Download or read book The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma written by Georgia Leeds and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, 65 percent of whose members are fullblooded Indians, asserts that it predates the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and represents the real Cherokees. The Bureau of Indian Affairs recognized the Band as the only legal entity among the Cherokee Tribe, yet, the Cherokee Nation, 90 percent of whose members are less than one-quarter Indian blood quantum, usurped the Band's sovereignty. In a David and Goliath struggle, the United Keetoowahs battle for self-determination against their politically powerful and numerically superior adversary.