He founded of the grassroots Cherokee National Party in the 1990s, seeking to create a movement to promote the Nation as a political entity. While working as a full-time store clerk at Petsmart, he "took on America’s second-largest Indian tribe, the Cherokee Nation, in what led to a landmark tribal decision.
In the 1990s, he founded the grassroots Cherokee National Party to promote the Nation's interests as a political entity. At the time, he was working at Petsmart and took on the challenge of negotiating with the Cherokee Nation, which ultimately led to a significant and influential tribal decision.