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Harvard law professor, Cherokee chief Chad Smith differ on freedmen issue

 
BY TIM TALLEY - Associated Press Writer    Comment on this article Leave a comment
Published: September 10, 2009

A Harvard law professor said Thursday that tribal citizenship rights for descendants of former slaves once owned by Cherokees is a moral issue, while the Cherokee Nation's chief insisted it is a question for the courts.

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