Chickasaw Freedmen

The Chickasaw Freedmen are individuals, formerly enslaved in the Chickasaw Nation and freed in 1866, and their descendants. They have African ancestry, and many also have Chickasaw ancestry. The Chickasaw Nation never adopted Chickasaw Freedmen as Chickasaw Nation citizens. Today, descendants of the Chickasaw Freedmen on the Dawes Rolls are not eligible for citizenship within the Chickasaw Nation.

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