Freedmen vs Cherokee Nation

Basically the only difference between this case and the Freedman vs Cherokee Nation case is: a civil war slave relic treaty of 1866 - The only Indian Nations I'm aware that have these types of Civil War Treaties are the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma - shouldn't they be allowed, like any other Indian Tribe in the U.S., to determine their own membership? Or will Congress continue to treat this group of Tribes differently only because some Native Americans fought on the side of the Confederate Army - there were also a good many Native Americans from this area that fought on the side of the Union during the civil war. Congress - let our people go!! 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 19706,*;424 F.3d 959 KATHY LYNNETTE LEWIS, LARRY PAUL LEWIS, JR., JERRY LEE LEWIS, and CHAD ELLIOTT LEWIS, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GAIL NORTON, in her capacity as the Secretary of the Department of the Interior; TERRY VIRDEN, in his official capacity as Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, a bur...