Posted on 09/14/2011 11:44:17 AM PDT by maddog55
OKLAHOMA CITY — The nation's second-largest Indian tribe said on Tuesday that it would not be dictated to by the U.S. government over its move to banish 2,800 African Americans from its citizenship rolls.
"The Cherokee Nation will not be governed by the BIA," Joe Crittenden, the tribe's acting principal chief, said in a statement responding to the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Crittenden, who leads the tribe until a new principal chief is elected, went on to complain about unnamed congressmen meddling in the tribe's self-governance.
The reaction follows a letter the tribe received on Monday from BIA Assistant Secretary Larry Echo Hawk, who warned that the results of the September 24 Cherokee election for principal chief will not be recognized by the U.S. government if the ousted members, known to some as "Cherokee Freedmen," are not allowed to vote.
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Take much federal wampum to fix this.
Bump
Perhaps the Great Black father in Washington can hold a peace pipe summit in DC so that the BIA can better dictate to the tribes how to behave?
As a 1/8th member of the Cherokee nation I support this!
LOL!
Hmmmm. I wonder if Chief Thunder Thud coud help?
‘member now....no fire-water.......
announce a plan to build many nuclear reactor on Native American lands:
1. Strikes a heavy blow
2. Makes a bunch of dough
I’m 1/16.... too bad not 1/8 like you...you could be a member.
I guess the keepers of the reservation are fearful of the freeloaders...turning it into a plantation....
“The Cherokee Nation will not be governed by the BIA,” Joe Crittenden...
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Joe is missing a ‘T’.
He’s gone from being a Native American to a Naive American.
What’s funny is that on the Federal census many people had rather be known as a black than Indian.
A lot of people don’t understand this, because the MSM muddies it just like they do so many other stories.
From what I understand, if you are descended from a Cherokee bloodline, black, white, or inbetween, you are a Cherokee. If you are a line that was an escaped slave that was harbored or owned by a Cherokee, you are not a member.
You have to have a certain percentage of blood to be a Cherokee. That’s all this is about. You can’t just say, hey I lived with you, therefore I am a voting member of the tribe.
I hope I am reading this correctly but that is what I am getting. The MSM is trying to make it seem that if you are Cherokee and also black, you are getting thrown out.
Heap Big Wampum indeed
I’m 1/64th and my ancestor lived in Kentucky.
>Joe is missing a ‘T’.
Tjoe? ;)
I smell reparations AGAIN!!
Don’t get into a legal situation on a Rez and expect recourse in Tribal Court.
After more than a century and a half of association with the tribe, wouldn't there have been some intermarriage between the blacks and the Cherokee to put the current "black Cherokees" over the 1/8 threshold or was strict marriage segregation the custom?
I don't have a dog in this fight. Just asking.
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