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Cherokee freedmen controversy

Index Cherokee freedmen controversy

The Cherokee Freedmen Controversy was a political and tribal dispute between the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and descendants of the Cherokee Freedmen regarding the issue of tribal membership. [1]

28 relations: Bill John Baker, Black Indians in the United States, Black Seminoles, Blood quantum laws, Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood, Chad "Corntassel" Smith, Cherokee cultural citizenship, Cherokee Nation, Cherokee Nation (1794–1907), David Cornsilk, Dawes Commission, Dawes Rolls, Diane Watson, Freedman, Index of politics articles, Indian Territory in the American Civil War, James Harlan (senator), List of Native American tribes in Oklahoma, Multiracial, Native American recognition in the United States, Native Americans in the United States, One-drop rule, Punjabi Mexican Americans, Slavery in the United States, Stand Watie, Timeline of Cherokee history, Wilma Mankiller, 2003 in the United States.

Bill John Baker

Bill John Baker (born February 9, 1952) is the current Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

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Black Indians in the United States

Black Indians are people of mixed African-American and Native American heritage, who have strong ties to Native American culture.

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Black Seminoles

The Black Seminoles are black Indians associated with the Seminole people in Florida and Oklahoma.

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Blood quantum laws

Blood quantum laws or Indian blood laws are those enacted in the United States and the former colonies to define qualification by ancestry as Native American, sometimes in relation to tribal membership.

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Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood

A Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood or Certificate of Degree of Alaska Native Blood (both abbreviated CDIB) is an official U.S. document that certifies an individual possesses a specific degree of Native American blood of a federally recognized Indian tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community.

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Chad "Corntassel" Smith

Chadwick "Corntassel" Smith (Cherokee name Ugista:ᎤᎩᏍᏔ derived from Cherokee word for "Corntassel," Utsitsata:ᎤᏥᏣᏔ; born December 17, 1950 in Pontiac, Michigan) is a former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

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Cherokee cultural citizenship

Cultural citizenship psychologically and ideologically connects members within a community or members of different communities through a sense of common belonging, a reciprocal recognition of belonging, and shared experiences of daily life.

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Cherokee Nation

The Cherokee Nation (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ, Tsalagihi Ayeli), also known as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is the largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States.

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Cherokee Nation (1794–1907)

The Cherokee Nation (ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ, pronounced Tsalagihi Ayeli) from 1794–1907 was a legal, autonomous, tribal government in North America recognized from 1794 to 1907.

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David Cornsilk

David Cornsilk (Cherokee Nation and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians) is a professional genealogist and the managing editor of the Cherokee Observer, an online news website founded in 1992.

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Dawes Commission

The American Dawes Commission, named for its first chairman Henry L. Dawes, was authorized under a rider to an Indian Office appropriation bill, March 3, 1893.

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Dawes Rolls

The Dawes Rolls (or Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes, or Dawes Commission of Final Rolls) were created by the United States Dawes Commission.

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Diane Watson

Diane Edith Watson (born November 12, 1933) is a former US Representative for, serving from 2003 until 2011.

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Freedman

A freedman or freedwoman is a former slave who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means.

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Index of politics articles

This is a list of political topics, including political science terms, political philosophies, political issues, etc.

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Indian Territory in the American Civil War

During the American Civil War, most of what is now the U.S. state of Oklahoma was designated as the Indian Territory.

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James Harlan (senator)

James Harlan (August 26, 1820 – October 5, 1899) was an attorney and politician, a member of the United States Senate (1855–1865), (1867–1873) and a U.S. Cabinet Secretary at the United States Department of Interior (1865–1866) under President Andrew Johnson.

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List of Native American tribes in Oklahoma

This is a list of federally recognized Native American Tribes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Multiracial

Multiracial is defined as made up of or relating to people of many races.

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Native American recognition in the United States

American Indian tribal recognition in the United States most often refers to the process of a tribe being recognized by the United States federal government, or to a person being granted membership to a federally recognized tribe.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States.

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One-drop rule

The one-drop rule is a social and legal principle of racial classification that was historically prominent in the United States asserting that any person with even one ancestor of sub-Saharan African ancestry ("one drop" of black blood)Davis, F. James.

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Punjabi Mexican Americans

The Punjabi Mexican American community, the majority of which is localized to Yuba City, California is a distinctive cultural phenomenon holding its roots in a migration pattern that occurred almost a century prior.

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Slavery in the United States

Slavery in the United States was the legal institution of human chattel enslavement, primarily of Africans and African Americans, that existed in the United States of America in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Stand Watie

Stand Watie (lit) (December 12, 1806 – September 9, 1871) — also known as Standhope Uwatie, Tawkertawker, and Isaac S. Watie — was a leader of the Cherokee Nation, and the only Native American to attain a general's rank in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

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Timeline of Cherokee history

This timeline (present) events in the history of the Cherokee Nation, from its earliest appearance in historical records to modern court cases in the United States.

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Wilma Mankiller

Wilma Pearl Mankiller (November 18, 1945 – April 6, 2010) was a community organizer and the first woman elected to serve as chief of the Cherokee Nation.

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2003 in the United States

Events from the year 2003 in the United States.

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Redirects here:

Cherokee Freedmen, Cherokee Freedmen Controversy.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_freedmen_controversy

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