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12 Nov, 6 tweets, 2 min read
Representative @Deb4CongressNM has co-sponsored legislation undermining Black Freedmen of the Five Tribes. She co-sponsored legislation that REMOVED a past clause that called on the Five Tribes to follow the Treaties of 1866 and equally share housing resources with Freedmen.
We cannot allow for our “Native representation” to be anti-Black and undermine Black Natives—some of the most vulnerable people in Indian Country. Please, if you believe in her, hold her accountable for the legislation she co-sponsored and demand that she be an ally to Freedmen.
We cannot continuously be pushed to the side. Despite being citizens of the Seminole Nation, Black Seminole Freedmen are denied any of the resources that other Seminoles have. The clause in NAHASDA that was removed would have required Freedmen to have access to housing funds.
This allows the Seminole Nation to count Black members when asking for funding but then only give the funding to non-Black tribal members! This cannot continue to happen in Indian Territory!
The Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek Nations actively deny Freedmen citizenship and tribal resources. The clause in NAHASDA would have required them to adopt their Freedmen as citizens and follow their own treaties in order to receive funding.
Please, before you blindly prop up @Deb4CongressNM as a great candidate for Secretary of the Interior, keep in mind that she has already demonstrated a disregard to Freedmen issues. We need to hold her accountable now!

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