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Descendants of Cherokee slaves granted tribal citizenship after lawsuit

31-8-2017 < RT 102 55 words
 
Preview A long-standing dispute between descendants of black slaves, called freedmen, and the Cherokee Nation, who once owned them, has ended. A federal judge gave the freedmen a right to citizenship in the tribe with a ruling in a suit dating back to 2003.


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