I didn't get the impression of any bitterness or anger.  Considering the subject and your relation to those under discussion, I think your responses are well-measured and kind. 

Coats Family History <[log in to unmask]> wrote:  They in the post is the Freedmen, they are the ones that have filed
the law suit...and those that can't prove Cherokee by Blood...the
White already can't have citizenship with proof of a Dawes Roll
ancestor and that's usually a mixed blood at that....:)

I'm not bitter or angry, that's just the way the rules are at present
and may or may not change today....but you need to be able to document
your ancestors back to someone on the Dawes Roll...that's just the
rule...not sure how that comes across as bitter or angry....

Don't shoot the messenger....:)


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