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Cherokee Nation, Feds Fight Over Rights Of Freed Slave Descendants

Posted 11.16.2011

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Associated Press TULSA, Okla. -- The Cherokee Nation's election commission voted Wednesday to allow descendants of slaves once owned by tribal memb...

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Cherokee Nations Expels Descendants Of Tribe's Black Slaves

Posted 10.25.2011

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After a long legal fight, the Cherokee nation ousted thousands of descendants of black slaves who had long been official members of the tribe. The...

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Remembering Howard Zinn: Power to the People's History

Sam Chaltain | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sam Chaltain

It was one year ago today -- January 27, 2010 -- that Howard Zinn died at the age of 85.

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Obama To Native Americans: "You Will Not Be Forgotten"

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama assured American Indians on Thursday that they have a place in his White House and on his agenda, telling tr...

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He Might Have Been A Sports Legend

Stephen Herrington | Posted 11.17.2011

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Stephen Herrington

On this anniversary of our Lunar achievement and the graduation of my class of 1969, I wonder if there is any more immutable thing than the ephemeral moment of a winning touchdown.

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