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FREEDMEN ISSUES,  LAW AND CASES

Freedmen are Citizens by Fact of U.S. Court Ruling Freedmen are Citizens

Cherokee Law enacted by the Cherokee Council in 1863 Cherokee Freedmen Law

Excerpt from the Treaty that made Freedmen Cherokee Citizens 1866 Treaty excerpt

Freedmen File suit in Federal Court Freedmen Federal Suit

Freedmen Respond to the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma intervention Response to CNO motion

Action by Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma stripping the Freedmen of their rights Citizenship Act Unconstitutional

All the following are documents in the Freedmen case in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma Supreme Court.
And some U.S Supreme Court cases pertanant to the Cherokee Freedmen Issue.

Lucy Allen Original Suit	JAT Order,  Respond date	CNO files motion to dismiss
Lucy Responds to CNO Muskogee Phoenix story	1894Journeycake V. CN et al 1896 Alberty v. United States 1896 Talton Versus Mayes 1899 Stephens v. Cherokee Nation 1906 Redbird versus United States 1912 Whitmire V. Cherokee  Nation	Motion for Summary Judgement Freedmen information
CNO Brief, Todd Hembree	CNO Brief, Richard Osburn	Allen Brief, David Cornsilk

And now the results of all this work

The Cherokee Supreme Court Ruling

Dissent of Chief Justice Matlock

I like to allways post of the Chief Justice's dissent, Words by a Retired Texas Judge, who is Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma Member: his words and I quote "Where did this jackass get his law liscense? from a cracker-jack box? my sentiments exactly and just wait untill you see an Opinion or a dissent by the newly appointed Justice on the Cherokee Supreme Court, Troy Wayne Poteet, Absolutely NO experience as a Trial lawyer, or even as a lawyer, he has been suckling the assets of the CNO and being the Chief's Lacky from day one of graduating law school!! Go back to cornsilks.com