I am Cherokee Delaware from Oklahoma. I will be voting for ABC. Anyone but Chad (Smith) in the upcoming 2007 Cherokee Nation elections. I support the rights of the Cherokee Freedmen, Shawnees, Delawares and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees. You can email me at: SteveOsburn at Yahoo.com
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma is not the original Cherokee Nation. It did not exist prior to 1976 when it was formed by Ross Swimmer and his goonies. They never reformed under the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act. Only the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees did, so they are the true successors to the Cherokee Nation and should have exclusive jurisdiction over all of it's boundaries.