This is from another list - incredible. What a country!
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the Cherokee amended their constitution that in effect nullified tribal
citizenship for nearly 3,000 members for having ancestors that included
people of African descent. The one-drop rule seems to have resurfaced
with a bite.
The history of the Cherokee Nation involves a mixed legacy of inclusion
and exclusion, though this latest act wasn’t the first. At one time,
for example, the Cherokees owned slaves.
For an overview on this issue, William Loren Katz, author of Black
Indians and the Black West has a brief review on the counterpunch.org
site for March 17/18, 2007.
Coming in tandem with the historical imagination that has helped fashion
the Jamestown commemoration, the terrain to deal with matters of social
justice regarding race and racism becomes more treacherous.
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