As Americans prepare to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday this July 4th weekend, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. has a message: Don’t forget who was here first.
Hoskin says America can — and should — celebrate its 250th birthday while also confronting the darker chapters of its history with Native Americans.
“I think it bears reminding the country that we were here as the first peoples, as it were,” Hoskin said…