Cherokee delegate to the United States House of Representatives

[3] However, the Choctaw did send a non-congressional delegate to Washington for most of the 19th century as an ambassador to represent them before the U.S. government, the most noteworthy being Peter Pitchlynn.

[8] Unlike the situation at the federal level, Maine's state-level tribal delegates are established by state law rather than treaties.

[15] Teehee remained unseated as of September 2022,[16] when the Cherokee Nation government reiterated their insistence that Congress seat her.

[17][18][19] A formal hearing by the United States House Committee on Rules to discuss the legality and procedure for seating Teehee was scheduled for November 16, 2022.

[20][21] Hoskins spoke at the event and afterward, several members of the House supported a decision to seat Teehee as soon as possible, including by the end of the year.

They have reached out to James McGovern of the House Rules Committee about the topic of congressional representation and made the issue a key point of their 2023 legislative agenda.