To sever United States' government relations with the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma until such time as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma restores full tribal citizenship to the Cherokee Freedmen disenfranchised in the March 3, 2007, Cherokee Nation vote and fulfills all its treaty obligations with the Government of the United States, and for other purposes.

6/21/2007--Introduced.
Severs the United States relations with the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma until the Cherokee Nation is meeting all of its treaty obligations and other federal statutory obligations, including all obligations with the Treaty of 1866 and has restored the rights of Cherokee Freedmen disenfranchised from the Cherokee Nation in the March 3, 2007, Cherokee Nation vote to remove them from the Cherokee Nation. Requires a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the Cherokee Nation's expenditure of federal funds, as well as other specified reports from federal agencies, the Secretary of the Interior, and the National Indian Gaming Commission.
Suspends the Cherokee Nation's authority to conduct gaming operations until it is in compliance with all treaty and other obligations with the United States.
Grants any Cherokee Freedman a private right to bring actions for injunctive relief, declaratory relief, or monetary damages against the Cherokee Nation, officials of the Cherokee Nation, or federal officials. Directs the Attorney General to issue a finding on whether the federal civil rights of the Cherokee Freedmen have been violated by the Cherokee Nation and/or the Department of the Interior.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Diane Watson [D, CA-33]
• and 23 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Gary Ackerman [D, NY-5]
  • Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
  • Rep. George Butterfield [D, NC-1]
  • Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
  • Rep. Donna Christensen [D, VI-0]
  • Rep. Yvette Clarke [D, NY-11]
  • Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D, AS-0]
  • Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
  • Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30]
  • Rep. Stephanie Jones [D, OH-11]
  • Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D, OH-9]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
  • Rep. Eleanor Norton [D, DC-0]
  • Rep. Bobby Rush [D, IL-1]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
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Committees

• House Judiciary
• 1 more
  • House Natural Resources
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

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June 21, 2007

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• Oct 01, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1052-1053)
• Jun 21, 2007: Referred to House Judiciary
• Jun 21, 2007: Referred to House Natural Resources
• Jun 21, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Introduced on Jun 21, 2007.

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September 11, 2007 Tribe paints picture of impoverishment that isn’t true

One must remember the services which are funded by federal dollars still will be available should HR 2824 become law. The BIA will continue to administer ...

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August 24, 2007 'Congresswoman Watson' Judge, Jury & Executioner Of Cherokee Nation:

In June 2007 Congresswoman Watson introduced HR 2824, a bill to sever federal relations with the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma until such time that it ...

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August 24, 2007 'Congresswoman Watson' Judge, Jury & Executioner Of Cherokee Nation:

In June 2007 Congresswoman Watson introduced HR 2824, a bill to sever federal relations with the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma until such time that it ...

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August 17, 2008 Watson Bill, HR 2824, only compounds the injustice

As readers of this journal know, I have spoken out firmly against the banishment of the Freedmen from Cherokee citizenship, and I believe that racism had a heavy hand in passing that measure last March. But HR 2824, Congresswoman Diane ...

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August 11, 2008 Native Americans Against Obama-These Are The Faces….

Watson’s bill HR2824 key objective is to force the Cherokee Nation into giving citizenship to the freedman whose ancestors did not appear on the Dawes Rolls. If this is not done the bill would stop funding to the Cherokee Nation. ...

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August 04, 2008 Neither a Treaty nor the 13th Amendment makes them Cherokee

I hope that Diane Watson and the Congressional Black Caucus takes note and stops trying to terminate the Cherokee Nation with HR 2824 because the tribe will not recognize non-Indians as citizens. Barack Obama has said that Congress ...

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