May 14, 2019
A woman challenging a Cherokee Nation determination that she is ineligible to run for office renewed her fight over the upcoming election on Tuesday after a D.C. federal judge tossed her initial case on procedural grounds the same day.
April 24, 2019
A woman challenging a Cherokee Nation determination that she is ineligible to run for office has continued to push a D.C. federal court to grant an injunction preventing the upcoming election, saying opposition to her request from the tribe and federal government is "baseless."
April 01, 2019
The U.S. Department of the Interior has said a woman challenging a Cherokee Nation determination that she is ineligible to run for office has failed to show why an injunction preventing the upcoming election is needed, urging a D.C. federal court to deny the motion.
August 31, 2018
Descendants of the people once enslaved by the Cherokee Nation hit the tribe with a proposed class action in D.C. federal court, challenging a provision in its constitution requiring that candidates for the position of principal chief have so-called "blood Cherokee" status.