Select Provisions of the 1866 Reconstruction Treaties between the United States and Oklahoma Tribes
Channel: indianz
Date: 2022-07-27

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing titled “Select Provisions of the 1866 Reconstruction Treaties between the United States and Oklahoma Tribes” on July 27, 2022.

Following the end of the Civil War, the Cherokee Nation, the Chickasaw Nation, the Choctaw Nation, the Muscogee Nation and the Seminole Nation signed treaties with the United States in 1866. The government-to-government agreements contain various provisions addressing the Freedmen, the term applied to enslaved persons formerly held within the five tribes.

The oversight hearing, which takes place in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building, will address how the provisions of the 1866 treaties have been implemented. Representatives of the five tribes, the federal government and Freedmen descendants provide testimony.

00:00 Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Chair
03:00 Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Vice Chair
06:20 Rep. Maxine Waters (D-California)
17:52 Bryan Newland, Department of the Interior
22:55 Chuck Hoskin, Jr., Cherokee Nation
27:40 Lewis J. Johnson, Seminole Nation
30:38 Brian Thomas Palmer, Seminole Nation
33:09 Michael Burrage, Choctaw Nation
38:57 Jonodev Chaudhuri, Muscogee Nation
44:57 Stephen Greetham, Chickasaw Nation
50:20 Marilyn Vann, Descendants of Freedmen of the Fives Tribes Association
56:13 Q&A

Witness List
PANEL 1
The Honorable Maxine Waters
Congresswoman, California 43rd District
Washington, DC

PANEL 2
The Honorable Bryan Newland
Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs
Department of the Interior
Washington, DC

The Honorable Chuck Hoskin, Jr.
Principal Chief
The Cherokee Nation
Tahlequah, Oklahoma

The Honorable Lewis J. Johnson
Chief
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Wewoka, Oklahoma
Accompanied by the Hon. Brian Thomas Palmer, Assistant Chief, The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma

The Honorable Michael Burrage
General Counsel
The Choctaw Nation
Durant, Oklahoma

The Honorable Jonodev Chaudhuri
Ambassador
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Okmulgee, Oklahoma

Mr. Stephen Greetham
Senior Counsel
The Chickasaw Nation
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Ms. Marilyn Vann
President
The Descendants of Freedmen of the Fives Tribes Association
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Video Source: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

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