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Focus: Black Oklahoma is a one-hour news and public affairs program on various topics relevant to Oklahomans across the Black diaspora that airs on KOSU…
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During the war, the tribe was divided among Southern and Northern sympathizers, but ultimately sided with the Confederacy.
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A federal judge has ruled in favor of descendants of enslaved people owned by members of the tribe in the 19th century. The tribe's attorney general says he does not intend to appeal the decision.
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A case that helps determine whether or not the descendants of Cherokee slaves have the full citizenship rights of native Cherokees was decided in United…
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Freedmen is another term for descendants of former slaves. And in the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma, the question of their status within the tribes…
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It’s arguably one of the more controversial issues in Indian Country-the case of the Freedmen-descendants of former slaves looking to gain citizenship…
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It’s one of the most controversial issues in Indian country, the issue of the Freedmen.Cherokee Freedmen were former slaves adopted into the Cherokee…