
Newly Elected Cherokee Citizen Amanda Clinton Condemns Ann Coulter’s Hateful Remark
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (Cherokee 411) — Amanda Clinton, a newly elected representative for Oklahoma House District 71 and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, joined a chorus of Native American advocates in condemning a July 6 social media post by conservative commentator Ann Coulter, who wrote, “we didn’t kill enough Indians.”
The since-deleted post, made in response to a 2023 video featuring Navajo professor Melanie Yazzie discussing decolonization, sparked widespread outrage for what many called genocidal rhetoric.
Clinton, who won her seat in a June special election with 84% of the vote, called Coulter’s remarks a “stark reminder” of the challenges Native communities continue to face.
“All reasonable people and even most unreasonable people can likely agree that her comments were beyond distasteful. They were disgusting and harmful,” Clinton said.
“That kind of language highlights the need to continue working on an important issue in Indian Country, which is Native invisibility in popular society. The more we, as Natives, can educate the world and show we are living, breathing, contemporary people with thriving communities, cultures and heritages, the more people like Ann Coulter will be shunned from society, just like they deserve.”
As a former senior executive with the Cherokee Nation and founder of the Cherokee Nation Film Office, Clinton has long championed Native visibility. Her recent election victory, securing over 84.7% of the vote in a high-turnout primary, underscores her commitment to amplifying Indigenous voices.

The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) also condemned the post. NCAI President Mark Macarro called it a “violent attack on Native people and Tribal Nations,” and demanded an apology.
John Echohawk, executive director of the Native American Rights Fund, described Coulter’s words as “ignorant, immoral, and unacceptable,” warning that such rhetoric risks normalizing violence against Native communities.
Tasha Mousseau, vice president of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, emphasized Native resilience. “In Indian Country, we say that we are our ancestors’ wildest dreams,” Mousseau told KOSU. “I would argue that she’s her ancestors’ wildest dreams. She is what colonizers would like to continue on in this country.”
The Oklahoma Democratic Party echoed Clinton’s stance, calling the post “beyond disgusting” and urging a boycott of Coulter’s appearances and books.
Indigenous media voices also responded. Cherokee journalist Rebecca Nagle criticized the post’s intent: “Comments like this (are) really racist and really harmful. It’s just really gross for her to use it in a moment to, like, advance her own career, to get likes, to kind of rev up the base.”
Clinton, a former senior executive with the Cherokee Nation and founder of the Cherokee Nation Film Office, has long championed Native visibility. Her election to the Oklahoma Legislature adds to the growing representation of Indigenous women in state government.
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