(1959-02-10) February 10, 1959 (age 65) Claremore, Oklahoma, U.S.
Education
Northeastern State University, Tahlequah (BS)
David Cornsilk (Cherokee Nation and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians) is a professional genealogist and served as the managing editor of the Cherokee Observer, an online news website founded in 1992.[1] He founded of the grassroots Cherokee National Party in the 1990s, seeking to create a movement to promote the Nation as a political entity.[2] While working as a full-time store clerk at Petsmart, he "took on America’s second-largest Indian tribe, the Cherokee Nation, in what led to a landmark tribal decision. Cornsilk served as a lay advocate, which permits non-lawyers to try cases before the Cherokee Nation’s highest court."[3] Cornsilk had worked for the nation as a tribal enrollment research analyst and for the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a genealogical researcher. He also has his own genealogical firm.[4] He ran in the 2023 Cherokee Nation principal chief election.[5] He lost the election to incumbent principal chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.[6]
^Evans, Desiree Y. (2006-07-22). "A case study of two Cherokee newspapers and their fight against censorship". Baylor University. Dept. of Journalism. hdl:2104/3907. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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^Barbery, Marcos. "FROM ONE FIRE".
^David Cornsilk, "An Open Letter to Defenders of Andrea Smith: Clearing Up Misconceptions about Cherokee Identification" Archived 2015-07-15 at the Wayback Machine, Indian Country Today Media Network, 10 July 2015, accessed 10 January 2016
^Serrano, Sara (January 25, 2023). "Cherokee Nation candidates lining up to file". Tahlequah Daily Press. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^Hunter, Chad (June 4, 2023). "Unofficial vote points to landslide Hoskin re-election". Cherokee Phoenix. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
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