04477nam 2200793 450 991082420280332120230717182046.00-8122-9017-810.9783/9780812290172(CKB)3710000000072430(OCoLC)874143752(CaPaEBR)ebrary10809845(SSID)ssj0001060234(PQKBManifestationID)12432204(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001060234(PQKBWorkID)11105574(PQKB)11481289(MdBmJHUP)muse33625(DE-B1597)449791(OCoLC)979685057(DE-B1597)9780812290172(Au-PeEL)EBL3442303(CaPaEBR)ebr10809845(CaONFJC)MIL682532(MiAaPQ)EBC3442303(EXLCZ)99371000000007243020070618h20082008 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrRace and the Cherokee Nation sovereignty in the nineteenth century /Fay A. YarbroughPhiladelphia :University of Pennsylvania Press,[2008]©20081 online resource (195 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-322-51250-7 0-8122-4056-1 Includes bibliographical references (pages [137]-172) and index.A moment of inclusion : Molley -- Racial ideology in transition : Shoe Boots -- The 1855 Marriage Law : racial lines harden -- The Civil War : a missed opportunity -- The Cherokee freedmen's story : the Boles family -- Indian slavery and memory : interracial sex from the slaves' perspective -- The fight for recognition continues : Lucy Allen."We believe by blood only," said a Cherokee resident of Oklahoma, speaking to reporters in 2007 after voting in favor of the Cherokee Nation constitutional amendment limiting its membership. In an election that made headlines around the world, a majority of Cherokee voters chose to eject from their tribe the descendants of the African American freedmen Cherokee Indians had once enslaved. Because of the unique sovereign status of Indian nations in the United States, legal membership in an Indian nation can have real economic benefits. In addition to money, the issues brought forth in this election have racial and cultural roots going back before the Civil War.Race and the Cherokee Nation examines how leaders of the Cherokee Nation fostered a racial ideology through the regulation of interracial marriage. By defining and policing interracial sex, nineteenth-century Cherokee lawmakers preserved political sovereignty, delineated Cherokee identity, and established a social hierarchy. Moreover, Cherokee conceptions of race and what constituted interracial sex differed from those of blacks and whites. Moving beyond the usual black/white dichotomy, historian Fay A. Yarbrough places American Indian voices firmly at the center of the story, as well as contrasting African American conceptions and perspectives on interracial sex with those of Cherokee Indians.For American Indians, nineteenth-century relationships produced offspring that pushed racial and citizenship boundaries. Those boundaries continue to have an impact on the way individuals identify themselves and what legal rights they can claim today.Cherokee IndiansRace identityIndians of North AmericaMixed descentAfrican AmericansRelations with IndiansSlaverySouthern StatesHistorySlaveryOklahomaHistoryFreed personsIndian TerritoryHistorySouthern StatesRace relationsOklahomaRace relationsAmerican History.American Studies.Native American Studies.Cherokee IndiansRace identity.Indians of North AmericaMixed descent.African AmericansRelations with Indians.SlaveryHistory.SlaveryHistory.Freed personsHistory.305.897/557LB 48610rvkYarbrough Fay A1630945MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824202803321Race and the Cherokee Nation3969502UNINA