Difference between revisions of "Cherokee"
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While some Indian tribes, notably the Coquille, allow same-sex marriage, the Cherokee and [[Navajo]] do not. <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26344598/</ref> In 2006, a same-sex Cherokee pair in Oklahoma got married (although they never submitted the marriage certificate to government officials outside the tribe) and shortly afterward, the Cherokee Tribal council adopted a law banning same-sex marriage. <ref> | While some Indian tribes, notably the Coquille, allow same-sex marriage, the Cherokee and [[Navajo]] do not. <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26344598/</ref> In 2006, a same-sex Cherokee pair in Oklahoma got married (although they never submitted the marriage certificate to government officials outside the tribe) and shortly afterward, the Cherokee Tribal council adopted a law banning same-sex marriage. <ref> | ||
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| + | For racial reasons, in 2007 a group of [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] congressmen and congresswomen introduced a bill in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] to "terminate" the Cherokee Nation.<ref>http://www.tanasijournal.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=365&Itemid=1&ed=53</ref> The Democratic Party has long history of antipathy towards American Indians, most notably Democrat president [[Andrew Jackson]], who was responsible for the forced relocation of thousand of American Indians known as the "Trail of Tears." | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.cherokeehistory.com/ Cherokee Nation] | |
| − | *http://www.cherokeehistory.com/ | + | *[http://www.cherokee.org/ Cherokee.org] |
| − | *http://www.cherokee.org/ | + | *[http://www.native-languages.org/cherokee.htm Cherokee language] |
| − | *http://www.native-languages.org/cherokee.htm | + | *[http://www.aboutcherokee.com/ About Cherokee] |
| − | *http://www.aboutcherokee.com/ | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 09:19, January 30, 2009
The Cherokee are a tribe of North American Indians (Native Americans) who originally lived in the area of the southern Appalachian Mountains from the western Carolinas and eastern Tennessee to northern Georgia, and now reside primarily in North Carolina and Oklahoma. It can also refer to the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee. There are "Cherokee Counties" in several states, including Texas, South Carolina, Oklahoma, and Georgia. The Cherokee were the largest Native American (Indian) group in the United States, several tribes formed the "Cherokee Nation".
While some Indian tribes, notably the Coquille, allow same-sex marriage, the Cherokee and Navajo do not. [1] In 2006, a same-sex Cherokee pair in Oklahoma got married (although they never submitted the marriage certificate to government officials outside the tribe) and shortly afterward, the Cherokee Tribal council adopted a law banning same-sex marriage. [2] [3]
For racial reasons, in 2007 a group of Democrat congressmen and congresswomen introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to "terminate" the Cherokee Nation.[4] The Democratic Party has long history of antipathy towards American Indians, most notably Democrat president Andrew Jackson, who was responsible for the forced relocation of thousand of American Indians known as the "Trail of Tears."
References
- ↑ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26344598/
- ↑ http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=&sc3=&id=79241
- ↑ http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/348373/top_us_indian_court_upholds_first_gay_marriage/index.html
- ↑ http://www.tanasijournal.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=365&Itemid=1&ed=53