WASHINGTON, D.C. – Leaders of four of the five Oklahoma-based so-called Five Civilized Tribes reported to a United States Senate panel last week that they have made little to no advances in granting Freedmen citizenship in their tribal nations.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. provided testimony before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Wednesday, July 27, for an Oversight Hearing titled "Oversight Hearing on
Oklahoma’s five largest tribes split Wednesday on the terms of treaties signed more than 150 years ago regarding their treatment of descendants of their former slaves, and on what those treaties require.