As a delegate to the 1999
Cherokee Constitutional
Convention Julia Coates
was instrumental in
organizing a coalition to
gain Tribal Council
representation for At
Large Cherokees.
Cherokee Constitutional
Convention Julia Coates
was instrumental in
organizing a coalition to
gain Tribal Council
representation for At
Large Cherokees.
| Vote Team Cherokee - June 23, 2007 |
Julia Coates was born in Pryor, Oklahoma, and raised in California’s
Redwood country. She is the daughter of Glen Coates and the late
Janis Coates Rea. Julia has a PhD from the University of New Mexico,
and for over six years was the Project Director and lead instructor for
the award-winning Cherokee Nation History Course, which brought her
into personal contact with most of the employees of the Cherokees
Nation, along with thousands of Cherokees in northeastern Oklahoma
communities and throughout the country. Julia has fifteen years of
experience in Indian Affairs. Her years of work on treaty rights issues,
and extensive research and policy analysis will be invaluable to the
daily process of decision making on the Tribal Council. As a delegate
to the 1999 Cherokee Nation Constitutional Convention Julia was
instrumental in organizing a coalition to gain Tribal Council
representation for At Large Cherokees. As a professor of Native
American Studies at the University of California at Davis, she has been
conducting interviews and research with At Large Cherokee citizens for
over eight years. Julia has assisted in establishing ten organizations of
Cherokees in California and New Mexico. She presently divides her
residence between Tahlequah, Oklahoma and Woodland, California.
Redwood country. She is the daughter of Glen Coates and the late
Janis Coates Rea. Julia has a PhD from the University of New Mexico,
and for over six years was the Project Director and lead instructor for
the award-winning Cherokee Nation History Course, which brought her
into personal contact with most of the employees of the Cherokees
Nation, along with thousands of Cherokees in northeastern Oklahoma
communities and throughout the country. Julia has fifteen years of
experience in Indian Affairs. Her years of work on treaty rights issues,
and extensive research and policy analysis will be invaluable to the
daily process of decision making on the Tribal Council. As a delegate
to the 1999 Cherokee Nation Constitutional Convention Julia was
instrumental in organizing a coalition to gain Tribal Council
representation for At Large Cherokees. As a professor of Native
American Studies at the University of California at Davis, she has been
conducting interviews and research with At Large Cherokee citizens for
over eight years. Julia has assisted in establishing ten organizations of
Cherokees in California and New Mexico. She presently divides her
residence between Tahlequah, Oklahoma and Woodland, California.
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| Julia Coates |
| As Project Director and lead instructor for the a award-winning Cherokee Nation History Course she has been in touch with 1,000s of Cherokees in the Cherokee Nation and around the country. P.O. Box 1202 Woodland, CA 95776 |
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