January 24, 2018
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday gave the Cherokee Nation, the descendants of slaves owned by tribal members and the U.S. government 30 days to sort out lingering issues preventing final judgment that would close out a tribal citizenship mandate issued for the descendants last year.
December 14, 2017
The Cherokee Nation is eager to fully grant citizenship to descendants of slaves owned by tribal members, but they'll have to wait a little longer after a D.C. federal judge said Thursday that more briefing was required before closing out a mandate first issued in August.
August 31, 2017
A D.C. federal judge ruled Wednesday that the descendants of slaves who had been owned by members of the Cherokee Nation have the same right as native Cherokees to citizenship in the tribe under an 1866 treaty, despite the Nation's efforts to exclude them from its rolls.