Key Events: What’s Happening in the News and in Congress

Jul 29 08	Freedmen Descendants’ Lawsuit Against Cherokee Nation Dismissed
Jul 25 08	Boren and Cole stand against Cherokee Nation amendment to the NAHASDA bill
Jun 27 08	Research program offers Cherokee genealogy help
Jun 25 08	Cherokee Nation and Area Council for Community Action partner to provide genealogical assistance
Jun 13 08	BIA action on freedmen to await court’s ruling
Jun 12 08	BIA Tells Congress It Will Wait for Courts To Decide Non-Indian Citizenship Issue
Jun 11 08	THE PEOPLE SPEAK: Obama knows what Watson’s bill tries to do
Jun 7 08	Final freedmen bill still pending
Jun 5 08	Cherokees fight back against freedmen legislation
Jun 5 08	Obama position on Cherokee issue builds ties with Native Americans
Jun 2 08	THE PEOPLE SPEAK: We should stand up to caucus bullying
May 22 08	Obama supports tribal sovereignty
May 11 08	Obama takes on freedmen issue
May 9 08	Obama weighs in against CBC legislation on Cherokees
May 9 08	Statement from Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chad Smith
Apr 28 08	A move to destroy the Cherokee Nation
Apr 1 08	Briefing: Why Freedmen Descendants Without an Indian Ancestor Listed on the Base Rolls Are Not Eligible for Citizenship in the Cherokee Nation
Dec 13 07	More than 600 First Nation leaders denounce U.S. House bill that threatens to sever U.S.-Cherokee relations and cut nearly $300 Million in federal funds
Nov 30 07	Jasper: Disinformation campaign undermines Cherokee rights
Nov 16 07	Cherokee Termination Bill Opposed by National Congress of American Indians
Nov 4 07	Congresswoman Watson Attacks the Cherokee Nation
Nov 1 07	Scorched-Earth Policy Again
Sep 28 07	Freedmen Descendent Panel Distorts and Omits Facts
Aug 21 07	Proposed Bill Would Create State Social Services Crisis
Jul 10 07	Let Cherokees decide who’s Cherokee
Jun 21 07	Cherokees Should Decide Who is Cherokee, Not Congress
Jun 13 07	Federal District Court Judge Greenlights Cherokee Nation's June 23 Election To Go Forward, Freedmen Descendants Lose Bid To Stop Election in Which They Can Vote
Jun 11 07	Cherokee Nation Citizens to Vote on Constitutional Amendment
May 18 07	Cherokee Nation Election Commission Re-opens Voter Registration For Non-Indians Affected by Recent Tribal Court Decision
May 14 07	Cherokee Nation Courts Allow Temporary Citizenship for Non-Indians, Including Freedmen Descendants
Mar 3 07	Cherokee Nation Special Election Results
Jan 11 07	Absentee, Registration Deadlines Set For Special Election
Dec 29 06	Special Election Moved to March 3
Oct 6 06	Supreme Court Affirms Referendum on Citizenship; Chief Calls Special Election
May 19 06	Cherokee Nation Council to Vote on Citizenship Issue
Mar 7 06	Cherokee Nation Court Rules on Freedmen Case