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Freedmen by Treaty of 1866; Emancipation Proclamation Act

This document unequivically shows where the "Freedmen" (Negroid ancestry) were 'adopted' into the Seminole Nation (in Oklahoma Territory) by the "Treaty of 1866". Again, clearly there is adoption and force of the Emancipation Proclamation Act.

Freedmen by Treaty of 1866;  Emancipation Proclamation Act
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  1. Alfreda_Doonkeen

    Alfreda_Doonkeen (31 May 2008 )

    I wish that political senator woman in California understood how and when the Freedmen were forced into our nations. This would alleviate the problems with AGAIN, forcing the American Indian into providing for another people of another race.
  2. Alfreda_Doonkeen

    Alfreda_Doonkeen (02 Jan 2009 )

    I the Seminole Nation today, there are 14 Bands. Two Bands are Freedmen Bands named Bruner and Dosar Barkus. I went to junior high in Oklahoma City with a fellow named Larry Bruner at Harding High School. At the same school there weas a girl who cou

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Dawes Packets

Location: Dawes PacketsSeminoleSeminole561 - 855661 (Bruner, Myrtle)Page 4

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