Cherokee Nation removes confederate monuments in Oklahoma
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June 14, 2020
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — The Cherokee Nation has removed two confederate monuments from its Capitol Square that were erected nearly a century ago by the Daughters of the Confederacy.
A crane removed the monuments from the nation's tribal headquarters in Tahlequah on Saturday as Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr., watched.
"It's difficult to tell our story when we have non-Indian-driven monuments talking about the Confederacy, when they greet people as they come into our Cherokee Nation museum," Hoskin said in a statement. "It was time for a change."
The monuments included a fountain memorializin...
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