Tag: Oklahoma

  • Show me your CDIB: Blood Quantum and Indian Identity among Indian People of Oklahoma American Behavioral Scientist Volume 47, Number 3 (November 2003) pages 267-282 DOI: 10.1177/0002764203256187 James F. Hamill, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Discourse concerning the legitimacy of claims of Indian identity characterize much of the debate in Indian country…

  • Circe Sturm takes a bold and original approach to one of the most highly charged and important issues in the United States today: race and national identity. Focusing on the Oklahoma Cherokee, she examines how Cherokee identity is socially and politically constructed, and how that process is embedded in ideas of blood, color, and race.

  • Tribal Rights vs. Racial Justice: Was the Cherokee Nation’s expulsion of black Freedmen an act of tribal sovereignty or of racial discrimination? The New York Times Room for Debate 2011-09-15 Kevin Maillard, Associate Professor of Law Syracuse University Matthew L. M. Fletcher, Professor of Law Michigan State University Cara Cowan-Watts, Acting Speaker Cherokee Nation Tribal…

  • Developing: Supreme Court vacates Freedmen ruling Cherokee Phoenix 2011-08-23 Christina Good Voice, Senior Reporter Tahlequah, Okla. – The Cherokee Nation Supreme Court issued a 16-page ruling Aug. 22 that reversed and vacated the decision of the CN District Court regarding the Cherokee Freedmen, stating that the Cherokee people had the right to amend the CN…

  • The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that 2010 Census population totals and demographic characteristics have been released for communities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. These data have provided the first look at population counts for small areas and race, Hispanic origin, voting age and housing unit data released from…

  • Estelusti Marginality: A Qualitative Examination of the Black Seminole The Journal of Pan African Studies Volume 2, Number 4 (June 2008) pages 60-80 Ray Von Robertson, Assistant Professor of Sociology Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas Approximately four years ago, I began collecting interview data with Black Seminoles/Estelusti in Oklahoma. My research focused on how the Black…

  • The Seminole Freedmen: A History   University of Oklahoma Press 2007 480 pages 6″ x 9″ Hardcover ISBN: 9780806138657 Kevin Mulroy, Associate University Librarian University of California, Los Angeles Captures the distinct identity and history of the Seminole maroons Popularly known as “Black Seminoles,” descendants of the Seminole freedmen of Indian Territory are a unique…

  • African Creeks: Estelvste and the Creek Nation University of Oklahoma Press 2007 368 pages, 6″ x 9″ Illustrations: 15 color illustrations, 4 maps Hardcover ISBN: 9780806138152 Paperback ISBN: 9780806168951 Gary Zellar, Assistant Professor of History University of Saskatchewan A narrative history of the African Creek community Among the Creeks, they were known as Estelvste—black people—and…

  • A Letter to My Father: Growing up Filipina and American University of Oklahoma Press 2008 184 pages 5.5″ x 8.5″ x 0″ 8 b&w illustrations, 2 maps Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8061-3909-8 Helen Madamba Mossman Going from the jungles of the wartime Philippines to the schoolyards of northwestern Oklahoma is no easy transition. For one twelve-year-old girl,…