouble. As for allowing more nations, we should do this whether it's in their respective treaties or not. Only the Tsalagi and the Choctaw specifically have this right, but if more nations get a voice, then their issues will be brought to a more prominent position in the national conversation.