14. MYTH: Non-Indians are being “disenrolled” for failing to support the tribe's current administration.
FACT: The Cherokee Nation passionately believes that citizenship in an Indian nation should belong to descendants of Indians. Our constitutional amendment reflects that belief. This vote came from the people as a grassroots effort to define Cherokee identity for ourselves.
My Truth!
For the most part see my truth at Number 7. And please know the grassroots smith Speaks of was a few paid hacks willing to do anything Smith ask, the people were lied to, and asked do you want these N*****S sucking up all your services, your commodities (donated foods) your kids school cloths and books etc, and the most hurtful statement, by a supposed rapist, hide your daughters from the black men.
Folks simply read the dissent of one judge in the case filed by the Cherokee People claiming fraud in the process of the petition for the amendment, Smith owned the majority of that court, and the ruling for okaying the fraud was absolutely disgusting as you can see from the dissent.
15. MYTH: The Cherokee Nation urged voters to support the amendment.
FACT: The Cherokee Nation took no official position on either side of the vote. It never sought to influence anyone's vote. The people exercised their cherished democratic right to determine for themselves the meaning of their Indian identity. My truth!
See My truth at Number 14, and re read Leeds Dissent!
16. MYTH: The United States government has sided with the Freedmen descendants in this matter.
FACT: The United States government through its courts has time and again held that Indian tribes have the right to determine their own citizenship and is defending a lawsuit brought by some Freedmen descendants.
My Truth!
And the simple fact of the matter is, for the most part a true fact, with a slight lawyer twisting an crafting of words, there has been cases that upheld the right of Indian Nations to determine their citizenship by the fact of self governance act if they have adopted it. I guess it depends how you want to read the statement, yes there is a freedmen case in the federal judicial system See It Here as you can see the Freedmen are suing the BIA, and the Government DOJ is Defending the BIA... The CNO was denied the right to intervene for the purpose of injecting Sovereign immunity for a dismissal, based on the 13, 14, and 15 amendments to the US Constitution. What Smith is after here is a little sympathy for the big bad US government picking on the CNO. and a simple reading of the proposed legislation known as the Watson Bill will show you, it is Not a termination act as Smith would Have you believe.
Cherokee CNO Member!
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