1998/01/01 by Denette A. Mouser · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights #Cherokee #Government (linguistics) #Political science #Political economy #History #Sociology #Linguistics #Archaeology
paper · doi:10.2307/20068887
openalex publication_date 1998/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/04/05
IntroductionIt was the pot-shot heard 'round the nation.The Cherokee Nation, that is.And it was aimed directly at the Constitutional foundations of the second largest Native American tribe in the United States.I speak, of course, of the recent constitutional crisis endured by the government and citizens of the Cherokee Nation when Principal Chief Joe Byrd's actions began a chain reaction of seeming atomic proportions.This article, however, will not be a scathing editorialization of the behavior of tribal leaders.Instead, it will provide a narrative of the events leading up to the formation of the Massad Commission, a brief overview of the Commission's Report and recommendations, and an epilogue as to some of the events which followed Chief Byrd's acceptance of those recommendations. II.