'Congresswoman Watson' Judge, Jury & Executioner Of Cherokee Nation:

Congresswoman Watson conducted two town hall meetings that took place in Tulsa and Muskogee, Oklahoma on August 29, 2007. Watson informed everyone that she was not there to hear about any other issue than the Freedman's citizenship. Watson went on to say that the Cherokee Nation broke federal law in its’ citizenship vote March 3, 2007 that affected about 2,700 Freedmen descendants claiming citizenship to the nation under a federal 1866 treaty.

In June 2007 Congresswoman Watson introduced H.R. 2824, a bill to sever federal relations with the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma until such time that it restores full tribal citizenship rights to Freedmen descendants. The Cherokee Nations citizenship vote requires anyone regardless of race to document their ancestry to "one family member" listed on the nations roll books. Congresswoman Watson has rejected all attempts from Cherokee Nation officials to meet with them concerning this issue.

Congresswoman Watson was, however, confronted with questions from Cherokee Nation citizens demanding she admit that the federal government not only broke the 1866 treaty from it's beginning, it also abandoned the 1866 treaty when it opened up all Indian territory land now called the state of Oklahoma to settlement to non Indian nations citizens.

Congresswoman Watson refused to answer any questions relating to the federal governments’ part of breaking the 1866 treaty as to federal law. Watson kept repeating that the Cherokee Nation was in violation of breaking federal treaty laws over their citizenship vote. She is demanding that the Cherokee Nation honor the treaty. Congresswoman Watson again would not speak of the federal governments’ responsibility to fully honor the 1866 treaty.

Congresswoman Watson is unwilling to let the issue work it's way through tribal court and federal court as it is on- going at this time. Watson plans to move her bill H.R. 2824 forward in September when Congress is back in session. Watson's bill is not limited to just addressing the Cherokee Nations sovereign right to determine its’ citizenship requirements, it also covers other Indian nations within the state of Oklahoma.

Congresswoman Watson has put herself in the position of "Judge, jury and executioner" of the Cherokee Nation" before the facts.

http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ca33_watson/070726.html

Oklahoma State Government will face a human crisis over termination of Cherokee Nation. Oklahoma state government would be hit with a social economic melt down with passage of Congresswoman Watson's bill H.R. 2824, to include Freedmen that are citizens of the Cherokee Nation. The Oklahoma state government would be overrun with tens of thousands of people that will lose jobs, businesses, health care, their homes, plus closings of schools. Watson's bill would create a health care crisis that Oklahoma state agencies are in no way prepared to contend with in any manner.

Congresswoman Watson's bill would stop two hundred and seventy million dollars of federal funding going to the Cherokee Nation each year. In no way, does that funding come close to covering the nations funded programs to its’ some three hundred thousand citizens. Cherokee Nation business enterprises caries the bulk of the nations financial responsibilities to it's citizens. With the forced closing of all Cherokee Nation businesses and social economic programs, the Oklahoma state government and federal government would have to come up with billions of tax dollars to replace revenue now coming from the Cherokee Nation and its’ citizens.

Congresswoman Watson has had her fifteen minutes of Fame-Shame and grand standing before national press. Now, congress and the senate will have to deal with the legal and human realities of Watson’s bill H.R. 2824. Cherokee Nation Fact Sheet:

http://www.cherokee.org/pressroom/story.aspx?ID=4D0DyhfT7Og=

Cherokee Nation Businesses. CNI is a very large Defense contractor that creates thousands of jobs in Eastern Oklahoma for Cherokee Citizens.

http://www.cnicnd.com/ http://www.cherokee-crc.com/

Cherokee Nation Gaming Businesses

http://www.cherokeecasino.com/home/index.aspx

America's racist history was about more than water fountains and bath rooms or where you sat on a bus!

http://www.unitednativeamerica.com/bureau/bwa_6.html

Americas Trail of Tears: One of Americas first true 9-11s was Against American Indian people

http://ourgeorgiahistory.com/indians/cherokee/trail_of_tears.html

Mike Graham, Citizen of Oklahoma Cherokee Nation

Founder United Native America

www.UnitedNativeAmerica.com