Seems perhaps they learned too much of the wrong stuff from the white  
man. Lawyers in love...

Nancy

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On Mar 3, 2007, at 8:44 PM, Anita Wills wrote:

> My guess is that even after the vote, they will be in the courts  
> for generations. If the Cherokee, who complain about the US  
> government violating treaties, turn around and violate their  
> own..., then what? They are opening up a pandora's box, and may be  
> putting nails in their own coffins. This is going to be veeery  
> interesting.
>
>
>> From: Coats Family History <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia  
>> history              <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: MSNBC.com Article: Cherokees may expel slaves_  
>> descendants
>> Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 20:12:23 -0800
>>
>> The Vote is to determine whether or not you must show that you have a
>> Cherokee Blood line...some Freedmen can do that others can not...just
>> as with the whites if they can not prove a Cherokee Blood line  
>> back to
>> a Dawes Roll ancestor they can not be Cherokee Citizens...many full
>> bloods can not trace back to an ancestor on the Dawes Roll and are  
>> not
>> citizens...been like that for ions...
>>
>> This is an interesting issue since, it pits an 1866 Civil War  
>> treaty again
>> modern day Self Determination by the Cherokee Nation...actually the
>> Civil War Treaty is a badge of slavery for both the Freedmen and the
>> Cherokee...
>>
>> If you think this is bad, you see what the California Indian Tribes
>> are doing, that is sad....
>>
>> Charlotte
>>
>>
>> On 3/2/07, Sunshine49 <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> for what it's worth... this is really sad to see...
>>>
>>> Nancy
>>>
>>> Cherokees may expel slaves_ descendants
>>> The 250,000-member Cherokee Nation will vote in a special election
>>> Saturday whether to override a 141-year-old treaty and change the
>>> tribal constitution to bar "freedmen," the descendants of former
>>> tribal slaves, from being members of the sovereign nation.
>>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17407728/from/ET/
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