Cherokee Nation appeals freedmen decision to its tribal Supreme Court

Tribe’s attorney general seeks reversal of judge’s decision favoring freedmen citizenship.

 
BY CHRIS CASTEEL | Published: January 26, 2011   

WASHINGTON — The Cherokee Nation filed an appeal in its tribal Supreme Court on Tuesday to defend a constitutional amendment that effectively barred freedmen who don’t have tribal blood from Cherokee citizenship.

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The appeal comes less than two weeks after a Cherokee Nation district judge ruled that an 1866 treaty between the tribe and the U.S. government protected the citizenship of freedmen, the...
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