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	<title><![CDATA[Congressional Black Caucus Attacks Sovereign Status of Indian Nations]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-giago/congressional-black-caucu_b_97111.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p> The Congressional Black Caucus, in attacking the sovereign status of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is placing in question and in jeopardy, the sovereign status of all Indian nations. At least that is the conclusion drawn by many tribal leaders across America.</p>

<p> In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the CBC, of which Presidential Candidate Barack Obama is member, demanded that he support their efforts to deny federal funding to the Cherokee Nation. The letter reads: </p>

<blockquote>When...</blockquote>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-04-24T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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