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Who gets Cherokee citizenship has long been a struggle between the tribe and the US government

  • Written by Aaron Kushner, Postdoctoral Scholar, School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, Arizona State University
imageA Cherokee Census card from 1904. Wikimedia Commons/U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

A recent decision by the Cherokee Nation’s Supreme Court struck down a law that freedmen – descendants of people enslaved by Cherokees in the 18th and 19th centuries – cannot hold elective tribal office. The ruling is the latest...

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