<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hi folks<br><br>This is from another list - incredible. What a country!<br><font size="3"><br>Cut Here:<br></font><font size="3">By an overwhelming vote<br>
the Cherokee amended their constitution that in effect nullified tribal<br>
citizenship for nearly 3,000 members for having ancestors that included<br>
people of African descent. The one-drop rule seems to have resurfaced<br>
with a bite.<br>
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The history of the Cherokee Nation involves a mixed legacy of inclusion<br>
and exclusion, though this latest act wasn’t the first. At one time,<br>
for example, the Cherokees owned slaves.<br>
<br>
For an overview on this issue, William Loren Katz, author of Black<br>
Indians and the Black West has a brief review on the counterpunch.org<br>
site for March 17/18, 2007.<br>
<br>
Coming in tandem with the historical imagination that has helped fashion<br>
the Jamestown commemoration, the terrain to deal with matters of social<br>
justice regarding race and racism becomes more treacherous.<br>
<br>Cut<br><br></font><br></div></div><br>
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