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Diane Watson (CA-33) and John Conyers (MI-14) have organized a two-hour long panel in the middle of the CBC's Annual Legislative Conference this Friday. The panelists are interesting, Jon Velie, who represents the Cherokee Freedmen, Eli Grayson, Cherokee Freedmen Advocate, Marilyn Vann, Descendants of the Freedmen of the 5 Civilized Tribes, Angela Walton Raji, Historian & Genealogist, Joe Byrd, former Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Hilary Shelton, NAACP, Washington Bureau and Rusty Brown, Attorney, Member of Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma. The panel's moderator is Ron Daniels.

My mom read bits of the AP piece over the phone to me until I recognized the story ... the writer didn't go back to the absentee ballot to look at either the numbers, or the process to see how effective Smith was outside of the core districts.

Venue: Washington, D.C. Convention Center, from 11 AM to 1 PM, in Room 209-C. I'm particularly interested in Joe Byrd's comments, both on the policy, and the electoral politics.

Mom surprised me yesterday. I recall a Miwok "auntie" making acorn bread, but I'd forgotten that Mom made acorn bread too, so now I have her experience at hand ... in theory.