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Tribe to restore freedmen Descendants of former slaves are Cherokee citizens again ... for now Wire and staff reportsPhoenix Staff Reports In the federal case, six freedmen asked Kennedy on May 8 to stop the tribe and federal authorities from implementing the results of the election that revoked their tribal citizenship.
The request accuses the tribe of violating provisions of the Treaty of 1866, in which the tribe freed its slaves and guaranteed them and their descendants full citizenship rights, as well as the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States. The freedmen asked that the government be barred from recognizing Cherokee elections and distributing federal money to the tribe until tribal officials restore their citizenship rights. Cherokee tribal spokesman Mike Miller said it is the tribe’s stance that tribal court is the proper venue for decisions to be made regarding Cherokee citizenship. He said the tribe has not yet filed a reply in the federal case. The tribal court system “has been very fair on this issue,” Miller said, noting that the tribe is paying for Young’s services for those freedmen who have appealed in tribal court. “We know this is a serious issue, and we wanted to make sure that their interests were adequately represented in tribal court,” Miller said. 
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