Dear Editor,
I’m a life-long Oklahoman and proud member of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. My tribe comes from the division of Shawnee led by the great Chief Tecumseh, a warrior well-known for creating a Native confederacy that ardently resisted settler-colonialism in the 1800s. To wax lyrical on his accolades and well deserved recognition as a leader many from all tribes and all back…
