Posted on 08/30/2011 5:16:20 AM PDT by Paladins Prayer
There were the Dawes Rolls and the Guion-Miller Rolls, early 20th century indian censuses, really. I’ve got seven who were denied because they’d lived apart from the tribe for over a century. Surnames Hicks, Eaton and Sizemore. I’m 1/64 Cherokee.
That would just be another treaty broken with the indians and the government.
No more treaties. They are part of the US population. They become Americans and get of the dole. They have no separtate rights.
Just like federal employees. No more federal retirement. Everyone gets SS. Whether you are speaker of the house or a broompusher on the federal dime.
The issue is if slaves that were owned by the Cherokee should be considered Cherokee if there is no blood relation.
The old treaty says yes, the new president says no.
I saw if they want to end the treaty, great! Would be better for their people in the long run. Reservations were the most successful thing the US government every made to destroy a people.
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