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http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/obama-weighs-in-against-cbc-legislation-on-cherokees-2008-05-09.html

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The Hill, Washington, D.C.

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Barack Obama says courts, not Congress, should decide dispute over Cherokee Nation's vote to remove Freedmen — descendants of freed slaves once owned by tribe members — from tribal membership.

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