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Judge moves Cherokee lawsuit to join freedmen lawsuit in Washington

A federal lawsuit filed in Tulsa by the Cherokee Nation seeking a declaration that freedmen descendants are not entitled to tribal membership has been ordered transferred to Washington.

 
BY CLIFTON ADCOCK - Tulsa World | Published: July 7, 2010    Comment on this article Leave a comment

TULSA — A federal lawsuit filed in Tulsa by the Cherokee Nation seeking a declaration that freedmen descendants are not entitled to tribal membership has been ordered transferred to Washington, D.C. where a similar lawsuit is pending against tribal leaders and the federal government.

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In 2009, the Cherokee Nation filed the suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior and five descendants of freedmen, who were former slaves owned by tribal members. The freedmen descendants had obtained tribal membership before a 2007 tribal vote restricting Cherokee citizenship.

The vote was to exclude people whose ancestors were not listed with a percentage of American Indian blood on the Dawes Rolls. The Dawes Rolls were created in 1893 by the federal government to allot land to members of the Five Civilized Tribes and contained several categories, including citizenship by blood and freedmen.

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