I think what most people don't understand about being Native in Oklahoma is the fact that when you're as connected to land around you as a Native (Cherokee, in my case), you can't JUST move. Not only is this new land we had to connect with because of our forced removal, but -
The Cherokee-dubbed version of "How to Train Your Dragon” made its debut at the Durbin Feeling Language Center in Tahlequah! Cherokee Nation leaders, voice actors, translators, and CLMAP and Cherokee Immersion school students had their chance to watch it on the big screen.
Trump is really going after Native Americans with references to Manifest Destiny, the Frontier, Wild West and erasing Denali’s name. This anti-Indigenous inaugural address sounds like one from the 1800s when presidents deployed the U.S. military on Native Americans seeking rights
TLDR; Our connection to the land isn't just spiritual - it's tied to survival, identity, and rights. We were forced here, and now this "reservation" is all we can protect. It's more than land; it's life. #Indigenous#Cherokee
I think what most people don't understand about being Native in Oklahoma is the fact that when you're as connected to land around you as a Native (Cherokee, in my case), you can't JUST move. Not only is this new land we had to connect with because of our forced removal, but -
This small piece of land everyone calls a "reservation" is connected to our rights and is only a section of the land that we can protect. So, no, we can't just move out of the state because it's being ran by people we don't like.