Any Cherokee chief has a powerful lever over tribal members who live in Oklahoma, since many of them receive salaries from either the tribal government or Cherokee-owned businesses.

ECONOMIST: The Cherokee nation

My mother says she never thought in her life, she'd live to see this moment and there's no way that she will not make history by pulling that lever for progress what the American people have shown, not just black Americans, but this is for all Americans because none of us can do it alone.

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