People are still in shock after learning a former Cherokee Nation Supreme Justice died last week. Investigators say Troy Wayne Poteete was shot and killed by his wife, 70-year-old Elizabeth Poteete. The Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office says the FBI is now handling the investigation. Troy Wayne was very involved in the tribe and was a founding member of the Trail of Tears Association. He was also a Cherokee Nation Tribal Council Member for 8 years, and was the director of the Arkansas Riverbed Authority. Troy Wayne was known for always wearing a traditional Native American turban and for his dedication to the Cherokee Nation and preserving its history. He was in a video in 2014 where he said that when he first started wearing turbans, it took him seven tries to tie them perfectly. "They're kind of a symbol of Cherokee Adaptability; we adapt," he said in the video. Troy Wayne was known for being a great storyteller. "For instance, Ludovic Grant came into the Cherokee Nation and married a Cherokee girl," he said in the video. As he continues to tell this story from the 1700s, he says Grant's great-grandson became the first Justice of the Cherokee Supreme Court, a position Troy Wayne...
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