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The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
also referred to as "The Cherokee Nation"

''This article is about the name of the tribe. For information about the tribe itself, see ''Cherokee Nation.

The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma is the largest of three Cherokee tribes which have been given full recognition by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. It came into existence in 1906, when the federal government dissolved the previously existing Cherokee Nation to make way for the incorporation of Indian Territory into the new state of Oklahoma. During 1999-2003, the tribe passed and ratified an amendment to their constitution, which omitted the words "of Oklahoma." The US Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs has not accepted as valid any version of the constitution later than the 1975-76 edition,   and the tribe is still regularly referred to as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma in federal court filings, on government websites, and elsewhere. The tribe, which contests BIA involvement in the tribal constitution, routinely refers to itself as "The Cherokee Nation," although it still conducts litigation in federal courts as "The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma."