Thought some tipsters would be interested in this.
Michael
The New York Times's Room For Debate series contains a discussion of the
rights of the descendants of slaves among the Cherokee.
See:
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/09/15/tribal-sovereignty-vs-racial-justice
<http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/09/15/tribal-sovereignty-vs-racial-justice>
Tribal Rights vs. Racial Justice
<http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/09/15/tribal-sovereignty-vs-racial-justice>
from Room for Debate - NYTimes.com
<http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Froomfordebate%2Findex.rss>
When the Cherokee were relocated from the South to present-day Oklahoma in
the 1830s, their black slaves were moved with them. Though an 1866 treaty
gave the descendants of the slaves full rights as tribal citizens,
regardless of ancestry, the Cherokee Nation has tried to expel them because
they lack "Indian blood."
The battle has been long fought. A recent ruling by the Cherokee Supreme
Court upheld the tribe's right to oust 2,800 Freedmen, as they are known,
and cut off their health care, food stipends and other aid in the process.
But federal officials told the tribe that they would not recognize the
results of a tribal election later this month if the citizenship of the
black members was not restored. Faced with a cutoff of federal aid, a tribal
commission this week offered the Freedmen provisional ballots, a half-step
denounced by the black members.
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