Cherokee Nation v. Nash (2017): "a present right to citizenship" (D.D.C., Aug. 30, 2017)
Record: the document says itPattern: documents line upLens: our readingOpen: not yet proven
Year: 2017 · Places: Florida, Oklahoma & the Five Tribes
SUMMARYCherokee Nation v. Nash (2017): "a present right to citizenship" (D.D.C., Aug. 30, 2017) [Connections: Five Tribes, Florida & maroons, Nov 5, 2026]
RECORDSenior Judge Thomas F. Hogan, Civil Action No. 13-01313: "In accordance with Article 9 of the 1866 Treaty, the Cherokee Freedmen have a present right to citizenship in the Cherokee Nation that is coextensive with the rights of native Cherokees," and "The Five Tribes Act did not abrogate, amend or otherwise alter Article 9's promise that descendants of freedmen shall have all the rights of native Cherokees."
PATTERNa federal court read the 1866 descendants clause as still in force 151 years later
LENS (WW9)a US court confirmed the paper promise outlived the paper roll
OPENnone major; full opinion is at the NILL link
SOURCECherokee Nation v. Nash, 2017 WL 3822870 (D.D.C.), NILL.