trail of tears
Lawmakers are open to honoring an 1875 treaty, but intertribal disagreement raises the question of who will be represented.
A treaty from the Andrew Jackson era allows the tribe to send a representative to Congress, but questions on seating remain.
Political leaders mostly say nothing when the president demeans indigenous people.
From slavery to the Trail of Tears to Japanese internment, this is what America has always done.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
"We survived Andrew Jackson," said one citizen of the Cherokee Nation.