The Cherokee Nation Is Terminated and Does Not Exist
The Proof is in the Pudding – The Termination and Congressional Non-Recognition of the Cherokee (East and West) and the Five Civilized Tribes in the Statutes and Codes of the United States since 1887
Proof 2 – Rights of White Men Marrying Indian Women, Tribal Property
[25 U.S.C. § 181] No white man, not otherwise a member of any tribe of Indians, who may after August 9, 1888, marry an Indian woman, member of any Indian tribe in the United States, or any of its Territories except the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory, shall by such marriage after August 9, 1888, acquire any right to any tribal property, privilege, or interest whatever to which any member of such tribe is entitled.
EDITORIAL ASSERTION:
Why are the “FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES” excluded from this law?
Is it because the Five Civilized Tribes had already attained “acculturated” status and were not thought of as Indians for the purpose of this statute.
Is it because the Indian General Allotment Act [25 U.S.C. 339] specifically delineates the identity of the Five Civilized Tribes as not living on reservations and therefore; not identified as Indian for the purposes of the present statute.
Or is it because they were "Christianized" and had better morals than other Indians?
Maybe the lawyers at the Department or BIA can explain why the Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes are better than other Indians?
(C) This document was produced at the request of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 18, 2019, to document the History, Anthropology, Culture, Religion, and Archaeology of The Chickamauga Nation.