Okla. tribes' Black Freedmen seek ally in Haaland

摘要

In 2017, Shelby Ward applied for citizenship in the nation of her ancestors.Her great-grandmother, Ernestine McCoy Jones, was born a citizen of the Choctaw Nation in 1898 in an areathat would become part of Oklahoma nine years later.To qualify for Choctaw citizenship today, applicants must trace their lineage to a family member listed on theDawes Rolls, a census the federal government conducted in the early 20th century.