On the recordJuly 26, 2021
All Freedmen and their descendants shall have all of the rights of Native Cherokees.
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congress.govChuck Hoskin: “All Freedmen and their descendants shall have all of the rights of Native Cherokees.”
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Stating that Freedmen citizenship rights were established in the Treaty of 1866.
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It would be difficult for me, Senator, to come to this Committee and press for treaty rights if I could not say to myself, we are living up to all of our obligations.
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These actions have made the Cherokee Nation a better nation for having recognized full and equal citizenship of Freedmen descendants.
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