The reason why most Freedmen have not attempted to start separate Freedmen tribes from their original tribes is the same reason most Black Americans haven’t demanded a separate nation for Black Americans set apart from the US. We have historical, legal, and cultural ties
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to the Five Tribes. Even though they have wronged us and our ancestors, we are still fighting for the rights we have been promised. We are fighting for equality and inclusion with our tribes. We are fighting for citizenship and voting rights.
That doesn’t mean some Freedmen do not want separation or that that may not eventually happen, particularly when it comes to Chickasaw Freedmen. Chickasaw Freedmen have unique treaty rights and clauses on both the side of the US govt and the Chickasaw Nation that provide
more avenues for Freedmen independence, particularly if the tribe never accepts us as citizens. But that’s something that can be dissected at a later date or something that can be discussed with tribal and national leaders when the time comes for seriously discussing Chickasaw
Freedmen.
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