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Oklahoma governor's tribal fight raises ancestry questions

by Associated Press
| March 1, 2020 12:05 AM

When Republican Kevin Stitt was elected Oklahoma governor in 2018, many Cherokee Nation members felt proud that one of their own had accomplished such a feat, even if their politics didn't necessarily align with his.

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