A clean spot on the dirty laundry

“In the 1830s, the Cherokee Nation won court cases, but Congress and the President ignored the rulings and instead forcibly removed the Cherokee Nation from our eastern homelands on the Trail of Tears, killing more than a quarter of our tribe’s population,” said Chad Smith, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.  “It remains to be seen whether Congress will treat the Cherokee Nation any differently 170 years later.   Today, the court held that the 1866 Treaty preserves the Nation’s sovereign immunity from these claims.  What Congress and the Nation agreed to in 1866, the Congress should not violate now.  The court has sent the case back to the District Court, and Congress should continue to let the courts decide.”

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