Cherokee National Council

Since the arrival of the European settlers, our people have endured harsh and precarious conditions: wars, treason, diseases. Our population has been diminished due to all these factors, and our land has been taken away from us, forcing our tribe to move around and, in some cases, leave our rightful place behind. But we must resist. We need to reform our government to show them that we are all at the same level, we need to speak their same political language and never let them intimidate us.\nA new system modeled after theirs shall be elected: we need a principal chief, a senate and a house of representatives that will look after the interests of our nation.