Who belongs in the Cherokee Nation?
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Do You Have Indian Blood to Be a Member of an Indian Tribe?
Tribal leaders put the question of citizenship for freed people to a vote in 18 66. The tribe voted overwhelmingly yes, but chief hoskin says there was a problem with that vote. He says most cherokees weren't educated about their tribe's history of enslaving black people. After the ballot refer dom, freedmen descendants were once again excluded from the tribe.
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