Cherokee 2007 vote: 76% to remove Freedmen descendants (Cherokee Nation, March 3, 2007)
Record: the document says itPattern: documents line upLens: our readingOpen: not yet proven
Year: 2007 · Places: Florida, Oklahoma & the Five Tribes
SUMMARYCherokee 2007 vote: 76% to remove Freedmen descendants (Cherokee Nation, March 3, 2007) [Connections: Five Tribes, Florida & maroons, Nov 5, 2026]
RECORD6,702 votes (76%) for the amendment excluding Freedmen descendants, 2,041 (24%) against, 8,743 total. Earlier, Allen v. Cherokee Nation (2006) had found the "by blood" requirement unconstitutional under the 1975 constitution
PATTERNthe 2007 amendment wrote "by blood" into the constitution; the federal and tribal courts struck it down in 2017 and 2021
LENS (WW9)"by blood" was a Dawes word written into a nation's law in 2007
OPENconfirm vote totals with the Cherokee Nation Election Commission record
SOURCECherokee freedmen controversy (Wikipedia); Illinois Open Publishing Network, "Enrolling as Cherokee Freedmen".