RECORDIn SC-2017-07 the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court ruled "the words by blood are void, were never valid from inception." Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.: "Cherokee Nation is stronger when we move forward as citizens together and on an equal basis under the law."
PATTERNthe nation's own court, not a US court, removed the Dawes-era term from its constitution
LENS (WW9)the nation's court said the blood line was never valid to begin with
OPENget the opinion PDF (NILL "In re Cherokee Nation")
SOURCEAnadisgoi (Cherokee Nation news), Feb. 2021; In re Cherokee Nation (NILL PDF).