Oklahoma: Cherokee Independent Press Act Of 2000

Oklahoma: Cherokee Independent Press Act Of 2000 Rebecca J. Tallent, and Rubell S. Dingman, 2011   Prior to the 1997 constitutional crisis of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, journalists working for the tribe’s Cherokee Phoenix and Indian Advocate, then called the Cherokee Advocate, did not have any press freedoms similar to the First Amendment. However, the 2-year crisis led to a revision of the tribe’s constitution, out of which sprang the first Independent Press Act for a Native American...

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