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Marilyn Vann: the Black Cherokee advocate speaks on racism, tribal membership and the future of the Freedmen.(Q & A)(Interview)
This year, Cherokees voted to expel Black Indians, known as Cherokee Freedmen, from the tribe. Last year, the highest tribal court voted that this would be illegal. How did the conflict begin? The Freedmen had been recognized as citizens ever since the Civil War ... For about a 20-year period, the Cherokee tribe had just refused to register Freedmen tribal members or give them voting cards. About a year ago, the tribal courts said that people with citizenship in the right tribe just couldn't be blocked from exercising their rights. This is when Chad Smith, the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, and some of his key supporters on the Tribal Council began a big campaign ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Marilyn Vann: the Black Cherokee advocate speaks on racism, tribal...