Mon, Nov 23 2009
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U.S. Rep: Disenfranchising freedmen threatens federal funding By Donna HalesPhoenix Staff Writer Watson’s spokesman Bert Hammons said Watson’s bill is simple — but it’s opened a Pandora’s box about other Cherokee issues.
“Other chairmen are going to be weighing other issues,” he said to a small group meeting with Watson before the Town Hall Meeting at the Civic Center. The Resources Committee also is interested in some Cherokee issues, he said. Watson heard varied views Monday night in Muskogee. Cherokee Nation Councilor Cara Cowan Watts told Watson she is wondering why “our democracy is being challenged by an outside government.” Watts told Watson she was trying to create Cherokee Indians that don’t exist. Her comments brought a loud reaction from freedmen in the audience. A man who identified himself as a freedman told the crowd: “The Cherokee Nation has skeletons in their closets — and you’re looking at them right now, and they’re not going away.” The applause resounded. “One of the things I can do is right a wrong,” Watson said. “I have no intention to determine your sovereignty. What we determine in this bill is whether the Cherokee Nation has fulfilled its obligation to the Cherokee Freedmen.” 
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