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The University Daily Kansan
Friday, March 12, 1999
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Sgt. George Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department is a member of the Cherokee Nation. Last month, he attended the Cherokee Constitutional Convention at Northwestern State University in Tahlequah, Okla. Photo by Roger Nomer/KANSAN
Lawrence figures involved in new Cherokee constitution
By Katie Burford and Dan Curry
k burfur @ kansan.com ,
deury@kansan.com
Kansan staff writers
Delegates from the Cherokee Nation recast their constitution last week, and some prominent Lawrence figures had a hand in the changes.
The proposed changes will include more members from outside Oklahoma in the legislative process.
One of the changes that is especially significant for Kansas Cherokees is the creation of two new seats on the tribal council, the Cherokee Nation's legislative branch, that will be open to people living outside of Oklahoma. Porter said.
Sgt. George Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department, a member of the Cherokee Nation, served as a delegate at the Cherokee Constitutional Convention; Robert Porter, associate professor of law and director of the Tribal Law and Government Center, was the keynote speaker; and Charles Gourd, who earned a doctorate in anthropology from the University of Kansas, acted as chairman at the convention.
The convention began Feb. 26 at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Okla., and moved March 4 to the Cherokee Nation Tribal Complex council chambers in Tahlequah.
Tammy Hammer, member of the Cheroke Nation and second-year Haskell student, said the changes
Previously, Kansas Cherokees could vote in council elections, but only people who lived in a designated 14 county area in Oklahoma could run for the council. The change would mean that residents of Kansas could participate directly in the legislative process, Porter said.
Ellen Allen at the Haskell Indian Nations University admissions office said 70 Cherokee students attended the university.
The registration office at the Cherokee Nation headquarters said that 124,218 Cherokee live in Oklahoma and 5,831 live in Kansas.
The Cherokee is the largest group of Native Americans, having 369, 035 members according to the 1990 U.S. Census.
were good because not all Cherokees benefited equally from their membership in the Nation.
"I know that a lot of their services that they offer are just for people within their borders," she said.
The more people included in the decision-making process the better, she said.
Another important change to the constitution was striking the word "Oklahoma" when referring to the Cherokee Nation. Wheeler said.
In the old version of the constitution, the Cherokee Nation referred to itself as the "Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma."
The new version doesn't exclude any Cherokee, Wheeler said.
signed by President Clinton or his official delegate.
Wheeler said that the revised constitution still needed to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior and
The chances of approval are very good, said Ed Jumper, administrative assistant for the constitutional convention.
Porter said that the Cherokee had the oldest indigenous constitutional republic.
"They were one of first Indian nations to assimilate an American form of government," he said.
By Joe Byrd, chief of the Cherokee Nation, will speak about the new constitution to Haskell Indian Nations University students at 7 p.m. March 19 at the Rose Room in Curtis Hall.
A draft of the new constitution is available at the Cherokee Nation's Web site, www.cherokee.org/ccc/adopted_draft.htm.
— Edited by Kelli Raybern and Jason Pearce
Graduate Student
Saturday, March 13, 1999
"Commodities Art to Order"
10:15 a.m.-3:15 p.m. papers on the topic by graduate students from across the country; SMA Auditorium and Room 211
3:30 Keynote Address in the SMA Auditorium: Dr. Christin Mamiya, professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and author of Pop Art and Consumer Culture "Full House: Pop Art, Domesticity, and Consumer Culture"
Check posted schedules around campus for the listing of graduate student presentations throughout the day.
Co-sponsored by the art history graduate students at the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Spencer Museum of Art The University of Kansas Lawrence, KS