Indians break treaty with U.S.

I thought that would get your attention.  After hundreds and hundreds of cases where the U.S. broke treaties with Indians, a judge has ruled that the Muscogee Nation broke an 1866 treaty between the federal government and five tribes that granted their former slaves, also known as Freedman, “all the rights“ of citizens of the tribes.

The Muskogee Nation, worried that Black descendants of Muskogee slaves would outnumber Muskogee Indians, in 1979 decided that only Indians “by blood” were eligible for citizenship.  That was what Judge Denette Moser of the tribe’s District Court ruled was a violation of the 1866 Treaty.  Note that this was a judge for the Muskogee Nation.

See Chris Cameron, “Judge Rules Freedmen Are Eligible To Join Tribe,” New York Times, (Sept. 30, 2023), p. A14.