Current Issues pertaining to the Freedmen of Indian Territory.

April 2005 - Freedmen Issue Addressed in the Cherokee Press for the First Time

March 2005 Freedman Burial Ground a Part of Major Restoration Project

March 2005 - Freedman Barred from Addressing Cherokee Council

March 2005 - Freedman Descendant Addresses Cherokee National Council

March 2005 - Noted Scholar Suggests Reparations for Civilized Tribes

 February 2005 - Cherokee Freedmen Find Opposition by Lawfirm Hired By Their Nation

August 2003 - Legal Defense Fund Established for Cherokee Freedmen

August 2003 - BIA Reverses Decision, Ignores Rights of Cherokee Freedmen

July 2003, Cherokee Freedmen Boldy Challenge Election of Principal Chief! BIA Investigating Freedman Issues

December 2001 - B. Riggs Case Determined by Cherokee Court.

December 2001 Freedmen Petition

November 2000 - National American Indian Congress Hosts Black speakers

September 2000  - New Black Indian Video Documentary Released

July 2000 - Black Seminoles Voted Out of Nation!!!

April 2000 -  Dartmouth College Hosts African Native Symposium

June 1998 - Cherokee Nation Supreme Court Hears Freedman Case

1997 - United Keetowah Chief Supports Membership for Freedmen

Discuss all of these issues on:

The African~Native American  Message Board

 

Other Native American News Links

Indian Country Today 

Cherokee Observer

 

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