http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
Legal Background, Analysis, and Proposed Legislation in the 110th Congress
Provides background on the Cherokee Freedmen dispute, concerning efforts of the Cherokee Nation, through tribal legislation and constitutional amendment, to expel a group of its citizens known as the Cherokee Freedmen. Provides legal analysis of Congressional authority over Indian affairs and discusses enforcement of treaty provisions. Reviews H.R. 2786, H.R. 2824, and H.R. 3002, the Native American Economic Development and Infrastructure for Housing Act of 2007, all to withhold specific Federal benefits from the Cherokee Nation if the Cherokee Freedmen are not fully recognized as citizens of the Cherokee Tribe.
Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.