Chad Smith (politician)
Chadwick “Corntassel” Smith was elected as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma in 1999. Smith holds a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Georgia; master's degree in public administration from the University of Wisconsin and a Juris Doctorate, Law, from the University of Tulsa. Prior to being elected Principal Chief, he worked as a lawyer in various capacities.
Chad Smith is a descendant of Redbird Smith, famous Cherokee Statesman and spiritual leader of the Keetoowah Nighthawk Society.The Smith family does not concur, the son of Redbird Smith (Kiah) denied fathering the chld of an unwed Cherokee woman, which she bore and named Nelson, the child was reared with her maiden name, and changed to smith later in life, when there none left to object.i.e (Kiha and Redbird)
Chief Smith is currently serving in his second term as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. And if you will go to www.cherokee.org then to the election commission site, If you will do the math you will see that Joe Byrd beat Chad within the Nation, and that it was the outland voters, who are in NO WAY affected by their vote, that put him over as DICTATOR of the Cherokee people another 4 years.
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