Legal Opinion
Cherokee Freedmen v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided June 11, 1971No. Appeal No. 5-70; Ind. Cl. Comm. Docket Nos. 173-A and 123PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, Judge
Article IX of the Treaty of July 19,1866,14 Stat. 199,801, between the Federal Government and the Cherokee Nation provided that all former Negro slaves of the Cherokees, liberated by the Cherokee Nation during the Civil War, “as well as all free colored persons who were in the country at the commencement of the rebellion, and are now residents therein, or who may return within- six months, and their descendants, shall have all the rights of native Cherokees.” In the same year, these individuals, commonly called Cherokee Freedmen, were “taken and deemed to be citizens of the Cherokee Nation”…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- The United States v. The Northern Paiute NationUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
- Woodward v. De GraffenriedSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Minnesota Chippewa Tribe v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
- Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1966
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1974
- Wolfchild v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2011
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- Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy's Reservation v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2009
- Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2006
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