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JULY 21, 2000 The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma legislature passed a new bill called the Free and Independent Press Act, which guaranteed editorial freedom of press in the tribal newspaper, The Cherokee Advocate. Cherokee Nation Chief Chad Smith signed the bill into law on Thursday. The law calls for the institution of a three-member board who will oversee the newspaper's editor free of political influence from the tribe. The paper has a long history of turmoil and trouble. Its first editor was murdered. In 1997, then Chief Joe Byrd laid off members of the newspaper after it covered a tribal dispute in which he was involved. Get the Story:
A new law aids tribal paper (The Tulsa World 7/21)
Council establishes Free and Independent Press (The Cherokee Nation 7/19) Related Stories:
EDITORIAL: Native news (The Talking Circle 7/19)
Relevant Links:
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma - www.cherokee.org
The Native American Journalism Association - www.naja.com
Columbia Journalism Review - www.cjr.org Articles from the Columbia Journalism Review:
First Amendment Repression on the Reservation (Part 1) (CJR Nov/Dec 1998)
First Amendment Repression on the Reservation (Part 2) (CJR Nov/Dec 1998)
A Native Press Primer (CJR Nov/Dec 1998)
JULY 21, 2000 The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma legislature passed a new bill called the Free and Independent Press Act, which guaranteed editorial freedom of press in the tribal newspaper, The Cherokee Advocate. Cherokee Nation Chief Chad Smith signed the bill into law on Thursday. The law calls for the institution of a three-member board who will oversee the newspaper's editor free of political influence from the tribe. The paper has a long history of turmoil and trouble. Its first editor was murdered. In 1997, then Chief Joe Byrd laid off members of the newspaper after it covered a tribal dispute in which he was involved. Get the Story:
A new law aids tribal paper (The Tulsa World 7/21)
Council establishes Free and Independent Press (The Cherokee Nation 7/19) Related Stories:
EDITORIAL: Native news (The Talking Circle 7/19)
Relevant Links:
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma - www.cherokee.org
The Native American Journalism Association - www.naja.com
Columbia Journalism Review - www.cjr.org Articles from the Columbia Journalism Review:
First Amendment Repression on the Reservation (Part 1) (CJR Nov/Dec 1998)
First Amendment Repression on the Reservation (Part 2) (CJR Nov/Dec 1998)
A Native Press Primer (CJR Nov/Dec 1998)
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