Government and Native Americans

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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Senate Set To Vote On Settlement To Return Land, Money To Native Americans

The Atlantic | James Warren | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mistreatment of Indians is America's Original Sin, and the narrative is consistent. They lose their land, get portrayed as caricatures of social malad...

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Putting All of Your Eggs in One Basket

Tim Giago | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tim Giago

Tribal leaders need all of the friends they can muster in the House and the Senate, and in endorsing presidential candidates, they risk alienating important senators.

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