United States government. The government originally consisted of a Chief, senate, and a house of representatives. In 2006, a new Cherokee Constitution was passed calling for a tri-partied government, like the United States, with an executive, legislative, and judicial branch ("Eastern Band of Cherokee Government Site"). According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, “Casino wealth transformed a few small Indian communities, but most Indian reservations remain islands of extreme poverty in an…
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