The Cherokee Nation has voluntarily dismissed their claims against the feds in Cherokee Nation v. Nash:
Cherokee nation vs nash order 8 21 2012 feds
The feds have an outstanding counterclaim against the Nation and so they remain parties.
In the D.C. Circuit appeal, Vann v. Interior, here is Vann’s reply brief:
2012-08-30 Reply Brief of Appellants Marilyn Vann et al
Prior briefs are here.
Here:
Cherokee nation v nash tribal answer to federal counterclaim 8 6 2012
The counterclaim is here.
Here are those briefs:
Cherokee Nation Brief [defending the Rule 19 dismissal]
Interior Brief [arguing against Rule 19 dismissal]
The opening brief is here.
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Here are new materials filed by the Freedmen and the feds against the Cherokee Nation:
Federal Answer to Amended Complaint
Freedmen Amended Answer — Counterclaims — Cross Claims
News coverage here.
Here is the amended complaint in Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma v. Nash (N.D. Okla.):
Cherokee nation vs nash 4 23 2012 Cherokee filing
From the motion for leave to amend:
The proposed Amended Complaint by the Cherokee Nation does not change the original parties, nor add causes of action. It changes the cause of action from a focus upon federal abrogation of the Treaty, to a focus on interpretation of the Treaty language as it was meant by the parties at the time, and as later interpreted by federal statute and cases.
Here:
Here is the notice of appeal:
Here is the order:
Election Decision for Cherokees
News coverage here.
A list of key documents from the Tulsa World here:
View Principal Chief Chad Smith’s final campaign disclosure report.
Here.
Darryl Omar Freeman has posted “Neo-Colonial Adaptation or Neo-Sovereignty: Oklahoma Cherokee/African Ancestry Freedmen Conflict” on SSRN.
Might want to do some quick fact checking on Ward Churchill’s membership status with United Keetoowah Band.
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