Tribal Justice
The Struggle for Black Rights on Native Land
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Narrated by:
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Allison Herrera
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Written by:
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Allison Herrera
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Adreanna Rodriguez
About this listen
Imagine being a citizen of a nation and not being allowed to have your case heard in that nation’s courts—because of your race. This is happening now, in Oklahoma, to a group of Black citizens of the Cherokee Nation. They’re called Freedmen, and Michael Hill is one of them.
On September 26, 2020, Michael was in a great mood. He’d recently returned home to Oklahoma after years in the military. He’d bought a house and had a job teaching and coaching basketball at the local high school.
But that night, Michael’s life would turn upside down. Around two o’clock in the morning, he heard people banging on the doors and windows of his home. He called 911 for help.
This is the story of what happened next, and why. To understand it, we have to go back to the Trail of Tears that the Five Tribes were forced to walk. To the enslaved Africans those tribes brought with them on that trail, who became Freedmen after the Civil War. To the 2020 US Supreme Court ruling that Oklahoma had illegally claimed more than three million acres of tribal land. And to what the restoration of that land has meant for policing and the courts.
Tribal Justice is essential storytelling that brings a new lens to understandings of race, sovereignty, power, and belonging.
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- Russell
- 2024-12-11
A complex journey into a neglected history
Tribal Justice is one of those podcasts that come along and shift your understanding of the world under your feet. It is the story of one man's fight for his rights, but it is also a story in which African-American and Native American histories collide in ways that are unexpected, and, in the end, hopeful. Herrera narrates the story with compassion and empathy, but also with a reporter's instinct to capture as many sides as possible. The result is a tight narrative about some uncomfortable truths, and some inspiring people working to right a historical wrong.
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