The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, whose members owned Black slaves and fought on the side of the Confederacy in the Civil War, is now opposing federal efforts to require that descendants of the tribe’s former slaves, called Freedmen, be given promised rights before the tribe can receive federal housing funds. Choctaw leaders say any such requirement infringes upon tribal sovereignty.
The tribe’s argument has drawn strong pushback from individuals descended from former slaves owned by members of five Oklahoma tribes—the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Seminole, and Muscogee (Creek) nations.
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from Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Slave-owning past remains problem for Choctaws
