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Second-largest U.S. Indian tribe expels slave descendants
By Steve Olafson | Reuters – Tue, Aug 23, 2011
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - The nation's second-largest Indian tribe formally booted from membership thousands of descendants of black slaves who were brought to Oklahoma more than 170 years ago by Native American owners.
The Cherokee nation voted after the Civil War to admit the slave descendants to the tribe.
But on Monday, the Cherokee nation Supreme Court ruled that a 2007 tribal decision to kick the so-called "Freedmen" out of the tribe was proper.
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I read this & thought "how sad." American history has some harsh, dark & savage chapters when it comes to the treatment of the native americans & slavery.
This seems very harsh & unfeeling all the way around but i can't help but wonder if there's some hidden [economic/political] motivation behind it as well.
By Steve Olafson | Reuters – Tue, Aug 23, 2011
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - The nation's second-largest Indian tribe formally booted from membership thousands of descendants of black slaves who were brought to Oklahoma more than 170 years ago by Native American owners.
The Cherokee nation voted after the Civil War to admit the slave descendants to the tribe.
But on Monday, the Cherokee nation Supreme Court ruled that a 2007 tribal decision to kick the so-called "Freedmen" out of the tribe was proper.
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I read this & thought "how sad." American history has some harsh, dark & savage chapters when it comes to the treatment of the native americans & slavery.
This seems very harsh & unfeeling all the way around but i can't help but wonder if there's some hidden [economic/political] motivation behind it as well.
