Edits About The Freedmen Intermarried Whites Etc There are some changes being made that definitely need to be discussed because it s conflicting with previous material Chief Smith is one of the most vocal opponents of the freedmen reinstantment It s been his stance since this started and the citied articles below has him quoted on his stance The cited material didn t state that 2 800 Cherokee Members currently enrolled in the tribe The podcast was talking about the freedmen in general If the Cherokee had laws governing slave ownership and slave codes the statement the nature of slavery in Cherokee society is an accurate statement It s not some Freedmen were put on the Freedmen rolls There were 0 Freedmen placed on the By Blood roll because that roll was for blood Cherokee All former slaves freedmen were placed on the Freedmen roll That was the whole purpose of the Freedmen Roll Loss Of Membership The focus is not on the Intermarried Whites The descendants of the Intermarried Whites the spouse of the Cherokee already listed on the By Blood Roll were not affected because their descendants are Cherokee based on the fact that part of their ancestry the blood Cherokee that is on the Cherokee By Blood Roll I do think there should be some clarification and not lumping those two groups because the focus is on one and not the other Freedmen were still around in 1907 It should be some Freedmen and their descendants because both did vote in the tribal elections Dawes Rolls of 1902 is listed plain as day There s no need to clarify