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By Justin Juozapavicius
Tulsa, Oklahoma (AP)
The Cherokee Nation wants a federal judge to decide whether descendants of the tribe’s former black slaves, known as freedmen, have a federal right to citizenship in the tribe.
In the five-page complaint filed FEb. 3 in U.S. District Court in Tulsa, the nation argues that because of the U.S. government’s modification of an 1866 treaty it had with the tribe, descendants of freedmen are not entitled to federal citizenship rights. It names several freedmen descendants and the U.S. Department of the Interior, among others, as defendants.
Tulsa, Oklahoma (AP)
The Cherokee Nation wants a federal judge to decide whether descendants of the tribe’s former black slaves, known as freedmen, have a federal right to citizenship in the tribe.
In the five-page complaint filed FEb. 3 in U.S. District Court in Tulsa, the nation argues that because of the U.S. government’s modification of an 1866 treaty it had with the tribe, descendants of freedmen are not entitled to federal citizenship rights. It names several freedmen descendants and the U.S. Department of the Interior, among others, as defendants.
