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Creation of this page

I created this page on the basis that there is little knowledge about this subject anywhere. All material pertaining to this issue weems to have a POV attached to it and therefore anybody who is looking for answers and not persuation should try and find it here. I do need help though filling out this page. Please help me do so, not only for me, but for the Cherokee people who need to make up their own minds and not be persuaded by political and tribal factions.Iwasmad 14:08, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

David Cornsilk

I think the paragraph about him at the end could probably go into its own article. Smmurphy(Talk) 16:00, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

move

Does anyone mind if this is moved to (or merged with the old version) of Cherokee Freedmen, which is currently a redirect? If not, at least a good deal of the history could go over there. Smmurphy(Talk) 05:57, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

A general article about all Freedmen is a better candidate. There are freedmen from all five tribes and they all were placed onto a single roll -- the Freedmen Roll. There were no "Cherokee Freedmen" as such recognized by the Dawes Commission as all Freedmen from the five civilized tribes were lumped together. The Cherokee Freedmen are in fact all of the freedmen listed on the Freedmen rolls from all five tribes, so its not particularly just a "Cherokee" issue. Jeffrey Vernon Merkey 17:56, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
This goes again to the dispute over whether people of Cherokee heritage not on the right rolls can be called Cherokee. There is an article freedman, and I just linked this from there. Putting this material into that article would imbalance that article, but would be an option. Smmurphy(Talk) 18:23, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
I agree. There's a lot more here you may not be aware of. The freedmen issue is not strictly confined to the Cherokee. The Seminole Nation also disenrolled thier freedmen members. What would make more sense is an article titled "Oklahoma Freedmen" or "Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes", the latter of which is far more accurate. Remember, these Freedmen spoke a native language. Jeffrey Vernon Merkey 21:39, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
But the Freedmen's status in each tribe that held slaves was the result of new treaties that the US government made with each of the Five Civilized Tribes after the Civil War, because they had supported the Confederacy. The US required the emancipation of slaves and offering them tribal memberships. If the freedmen wanted to leave those nations, they could become US citizens.Parkwells (talk) 14:09, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Removal of Images

Please do not remove the images again without valid discussion or place uncited statements which are libel into our project. Thanks. Jeffrey Vernon Merkey 19:48, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Section heading capitalization

Just a note, per WP:HEAD, generally only the first word in a section is capitalized. I'll get around to checking things out more in depth later, keep up the good work. Best, Smmurphy(Talk) 00:59, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Lead

Pleas bring specific issues you have with the lead to the talk page, rather than reverting. Most of the material is cited, and citations are being brought into a standard form. Constructive criticism is appreciated. Best, Smmurphy(Talk) 13:27, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

The same applies to you. I want you to stop reverting without discussion either directly or via other accounts. Jeffrey Vernon Merkey 17:15, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Image

Since the image is publicity by the Cherokee Nation, as if to prove its actions against the Freedmen are not discriminatory, it seems odd to have it in this article, which necessarily covers the exclusion of the Cherokee Freedmen descendants as citizens of the Nation.Parkwells (talk) 18:07, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

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