Black History : Black Native American descendants fight for recognition

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Black Native American descendants fight for recognition




America Cohee-Webster, circa 1965, left, and Willie Cohee, circa 1896 (via NBC News/ Courtesy Rhonda Grayson)

America Cohee-Webster, circa 1965, left, and Willie Cohee, circa 1896 (via NBC News/ Courtesy Rhonda Grayson)




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Ashley Terrell

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'Bring us home': Their ancestors were enslaved. Now they want proper recognition



But the Dawes system was flawed, and it created a false binary between "freedmen" and "blood" citizens. Members were placed on the rolls based on how they looked, whom they associated with and where they lived.



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