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“In the dying days of the Biden Administration, the solicitor general at the Department of Interior issued a shameful and cowardly ruling that inaccurately and wrongly interprets the Cherokee Nation’s treaties. The solicitor’s opinion is unsupported by law and history, and is offensive to the Cherokee people."

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https://anadisgoi.com/index.php/government-stories/statement-from-cherokee-nation-principal-chief-chuck-hoskin-jr-on-the-department-of-the-interior-solicitor-opinion
January 17, 2025

Statement from Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. on the Department of the Interior Solicitor Opinion

"In the dying days of the Biden Administration, the solicitor general at the Department of Interior issued a shameful and cowardly ruling that inaccurately and wrongly interprets the Cherokee Nation's treaties. The solicitor's opinion is unsupported by law and history, and is offensive to the Cherokee people.

Tribes and lawmakers alike should be deeply alarmed by a federal lawyer rewriting generations of historical and legal precedent with a stroke of his pen. We plan to ask the courts to correct this wrong interpretation and to follow the well-established historic and legal precedent.

But the truth remains: the Cherokee Nation has sovereign authority and exclusive tribal jurisdiction over our 7,000-square-mile Reservation in Oklahoma. We look forward to working with the members of our congressional delegation to ensure this ill-advised opinion is not implemented."

Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.