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<html><head></head><body>The opinion in In re D.N. is here. An excerpt: The “by blood” requirement in the Choctaw Nationâ€Ÿs Constitution, as well as others, has been interpreted as excluding the descendants of freedmen. (Allen v. Tribal Council (2006) 9 Okla. Trib. … <a href="http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/california-coa-decides-icwa-related-appeal-involving-cherokeechoctaw-freedmen-descendants/">Continue reading →</a><figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter max-w-golden mx-auto text-center"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" alt="" border="0" src="/api/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstats.wordpress.com%2Fb.gif%3Fhost%3Dturtletalk.wordpress.com%26blog%3D1804110%26post%3D35566%26subd%3Dturtletalk%26ref%3D%26feed%3D1" width="1" height="1" class="next-image object-cover"></figure> <a target="blank" href="http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/california-coa-decides-icwa-related-appeal-involving-cherokeechoctaw-freedmen-descendants/">read more</a>
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The opinion in In re D.N. is here. An excerpt: The “by blood” requirement in the Choctaw Nationâ€Ÿs Constitution, as well as others, has been interpreted as excluding the descendants of freedmen. (Allen v. Tribal Council (2006) 9 Okla. Trib. … <a href="http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/california-coa-decides-icwa-related-appeal-involving-cherokeechoctaw-freedmen-descendants/">Continue reading →</a>

California COA Decides ICWA-Related Appeal Involving Cherokee/Choctaw Freedmen Descendants