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TONIGHT: BLACK INDIANS FIGHT BACK
NOW THE TRUTH WILL BE TOLD AND WILL SET MANY MORE FREE Early in the 1800s, some Cherokees acquired slaves, and in the 1830s, enslaved Africans (born in America) accompanied the Cherokees when the federal government forced them to move to Indian Territory (Oklahoma), where the tribe struggled to rebuild its culture and institutions. By 1861, there were 4,000 Black slaves living among the Cherokees. After the Civil War, the tribe signed a treaty that granted former slaves, or freedmen, “all the rights of Native Cherokees.” But in 2007, Cherokees amended their tribal constitution, making “Indian blood” a requirement for citizenship. As a result, some 2,800 descendants of Cherokee freedmen were excluded from membership. After fighting against this during the last four years, the decedents of the FREEDMAN, the BLACK CHEROKEES, earlier this week,was given a another blow as a result of a supreme court ruling HEAR LIVE The President of the Descendants Of Freedmen Of The Five Civilized Tribes Mrs. Marilyn Vann