Jeff Bowen
This volume involves an extensive number of names through one of the most intriguing cases yet to be transcribed within this series. From the beginning the table is set making you curious as to what is going on. Is there fraud within our midst, is the attorney or client doing something under the table, or simply the courts not wanting these people to be given a fair chance at proclaiming who they are? Lots of questions. This case took time. The documentation is extensive along with the list of names that eventually follow. This case covers a history of many, but the questions begin with one man (Frances Marion Dawson) then springs into what feels like people eternal, a Cherokee population on its own merit, leading to many cases and numerous histories. An education of heritage and Native questions answered.... The theme throughout every Cherokee case came down to one final conclusion; a stamp, applied to every citizenship or enrollment card, 'Granted.' It was mass hysteria. The Cherokee were being flooded with non-citizens for decades, it had to stop. They wanted their own government run by their own laws and courts. Many rightful citizens were being doubted as to being Cherokee themselves. In these pages you’ll find testimony with copies of actual doubtful cards and Cherokee by blood cards.
