Politics Invade Recognition of Students

Tribal politics in and of itself is bad enough. But it particularly leaves a vomitous taste in my mouth when children are dragged through the sludge that is tribal politics. My niece was ignored for recognition in the Tribal Council awards for students a few years ago while she was a student at Murphy Elementary School. She made straight A's. Of course at the time I assumed it was because she was daughter of a candidate who opposed Angie Kephart.
Now she's a student at Smokey Mountain Elementary School. Last year she won the Principal's Award, but when it came to Council again, no recognition. But Council saw fit to recognize a student in her class who didn't even pass the End of Grade test.
Maleaha Brings Plenty's father isn't an enrolled member, but she is. And she resides in Yellowhill. B. Ensley and David Wolfe, you've got to do better than this. Maleaha deserves better from her representatives.