Freedmen

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November 22, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Many African-Americans lay claim to Native American ancestry, and yet very few blacks have taken the steps…
October 3, 2011
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A federal judge on Friday dismissed one of two lawsuits over whether black slaves once owned…
September 19, 2011
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Recounts from a flawed election in June reversed the results four times between the longtime chief…
September 15, 2011
The Bureau of Indian Affairs issued a letter to the Cherokee Nation on Monday demanding that the tribe reinstate the…
August 29, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - In 1863, the Freedmen were made citizens by an act of the Cherokee National Council, which awarded…