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I know of only two current Native Americans in state or federal political offices. Scott Big Horse is a State Representative in Oklahoma, and a member of the Osage and Cherokee nations. Tom Cole is a US Representative from Oklahoma and is a member of the Chickasaw Nation. Several other past politicians have been members of Native American tribes.
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In 1928 African American voters in Chicago helped elect Oscar Depriest. He was the first African American representative to congress from a northern state.
The colors of red, white and blue are representative of the national colors.
Some colonies didn't chose to have a representative government, others did.