All Native tribal governments should get their own at-large delegates to the parliamentary (Reply #1)

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Sun Sep 25, 2022, 03:40 AM

Jenny von Westphalen (89 posts)

1. All Native tribal governments should get their own at-large delegates to the parliamentary

Especially if they already pay taxes. It would be a step towards righting injustices.

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25 replies	Author	Time	Post
Cherokee Nation presses for nonvoting House seat. edited [View all]	elleng	Sep 2022	OP
All Native tribal governments should get their own at-large delegates to the parliamentary	Jenny von Westphalen	Sep 2022	#1
100% agree n/t	Cheezoholic	Sep 2022	#3
Absolutely! And these should be voting seats ... n/t	wackadoo wabbit	Sep 2022	#6
So they should get two House seats?	brooklynite	Sep 2022	#9
Yes. A promise made by the government should be honored. They gave up a lot.	Autumn	Sep 2022	#12
The only way to get them a voting House Rep is to either make them a State or amend the	Celerity	Sep 2022	#19
What a great idea!	Hangingon	Sep 2022	#15
Representation based on ethnicity?	Retrograde	Sep 2022	#21
They already live in systematically impoverished, disenfranchised reservations "based on ethnicity"	Jenny von Westphalen	Sep 2022	#24
Isn't the representation based on a written agreement?	live love laugh	Sep 2022	#25
I hope they get it. It's about time.	Hekate	Sep 2022	#2
Cross-posted this in the Oklahoma Group.	Beartracks	Sep 2022	#4
Thanks	elleng	Sep 2022	#13
I would hope that the status changes to "voting" soon	DFW	Sep 2022	#5
Yes	Zeitghost	Sep 2022	#14
There are other Native American reps in the current congress	Retrograde	Sep 2022	#22
Would they be appointed or elected?	Bucky	Sep 2022	#7
I would assume that would be up to each of the 574 tribes.	Hangingon	Sep 2022	#16
I would assume that would be up to each of the 574 tribes.	Hangingon	Sep 2022	#17
Not in a democracy, my friend.	Bucky	Sep 2022	#18
Please explain	Hangingon	Sep 2022	#20
Why no voting rep? Isn't time to change that for Puerto Rico and the Nation's?	Samrob	Sep 2022	#8
They do and they have a voting rep.	brooklynite	Sep 2022	#10
nb: Puerto Ricans do NOT pay federal tax.	brooklynite	Sep 2022	#11
They should have voting seats.	roamer65	Sep 2022	#23

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