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Celebrating the Estelusti ~ The Freedmen

Oklahoma's Black  Indians

 
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Cow Tom  

Dosar Barkus

Caesar Bruner

Harry Island

John Horse

Silas Jefferson

John A.Meyers  

J.CoodyJohnson

Sugar George

..........and all 20,000 Freedmen of Indian Territory and their hundreds of thousands of descendants!

LATEST NEWS HEADLINES!!!

(News Stories Below)

 

2009 Heritage Conference Announced

 

Calls for Papers-Scholarly Meetings and Historical Conferences and Journals

 

 

The African-Native American Message Board

The first and longest running message board with focus on Indian Territory Freedmen

 

Organizations

The Choctaw-Chickasaw Freedman Descendants Association of Oklahoma

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The Kansas Institute for African American  and Native American Family History-------- KIAANAFH   

 

 

The Estelusti Foundation

 

Oklahoma Freedman Burial Sites

 

VOICES OF iNDIAN TERRITORY

A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL PRESENTING LONG FORGOTTEN VOICES 

OF iNDIAN tERRITORY fREEDMEN 

 

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Bi-weekly live online discussions pertaining to Black Indians

Contents

Introduction and History The Choctaw Freedmen  Resources
Chickasaw Freedmen Resources Creek & Sem. Freedmen Resources

History

Black Indian Slave Narratives Culture and Traditions of Freedmen
Freedmen Bibliography List of Freedmen Surnames
Black Indians in the Civil War Letter of the Chickasaw Freedmen
Burial Sites of Black Indians Old Agency Cemetery  African-Creek 
Oklahoma Freedmen Towns  Unique Records for Black Indians

 

For Choctaw Nation Current News and Issues: 

The Bishinik

Documents

Sample Freedman Documents

Treaties Pertaining to Black Indians

(The Treaty of 1866 was the document that finally released the African slaves from bondage of the tribes of Indian Territory. Having ignored the passage of the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which ended slavery in the United States, the tribes, chose to embrace sovereignty to keep the slaves in bondage.  The treaty, signed in 1866 by the same tribes that had formed an alliance with the Southern Confederacy, to join in the fight with the South, finally released their slaves, from bondage.  Slavery had taken many forms during its hold in the tribes, and there were, at the same time, some free people of color who did live in the Territory before the release of the slaves. However, the institution did exist within these nations, and it was the treaty signed in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, that finally brought  and end to the last foothold of institutionalized slavery in North America. These are excerpts from those treaties signed in 1866.)

Cherokee Treaty of 1866 Freeing the Slaves

Choctaw-Chickasaw Treaty of 1866 Freeing the Slaves

Creek Treaty of 1866 Freeing the Slaves

Seminole Treaty of 1866

Other Significant African-Native Resources

  Black Indians & Black Mexico

  Tri-Racial Isolates of the Upper South

  Tri-Racial Resources

 

Enrollment Information for 

Cherokee Freedmen Descendants

 

 

Additional Oklahoma Sites

Oklahoma Indian Pioneer Project

-More Oklahoma Freedmen Links

-Black Western Frontier Links

-African American Genealogy Links

-African American History Links

-Oklahoma General Genealogy Links

-Cherokee Nation General Links

-Choctaw Nation General Links

-Chickasaw Nation General Links

-Creek Nation General Links

-Seminole Nation General Links

 

FRONTIER FREEDMAN'S JOURNAL 

INDEX - NOW ONLINE !!

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Current News Stories!!!!

 

Ruling in Creek Citizenship Case: Two African Americans Applying off Dawes Blood Rolls Lose Battle to Enroll in Muscogee Creek Nation

 

Cherokees Hire Former Black Caucus Director in Fight Against Black Cherokees

 

UPDATE: Black Caucus Convenes Panel on Cherokee Freedmen at Annual Conference

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Conference to Feature Panel on Cherokee Freedmen Issues

AKA Sorority Endorses HR 2824 in Response to Expulsion of Cherokee Freedmen

US House of Representatives Disapproves of Cherokee Freedmen Expulsion

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees Issue Statement Supporting Cherokee Freedmen

Ample Reason for Congress to Investigate the Activities of the Cherokee Nation!

