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A Treaty Right For Cherokee Representation

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Pregnancy's Are Not Happening That Should Have Happened

John Ross, who was the chief at the time, Major Ridge, a well-respected Cherokee warrior and statesman, and John Ridge, his son. They all work together to get that Supreme Court win, but when things begin to unravel, the ridges start asking themselves a version of this question. Do we stay in the south in an increasingly racialized south and become second-class citizens, or do we move west and maintain our sovereign integrity? And obviously, we know what happened.

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