[2][3] He resigned after a petition was presented to the school board asking for him to be fired for his stance in the Cherokee freedmen controversy.
[3] He was appointed by Governor Mary Fallin to the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education in 2014.
[1] Walkingstick first ran for the Cherokee Nation tribal council district 1, seat 2 in 2007;[4] he placed fourth in the general election.
[12] In 2017, he proposed legislation to bring the recognition of same-sex marriage to a referendum after the Cherokee Nation attorney general Todd Hembree wrote an opinion, with the force of law, finding Cherokee Nation law that defined marriage as between only a man and woman was unconstitutional.
[20] Since Walkingstick was disqualified after ballots were printed, signs were put up at polling places informing voters of his disqualification.