Leatrice Tanner-Brown, et al. v. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of Interior, et al.

Whether Petitioners, the extant descendants of Freedmen listed on the Final Roll of Cherokee Freedmen compiled by the United States Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, also known as the Dawes Commission, have Article III standing to obtain an accounting from Respondents of royalties derived from land allotted to Freedmen minors owed fiduciary duties by Respondents under the Act of May 27, 1908, or whether the right to an accounting recognized by the United States in Cobell v. Bobbitt, 91 F. Supp. 2d 1(D.D.C. 1999) is only applicable to persons of Non-African descent, despite the holding in Cherokee Nation v. Nash, Case No. 13-01313(TFH) United States District Court for the District of Columbia, that under Article 9 of the Treaty with the Cherokee, 1866, U.S.-Cherokee Nation of Indians, Art. 9, July 19, 1866, 14 Stat. 799 (hereinafter "1866 Treaty") native Cherokees have no rights either superior or inferior to Cherokee Freedmen, based upon race.