For an amendment to be added to the u. s. constitution, the amendment has to be a) ordered by the president and then passed by both houses of congress b) passed by both houses of congress and three-fourths of the state legislatures c) declared constitutional by the members of the supreme court d) passed by both houses of congress and a majority of the nation's eligible voters

it was certainly a debatable decision, mainly because it was based primarily on political - and not on legal or social - views. since the congress at that time was led by members of the republican party, and the territory that the tribes wanted to turn into an exclusively indian state was predominantly democratic, the proposal (as expressed in the constitution) did not succeed, but the constitution itself proved to be of crucial importance in the creation of the state of oklahoma, and, most importantly, it guaranteed the involvement of representatives of the indian tribes in the government of the future joint state.  

as a member of congress, i would have voted to ratify the constitution, or at least to have it tabled. ignoring it was an interested and partial decision.  

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