Cherokee Freedmen Case Returns to Capitol Hill; US Circuit Court of Appeals Will Re-Hear Vann v. Salazar

This story was filed on October 18, 2012

This week, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will be the latest venue to hear arguments in the Cherokee Freedmen citizenship dispute-the ongoing legal battle over whether descendants of liberated Cherokee-owned slaves should be…read more

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