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David Stanley Ford

Freedmen tribal trial scheduled

Published: November 17, 2006

TAHLEQUAH -- A trial is to start next week in the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court in Tahlequah to determine whether tribal voters will decide on a proposed Cherokee blood requirement for citizenship.

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At issue is tribal membership for more than 900 descendants of the freedmen, freed slaves who joined the Cherokees in the 1800s. The Cherokee Nation high court has ruled the descendants are eligible for tribal membership.

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Related Topics: Special Interest Groups, Judiciary, U.S. Courts, Native American Issues

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