It was a bittersweet end to the year for the Cherokee Nation as Congress adjourned without seating a delegate from the tribe, extending their generations-long wait for representation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
It was a bittersweet end to the year for the Cherokee Nation as Congress adjourned without seating a delegate from the tribe, extending their generations-long wait for representation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
U.S. Senator Mike Rounds’ (R-S.D.) legislation to repeal discriminatory federal laws targeting Native Americans passed the House of Representatives today. It now heads to the president’s desk for signature.
Read more: Rounds’ RESPECT Act Passes House; Heading to President’s Desk
President Joe Biden plans to make new commitments to Native American nations during the government’s first in-person summit on tribal affairs in six years.
Read more: Biden Addresses White House Tribal Nations Summit
On Wednesday, the House Committee on Rules is taking the first step toward seating a tribal government delegate in the chamber. The hearing will focus on what it would take to finally bring the Cherokee Nation into the halls of power on Capitol Hill, nearly 200 years after the United States made such a promise by treaty.
Nicole Mann has become the first Native American woman in space as she lifted off in command of a flight to the International Space Station on Wednesday that also included the first Russian to join a US space flight since the invasion of Ukraine.