Who is a Cherokee? Tribal vote may decide

By Molly Hennessy-Fiske / The Bulletin
October 12, 2011

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — More than 170 years ago, the proud Cherokee people in the South were brutally driven into exile in Oklahoma along what became known as the Trail of Tears.

Now, an unlikely group of descendants is battling the tribe for its rights. They are the so-called black Cherokees, some....

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