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Aug 30, 2011 at 11:53 am

Black Cherokees: Race, Casino Money The Reason Citizenship Revoked

Black Cherokees: Race, Casino Money The Reason Citizenship Revoked

Accusations of greed and racism are being hurled  at the Cherokee nation one week after the tribe decided to revoke the citizenship of nearly 3,000 descendants of freedmen — former slaves who Cherokees once owned.

According to Marilyn Vann, the leader of the Freedman, race, politics and millions of dollars coming in from tribal casinos are leaving Blacks in the cold; and leaders of the Cherokee nation with the power to put their friends

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Aug 24, 2011 at 12:56 pm

Cherokee Nation Revokes African-Americans’ Tribal Citizenship

Cherokee Nation Revokes African-Americans’ Tribal Citizenship

On Monday the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court decided to terminate the tribal citizenship of nearly 3,000 Black descendants of freedmen–former slaves who had been owned by Cherokees.

The ruling comes several months after a district court granted equal tribal citizenship rights to descendants.

Monday’s 4-1 decision, overturned the district courts ruling, citing that the judge did not have the right to overturn an 1866 Cherokee constitutional amendment.

The attorney representing freedmen in their case

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Nigel Stephen

Nov 16, 2009 at 1:00 pm

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Redskins’ Naming Case

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Redskins’ Naming Case

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive a lawsuit on behalf of Native American activists who claimed that the Washington Redskins’ team name is so offensive that it does not deserve trademark protection.

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Bernie McCain

Sep 15, 2009 at 1:00 pm

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Native Americans Taking Washington Redskins To Supreme Court

Native Americans Taking Washington Redskins To Supreme Court

A group of American Indians who find the Washington Redskins name offensive wants the Supreme Court to take up the matter.

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