DESCENDANTS OF FREEDMEN OF THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES ASSOCIATION
About Df5CTA
Our Mission
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The Mission of the Descendants of Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes Association, a 501c4 tax exempt corporation, is to provide education about the history and culture of the African-Indian freedmen and their descendants of the 5 tribes.
Five Civilized Tribes refers to the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole nations.
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the organization fights against ongoing racial discrimination against the freedmen descendants by using the courts, appealing to Congress and Federal agencies, organizing demonstrations and appealing to the the public to fight for enforcement of 1866 treaty rights to tribal membership including voting rights, rights to hold office, and r
the organization fights against ongoing racial discrimination against the freedmen descendants by using the courts, appealing to Congress and Federal agencies, organizing demonstrations and appealing to the the public to fight for enforcement of 1866 treaty rights to tribal membership including voting rights, rights to hold office, and rights to federal services on the same basis as other tribal members.
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the freedmen fight against illegal/immoral tribal moratoriums on freedmen descendants tribal registration and fight against disenrollment/denationalization of freedmen tribal members/tribal citizens.
Donations Welcome
For those who wish to make donations, we welcome you to donate funds of any size to:
African Indians of the 5 Civilized Tribes Foundation
Box 42452
Oklahoma City, OK 73123
Almost all funds raised by both Descendants of Freedmen Association and African Indians of the 5 Tribes Foundation have been used for litigation fees. [Donations to Descendants of Freedmen Association are not tax deductible although donations to African Indians Foundation ARE tax deductible. ]
The gofundme campaign “Federal Court Legal Fund Freedmen Descendants” started in July 2020 is raising legal fees for future litigation in Federal court for Creek and Seminole freedmen Descendants based on current status of Creek and Seminole Nation freedmen descendants and to pay for past legal hours incurred by the Velie Law firm for the Cherokee freedmen descendants litigation. [Contributions to the Federal Court Legal Fund are tax deductible.]
Membership and Official Supporter Application
Supporters can fill out the first page of application below.
If applying for a voting membership, you must establish that you descended from a person who was listed as a freedmen of the 5 tribes on the Dawes Rolls.
See application for details.