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Issue: 150

September 15, 2005

Commentary

Blacks of Native American Ancestry Fight for Recognition

By Damario Solomon Simmons

I am currently serving as co-counsel in litigation against the Muscogee (Creek) Nation that is of grave importance to the African-American community in general and to African-Americans whose ancestry is mixed with Native Americans in particular. The litigation involves the citizenship rights of Creeks of Afrikan descent who were enrolled on the 1906 Dawes rolls…

I am currently serving as co-counsel in litigation against the Muscogee (Creek) Nation that is of grave importance to the African-American community in general and to…

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