No, again this is a blood issue....individual Cherokees do not get per
capita shares of gaming money...it all goes to build and support say,
clinics and other things that benefit the tribe as a
whole...individual members do not get a distribution of money...

This is a Cherokee by Blood issue...

On 3/4/07, Stephan A. Schwartz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This is not about historical fairness, or anything about history at
> all, except the use of racial characterization in the service of
> greed.  This is about how, one group is forcing another group away
> from the money table so "there will be more for me."
>
> -- Stephan
>
> On 4 Mar 2007, at 11:14, Coats Family History wrote:
>
> > Once again this is a Cherokee by Blood issue....Cherokee democracy
> > at work...
> >
> > The Freedment didn't sign the 1866 treaty and the US forced the
> > Cherokees to enter into that treaty...
> >
> > Once again not the Cherokee Nation's fault, the Dawes choose to record
> > the information the way they did...
> >
> > I have no family stories of slaves among my Cherokee ancestors...so I
> > admit no knowledge of slaves and their owners....
> >
> > Charlotte
> >
> >
> >
> > On 3/4/07, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> There is a United Cherokee Tribe of Virginia that celebrates their
> >> ancestry
> >> in the state.  They were mostly located in the mountains in the SW
> >> part of
> >> the state.
> >>
> >> The Cherokees were slaveowners and while they banned the ownership
> >> of  Indian
> >> slaves in the early 18th century as a tribal matter, they
> >> collected and  kept
> >> Black slaves up until 1866 when that ended via treaty with the
> >> US.   See,
> >> Theda Perdue, Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society.  The
> >> Cherokee were
> >> notoriously cruel slave owners and developed great skill in
> >> tracking down
> >> runaway slaves for white owners;  however some had a habit of
> >> killing the Black
> >> slaves once they found them and so the Cherokee fell out of  favor
> >> as slave
> >> catchers.  Seems like this dislike for their Black brothers  goes
> >> a ways back.
> >> 76% is a pretty telling indication of how the tribal  members
> >> still feel.
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