US Interior secretary approves Cherokee Nation Constitution

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland approved a new constitution for the Cherokee Nation on Wednesday, ensuring citizenship for descendants of its Freedmen, the Black people once enslaved by tribal citizens.

“The Cherokee Nation's actions have brought this longstanding issue to a close and have importantly fulfilled their obligations to the Cherokee Freedmen," Haaland said in a statement.

The issue of tribal citizenship for Freedmen has long been the subject of litigation for the Five Tribes, known historically as the Five Civilized Tribes: the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Muscogee and Seminole nations.

The Cherokee Nation is the only one of the five that has granted full citizenship to its Freedmen, who number about 8,500.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-interior-secretary-approves-cherokee-221859073.html

[DURHAM D]

1. Took long enough but glad they finally got there and thanks Deb. nt

[niyad]

2. At long last.

[Hekate]

3. Impressive