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
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
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