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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