Poverty in the Cherokee Nation Oklahoma

This video represents poverty stricken areas in Delaware County. The houses shown are inhabitied by Elders who have lived in these houses for generations. No running water, no bathrooms, no heat or cooling systems. The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma operates 7 casinos taking in millions in profits and we want to know where is all the money going.

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News & Politics

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• Cherokee
• Nation
• poverty
• Indian
• casinos
• native
• american

[wesleycotee]

im from Saulteax nation Canada, very disturbing to see my brothers and sisters livin in such ways, we need to educate ourselfs, learn thier ways,papers diplomas, sections, ect, we need to use the world as looking glass, we must use emabaressment of them to better ourselfs, good luck to you all,we must switch generations in our band offices and reserve admin, we need strong minded moral, smart, cunning,modernists, technichians, ect. educated of not only his tradtional culture but mainstream

[cherokeeghost]

O-Si-yo my fellow Cherokee. If we fail to react we fail to protect! This message about what is happening must be proclaimed or we fail our people! The world needs to know what America is doing to it's own people!

[rocknrolltimbo]

@Monasukapanough I'm talking about the dislikes..

[Monasukapanough]

@rocknrolltimbo You mean one group....mainly the CNO and UKB who leads attacks on ALL non federal native americans.

[Monasukapanough]

@kyletango yeah for their corporate tribe, while they go around and harass any native american that is not corporate. While they try and get sole rights to casinos in North Carolina, while they disenrolled the black members of the corporate cherokee.

[Monasukapanough]

@shadowgirl9891 It's the Corporate Cherokee behind this, When the tax payers question this, the leaders of the Corparate Cherokee tell the tax payers they do not have to answer their questions. These same Corporate cherokee have been harassing all the non corporate native people of the USA.

[sammiis]

1:20

[rocknrolltimbo]

1 person is against native americans

[kyletango]

@SpkPlugg I agree brother, I am good friends of cherokee in Qualla Boundary. And the people there know it is up to them to use their rsources to the benefit of the tribe which apparently they are doing a very good job.

[SpkPlugg]

There is always room for improvement. I am a Senior Intelligence Analyst in the US Army and I am part Cherokee. I grew up in Fort Gibson / Muskogee, OK. I have been taken care of by the Cherokee Nation since i can remember. From School supplies as a kid, college grants as a teen, dental / medical care free always and even emergency care. Now as an adult my daughter who is only 1 1/128 Cherokee is taken care of the same way. I grew up knowing many of the members in the Nation and this is not accu

[shadowgirl9891]

I am part Cherokee, and I can't believe that the government is so corrupt that they won't help our brethren.

[therockkkkher]

im sorry , i just cant stand how ignorant rap sounds, but man thats crazy !!!