Hoskin says the law discriminates Cherokee citizens of Freedmen descent ... But some Black tribal members are still being ...

Oklahoma’s identity is built on the histories of both Native and Black people. Yet, for freedmen — descendants of Black individuals once enslaved by Native tribes — this identity has too ...

Some Black Freedmen settled in Indian Territory (modern Oklahoma) and helped build all-Black towns alongside Native communities. Intermarriage and Cultural Exchange Many Black and Indigenous ...