Tribal citizenship number skewed (The Cherokee Phoenix 4/13)
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With 315,698 members, Cherokee Nation is biggest tribe
Posted: Friday, April 13, 2012
With 315,698 members, the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma is the largest tribe in the U.S.
But the figure is skewed because it includes citizens who have passed on.
Still, the Cherokees appear to have surpassed the Navajo Nation, with 300,048 members, to claim the title of the largest tribe.
The Cherokees receive about 1,200 citizen applications a month, registration manager Justin Godwin told The Cherokee Phoenix.
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Tribal citizenship number skewed (The Cherokee Phoenix 4/13)
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