Cherokees Flee Moral High Ground

First Supportive Editorial for Freedmen Appears in Writing from Native American Website

Oklahoma NAACP Responds to Jim Crow Practices of Cherokee Nation.

Congresswoman Visits Oklahoma, Amid Verbal Protests from Cherokees, to Justify Expulsion of Black Citizens

 Congressional Committee Votes to Cut Funds to Cherokee Nation

Congresswoman Watson Responds to Editorial Against Freedmen in Los Angeles Times

Cherokee Election Keeps Current Chief in Office.  

Congresswoman Watson Introduces Bill to Halt Funding to Cherokee Nation.

Citizenship for Cherokee Freedmen Temporarily Restored so that Election will not be Declared Illegal

Court Order Releases Names of 2800 Cherokee Freedmen to Attorney

Cherokee Nation Continues Struggle to Remove  Descendants of Their Slaves in Response to BIA Letter 

Letter to Cherokee Nation from Dept. of Interior

New Ruling from BIA: Cherokee 2003Amendment Invalid. New Implications in Freedmen Case!

        2nd Protest in Tulsa in Support of Freedmen                    

Cherokee Freedmen Protest in Tulsa Oklahoma

 

Solidarity With Cherokee Freedmen Shown in March Against BIA Office in Muskogee 

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Choctaw-Chickasaw Freedmen Submit Resolution to Democratic Party on Behalf of Freedmen

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Freedmen Vow to Fight Back Illegal Expulsion from Tribe

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Black Caucus Responds to Petitions Submitted by Choctaw Freedmen!

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Choctaw -Chickasaw Freedmen Send Petition to Congressional Black Caucus

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Older News Articles about Oklahoma Freedmen

 

Cherokee Leader Admits Freedmen Case Not Winnable Blames Situation on Principal Chief Smith

 

Reflections on Recent Indigenous Studies Conference

 

National Congress of Black Women Inc. Objects to Disenfranchisement of Black Indians

 

Cherokee Nation Expels Descendants of their Former Slaves

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Freedmen Issues Discussed on Nightwolf Radio Broadcast

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Preliminary Injunction Filed to Halt Disenrollment Election

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Judge Rules Cherokee Freedmen can sue Cherokee Nation

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USA Today: Native American?  The Tribe Says No

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Freedmen Supporters Question Chief's Power to Call for Vote Against the Freedmen

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Cherokee Employee Describes Freedmen in Tribe as a Need for Tribal Members to "Protect Their Daughters" 

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Cherokee Councilman Says Freedmen Can Find His Meetings on the Internet! The MeetingsPertain to Their Removal from the Tribe

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Oklahoma Freedman Status in Limbo 

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KOTV Coverage of Freedman Struggle to Remain in Cherokee Nation

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Freedman Association President Sends Letter to Tribal Council

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Effort to Remove Freedmen from Cherokee Nation, Officially on Agenda 

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Oklahoma Representatives Address Cherokee Chief Chad Smith Regarding Efforts to Remove Black Cherokees from the Nation. 

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The Ruling in the Creek Nation - Full Transcription

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 Black Creeks File Applications after Ruling in Courts

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New Ruling from Muscogee (Creek) Court: Two Black Creeks May Re-Apply for Citizenship

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Efforts Underway to Expel Black Cherokees after their Victory in Cherokee Courts

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Cherokee Freedmen Win Suit in Cherokee Nation!!!!

Older Articles

Black Indians in the News  

 

 

An Opinion: Justice for All?  Why not in Indian Country?

 

Additional Native American Genealogical Links

 

Black Indian Dialogue: National Congress of American Indians Fall 2000

 

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