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Cherokee Nation district court upheld the legality of the new district maps, which would create 15 districts plus two at-large districts. The ruling was appealed to the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court and on February 28, 2013, the Court announced its decision to uphold the lower court's ruling.
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Freedmen's citizenship; Watts argued the amendment "is absolutely something that we have to defend. And the Cherokee people overwhelmingly voted in the Constitution that we want to remain an Indian tribe made up of Indians" and pointed out there were still 1,500 Black Cherokee Nation
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constitution. Anglen opposed
Legislative Act 26-12, which would change the voting districts within the Cherokee Nation boundaries from 5 to 15 and redistrict the tribal council. The redistricting placed Cowan Watts in District 13, a district she did not live in. On January 23, 2013, Judge Bart Fite
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Oklahoma's scenic rivers. She was re-elected in 2011 to District 5, Seat 2 after redistricting and sworn in on August 14, 2011. After another round of redistricting, she represented the 13th district starting August 14, 2013. Cowan Watts served as a Tribal
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Councilor Buel Anglen filed a lawsuit in Cherokee Nation District Court against Tribal Councilor Cara Cowan Watts and the tribe's Election Commission. Anglen's petition challenged the constitutionality of new election laws under the
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